Plenty of exciting brand-new TV shows are making their debuts in October 2024, including some intriguing spinoffs, comedy specials, original dramas, and star-studded comedy series. Partnering with predictive media analytics company Diesel Labs, Screen Rant has exclusive data analyzing the new TV shows that have recorded the most online engagement ahead of their series premieres. Each show is given a hype score indicating their online buzz and anticipation, which is determined by chatter across various platforms.
The most-discussed new TV shows are ranked by Attention Signals, which are calculated by measures such as likes, shares, comments, and views on social and video channels like Facebook and YouTube. These virtual engagement metrics offer significant insight into the new series that have made the biggest online impact on potential viewers before their premieres – regardless of their reviews and ratings.
The attention scale metric is the percentage of attention based on the show or movie in the number one spot (which is represented as 100%).
Excluding the returns of established TV shows, such as Outer Banks season 4, Abbott Elementary season 4, and The Diplomat season 2, the most-discussed new series of October 2024 represent a wide variety of subject matter and interests. From a new Reba McEntire sitcom to a new Dragon Ball anime show, October’s brand-new series introduce an exciting slate of familiar and novel stories to the small screen. Based on Diesel Labs’ data, here’s Screen Rant’s list of the top 10 new TV releases in October 2024 with the most online engagement prior to their premieres.
Top 10 Brand-New TV Shows – October 2024
The Most-Hyped Titles Range From Citadel: Diana To The Franchise
Title | Premiere Date | Platform | Genre | Attention Scale | Attention Signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10/10/2024 | Amazon Prime Video | Action Adventure | 100.00% | 7,725,875 | |
Tia Mowry: My Next Act | 10/4/2024 | WE tv | Reality | 78.95% | 6,099,476 |
10/10/2024 | Starz | Comedy Drama | 73.86% | 5,705,962 | |
10/18/2024 | Disney+, Hulu | Drama | 71.23% | 5,502,917 | |
10/18/2024 | NBC | Comedy | 54.48% | 4,209,163 | |
10/9/2024 | Hulu | Drama | 48.10% | 3,716,521 | |
Tim Dillon: This Is Your Country | 10/1/2024 | Netflix | Comedy Special | 41.36% | 3,195,053 |
10/11/2024 | Apple TV+ | Drama | 33.24% | 2,568,170 | |
10/11/2024 | Crunchroll | Action Adventure | 24.44% | 1,888,246 | |
10/6/2024 | HBO, Max | Comedy | 20.93% | 1,617,332 |
According to Diesel Labs’ data, Prime Video’s Citadel: Diana is the most anticipated TV show of October 2024. The series is an Italian spinoff of the 2023 American spy show starring Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra. Close behind in anticipation is the new Tia Morwy: My Next Act reality show, following the actress’ life after her divorce. Following up these new series in recorded online engagements are the Starz dark comedy drama Sweetpea, starring Fallout‘s Ella Purnell; Disney+’s Rivals, an adaptation of the 1988 romance book, and Reba McEntire’s new sitcom Happy’s Place.
Also among October 2024’s most-hyped new TV shows are Hulu’s Diego Luna-led boxing drama La Maquina, Netflix’s comedy special Tim Dillon: This Is Your Country, and Apple TV+’s Cate Blanchett-starring drama Disclaimer. Closing out the top 10 most anticipated shows of the month are the new anime show Dragon Ball Daima and HBO’s satire comedy The Franchise. With comedies, dramas, and action spinoffs, there’s plenty to enjoy with October 2024’s new slate of TV shows.
Diesel Labs is a Content Intelligence company that produces audience insights for the entire media landscape. With a sophisticated machine-learning based approach, they measure millions of audience members’ attention with content across many sources including major social and video platforms YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok (beta), and Reddit (beta). For more information, visit
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