It may be a spooky season, but love is in the air with new shows premiering this week on streaming services like Netflix and Max, as well as on broadcast and cable channels

This week's lineup of new shows is full of romance, as queer teens navigate young love in “Heartstopper” Season 3 and DC singles hope to find a stranger in “Love Is Blind” Season 7 Plus, HBO will present its latest comedy, the Hollywood satire “The Franchise” Here are the top new shows to check out this week

If you feel like you just finished a season of “Love Is Blind,” you probably have the British version in mind, as I do That was great and much better than the recent US version But the dating reality show returns to the States to continue its “experiment” of Washington, DC bachelors mingling in pods, getting engaged, and testing to see if love really is blind Despite the fact that the cast is drawn from the Washington, DC metropolitan area, no politicians appear

Premieres Wednesday, October 2 at 3 am ET on Netflix

The third season of the animated adult fantasy series based on the live Dungeons & Dragons campaign features more dragons, fantastic battles, and stylish subplots appear in the series The storyline takes a major step forward from the end of Season 2, when a group of lovable misfits form a surprising alliance and a soon-to-be-hatched dragon egg is ominously revealed The Chroma Conclave's campaign of destruction continues, and Cinder King hunts down Vox Machina And these “rejects” must battle inner and outer demons in order to save their loved ones, the Republic of Taldrey, and all of Exandria

Premieres Thursday, October 3 at 12 am ET on Prime Video

Let's Talk About Sex! Until now, the gay teen romance between Charlie (Joe Rock) and Nick (Kit Connor) has been little more than flirting But now that they are growing up and deepening their relationship, they may be ready to take it to the next level physically Charlie wants to tell Nick that he loves him, but Nick also has something to confess in return Meanwhile, Elle (Yasmin Finney) and her boyfriend Tao (William Gao) navigate trans intimacy and discord And for all of them, the start of a new semester means thinking about college

Available on Netflix on Thursday, October 3 at 3 am ET

The spooky season brings treats and candy like this “Velma” Halloween special Created by co-producer and voice actress Mindy Kaling, this animated series for adults continues from the Season 2 finale when Velma dies and her ghost inhabits Scrappy's body With only 24 hours to bring Velma back, the gang must find the dark spell book while fending off the wrath of a vengeful spirit As the annual Sexy Halloween Party approaches, Velma and her friends will have to face their greatest fears if they want to get out alive

Premieres Thursday, October 3 at 3 am ET on Max

There's nothing Hollywood loves more than a satire on itself We have seen many such examples over the decades in film (“Sunset Boulevard,” “Tropic Thunder”) and television (“30 Rock,” “Other Two”) The Franchise takes an inside look at the making of superhero movies like Marvel and the DC Universe, where, as HBO's official tagline says, “Every fiasco has an origin story”

It premieres Sunday, October 6 at 10 pm ET on HBO and Max