What's new on Canadian streaming & TV in October 2022?

Hi everyone. It's time for our monthly summary of notable new programming coming to streaming services and TV channels in Canada.

In fact it's past time, since we usually aim to post this on or before the first of the month. Unfortunately the new month crept up on us after a busy late September here at WCIW headquarters – we apologize for the delay. However, we're still aiming to send out our usual Watching This Week newsletter tomorrow (Monday) morning.

This is not intended as a complete list, but where practical we will provide links to fuller information. While we do mention a few reality and documentary shows and the like, our main focus is on notable scripted programming.

Scheduled release dates are those indicated by the providers and are subject to change and corrections. Prices are listed by WCIW for convenience, and are likewise subject to change. Listed prices do not include any applicable sales taxes, which vary by province. The web version of this post may be updated occasionally during the month, though we cannot commit to updating everything that might be added or changed.

Netflix

Netflix costs between $9.99 and $20.99 per month in Canada, depending on the number of streams and picture quality you need.

Netflix Canada posts its monthly listings on social media, including Twitter and YouTube. Where necessary, we've cross-referenced against other sources.

Because of the sheer amount of content Netflix releases each month, we've typically been more judicious with the number of items listed compared to other services, so we encourage you to consult the full lists if you're waiting on a specific program.

New programs are normally released at 3:00 a.m. ET (midnight PT) on the date indicated, unless otherwise noted.

Notable original series

(In addition to these, we wanted to note the recent arrival of limited drama series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story [generally promoted as simply Dahmer], co-created by Ryan Murphy and starring Evan Peters, which was released, with limited prior notice, on Wednesday, September 21.)

• Bling Empire (season 3) – Wednesday, Oct. 5
• Nailed It! (season 7) – Wednesday, Oct. 5
• Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake (docuseries) – Thursday, Oct. 6
• Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes (docuseries, not to be confused with the aforementioned drama series) – Friday, Oct. 7
• Glitch (Korean TV series) – Friday, Oct. 7
• The Midnight Club (mystery-thriller series based on the Christopher Pike novel, starring Iman Benson) – Friday, Oct. 7
• The Mole (new U.S. iteration of the reality competition format previously aired by ABC 2001–08; this edition hosted by Alex Wagner) – Friday, Oct. 7
• Easy-Bake Battle (cooking competition series inspired by the Hasbro product, and produced by Hasbro subsidiary eOne) – Wednesday, Oct. 12
• Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal (travelogue series exploring "bizarre, unusual and shocking activities" in South America) – Thursday, Oct. 13
• Mismatched (season 2) – Friday, Oct. 14
• Somebody Feed Phil (season 6) – Tuesday, Oct. 18
• Unsolved Mysteries ("volume 3") – Tuesday, Oct. 18
• Love is Blind (season 3) – Wednesday, Oct. 19
• Notre-Dame (miniseries dramatization of the 2019 fire of the Paris cathedral and its aftermath) – Wednesday, Oct. 19
• 28 Days Haunted (paranormal investigation "reality" series) – Friday, Oct. 21
• Barbarians (season 2) – Friday, Oct. 21
• From Scratch (romantic drama series based on the Tembi Locke memoir, starring Zoe Saldaña) – Friday, Oct. 21
• Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (anthology horror series) – two episodes released daily from Tuesday to Friday, Oct. 25–28
• Dubai Bling (UAE high society docu-soap) – Thursday, Oct. 27
• Earthstorm (natural disaster docuseries) – Thursday, Oct. 27
• The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself (YA fantasy drama series) – Friday, Oct. 28
• Big Mouth (season 6) – Friday, Oct. 28
• Drink Masters (mixology competition series) – Friday, Oct. 28
• I Am a Stalker (docuseries) – Friday, Oct. 28

