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Thursday, Oct. 6
Alaska Daily
ABC, 10pm
New Series!
Series creator and executive producer Tom McCarthy (Spotlight) returns to the world of newsrooms and reporters in this hourlong drama. Academy Award winner Hilary Swank stars as Eileen Fitzgerald, a recently disgraced journalist who leaves her high-profile New York City life behind to join a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage, Alaska, on a journey to find both personal and professional redemption. Jeff Perry, Grace Dove, Matt Molloy, Meredith Holzman and Ami Park costar.
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman’s Butler
HBO Max
Season Premiere!
This DC original story follows Alfred Pennyworth (Jack Bannon), a former British SAS soldier, who forms a security company in 1960s London and goes to work with young billionaire Thomas Wayne (Ben Aldridge) and his wife Martha (Emma Paetz), before they become Bruce Wayne’s parents. Season 3 of the psychological thriller begins after a five-year time jump: the civil war is over, and a cultural revolution has changed the world for better or worse — ushering in a new age of superheroes and supervillains. The first three episodes are available today; new episodes are available Thursdays.
A Friend of the Family
Peacock
New Series!
This nine-episode true-crime drama is based on the harrowing story of the Broberg family, whose daughter Jan (portrayed by Hendrix Yancey in her earlier years and by Mckenna Grace in her later years) was kidnapped and sexually assaulted multiple times during her early teen years by a charismatic, obsessed family “friend.” Anna Paquin, Jake Lacy and Colin Hanks also lead the cast. The real-life Jan Broberg and her mother, Mary Ann Broberg (who is portrayed by Paquin), are producers of the series. Jan explains that “This story will make you talk, shout, cry — and it will make you angry. Good. … Our story is relatable because so many families have direct experience with this sort of abuse. I hope that our story will start conversations — because secrets live in darkness and silence.” The first three episodes are available today; new episodes drop on Thursdays.
L’Opéra
Sundance Now
New Series!
This French drama (with English subtitles) is set at the world-renowned Paris Opera and follows three characters at various points in their lives and careers. Zoé (Ariane Labed), a 35-year-old principal dancer with a dazzling body of performances, has recently faltered after too many parties, lovers and anxieties. In danger of being laid off, she will have to come to terms with the institution, her peers and especially her own demons if she is to earn herself a second chance. Meanwhile, Flora (Suzy Bemba), a 19-year-old Black dancer, has just joined the company and has only a few months to carve out a place for herself and prove her mettle, while flamboyant and ambitious Sébastien (Raphaël Personnaz), 38, the new Director of Dance, wants to make the Paris Opera Ballet shine even brighter in the firmament of international dance. All eight episodes are available today.
TCM Birthday Tribute: Carole Lombard
TCM, beginning at 6:30am
Catch a Classic!
Iconic Hollywood golden age actress Jane Alice Peters, better known as Carole Lombard, was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on this date in 1908. While she was unfortunately lost at the young age of 33 after perishing in a Nevada plane crash on Jan. 16, 1942, her legacy is burned into the silver screen. Turner Classic Movies is celebrating Lombard’s birthday with a number of memorable films from her 21-year career this morning and afternoon, including a number of the screwball comedies with which she was largely associated. The lineup features, in order: the comedy Fools for Scandal (1938); Vigil in the Night (1940), a drama directed by George Stevens; In Name Only (1939), a romance costarring Cary Grant and Kay Francis; Swing High, Swing Low (1937), a comedy/drama also featuring Fred MacMurray; the comedy The Gay Bride (1934); Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941), a screwball comedy directed by Alfred Hitchcock, of all people, costarring Robert Montgomery; the screwball comedy Nothing Sacred (1937), also starring Fredric March; and To Be or Not to Be (1942), director Ernst Lubitsch’s iconic dark comedy, which proved to be Lombard’s final film and was released about a month after her death.
Monster High: The Movie
Nickelodeon, 7pm; also streams on Paramount+
Original Film!
Based on the Monster High franchise, this new live-action movie musical follows half human/half werewolf Clawdeen Wolf (Miia Harris) as she starts at a new school, Monster High. Keeping her human half a secret, she must work to stop a devious plan that aims to destroy the school and reveal her true identity. Ceci Balagot and Nayah Damasen also star.
Station 19
ABC, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Season 6 of the Grey’s Anatomy spinoff set at a Seattle firehouse begins with many questions to answer, including whether Andy (Jaina Lee Ortiz) will rejoin the station and work alongside her ex-husband Robert (Boris Kodjoe) now that her legal issues have been resolved. Janai Kaylani, Grey Damon and Danielle Savre also star.
Young Sheldon: “Future Worf and the Margarita of the South Pacific”
CBS, 8pm
In the new episode “Future Worf and the Margarita of the South Pacific,” Sheldon and Missy (Iain Armitage and Raegan Revord) try to help the family’s finances, and Mary (Zoe Perry) struggles to find her footing without the church.
Walker
The CW, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Season 3 of this Walker, Texas Ranger reboot will find Cordell’s (Jared Padalecki) past coming back to haunt him.
Hell’s Kitchen: “Just Wingin’ It”
FOX, 8pm
Both teams are put to the test as each contestant is challenged to make their best chicken wings in the new episode “Just Wingin’ It.”
Law & Order: “Vicious Cycle”
NBC, 8pm
When a fashion designer is killed, Cosgrove (Jeffrey Donovan) and Shaw (Mehcad Brooks) must track down a suspect with little evidence.
Ghosts: “Alberta’s Podcast”
CBS, 8:30pm
By the end of tonight’s episode of the comedy, haunted B&B owner Samantha (Rose McIver) will have recorded her inaugural podcast on the murder of Prohibition-era jazz singer Alberta (Danielle Pinnock) — and we’ll have our first suspect in the diva’s poisoning.
Grey’s Anatomy
ABC, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Season 19 of the long-running medical drama picks up with Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo, switching to a part-time role in the new season) trying to save Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital after the departure of its chief of surgery, Dr. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson). James Pickens Jr., Kim Raver, Camilla Luddington, Kevin McKidd, Harry Shum Jr. and Alexis Floyd also star.
So Help Me Todd: “Co-Pilot”
CBS, 9pm
In the new episode “Co-Pilot,” Margaret and Todd (Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin) work two seemingly unrelated cases, only to discover a key piece of information from Todd’s humorously boring civil case could help Margaret’s high-profile client.
Walker Independence
The CW, 9pm
New Series!
This prequel to Walker is set in the late 1800s and tells the story of Abby Walker (Katherine McNamara). After her husband is killed on their journey west from Boston, she enlists the help of an outlaw, Hoyt Rawlins (Matt Barr), and an Apache tracker, Calian (Justin Johnson Cortez), to seek vengeance. The trio investigates the mysterious man who killed Abby’s husband, Tom Davidson (Greg Hovanessian), as they plot to bring him to justice.
Welcome to Flatch: “Blackout”
FOX, 9pm
In the new episode “Blackout,” a power outage during a heat wave in Flatch forces the citizens into the only place in town that has electricity: the church.
