Trending TV Shows This Week
These are the 40 TV shows people are watching most this week, ordered by how fast they are climbing on TMDB. The list is rebuilt every day, so what is here today is what is actually being talked about today.
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40 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.East of Eden(2026)
7.9Drama
In the early 1900s, a fiercely independent woman drives a rift between two brothers, igniting a saga that unfolds across two generations.
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2.Lanterns(2026)
8.4DramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
Two intergalactic cops, new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, are drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.
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3.Coven Academy(2026)
10.0MysteryDramaComedy
In the haunted heart of New Orleans, follow three teenage witches and their dangerously charming warlock peers at an elite magic boarding school where power is currency, secrets are lethal and attraction is a liability. Caught between ancient supernatural wars and forbidden love interests, the coven must decide how…
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4.WAR(2026)
9.3Drama
An anthology series set in the elite world of London law following two rival firms, Cathcarts and Taylor & Byrne, as they face off in a different headline-making legal battle each season.
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5.MobLand(2025)
8.5CrimeDrama
Two mob families clash in a war that threatens to topple empires and lives.
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6.American Horror Story(2011)
8.1DramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
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7.Kill Jackie(2026)
8.8DramaCrime
Jackie Price has been living a wealthy, luxurious life for the past 20 years after escaping a dangerous past as an international cocaine dealer. But just as life begins to feel a little boring, she discovers that The Seven Demons, a group of the world’s most terrifying hitmen, have been hired to kill her.
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8.Reacher(2022)
8.1Action & AdventureCrime
Jack Reacher, a veteran military police investigator, has just recently entered civilian life. Reacher is a drifter, carrying no phone and the barest of essentials as he travels the country and explores the nation he once served.
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9.Futurama(1999)
8.4AnimationComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retro-futuristic 31st century.
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10.South Park(1997)
8.3ComedyAnimation
Follow the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
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11.Dark Matter(2024)
7.8Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama
Jason Dessen is abducted into an alternate version of his life. To get back to his real family, he embarks on a harrowing journey to save them from the most terrifying foe imaginable: himself.
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12.The Simpsons(1989)
8.0AnimationComedy
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The…
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13.Ted Lasso(2020)
8.4DramaComedy
Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he's hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?
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14.Lioness(2023)
8.3DramaWar & Politics
Cruz Manuelos, a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine, is recruited to join the CIA's Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within. Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program, is tasked with training, managing and leading her female undercover operatives.
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15.Scrubs(2026)
7.7Comedy
J.D. & Turk scrub in together for the first time in a long time–medicine has changed, interns have changed, but their bromance has stood the test of time. Characters new and old navigate the waters of Sacred Heart with laughter, heart and some surprises along the way.
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16.Slow Horses(2022)
8.0CrimeDramaMystery
Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
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17.A Different World(2026)
6.8ComedyDrama
Deborah Wayne enters her freshman year at her parents' HBCU alma mater and finds their shadow difficult to escape. She sets out to build her own legacy – while having the time of her life – alongside a whole new generation of Hillman’s best and brightest.
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18.Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story(2026)
7.1DramaCrime
Trapped in a cruel Victorian-era household, Lizzie Borden kills her parents in a gory ax murder that shocks the nation.
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19.LEGO ONE PIECE(2026)
8.6AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
The Straw Hats hit the high seas in a two-part LEGO special! Join Luffy, Nami, Usopp and the crew on their epic journey, fully reimagined brick by brick.
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20.Brothers(2026)
8.2Comedy
Hollywood actors Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson have been best friends for years, but a shocking family secret suggests their connection might be closer.
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21.Neagley(2026)
8.1DramaMysteryCrime
Frances Neagley is a private investigator in Chicago and former military colleague of Jack Reacher in the Army's 110th Special Investigations Unit. When she learns that a beloved friend from her past has been killed in a suspicious accident, she becomes hell-bent on justice.
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22.Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)
8.0CrimeDramaMystery
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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23.The Mentalist(2008)
8.4CrimeDramaMystery
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
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24.Law & Order(1990)
7.3CrimeDrama
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working…
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25.The Office(2005)
8.6Comedy
The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
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26.Grey's Anatomy(2005)
8.2Drama
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
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27.Family Guy(1999)
7.4AnimationComedy
Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most…
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28.NCIS(2003)
7.6CrimeDramaAction & Adventure
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
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29.Supernatural(2005)
8.3DramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the…
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30.CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2000)
7.6CrimeDramaMystery
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
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31.American Dad!(2005)
7.0AnimationComedy
The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are…
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32.Criminal Minds(2005)
8.3CrimeDramaMystery
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
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33.The Rookie(2018)
8.5CrimeDramaComedy
Starting over isn't easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force's oldest rookie, he's met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.
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34.Game of Thrones(2011)
8.5Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAction & Adventure
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy…
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35.Silo(2023)
8.2Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama
In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo.
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36.Bones(2005)
8.2CrimeDrama
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
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37.Law & Order: Criminal Intent(2001)
7.6Drama
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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38.House(2004)
8.6Drama
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
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39.The Blacklist(2013)
7.6DramaCrimeMystery
Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the…
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40.Breaking Bad(2008)
9.0DramaCrime
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
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