Notable exclusive-distribution "original" series

• Derry Girls (season 3 of the Channel 4 UK series) – Friday, Oct. 7

Notable original (or exclusive-distribution "original") films

• Mr. Harrigan's Phone (Stephen King horror adaptation starring Jaeden Martell and Kirby Howell-Baptiste) – Wednesday, Oct. 5
• The Trapped 13: How We Survived the Thai Cave (documentary) – Wednesday, Oct. 5
• The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo (documentary short) – Thursday, Oct. 6
• Luckiest Girl Alive (mystery thriller based on the Jessica Knoll novel, starring Mila Kunis) – Friday, Oct. 7
• The Redeem Team (documentary about the 2008 U.S. men's Olympic basketball team) – Friday, Oct. 7
• The Curse of Bridge Hollow (spooky family comedy starring Marlon Wayans) – Friday, Oct. 14
• The School for Good and Evil (fantasy film directed by Paul Feig based on the novel by Soman Chainai, starring Sofia Wylie, Laurence Fishburne and Michelle Yeoh) – Wednesday, Oct. 19
• The Stranger (Australian crime thriller starring Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris) – Wednesday, Oct. 19
• Descendant (documentary about the descendants of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship from Africa to the U.S.) – Friday, Oct. 21
• The Good Nurse (crime drama based on the Charles Graeber book, starring Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne) – Wednesday, Oct. 26
• Wendell & Wild (stop-motion animated horror comedy co-starring Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele) – Friday, Oct. 28
• All Quiet on the Western Front (epic film based on the 1929 novel, starring Daniel Brühl) – Friday, Oct. 28

Notable original stand-up comedy specials

• Hasan Minhaj: The King's Jester – Tuesday, Oct. 4
• Kev Adams: The Real Me – Friday, Oct. 7
• lliza Shlesinger: Hot Forever – Tuesday, Oct. 11
• Gabriel Iglesias: Stadium Fluffy – Tuesday, Oct. 18
• Fortune Feimster: Good Fortune – Tuesday, Oct. 25

Notable licensed programming

• Saw films (Ⅰ–Ⅴ) and various Universal films including The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park Ⅲ, and Jurassic World – Saturday, Oct. 1 (with more including Despicable Me and Knocked Up added Oct. 15)
• Grey's Anatomy (season 18, previously aired in 2021–22 on CTV) – Thursday, Oct. 6
• Coroner (season 4, also on CBC Gem) – Friday, Oct. 7
• Murdoch Mysteries (season 15, also on CBC Gem) – Tuesday, Oct. 11
• The Sinner (season 4: "Percy"; previously aired on Showcase) – Thursday, Oct. 13
• Blade (1998) and Blade Ⅱ (2002) – Sunday, Oct. 16
• Workin' Moms (season 6, also on CBC Gem) – Tuesday, Oct. 18

Disney+

Disney+ currently costs $11.99 per month, or $119.99 per year, in Canada. Star, its general entertainment hub (with offerings similar but not identical to Hulu in the U.S.), is included at no extra charge in the Canadian service.

Disney+ sends its Canadian monthly listings to media outlets on its mailing list. Despite our efforts, we are not yet getting the Canadian listings, so we have to collate information from outside posts. New programs are normally released at 3:00 a.m. ET (midnight PT) on the date indicated, unless otherwise noted.

Notable premiere or new-release films and specials

• Werewolf by Night (Marvel Studios special starring Gael García Bernal) – Friday, Oct. 7
• Grimcutty (20th Digital Studio made-for-Hulu horror film starring Sara Wolfkind) – Monday, Oct. 10
• Rosaline (20th Century Studios made-for-Hulu romantic comedy based on the novel When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle, starring Kaitlyn Dever) – Friday, Oct. 14
• Matriarch (20th Digital Studio made-for-Hulu horror film starring Jemima Rooper) – Friday, Oct. 21
• Barbarian (2022 20th Century Studios theatrical horror film starring Georgina Campbell) – Wednesday, Oct. 26

Notable Disney+ original series

• Ongoing, new episodes weekly: Dancing with the Stars (Mondays at 8:00 p.m. ET); Andor (Wednesdays); The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (Wednesdays); She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (Thursdays through Oct. 13; possible making-of special or bonus episode on Oct. 27?)