Waka & Tammy: What the Flocka
WE tv, 9pm
Season Finale!
Season 3 of this docuseries chronicling married life for Waka Flocka Flame and his wife Tammy Rivera comes to a close with “Divorce.” Waka and Tammy call it quits, and Tammy takes the girls to New Orleans. Meanwhile, Charlie finds her calling.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: “Mirror Effect”
NBC, 9pm
Benson (Mariska Hargitay) helps a pop star in a volatile relationship; Rollins (Kelli Giddish) takes the stress of work home with her.
Call Me Kat: “Call Me Skeeter Juice”
FOX, 9:30pm
Sheila (Swoosie Kurtz) refuses to renew her driver’s license, and Kat (Mayim Bialik) can’t figure out why in the new episode “Call Me Skeeter Juice.”
CSI: Vegas: “The Painted Man”
CBS, 10pm
When a creepy mannequin in a haunted house turns out to be an actual corpse, the team investigates. Meanwhile, the recently returned Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger) joins forces with Josh Folsom (Matt Lauria) to help find her missing friend.
Law & Order: Organized Crime: “Catch Me if You Can”
NBC, 10pm
Stabler (Christopher Meloni), Bell (Danielle Moné Truitt) and the task force scramble to track down a murderer before he takes desperate action.
Ghost Adventures: “Acadia Ranch Sanitorium”
Travel Channel, 10pm; also streams on discovery+
Zak Bagans and the crew go far off the beaten path in Arizona to investigate an abandoned sanatorium. Dozens of deaths, including the murder of a child, have left a heavy residue of pain and suffering on the building, making it a hotbed for aggressive poltergeist activity.
Friday, Oct. 7
Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show
Apple TV+
Season Premiere!
Star/cocreator Jack McBrayer’s kids series returns for Season 2, again offering examples of creativity, imagination, positive change and the ability to spread compassion.
Ghost Brothers: Lights Out
discovery+
Season Premiere!
Dalen Spratt, Juwan Mass and Marcus Harvey explore more haunted hotspots in Season 2 of their series. The first three hourlong episodes drop today; new episodes are available Fridays.
Haunted Scotland: “Culross Palace and Town”
discovery+
In the village of Culross, the epicenter for one of the worst witch hunts in European history, the team attempts to make contact with the tortured souls of the wrongfully accused to bring them peace and hold those responsible for such unspeakable cruelty to account.
Werewolf by Night
Disney+
Marvel Studios gets spooky in its first special, a live-action adaptation of Werewolf by Night, a character and title that was part of Marvel Comics’ supernatural/horror line of comics that began in the 1970s. Not too many details have been offered about what producer Kevin Feige describes as a “fun-scary” production, but an entertaining trailer for the special showed a tale about a secret cabal of monster hunters thrust into a mysterious competition to find a powerful relic, presented in the manner of a classic Universal monster movie, complete with being shot in black and white. There was even a quick glimpse of another Marvel horror character, Man-Thing, and there’s been speculation of maybe seeing cameos from Moon Knight, a character who debuted in a Werewolf by Night issue and was the focus of an Oscar Isaac-led Disney+ series earlier this year, or even vampire hunter Blade, who was also introduced to the Marvel Comics Universe in the ’70s in The Tomb of Dracula comics, and who is appearing in an upcoming MCU feature film, where he’ll be played by Mahershala Ali.
Hellraiser
Hulu
Original Film!
This year’s Huluween includes the return of Pinhead. David Bruckner (The Night House) directs this reimagining of Clive Barker’s 1987 horror classic. It follows a young woman struggling with addiction who comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension. Stars Jamie Clayton, Odessa A’zion, Adam Faison and Brandon Flynn.
Conversations With a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes
Netflix
New Series!
Writer/director Joe Berlinger’s follow-up to his 2019 true-crime docuseries Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes is this similarly themed three-part entry that explores the warped mind of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer through newly unearthed recorded interviews with his legal team, revealing the ways that approaches to race, sexuality, class and policing allowed him to prey upon Milwaukee’s marginalized communities.
Derry Girls
Netflix
Season Premiere!
The British family-centered teen sitcom based on creator Lisa McGee’s experiences growing up in Derry, Northern Ireland, in the 1990s returns for Season 3. While change may finally be coming to Northern Ireland, with hope in the air that “the Troubles” may be over, the high school hardships for Erin (Saoirse-Monica Jackson) and her friends show no signs of letting up.
Glitch
Netflix
New Series!
This mystery/thriller from South Korea tells the story of Hong Jihyo (Jeon Yeo-bin), who is aided by members of a UFO club as she attempts to track down her longtime boyfriend after he suddenly disappears. In the process, she comes face-to-face with a mysterious secret.
Luckiest Girl Alive
Netflix
Feature Film Exclusive!
Sharp-tongued New Yorker Ani FaNelli (Mila Kunis) appears to have it all: a sought-after position at a glossy magazine, a killer wardrobe and a dream Nantucket wedding on the horizon. But when the director of a crime documentary invites her to tell her side of a shocking incident that took place when she was a teenager, Ani is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.
The Midnight Club
Netflix
New Series!
Mike Flanagan (Netflix’s The Haunting and Midnight Mass series) is a cocreator of this mystery/horror series based on Christopher Pike’s young adult novel. It follows a group of seven close, terminally ill young people who live in a hospice run by an enigmatic doctor. They meet at midnight each night to tell scary stories and make a pact that the first one to succumb to their disease is responsible for communicating with the others from beyond the grave. After one of them dies, bizarre occurrences begin.
The Redeem Team
Netflix
Using unprecedented Olympics footage and behind-the-scenes material, this film tells the story of the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team’s quest for gold at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, following the previous team’s shocking performance four years earlier in Athens. The documentary offers a fascinating portrait of team-building and features insightful interviews with athletes and coaches, including Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Mike Krzyzewski, who reflect on how the “Redeem Team” set a new standard for American basketball.
Significant Other
Paramount+
Original Film!
Maika Monroe and Jake Lacy lead this thriller as a young couple who take a remote backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest. But things take a dark turn when they realize they may not be alone.
Catherine Called Birdy
Prime Video
Feature Film Exclusive!
Lena Dunham wrote and directed this adaptation of Karen Cushman’s novel, a comedy set in the year 1290 that follows Lady Catherine (aka Birdy), a 14-year-old girl who is the youngest child of a noble family that has seen better days. The spirited, clever and adventurous Birdy (Bella Ramsey) navigates through life while avoiding the potential suitors that her father (Andrew Scott), who sees marrying her off as his path out of financial ruin, has in mind for her. Billie Piper also stars.
MLB Playoffs: AL & NL Wild Card Series
ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, beginning at 12pm Live
Major League Baseball’s expanded 12-team playoffs open with the best-of-three-game Wild Card Series, in which each league’s No. 3 seed faces the No. 6 seed, and the No. 4 seed faces the No. 5 seed. Games take place at the higher seed’s home park. The matchups are the Philadelphia Phillies at the St. Louis Cardinals, the San Diego Padres at the N.Y. Mets, the Tampa Bay Rays at the Cleveland Guardians and the Seattle Mariners at the Toronto Blue Jays.
