Best series to stream this October, from The Paper to IT: Welcome to Derry

As October kicks in, there’s no better time to cozy up indoors and dive into some fresh, binge-worthy series.

Whether you’re into gripping crime dramas, spine-chilling horror, or reality TV packed with sass and glamour, this month’s streaming lineup has something for everyone.

From The Paper’s tense newsroom politics to the eerie thrills of IT: Welcome to Derry, October promises edge-of-your-seat entertainment for every mood.

Showmax leads the pack this month with a mix of new and returning hits, including the long-awaited Dexter: Resurrection, the action-packed MobLand, the heartwarming yet chaotic St. Denis Medical, and fan-favorite reality sensation The Real Housewives of Potomac. It’s the perfect mix of drama, suspense, and real-life flair to keep you hooked all month long.
PICK OF THE WEEK (1-5 OCTOBER):

MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT S2 REUNION
Stream from 5PM on Sunday, 5 October on Mzansi Magic & Showmax | Reality series

Untied’s Relebogile Mabotja will host the two-hour Married at First Sight South Africa reunion special, which will unpack all the Season 2 drama, love stories and unexpected friendships.

The explosive finale ended on a tense and uncertain note. From couples who chose to stay together to those who went their separate ways, there’s plenty to unpack. Since filming wrapped, a lot has happened behind the scenes and some of the revelations are sure to leave viewers shook.

The four couples in the spotlight at the reunion are Palesa Mphaki and Tshepo Miya; Makoto Phumodi and Nkuleleko Mahlangu; Themba Khosa and Nelisa Ntabeni; and Portia Baloyi and Bongani Luvalo.

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THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF SALT LAKE CITY S6
First on Showmax | Fridays from 3 October | Reality series

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City returns for its sixth season with friendships on thin ice and scorching hot drama. 

Join Lisa Barlow, Mary Cosby, Heather Gay, Angie Katsanevas, Meredith Marks, Bronwyn Newport, Whitney Rose, and friend Britani Bateman as they travel around the globe, trade their Sprinter van for an RV, fly first class to Greece, and even sail the seas with the crew of Below Deck Down Under. 

Previous seasons were nominated for the Television Critics Association and MTV Movie and TV awards. 

Watch the trailer: 

https://youtu.be/0MzMdB3S7Uc

ALSO ON: 
Friday, 3 October
Vimba S1

PICKS OF THE WEEK (6-12 OCTOBER):

DEXTER: RESURRECTION S1
22:00 on Tuesdays from 7 October on M-Net and Showmax | Crime series

He’s alive. And killing it. 

Currently at #5 among IMDb’s Most Popular TV Shows with a 9.2/10 score there, a 95% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a second season already in the pipeline, Dexter: Resurrection returns Michael C Hall to his multiple-Emmy-nominated role as everyone’s favourite serial killer.

Weeks after he took a bullet to the chest from his own son in Dexter: New Blood, Dexter awakens from a coma to find Harrison gone without a trace. He sets out to find him and make things right. But closure won’t come easy as Dexter realises his past is catching up to him fast.  

Emmy winner Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), Oscar nominee Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill), and Black Reel nominee Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine (Smoke, The Chi) join the Dexter universe this time around. Also look out for Critics’ Choice nominee Krysten Ritter (Breaking Bad, Jessica Jones) and Critics’ Choice Super nominee David Dastmalchian (Murderbot, Late Night with the Devil), not to mention Neil Patrick Harris and John Lithgow among the guest stars. David Zayas is also back in his award-winning role as Detective Angel Batista, while Jack Alcott and James Remar return as Harrison and Harry Morgan. 

Watch the trailer, which has nearly nine million views:

You can also binge all eight seasons of the original Dexter as well as the hit prequel series Dexter: Original Sin on Showmax. 

THE PAPER
First on Showmax | Wednesdays from 8 October | Mockumentary series

In The Paper, the documentary crew that immortalised Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch in The Office have set their sights on a new subject: historic Midwestern newspaper the Toledo Truth-Teller, and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters. 

The Paper is a true ensemble, starring Critics’ Choice nominee Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina, About Time); breakout actress Chelsea Frei, who is currently at #15 on IMDb’s Starmeter; Emmy nominee Sabrina Impacciatore (The White Lotus); the Emmy-winning fan-favourite from The Office, Oscar Nuñez; Ramona Young (Never Have I Ever), Melvin Gregg (The Blackening) and BAFTA nominee Tim Key (The Ballad of Wallis Island), as well as Nigerian BAFTA winner Gbemisola Ikumelo (Black Ops) and Emmy-winning comedian Alex Edelman, who are also part of the writing team. 

