Primetime TV

Channel 4 ends Married at First Sight UK after ten years and shelves a filmed series on welfare grounds, MGM Plus's From becomes the biggest show on streaming by moving to Netflix with 1.65 billion minutes, Keeley Hawes returns in The Assassin season two on Prime Video, Prime Video orders a new Terminal List series with Chris Pratt, NBC bets its post-NFL launch on The Rockford Files, Sherlock & Daughter comes home to HBO Max UK, and Awkwafina tries to revive her family's restaurant on Apple TV.

• Channel 4 Axes Married at First Sight UK After 10 Years and Scraps a Filmed Series — https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-channel-4-cancels-married-first-sight-after-rape-allegations-2026-11-05/

• From Tops Nielsen With 1.65 Billion Minutes in Its First Netflix Week — https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/tv-shows/from-ratings-netflix-nielsen-streaming-charts/

• The Assassin Season 2 Premieres Today on Prime Video, All Six Episodes — https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/the-assassin-julie-love-life-exclusive-newsupdate/

• Prime Video Orders Savage Son, a New Terminal List Series With Chris Pratt — https://theakronmagazine.com/chris-pratt-savage-son-terminal-list-prime-video/

• NBC Sets The Rockford Files Reboot Premiere for January 2, Then Thursdays at 8 — https://www.cbr.com/rockford-files-reboot-2026-release-date-david-boreanaz/

• Sherlock & Daughter Premieres on HBO Max UK as Nine New Markets Buy In — https://www.geektown.co.uk/2026/11/05/sherlock-daughter-stars-dougray-scott-blu-hunt-talk-david-thewlis-moriarty-victorian-london-season-2-hopes/

• Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook Premieres Today on Apple TV — https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2026/10/apple-tv-debuts-trailer-for-new-docuseries-awkwafina-the-unlikely-cook-premiering-november-6/

Who's hiring, and what's shifting
Channel 4 said the budget previously allocated to Married at First Sight UK will be invested in new programmes from independent British production companies, so the commissioning pot moves to new indies. Prime Video's Savage Son order extends the Terminal List production pipeline, Sherlock & Daughter's second season is in early development at Starlings on the strength of nine new international sales, and Disney Careers lists fresh Disney Television Animation roles in Glendale, including a Script Coordinator posted November 5 and a Storyboard Artist posted November 3. Those roles live on each company's own careers page, and production postings run through the guild boards.

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HBO renews Sharon Horgan's Youth the morning after its finale, Election Night clears broadcast primetime and becomes a streaming business test, Nobody Wants This posts the year's biggest returning-comedy opening, Netflix premieres the steampunk western Bass X Machina, The Gilded Age opens Season 4 in HBO's Sunday slot, Nielsen's animation report crowns SpongeBob, Bluey and Family Guy, and Prime Video readies its Muhammad Ali series The Greatest.

• HBO renews Sharon Horgan's Youth for Season 2, one day after the finale — https://www.justjared.com/2026/11/02/is-youth-coming-back-for-season-2-hbo-reveals-fate-of-sharon-horgans-comedy-series/

• Election Night clears primetime: ABC, NBC and CBS preempt everything, Fox sits it out — https://parade.com/tv/election-night-bumps-abc-nbc-and-cbs-prime-time-shows-tonight-tuesday-nov-3

• The business of Election Night: networks spread one production across every platform — https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/tv/election-night-coverage-news-networks-business-costs-2026/

• Nobody Wants This Season 3 posts the biggest returning-comedy opening of the year — https://mindshareindex.com/

• Bass X Machina premieres today: Netflix bets on a steampunk western about Bass Reeves — https://entertainmentnow.com/what-to-watch-now/new-tv-premieres-november-2-2026-weekly-schedule/

• The Gilded Age opens Season 4 with a president at the table and eight Sundays on HBO — https://people.com/meet-the-gilded-age-season-4-new-characters-12200298

• Nielsen's animation report: SpongeBob, Bluey and Family Guy each top 65 billion minutes — https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/10/nielsen-animation-day-2026-reports-highlights-key-toon-tv-streaming-trends/

• Tomorrow: Prime Video drops all eight episodes of The Greatest, its Muhammad Ali series — https://www.cupofsoulshow.com/entertainmentnews/what-to-watch-this-week-tv-premieres-november-2-8-2026

Who's hiring, and what's shifting

MS NOW has hired more than 200 journalists over the past year to build its own Washington and New York newsrooms after separating from NBC, per TheWrap. Netflix's careers board shows 305 open roles, largest in backend engineering, marketing, product and AI/ML, per an Alion snapshot of jobs.netflix.com. Roles live on the Versant careers pages and at jobs.netflix.com.

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Reacher and its spinoff Neagley own Nielsen's September chart while a finished library drama out-streams the new class, John Goodman joins The Beast in Me, Disney and Netflix hand out fast renewals, a Korean horror series goes global, and broadcast's freshman class faces its first renewal verdict.