S.W.A.T.
CBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!
During a trip to Bangkok to train alongside Thailand’s premier S.W.A.T. team, Hondo (Shemar Moore) and his former military buddy, Joe (guest star Sean Maguire), find themselves on the run from a powerful drug kingpin after they stumble upon a wide-ranging heroin operation in the season premiere “Thai Hard.”
iHeartRadio Music Festival Night 1
The CW, 8pm
Ryan Seacrest hosts this star-studded music festival recorded over two days in September at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena and featuring performances from Avril Lavigne, LL Cool J, Halsey, Lionel Richie, Black Eyed Peas, Megan Thee Stallion and many more. A second night of performances airs tomorrow.
Gold Rush: “Searching for Rick Ness”
Discovery Channel, 8pm
Parker gets devastating news and faces off with the biggest landowner in Alaska.
Secrets at the Inn
LMN, 8pm
This mysterious thriller with a surprise twist tells the story of a woman who assumes responsibility for her niece after her estranged sister dies renovating a historic inn. As strange things begin to happen at the inn, she questions everyone around her — from her troubled niece to a handsome contractor to her niece’s mischievous boyfriend. This U.S. premiere movie stars Tamara Almeida, Spencer Macpherson, Zoë Belkin and Luke Humphrey.
Capital One College Bowl: “Quarterfinals 2”
NBC, 8pm
Twelve universities have advanced from the qualifier round. The quarterfinals continue with Penn State combating Oklahoma, and Duke battling Syracuse.
The Lincoln Project
Showtime, 8pm
New Series!
Directed by Fisher Stevens (Dirty Money) and Karim Amer (The Vow), this five-part docuseries follows a veteran group of former GOP operatives and strategists known publicly as the Lincoln Project, the fastest-growing super PAC in America, as they take on the task of “saving democracy” and defeating their own party’s sitting president.
Pakula ’70s Paranoia Trilogy
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
If you’re someone who occasionally thinks that people are out to get you, don’t worry; a 1970s conspiracy thriller is here to assure you that you’re not necessarily insane and that you might actually have reason to be afraid. Three notable entries of the sort from that decade directed by Alan J. Pakula are particularly good at ramping up paranoid feelings in not just their characters, but in viewers as well. All three of those titles in Pakula’s so-called “Paranoia Trilogy” are airing tonight on Turner Classic Movies, beginning with the Best Picture Oscar-nominated political thriller All the President’s Men (1976), a dramatized look at how Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) uncovered the details of the Nixon administration’s Watergate scandal. The film earned Pakula a Best Director nomination. Another political thriller, The Parallax View (1974), is next. It follows a reporter (Warren Beatty) who gets in way over his head while investigating a senator’s assassination, with his trail leading to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation that is behind every event in the world’s headlines. Finally, the crime thriller Klute (1971) finds a small-town detective (Donald Sutherland) searching for a missing man, and coming upon only one lead: a connection between the missing and a New York City prostitute (Best Actress Oscar winner Jane Fonda).
Fire Country
CBS, 9pm
New Series!
Max Thieriot stars as Bode Donovan, a young convict seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence by joining an unconventional prison release firefighting program in Northern California. Bode and other inmates are partnered with elite firefighters to extinguish massive, unpredictable wildfires across the region. The heat is turned up when Bode is assigned to the program in his rural hometown, where all his troubles began.
Blue Bloods
CBS, 10pm
Season Premiere!
The family cop drama begins Season 13 with “Keeping the Faith,” in which Eddie and Jamie (Vanessa Ray and Will Estes) find themselves in a dangerous situation when they work on a domestic violence case that has ties to an investigation led by Danny and Baez (Donnie Wahlberg and Marisa Ramirez).
Eli Roth Presents: My Possessed Pet: “Master of the House”
Travel Channel, 10pm; also streams on discovery+
A bachelor adopts a dog, Sam, to keep him company in his new home. But when an evil spirit takes hold of the beloved pet, the roles are reversed, and Sam eventually becomes the master of the house — and of the man.
The Graham Norton Show
BBC America, 11pm
Season Premiere!
The chat show returns for its 30th round. Will guests be back on the pre-COVID sofa or still in the distanced chairs? Suspense!
Saturday, Oct. 8
College Football
ABC & NBC, beginning at 12pm Live
The Red River Showdown rivalry game between the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners takes place at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on ABC. In primetime on NBC, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish face the BYU Cougars in a Shamrock Series matchup at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
Pumpkin Everything
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
A novelist returns to her hometown to look after her stubborn grandfather and his pumpkin-themed store. While there, she crosses paths with a man from her past. Stars Taylor Cole, Michael Ironside and Corey Sevier.
Cursed Friends
Comedy Central, 8pm
Original Film!
After a drunken reunion, four childhood friends wake up on Halloween to realize that a predict-your-future game of M.A.S.H. (Mansion Apartment Shack House) that they played in 2002 is starting to come true for them in hilarious and disturbing ways. They must band together to help each other escape the wild fates that have turned their lives upside down — from having 100 kids with the hometown loser, to leading a cult, to marrying NSYNC’s Joey Fatone. The ensemble cast features Nicole Byer, Jessica Lowe, Harvey Guillén, Andrew Lewis Caldwell, James Austin Johnson, Nikki Glaser, Kathy Griffin, Nicole Richie, Ken Marino, and Rob Riggle.
The Disappearance of Cari Farver
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
In this film based on a true story and the subject of Leslie Rule’s bestselling true-crime book A Tangled Web, Dave Kroupa (Zach Gilford) is shocked when his new girlfriend, Cari Farver (Rebecca Amzallag), starts sending him demanding texts. When Dave ends the relationship, he finds himself on the receiving end of an onslaught of twisted messages from Cari, who has abruptly disappeared. Dave’s ex-girlfriend, Liz (Alicia Witt), also begins receiving harassing texts from Cari, resulting in a dangerous situation for them both. Meanwhile, Cari’s mother Nancy (Lea Thompson) continually searches for her, keeping the pressure on the police, who eventually make a shocking discovery.
Svengoolie: “It! The Terror From Beyond Space”
MeTV, 8pm
Horror movie host Svengoolie’s creature feature tonight is 1958’s It! The Terror From Beyond Space. Predating the similarly themed (and much more highly budgeted) 1979 classic Alien by over 20 years, this fun B-movie finds the first manned expedition to Mars invaded by an unknown, and murderous, life-form that stows away on a rescue ship.
Cold Justice: The Key to the Crime, Part 2
Oxygen, 8pm
Season Finale!
Season 6 of this true-crime docuseries from executive producer Dick Wolf wraps up with “The Key to the Crime.” In Part 2 of their 100th case, the Cold Justice team continue their investigation into the murder of a popular 18-year-old college student. Will they be able to finally give answers and justice to her grieving family?
