5 Streaming Shows Surging in Popularity Right Now (Nov. 12)

Published Nov 12, 2026, 7:12 PM EST Sign in to your Collider account Streaming audiences have an extraordinary range of obsessions right now. Some are returning to established favorites after long absences, while others are discovering new stories that have quickly become major talking points. And the competition for attention is fierce. According to Variety's most-watched streaming originals chart, which tracks streaming performance using Luminate viewing data, these five shows are among the titles generating considerable audience interest. Their popularity reflects a particularly strong period for returning series, with fresh seasons delivering everything from international espionage to complicated romantic relationships. Here's what's driving their momentum. 5 'VisionQuest' (2026) Image via Disney+ Vision (Paul Bettany) has survived destruction, reconstruction, and the loss of the woman he loved. Now the extraordinary android is attempting to understand what remains of his identity. VisionQuest follows the rebuilt Avenger as he quietly lives in Edinburgh, consulting artificial intelligence personalities embedded within his programming. Unfortunately, one of those personalities belongs to Ultron (James Spader), the murderous AI responsible for creating Vision in the first place. Matters become even more complicated when a mysterious young man named Thomas Shepard (Ruaridh Mollica) enters his life. Developed by Terry Matalas, the Marvel series continues the story established in WandaVision and Agatha All Along, and brings a deeply personal dimension to the franchise's fascination with artificial intelligence. Vision possesses extraordinary computational abilities, yet his understanding of grief, family, and belonging remains painfully incomplete. The possibility that Thomas might be his son introduces questions that raw intelligence cannot resolve. With Ultron's influence threatening his search for independence, the series combines familiar Marvel spectacle with an unexpectedly intimate identity crisis. Its October 2026 debut has helped return one of the MCU's most complicated characters to the streaming spotlight. It is available to stream on Disney+. 4 'Love Is Blind' (2020–Present) Image via Netflix Thirty singles enter a dating experiment where they must form romantic connections without seeing one another. Conversations unfold through private pods, and couples can meet face-to-face only after agreeing to marry. Love Is Blind has turned that apparently simple premise into one of Netflix's most enduring reality television attractions. Love Is Blind Season 11 takes the experiment to Boston, where participants begin searching for lifelong partners before discovering whether their emotional connections can survive physical attraction, family expectations, and the practical difficulties of sharing a life. The Boston season delivers plenty of complications, from unexpected love triangles to disagreements over household responsibilities and future living arrangements. A couple can spend hours discussing their dreams inside the pods, then discover that deciding who handles dinner is considerably more difficult. Hosts Nick and Vanessa Lachey return to guide the experiment, while the latest group of participants brings distinctive personalities and sometimes incompatible expectations to the process. The October premiere, subsequent wedding episodes, and November reunion have given audiences fresh relationship drama to discuss. Eleven seasons in, the question at the center of the show remains surprisingly difficult to answer. Love Is Blind can be streamed on Netflix. 3 'The Diplomat' (2023–Present) Image via Netflix Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) has enough trouble managing international relations without her marriage becoming another geopolitical emergency. As the American ambassador to the United Kingdom, she must navigate increasingly dangerous political confrontations while dealing with her brilliant, impulsive husband Hal (Rufus Sewell). The Diplomat makes their complicated relationship inseparable from the international crises surrounding them. Its fourth season raises the stakes considerably, with President Grace Penn (Allison Janney) and Vice President Hal becoming entangled in a dangerous conspiracy involving a powerful Russian weapon. Creator Debora Cahn understands that political negotiations become far more compelling when the people conducting them can barely trust those closest to them. Kate's frustration with Hal gives the series much of its sharpest humor, particularly when his apparent attempts to help create new diplomatic disasters. Season 4 also expands the relationship between Kate and Todd Penn (Bradley Whitford), bringing two troubled marriages into the same explosive political struggle. Russell's performance remains the show's strongest asset, capturing Kate's intelligence, exhaustion, and determination with wonderful precision. The latest The Diplomat season arrived on Netflix on October 15, 2026, bringing another round of political maneuvering and personal betrayals to an already devoted audience. Collider Exclusive · Villain Personality Quiz Which Criminal Mastermind Would Be Your Nemesis? Lecter · Joker · Moriarty · Chigurh Four of the finest criminal minds ever put on screen. One of them would look at you and see something worth their time. Eight questions decide which one comes for you, why they picked you, and what they would want when they arrived. 🍷Lecter 🃏Joker ♟️Moriarty 🪙Chigurh MEET YOUR NEMESIS → 01 What would a criminal mastermind notice about you first? Great villains choose their opponents carefully. Something about you got their attention. AMy manners, and everything I am careful not to say. BThat I still believe people are basically decent. CThat I am clever, and quietly enjoy proving it. DThat I handle things myself, and always have. NEXT QUESTION → 02 How do they make first contact? The introduction tells you everything about what is coming next. AA polite letter. Beautiful handwriting. Quietly wrong. BSomething on fire, with a message left beside it. CA puzzle, left where only I would look. DNo contact. Just the aftermath, and a coin. NEXT QUESTION → 03 What do you actually believe about right and wrong? Every nemesis is really an argument about the thing you believe most. AThere are lines. Mine are private and absolute. BRules are the only thing keeping us from being animals. CMorality is a system, and systems can be solved. DThings happen. Most of it was never up to me. NEXT QUESTION → 04 What finally gets under your skin? Everybody has a pressure point. Finding yours is the whole plan. ABeing seen clearly by somebody I cannot read. BWatching good people do something ugly. CLosing to someone who was simply better prepared. DHaving no move left that changes anything. NEXT QUESTION → 05 They have made their move. How do you fight back? This is the part of