Notable Star original series

• Solar Opposites: season 3, episode 12 ("A Sinister Halloween Scary Opposites Solar Special") – Monday, Oct. 3
• Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers (Hulu docuseries; premiere rescheduled from August) – Wednesdays starting Oct. 5
• Pink Lie (Korean dating series) – Wednesdays starting Oct. 5
• The Simpsons (season 34) – Sundays starting Oct. 9 (episodes added 14 days after U.S. broadcast on Fox)
• Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War (anime series, being added day-and-date with Japanese release on TV Tokyo) – Monday, Oct. 10
• Mormon No More (ABC News Studios docuseries, released on Hulu in June; Canadian release rescheduled from August) – Wednesday, Oct. 12
• Rookie Cops (Korean drama series from Disney+ South Korea; Canadian release rescheduled from September) – Wednesday, Oct. 12
• The Paloni Show! Halloween Special (apparent pilot for an animated sitcom created by special produced by Justin Roiland) – Monday, Oct. 17
• Black Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall (rebooted anime series based on the manga) – Wednesday, Oct. 19
• The Fatal Flaw (ABC News crime docuseries presented as special editions of 20/20; aired in July on ABC and presumably CHCH/CHEK) – Wednesday, Oct. 19
• In the Soop: Friendcation (Korean reality series) – Wednesday, Oct. 19
• Soundtrack #1 (Korean drama series) – Wednesday, Oct. 19
• Boris (2007–10 Italian series originally aired by Fox Italy, and its 2022 Star-exclusive revival season) – Wednesday, Oct. 26 (new season might be released weekly)
• Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t (Japanese series) – Wednesdays starting Oct. 26
• Shadow Detective (Korean mystery series) – Wednesday, Oct. 26
• Ongoing, new episodes weekly: Best in Dough (season finale Monday, Oct. 3); The Patient (Tuesdays); Reasonable Doubt (Tuesdays); Reboot (Tuesdays); American Horror Stories (Wednesdays through Oct. 19); The D'Amelio Show (Wednesdays); Reservation Dogs (Wednesdays); Tell Me Lies (Wednesdays); The Kardashians (Thursdays);

Notable library programming

• American Dad – episodes from season 18 released on Oct. 5, 10, and 17 (we think these episodes were aired previously on Much)
• The Captain (2022 ESPN Films docuseries about Derek Jeter, previously aired on TSN) – Wednesday, Oct. 5
• Good Trouble (season 4) – Wednesday, Oct. 5
• King of the Hill (complete 1997–2009 series) – Wednesday, Oct. 5 per MobileSyrup (we could not verify this coming to Canada elsewhere, though there are other reports of availability in Australia the same day)
• Ally McBeal (complete 1997–2002 series) – Wednesday, Oct. 12
• Children of the Underground (2022 FX docuseries) – Wednesday, Oct. 12
• Everything's Trash (season 1 of the Freeform series starring Phoebe Robinson) – Wednesday, Oct. 12
• Welcome to Wrexham (2022 FX docuseries) – Thursday, Oct. 13 (per Disney+ social media)
• Evita (1996 Hollywood Pictures film) – Friday, Oct. 14
• Bear in the Big Blue House (complete 1997–2006 series) – Wednesday, Oct. 19
• Damages (complete 2017–12 FX / Audience Network series, via Sony) – Wednesday, Oct. 19
• PB&J Otter (complete 1998–2000 series) – Wednesday, Oct. 19
• Little Demon (season 1 of the FX animated series) – episodes added Wednesdays starting Oct. 26
• Bleach (complete 2004–12 anime series) – Wednesday, Oct. 26

Crave

Bell Media's Crave costs between $9.99 and $19.99 per month via direct subscription, depending on the number of streams, device support, and picture quality you need. The price may vary when subscribing through a TV provider.

Starz, which is also operated in Canada by Bell Media, is available as a $5.99 per month add-on to Crave's direct subscriptions, and is also available separately through Prime Video Channels, Apple TV Channels, and TV providers.

Crave's full list of arrivals is posted on Bell Media's press site, and we've also referenced the service's monthly linear schedule. New programs are normally released at midnight ET on the date indicated (equivalent to 9:00 p.m. PT on the previous date), though some (including HBO Max programs) may be released at 3:00 a.m. ET, and others (including mainline HBO programs) are released simultaneously with their linear premieres at the indicated times.

Crave / Bell Media original programming

• Tales from the Territories (Vice Media series about professional wrestling prior to the 1980s boom, co-produced by Dwayne Johnson's Seven Bucks Productions) – Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. ET starting Oct. 4
• Buffy Saint-Marie: Carry it On (documentary about the Canadian Indigenous singer and activist) – Friday, Oct. 21
• Chris Robinson: Panning for Gold (stand-up comedy special) – Friday, Oct. 28
• A Cut Above (season 1 of the Discovery Channel Canada chainsaw carving competition series, also airing starting this month on Discovery Channel U.S.) – Friday, Oct. 28
• Ongoing, new episodes weekly: Dark Side of Comedy (season finale Tuesday, Oct. 4)

