Here Are All the TV Shows Coming to Hulu This Week, Including ‘Gintama’
October is stacked with classics, reality staples, paranormal deep dives, sprawling medical and first-responder dramas, a buzzy K-drama, and two beloved anime series. Below you’ll find everything arriving the week of Monday, October 6 through Sunday, October 12, including plot primers and who’s who behind and in front of the camera.
Each entry includes its Hulu arrival date in the body text so you can plan your queue. No spoilers—just enough context on creators, casts, and creative teams to help you decide what to watch first.
‘Gintama’ (2006–2021)

The long-running anime adapts Hideaki Sorachi’s manga about Edo-period Japan overrun by extraterrestrial “Amanto,” following freelancer samurai Gintoki Sakata and his Yorozuya crew on odd-job escapades that ping-pong between slapstick and serious arcs. The anime was produced by Sunrise and later Bandai Namco Pictures, with direction across its runs by Shinji Takamatsu, Yōichi Fujita, and Chizuru Miyawaki; key voice cast includes Tomokazu Sugita (Gintoki), Daisuke Sakaguchi (Shinpachi), and Rie Kugimiya (Kagura). It lands on Hulu on October 6, 2025.
Multiple TV seasons and films complete the canon, culminating with the feature ‘Gintama: The Very Final’; music is by Audio Highs and series composition credits include Akatsuki Yamatoya, Deko Akao, and others across installments. The show blends sci-fi and jidaigeki motifs—samurai sword bans, alien tech, and the Shinsengumi—while keeping character focus on Gintoki, Shinpachi, and Kagura’s evolving bonds.
‘Branding in Seongsu’ (2024– )

Set in Seoul’s Seongsu creative district, this mid-form K-drama follows ambitious marketing lead Kang Na-eon and intern So Eun-ho after an accidental kiss triggers a body-swap complication that upends work and personal lives. It stars Kim Ji-eun, Lomon (Park Solomon), Yang Hye-ji, and Kim Ho-young, with creator/writer Choi Sun-mi and director Jung Heon-soo. It arrives on Hulu on October 7, 2025.
The series premiered in South Korea on U+ Mobile TV in early 2024 and runs bite-sized episodes that mix rom-com, office politics, and thriller beats as Seongsu Agency chases a high-stakes cosmetics contract. Expect workplace machinations, brand wars, and the leads navigating swapped identities amid deadlines and rivalries.
‘Customer Wars’ (2022– )

This A&E reality series compiles real surveillance and bystander footage of confrontations between customers and staff in stores, airports, drive-thrus, and more, with narration by voice actor Imari Williams. It hits Hulu on October 9, 2025.
Behind the scenes, credits include executive producer Jason Cilo and directing by Marcie Hume on later seasons; episodes run about 30 minutes and span a wide range of retail and service settings. The show’s season guides document dozens of incidents per year across the U.S. and abroad.
‘Crime Beat’ (2020– )

A Canadian true-crime docuseries based on the award-winning ‘Crime Beat’ podcast created by Global News reporter Nancy Hixt, the TV adaptation showcases investigations into major Canadian cases with reporting from Hixt and host Antony Robart. It arrives on Hulu on October 9, 2025.
Episodes feature Global News journalists (including Caryn Lieberman and others) and draw from police files, court records, and on-the-ground reporting. The series launched on Global Television in March 2020 after the podcast’s breakout success.
‘Pawn Stars’ (2009– )

The long-running History series centers on the Harrison family’s Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas, with Rick Harrison leading negotiations alongside Corey Harrison and Austin “Chumlee” Russell as sellers bring in historical artifacts, pop-culture items, and curiosities. It arrives on Hulu on October 9, 2025.
Developed with Leftfield Pictures, the show blends on-the-spot appraisals with expert consultations to authenticate items—from rare documents to vintage instruments—and often folds in mini-history lessons about the objects’ provenance. Rick Harrison’s biography and the series’ origins trace back to pre-2009 development and pilots.
‘Ancient Aliens’ (1997– )

Produced by Prometheus Entertainment, this documentary series explores the “ancient astronaut” hypothesis and related fringe archaeology, narrated by Robert Clotworthy and featuring Giorgio A. Tsoukalos and recurring commentators like David Childress. It lands on Hulu on October 9, 2025.
The series was created and executive-produced for many years by Kevin Burns, with Clotworthy as narrator across hundreds of episodes and Tsoukalos later serving in a producer capacity. Topics range from megaliths and myth to alleged sightings, presented in a thematic episode format.
‘MonsterQuest Specials’ (2020)

