Here Are the Fresh Streaming Shows and Premieres for This Week, Including ‘The Witcher’

From holiday competitions and headline-driven news to true-crime deep dives, fantasy epics, and fresh docuseries, this week’s slate spans reality, animation, scripted drama, and specials. Below you’ll find concise primers—plot basics, who’s involved, and when and where each title lands—so you can jump straight to what fits your mood.

‘Finding Mr. Christmas’ (2024– )

Season 2 returns Monday, October 27 on Hallmark Channel, with Jonathan Bennett hosting a festive competition to uncover the network’s next holiday leading man. Contestants tackle performance challenges designed to test acting ability, charm, and on-screen chemistry. The format mixes improv, scene work, and seasonal tasks to spotlight potential leads for future projects. The show sits within Hallmark’s annual holiday programming push and features guest appearances from familiar Hallmark faces.

‘Baked With Love: Holiday’ (2025– )

Premiering Monday, October 27 on Hallmark Channel, this new reality series centers home bakers who reimagine family recipes as showcase-worthy holiday bakes. Each episode blends backstory and technique as contestants race through signature and showstopper-style challenges. Judges evaluate flavor, presentation, and creativity with a focus on tradition-meets-innovation. The series expands Hallmark’s culinary competition footprint alongside its broader seasonal lineup.

‘Mo Amer: Wild World’ (2025)

Arriving Tuesday, October 28 on Netflix, comedian Mo Amer delivers a stand-up special weaving stories about fatherhood with reflections on heritage, travel, and the absurdities of everyday life. The hour leans into narrative bits and crowd interplay, showcasing Amer’s conversational, politically aware style. It builds on his prior streaming specials and scripted work. Expect tightly crafted routines with extended personal arcs.

‘American Monster’ (2016– )

Season 11 premieres Tuesday, October 28 on Investigation Discovery, continuing this true-crime anthology’s focus on killers and kidnappers who hid in plain sight. Episodes assemble home video, interviews, and recreations to reconstruct relationships and timelines. The series emphasizes how ordinary lives can mask escalating danger. New cases probe family dynamics, manipulation, and the psychology behind violent crime.

‘Don’t Date Brandon’ (2025– )

Premiering Tuesday, October 28 on Paramount+, this docuseries follows two ex-wives who launch a podcast to warn others about the man they both married. As the investigation widens, more accounts surface, revealing alleged patterns of deceit and control. The series blends first-person testimony with digital sleuthing and legal context. Episodes track how the women piece together a broader narrative while navigating emotional fallout.

‘Selling Sunset’ (2019– )

Season 9 lands Wednesday, October 29 on Netflix and returns to the Oppenheim Group’s high-end Los Angeles listings and office drama. Chrishell Stause, Emma Hernan, Chelsea Lazkani, and other returning agents juggle personal stakes with mega-price properties. The season tracks new alliances, rivalries, and exclusive deals across the city’s luxury neighborhoods. Expect the signature blend of real-estate spectacle and workplace dynamics.

‘Star Wars: Visions’ (2021– )

Volume 3 premieres Wednesday, October 29 on Disney+, delivering a new set of animated shorts from Japanese studios that reinterpret ‘Star Wars’ through distinct styles and genres. Each film introduces original Jedi, Sith, and scoundrels while riffing on the franchise’s mythic beats. Directors and writers bring unique visual languages—from painterly abstraction to kinetic action. The anthology format encourages experimentation while honoring core themes of destiny and balance.

‘Ten Pound Poms’ (2023– )

Debuting Wednesday, October 29 on BritBox, this historical drama follows British families who seize a post-war government offer of assisted passage to Australia in 1956. Characters confront culture shock, class tensions, and the promise-versus-reality of a new life down under. The series weaves personal journeys with broader social history. Storylines explore identity, migration, and the costs of starting over.

‘Hazbin Hotel’ (2024– )

Premiering Wednesday, October 29 on Prime Video, this animated musical-comedy series follows Charlie, the daughter of Lucifer, who opens a rehabilitation hotel to give demons a shot at redemption. Ensemble characters—from staff to skeptical sinners—test the limits of forgiveness through chaotic schemes and big musical set pieces. The show blends sardonic humor with heart and worldbuilding. Episodes tackle redemption, friendship, and second chances in a vividly stylized Hell.