the film where the audience finds out who you are. ACarefully, and never where they expect to be touched. BLoudly. I would rather lose than play their game. CWith a better plan. I can out-think this. DDirectly, once, with whatever is closest to hand. NEXT QUESTION → 06 What would they use against you? A good villain never brings a weapon you have not already handed them. AMy privacy. I have kept far too much to myself. BMy conscience. I will not cross the line they want. CMy ego. I cannot resist a worthy opponent. DMy certainty that I can handle it alone. NEXT QUESTION → 07 What do they actually want from you? The money is never the point. Something else always is. ATo understand me better than anyone ever has. BTo prove I am no better than they are. CTo finally be beaten by someone worth the trouble. DNothing at all. I stepped into the wrong path. NEXT QUESTION → 08 How does it end between the two of you? Eight questions in, this is the one that decides who comes for you. AA conversation I will be replaying for years. BA choice forced on me that has no clean answer. COne final move, and the better mind wins. DA coin in the air, and nothing I can say. REVEAL MY NEMESIS → The Case File Is Complete Your Nemesis Is…Four criminal masterminds. One of them was always going to be yours. Here is who comes for you, why they picked you out of everyone available, and what they want from the encounter. Hannibal LecterYour nemesis does not want to beat you. He wants to know you completely, and he is patient enough to wait for it. The frightening part is how good the conversation is. Lecter is the most dangerous kind of opponent: the one who finds you interesting. He never raises his voice, because he has never needed to. You keep a great deal to yourself and you are careful about what you show. That reserve is exactly the door he would knock on. The films understood something other thrillers missed. The horror is not the violence. It is being perfectly understood by the wrong person. He would be unfailingly polite about all of it. That is the worst part. The JokerYour nemesis is not after money, territory or revenge. He is after a demonstration, and you are the person he has chosen to prove his point on. The Joker only picks opponents who believe in something. Your decency is not a defence against him. It is the entire reason he showed up. He has no plan you can predict and nothing you can take away, which removes every tool you would normally reach for. His whole argument is that you are one bad day away from being him, and you would spend the rest of your life proving him wrong. He would call it a magic trick. You would call it the worst night of your life. MoriartyYour nemesis respects you, which sounds flattering until you work out what it means. He chose you because nobody else was worth his time. Moriarty is the original criminal mastermind, the template every later one borrows from: a mind the equal of the hero's, pointed the wrong way. You enjoy being the cleverest person in the room. He is counting on exactly that, and he has already built the room. This is the rare nemesis who would be genuinely disappointed if you lost badly. He needs the game to be worth playing. It ends the way these things always end. Two people, one problem, and only one way down. Anton ChigurhYour nemesis has no personal interest in you whatsoever, and that is precisely what makes him unsurvivable. You are not a rival. You are a stop on the way. Chigurh does not negotiate, gloat or explain. He arrives, he asks one question, and the answer was decided long before you opened your mouth. You trust yourself to handle things. He is the one problem in the world that has no interest in how capable you are. No Country for Old Men rewrote the screen villain by removing the thing audiences quietly rely on: the sense that talking might work. Call it. He will wait. ↻ RETAKE THE QUIZ 2 'Nobody Wants This' (2024–Present) Image via Netflix Joanne (Kristen Bell) is an outspoken podcaster whose romantic life becomes considerably more complicated when she falls for Noah (Adam Brody), a charming rabbi with strong ties to his Jewish community. Their relationship develops despite differences in religious beliefs, family expectations, and the way they approach commitment. Nobody Wants This has become one of Netflix's most appealing romantic comedies because Joanne and Noah are genuinely affectionate people who sometimes have spectacularly different ideas about what their future should look like. Season 3 finds the couple living together, bringing everyday domestic complications into a relationship that has already survived considerable uncertainty. Joanne's exploration of Judaism introduces new challenges and relationships, including encounters with Rabbi Eden (Sarah Silverman) and fellow conversion student Sebastian (Andrew Rannells). Meanwhile, the personal lives of Joanne's sister Morgan (Justine Lupe) and Noah's brother Sasha (Timothy Simons) continue developing in unpredictable directions. Bell and Brody's chemistry remains wonderfully convincing, especially when their characters attempt to navigate serious disagreements without losing their sense of humor. Released on October 22, 2026, the third season has quickly attracted substantial attention, proving that audiences remain invested in whether Joanne and Noah can make their complicated relationship work. It is available to stream on Netflix. 1 'The Terminal List' (2022–Present) Image via Prime Video James Reece (Chris Pratt) has already lost almost everything. A decorated Navy SEAL commander, he discovers a devastating conspiracy after his military unit is ambushed, setting him on a relentless campaign of revenge against those responsible. The Terminal List follows his transformation from an elite soldier into a dangerous fugitive determined to uncover the truth. The second season, adapted from Jack Carr's novel True Believer, expands the story beyond Reece's original personal vendetta, sending him into an international conspiracy involving intelligence agencies, covert operations, and threats reaching across several continents. The new episodes take Reece from the Indian Ocean through Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, introducing a much larger espionage conflict with connections to his family's history. Pratt brings imposing physical intensity to the character, while the story's emphasis on betrayal and loyalty gives the action considerable personal stakes. Reece's professional training makes him exceptionally dangerous, but his grief and distrust continue shaping the decisions he makes. The Terminal List Season 2's release on October 21, 2026, ended a lengthy wait for viewers who followed the original 2022 series. With all eight new episodes available on Prime Video, The Terminal List has clearly reestablished itself as a major streaming attraction. The Terminal List Release Date June 30, 2022 Network Prime Video Cast Jeanne Tripplehorn Secretary Hartley