What to Watch in Australia, 12 to 18 Oct

Stan has a horror prequel, Disney+ has Marvel’s next series and the ABC has Marc Fennell trying to work out what the internet is teaching boys about being men. The week of Monday 12 to Sunday 18 October is busy on Australian screens, with an Australian-made Everest drama arriving on Apple TV at the end of it.

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Below is every premiere we could confirm on the platforms’ own pages, grouped by day. Times are AEDT where a platform gives them.

Mon 12 Oct

• Australian Story: Second Start, Katie Noonan (ABC TV and ABC iview, 8pm). The singer talks about her 2024 separation and a new album that, the ABC says, includes lyrics written by Trent Dalton.
• Free Leonard Peltier (Netflix). A documentary on the campaign to free the American Indian Movement leader.

Tue 13 Oct

• The State of Man (ABC TV at 8pm; every episode on ABC iview). Marc Fennell investigates the influencers, algorithms and industries shaping modern masculinity. The ABC says the series began when he noticed his own children drifting from Pokémon videos towards manosphere content.
• The Jury: Skeleton in the Garden, final episode (SBS On Demand). SBS’s restaged manslaughter trial reaches its verdict, with what SBS calls a final twist.
• TYSON (Netflix). A four-part documentary series on Mike Tyson.
• The Trap (Netflix). A reclusive author plots against the man she believes killed her sister.

Wed 14 Oct

• VisionQuest (Disney+). Episodes one and two arrive at 6pm Pacific on 13 October, which is about noon on Wednesday in Sydney and Melbourne. Paul Bettany’s Vision goes on the run while James Spader’s Ultron lives inside his head; Disney+ says the series completes the story that began with WandaVision. New episodes follow weekly.
• Love of Your Life (Prime Video). Rachel Morrison‘s romance with Margaret Qualley and Gabriel Basso streams worldwide, according to Amazon.
• Love Is Blind, season 11 (Netflix). Singles get engaged before they meet in person.

Thu 15 Oct

• The Diplomat, season 4 (Netflix). A US ambassador to the UK balances high-stakes diplomacy and a strained marriage.
• The Storm (Netflix). Old friends at a luxury lodge turn on each other when a storm traps them.

Fri 16 Oct

• Crystal Lake (Stan). All episodes at once. The Friday the 13th prequel from A24 casts Linda Cardellini as Pam Voorhees, a grieving single mother still reeling from her son’s drowning in the local lake. Stan says the arrival of two strangers at her door sets the townspeople asking who she really is.
• Tulsa King, season 4 (Paramount+). Sylvester Stallone’s Dwight Manfredi tries to make his empire legitimate while corrupt politicians and new enemies close in. Gretchen Mol joins the cast, according to Paramount Australia.
• Tenzing (Apple TV). Australian director Jennifer Peedom’s film follows Tenzing Norgay (Genden Phuntsok) and Edmund Hillary (Tom Hiddleston) to the summit of Everest, with Willem Dafoe and Caitríona Balfe. More in our standalone story this week.
• KATSEYE: Wild Hearts (Disney+). Disney+ Australia says the documentary follows the group from Dream Academy to global pop, with never-before-seen footage.
• Hometown Giants (Prime Video). Michael Bublé and Drew Scott try to rebuild the Vancouver Giants junior hockey team.
• Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald, The Disciple and Therapy Done Right (Netflix). A comedy documentary, a Wu-Tang Clan true story and an Argentine dark comedy.

Sat 17 Oct

• The Rainmaker, new season (Stan). New episodes every Saturday. John Slattery’s Leo Drummond faces Milo Callaghan’s Rudy Baylor in a case involving hundreds of children, with Merle Dandridge and Richard Kind joining the cast, according to Stan.

Sun 18 Oct

• Fleishman Is in Trouble (SBS On Demand). Jesse Eisenberg plays a newly divorced man whose app-dating life is upended when his ex-wife vanishes and leaves him with their children.

What is still to come

Catching up: Anna Torv’s ABC crime drama Dustfall, which premiered on Sunday 11 October, is on ABC iview.

10 has nothing new confirmed inside the week; Sam Pang Tonight returns at 8:40pm on Monday 19 October, according to Paramount Australia. Seven’s 7plus, Nine’s 9Now and Foxtel’s Binge had not published dated premieres for this week on pages we could reach at the time of writing; this guide will add them if they do.

Where to watch

• VisionQuest, Disney+, AU, from 14 Oct, weekly
• The State of Man, ABC TV and ABC iview, AU, 13 Oct
• Crystal Lake, Stan, AU, 16 Oct, all episodes
• Tulsa King season 4, Paramount+, AU, 16 Oct
• Tenzing, Apple TV, AU, 16 Oct
• The Rainmaker new season, Stan, AU, from 17 Oct, Saturdays
• Fleishman Is in Trouble, SBS On Demand, AU, 18 Oct
• Love of Your Life, Prime Video, AU, 14 Oct

Sources

• ABC: Latest program announcements, updated 9 Oct 2026
• SBS: Top new TV series to watch this October, 25 Sept 2026, updated 7 Oct 2026
• Stan: Stan weekly news update, 9 Oct 2026
• Stan: Stan’s October highlights, 25 Sept 2026
• Paramount Australia & New Zealand: A Storm Is Brewing, 29 Sept 2026
• Paramount Australia & New Zealand: Sam Pang Tonight returns, 29 Sept 2026
• Netflix Tudum: New on Netflix in October 2026, accessed 10 Oct 2026
• Disney+ Australia: Ultron Gets Inside Vision’s Head in VisionQuest, 7 Oct 2026
• Disney+ Australia: KATSEYE: Wild Hearts arrives on Disney+ Australia this October, 2 Oct 2026
• Amazon: What’s new on Prime Video in October 2026, 1 Oct 2026
• Amazon MGM Studios Press: Hometown Giants season 1, accessed 10 Oct 2026
• Apple TV Press: Tenzing, accessed 10 Oct 2026