Star of the Month: Robots
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
A few more cinematic robot stars are on hand as Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Saturday night salute to the greatest metal men and women of the big screen continues with another double feature. It begins with the iconic sci-fi production The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), in which an alien named Klaatu (Michael Rennie) arrives on Earth to tell humanity that they must start living peacefully or they will be seen as a danger to other planets, and destroyed. Klaatu is accompanied by the silent robot Gort, who can follow verbal commands including the film’s famous line, “Klaatu barada nikto.” Up next is Westworld (1973), which is based on Michael Crichton’s novel and takes place in a futuristic Western-themed amusement park where lifelike androids help visitors live out various fantasies. Unfortunately, these robots, including the Gunslinger portrayed by Yul Brynner, begin to malfunction and attempt to kill the tourists.
Critter Fixers: Country Vets
Nat Geo Wild, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Georgia veterinarians Vernard Hodges and Terrence Ferguson use heart and humor to treat a ferret with a fractured pelvis, a goose with something lodged in its trachea and a dog that has swallowed a pair of unmentionables.
Bring It On: Cheer or Die
Syfy, 9pm
Original Film!
A cheer squad’s plan to have a secret practice at a nearby abandoned school on Halloween takes a terrifying turn when their teammates begin disappearing one by one. Stars Kerri Medders (Panic, SEAL Team) and Tiera Skovbye (Riverdale).
Ghost Hunters: “Bound by Blood”
Travel Channel, 9pm; also streams on discovery+
TAPS checks out the frightening paranormal events inundating Osterhout Free Library in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. With the help of former Olympic ice skater Johnny Weir, the team dives deep into the space of this former church that stands on land bloodied by Revolutionary War violence.
The Waiting Room
BET Her, beginning at 10pm
Season Premiere!
This series that spotlights short films about Black women facing a variety of issues returns for its fourth season in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month with two half-hour dramas airing tonight. “Oh Baby Baby!” is directed by Tichina Arnold and focuses on a high-fashion entrepreneur (Edwina Findley) who is trying to conceive a child when she gets blindsided by developing breast cancer from IVF estrogen treatment. “The Pink Fight,” directed by LisaRaye McCoy, revolves around a boxer who is diagnosed with breast cancer, and follows her as she and her wife fight for survival both in and out of the ring.
NFL Icons: “Ray Lewis”
EPIX, 10pm
Ray Lewis, the NFL’s all-time leading tackler, shares stories of turning personal pain into the fuel for a Hall of Fame career. He also looks back at his college career at Miami, and his role in establishing the identity of the Baltimore Ravens through two Super Bowl victories.
Conjuring Kesha: “Songs for the Dead”
Travel Channel, 10pm
Pop star Betty Who joins Kesha on a quest to unravel the mysteries of Tennessee’s Antoinette Hall, one of America’s oldest and most haunted opera houses.
Austin City Limits: “Japanese Breakfast/Arlo Parks”
PBS, 11pm
Alt-pop band Japanese Breakfast and British singer-songwriter Arlo Parks perform.
Saturday Night Live: “Brendan Gleeson/Willow”
NBC, 11:30pm Live; also livestreams on Peacock
Actor Brendan Gleeson, who stars in the black comedy/drama feature film The Banshees of Inisherin, in theaters Oct. 21, makes his SNL hosting debut. Also making her debut tonight, as musical guest, is singer-songwriter Willow, whose fifth album, Coping Mechanism, dropped yesterday.
Sunday, Oct. 9
NFL Football
NFL Network & NBC, beginning at 9:30am Live
It’s not Lambeau Field, but the Green Bay Packers are designated as the home team when they face the N.Y. Giants this morning at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Sunday Night Football on NBC has Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals in Baltimore to take on Lamar Jackson and the Ravens.
Be My Guest With Ina Garten
Food Network, 12pm
Season Premiere!
The Barefoot Contessa welcomes more visitors to her East Hampton home in Round 2 of her delightful chat- ’n’-chew (and cheers!) show, now airing as a full hour. First up, country singer and 1883 actress Faith Hill swings by for some refreshing frozen palomas and homemade guacamole. Then Faith’s daughter Gracie joins them to bake the family’s favorite Coca-Cola cake before more cocktails are imbibed at a luxury hotel.
“The Addams Family” Marathon
MeTV, beginning at 12pm
Spend five hours with that famous creepy, kooky and altogether ooky family, the Addamses, as MeTV airs 10 episodes of the beloved 1964-66 sitcom led by Carolyn Jones as matriarch Morticia and John Astin as father Gomez.
NASCAR Cup Series: Bank of America ROVAL 400
NBC, 2pm Live
Only eight drivers will remain in the NASCAR Cup Series championship chase following today’s race on Charlotte Motor Speedway’s combined road/oval course.
The Blob
MOVIES!, 4:15pm
Catch a Classic!
Steve McQueen (billed as Steven McQueen) was in his late 20s when he played a teenager in this famous 1958 sci-fi/horror flick, one of the future star’s earlier roles. As the movie’s catchy title tune, cowritten by Burt Bacharach, warns, people must indeed “beware of the blob” as the gelatinous and carnivorous amoeba-like creature, after arriving on Earth via a meteorite, begins to creep, and leap, and envelop everything in its path, growing ever larger.
Collector’s Call: “Meet Alyssa Mayerik — Horror/Monster Toys”
MeTV, 6:30pm
Collector Alyssa Mayerik shows off her spooky prized toy possessions, including female-centric monster dolls such as the Bride of Frankenstein and Queen of the Dark Forest Barbie, along with other creepy collectibles featuring the likes of Frankenstein, the Creature and Godzilla. Toy shop owner and monster expert Michael Tomaso will evaluate Alyssa’s collection and present a terrifying trade offer, and later, Alyssa gets surprised by one of her horror heroes.
The Clue to Love
UPtv, 7pm
Original Film!
Audrey Harper (Rachel Bles) heads to Hope Cove to write about the anonymous “Ask Aunt Hope,” a love advice column and a mainstay of the town’s local newspaper. There, she meets the paper’s charming and handsome editor-in-chief, Morgan Cooper (Travis Milne), who helps her uncover the true identity of Aunt Hope.
The Simpsons: “Lisa the Boy Scout”
FOX, 8pm
When the Boy Explorers allow girls to join, Bart and Lisa (voices of Nancy Cartwright and Yeardley Smith) become rivals at the annual jamboree in the new episode “Lisa the Boy Scout.”
The Real Housewives of Potomac
Bravo, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Season 7 of this Real Housewives spinoff returns with new and familiar faces. Gizelle, Karen, Ashley, Robyn, Candiace, Wendy and Mia are back, along with old friend Charrisse and new cast member Jacqueline.
The Equalizer: “Where There’s Smoke”
CBS, 8pm
The team helps an NYFD firefighter’s daughter when her father suddenly goes missing in the new episode “Where There’s Smoke.”
Secrets of the Dead
PBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Part detective story, part true-life drama, this series that unearths evidence from around the world to shed fresh light on historical moments returns for Season 20 with “Archaeology at Althorp.” The episode explores one of the most significant British archaeological finds of the century in the Althorp estate, house to the late Diana, Princess of Wales. What treasures and history will this extensive excavation reveal? Following tonight’s season premiere on a special evening, Secrets of the Dead moves to its regular time slot Wednesday nights beginning Oct. 19.