History revived ‘MonsterQuest’ with special compilation episodes beginning in August 2020, re-cutting investigations from the 2007–2010 runs that probed reports of cryptids like lake monsters and bigfoot. The specials arrive on Hulu on October 9, 2025.
The original series—created/produced by Doug Hajicek and narrated by Stan Bernard—used field expeditions, eyewitness accounts, and expert analysis to examine claims around unexplained creatures; the specials assemble highlights and thematic segments from those archives.
‘WWE’s Greatest Moments’ (2025– )

A&E’s anthology series revisits watershed WWE moments with commentary from Michael Cole and featured WWE Superstars, stitching archival footage with contemporary analysis. It arrives on Hulu on October 9, 2025.
Episodes spotlight landmark events, title changes, rivalries, and cultural crossovers across decades of WWE programming, organizing segments by themes and eras. The show’s episode pages list on-camera talent from legends to current-era stars.
‘In Search of Aliens’ (2014)

Hosted by Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, this H2/History spinoff tracks investigations into global mysteries—Atlantis, Nazca Lines, Loch Ness—through the lens of extraterrestrial contact theories. It arrives on Hulu on October 9, 2025.
The series features interviews with researchers and local experts, and episodes dig into artifacts, legends, and site histories while Tsoukalos conducts on-location inquiries. Guides list its single-season run in 2014 with hour-long episodes.
‘9-1-1: Nashville’ (2025– )

The new franchise entry follows Nashville’s first responders—fire, police, and EMS—led by Chris O’Donnell as Captain Don Hart, with series regulars including Jessica Capshaw, LeAnn Rimes, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Hailey Kilgore, Michael Provost, Juani Feliz, and Hunter McVey. It arrives on Hulu on October 10, 2025.
Created by Ryan Murphy, Tim Minear, and Rashad Raisani with Murphy, Minear, Brad Falchuk, Angela Bassett, and others executive-producing, the show brings the franchise’s large-scale calamities (tornadoes, bridge rescues) to Tennessee’s capital. Character bios outline family and dispatch roles within the new ensemble.
‘9-1-1’ (2018– )

The flagship procedural tracks Los Angeles first responders at Station 118 and LAPD, created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Tim Minear, and starring Angela Bassett, Oliver Stark, Aisha Hinds, Kenneth Choi, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ryan Guzman, and others across its run. It arrives on Hulu on October 10, 2025.
Recent season previews describe space-and-earth emergencies kicking off Season 9, with showrunner Tim Minear overseeing the blend of disaster spectacle and serialized character arcs. The series originated on Fox and now airs on ABC with next-day streaming.
‘Grey’s Anatomy’ (2005– )

Shonda Rhimes’ landmark medical drama follows the surgeons of Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, with a core ensemble that has included Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens Jr., Kevin McKidd, Kim Raver, Camilla Luddington, Caterina Scorsone, and more over the years. It arrives on Hulu on October 10, 2025.
Season 22 marketing highlights fallout from a catastrophic hospital explosion, with Meg Marinis as current showrunner; the series remains ABC’s longest-running primetime medical drama and continues to evolve its cast while retaining legacy figures.
‘Halloween Baking Championship’ (2015– )

Food Network’s seasonal competition returns with host John Henson guiding bakers through spooky challenges, and judges Carla Hall, Zac Young, and Stephanie Boswell evaluating taste and technique. It arrives on Hulu on October 11, 2025.
The series, a ‘Holiday Baking Championship’ spinoff, premiered in 2015 and has run annually with seven-episode recent seasons; competitors craft themed cakes, pastries, and confections tied to horror tropes and Halloween lore.
‘Ghost Adventures’ (2008– )

Zak Bagans leads the Ghost Adventures Crew—Aaron Goodwin, Billy Tolley, and Jay Wasley—into reported hauntings worldwide, documenting overnight “lockdowns” with interviews and instrument-based evidence sessions. It lands on Hulu on October 11, 2025.
The series launched on Travel Channel in 2008 before new episodes shifted to Discovery+ and Discovery Channel, with special investigations tackling notorious locations like the ‘Poltergeist’ house; production credits trace to MY Tupelo Entertainment.
‘Vinland Saga’ (2019–2023)

Based on Makoto Yukimura’s manga, the historical epic follows Thorfinn’s journey from vengeance-driven youth to hard-won self-discovery amid Viking conquest and politics. Season 1 (Wit Studio) and Season 2 (MAPPA) were directed by Shūhei Yabuta with scripts by Hiroshi Seko and Kenta Ihara, and music by Yutaka Yamada; principal cast includes Yūto Uemura (Thorfinn), Naoya Uchida (Askeladd), and Akio Ōtsuka (Thorkell). It arrives on Hulu on October 12, 2025.
The production spans 48 episodes across two seasons, with Season 1 adapting the “War Arc” and Season 2 the “Slave Arc,” and features detailed period research, large-scale battles, and character-driven drama centered on Norse exploration and the idea of “Vinland.”
Share which of these you’re queuing up first this week in the comments!


