When streaming giant Netflix announced it had commissioned local production, Territory, with filming in Kakadu National Park and Tipperary Station in the Northern Territory, there were immediate comparisons to the Kevin Costner epic series, Yellowstone.

“An impressive-looking production that’s a little like a Down Under answer to Yellowstone,” wrote ScreenRealm after watching a full length trailer earlier this month.

Starring Anna Torv (The Newsroom), Michael Dorman (For All Mankind, Joe Pickett), Robert Taylor (The Feds), Sam Corlett (Vikings: Valhalla) and Sara Wiseman (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), this six-part neo-western is set to premiere on October 24.

Created by Timothy Lee (Mystery Road, Bump) and Ben Davies (Bondi Rescue, The First Inventors, Outback Ringer), Territory adds to Netflix’s growing slate of Australian productions including thriller Run Rabbit Run starring Sarah Snook, and drama series Stateless starring Cate Blanchett.

Netflix says Territory “follows the fight for power in the remote and unforgiving Australian outback when the world’s largest cattle station is left without an apparent heir”.

“Imagine the family drama of your favourite prime-time soap, but set in a region so rough and remote that nearly everything can kill you.

“When Marianne Station is left without a clear successor, generational clashes threaten to tear the Lawson family apart.

“Sensing this once-great dynasty is in decline, the outback’s most powerful factions — rival cattle barons, desert gangsters, Indigenous elders and billionaire miners — move in for the kill.

“With billions of dollars at stake, everyone wants a piece of the pie.”

Sound familiar?

For the record, Yellowstone drew an audience on Paramount Network of 8.8 million viewers for its season five premiere, with Variety reporting simulcasts across Country Music Television, TVLand and Pop TV bringing in numbers up to 10.5 million.

Hold Your Breath: Disney+, October 3

Set in the US state of Oklahoma in the 1930s, the Bellum family house rests in a valley of dirt as clouds of dust blot out the sun.

Margaret (Sarah Paulson) and her two daughters, Rose (Amiah Miller) and Ollie (Alona Jane Robbins), tend to their sparse farm while Margaret’s husband has left in pursuit of work.

As they struggle to survive the punishing dust bowl environment, a mysterious stranger (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) arrives, threatening all they know and love.

Aussie Shore: Paramount+, October 3

The outrageous original series Jersey Shore and Geordie Shore, were pioneering cultural phenomena that launched the career of Charlotte Crosby, who is now host of the first local iteration of the international reality “shores” franchise.

Filmed in Cairns, 11 housemates live together and as House Boss, Crosby helps them navigate the highs and lows of living, working and partying together.

Cate Blanchett in Disclaimer. Photo: Apple TV+

Disclaimer: Apple TV+, October 11

Starring Academy Award winners Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline, and Academy Award nominee Sacha Baron Cohen, this psychological thriller is based on the novel of the same name by Renée Knight.

When Catherine Ravenscroft (Blanchett) receives a novel from an unknown author, she is horrified to realise she is now the main character in a story that exposes her darkest secrets and threatens to destroy her family.

As she races to uncover the writer’s identity, she is forced to confront her past before it destroys her life and her relationships with her husband Robert (Baron Cohen) and son Nicholas (Kodi Smit-McPhee).

NCIS: Origins: Paramount+, October 15

The NCIS portfolio is expanding with a brand new prequel series which follows a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Austin Stowell) in 1991, years prior to the events of NCIS, and is narrated by Mark Harmon.

In the series, Gibbs starts his career as a newly minted special agent at the fledgling NCIS Camp Pendleton office, where he forges his place on a gritty, ragtag team led by NCIS legend Mike Franks (Kyle Schmid).

Matlock: Paramount+, October 18

Emmy and Academy Award winner Kathy Bates stars as Madeline Matlock, a brilliant lawyer who uses her unassuming demeanour to win cases when she joins law firm, Jacobson Moore. The series kicks off with two episodes then weekly.

Rivals: Disney+, October 18

Set against the backdrop of power-grabbing social elites, Rivals dives headfirst into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986.

Based on the celebrated novel by Jilly Cooper, it follows ex-Olympian, Rupert Campbell-Black, in his long-standing feud with the controller of Corinium Television, Tony Baddingham.

The Office: Prime Video, October 18

We all know The Office lead roles traditionally went to the UK’s Ricky Gervais and Steve Carrell in the US. Now it’s Felicity Ward’s turn, who plays Hannah Howard, the managing director of packaging company Flinley Craddick.

When she gets news from head office that they will be shutting down her branch and making everyone work from home, she goes into survival mode, making promises she can’t keep in order to keep her “work family” together.

Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: Disney+, October 25

Legendary US rock star Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band offer the most in-depth look ever at the creation of their live performances, including footage of band rehearsals, backstage moments, rare archival clips and personal reflections from Springsteen himself.

Lioness: Paramount+: October 27

From Oscar nominee Taylor Sheridan, comes the second season of this original espionage thriller, Lioness, starring Nicole Kidman and Zoe Saldaña, who are also both executive producers on the project.

As the CIA’s fight against terror moves closer to home, a new Lioness operative is asked to infiltrate a previously unknown threat.