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Wednesday, Oct. 18: Nobody’s Safe on Tonight’s New ‘Riverdale’

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Wednesday, Oct. 18

Riverdale: “Chapter Fifteen: Nighthawks”
The CW, 8pm

Betty (Lili Reinhart) takes the lead on keeping the diner open, though the shooter remains on the loose and has the town’s population unnerved, in the new “Chapter Fifteen: Nighthawks.” Archie’s (KJ Apa) behavioral shift has others worried about him. Jughead (Cole Sprouse) seeks different legal representation for FP (Skeet Ulrich). Veronica (Camila Mendes) has to determine what to do with newly learned, and troubling, family information. Marisol Nichols and Madelaine Petsch also star.

Freakish
Hulu
Season Premiere!
In Season 2, the Kent High School students are still trapped inside by the deadly explosion, and find their relationships tested when a new group of survivors arrives. Jake Busey is among those joining the cast this season.

NBA Basketball
ESPN, beginning at 7pm Live

ESPN opens its 2017-18 NBA regular-season coverage with a doubleheader featuring the Philadelphia 76ers at the Washington Wizards and the Minnesota Timberwolves at the San Antonio Spurs.

CMT Artists of the Year 2017
CMT, 8pm Live
The annual event will recognize Chris Stapleton, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban and Luke Bryan as its Artist of the Year honorees who collectively dominated the last 12 months in country music. Also, country superstar Sam Hunt, along with cowriters Zach Crowell, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne, will be honored with the first ever Song of the Year award for megahit “Body Like a Back Road.”

The Blacklist: “The Endling”
NBC, 8pm
Liz (Megan Boone) and the task force hunt for an elusive criminal who will stop at nothing to destroy some of the world’s most precious treasures. Meanwhile, a surprise encounter leads a cash-strapped Red (James Spader) toward a new business opportunity, and Tom (Ryan Eggold) acts to investigate the bones in the suitcase.

NHL Hockey
NBCSN, 8pm Live

The Chicago Blackhawks are on the road to face the St. Louis Blues and the Montreal Canadiens visit the L.A. Kings in a Wednesday night NHL doubleheader on NBCSN.

Speechless: “T-R—TRAINING D-A—DAY”
ABC, 8:30pm
Jimmy (John Ross Bowie) takes JJ (Micah Fowler) camping to give him “the talk.” Meanwhile, Maya (Minnie Driver) trains a ragtag group of new aides, and sparks fly between Dylan (Kyla Kenedy) and Ray’s bully (Felix Avitia).

SEAL Team: “Ghosts of Christmas Future”
CBS, 9pm
In the new episode “Ghosts of Christmas Future,” Jason (David Boreanaz) and the SEALs refuse to abort a mission to capture a dangerous war criminal.

NOVA: “Secrets of the Forbidden City”
PBS, 9pm
Discover the ingenious engineering of Beijing’s Forbidden City, the power center of imperial China for nearly 500 years. Discover how the design of this vast complex of palaces and temples enabled it to survive centuries of earthquake shocks.

Designated Survivor: “Equilibrium”
ABC, 10pm
When tensions rise after a Mexican citizen is shot during a border dispute over trade imports, Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland) and his staff must work quickly to resolve the situation and create a new trade deal.

Chicago P.D.: “Snitch”
NBC, 10pm
While investigating a drug-related homicide, Intelligence is stonewalled by the “no-snitch” culture of the neighborhood, and Atwater (LaRoyce Hawkins) discovers a personal connection to the case. Meanwhile, the police’s own code of silence is put to the test when Upton (Tracy Spiridakos) is asked about Ruzek’s (Patrick John Flueger) rough altercation with a suspect.

Frontline: “Mosul”
PBS, 10pm
Go inside the brutal battle to defeat ISIS in Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city. Filmed across the nine-month campaign, the documentary features extraordinary combat footage of one Iraqi Special Forces unit that bore the brunt of the fighting.

Mr. Robot: “eps3.1_undo.gz”
USA Network, 10pm
Elliot (Rami Malek) wants to undo the Five/Nine hack; Darlene (Carly Chaikin) is between a rock and a hard place; Mr. Robot (Christian Slater) sparks a panic.

