What to Watch in the US: Middle-earth Returns

The week turns on Wednesday. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power returns to Prime Video on 11 November with four episodes at once, and it has company: Hulu brings back Rivals the same day, Peacock drops a full Karin Slaughter adaptation on Thursday, and Friday 13 November stacks a heist series, a Nashville thriller and a Johnny Depp Scrooge into a single night. Here is the week, from each platform’s own schedule.

The lead: The Rings of Power, season three

Season three picks up five years after the fall of Eregion, with Sauron’s armies holding most of Middle-earth. Only the Dwarves, sealed inside Khazad-dûm, and the Elven realms of Lindon and Rivendell, protected by their Three Rings, remain free, while Sauron works in his new tower of Barad-dûr to master the One Ring. Charlie Vickers returns as Sauron, with Morfydd Clark as Galadriel, Robert Aramayo as Elrond and Daniel Weyman as Gandalf. The new faces include Jamie Campbell Bower as Celeborn and Eddie Marsan as Thrain, and Simon Pegg voices the Balrog.

The rollout is front-loaded: episodes one to four on 11 November, five and six on 18 November, and the final two on 25 November. Anyone who missed the trailer for season three can still catch up properly, since all 16 episodes of the first two seasons are streaming. Our pick: rewatch the last two episodes of season two on Monday and Tuesday, then start Wednesday night.

Monday 9 Nov and Tuesday 10 Nov

A quiet start, which is the point, after last week’s Halloween slate. With four hours of Middle-earth on the way, the first two nights are best spent catching up. Network television carries on as normal, and the new episodes of Dancing with the Stars stream live on Disney+ on Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET.

Wednesday 11 Nov

• The Rings of Power, season three (Prime Video). See above.
• Rivals, season two, part two (Hulu). The Hulu Original resumes with a three-episode premiere, picking up the Cotswolds feud between Tony Baddingham and Declan O’Hara.
• Avedon (Netflix). Ron Howard’s documentary on the photographer Richard Avedon draws on his personal archives, rare footage and new interviews to show how his pictures shaped the visual culture of the 20th century.

Thursday 12 Nov

• The Good Daughter (Peacock). All six episodes land at once. Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy play sisters Charlotte and Samantha Quinn, who have spent 20 years rebuilding their lives after a single night of violence. When another attack hits the small town of Pikeville, Charlotte, a lawyer like her father, is the first witness on the scene. Brendan Gleeson, Olivia Williams and Michael Dorman co-star. Karin Slaughter adapted her own novel and wrote every episode.
• The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County (Hulu). The Hulu Original arrives with every episode on day one.

Friday 13 Nov

• 12 12 12 (Apple TV). Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan star in an eight-part heist drama about a raid on a bank vault beneath Zurich, a cat-and-mouse game between a disgraced FBI agent and an American career criminal. Each episode moves between three timelines: 12 months of planning, the 12 hours of the job and the 12 days after. Kari Skogland directs the pilot. Two episodes open the season, then one each Friday through 25 Dec.
• Snoopy Presents: 12 Days of Snoopy (Apple TV). The Peanuts kids are behaving, but Snoopy has landed on Santa’s naughty list, with 12 days to prove he is not such a bad beagle.
• Heartland (Netflix). Jessica Chastain leads Shana Feste’s thriller about a former country star who leaves seclusion to search for her missing niece and uncovers a darker side of Nashville. Garrett Hedlund, Ross Lynch, Jennifer Nettles and John Hawkes co-star; Feste also wrote it.

In theatres Friday

• Ebenezer (Paramount Pictures). Johnny Depp plays Scrooge in Ti West’s take on Dickens, with Rupert Grint, Andrea Riseborough, Sam Claflin, Daisy Ridley, Tramell Tillman and Ian McKellen. Paramount’s pitch: “The name you know, the story you don’t.”
• Paper Tiger (Neon). James Gray directs Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller in the story of two brothers drawn into a scheme that seems too good to be true, and into the orbit of the Russian mafia.

If you would rather wait for either at home, our explainer on how long a film stays in theatres before it streams sets out what to expect.

Saturday 14 Nov

• Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards (CBS, Nickelodeon and Paramount+). Live from Los Angeles from 8 to 9:30 p.m. ET, and the first time CBS has presented the show. Alex Warren hosts. Paramount+ Premium subscribers can stream the live CBS feed; Essential subscribers get it on demand the next day.
• A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (Apple TV). Free to stream on Saturday and Sunday.

Sunday 15 Nov

• The Chosen, season six (Prime Video). The season covers the last day of Jesus’s life. Three episodes arrive at once, then one a week through 6 Dec, with the finale held for a separate theatrical release in spring 2027.

Where to watch

• The Rings of Power, season three: Prime Video, US, 11 Nov (four episodes)
• Rivals, season two, part two: Hulu, US, 11 Nov (three episodes)
• Avedon: Netflix, US, 11 Nov
• The Good Daughter: Peacock, US, 12 Nov (all episodes)
• The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County: Hulu, US, 12 Nov
• 12 12 12: Apple TV, US, 13 Nov (two episodes, then Fridays)
• Heartland: Netflix, US, 13 Nov
• Ebenezer and Paper Tiger: in theatres, US, 13 Nov
• Kids’ Choice Awards: CBS, Nickelodeon and Paramount+, US, 14 Nov, 8 p.m. ET
• The Chosen, season six: Prime Video, US, 15 Nov (three episodes)

Sources

• About Amazon: The Rings of Power Season 3
• Amazon MGM Studios Press: The Rings of Power Season 3
• Amazon MGM Studios: Season Six of The Chosen, 3 Apr 2026
• Apple TV Press: 12 12 12 trailer, 13 Oct 2026
• Apple TV Press: First look at 12 12 12, 26 Aug 2026
• Apple TV Press: There’s no place like Apple TV for the holidays, Sep 2026
• Peacock: Fall 2026 schedule
• Disney+ Press: Next on Disney+ and Hulu, November 2026
• Disney UK Press: Rivals returns with new episodes on 11 November, 9 Sep 2026
• Netflix Tudum: Every Movie Coming to Netflix in Fall 2026
• Paramount Press Express: CBS Presents Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards
• Paramount Press Express: Streaming Soon on Paramount+
• Sky Group: The Good Daughter trailer
• Paramount Pictures: Ebenezer
• Neon: Paper Tiger