Here Are All the TV Shows Coming to Disney+ This Week, Including ‘Marvel Zombies’

The week of Monday, September 22 through Sunday, September 28 brings a mix of big-swing animation from Marvel, ongoing archaeological expeditions, a fresh historical K-drama, and a return to Springfield. If you’re mapping out your queue, this slate covers everything from real tomb hunts and sunken ports to super-powered survival and long-running satire.

Below, each title includes clear plot context, principal cast, and core creative credits, plus the exact day it lands this week. Dates appear inside each section so you can line up your viewing.

‘Lost Treasures of Egypt’ (2019–2025)

This National Geographic docuseries tracks Egyptologists and field crews as they excavate sites from the Valley of the Kings to Saqqara, piecing together daily life, royal burials, and shifting dynasties through newly uncovered shafts, coffins, and inscriptions; it arrives Wednesday, September 24, 2025. Across its run, regular on-screen experts have included Salima Ikram, Colleen Darnell, John Ward, Maria Nilsson, and others, with production led by Windfall Films and a rotating team of directors and producers who follow multiple digs in parallel to capture discoveries as they happen.

Episodes frequently pair real-time trench work with conservation, CT scanning, and site mapping, weaving in drone footage and 3D visualizations to contextualize complex temple precincts and tomb networks; the 2025 installments continue that format with new missions coordinated under Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, with Wednesday, September 24 marking this week’s drop.

‘Marvel Zombies’ (2025)

Spinning out of the alternate reality introduced in ‘What If…?’, this animated miniseries follows a survivor squad—fronted by Kamala Khan—as they navigate a world overrun by zombified superhumans and search for a way to stem the outbreak; it arrives Wednesday, September 24, 2025. The series is developed by Marvel Studios Animation with Bryan Andrews and Zeb Wells steering creative duties, and executive production from the studio’s senior team.

Voice talent features Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan alongside Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Simu Liu, Hailee Steinfeld, Wyatt Russell, Paul Rudd, Randall Park, Tessa Thompson, Dominique Thorne, Elizabeth Olsen, and Awkwafina among others; the show keeps to the cinematic multiverse continuity introduced in ‘What If…?’, with stylized action set-pieces and ensemble arcs rolling out from Wednesday, September 24, 2025.

‘Cleopatra’s Final Secret’ (2025)

This new National Geographic documentary follows Dr. Kathleen Martínez’s long-running search for Cleopatra’s lost tomb, linking the temple complex at Taposiris Magna with newly surveyed structures in the surrounding coastal zone; it arrives Thursday, September 25, 2025. The film documents tunnel explorations, artifact analysis—including coins, ceramics, and architectural elements—and comparative readings of ancient sources that frame competing theories about the queen’s burial.

Production chronicles recent field seasons alongside seabed mapping and conservation work, incorporating interviews with specialists in Ptolemaic history and underwater archaeology to explain how each layer of evidence narrows the search; the broadcast-week premiere falls on Thursday, September 25, 2025.

‘The Murky Stream’ (2025)

Set around the bustling Joseon-era Mapo Ferry, this Korean historical drama charts intersecting paths across commerce, crime, and governance as traders and officials collide along the Han River; it arrives Friday, September 26, 2025. The principal cast features Rowoon, Shin Ye-eun, and Park Seo-ham in lead roles that span a reformed fixer, a principled merchant leader, and an upright government official whose investigations threaten entrenched interests.

Behind the camera, the series brings together a veteran directing-and-writing team from period hits, with large-scale location work, riverfront sets, and action choreography supporting multi-episode conspiracies tied to smuggling routes and tax corruption; the streaming rollout begins Friday, September 26, 2025.

‘The Simpsons’ (1989– )

America’s longest-running scripted primetime series returns with Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie facing new misadventures that riff on culture, technology, and small-town politics; it arrives Sunday, September 28, 2025. Created by Matt Groening and developed with James L. Brooks and Sam Simon, the ensemble voice cast features Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, and Harry Shearer.

Produced by Gracie Films and 20th Television Animation, the show continues to blend episodic stories with deep bench characters—from Moe and Chief Wiggum to Krusty and Mr. Burns—and frequent guest stars, with this week’s new installment landing Sunday, September 28, 2025.

Tell us which of these you’ll watch first this week—drop your picks in the comments!