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Wednesday, Sept. 27
SEAL Team
CBS, 9pm
New Series!
David Boreanaz leads the cast of this military drama about an ultra-elite unit of Navy SEALs. When they’re not being deployed at a moment’s notice on secret missions around the globe, they’re dealing with the family dynamics that result from their stressful and dangerous jobs. Max Thieriot, Neil Brown Jr., A.J. Buckley, Toni Trucks and Jessica Paré costar.
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— SEAL Team (@SEALTeam_pplus) August 12, 2017
The Goldbergs
ABC, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Get ready for more Schwartz! Sam Lerner, who plays Barry’s (Troy Gentile) buddy Geoff, has been promoted to series regular for the ’80s-based comedy’s fifth season. And in some appropriate blast-from-the-past casting, Ilan Mitchell-Smith — who played Wyatt Donnelly in 1985’s Weird Science — will guest-star as a teacher named Mr. Connelly, while former pro grappler Bill Goldberg appears as Coach Mellor’s (Bryan Callen) brother.
Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers
CBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Season 35 of the reality competition series returns to Fiji, where contestants are divided into one of three teams based on positive attributes: Heroes (including a member of the military and a lifeguard), Healers (like a surgeon and a physical therapist) and Hustlers (including a personal assistant and a bellhop). Series host Jeff Probst reveals that once the game starts, niceties are quickly abandoned and the game turns cutthroat. “I think as Survivor evolves, people that play are realizing it’s OK to lie,” he says. “It’s a game of human poker, and lying is part of it. It used to be, ‘Oh, my God. You lied to me. How could you lie to me?’ And the person would say, ‘Because I’m trying to beat you.’ Now it’s, ‘When are they going to lie, and will I beat them to the lie?’ And I think that strategy is fun to watch.”
Empire: “Noble Memory”
FOX, 8pm
Season Premiere!
On the brink of Empire Entertainment’s 20th anniversary, Lucious is making his first public appearance after the explosion in Las Vegas, while all members of the Lyon family, as well as Lucious’ nurse, Claudia (guest star Demi Moore), have their own interests in Lucious regaining his physical and mental faculties. And in the first instance of tonight’s two Empire/Star crossovers, Queen Latifah’s Star character, Carlotta, comes face-to-face with Cookie (Taraji P. Henson), Lucious (Terrence Howard) and Jamal Lyon (Jussie Smollett).
The Blacklist: “Smokey Putnum”
NBC, 8pm
Season Premiere!
With his criminal empire in ruins, a surprisingly carefree Red (James Spader) enlists Liz (Megan Boone) in an unlikely plan to simultaneously earn cash and deliver a new Blacklister to the Task Force. As Liz faces the new reality of working alongside her father, Ressler (Diego Klattenhoff) finds himself in a precarious position and Tom (Ryan Eggold) weighs his options.
The Vietnam War: “A Disrespectful Loyalty”
PBS, 8pm
South Vietnamese forces fighting on their own suffer a terrible defeat in Laos. After being re-elected in a landslide, President Nixon strikes a peace deal with Hanoi that allows American prisoners of war finally to come home — where they find a bitterly divided country.
Speechless
ABC, 8:30pm
Season Premiere!
The family-friendly, critically acclaimed hit about the DiMeo clan — whose physically challenged son JJ (Micah Fowler) is the most normal of the bunch — returns for Season 2. Minnie Driver, John Ross Bowie and Cedric Yarbrough costar.
Modern Family
ABC, 9pm
Season Premiere!
They grow up so fast! As the ABC sitcom’s ninth season dawns, Manny (Rico Rodriguez) heads off to college but Luke (Nolan Gould) decides to take a break from school.
Star: “The Winner Takes It All”
FOX, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Despite their victory at Atlanta NextFest, the girls — with Carlotta as their manager — continue to face roadblocks. And in a bit of network crossover synergy, Empire’s Jussie Smollett appears in tonight’s episode.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: “Gone Fishin’”
NBC, 9pm
Season Premiere!
When Fin (Ice-T) crosses international borders to catch a fugitive rapist, a political tug-of-war derails Barba’s (Raúl Esparza) legal case. Meanwhile, shocking allegations against Benson (Mariska Hargitay) lead to the return of an old friend.
American Housewife
ABC, 9:30pm
Season Premiere!
Katie Otto (Katy Mixon) and her no-nonsense clan are back for a second season of comedic suffering in upper-crust suburbia. Diedrich Bader, Julia Butters and Leslie Bibb costar.
Designated Survivor
ABC, 10pm
Season Premiere!
Now that we have the gist of what — and who — Kiefer Sutherland’s President Kirkland is up against, ABC chief Channing Dungey promises that the political potboiler’s Season 2 is more people-centric, delving into the characters’ relationships and personal foibles. Royal Pains’ Paulo Costanzo joins the cast as new White House political director Lyor Boone, who Emily (Italia Ricci) brings aboard to help firm up the administration’s messaging and strategy.
Criminal Minds
CBS, 10pm
Season Premiere!
Season 13 of the crime drama adds Special Agent Matt Simmons (Daniel Henney), formerly of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders’ International Response Team, to the BAU.