The Great North: “Autumn if You Got Em Adventure”
FOX, 8:30pm
The Tobins fall under the spell of the Fall Frenzy Dance in the new episode “Autumn if You Got Em Adventure.”
Bob’s Burgers: “What About Job?”
FOX, 9pm
A school assignment about careers sends Louise (voice of Kristen Schaal) trying to imagine what her future might hold in the new episode “What About Job?”
The Walking Dead: “A New Deal”
AMC, 9pm
The countdown has begun to the final episode, with only six episodes left after tonight. Carol (Melissa McBride) makes a deal with Pamela (Laila Robins) to wipe the slate clean on behalf of her friends. Aaron (Ross Marquand), Jerry (Cooper Andrews), Lydia (Cassady McClincy) and Elijah (Okea Eme-Akwari) get on the road to Oceanside to fill them in on a plan. The Commonwealth celebrates Founders Day.
Mid-Love Crisis
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 9pm
Original Film!
Divorced teacher Mindy is in crisis with her 50th birthday a week away. Over a long weekend, she finds herself spending time with her former high school sweetheart and her ex-husband. With two exes under one roof vying for Mindy’s affection, she has a lot to navigate while learning to embrace the next chapter of her life. Stars Teri Hatcher, James Tupper and Brian Markinson.
Van der Valk
PBS, 9pm
Season Finale!
In this rebooted Amsterdam-set British crime drama’s Season 2 finale, “Payback in Amsterdam,” after a promising cellist from a prestigious orchestra dies following an acid attack, Van der Valk (Marc Warren) and his team must delve into the city’s vibrant and eclectic classical music scene in their search for her killer. The series has been renewed for Season 3.
Ghosts of Devil’s Perch
Travel Channel, 9pm
Season Finale!
In “End Lines,” the first-season finale, Dave Schrader, Cindy Kaza and K.D. Stafford have identified the dark entity behind the trouble in Butte. Now, they must confront this “monster” hundreds of feet below the ground in what could prove to be the most harrowing paranormal battle of their lives.
East New York: “Misdemeanor Homicide”
CBS, 9pm
Deputy Inspector Regina Haywood (Amanda Warren) fights to ensure two homicide cases receive the same resources to bring the perpetrators to justice in the new episode “Misdemeanor Homicide.”
Family Guy: “A Wife-Changing Experience”
FOX, 9:30pm
In the new episode “A Wife-Changing Experience,” Joe (voice of Patrick Warburton) accidentally sees Lois (Alex Borstein) naken, leading to a reinvigorated sex life with Bonnie (Jennifer Tilly).
The Rookie
ABC, 10pm
Picking up a month after last week’s game-changer, new mom Harper (Mekia Cox) returns to the force, while Nolan (Nathan Fillion) enters his own parental phase when he’s assigned to be the training officer for a fresh LAPD rookie (Lisseth Chavez).
NCIS: Los Angeles
CBS, 10pm
Season Premiere!
In the Season 14 premiere “Game of Drones,” the NCIS team searches for a suspect after a bombing at a large facility where military combat drones are assembled.
Let the Right One In
Showtime, 10pm
New Series!
This 10-episode horror drama is the third iteration of Swedish writer John Ajvide Lindqvist’s 2004 novel of the same name. There was a 2008 Swedish film followed by an American remake, Let Me In, two years later. The basic elements of the story remain the same here. A man, Mark (Demián Bichir), does his best to protect his daughter, Eleanor (Madison Taylor Baez), who was turned into a vampire 10 years prior and is locked in at age 12. He gets her human blood while closely monitoring her closed-in life, but adolescents, human or otherwise, don’t always listen.
Monday, Oct. 10
Spirit Rangers
Netflix
New Series!
Inspired by stories from Native American tribes and the majestic landscapes of America’s national parks, this animated preschool series explores the adventure and beauty of nature through the eyes of Kodi (voice of Wacinyeya Yracheta), Summer (Isis Celilo Rogers) and Eddy (Talon Proc Alford) Skycedar, Chumash/Cowlitz siblings who share a secret. This trio of kids are “Spirit Rangers” who help protect the land and spirits of the national park that they call home in California.
All American
The CW, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The drama about a high school football player from South Los Angeles recruited to play for Beverly Hills High School is back for Season 5. Now in college, Spencer James (Daniel Ezra) juggles playing college football and dealing with relationship issues with his girlfriend Olivia Baker (Samantha Logan). The Season 4 finale found Spencer and Olivia on the verge of a breakup due to her writing an exposé on his coach.
9-1-1: “Animal Instincts”
FOX, 8pm
The 118 race to the rescue when a birdwatcher is trapped under a tree in the new episode “Animal Instincts.”
Antiques Roadshow: “Vintage Palm Springs, Hour 2”
PBS, 8pm
In the second part of this return to desert oasis Palm Springs, learn which finds are now heating up, like a Louis Comfort Tiffany necklace, a Louis Armstrong archive (circa 1950) and a Joseph Stella oil and original frame. One has an updated appraisal of $550,000.
TCM Spotlight: Creepy Cinema Night 2 — “De Palma & Hitchcock” and “More Horror Directors”
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
As TCM’s monthlong themed Monday night spotlight on classic scary movies continues, enjoy six chilling works from master horror/thriller filmmakers: Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope (1948), Brian De Palma’s Obsession (1976), John Carpenter’s The Fog (1980), Joe Dante’s The Howling (1981), David Cronenberg’s The Brood (1979) and George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968).
All American: Homecoming
The CW, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The All American spinoff set against the backdrop of Historically Black Colleges and Universities returns for a second season. How will Simone Hicks (Geffri Maya) fare now that she has been promoted to an active player on the tennis team?
The Cleaning Lady: “Bahala Na”
FOX, 9pm
After Fiona (Martha Millan) puts herself in a dangerous situation, Thony (Élodie Yung) resorts to calling Arman (Adan Canto) for help in the new episode “Bahala Na.”
NCIS: Hawai‘i: “Primal Fear”
CBS, 10pm
When a Navy sailor washes up dead on a sacred site, the NCIS team brings Coast Guard Investigative Service Special Agent Neil Pike (guest star Mark Gessner) to unravel the mystery and catch a possible serial killer on the island. LeVar Burton directed the new episode “Primal Fear.”
The Good Doctor: “Change of Perspective”
ABC, 10pm
On their first day as surgical attendings, Shaun and Alex are introduced to the first-year residents they will be overseeing, Dr. Danica Powell and Dr. Daniel Perez, who make quite the first impression. Meanwhile, Lim returns to work while facing her new reality and the emotions surrounding the changes.
POV: “Accepted”
PBS, 10pm
This documentary film follows four high school students at T.M. Landry, a prep school in Louisiana known for its viral videos of seniors being accepted into the Ivy Leagues and for sending 100% of its graduates to college. But an explosive article in The New York Times exposes the controversial methods of the school’s dynamic founder — and the fiction of higher education’s promise.
