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All American: Homecoming and 3 more TV dramas to watch on Netflix in October 2024

The small-screen dramas is coming to Netflix in October with some major fan favorites!

By Reed Gaudens

All American: Homecoming -- “Level Up” -- Image Number: AHC302a_0041r -- Pictured (L-R): Geffri Maya as Simone Hicks -- Photo: Troy Harvey/The CW -- © 2024 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
All American: Homecoming -- “Level Up” -- Image Number: AHC302a_0041r -- Pictured (L-R): Geffri Maya as Simone Hicks -- Photo: Troy Harvey/The CW -- © 2024 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. /
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Even though there are plenty of new Netflix shows coming in October, including the likes of Outer Banks, Heartstopper, and The Lincoln Lawyer, there are plenty more binge-worthy drama series to watch beyond the must-watch Netflix originals. Some of the best television drama series are either coming to Netflix for the first time or premiering their latest seasons.

While you definitely don't want to miss the newest seasons of the aforementioned Netflix original series, the other cable and broadcast dramas arriving throughout the month are just as exciting. The final season of a CW series, an Emmy-nominated cable horror-thriller's debut, the latest season of a CBS procedural, and the complete series of a teen throwback are all on the docket this month.

Ready to fill up your Netflix watch list with even more drama series? Plan your month-long binge-watch schedule and save some room for these four excellent TV drama series!

Yellowjackets
(L-R): Melanie Lynskey as Shauna, Tawny Cypress as Taissa, Juliette Lewis as Natalie and Christina Ricci as Misty in YELLOWJACKETS, “Sic Transit Gloria Mundi”. Photo credit: Kailey Schwerman/SHOWTIME. /

Yellowjackets season 1

The first season of the critically acclaimed thriller drama series Yellowjackets began streaming on Netflix on Oct. 1 and will surely be one of the most popular shows on the streamer this month. The series centers on a group of girls and their fight for survival after a plane crash in 1996, also featuring flash-forwards to their lives in the future. Unfortunately, the second season isn't available on Netflix just yet, though perhaps it will drop ahead of the season 3 premiere on Showtime in 2025.

Stand Up for Something
All American: Homecoming -- “Stand Up For Something” -- Image Number: AHC214a_0159r -- Pictured (L _ R): Camille Hyde as Thea Mays, Coco Gauff and Geffri Maya as Simone Hicks -- Photo: Troy Harvey/The CW -- © 2023 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. /

All American: Homecoming season 3

The third and final season of All American: Homecoming makes its Netflix debut on Tuesday, Oct. 15 for fans to rewatch or for binge-watch for the first time. All American: Homecoming aired its final episode on The CW on Sept. 30, and while its flagship series will be returning to the network with a new season, the spinoff was unfortunately canceled. By mid-October, the complete series of 41 episodes will be available to stream on Netflix until its inevitably removed in the future.

S.W.A.T.
“Twenty Squad” – SWAT faces their deadliest adversary yet when a violent cell of extremists looks to extract vengeance by blowing up half of Los Angeles, potentially killing thousands. Still reeling from the anger and outrage directed at him by his own community, Hondo questions if he still has what it takes to lead 20-Squad, adding to the fear that he won’t be able to pull the team together in time to save the city, on the seventh season finale of the CBS Original series S.W.A.T., Friday, May /

S.W.A.T. season 7

When the hit CBS series S.W.A.T. first began streaming on Netflix, the procedural found a new audience on the platform. The newfound popularity liked help its home network to un-cancel the series and bring it back for what was supposed to be a seventh and final season. However, S.W.A.T. season 7 was a hit too, leading CBS to renew the series for season 8. Before the latest season premieres in October, catch up on season 7 when it drops on Netflix on Oct. 4.

Gossip Girl cast
Gossip Girl. Photograph by Courtesy of WarnerMedia /

Gossip Girl seasons 1-6

She's back! Did you miss her? One of the most popular teen drama series of all time will be making its triumphant return to Netflix on Oct. 29. That's right, Gossip Girl makes its Netflix US comeback this fall, and the series will once again be making the rounds on our watch lists as we relive the nostalgic good old days. All six juicy seasons, every twist and melodramatic turn, and that unexpected albeit slightly anticlimactic series finale reveal will be ours to watch again and again on Netflix!

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