‘American Horror Stories’ Scares Up New Season; ‘The Gilded Age’ Returns: What’s Premiering This Week (Oct. 23-29)

'The Gilded Age' on HBO
‘The Gilded Age’ on HBO (Image credit: Barbara Nitke/HBO)

The Halloween season continues to influence the list of new shows debuting this week, including the return of the FX on Hulu anthology series American Horror Stories.

Each of the four episodes from the Hulu-streamed series — a spinoff of FX's long-running American Horror Story franchise — will feature a different story delving into the horror genre. The third iteration of the series is executive produced by American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy, along with Brad Falchuk, Alexis Woodall, Max Winkler, Manny Coto and Jon Robin Baitz. 

For non-horror fans, HBO on October 29 will bring back its period drama series The Gilded Age for a second season. The series continues to follow the exploits of a young woman who moves in with her old-money aunts and quickly gets entangled in the social war between them and their new-money neighbors.

Here are video trailers and premiere dates for several shows debuting during the week of October 23-29. For some videos, viewer discretion is advised.

October 24: Milli Vanilli (documentary), Paramount Plus

October 25: Life on Our Planet (documentary), Netflix

October 27: Shoresy (returning series), Hulu

October 27: South Park (animation special), Paramount Plus

October 27: The Endfield Poltergeist (horror miniseres), Apple TV Plus

October 27: Five Nights at Freddy’s (movie), Peacock

October 27: Pain Hustlers (movie), Netflix

October 29: Fellow Travelers (drama), Showtime

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