What to Watch this week: Tom Hiddleston is back for a new season of “Loki”, “Wheel of Time” wraps up season 2

The multiverse is in danger of collapsing into chaos on the new season of Loki — Ke Huy Quan joins Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson for season 2. Plus, Taika Waititi 's Blackbeard is back for a new season of Our Flag Means Death . And NBC's primetime lineup brings the drama with two returning shows and another series debut: Quantum Leap , Magnum P.I. , and Found .

There are also several season finales of note, including Only Murders in the Building , The Wheel of Time , Star Wars: Ahsoka , and The Continental — and the debut of a new Strawberry Shortcake adventure, Strawberry Shortcake and the Beast of Berry Bog .

In theaters: Peter Dinklage , Anne Hathaway , and Marisa Tomei in She Came to Me ; Jamie Foxx , Tommy Lee Jones , and Jurnee Smollett in The Burial ; the raunchy musical Dicks: The Musical ; and Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke in Pedro Almodóvar's short film, Strange Way of Life . On streaming: the horror movies Totally Killer and Pet Sematary: Bloodlines ; Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich in Fair Play ; and Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan in Foe .

Hear more on all of this week's must-see picks on EW's What to Watch podcast, hosted by Gerrad Hall. Be sure to listen/subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Google Podcasts , or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts, or via your own voice-controlled smart speaker (Alexa, Google Home).

What to watch this week

Monday, October 2

Streaming
Strawberry Shortcake and the Beast of Berry Bog - Netflix
Mrs. Sidhu Investigates - Acorn TV
Fright Krewe (animated series debut) - Hulu, Peacock

Movies
Appendage - Hulu
The Mill - Hulu

7 p.m.
Street Somm - Tastemade

8 p.m.
90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way - TLC
Son of a Critch - The CW
Love & Hip Hop: Miami - VH1
The Voice - NBC
Kitchen Nightmares - Fox
The Price Is Right at Night - CBS

9 p.m.
People Magazine Investigates - ID / Max
90 Day: The Last Resort - TLC
Tough Love With Hilary Farr - HGTV / Max
Halloween Baking Championship - Food Network / Max
Special Forces: World's Toughest Test - Fox
Below Deck Mediterranean - Bravo
Lotería Loca (series debut) - CBS

10 p.m.
American Dad - TBS
The Irrational - NBC / Peacock
Halloween Cookie Challenge - Food Network / Max
People Magazine Investigates - ID / Max

Tuesday, October 3

Streaming
Only Murders in the Building (season finale) - Hulu
Make Me Scream (special) - Amazon Prime Video
Best Stelling: If You Don't Want Me Then (comedy special) - Netflix

Check Local Listings
Frontline: The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball - PBS

Movies
Talk to Me - Digital

7 p.m.
The Curious Chef - Tastemade

8 p.m.
Celebrity Name That Tune - Fox
Dancing With the Stars - ABC / Disney+
The Voice - NBC
Catfish: The TV Show (season premiere) - MTV
Big Brother - CBS

9 p.m.
Good Bones - HGTV
Bobby's Triple Threat - Food Network
My Big Fat Fabulous Life - TLC / Max
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City - Bravo
The Swarm - The CW
Star Wars: Ahsoka (season finale) - Disney+
The Love Experiment - MTV
FBI True (series debut) - CBS

10 p.m.
Welcome to Plathville - TLC / Max
Welcome to Wrexham - FX (next day on Hulu)
Found (series debut) - NBC

Wednesday, October 4

Streaming
Invasion - Apple TV+
The Morning Show - Apple TV+
The D'Amelio Show - Hulu
Beckham (docuseries debut) - Netflix
Louis Tomlinson: All of Those Voices (doc) - Paramount+

Movies
Haunted Mansion (streaming debut) - Disney+

Check Local Listings
American Outdoors With Baratunde Thurston - PBS

8 p.m.
Teen Mom: The Next Chapter - MTV
The Masked Singer - Fox
Survivor - CBS
Celebrity Jeopardy! - ABC
Sullivan's Crossing (series debut) - The CW
Quantum Leap (season premiere) - NBC
The Real Housewives of Orange County (reunion, part 1) - Bravo

9 p.m.
Crime Scene Confidential - ID / Max
Assisted Living - BET
Snake Oil - Fox
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune - ABC
The Spencer Sisters (series debut) - The CW
Magnum P.I. (season premiere) - NBC
Chucky (season premiere) - USA, SYFY
Ghost Adventures: Devil Island (special) - Discovery