Chicago P.D.: “Reform”
NBC, 10pm
Season Premiere!
The district is in a state of change — Lindsay has moved to New York — and the CPD is under scrutiny about the corrupt nature of its institution. Under the watchful eye of the city, the team attempts to bust a gun deal that quickly turns dicey when innocent civilians and children get involved. Tension erupts when Chief Lugo (guest star Esai Morales) brings in Denny Woods (guest star Mykelti Williamson) to review the shootout, and Halstead (Jesse Lee Soffer) becomes a key player in the outcome of the case.
Liar
SundanceTV, 10pm
New Series!
Forever’s Ioan Gruffudd and Downton Abbey’s Joanne Froggatt play a handsome widowed surgeon and lovely schoolteacher whose romantic dinner date may have ended with a crime. So, who is lying and who is telling the truth — and how many people in their inner circle will be swept into the fray? This twisty psychological drama is one of our top picks for the new fall season.
Thursday, Sept. 28
StartUp
Crackle
Season Premiere!
Ron Perlman (Sons of Anarchy, Hellboy) joins the cast and will also coproduce as the drama enters its 10-episode second season. He joins returning stars Adam Brody (also a producer), Martin Freeman, Edi Gathegi and Otmara Marrero.
Grey’s Anatomy
ABC, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Who’s in and who’s out as Shonda Rhimes’ long-running medical soap enters its 14th season?
Marika Dominczyk’s Eliza and Jerrika Hinton’s Stephanie won’t report for duty, while Kim Raver and Matthew Morrison return as Owen’s (Kevin McKidd) ex Teddy and Jo’s hubby Paul. Italian actress Stefania Spampinato (Satisfaction) signs on as Dr. Carina DeLuca, troublemaking sister of Giacomo Gianniotti’s Andrew DeLuca. And Abigail Spencer (Timeless) replaces Bridget Regan as Owen’s not-dead-after-all sis, Megan.
Project Runway: “Social Thread: Models Off Duty”
Lifetime, 8pm
The models become much more than runway eye candy as they serve as inspiration for the designers to create a street style look to be featured in a photo shoot. But ceding creative control to the models difficult for some designers. Georgina Chapman and Kelsea Ballerini guest judge
The Vietnam War: “The Weight of Memory”
PBS, 8pm
President Nixon resigns amid Watergate, while a brutal civil war continues in Vietnam. North Vietnamese troops overtake Saigon with overwhelming force. For the next 40 years, Americans and Vietnamese from all sides search for healing and reconciliation.
Superstore
NBC, 8pm
Season Premiere!
NBC’s Thursday night comedy block kicks off with Season 3 of Superstore. In the Season 2 finale, the Cloud 9 store was ripped apart by a tornado, and now it is time for the team to rebuild.
Will & Grace
NBC, 9pm
New Series!
Over a decade after the comedy farce went off the air, Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes reprise their Emmy-winning roles under the tutelage of creators/executive producers Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, and director James Burrows. The four actors are giddy about the reunion and the opportunity to revisit their beloved and groundbreaking characters. “I think of comedy as music, and each one of us is a different instrument,” shares Messing. “And when we play together, we’re at our best.”
Great News
NBC, 9:30pm
Season Premiere!
During the cable-news comedy’s second season, which starts tonight, executive producer Tina Fey will also make a number of guest-starring appearances. She’ll play Diana St. Tropez, new boss at the news network, who is described as “a sort of [Facebook COO] Sheryl Sandberg on steroids” by series creator Tracey Wigfield.
How to Get Away With Murder
ABC, 10pm
Season Premiere!
Viola Davis’ Annalise Keating gets two new men in her life as the Shondaland legal drama enters its fourth season. Davis’ real-life husband Julius Tennon signs on (as of presstime, his character details were still secret), along with veteran actor Jimmy Smits, whose character plays a major role in the season’s overarching mystery.
Secret Lives of the Super Rich
CNBC, 10pm
New Episodes!
The series returns with 10 new episodes, again unlocking the mansion gates and giving viewers exclusive access to a world inhabited by the wealthiest people on the planet.
Nathan for You
Comedy Central, 10pm
Season Premiere!
Self-proclaimed business expert Nathan Fielder returns for a fourth season of helping real small businesses turn a profit with marketing tactics that no ordinary consultant would dare to attempt.
Chicago Fire: “It Wasn’t Enough”
NBC, 10pm
Season Premiere!
With most of the squad still trapped inside the burning warehouse fire, Chief Boden (Eamonn Walker) makes a risky last-minute decision to save his men. Dawson (Monica Raymund) continues to deal with her father (guest star Daniel Zacapa), who has new plans for himself.
American Beauty Star: “Red Carpet Mayhem”
Lifetime, 10:30pm
The beauty directors take up their brushes and battle it out to see who can create the most glamorous, camera-worthy red carpet look. Model (and Mrs. Adam Levine) Behati Prinsloo joins in as guest judge.
Friday, Sept. 29
Our Souls at Night
Netflix
Original Film!