HBO original programming

• Yvonne Orji: A Whole Me (stand-up comedy special) – Saturday, October 1 at 10:00 p.m. ET
• Avenue 5 (second and likely final season of the Hugh Laurie-led space comedy) – Mondays at 10:00 p.m. ET starting Oct. 10
• 38 at the Garden (Jeremy Lin documentary) – Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 9:00 p.m. ET
• The Vow: Part Ⅱ (sequel series to the 2020 NXIVM docuseries) – Mondays at 9:00 p.m. ET starting Oct. 17
• Mama's Boy (documentary about the early life of Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black) – Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 9:00 p.m. ET
• Year One: A Political Odyssey (documentary; apparently about the first year of the Biden presidency) – Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 9:00 p.m. ET
• A Tree of Life (documentary about the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting) – Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET
• The White Lotus (season 2 of the now-anthology series, with this installment set in Sicily) – Sundays at 9:00 p.m. ET starting Oct. 30
• Ongoing, new episodes weekly: House of the Dragon (Sundays at 9:00 p.m. ET through Oct. 23); Los Espookys (Fridays at 11:00 p.m. ET through Oct. 21)
• Weekly topical programming (new episodes air "live" on the HBO linear channel and are posted on-demand the next day): Real Time with Bill Maher (Fridays at 10:00 p.m. ET except Oct. 21 and 28); Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Sundays at 11:00 p.m. ET except Oct. 23)

HBO Max original programming

• Wahl Street (season 2 of the Mark Wahlberg reality series) – Thursday, Oct. 6

Showtime original programming

• Let the Right One In (psychological horror series based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist which previously inspired film adaptations, starring Demián Bichir and Madison Taylor Baez) – Fridays starting Oct. 7 on streaming; Sundays at 10:00 p.m. ET starting Oct. 9 on Crave 1
• The Lincoln Project (docuseries about the American political action committee) – Friday, Oct. 7 in full on streaming; Fridays at 11:00 p.m. ET on Crave 1 [Added Oct. 5: oversight in our review of Crave's monthly listings]
• Ongoing, new episodes weekly: American Gigolo (Sundays at 9:00 p.m. ET)
• Weekly topical programming (new episodes air "live" on Crave 1 and are posted on-demand the next day): The Circus (Sundays at 8:00 p.m. ET)

New / recent release movies

• Mushroom (Canadian documentary – no further information available) [Updated Oct. 5: this is a "doc" short paid for by Ford of Canada] – Monday, Oct. 3 Wednesday, Oct. 5
• Prince Andrew: Banished (documentary about the disgraced British royal, produced by Blue Ant Studios for Peacock U.S.) – Wednesday, Oct. 5
• American Refugee (2021 Blumhouse horror thriller starring Erika Alexander and Derek Luke; released directly to Epix in the U.S. and currently available in Canada via VOD rental/sales) – Friday, Oct. 7
• Wolf (we think this is the 2021 Irish-Polish psychological drama starring George MacKay and Lily-Rose Depp, via Focus Features) – Friday, Oct. 7
• Redeeming Love (2022 Christian romance film based on the Francine Rivers novel, starring Abigail Cowen and Tom Lewis, via Universal) – Friday, Oct. 14
• The Secret Garden (2020 British film based on the novel starring Colin Firth, via Elevation / STX; previously on Prime Video) – Friday, Oct. 14
• Survive (we think this is the 2021 mountain-set thriller starring Sophie Turner and Corey Hawkins, via Photon) – Friday, Oct. 14
• Terror Train (2022 Canada-filmed "contemporary reimagining" of the 1980 horror film, co-produced by Incendo, Tubi and Bell Media) – Friday, Oct. 21
• Lamb (2021 folk horror film starring Noomi Rapace, via A24; in Icelandic with English subtitles) – Friday, Oct. 28
• Slash/Back (2022 Canadian Inuit sci-fi film directed by Nyla Innuksuk and starring Tasiana Shirley, via Mongrel) – Friday, Oct. 28

Notable library movies

• Various classic horror and otherwise spooky movies added on Fridays throughout the month in English (and daily in French), including (in English): Shaun of the Dead (2004 – Oct. 7); Jennifer's Body (2009 – Oct. 14); Army of Darkness (1992 – Oct. 21); The Exorcist (1973 – Oct. 21); Terror Train (1980 – Oct. 21); A Nightmare on Elm Street (the 1984 one, we think – Oct. 28)