• Reacher tops September streaming at 4.6 billion minutes, and SEAL Team is the library story of the fall — https://movieweb.com/seal-team-stream-paramount-nielsen-november-2026/

• John Goodman joins The Beast in Me season two as Aggie's father — https://parade.com/news/john-goodman-beast-in-me-season-2-role-revealed-netflix

• Coven Academy earns a fast second season after 20.3 million hours — https://www.filmofilia.com/coven-academy-s2-renewal-20261026-231465/

• Netflix renews Haunted Hotel for season three, timed to Halloween 2027 — https://www.cbr.com/netflix-haunted-hotel-season-3-renewal/

• The week's casting wave: Bill Nighy, Melanie Lynskey, Alfred Molina and Camryn Manheim — https://ruebensramblings.com/2026/11/01/entertainment-update-for-october-26-through-november-1-2/

• Dead-End Job climbs to number two worldwide on Netflix in 86 countries — https://zapzee.net/2026/11/02/lee-jae-wooks-dead-end-job-climbs-to-no-2-worldwide-on-netflix-reaches-top-10-in-86-countries/

• American Hostage ends season one with an anthology plan and no renewal yet — https://www.justjared.com/2026/11/01/american-hostage-season-2-renewal-status-jon-hamm-creators-plans/

• Fall's five new network shows face their first renewal verdict in the ratings — https://www.tvinsider.com/gallery/new-fall-2026-shows-renewed-canceled-ratings/

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Daytime's dynasty extends its reign: General Hospital wins its sixth straight Daytime Emmy and Genie Francis is honored for a lifetime as Laura. Plus Nielsen's Halloween streaming chart, Netflix's Top 10, Donald Glover's PUBG series at Netflix, Sarah Snook's The Birds at HBO, Monarch's possible Season 3 reset, MGM+'s Black Tapes greenlight, and Instagram's $500,000 offers to YouTubers. Tonight, The Gilded Age returns.

• General Hospital wins its sixth straight Daytime Emmy — https://thestatesjournal.com/articles/general-hospital-wins-best-daytime-drama-at-2026-daytime-emmys-2f5f49b0/

• Below tops Nielsen's streaming chart at 1.3 billion minutes — https://justpaste.in/movies/streaming-ratings-oct-12-18-2026/

• Below holds Netflix's Top 10 as Lupin Part 4 debuts at No. 1 — https://www.filmibeat.com/photo-gallery/netflix-top-10-below-and-animals-extend-their-reign-as-lupin-returns-to-no-1-111120.html

• Donald Glover to write, direct and star in Netflix's PUBG series — https://www.polygon.com/netflix-pubg-tv-series-donald-glover-krafton/

• Sarah Snook returns to HBO in The Birds limited series — https://www.joblo.com/the-birds-hbo/

• Monarch Season 3 talks point to a new showrunner and new Titans — https://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3973952/monarch-legacy-of-monsters-season-3-will-feature-new-showrunner-new-writers-new-titans/

• MGM+ greenlights The Black Tapes with Coster-Waldau and Bacon — https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/595458/sosie-bacon-joins-nikolaj-coster-waldau-in-mgm-horror-series-the-black-tapes/

• Instagram offers YouTubers up to $500,000 for long-form Features — https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/instagram-reportedly-offering-youtubers-up-to-500000-to-post-long-form-videos-3423177/

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Criminal Minds: Evolution ends with Season 20 — a finale that was never planned as one, and the first cancellation of the new Paramount+ era. Plus Nocturne's instant Apple TV chart debut, HBO's Harry Potter series casts its Hogwarts ghosts, Janelle James takes over the Critics Choice Awards, the fall freshman scorecard, Amazon's bet on a book that is not out yet, The Gilded Age's rave-reviewed return tomorrow, and Saturday Night Live live on Halloween night.

Stories: Criminal Minds: Evolution's final season · Nocturne's first-day chart debut · Harry Potter ghost casting · Janelle James to host the Critics Choice Awards · Fall freshman renewals scorecard · Amazon develops The Courier · The Gilded Age Season 4 eve · SNL's Halloween return

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Netflix renews The Diplomat for a fifth season just two weeks after Season 4, Below holds Netflix's top spot for a third week, Nielsen's chart shows library TV filling half of streaming's Top 10, World Series ratings recover after a Game 3 dip, and two major premieres land tonight — Apple TV's Nocturne and Dexter: Resurrection Season 2 on Paramount+.

Today: The Diplomat Season 5 • Netflix Top 10 • Nielsen streaming chart • World Series ratings • Nocturne premiere • Dexter: Resurrection • Coven Academy, Nation's Dumbest and American Horror Story renewals • The Gilded Age Season 4 • Ghosts Halloween special

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