9:30 p.m.
The Amazing Race - CBS
Assisted Living - BET

10 p.m.
Archer - FXX
Assisted Living (season finale) - BET
American Horror Story: Delicate - FX (next day on Hulu)
The $100,000 Pyramid - ABC
SurrealEstate (season premiere) - SYFY

Thursday, October 5

Streaming
Star Trek: Lower Decks - Paramount+
Young Love (season finale) - Max
The Kardashians - Hulu
The Beach Motel - Viaplay
Bargain (series debut) - Paramount+
Our Flag Means Death (season premiere) - Max
First Lady of BMF: Tonesa Welch Story (movie) - BET+
Lupin (season premiere) - Netflix

8 p.m.
Jersey Shore Family Vacation - MTV
Hell's Kitchen - Fox
Buddy Games - CBS
The Golden Bachelor - ABC
Battlebots: Champions (season premiere) - Discovery / Max

9 p.m.
Southern Charm - Bravo
All Star Shore - MTV
Lego Masters - Fox
Big Brother - CBS
Bachelor in Paradise - ABC
Loki (season premiere) - Disney+

10 p.m.
Accused: Guilty or Innocent? (season premiere) - A&E
Tacoma FD - TruTV
Botched (season finale) - E!
The Challenge: USA - MTV

10:30 p.m.
Tacoma FD (season finale) - TruTV

Friday, October 6

Streaming
The Changeling - Apple TV+
The Wheel of Time (season finale) - Amazon Prime Video
The Continental: From the World of John Wick (season finale) - Peacock
Still Up - Apple TV+
Love Is Blind - Netflix
Gen V - Amazon Prime Video
Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe (docuseries debut) - Amazon Prime Video

Check Local Listings
American Masters: Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (doc) - PBS

Movies
She Came to Me - In theaters
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines - streaming Paramount+
The Burial - In select theaters
Totally Killer - Amazon Prime Video
Miranda's Victim - In theaters
Strange Way of Life - In theaters
Freedom's Path - Digital, VOD
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story (doc) - Digital
Texas, USA (doc) - Digital
Foe (movie) - Amazon Prime Video
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise! (doc) - In select theaters
V/H/S/85 - Shudder
Cat Person - In select theaters
The Royal Hotel - In theaters
Your Friend, Memphis (doc) - In theaters, Digital
Monsters of California - In theaters, VOD
Vindicta - In theaters, Digital
Fair Play - Netflix
Strays (streaming premiere) - Peacock
Dicks: The Musical - In theaters

8 p.m.
Power Book IV: Force - Starz
On Patrol: First Shift - Reelz
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court - Showtime / Paramount+
Gold Rush - Discovery
Shark Tank - ABC
Ready to Love (reunion, part 2) - OWN

9 p.m.
My Lottery Dream Home - HGTV
Love After Lockup - WE tv
On Patrol: Live - Reelz
Rebuilding Black Wall Street - OWN
Dateline - NBC
20/20 - ABC
Bering Sea Gold (season premiere) - Discovery

10 p.m.
Real Time With Bill Maher - HBO

Saturday, October 7

8 p.m.
Buried in the Backyard - Oxygen
Johnson - Bounce TV
On Patrol: First Shift - Reelz
Love & Marriage: Huntsville - OWN
Great Chocolate Showdown (season finale) - The CW
Buying Back My Daughter (movie) - Lifetime
3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Ghost (movie) - Hallmark

9 p.m.
New York Homicide - Oxygen
On Patrol: Live - Reelz
All Rise - OWN

10 p.m.
Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet - NatGeo Wild

Sunday, October 8

Check Local Listings
Masterpiece: Unforgotten (season finale) - PBS

7 p.m.
Final Moments - Oxygen
America's Funniest Home Videos - ABC

7:30 p.m.
60 Minutes - CBS

8 p.m.
Billions - Showtime
Unsellable Houses - HGTV / Max
The Simpsons - Fox
90 Day Fiancé (season premiere) - TLC / Max
The Venice Murders (movie) - Lifetime

8:30 p.m.
Krapopolis - Fox

9 p.m.
The Real Housewives of New York City - Bravo
Bob's Burgers - Fox
When Calls the Heart - Hallmark
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - AMC
Building Roots - HGTV / Max
Halloween Wars - Food Network / Max
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (movie) - Showtime
Last Stop Larrimah (doc) - HBO
The Winter King - MGM+

9:30 p.m.
Family Guy - Fox

10 p.m.
Sister Wives - TLC
Big Brother - CBS
Outrageous Pumpkins - Food Network / Max
Jack Osbourne's Night of Terror - Travel Channel / Max
Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein (season finale)

11 p.m.
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver - HBO

*times are ET and subject to change