Thursday, Oct. 19

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
ABC, 8pm
Is this the year that Linus finally sees the Great Pumpkin rise out of his most sincere pumpkin patch? Or Charlie Brown winds up with a bag full of candy instead of a rock? Nah — but the beloved 1966 staple is still our favorite Halloween tradition.

College Football: Memphis at Houston
ESPN, 8pm Live

A Thursday night American Athletic Conference clash on ESPN has the Memphis Tigers at the Houston Cougars.

Superstore: “Workplace Bullying”
NBC, 8pm
Tensions arise among the employees after an attempted robbery, pitting Dina (Lauren Ash) against Jonah (Ben Feldman). Meanwhile, Glenn (Mark McKinney) has a tough time firing the store security guard, and Amy (America Ferrera) discovers that her coworkers have been hanging out without her.

NFL Football: Kansas City at Oakland
CBS & NFL Network, 8:25pm Live

A matchup of AFC West rivals on Thursday Night Football has the Kansas City Chiefs at the Oakland Coliseum to take on the Raiders.

The Good Place: “The Trolley Problem”
NBC, 8:30pm
Chidi (William Jackson Harper) and Eleanor (Kristen Bell) tackle a famous ethical dilemma, leading to a conflict with Michael (Ted Danson). Meanwhile, Tahani (Jameela Jamil) harbors a secret and confides in Janet (D’Arcy Carden).

Scandal: “Day 101”
ABC, 9pm
During the first 100 days of Mellie’s (Bellamy Young) presidency, Fitz (Tony Goldwyn) stays out of the limelight in Vermont, embarking on life as an ordinary citizen for the first time in years. Marcus (Cornelius Smith Jr.) joins the former POTUS to begin important work on the Fitzgerald Grant III Presidential Library.

The Eleven
A&E, 9pm
New Series!
This six-part nonfiction limited series follows investigators as they re-examine the 45-year-old murders of 11 teenage girls, after the discovery of a confession letter that links the murders to a current inmate and convicted murderer.

Rob Zombie’s 13 Nights of Halloween
HDNet Movies, 9pm
Musician, director and horror movie buff Rob Zombie hosts 13 nights of scary movies, airing through Halloween. The marathon kicks off with The Devil’s Rejects (which Zombie directed), and also includes The Last House on the Left (1972 version), The Silence of the Lambs, The Blob (both versions), The Others and more.

Great News: “Award Show”
NBC, 9:30pm
For the first time in years, The Breakdown has been nominated for an American Journalism Award, and Katie (Briga Heelan) is looking forward to spending the night as a peer with the very reporters she has admired her whole life. Fearing her mother will ruin it, Katie tries to stop Carol (Andrea Martin) from attending but is unsuccessful when Carol secures a position as a seat-filler.

How to Get Away With Murder: “Was She Ever Good at Her Job?”
ABC, 10pm
Feeling like she’s found her purpose again, Annalise (Viola Davis) focuses on developing her big case — but Bonnie (Liza Weil) grows suspicious. Meanwhile, Connor (Jack Falahee) gets a surprise visit from his dad, and Laurel (Karla Souza) turns to an old friend to relieve some stress.

Chicago Fire: “A Breaking Point”
NBC, 10pm
Paramedic Gabby Dawson (Monica Raymund) passes a parking garage while running a personal errand and notices that the building isn’t stable. When on-site construction workers belittle her concerns, Dawson heads inside to get everyone out — and then it collapses, trapping her and a group of others in the rubble.

Friday, Oct. 20

The Day I Met El Chapo
Netflix
Original Documentary!
This three-part series is a biographical account of Mexican actress Kate del Castillo, using never-before-seen footage and exclusive details to tell her side of the story of what led to the infamous meeting between Castillo, a Hollywood star, and notorious drug lord “El Chapo.”

1922
Netflix
Original Film!
Thomas Jane stars in this adaptation of Stephen King’s novella as Wilfred James, the story’s unreliable narrator who admits to killing his wife, Arlette, in Nebraska. After he buries her body, Wilfred finds himself terrorized by rats and, as his life begins to unravel, becomes convinced his wife is haunting him.

