TV Insider’s Top 25 of the Week (October 23-29): ‘Billions’ Finale, ‘The Gilded Age’ & More

Meredith Jacobs October 23, 2023, 1:30 pm

'Billions,' 'The Gilded Age,' and 'Fellow Traveleres' — Showtime; HBO; Showtime

Bookmark this page because TV Insider is providing you with a handy weekly list. With so much on TV — including new and standout episodes in primetime, streaming premieres, movies, and specials — we’re hoping to make it a bit easier for you to keep track of everything you don’t want to miss. Every Monday, on our Shows page, we list the top 25 shows that excite us for the week ahead. Read on for what to watch the week of October 23-29.

It’s the end for one Showtime drama this week, making the Billions series finale (October 27 streaming on Paramount+ with Showtime and on demand, October 29 linearly) the easy pick to top our list. How will it all end? Also ending this week (but hopefully not for good), is Our Flag Means Death Season 2 (October 26 on Max), but what’s next for Stede (Rhys Darby) and Ed (Taika Waititi) after their most recent split?

Returning for its second season is The Gilded Age (October 29 on HBO), picking up on Easter morning 1883 and the news that Bertha Russell’s (Carrie Coon) bid for a box at the Academy of Music has been rejected. And premiering is the limited series Fellow Travelers (October 27 streaming on Paramount+ with Showtime and on demand, October 29 linearly), starring Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey in this love story chronicling the clandestine romance of two very different men who meet in McCarthy-era Washington..

Over on streaming, the anthology series American Horror Stories is back with its third season (October 26 on Hulu), with different horror tales each episode. And over on Netflix, the film Pain Hustlers (October 27), about a racketeering scheme at a failing pharmaceutical startup, with Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, and Andy Garcia debuts.

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Returning to our list from last week are Fear the Walking Dead (was #1), Dancing With the Stars (was #13) and The Golden Bachelor (was #17).

Which other shows make our Top 25 of the week? And where do all of these shows, movies, and specials fall in our must-see rankings? Click here to find out, then sound off in the comments with your buzziest shows of the week.