‘Down Cemetery Road’ (2025– )

Premiering Wednesday, October 29 on Apple TV+, this mystery-thriller begins with a house explosion and a missing child, pushing a concerned neighbor to team with a private investigator. As they dig, buried secrets and a potential military conspiracy surface in suburban Oxford. The series balances character-driven stakes with layered plotting. Its investigative core pairs amateur curiosity with professional savvy.

‘About Face’ (2025– )

Premiering Wednesday, October 29 on TLC, this medical docuseries follows Dr. Jason Roostaeian, Dr. Millicent Rovelo, and Dr. Andre Panossian as they treat patients with facial trauma and rare disorders. Each case tracks consultation, surgical planning, and recovery milestones. The show highlights advances in reconstructive and craniofacial techniques. Patient narratives foreground resilience and the human side of complex medicine.

‘The Witcher’ (2019– )

Season 4 premieres Thursday, October 30 on Netflix, continuing Geralt’s monster-hunting saga alongside Yennefer and Ciri amid war, magic, and political scheming. New episodes follow the trio’s separate paths toward dangerous reunions as factions vie for power across the Continent. Expect swordplay, sorcery, and creatures drawn from Slavic-inspired mythology. The season deepens character arcs while escalating conflicts among mages, monarchs, and mercenaries.

‘Amsterdam Empire’ (2025– )

Premiering Thursday, October 30 on Netflix, this Dutch drama follows Jack, the notorious founder of the Jackal coffee shop empire, whose exposed affair turns his wife, Betty, into his fiercest adversary. As she plots to dismantle his business, criminal and personal worlds collide. The series interlaces marital warfare with power plays in Amsterdam’s underworld. Twists hinge on betrayal, leverage, and ruthless ambition.

‘Girls Raised In the South’ (2025– )

Premiering Thursday, October 30 on ALLBLK, this ensemble drama centers a tight-knit group of friends in Memphis navigating adulthood and the city’s roller-skating subculture. Storylines explore career crossroads, family ties, and romance against the rhythm of rink life. Music and local flavor shape tone and setting. The series foregrounds community, aspiration, and Southern identity.

‘Murder at the Motel’ (2024– )

Season 2 premieres Friday, October 31 on A&E, continuing the franchise’s focus on homicide cases linked to roadside lodgings. Episodes pair law-enforcement interviews with family perspectives to trace investigations from first calls to resolution. Case files highlight forensic techniques and painstaking detective work. The format emphasizes how chance encounters and transient spaces can complicate timelines.

‘Bad Influencer’ (2025– )

Premiering Friday, October 31 on Netflix, this scripted series tracks a single mother who counterfeits luxury handbags and teams with a self-obsessed influencer to sell them. As profits rise, risk and fallout mount across family, friends, and followers. The show blends crime-caper momentum with social-media satire. Episodes explore hustles, image-making, and consequences.

‘Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking’ (2024– )

Season 2 premieres Sunday, November 2 on Food Network, pairing professional bakers who craft spellbinding edible showpieces. Challenges unfold on iconic sets where the wizarding saga was filmed, with judges scoring precision, storytelling, and structural ambition. The competition emphasizes engineering as much as flavor. Expect towering centerpieces, intricate theming, and tight time limits.

‘In the Eye of the Storm’ (2024– )

Season 3 premieres Sunday, November 2 on Discovery Channel, presenting first-person accounts and eyewitness footage from inside extreme natural disasters. Episodes combine survivor testimony, expert analysis, and high-impact video to unpack how events unfold. The series highlights preparedness, resilience, and science behind severe weather. Reconstructions and data visualizations clarify timelines and forces at play.

‘Robin Hood’ (2025– )

Premiering Sunday, November 2 on MGM+, this reimagining follows Rob, a Saxon outlaw, and Marian, a Norman noblewoman, as they unite against injustice in the wake of the Norman conquest. Storylines blend swashbuckling heists with political intrigue and shifting loyalties. The ensemble brings fresh takes on the Merry Men and their adversaries. Themes of resistance, class, and identity anchor the series.

‘I Love LA’ (2025– )

Premiering Sunday, November 2 on HBO, this ensemble dramedy reunites a tight-knit friend group after years apart. Characters juggle ambition, relationships, and creative reinvention amid Los Angeles backdrops. The season traces how time reshapes bonds and priorities. Music, art, and industry subplots weave through intersecting storylines.

Tell us which of these premieres you’re adding to your watchlist—and what hooked you first—in the comments!