Other notable licensed programming

• Dark Side of the 90s (season 2 of the Vice Media docuseries) – Fridays starting Sept. 30
• Iron Man: Armored Adventures (season 2) – Saturday, Oct. 1
• Mecha Builders (full first season of the Sesame Street computer-animated spin-off series, previously aired in Canada on Treehouse TV) – Saturday, Oct. 8
• The Raccoons (all five seasons seasons 1-2 of the 1985–1991 Canadian animated series that originally aired on CBC, and related specials starting with 1980 release The Christmas Raccoons) – Saturday, Oct. 8 [Updated Oct. 5 & 15: season 3 currently available in French, seasons 3-5 and specials now "coming soon" in English]
• Sesame Street (season 52, previously aired on Treehouse TV) – Saturday, Oct. 8 [Added Oct. 5: oversight in our review of Crave's monthly listings]
• Hell of a Week with Charlamagne tha God (full second season of the Comedy Central series previously titled Tha God's Honest Truth, but likely to be listed on Crave as a distinct series; previously aired on CTV Comedy) – Fridays starting Oct. 14 [updated Oct. 22 – episodes added several weeks after they air on linear]
• Star Trek: Prodigy (season 1, part 2 of the Nickelodeon animated series) – Thursdays starting Oct. 27
• Ongoing, new episodes weekly: The Voice (Tuesdays and Wednesdays); Drag Race Philippines (Wednesdays through Oct. 12); The Handmaid's Tale (Wednesdays), Star Trek: Lower Decks (Thursdays); RuPaul's Drag Race UK (Thursdays)

Notable new programming on Starz

• Zero Contact (2022 thriller film starring Anthony Hopkins and Chris Brochu, via Lionsgate) – Friday, Oct. 7
• Step Up (season 3 of the dance-based drama series based on the films; previous seasons first aired on YouTube Premium as Step Up: High Water) – Sundays starting Oct. 16 (on Starz 1 at 11:30 p.m. ET)
• The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022 action comedy film starring Nicolas Cage as a fictionalized version of himself, with Pedro Pascal and Tiffany Haddish, via Lionsgate) – Friday, Oct. 21
• The BMF Documentary: Blowing Money Fast (docuseries about the Black Mafia Family dramatized in the separate Starz series BMF) – Sundays starting Oct. 23 (on Starz 1 late Sunday nights / Monday mornings at 12:30 a.m. ET)
• Mid-Century (2022 horror thriller starring Stephen Lang, via Lionsgate) – Friday, Oct. 28
• Ongoing, new episodes weekly: Power Book Ⅲ: Raising Kanan (Sundays through Oct. 23); The Serpent Queen (Sundays)

Prime Video

Amazon's streaming service, Prime Video, is only available in Canada as part of an Amazon Prime membership, which is $9.99 per month or $99.00 per year, with a one-month trial available in most areas for first-time subscribers. More programs may be available through add-on channels at additional monthly costs.

Prime Video's full monthly listings for Canada are emailed directly to us, among other media outlets.

Original (or exclusive Canadian distribution) programming

• The Sound of 007 (documentary about the soundtracks of the Danjaq/MGM James Bond films) – Wednesday, Oct. 5 [Note: there has been conflicting information about whether Prime Video Canada will carry the Bond films themselves starting this month, as will be the case in many other countries. Currently, the Canadian streaming rights to the films are held by Crave.]
• Reginald the Vampire (vampire comedy series commissioned by Syfy U.S., starring Jacob Batalon) – Thursdays starting Oct. 6
• Maja Ma (Indian film starring Madhuri Dixit Nene) – Thursday, Oct. 6
• Catherine Called Birdy (comedy film adaptation of the Karen Cushman medieval novel, written and directed by Lena Dunham, starring Bella Ramsey and Billie Piper) – Friday, Oct. 7
• Miskina, la pauvre (France-produced comedy series) – Monday, Oct. 17
• Argentina, 1985 (Argentine-American historical drama film about the Trial of the Juntas) – Friday, Oct. 21
• Swimming with Sharks (psychological drama series starring Kiernan Shipka and Diane Kruger, via Lionsgate; released on The Roku Channel in the U.S. in April) – Friday, Oct. 21
• The Peripheral (sci-fi drama series based on the William Gibson book from executive producers including Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, starring Chloë Grace Moretz) – Friday, Oct. 21
• Modern Love Tokyo (Japanese iteration of the anthology format) – Friday, Oct. 21
• Run Sweetheart Run (Blumhouse-produced thriller film starring Ella Balinska) – Friday, Oct. 28
• High School (series adaptation of the memoir by Tegan and Sara Quin, starring Railey and Seazynn Gilliland; released this fall in the U.S. by Amazon Freevee) – Friday, Oct. 28
• The Devil's Hour (British thriller series created by Tom Moran and from executive producer Steven Moffat, starring Jessica Raine and Peter Capaldi) – Friday, Oct. 28
• More Than Words (2022 Japanese series) – Friday, Oct. 28
• Kamen Rider Black Sun (2022 Japanese tokusatsu series, rebooting 1987's Kamen Rider Black) – Friday, Oct. 28
• Ongoing, new episodes weekly: The Handmaid's Tale (Wednesdays); The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Fridays through Oct. 14)

