Don't let anyone tell you there's nothing on TV to watch. Halloween fans can enjoy a host of classic horror streaming on all the platforms, with Disney+ serving up classic, family-friendly Halloween content like one of my favorites, "The Nightmare Before Christmas," and "Hocus Pocus." Disney Channel original movies "Halloweentown," "Mr. Boogedy," and "Don't Look Under the Bed" are fun for the whole family to watch together.
Paramount+ has "A Quiet Place" and its sequels, plus fabulous hair-raising classics like the original "Rosemary's Baby" and Roman Polanski's "The Tenant." Netflix shows the 1960 classic "Psycho" and the 2014 eerie horror indie films, "The Babadook" and "Creep," and 2018 "The Haunting of Hill House." Peacock has the original Universal Horror movie "Frankenstein." They have the 1980s films, "Day of the Dead" and "The Changeling." Prime Video on Amazon boasts the 1982 Kurt Russell remake of "The Thing," "Suspiria," "Tucker & Dale vs. Evil," "Hellraiser," "House on Haunted Hill," "C.H.U.D.," and "Edge of the Axe," among many horror titles.
As for TV series, HBO kicked off the third and final season of Somebody, Somewhere on October 27; you can catch up on that and the prior two seasons on MAX. This HBO dramedy stars Bridget Everett as Sam Miller, who, in her most profound depression when returning to her small town in Kansas, reconnects with old friends and manages to find her people and the connectivity she lacked in the big city. Sam returned to Kansas to care for her parents after her youngest sister's death. In three seasons, Sam reluctantly yields to change and copes with loss. From chasing away the fear of abandonment and rejection and possibly finding a person who sees her for the goofy, loveable mess she is, you cannot help but root for her.
Somebody, Somewhere airs on HBO Sundays at 10:30 p.m. Streams on Max.
November 17 is when the visually arresting science fiction series Dune: Prophecy kicks off on HBO. It will explore the feud between House Harkonnen and House Atreides and reveal the beginning of the epic feud between them. The show is set over 10,000 years before the events of Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" movies. It follows the origins of the Bene Gesserit, the secretive order of powerful women that influence the politics behind the scenes. The official logline: "From the expansive universe of 'Dune,' created by acclaimed author Frank Herbert, and 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, 'Dune: Prophecy' follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit. 'Dune: Prophecy' is inspired by the novel 'Sisterhood of Dune' by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.
Dune: Prophecy is a six-episode HBO prequel series premiering on November 17.
Fans of the old series Dallas rejoice: the new gunslinger in town is Taylor Sheridan's (Yellowstone, Tulsa King, Lioness) Landman, streaming on Paramount+.
This wild oil business-centric drama stars Billy Bob Thornton, John Hamm, Demi Moore, Ali Larter, and Sheridan's "1923" star Michelle Randolph. Thornton, who previously appeared in the Sheridan series "1883" as gunslinger Jim Courtright, is cast as Tommy Norris, who manages the dialogue between the oil company suits and the people who own the land and the mineral rights for the oil. It seems easy, but it's life and death stuff with fabulous cameos and character actors dotted in the teleplay like "Sons of Anarchy" star Emilio Rivera. Norris is officially described as a "crisis manager for an oil company." This West Texas-based and filmed-in-Texas show is set to center on "an upstairs/downstairs story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires that are fueling a boom so big it's reshaping our climate, our economy, and our geopolitics," according to their press release.
Landman is on Paramount+ streaming on November 17, 2024.
And currently on CBS, you'd better catch up with Kathy Bates as the new Matlock, which is nothing like the old Matlock. No spoilers, but Bates' character deftly winds up working in a big law firm with a fated connection to her late daughter's demise. You can stream this on Paramount+ to catch up; it's so good that Season Two is already in the works.
Watch for our interviews with Arlen Escarpeta, who plays "Zeke" of NBC's Found and rewatch the great interview with Jesse L. Martin of The Irrational, Jay Leno of Jay Leno's Garage for RIG TV, and the trio of Johnny Weir, Jordin Sparks and Terrell Ferguson of Magnolia Networks' new hit series, Roller Jam, right here on Idaho Today!