October 1 was a busy day for Disney’s streaming services. A two-episode revival of Scrubs opened on Disney+ and Hulu, American Horror Story: 13 arrived on Hulu, and a run of horror and action films joined the Hulu library. The marquee show of the month, though, was still two weeks off.
Scrubs checks back in
Disney’s October guide describes the second season of Scrubs as a 30-minute revival comedy. J.D., Turk and Elliot have gone from interns to icons at Sacred Heart, and now, as respected doctors, they coach the next generation while juggling the highs and lows of hospital work. Zach Braff plays John “J.D.” Dorian, Donald Faison is Christopher Turk, Sarah Chalke is Elliot Reid, and Ava Bunn plays Sam Tosh. New episodes followed on October 8, 15, 22 and 29.
VisionQuest and the date that moved
The Marvel series was listed on Disney+ for October 14, with later episodes on October 21 and 28. The plot, as Disney lays it out: Vision, rebooted and in hiding after escaping people who wanted to weaponize him, consults the AI personas in his programming, including F.R.I.D.A.Y., E.D.I.T.H., J.A.R.V.I.S. and Ultron. A bounty puts him on the run with Thomas Shepard, a mysterious boy who may be Vision’s son reincarnate.
The schedule then changed. Nerdist reported that on Monday, October 12, Marvel Studios announced the show would premiere a day early, on October 13, with new episodes each Tuesday. Two episodes come out each week for the first three weeks. Episodes 7 and 8 then land one at a time on November 3 and November 10, which is the finale. Episodes drop at 6PM PT. TheWrap noted that VisionQuest closes a trilogy that began with WandaVision and continued with Agatha All Along.
The rest of the month
Hulu’s American Horror Story: 13 airs on October 1, 8, 15 and 22, with the season finale on October 29 at 9pm PT. Disney’s page notes the anthology has collected more than 100 Emmy nominations since 2011 and has been streamed more than 700 million hours globally.
Films joining Hulu on October 1 include Barbarian, Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Edward Scissorhands and the first two Ghostbusters films, TheWrap’s list shows. Hereditary and Midsommar follow on October 3. Hokum, the Neon horror release, reaches Hulu on October 10.
Comedy gets another entry on October 8 with the Season 6 premiere of Abbott Elementary, a workplace comedy about teachers at an underfunded Philadelphia public school, with new episodes on October 15, 22 and 29. October 16 brings Grey’s Anatomy Season 23 and 9-1-1 Season 10 premieres, as well as 9-1-1: Nashville Season 2.
Sources
- What Is the Release Schedule for VISIONQUEST? – Nerdist
- What Was New On Disney+, Hulu, ESPN In October 2026 | Disney+ Explore (company guide)
- Everything New on Hulu and Disney+ in October 2026 – TheWrap