Oscar winners Robert Redford and Jane Fonda reunite onscreen for the fourth time (it’s been 50 years since they starred together as newlyweds in Barefoot in the Park) in this drama about a couple who find love unexpectedly later in life. Bruce Dern and Judy Greer also star. Along with its Netflix release, the film will also debut in select theaters today.
College Football
ESPN & FS1, beginning at 7pm Live
Friday night college football highlights include Miami at Duke (ESPN), Nebraska at Illinois (FS1) and USC at Washington State (ESPN).
Marvel’s Inhumans
ABC, 8pm
New Series!
Before moving to its regular time slot next Friday, this Marvel Comics series described as a “family drama” kicks off with a two-hour premiere tonight. Anson Mount (Hell on Wheels) stars as Black Bolt, head of the Inhuman royal family, part of a race of superhumans. After the family is splintered by a military coup, they barely escape to Hawaii, and now must find a way to reunite with each other and return to their home. Iwan Rheon, formerly of Game of Thrones, costars as Maximus.
MacGyver
CBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!
In the Season 2 premiere “DIY or DIE,” MacGyver (Lucas Till) and the team search for a Navy SEAL who is believed to be alive in captivity in the Middle East.
Hell’s Kitchen
FOX, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Season 17 of the culinary competition introduces a new crop of chef-testants trying to impress Gordon Ramsay as they vie for a life-changing grand prize.
Hawaii Five-0
CBS, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Season 8 of Hawaii Five-0 will look drastically different with Daniel Dae Kim’s Chin Ho Kelly and Grace Park’s Kono Kalakaua characters not returning. New Five-0 recruits this season are recurring character Adam Noshimuri (Ian Anthony Dale), and newcomers Tani Rey (Meaghan Rath), a hotel pool lifeguard, and Junior Reigns (Beulah Koale), a former Navy SEAL.
The Exorcist: “Janus”
FOX, 9pm
Season Premiere!
John Cho joins the cast of the supernatural scare-fest as a former child psychologist who runs a group home for five at-risk foster children on a secluded private island off the coast of Seattle. When one of the children under his care is targeted by a powerful force, Father Tomas Ortega (Alfonso Herrera) and a newly collarless Marcus Keane (Ben Daniels) hit the road and head west, setting themselves on a collision course with hell.
Blue Bloods
CBS, 10pm
Season Premiere!
In the Season 8 premiere “Cutting Losses,” Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) contemplates retiring until Erin (Bridget Moynahan) enlists him to help her with a case involving her ex-husband (recurring guest star Peter Hermann). Lorraine Bracco guest-stars as the new mayor of New York City.
Saturday, Sept. 30
Major League Baseball: Milwaukee at St. Louis
FS1, 4pm Live
The final Saturday of the MLB regular season includes a matchup of NL Central rivals as the Milwaukee Brewers visit Busch Stadium and the St. Louis Cardinals on FS1.
The Essentials: “The Bad and the Beautiful”
TCM, 8pm
Lana Turner and Kirk Douglas star in Vincente Minnelli’s Oscar-winning 1952 drama about a film producer who alienates everyone around him.
Halt and Catch Fire: “Who Needs a Guy”
AMC, 9pm
Joe (Lee Pace) and Gordon (Scoot McNairy) discuss Comet’s future. Donna (Kerry Bishé) takes a vacation. A new collaborator challenges Cameron (Mackenzie Davis). Bos (Toby Huss) and Diane (Annabeth Gish) make a life-altering choice.
Harvest Love
Hallmark Channel, 9pm
Original Film!
A widowed surgeon (Jen Lilley) visits her family’s pear orchard in hopes of taking a break from her overbooked life and reconnecting with her distant son. She starts to fall for the farm manager (Ryan Paevey), who is growing a new hybrid pear and teaches her the importance of her heritage.
Felipe Esparza: Translate This
HBO, 10pm
Actor/comedian Felipe Esparza (Superstore) stars in his first HBO standup special filmed at San Jose Improv in San Jose, Calif. The 2010 Last Comic Standing winner wrings laughs from his own experiences, tackling immigration, translating for his parents, dating single moms and more.
Versailles
Ovation, 10pm
Season Premiere!
The sexy and lavish international drama’s second season has already raised eyebrows in France and the U.K., and it makes its U.S. debut tonight. The dark side of Versailles is front and center this season as Louis (George Blagden) overcomes political and private obstacles that stand in the way of his growing power.
Released
OWN, 10pm
New Series!
Through a diary-like lens, Released presents autobiographical portraits of formerly incarcerated individuals as they walk out of the prison doors for the first time and during their first 90 days out of prison as each attempt to reconnect with their loved ones, establish their independence and begin the long, hard work of resurrecting their abandoned lives.
Saturday Night Live
NBC, 11:30pm Live
Season Premiere!
The 43rd season of the venerable late-night variety series will look a bit different — onetime cast members Bobby Moynihan, Vanessa Bayer and Sasheer Zamata are now gone — but on a familiar note, Alec Baldwin will be returning throughout the season to continue his Emmy-winning portrayal of President Donald Trump. Ryan Gosling (Blade Runner 2049) hosts tonight’s season premiere, with musical guest Jay-Z.