Tuesday, Oct. 11
MLB Playoffs: AL & NL Division Series: Game 1
FS1 & TBS, beginning at 4:30pm Live
Major League Baseball’s best-of-five-game Division Series begin today with the ALDS on TBS and the NLDS on FS1. FOX and FS1 split coverage of the NLDS.
The Winchesters
The CW, 8pm
New Series!
This prequel to Supernatural tells the story of how John Winchester (Drake Rodger) met Mary Campbell (Meg Donnelly) in the 1970s after he returned from fighting in the Vietnam War. The duo seeks to uncover hidden family truths while fighting supernatural beings along the way. Jensen Ackles is an executive producer and also narrates the fantasy/drama. Bianca Kajlich, Demetria McKinney, Jojo Fleites and Nida Khurshid also star.
The Resident: “It Won’t Be Like This for Long”
FOX, 8pm
Ian (Andrew McCarthy) is faced with performing a surgery on an unidentified NICU patient while he continues to struggle with his personal issues in the new episode “It Won’t Be Like This for Long.”
NHL Hockey
ESPN, beginning at 8pm Live
The NHL regular season begins in North America with an ESPN doubleheader featuring the Tampa Bay Lightning at the N.Y. Rangers and the Vegas Golden Knights at the Los Angeles Kings.
The Renovator
HGTV, 8pm
New Series!
Entrepreneur, designer and television personality Marcus Lemonis improves families’ lives and homes in this new home renovation series. He identifies problems with their living space, and through a series of frank conversations and activities framed by the design process, he will provide solutions for each family’s physical surroundings and personal trials to get their houses in order.
Life Below Zero: “Burdens of Winter”
Nat Geo, 8pm
For Alaskans living remotely, even menial tasks can feel like venturing into dark winter’s abyss. Ricko DeWilde’s quest for essential meat and fur is thwarted by an age-old Athabaskan superstition; Sue Aikens must ensure Kavik can continue as a safety depot in the wilderness; Andy Bassich and Denise Becker go to extremes to do a task taken for granted in the lower 48; and the Hailstones camp out in the tree line as they seek vital resources.
All-Star Comedy Adventures
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
The 1960s were a heyday for epic comedy productions in Hollywood, often featuring all-star casts in a lengthy (usually well over two-hour-long) story set across various parts of the country, or even the world. Three of the most well known and beloved of those titles are airing in a triple feature tonight on Turner Classic Movies. Up first is Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965), which is set during the very early days of aviation and follows a variety of international competitors vying in an air race across the English Channel. Among the film’s very large cast are Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Gert Fröbe, Red Skelton and Benny Hill. Next, director Stanley Kramer’s sprawling comic adventure It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) chronicles a wild road trip among various memorable characters racing to be the first to find the location of a stolen fortune divulged by a mysterious stranger they have each come upon while driving along a desert highway. Spencer Tracy heads the unforgettable cast that includes featured roles for some of Hollywood’s greatest comedians and comic actors — Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas and Jonathan Winters among them. The film also includes cameo appearances (some uncredited) from nearly every other legendary joker in the business, including Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, Don Knotts, Jerry Lewis, Jack Benny and the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and “Curly” Joe DeRita). Finally, director Blake Edwards’ The Great Race (1965) comedically depicts another early 20th century race, this one on the ground as two rival daredevils, the Great Leslie (Tony Curtis) and Professor Fate (Jack Lemmon), engage in an epic automobile race from New York to Paris. Natalie Wood, Peter Falk and Keenan Wynn also lead the cast.
The Very VERY Best of the 80s: “Action Movie Stars”
AXS TV, 8:30pm
Host Kelly Osbourne and a panel of celebrity guests look back at the most memorable big-screen action heroes of the 1980s.
Monarch: “Death and Christmas”
FOX, 9pm
The Romans move forward with their traditional family Christmas special in the new episode “Death and Christmas.”
Professionals
The CW, 9pm
New Series!
Smallville’s Tom Welling plays security operative Vincent Corbo in this international action dramedy. Employed by the world’s richest and most powerful individuals to protect their interests by any means necessary — legal or not — he is hired by billionaire futurist Peter Swann (Brendan Fraser) to visit French Guiana and investigate the failed launch of a satellite, which involves rival corporations, corrupt government officials and a shadowy crime syndicate.
38 at the Garden
HBO, 9pm
This documentary chronicles the extraordinary ascendance of point guard Jeremy Lin during the “Linsanity” craze of his 2012 season with the N.Y. Knicks. Lin, an undrafted Harvard graduate, shocked fans, stunned his teammates and galvanized the Asian American community when he scored 38 points against the L.A. Lakers at Madison Square Garden. A decade later, Lin continues to be a cultural icon whose accomplishments are bigger than basketball.
Good Bones
HGTV, 9pm
Season Finale!
In “Race to the Perfect Wedding,” Mina Starsiak Hawk is racing to complete the exterior, the speakeasy and the kitchen before Charlotte Hall’s first big event. When the winter weather causes construction delays, Mina’s plans to give her friend the perfect outdoor wedding could get derailed.
Making Black America: Through the Grapevine: “The Work of the Imagination”
PBS, 9pm
This hour explores the nation-within-a-nation built by Black Americans out of necessity. With the hopes of a multiracial community dashed, African Americans turned within, creating a community that not only sustained but empowered. From Historically Black Colleges and Universities to the Harlem Renaissance to political organizations, Black life flourished.
The Rookie: Feds: “Star Crossed”
ABC, 10pm
Garza’s unit gets roped into a complicated kidnapping case involving a forbidden relationship between two rival drug-dealing gangs. Meanwhile, Simone’s love life is heating up; Laura comes face-to-face with her past, and Carter tries to reconnect with his wife.
Reasonable Doubt
Investigation Discovery, 10pm
Season Finale!
The true-crime series in which retired homicide detective Chris Anderson and criminal defense attorney Fatima Silva team up to reexamine questionable courtroom convictions concludes its fifth season.
Becoming Frederick Douglass
PBS, 10pm
Stanley Nelson and Nicole London, who directed Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom, which debuted last week on PBS, also helmed this documentary about Frederick Douglass, the gifted writer and charismatic orator who became one of the most influential voices for democracy in American history after escaping slavery at age 20. With actor Wendell Pierce bringing Douglass’ words to life, the film explores how Douglass controlled his own image and narrative, and how he evolved to become one of the most influential and enduring social justice activists.
Wednesday, Oct. 12
Belascoarán, PI
Netflix
New Series!
Luis Gerardo Méndez plays the title character in this adaptation of Paco Ignacio Taibo II’s series of detective novels following the mysteries and adventures of independent private investigator Héctor Belascoarán Shayne in 1970s Mexico City.
NHL Hockey
TNT, beginning at 7pm Live
TNT’s coverage of the 2022-23 NHL regular season begins tonight with the Boston Bruins at the Washington Capitals. The second game features the Colorado Avalanche raising their Stanley Cup championship banner to the rafters of Ball Arena when they host the Chicago Blackhawks.
The Conners: “Parent Traps and Heart Attacks”
ABC, 8pm
When a relative passes away unexpectedly, the family must debate about who should gain custody of a jaded nephew, who is just shy of his 18th birthday.