New-release films

• Eyimofe (2020 Nigerian drama) – Friday, Oct. 7
• Memory (2022 action thriller starring Liam Neeson, via Elevation / STX) – Friday, Oct. 7
• The Set Up (2019 Nigerian crime thriller) and The Set Up 2 (2022) – Monday, Oct. 10
• Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu Part I: The Kindling (2022 Indian film) – Wednesday, Oct. 12
• Kuntilanak 3 (2022 Indonesian horror film) – Thursday, Oct. 13
• Juju Stories (2022 Nigerian anthology film) – Friday, Oct. 14
• Voy a pasármelo bien (2022 Spanish-Mexican film) – Friday, Oct. 14
• Jodi (2022 Indian film) – Friday, Oct. 14
• Viruman (2022 Indian film) – Wednesday, Oct. 19
• Men (2022 British folk horror film written and directed by Alex Garland) – Thursday, Oct. 20
• The Great Indian Family (2022 Indian film) – Thursday, Oct. 27
• Detective Knight: Rogue (2022 action film starring Bruce Willis, via Lionsgate?) – Friday, Oct. 28

Notable licensed programming

• Veronica Mars (most likely this is the 2014 Warner Bros. film that came after season 3 of the TV series) (nope, it's the the TV series, which is no longer available on Crave) – Sunday, Oct. 2
• A Quiet Place (2018 Paramount film) – Sunday, Oct. 2
• Bring It On, Ghost (2016 Korean series) – Thursday, Oct. 6
• Numerous previously-released Christmas season (mostly made-for-TV) movies – Saturday, Oct. 15
• Mom (season 8) – Thursday, Oct. 20
• Party of Five (complete 1994–2000 series, via Sony) – Saturday, Oct. 22

CBC Gem

CBC Gem is free to watch with ads; an ad-free Premium subscription, which adds access to CBC News Network and early access to certain programs, is available for $4.99 per month.

CBC Gem's monthly listings are posted in full on the CBC's media website. Other than programs marked as "original" or "premiere", programs may have aired previously in Canada on other services. Again, some programs may be initially available only on the Premium tier, but are made available on the free tier at a later date.

CBC Television programming

• Heartland (season 16) – Sundays starting Oct. 2 (also on CBC TV at 7:00 p.m. local / 7:30 p.m. Newfoundland time)
• The Great Canadian Baking Show (season 6) – Sundays starting Oct. 2 (8:00 / 8:30 NT)
• Moonshine (season 2) – Sundays starting Oct. 2 (9:00 / 9:30 NT)
• Marketplace (season 50) – Fridays starting Oct. 7 (8:00 / 8:30 NT)
• Diggstown (season 4) – Wednesdays starting Oct. 12 (8:00 / 8:30 NT)
• Travel Man: 48 Hours In... (unclear if this is season 10 [2021-22] of the British series, or selections from previous seasons) – Fridays starting Oct. 14 (8:30 / 9:00 NT)
• Ridley Road (British period drama miniseries) – Mondays starting Oct. 24 (9:00 / 9:30 NT)

Other notable Canadian programming

• In Full Voice (documentary featuring six Muslim Canadian women "eager to talk about what shapes their identities") – Saturday, Oct. 1
• Hodan's Story (documentary short about the life of Somali-Canadian journalist and executive Hodan Nalayeh) – Tuesday, Oct. 4
• Paris Paris (French-language comedy series about a resident of Paris, Ontario who finds a tunnel to Paris, France; previously aired on Unis) – Wednesday, Oct. 5
• Devil in the Dark (2017 horror film) – Friday, Oct. 7
• The Next Step (season 2, originally aired 2014–15) – Friday, Oct. 7
• L'essence des souvenirs – Itinéraire d'un apprenti parfumeur (Canada-France short doc about a Syrian trying to become a master perfumer) – Friday, Oct. 14
• Tribal (season 1 of the Indigenous crime drama, starring Jessica Matten and Brian Markinson; two seasons have aired on APTN and are available on APTN Lumi) – Friday, Oct. 14
• The Ravenous [Les Affamés] (2017 horror film) – Friday, Oct. 14
• Blindness (2008 Canada/Brazil/Japan thriller starring Julianne Moore) – Friday, Oct. 21
• Blood Quantum (2019 horror film, via Elevation; previously on Crave) – Friday, Oct. 21
• She Never Died (2019 horror film) – Friday, Oct. 21
• White Elephant (2020 period drama film starring Zaarin Bushra) – Friday, Oct. 21
• Bitten (complete 2014–16 werewolf series originally aired on Space) – Monday, Oct. 24
• Come to Daddy (2019 Canada/Ireland/New Zealand dark comedy thriller film starring Elijah Wood) – Monday, Oct. 24
• 5150 Elm's Way (2009 psychological thriller film) – Friday, Oct. 28
• Glorious Holiday (documentary short about a Korean woman visiting Vancouver on a working holiday visa) – Friday, Oct. 28

