The Halloween movies are coming!

It’s the last day of September, so it’s almost October, and you know what that means. Halloween? No. Thanksgiving? No. Christmas? You bet! [The Hallmark Christmas movies schedule has been released]( and it’s loaded with 47 films about people realizing the true meaning of the holidays and the importance of specialty craft stores in a small town economy. After you read that for four hours, come back here for this week’s TV recommendations. -Tim   Your Watch This Now! newsletter is created by Senior Recommendations and Reviews Editor Tim Surette and more show-obsessed editors at TV Guide!   SERIES PREMIERES WEDNESDAY AT 9/8C ON PBS (CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS) [NOVA: The Solar System will make you feel guilty about needing to put on a jacket]( [TV’s premiere science class returns with a five-part series about our Solar System, specifically examining unusual, turbulent worlds that sadly might be a preview of our own planet if we continue down our road of excess and waste. It starts Wednesday with “Storm Worlds,” where recent imagery from super telescopes has given us a peek at space rocks that have atmospheres of battery acid and rainstorms of liquid methane. Meanwhile, here on planet Earth, I complain that 80 degrees is way too hot.]( SERIES PREMIERES SUNDAY AT 10/9C ON HBO [The Franchise shows how the superhero sausage is made, and it ain’t pretty]( [Created by Veep's Armando Iannucci, Succession's Jon Brown, and Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes, The Franchise is going to do for superhero movie franchises what Veep did for the government. The showbiz satire follows the cast and crew of a blockbuster film as it faces challenges getting made, and with Iannucci on board, we get a lot of creative curses about spandex and capes, as well as a total evisceration of Hollywood’s need to feed the machine with empty, big-budget films that are just as important to sell toys as they are to go big at the box office. The excellent cast includes Himesh Patel, Aya Cash, Daniel Brühl, Jessica Hynes, and Billy Magnussen.]( SEASON 3 PREMIERES THURSDAY ON NETFLIX [Heartstopper is streaming’s most comfy rom-com]( the first two seasons of Heartstopper felt like being wrapped in a warm blanket. There's just something so comforting about the rom-com series based on Alice Oseman's graphic novels of the same name. In Heartstopper Season 2, Charlie (Joe Locke) and Nick's (Kit Connor) relationship was tested in new ways. But through every stormy test, they remained the anchor in each other's lives. Oseman said that]( 2 ended with Nick beginning to understand the extent of Charlie's mental health issues, and it's this that will drive the story through Season 3." What else should we expect for Season 3? A cameo by Bridgerton's Jonathan Bailey as Charlie's celebrity crush, Jack Maddox. -Kat Moon SPOOKY SEASON [A frightening amount of new Halloween movies debuts this week]( This week, your sexy firefighters calendar turns to October, which means it’s time to be inundated with Halloween movies. [We have a list of where to watch all the classics, both new and old]( but the streaming era also means lots of spooky original movies are coming out, too, including a trio this Thursday: Hulu’s Dust Bowl boogeyman thriller Hold Your Breath, Max’s Steven King vampire remake Salem’s Lot, and Prime Video’s culinary horror House of Spoils. [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( | [View in Browser]( [Unsubscribe]( © 2024 TV Guide, A Fandom, Inc. company. All rights reserved. TV Guide, [130 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94104, U.S.A.](#)