The 5 most anticipated TV shows returning in October, including Netflix's 'You' and HBO's 'Succession'
Travis Clark
- Every month, Insider looks at the most anticipated returning TV shows using data from the app TV Time.
- It's derived from its US users who use the app to track and react to what they're watching.
- Netflix took the top two spots this month with "Locke and Key" and "You," but users were also anticipating the return of HBO's "Succession."
5. "Love Life" season two - HBO Max, October 28
Description: "As Marcus Watkins enters his 30s freshly divorced, he's as lost as ever. Forced to rediscover his identity as a single Black man in New York, Marcus must learn to find love again."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 65%
What critics said: "Kendrick is well cast, and as an excuse to hang out in her company, 'Love Life,' frustrating as it sometimes is, will do." — Los Angeles Times (season one)
4. "Another Life" season two - Netflix, October 14
Description: "After a massive alien artifact lands on Earth, Niko Breckinridge leads an interstellar mission to track down its source and make first contact."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 6%
What critics said: "Another Life is an unwieldy mashup of Arrival and any number of space-odyssey adventure serials, and struggles to maintain clarity or depth with either half of its bifurcated storyline." — AV Club (season one)
3. "Succession" season three - HBO, October 17
Description: "Succession tracks the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father (Brian Cox) begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 95%
What critics said: "Again and again, Armstrong and his collaborators keep things fresh by reminding us that spinelessness is the defining characteristic for so many of its regulars." — Rolling Stone (season three)
2. "You" season three - Netflix, October 15
Description: "Now married with a young baby, Love and Joe try to forge a normal life in the affluent suburb of Madre Linda. But old habits die hard."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 90%
What critics said: "A self-aware work of melodrama, You combines the best elements of murder-mystery series, Millennial sitcoms, and revenge fantasies." — The Atlantic (season two)
1. "Locke and Key" season two - Netflix, October 22
Description: "After their dad's murder, three siblings move with their mom to his ancestral estate, where they discover magical keys that unlock powers — and secrets."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 66%
What critics said: "Despite the first-rate production design of the first 10 episodes, the Netflix series seems to be in search of a tonal identity." — Chicago Sun-Times (season one)
READ MORE ARTICLES ON
Popular Right Now
Popular Keywords
Advertisement