Notable premiere international programmg

• In My Skin (season 2 of the British dramedy series) – Saturday, Oct. 1
• We are Black and British (two-part docuseries) – Saturday, Oct. 1

Other notable international programming

• Mysteries of Mental Illness (2021 PBS docuseries) – Saturday, Oct. 1
• The Falconer (2020 documentary about Rodney Stotts, aired on PBS in 2021) – Saturday, Oct. 1
• Call the Midwife (season 10) – Monday, Oct. 3
• Jamie's Ultimate Veg (series about vegetables with Jamie Oliver) – Monday, Oct. 10

Paramount+

The streaming service from Paramount Global (previously ViacomCBS) is available in Canada for $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year, directly through its own website and apps, or as a channel on Prime Video and Apple TV. Due to Paramount's existing licensing agreements, the programming available in Canada is significantly more restricted than American or other international versions of the service.

We receive monthly listings for Paramount+ by email from the service's Canadian press representatives.

Notable original programming

• Star Trek: Discovery (seasons 1–3), Star Trek: Picard (season 1) – Saturday, October 1 (both previously aired on CTV Sci-Fi; full runs to date of both series remain available on Crave)
• SEAL Team (season 6) – Sundays starting Oct. 2 [corrected Oct. 3 to clarify this series remains exclusive to Paramount+ in Canada]
• Monster High: The Movie (live-action fantasy film based on the Mattel doll brand) – Thursday, Oct. 6
• Never Seen Again (seasons 1–3 of the CBS News-produced docuseries; at least seasons 1–2 were already released in the U.S.) – Tuesday, Oct. 11
• Inside Amy Schumer (season 5 of the sketch comedy series previously originated by Comedy Central) – Thursday, Oct. 20
• Significant Other (horror film starring Jake Lacy) – Tuesday, Oct. 25

Ongoing CBS / CW programming

All of these programs premiere on Global or W Network in Canada (with episodes available for a limited time on demand and on StackTV); episodes are added to Paramount+ Canada 7–14 days after their linear broadcasts.

• CSI: Vegas (season 2) – Thursdays starting Oct. 6
• Ghosts (U.S. season 2) – Thursdays starting Oct. 6
• So Help Me Todd (season 1) – Thursdays starting Oct. 6
• The Real Love Boat (season 1) – Wednesdays starting Oct. 12
• Walker: Independence (season 1) – Thursdays starting Oct. 13
• Fire Country (season 1) – Fridays starting Oct. 14
• NCIS: Los Angeles (season 14) – Sundays starting Oct. 16

New-release films

• Mr. Malcolm's List (period drama based on the Suzanne Allain novel starring Freida Pinto, via LevelFilm) – Saturday, Oct. 1
• Out of the Blue (thriller starring Diane Kruger and Ray Nicholson, via Quiver) – Tuesday, Oct. 25
• Gunfight at Dry River (wild west period drama starring Charlie Creed-Miles, via Quiver) – Tuesday, Oct. 25

Notable library programming

• Various library films from Paramount, Miramax, and Universal, including A Quiet Place (Oct. 4); Ted, Ted 2, Pulp Fiction (all Oct. 11); Kinky Boots, Scarface (both Oct. 18); Bridget Jones 2–3, Fifty Shades of Grey, Tomb Raider (2018) (all Oct. 25)
• Legends of the Hidden Temple (1993–95 Nickelodeon adventure game show; might have aired in Canada on YTV?) – Tuesday, Oct. 4
• Beavis and Butt-Head ("select remastered episodes from seasons 4, 5 & 7") – Friday, Oct. 14

Notable new programming elsewhere

Compiled from a variety of public media resources as well as listings emailed directly to WCIW.

Linear television (with streaming options where available)

All times are in Eastern time (in many cases also in Pacific time depending on the channel) unless otherwise indicated.

