5 Best New Paramount+ Series To Watch This Week (October 5–9, 2026)

Published Oct 5, 2026, 7:35 PM EDT

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The five best new shows to binge-watch on Paramount+ this week, October 5–9, 2026, include an Avatar sequel and the latest NCIS expansion series. It's a massive week of new releases for CBS and Paramount+, even outside the recent Skydance news that brought together Paramount+ and HBO Max under one umbrella. Several popular series return with new season premieres this week, including FBI season 9, CIA season 2, Elsbeth season 4, and Boston Blue season 2.

In addition, the original NCIS series returns with its season 24 premiere along with the season 3 debut of NCIS: Origins, and the Young Sheldon spinoff Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage also returns with its third season premiere. Remarkably, this only represents a handful of the new releases airing on CBS and Paramount+ this week, which also includes the series debuts of four brand new shows and the addition of a beloved 6-season drama series.

This Is Us

All six seasons and 106 episodes of the celebrated drama series This Is Us arrive on Paramount+ this Monday, October 5. After originally airing on NBC and becoming one of network TV's biggest shows from 2016 to 2022, This Is Us is finally available to stream in its entirety on Paramount+ for the first time ever. This Is Us earned a near-perfect 94% Rotten Tomatoes score and won 4 Emmy Awards during its six-season run, making it one of the best modern classic long-form series to dive into for those looking for a show to watch all October.

Eternally Yours

Eternally Yours is a promising new streaming release on CBS and Paramount+ this week featuring fantasy and comedy elements. The series is developed by the same minds behind the hit sitcom Ghosts and New Girl and stars Ed Weeks, Allegra Edwards, Rose Abdoo, and Jeff Hiller. Eternally Yours follows a married couple who are vampires that try to accept their daughter's human boyfriend. The married couple, played by Weeks and Edwards, have been together for 500 years and are facing a slump in their own relationship. The new comedy series is a great spooky-themed option to check out this week.

Cupertino

Another exciting new series premiering on CBS and Paramount+ this week in Cupertino, a legal drama starring Mike Colter and Rachel Keller. The series was created by Michelle and Robert King, who have developed several notable series such as The Good Wife, Evil, and Elsbeth. Cupertino is set in the high-stakes tech world of Silicon Valley, where two down-on-their-luck attorneys band together to fight against the cutthroat culture and powerful forces by forming their own bare-bones law firm. This series is perfect for fans of smart legal dramas like Goliath and The Good Fight.

Avatar: Seven Havens

Avatar: Seven Havens, a sequel series to the beloved animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, drops on Paramount+ this week on Friday, October 9. Developed by several of the original minds behind the original franchise, including co-creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, Avatar: Seven Havens follows a young Earthbender who discovers she's the new post-Korra Avatar. The series is set 225 years after the first Avatar sequel, The Legend of Korra, which took place 70 years after the conclusion of Aang's original story. As the first sequel series in 12 years, Avatar: Seven Havens is sure to be a big hit this week on Paramount+.

NCIS: New York

NCIS: New York is one of the best new shows to watch this week on Paramount+, marking the first-ever expansion of the modern classic crime franchise set in New York City. LL Cool J returns after starring in NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: Hawai'i as his fan-favorite character, Sam Hanna, who is originally from Brooklyn, New York. LL Cool J is joined by franchise newcomer Scott Caan, who will portray a new character named Nick Schaeffer. While NCIS has three different premieres this Tuesday, October 6, NCIS: New York is the most exciting of the bunch to watch on CBS and Paramount+.