The Masked Singer: “Andrew Lloyd Webber Night”
FOX, 8pm
The new episode “Andrew Lloyd Webber Night” is full of show tunes as two new celebrity singers enter the competition and perform songs from Webber’s legendary catalog.
The Challenge: Ride or Dies
MTV, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The new season of this reality series where contestants compete in stunt-heavy, action-packed adventures around the world returns with fan-favorite veterans Johnny “Bananas” Devenazio, Aneesa Ferreira, Laurel Stucky, Darrell Taylor, Kaycee Clark, Nelson Thomas and Jordan Wiseley. Players and viewers will see if the seemingly unbreakable bonds between friends, family and partners survive the competition, chaos and conniving as cast members are paired with their “ride or die.”
Rivers of Life
PBS, 8pm
Season Finale!
Season 2 concludes with a visit to the remote, wild and legendary Yukon, a river of extremes. In summer, it is a restless giant, and in winter, it becomes a river of ice. Home to bears, moose and salmon, see how the Yukon’s riches have also sustained North American people for centuries.
Great Lakes Untamed
Smithsonian Channel, 8pm
New Series!
In the premiere episode, “Source to Sea,” from treacherous straits to busy shipping lanes to historic falls, follow the 2,000-mile journey of the Great Lakes’ waters. See how their movement creates an ever-evolving environment that has shaped millions of lives.
Angels and Devils
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Angels, devils and sometimes both are the focus of tonight’s Turner Classic Movies lineup of five films. Leading off the night is the Best Picture Oscar-nominated romantic fantasy/comedy Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941), with Best Actor Oscar nominee Robert Montgomery as a boxer who dies 50 years earlier than he was supposed to due to a heavenly mix-up, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy. Claude Rains costars as an angelic overseer (aka “Mr. Jordan”), with Edward Everett Horton as angel 7013. Next, in the 1967 British comedy Bedazzled, Dudley Moore plays a loser who sells his soul to the devil (Peter Cook, who also wrote the screenplay) in exchange for seven wishes, but still has trouble winning over the woman of his dreams. The film also features Valentine Dyall as God and various incarnations of the Deadly Sins, including Raquel Welch as Lust. The lineup continues into late night with the 1946 fantasy Angel on My Shoulder, starring Paul Muni, Anne Baxter and Rains as the devil; Cabin in the Sky (1943), a musical with an all-Black cast including Ethel Waters, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Kenneth Spencer as the Lord’s angel “the General” and Rex Ingram as Lucifer Jr., Satan’s son; and The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945), a comedic fantasy starring Jack Benny as a trumpet player who dreams he is an angel assigned to blow the “Last Trumpet” that will signal the end of the world.
The Goldbergs: “Man of the House”
ABC, 8:30pm
With everyone preoccupied with the new baby on the way, Erica’s graduation is met with lackluster enthusiasm from Beverly and Geoff. Meanwhile, Adam’s new job is in jeopardy and Barry tries to be the new man of the house.
Abbott Elementary: “Principal’s Office”
ABC, 9pm
After Gregory sends a disruptive student to the principal’s office, he’s dismayed to find out the kids actually enjoy spending the supposed disciplinary time with Ava. Meanwhile, Melissa invites Janine over to her house to teach her how to cook, but Janine becomes determined to reunite Melissa with her estranged sister.
LEGO Masters: “Out on a Limb”
FOX, 9pm
The builders make their childhood dreams come true by building imaginative LEGO treehouses (in actual trees!) in the new episode “Out on a Limb.”
Farmhouse Fixer: “Farm to Stable”
HGTV, 9pm
Jon Knight takes on a farmhouse before leaving to tour with New Kids on the Block. While he’s on the road, designer Kristina Crestin helps him bring this house out of the 1800s with a modern refresh, and Fixer to Fabulous star Jenny Marrs attends one of his concerts.
NOVA: “Computers v. Crime”
PBS, 9pm
Across the country, artificial intelligence is helping inform decisions about policing and criminal sentencing. This timely investigation digs into the hidden biases, privacy risks and design flaws of the controversial technology.
Love at First Lie
MTV, 9:30pm
New Series!
Tori Spelling hosts this 12-episode relationship mystery competition series that allows viewers to play along at home to discover who is in a real relationship and who is fake. Power games test the relationships and give insight into who could be telling the truth or lying through their teeth. A truth ceremony will eliminate couples at the end of each episode, and one of them could win a large cash prize.
Archer
FXX, 10pm
Season Finale!
The animated comedy following superspy Sterling Archer (voice of H. Jon Benjamin) wraps up its 13th season tonight.
Reginald the Vampire: “The Hunger”
Syfy, 10pm
Reginald (Jacob Batalon) learns how to feed as a vampire, and it doesn’t go well. But he discovers an unexpected and secret power along the way.
Thursday, Oct. 13
Dead End: Paranormal Park
Netflix
Season Premiere!
In Season 2 of the animated kids series based on Hamish Steele’s horror/comedy graphic novels, Barney (voice of Zach Barack), Norma (Kody Kavitha) and friends are now the park’s official demon cleanup crew, facing zombie mascots, demonic game-show hosts, sleep-sucking witches and more as they also try to balance the job with their lives as normal teens.
Someone Borrowed
Netflix
Original Film!
Luiz (Caio Castro) is a 30-year-old man who has never been deeply involved with any woman other than his mother and three sisters. To fulfill his controlling mother’s dying wish and avoid being left out of her will, the self-proclaimed eternal bachelor hires a surrogate wife.
College Football
ESPN & FS1, 7pm Live
Thursday primetime college football action has the Temple Owls at the UCF Knights on ESPN, and the Baylor Bears at the West Virginia Mountaineers on FS1.
Hell’s Kitchen: “Clawing Your Way to the Top”
FOX, 8pm
Guest Star Alert!
Each team has 10 minutes to shell and cook a lobster after watching Gordon demonstrate it to perfection in the new episode “Clawing Your Way to the Top.” Skateboard legend Tony Hawk and Olympic skateboarder Sky Brown make guest appearances.
Young Sheldon: “Passion’s Harvest and a Sheldocracy”
CBS, 8pm
Sheldon (Iain Armitage) must choose sides in an ethical dilemma in the new episode “Passion’s Harvest and a Sheldocracy.”
Station 19: “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey”
ABC, 8pm
Travis discusses his position in the mayoral race as he is determined to kick Dixon out, and Maya admits to blackmail. Meanwhile, the team is called to a fire at a run-down apartment complex that reveals an unsettling cause.
This Old House: “Atlanta: School of HVAC”
PBS, 8pm
The Atlanta Beltline is toured; in the 1890s Victorian home, a stem wall foundation replaces the existing footings, and the crawl space gets a vapor barrier; the homeowner receives a lesson in HVAC installation; and an outdoor learning center is toured for backyard inspiration.
