Every TV Show, Movie, and Original Coming to Netflix This Week (October 4)
'Baking Impossible'
Netflix is heading into the kitchen o bake up some creations that are beyond our wildest imaginations in its newest baking competition series, Baking Impossible. Scheduled for a Wednesday, Sept. 6 premiere, the series sees teams of Bakineers (a baker and an engineer) competing for the top prize by designing and baking creations that must not only taste delicious, but also survive intense engineering stress tests - this includes everything from an edible boat that floats to edible mini golf courses and even edible skyscrapers.
prevnext'There's Someone Inside Your House'
It wouldn't be a week in October without a new addition to Netflix's Netflix & Chills lineup. On Wednesday, the streamer's highly-anticipated adaptation of Stephanie Perkins' New York Times best-selling novel There's Someone Inside Your House debuts. The Patrick Brice-directed film follows Makani Young following her move from Hawaii to quiet, small-town Nebraska to live with her grandmother and finish high school. But her life there is anything but quiet, and as graduation nears, Makani's classmates are stalked by a killer, who wears a life-like mask of their victim's faces, intent on exposing their darkest secrets to the entire town.
prevnext'Sexy Beasts: Season 2'
Netflix is setting out to help people find true love when Sexy Beasts returns with its second season this week. Based on a British dating series that actually aired in the U.S. on A&E, the buzzed about series that seeks to help singles find true love by taking looks completely out of the equation. As the singles sit down for their first dates, their identities are completely obscured cutting edge prosthetics, which transform them into everything from a dolphin to a monster. Season 2, scheduled to premiere on Thursday, Oct. 7, will see six new singles stripping "away superficiality for a string of cheeky and charming costumed speed dates."
prevnext'A Tale Dark & Grimm'
Netflix is adding a new title to its Netflix Family library on Friday, Oct. 8 with A Tale Dark & Grimm. Based on the best-selling book by Adam Gidwitz, the series follows Hansel and Gretel, who in this series are not peasants, but rather royalty. After their father threatens to chop off their heads, they venture away from home and venture out on a journey "to take charge of their destinies and create their own happily ever after" that takes them through a number of other classic Grimm fairy tales, during which they encounter witches, warlocks, dragons, and even the devil himself. The series stars Raini Rodriguez and Andre Robinson as Hansel and Gretel, with other voice actors including Scott Adsit, Ron Funches, Erica Rhodes, Adam Lambert, Eric Bauza, Tom Hollander, Missi Pyle, and Nicole Byer.
prevnext'Pretty Smart'
Netflix's anticipated comedy Pretty Smart arrives on the platform this week! The original series follows Chelsea, a book-smart Harvard-educated intellectual and inspiring novelist who is forced to move in with her bubbly sister and her three eccentric roommates - personal trainer Grant, former lawyer turned healer Solana, and social media influencer Jayden - after she is dumped by her boyfriend. The 10-episode first season, set to premiere on Friday, also stars Olivia Macklin, Gregg Sulkin, Cinthya Carmon, and Michael Hsu Rosen.
prevnextWhat else is being added this week?
Avail. 10/4/21:
On My Block: Season 4 - NETFLIX SERIES
Avail. 10/5/21:
Escape The Undertaker - NETFLIX FILM
Avail. 10/6/21:
Bad Sport - NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
The Blacklist: Season 8
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
The Five Juanas - NETFLIX SERIES
Love Is Blind: Brazil - NETFLIX SERIES (new episodes weekly)
Avail. 10/7/21:
The Billion Dollar Code - NETFLIX SERIES
The Way of the Househusband: Season 1 Part 2 - NETFLIX ANIME
Avail. 10/8/21:
Family Business: Season 3 - NETFLIX SERIES
Grudge / Kin - NETFLIX FILM
LOL Surprise: The Movie
My Brother, My Sister - NETFLIX FILM
Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle - NETFLIX FAMILY
What's leaving this week?
While this week will only see a single title departing - Real Steel leaves on Wednesday - Netflix has dozens of exits scheduled for the month of October. This means that it may be a good idea to fit in a final watch of the below listed titles before they leave the streaming platform for good.
Leaving 10/14/21:
Cheech & Chong's Still Smokin
Leaving 10/15/21:
The Creative Brain
Leaving 10/17/21:
U Turn
Leaving 10/20/21:
Containment: Season 1
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