‘House of Guinness’ and All the Other TV Shows Coming to Netflix This Week

It’s a full seven days of genre-spanning TV, from prestige historical drama and reality sleuthing to a buzzy Japanese thriller and a preschool favorite that turns careers into kid-size adventures. Below, each entry highlights the essentials—plot, principal cast, and key creatives—plus the exact day it arrives between Monday, September 22 and Sunday, September 28.

You’ll find returning favorites alongside brand-new series, limited dramas, and imports. Each capsule sticks to what matters most about the shows themselves—story, performers, writers, and directors—so you can zero in on what fits your week.

‘The Guest’ (2025)

Arriving Monday, September 22, ‘The Guest’ is a four-part British thriller about a toxic bond that forms between a wealthy woman and a young staffer, a dynamic that steadily escalates as secrets surface and loyalties fracture. Gabrielle Creevy and Eve Myles headline the cast, with the story unfolding across intimate workplaces and upscale domestic settings where power imbalances drive the suspense.

The series was created and written by Matthew Barry and directed by Ashley Way. It is produced by Quay Street Productions with executive producers including Barry, Rebecca Ferguson, Nick Andrews, Davina Earl, and Nicola Shindler, and Karen Lewis producing the miniseries.

‘Spartacus’ (2010–2013)

Landing Monday, September 22, ‘Spartacus’ is the swords-and-sandals epic that tracks the Thracian gladiator’s fight from the ludus to open rebellion against Rome. The cast across its run includes Andy Whitfield (Spartacus, Season 1), Liam McIntyre (Spartacus, later seasons), Lucy Lawless (Lucretia), Manu Bennett (Crixus), Peter Mensah (Oenomaus), John Hannah (Batiatus), and Viva Bianca (Ilithyia).

Created by Steven S. DeKnight, the series was produced in New Zealand and spans the prequel ‘Spartacus: Gods of the Arena’ and the sequel seasons ‘Vengeance’ and ‘War of the Damned’. The writers’ room and rotating directors blend historical reference points with serialized character arcs, emphasizing arena combat, political scheming, and the evolving alliances within the slave uprising.

‘Blippi’s Job Show’ (2025)

Rolling in Monday, September 22, ‘Blippi’s Job Show’ brings preschoolers along as Blippi and co-host Meekah explore real workplaces—hangars, animal habitats, garages, and more—meeting pros who demonstrate tools and tasks step by step. Episodes are designed to introduce job vocabulary while showing how people work together safely and responsibly.

Produced by Moonbug Entertainment, the series features Clayton Grimm as Blippi and Cashaé Monya as Meekah. Behind the scenes, executive producers at Moonbug steer the franchise’s early-learning approach, with segments structured around curiosity-led walk-throughs and gentle, age-appropriate demonstrations of careers ranging from pilots and mechanics to zookeepers and veterinarians.

‘Crime Scene Zero’ (2025)

Streaming Tuesday, September 23, ‘Crime Scene Zero’ is a crime-game reality format where players rotate through detective and suspect roles, gathering clues and testing theories to pinpoint the culprit. The core ensemble features Jang Jin, Park Ji-yoon, and Jang Dong-min guiding teams through staged investigations that hinge on logic, observation, and social deduction.

The show is created by Yun Hyun-joon and Hwang Seul-woo and presents each case as a closed-loop puzzle, with evidence drops, timed interrogations, and reconstructed timelines. Episodes emphasize procedure—documenting scenes, weighing alibis, and re-creating events—so viewers can follow along and try to solve the mystery before the reveal.

‘Alice in Borderland’ (2020– )

Dropping Thursday, September 25, ‘Alice in Borderland’ adapts Haro Aso’s manga into a live-action survival thriller about players trapped in a deserted, parallel Tokyo where card-coded games dictate life or death. Kento Yamazaki stars as Arisu opposite Tao Tsuchiya as Usagi, with ensemble turns from Nijirō Murakami, Aya Asahina, Dori Sakurada, Ayaka Miyoshi, and others.

Shinsuke Sato directs, with scripts by Yoshiki Watabe, Yasuko Kuramitsu, and Sato. The series is produced by Robot Communications, executive produced by Kaata Sakamoto, and scored by Yutaka Yamada. Each game’s suit and number signal its type and difficulty, anchoring the show’s puzzle-box structure and escalating set-pieces.

‘House of Guinness’ (2025)

Arriving Thursday, September 25, ‘House of Guinness’ is a period drama set in Dublin in 1868, beginning with the death of Sir Benjamin Guinness and following his four children as they navigate inheritance, ambition, and the future of the family brewery. The principal cast includes Anthony Boyle, Louis Partridge, and Emily Fairn, with supporting roles that map the siblings’ rivalries and alliances.

The series is created by Steven Knight, developed from an idea by executive producer Ivana Lowell, a descendant of the Guinness family. It blends dramatized family history with political and social undercurrents of the era, focusing on how decisions within a powerful household ripple outward across business, class, and civic life.

‘Wayward’ (2025)

Set for Thursday, September 25, ‘Wayward’ is a limited thriller about a small-town police officer who grows suspicious of a school for troubled teens and its dangerously charismatic founder. Mae Martin leads the series, joined by Toni Collette and Sarah Gadon, as investigations into the institution expose layers of manipulation and control.

Created by Mae Martin, the show threads mystery and character study, centering on institutional oversight, the dynamics of coercive environments, and the pressure points that keep victims silent. Episodes build around interviews, paper trails, and witness accounts as the case against the school’s leadership takes shape.

‘Ángela’ (2024)

On Friday, September 26, ‘Ángela’ follows a woman whose carefully maintained home life begins to unravel as she uncovers dark truths about her spouse, propelling her into choices that blur lines between protection, desire, and self-preservation. The arc tracks her efforts to reclaim agency amid mounting personal risk.

This dramatic series is built around a focused, character-driven narrative typical of limited formats, with creative emphasis on psychological tension and domestic suspense. Plot mechanics lean on shifting timelines, confidants who may not be trustworthy, and a steadily tightening investigation that forces a final reckoning.

Share your picks for the week in the comments—what are you queuing up first, and which titles are you most curious about?