Time for a look at media of interest for October 2026.
DVDs and Blu-rays
A full list is available here.
- Moana (2026 live-action remake) (DVD, Blu-ray, 4K), Oct. 6
- Adventure Time: The Complete Series (Blu-ray), Oct. 20
- Regular Show: The Complete Series (Blu-ray), Oct. 20
- Heated Rivalry (Season 1)(DVD, Blu-ray), Oct. 20
Apple TV
A full list is available here.
- It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Oct. 17 and 18 (free)
Disney+/Hulu
A full list is available here.
- Adventure Time: Side Quests (Season 2), Oct. 2 (Hulu)
Sports
- NBA basketball regular season, starts Oct. 20
My thoughts
Given the recent Paramount/Warner Bros. merger news, I’ve been wondering about whether or not to keep listing stuff from Paramount/Paramount+, and now Warner Bros./HBO Max, in these posts. On one hand, ignoring soon-to-be-one massive media conglomerate is tough to do, and might look odd. On the other hand, as I’ve noted before, that’s one reason why the Ellisons want Warner Bros. so badly—along with using Warner’s IP to prop up their right-wing-slanted CBS News/soon CNN, it’s harder to boycott them when they own so much unrelated random stuff. (“You’re boycotting us over CNN? Guess you’ll never watch or read anything new with Batman, ‘Star Trek,’ March Madness basketball, and/or ‘Game of Thrones’ ever again.”)
For now, I’ll still list Paramount and Warner Bros. material. If nothing else, it’s a way for me to keep track of TV shows and movies to get from the library or via used DVDs, and thus not give these ghouls any money. (Plus, there’s the nearly 90 years worth of Batman and Superman TV shows, movies, video games, and comics still available to enjoy.)
Speaking of ghouls, October brings Halloween, though September’s seen plenty of Halloween creep as it is. Pretty much every streaming service is emphasizing their usual Halloween or horror-related content. That includes Apple TV; once again, you can watch “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” for free (without a subscription) on the weekend of October 17-18. The special’s also still available on DVD and Blu-ray, of course.
Physical media: Warner Bros. stuff
In spite of the bleak future ahead for Warner Bros., for now they’re still putting their material on DVD and Blu-ray. This month sees landmark 2010s Cartoon Network shows “Adventure Time” and “Regular Show” get complete series releases on DVD and Blu-ray. Also coming to Blu-ray this month is the first season of popular Canadian import “Heated Rivalry.” From the Blu-ray case’s artwork, it looks like it’s being released under its original Canadian owner, Crave, and not via Warner Bros./HBO?
“Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated” and “Quick Draw McGraw,” both originally set for August and September Blu-ray releases respectively, have been pushed back to October 20.
Sports stuff
The NBA season kicks off this month. That brings with it the usual ads for sports gambling, as well as basically-also-gambling “prediction markets.” The latter has seen LeBron James, who starts playing for the Philadelphia 76ers this season, sign on with Polymarket to promote their services. Guess those “Space Jam 2” royalties aren’t cutting it.
Several decades ago, the professional sports leagues avoided setting up teams in Las Vegas partly out of gambling concerns. Now, not only do most of the leagues have teams in Vegas, but they’ve fully embraced gambling apps as sponsors, regardless how that makes sports look (or the message it sends to viewers, including any kids/teens watching). To be fair to Vegas, it has grown in size (and non-gambling aspects) to the point that not having pro teams started looking odd.
I don’t like the idea of gambling/prediction apps, and pro leagues getting involved with them looks tacky, greedy, and undermines their own sport’s integrity. There also should be some friction involved in gambling; you shouldn’t be able to lose your life savings from the comfort of your living room couch.
Image: “Regular Show.” (Warner Bros.)
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