Worth The Watch
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Worth The Watch

Week of October 23–29, 2026
Published October 22, 2026

Welcome to Worth The Watch — your signal in the streaming noise. We're tracking 4 shows this week. Get the buzz, skip the noise.

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Fresh premieres dropping this week

Yaga
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Yaga

AMC+·Oct 23·Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

While a private investigator probes the disappearance of the young heir to a powerful fishery, he finds himself at odds with an apprehensive local detective, a charismatic university professor with a taste for younger men, and a labyrinth of enigmatic suspects, secret lives, and ancient magic.

The Signal

A supernatural mystery-horror series about a missing fishing heir, distinguished by its darkly comic, eroticized take on Slavic Baba Yaga folklore.

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[PRESS] — Critics
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Yahoo Entertainment: “The review praises the series’ “fun unravelling,” dark humor, visions, and exploration of female anger.”↗
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The Wall Street Journal: “An “ambiguous but entertaining” folkloric mystery that is “more tantalizing than unnerving.””↗
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The Globe and Mail: “A “witches’ brew of a whodunit” with a supernatural mystery premise and a sexual, darkly comic tone.”↗
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ScreenRant: “The show is strongest when exploring its folklore, though its supernatural elements “could have been developed further.””↗
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ScreenRant: “Some less-positive reviews argue that Yaga “works better as a stage play than as a television series” and ultimately misses its mark.”↗
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ScreenFish: “After two episodes, the reviewer is “still waiting to find out exactly what” the show is becoming, saying Yaga “has not completely cast its spell.””↗
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Horror Geek Life: “The first two episodes are solid, but it remains unclear how the story will play out across the remaining six episodes.”↗
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Pocket-lint: “The series is plagued by a “slow pace, unlikable characters, a lack of scares, and a forced romance,” with its execution called a slog.”↗
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Telly Visions: “A “dark, feminist, overtly steamy reinterpretation” of Baba Yaga.”↗
[PEOPLE] — Audience
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Metacritic on X: “Rob Owen calls the first three episodes “a pretty good yarn” combining humor with hints of supernatural elements; the early Metacritic score is 69.”↗
Signal:Stable Signal
Time to Verdict:3 Episodes
Minimum Wage
Netflix·Oct 26·Comedy

Teens struggle to run a local pizzeria while juggling school, a manic boss and minimum wage.

The Signal

A workplace comedy about teenagers trying to run a local pizzeria while balancing school, a manic boss, and minimum-wage work.

Sources

Signal:Quiet Signal
Time to Verdict:3 Episodes
The Mob
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The Mob

Hulu·Oct 26·Reality

Celebrities compete in mob-themed challenges at an Italian villa for $250,000. They elect a don who controls eliminations and prize money. As power demands loyalty, contestants must decide whether to support the don or overthrow them.

The Signal

A celebrity reality-competition series in which contestants face mob-themed challenges at an Italian villa while electing a Don who controls eliminations and prize money.

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[PRESS] — Critics
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Reality Tea: “Hulu’s celebrity competition has a “major Traitors problem,” with viewers questioning whether it can stand on its own or merely replicate The Traitors’ success.”↗
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Bustle: “The trailer is characterized as “The Traitors” with “more pasta & Parker Posey.””↗
Signal:Mixed Signal
Time to Verdict:3 Episodes
Nocturne
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Nocturne

Apple TV·Oct 29·Crime, Mystery

When a victim of notorious serial killer Jurek Walter unexpectedly turns up alive, detective Jonah Lynn races against time to find the one person still missing, while his protégé Saga Bauer goes undercover to get answers from the killer himself.

The Signal

A psychological crime thriller about a detective and an undercover investigator confronting a notorious serial killer, distinguished by its prison setting, moral ambiguity and Scandinavian crime-novel origins.

Sources

[PRESS] — Critics
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Esquire: “A “sadistic, psychologically unsettling crime thriller” centered on a serial killer, a prison infiltration and characters pushed toward morally extreme choices.”↗
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Esquire UK: “The story emphasizes “moral uncertainty,” disturbing psychological pressure and a killer whose threat extends beyond the prison where he is held.”↗
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25 Years Later: “The trailer coverage questions what will distinguish Nocturne from the many existing serial-killer thrillers and notes that the series has substantial expectations to meet because of its cast and sour...”↗
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CBR: “The series is compared with Hannibal and The Silence of the Lambs, while the article questions whether Stephen Graham’s killer can match the impact of earlier famous antagonists.”↗
Signal:Quiet Signal
Time to Verdict:3 Episodes