• CTV: East New York (police drama starring Amanda Warren – Sundays at 9:00 p.m. starting Oct. 2); The Good Doctor (season 6 – Mondays at 10:00 p.m. starting Oct. 10); Station 19 (season 6 – Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. starting Oct. 6); Grey's Anatomy (season 19 – Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. starting Oct. 6); Alaska Daily (newspaper drama starring Hilary Swank – Thursdays at 10:00 p.m. starting Oct. 6); Blue Bloods (season 13 – Fridays at 10:00 p.m. starting Oct. 7)
• Global (also on StackTV): The Equalizer (season 3 – Sundays at 8:00 p.m.* starting Oct. 2); The Real Love Boat (reality adaptation of the romantic comedy series – Wednesdays at 10:00 starting Oct. 5); Fire Country (action drama starring Max Thieriot – Fridays at 9:00 starting Oct. 7); NCIS: Los Angeles (season 14 – Sundays at 10:00 p.m.* starting Oct. 9) *subject to CBS NFL overruns in the east
• Showcase (also on StackTV): Chucky (season 2 – Wednesdays at 9:00 p.m. starting Oct. 5); Pennyworth (season 3 – Tuesdays at 9:00 p.m. ET starting Oct. 11 [Updated Oct. 15: now listed as "coming soon"]); All American (season 5 – premieres Monday, Oct. 17 at 7:00 p.m., Mondays at 8:00 p.m. thereafter); A Friend of the Family (Peacock true-crime limited series starring Anna Paquin and Colin Hanks – Mondays at 9:00 p.m. starting Oct. 17); The Lazarus Project (Sky UK action thriller starring Paapa Essiedu – Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. starting October 20)
• W Network (also on StackTV): Walker: Independence (prequel / spin-off of the Texas Ranger reboot – Sundays at 8:00 p.m. starting Oct. 9)
• FX (also on Citytv+): American Horror Story: NYC (season 11 of the anthology series – Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. starting Oct. 19)
• CTV Comedy: Acting Good (sitcom starring and loosely based on the life of Paul Rabliauskas – Mondays at 10:30 p.m. starting Oct. 17)
• CTV Drama: Panhandle (Florida-set dramedy series starring Luke Kirby – Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. starting Oct. 6); The Killer in My Family (British true crime docuseries – Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. starting Oct. 8)
• CTV Sci-Fi: The Winchesters (Supernatural prequel – Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. starting Oct. 11); Eli Roth Presents: My Possessed Pet (Travel Channel anthology series – Tuesdays at 9:00 p.m. starting Oct. 11)
• AMC (also available via AMC+ on Prime Video and Apple TV): The Walking Dead (season 11, part 3 – Sundays at 9:00 p.m. starting Oct. 2); Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (new series adaptation of the novel starring Jacob Anderson – Sundays at ~10:00 p.m. starting Oct. 2; episodes available up to one week early on AMC+ following the premiere)
• Hollywood Suite: Cinema A to Z ("Monsters" – Sunday, Oct. 16); Into the Dark ("The Body" and "Uncanny Annie" – Monday, Oct. 31) – both part of month-long Shocktober event
• Super Channel (also available as a channel on Prime Video and Apple TV): see premieres listing on the service's website
• T+E: "Creep Week" event (Oct. 8–16) with paranormal-based docuseries programming including Haunted Hospitals (season 4 – Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. starting Oct. 12); Paranormal: Caught on Camera (season 5 – Thursdays at 9:00 starting Oct. 13); Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life (season 2 – Fridays at 10:00 starting Oct. 14); Strangest Things (season 2 of the docuseries – Sundays at 8:00 starting Oct. 16)

Streaming services

• Apple TV+: The Problem with Jon Stewart (season 2 – Fridays starting Oct. 7); Ghostwriter (season 3 – Fridays starting Oct. 21); Raymond & Ray (film – Friday, Oct. 21); Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (documentary – Friday, Oct. 28)
• BritBox (also available as a channel on Prime Video and Apple TV): Robin of Sherwood (1984–86 ITV Robin Hood adaptation – Oct. 1); Sherwood (2022 BBC crime drama – Oct. 4); Toast of London (2013–15 Channel 4 sitcom – Oct. 13); The Jonathan Ross Show (18 episodes of the ITV chat show – Oct. 13); Karen Pirie (2022 ITV crime drama series – Oct. 25); The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015–17 ITV Encore period crime drama series – Oct. 28)
• Discovery+: see press release for this month's programming (some programs listed may not be available in Canada)

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