What to Watch September 30: From Quarterbacks to Housewives

Serving up streaming sensations and network nuggets. what to watch

🌞 EARLY BINGERS UNITE: STREAMING PICKS TO START YOUR DAY RIGHT What to Watch

🕒 3:00 AM ET – The Streaming Multiverse Is OPEN

📺 Hulu | Chad Powers – Series Premiere Glen Powell ditches his DILF military roles and throws on a helmet as a cocky quarterback who fumbles his career and lands in a football purgatory. Expect Southern grit, shoulder pads, and enough charm to make your coffee blush.

📺 Netflix | Earthquake: Joke Telling Business Brace yourself—comedian Earthquake is back, and he’s not tiptoeing around your feelings. From celebrity gossip to romantic roast sessions, this stand-up special is more chaotic than your group chat.

📺 Paramount+ | The Naked Gun – Streaming Premiere Liam Neeson? As Lt. Frank Drebin Jr.? Yes, you read that right. This legacy sequel brings slapstick crime back, with Pamela Anderson riding shotgun. Crime-solving has never been this...absurd.

📺 Netflix | Nightmares of Nature: Cabin in the Woods Bambi meets The Revenant in this nature docuseries that flips the script—prey tells the story. It’s wild. It’s haunting. It’s The Discovery Channel after two glasses of wine.

📺 Hulu | Only Murders in the Building Oliver and Loretta’s latest clue hunt gets personal—like "trauma from childhood alleyways" personal. Expect drama, laughs, and yes, possibly more Mabel side-eye.

💃 PRIMETIME LINEUP: NETWORK TV GOES FULL DRAMA QUEEN

🕗 8:00 PM ET – Reality, Murder & TikTok Dances

🕺 ABC | Dancing With the Stars The dance floor turns into your FYP as the celebs boogie to viral TikTok tracks. It’s the only time you’ll hear “Jiggle Jiggle” and “Savage” performed in sequins—and not ironically.

🔪 Fox | Murder in a Small Town A body at a wedding? Talk about killing the vibe. Alberg’s team investigates the who, why, and WTF. Bonus: Camryn Manheim drops by to raise the stakes (and our blood pressure).

🍸 Bravo | The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Lisa's luncheon goes from “ladies who lunch” to “ladies who lunge” as the drama combusts faster than a gas stove. Allegations fly. So do the insults. You know the drill.

🔥 9:00 PM ET – Culinary Combat, Singing Showdowns & Historic Chaos

🍳 Food Network | Chef Grudge Match – Season Finale Final round, kitchen warriors! Laila Ali throws four chefs into a pressure cooker of personal beefs. Will Aarthi finally school Carlos, or will distractions win again?

🧠 Fox | Doc Amy’s medical memory flashes back harder than your ex's Instagram stories. And now she’s mentoring moms-to-be while learning from Felicity Huffman. Yes, that Felicity Huffman.

🏗️ PBS | Hard Hat Riot – Documentary Premiere Rewind to 1970 and witness NYC's most unexpected clash: students vs. construction workers. It’s raw, real, and somehow still painfully relevant.

🌊 FX | The Lowdown We’re not saying there’s something cursed in that lake... but something is definitely not right. Secrets surface. Trust sinks.

🎤 NBC | The Voice Night 4 of blind auditions. Snoop. Reba. Niall. Bublé. Your fave coach is probably already crying, clapping, or battling for a singer who just went viral on Threads.

🌍 HBO | Prime Minister – Documentary Premiere Follow Jacinda Ardern’s political rollercoaster as she turns from unknown to global icon. Spoiler: She handles a pandemic better than most of us handle Monday mornings.

🕙 10:00 PM ET – Late Night Shenanigans

🕵️ ABC | High Potential Murder mystery meets emotional therapy session. Morgan uncovers the heartbreaking motive behind a man’s untimely death—and the case might just crack her wide open too.

📣 NBC | On Brand With Jimmy Fallon – Series Premiere Fallon ditches the desk and builds a creative agency full of chaos agents. It’s The Apprentice if it was hosted by a golden retriever in a denim jacket. New episodes Fridays, too!

🛋️ TV CAVE'S TOP PICKS: WHAT TO WATCH IF YOU CAN ONLY PICK THREE

1. 🧢 Chad Powers (Hulu) – For sports fans, Glen Powell stans, and anyone who loves a good redemption arc with abs.

2. 📣 On Brand With Jimmy Fallon (NBC) – A buzzy new workplace comedy with Fallon's goofy flair? We're in.

3. 🌍 Prime Minister (HBO) – If you're a sucker for smart, bold women making history, this doc delivers.

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