Already renewed for a second season, The Paper is created, written and exec produced by Emmy winners Greg Daniels (The Office, Parks and Recreation) and Michael Koman (How to with John Wilson, Saturday Night Live, Nathan for You), with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant (who co-created the original British version of The Office) among its executive producers. 

The Paper has an 85% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with The Times (UK) hailing it as  “laugh-out-loud funny… a worthy successor to the beloved US Office.”

Watch the trailer, which has over five million views:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5v4LJJkvUU 

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SKEMERGROND
15 episodes every Tuesday from 7 October on Showmax | Afrikaans telenovela
 

Nominated for six awards at this year’s Silwerskerm Festival, Skemergrond is set in the idyllic town of Gemoedsdrif, where the Louw family runs their beautiful flower farm, Everlasting. Their peaceful existence is turned upside down when unexpected guests arrive and threaten to reveal shocking family secrets. 

From multi-award-winners Penguin Films (Arendsvlei, Diepe Waters), the kykNET&kie series was nominated in the telenovela or soap category at the 2025 Silwerskerm Festival for Best Actor (Gershwin Mias and Dann-Jaques Mouton), Best Supporting Performer (Shimmy Isaacs, Gretchen Ramsden and Dirk Stoltz) and Best Newcomer (Hunter Plaatjies).    

Watch the trailer:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMb9-W1a8WQ



THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF POTOMAC S10   

First on Showmax | Fridays from 10 October | Reality series

Up for Outstanding Reality Program at the 2025 Image Awards, The Real Housewives of Potomac returns for a landmark tenth Season 10 promising plenty of laughs and drama — and the return of a familiar face. Lies, divorce, and secret chocolate boyfriends… Who of the RHOP ladies has changed, and who has not? 

Season 10 sees Gizelle Bryant and Ashley Darby embracing the single life, while Keiarna Stewart and Stacey Rusch examine the relationships they already have. Nigerian-American political commentator Wendy Osefo is ready to become a professor again, bringing big changes in both her personal and professional life, while Angel Massie returns to reestablish herself in the P.  

New to the show is upper-crust British-Nigerian expat Tia Glover, who comes to Potomac with a full house and a worldly perspective on family. As she navigates new friendships, Tia must decide whether to keep things classy or use her signature wit and speak her mind when the moment calls for it.
 

Watch the trailer:
https://youtu.be/iPcG7EqsMBE

ALSO ON:

Tuesday, 7 October:
D’lozlami S10

Friday, 10 October:
Isencane Lengane S7, Vimba S2

PICK OF THE WEEK (13-19 OCTOBER):

MOBLAND

Binge from Wednesday, 15 October on Showmax | Crime series

Power is up for grabs as the Harrigans and Stevensons, two warring London crime families, clash in a kill-or-be-killed battle that threatens to topple empires and ruin lives. Caught in the crossfire is Harry Da Souza, a street-smart fixer as dangerous as he is handsome. Harry knows too well where loyalties lie when opposing forces collide. As kingdom goes up against kingdom, lines will be crossed – and the only saving grace is a bet-your-life guarantee: family above everything. 

Oscar nominee Tom Hardy stars in MobLand as Harry Da Souza, opposite former James Bond Pierce Brosnan, Oscar winner Helen Mirren, two-time BAFTA winner Paddy Considine, and three-time Emmy nominee Joanne Froggatt (Anna Bates in Downton Abbey).  

Executive produced by Guy Ritchie (The Gentlemen, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) and created by Ronan Bennett (The Day of the Jackal, Top Boy), MobLand’s premiere broke records as the biggest global series launch ever on Paramount+, who have already ordered Season 2.

Watch the trailer, which has nearly 10m views:

ALSO ON:

Tuesday, 14 October
Dloz’lami S11

Thursday, 16 October

Mamazala S17

PICK OF THE WEEK (20-26 OCTOBER):



SHOWTRIAL S2
Binge from Wednesday, 22 October on Showmax | Legal series
 

When high-profile climate activist Marcus Calderwood is left for dead in a violent hit and run, he uses his dying moments to apparently identify his killer: a serving policeman. But who is this unnamed “Officer X”? What does his own history reveal about the nature of trauma and revenge, and was Marcus’ death a careless accident or cold-blooded murder? As public outrage reaches fever-pitch, Showtrial questions if a fair trial is possible when tensions are riding so high, and if the truth is ever clear-cut.

The five-part series stars BAFTA winner Adeel Akhtar (Sweet Tooth, Four Lions, The Big Sick) alongside the likes of Screen Actors Guild nominee Joe Dempsie (Game of Thrones, Skins) and 2025 Black Reel nominee Tracy Ifeachor (The Pitt). 
From the makers of Line of Duty and Vigil, Season 2 has an 88% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with The Guardian calling it “tense and twisty.” The first instalment of the BBC anthology series was nominated for BAFTA and International Emmy Awards. 

