What's on TV this week—IT: Welcome To Derry and Anne Rice's Talamasca: The Secret Order

Plus, Ruth Wilson leads Down Cemetery Road and Liam Hemsworth debuts as The Witcher.

By Saloni Gajjar  |  October 26, 2025 | 8:00am
IT: Welcome To Derry (Photo: Brooke Palmer/HBO)
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What's on TV this week—IT: Welcome To Derry and Anne Rice's Talamasca: The Secret Order

Welcome to What’s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. Here is what’s happening on TV from Sunday, October 26 to Saturday, November 1. All times are Eastern.

The biggies

IT: Welcome To Derry (HBO, Sunday, 9 p.m.)

This series prequel to the It movies mines from the interludes of Stephen King’s book to unravel Pennywise’s (Bill Skarsgård) history. The show, which co-creator and -director Andy Muschietti said is “creepier” than the films, explores the clown’s reign of terror on a group of teens in 1962, while the military sets up base in town to figure out the mystery behind Derry’s lore. The A.V. Club will recap the show weekly.

Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order (AMC, Sunday, 9 p.m.)

The latest entry into AMC’s Immortal Universe explores the covert organization that spies on and keeps track of supernatural creatures. The Secret Order follows a lawyer (Nicholas Denton) who gets roped into working at the Talamasca and discovers his personal ties to a mystical world. Read The A.V. Club‘s review here.

Also airing

Down Cemetery Road (Apple TV, Wednesday, 12:01 a.m.)

After the success of Slow Horses, Apple TV delivers another Mick Herron adaptation. In Down Cemetery Road, a woman (Ruth Wilson) looks into the disappearance of a young girl after an explosion rocks her quiet London neighborhood. It leads her to the doors of an investigator (Emma Thompson), with the two digging into a conspiracy larger than anyone could’ve anticipated. Look for The A.V. Club‘s review on Wednesday.

The Witcher (Netflix, Thursday, 3:01 a.m.) 

Goodbye, Henry Cavill. Hello, Liam Hemsworth. The latter takes over as Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher‘s fourth season, in which Geralt, Yennefer (Anya Chalotra), and Ciri (Freya Allen) get separated and encounter other unexpected allies as they try to find their way back to each other.

Can’t miss recaps

The Chair Company (HBO, Sunday, 10 p.m.) 

Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) 

Arriving now

Mayor Of Kingstown (Paramount+, Sunday, 3:01 a.m., season four premiere) 

Hazbin Hotel (Prime Video, Wednesday, 3:01 a.m., season two premiere) 

Star Wars: Visions (Disney+, Wednesday, 3:01 a.m., volume three premiere) 

Ending soon

Only Murders In The Building (Hulu, Tuesday, 12:01 a.m., season five finale) 

Chad Powers (Hulu, Tuesday, 12:01 a.m., season one finale) 

Slow Horses (Apple TV, Wednesday, 12:01 a.m., season five finale) 

The Reluctant Traveler (Apple TV+, Friday, 12:01 a.m., season three finale) 

 
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