Wheelman
Netflix
Original Film!
Frank Grillo (Kingdom) stars as a getaway driver thrust into a high-stakes race-to-survive after a bank robbery goes terribly wrong. With a car full of money and his family on the line, he must figure out who double-crossed him with the only person he can trust — his teenage daughter.

MacGyver: “X-Ray + Penny”
CBS, 8pm
Recurring guest star David Dastmalchian is back as Murdoc in the new episode “X-Ray + Penny.” MacGyver (Lucas Till) must free himself from Murdoc’s clutches and rescue his next intended victim.

Exorcist: The Beginning
Sony Movie Channel, 8pm
In this prequel to the classic 1973 film The Exorcist, Father Lankester Merrin first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa. This is the tale of Father Merrin’s initial battle with Pazuzu and the rediscovery of his faith. Stars Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco and James D’Arcy.

Great Performances: “She Loves Me”
PBS, 9pm
Enjoy Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s classic 1963 musical of two feuding clerks in a Budapest parfumerie who don’t realize they’re romantic pen pals. Roundabout’s 2016 production stars Laura Benanti, Zachary Levi, Jane Krakowski and Gavin Creel.

Z Nation: “A New Mission: Keep Moving”
Syfy, 9pm
Following Warren’s dream, the group must keep moving for an entire episode, never able to stop as they cross “The Great Pile” — a seemingly endless landscape of rubble and destruction.

Blue Bloods: “Out of the Blue”
CBS, 10pm
In the new episode “Out of the Blue,” Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) and Baez (Marisa Ramirez) work the case of a detective who was gunned down prior to testifying against a career criminal.

Superstition
Syfy, 10pm
New Series!
This series centers on the Hastings family, owners of the only funeral home in the mysterious town of La Rochelle, Ga. The family also acts as the keepers of the town’s dark secrets and history. Known for its haunted houses, elevated graveyards, odd townsfolk and rich history of unusual phenomena, the town is also a “landing patch” for the world’s darkest manifestations of fear, guided into the world by an ancient, mysterious malefactor. Mario Van Peebles is a producer, and he will also write, direct and star in some of the episodes.

Tracey Ullman’s Show
HBO, 11pm
Season Premiere!
Actress/comedian Tracey Ullman returns for Season 2 of her Emmy-nominated sketch-comedy series, reprising her famed impersonations of Dame Judi Dench, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dame Maggie Smith, and introducing fresh impressions of Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, model and new Murdoch family member Jerry Hall, and pop singer Adele. Zany original characters — including a therapist who can’t resist sharing her patients’ secrets, a dying mother with surprising last wishes, and a military intelligence spy making personal use of surveillance resources — also make appearances.

Saturday, Oct. 21

College Football: USC at Notre Dame
NBC, 7:30pm Live

Two storied football programs play tonight at legendary Notre Dame Stadium as the USC Trojans visit the Fighting Irish.

The Watcher in the Woods
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
Lifetime gives a modern reboot to the classic 1980 Disney thriller about a pair of sisters who get swept up in a decades-old mystery when their family rents a spooky English manor. With today’s young movie fans infinitely more horror-savvy, director Melissa Joan Hart and her screenwriter Scott Abbott (Queen of the Damned) opted to refresh the tale for a new generation, holding on to “three very special moments from the original movie,” Hart says.

A Harvest Wedding
Hallmark Channel, 9pm
Original Film!
New York wedding planner Sarah Bloom (Jill Wagner) is thrilled to be hired to plan the most anticipated wedding of the season. But she learns the bride is from Sarah’s hometown and wants her wedding on the family farm, which is now run by the bride’s older brother — who is also Sarah’s first love.

George Michael: Freedom
Showtime, 9pm
British pop star George Michael passed away in 2016 at the age of 53, but not before creating a documentary that offers a unique glimpse into his professional and personal history. Originally conceived to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his hit record Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1, the film — directed and narrated by Michael — now stands as his epitaph. The doc features commentary from a slew of the singer’s high-profile pals, including Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Ricky Gervais, and lays bare his uneasy and ever-evolving relationship with his own fame and public persona.