Watch the trailer: 

NAVAJO POLICE: CLASS 57
Binge from Thursday, 23 October on Showmax | Documentary series
 

Navajo Police: Class 57 follows the lives of a group of young Navajo Police cadets as they fight to protect and serve people on the reservation. They must contend with rising crime and centuries of neglect to hold their community together.

Filmed over the course of a year, the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary miniseries is set against the sweeping backdrop of the Navajo Nation. The largest Indian reservation in the United States, it has a landmass the size of West Virginia, a population of over 190 000 people, and just 180 police officers.

With pressure on the department to increase numbers, the Navajo Police Department has become the only tribal law enforcement agency in the country with its own Police Academy. All of the recruits are Navajo and drawn from the community, but with an attrition rate of over 50%, the training officers have their work cut out for them.

Watch the trailer: 

https://youtu.be/YiOlu5ME6E0

ALSO ON:

Tuesday, 21 October
Dloz’lami S12, Vreemde as Fiksie S2

Thursday, 23 October
Mamazala S18

Friday, 24 October

Rekere S1

PICK OF THE WEEK (27-31 OCTOBER):

IT: WELCOME TO DERRY
First on Showmax | Fridays from 31 October | Horror series

From Stephen King and the filmmakers behind the multi-award-winning It films, the prequel series It: Welcome to Derry is set in the 1960s as a group of children set out to investigate a series of disappearances in the town of Derry, Maine.

Black Reel nominee Taylour Paige (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Emmy nominee Jovan Adepo (Watchmen), and Chris Chalk (Marcus in Shining Girls and Paul Drake in Perry Mason) co-star, with Critics’ Choice Super Awards nominee Bill Skarsgård (Nosferatu) reprising his role as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Also among the cast are James Remar (Dexter’s Harry Morgan), Golden Globe winner Madeleine Stowe (Revenge, 12 Monkeys), and YouTube star Rudy Mancuso. 

ScreenRant is already predicting the six-part series could overthrow The Last of Us as HBO’s reigning horror series, calling it “2025’s Most Exciting Horror Show”, and saying, “It: Welcome to Derry has all the right material to become one of the best Stephen King TV adaptations ever made.”  

Watch the teaser, which has nearly eight million views:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HG-wsRsg8s 

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DIE STORIES VAN AFRIKAANSBinge from Tuesday, 28 October on Showmax | Documentary series

As Afrikaans celebrates its centenary this year, Die Stories van Afrikaans embarks on an epic journey to explore the origins of the language and the rich tapestry of people who shaped it. 

Pitched at MIPAfrica, the kykNET documentary series is produced by Bonanza Films (Elders) and Giep van Zyl, the national coordinator of the Afrikaans Official 100 campaign. Each episode has its own narrator: Sandra Prinsloo, Zane Meas, June van Merch, Albert Pretorius, Dean Balie, Frank Opperman, Lee-Ann van Rooi and Tinarie van Wyk-Loots.

As Ready D from Die Brasse Vannie Kaap puts it: “Afrikaans is energy. Afrikaans is cool. Afrikaans is Khoi. It’s Dutch. It’s Malay. It’s human. Afrikaans is the soil. Afrikaans is the dust, and Afrikaans is part of who we are. It’s not going anywhere.” 

Watch the trailer: 

ST. DENIS MEDICAL  

Binge from Wednesday, 29 October on Showmax | Mockumentary series

Co-created by Justin Spitzer (The Office, Superstore), St. Denis Medical is a mockumentary set in an underfunded and understaffed Oregon hospital, where the dedicated doctors and nurses are trying their best to treat patients while maintaining their own sanity. 

At the 2025 Critics’ Choice Awards, St. Denis Medical was up for Best Comedy Series and Best Actor (David Alan Greer). Emmy nominees Allison Tolman (Fargo) and Wendi McLendon-Covey (The Goldbergs) co-star.  

 
St. Denis Medical has an 83% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with Time hailing it as “the most promising network sitcom since Abbott Elementary”. 

Watch a four-minute sneak peak, which has over 2.5m views:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcZ6_TJgyZs

ALSO ON:

Tuesday, 28 October
Dloz’lami S13

Thursday, 30 October
Mkhonto O Gwaza S1

Friday, 31 October
Home: Adventures With Tip & Oh S2, Rekere S2
ONGOING:

Daily

Love Island Games S2

Mondays
Peacemaker S2 (until 13 October), Task (until Monday 20 October), The Pitt

Tuesdays
Vaal Riviera S1

Wednesdays
Dexter: Original Sin (until 1 October), Single Kiasi S4

Fridays
The Real Housewives of Orange County S19, Youngins S3