75th Anniversary of the Hollywood Blacklist — Night 1
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Starting this evening, and continuing the next two Thursday nights, Turner Classic Movies airs programming blocks related to the infamous Hollywood blacklist that took place from the late 1940s through the ’50s. During this era, actors, writers, directors, musicians and other entertainment industry professionals were denied employment by studio executives if they were, or had been, communists or communist sympathizers (or even just perceived to be), based on investigations by the U.S. House of Representatives’ notorious Un-American Activities Committee. Tonight’s schedule begins with the TCM premiere of the 15-minute 2022 documentary High Noon on the Waterfront. The short film offers an inventive remembrance of the blacklist upon two American film classics produced during that era, the 1952 Western High Noon and the 1954 drama On the Waterfront, rendered as a visually mesmerizing dialogue between blacklisted High Noon screenwriter Carl Foreman (voiced by Edward Norton) and Waterfront director Elia Kazan (voiced by John Turturro), who was one of the industry professionals who “named names” about the political leanings of some of his colleagues. After the initial airing of this documentary, TCM will screen High Noon, then repeat the doc, followed by On the Waterfront and another re-air of the short. After that is the 2015 documentary Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity, a look at the life of actress Marsha Hunt (who just passed away Sept. 7 at the age of 104), whose career slowed up during most of the 1950s after she was blacklisted, followed by Carnegie Hall (1947), a musical drama led by Hunt.
NFL Football: Washington at Chicago
Prime Video, 8:15pm Live
Chicago’s Soldier Field hosts this Week 6 Thursday Night Football clash between the Washington Commanders and the Bears.
Grey’s Anatomy: “Wasn’t Expecting That”
ABC, 9pm
The attending surgeons and interns work together to solve a medical mystery when a college kid comes in with what first looks like food poisoning but has escalating and dire complications. Meanwhile, Jo spends her day off with Bailey.
Welcome to Flatch: “Maniflatch Destiny”
FOX, 9pm
Kelly’s (Holmes) career is taking off as Barb’s (Jaime Pressly) intern in the new episode “Maniflatch Destiny.”
So Help Me Todd: “Second Second Chance”
CBS, 9pm
In the new episode “Second Second Chance,” Margaret (Marcia Gay Harden) represents one of Todd’s (Skylar Astin) childhood friends in a minor legal case.
Winter House
Bravo, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Season 2 of this docuseries follows Summer House and Southern Charm cast members and their friends as they spend two weeks on a winter getaway in Stowe, Vermont.
Renovation Impossible: “Sunken Living”
HGTV, 9pm
After a previous contractor botched their kitchen remodel, a couple calls on Russell J. Holmes to help with renovations for the rest of the house. He’ll have to manage their shrinking budget and design disagreements to deliver on a dream home they’ll both love.
Call Me Kat: “Call Me Thor”
FOX, 9:30pm
Kat (Mayim Bialik) spends the day with Max (Cheyenne Jackson) and his nephew, Thor, and realizes she enjoys being around a baby in the new episode “Call Me Thor.”
Alaska Daily: “A Place We Came Together”
ABC, 10pm
When Roz and Eileen find a lead in Gloria’s case, Eileen calls in a favor to help them track down the person of interest. Meanwhile, Claire investigates why beloved local restaurant Rita’s is selling to a big corporation. After landing her first front page story, Yuna learns that success in journalism sometimes comes at a cost.
La Otra Mirada: “The Life I Want to Live”
PBS, 10pm
A photo of Roberta (Begoña Vargas) causes rifts between her classmates; Macarena (Paula de la Nieta) attacks another student, leading to severe consequences; Teresa (Patricia López Arnaiz) questions Roberta about what happened between her and Rafita (José Pastor) at the party on the farm.
CSI: Vegas: “Story of a Gun”
CBS, 10pm
In the new episode “Story of a Gun,” the CSI team investigates after a group of teens discover a dead woman behind the wheel of an abandoned car in a Nevada ghost town.
Friday, Oct. 14
The Curse of Bridge Hollow
Netflix
Original Film!
Marlon Wayans leads this family horror/comedy as a father who must work with his teen daughter (Priah Ferguson) to save their town after she accidentally releases an ancient, mischievous and havoc-wreaking spirit on Halloween. Kelly Rowland and Lauren Lapkus costar.
Everything Calls for Salvation
Netflix
New Series!
An existential dramedy from Italy, this series follows 20-year-old Daniele (Federico Cesari), who, after a psychotic crisis, wakes up in the dormitory of a psychiatric ward together with five unlikely roommates with whom he thinks he has nothing in common, pressured by doctors who want to rummage in his brain and looked after by nurses who seem cynical and disinterested. But over the course of his week there, what at first seemed like a sentence slowly turns into one of the most intense and formative experiences of his life.
Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee MOVIES!
MOVIES!, beginning at 12:30pm
Catch a Classic!
British actors Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, most remembered for their appearances in horror movies, especially those produced by Britain’s Hammer Studios, are spotlighted in this afternoon’s seven-film lineup on MOVIES! that features the stars in some of their most memorable roles in creepy productions, either solo or together. The lineup features, in order: The Mummy (1959), with Cushing and Lee; Horror Hotel (1960, aka The City of the Dead), with Lee alone; Horror Express (1972), with Cushing and Lee; The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973), with Cushing and Lee; The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas (1957), with Cushing alone; Asylum (1972), with Cushing alone; and The House That Dripped Blood (1971), with Cushing and Lee.
The Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip
Bravo, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Originally airing on Peacock, Season 2 of this reality series follows iconic Real Housewives franchise members from across the country who come together for a luxurious vacation filled with unforgettable moments.
Penn & Teller: Fool Us
The CW, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The magic competition series is back for Season 9. On each episode, aspiring magicians perform their best tricks to try to fool the world-famous team of Penn & Teller. If anyone succeeds, they win the right to perform with the duo in their celebrated Las Vegas show.
Stealing in Suburbia
LMN, 8pm
This U.S. television movie premiere follows Sky, a teenager who can’t wait to get back into the high school experience and make some friends after being home-schooled. When her new gang of friends seem to prefer shoplifting to hanging out, Sky wonders whether she’s fallen in with the wrong crowd. Stars Alicia Leigh Willis, Jhey Castles and Houston Rhines.
Fire Country: “The Fresh Prince of Edgewater”
CBS, 9pm
The crew protects Edgewater from a dangerous storm, and Bode’s (Max Thieriot) future with the squad hangs in the balance in the new episode “The Fresh Prince of Edgewater.”
CMT Artists of the Year
CMT, 9pm
This star-packed celebration honors Carly Pearce, Cody Johnson, Kane Brown, Luke Combs and Walker Hayes as 2022 CMT Artists of the Year. The five collectively dominated the last 12 months in country music, leading across all CMT platforms, scoring chart-topping albums and singles, and performing music that entertains and inspires millions of fans.
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
The CW, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Ryan Stiles, Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie and special guest comedians put their skills to the test through a series of spontaneous improv games in Season 19 of this comedy series. Aisha Tyler hosts.
My Lottery Dream Home: “The Akron Bunch”
HGTV, 9pm
A couple scratched up a sweet $150,000 win, and now they’re ready to blend their two big families together. With seven kids between them, including two sets of twins, David Bromstad is tasked with finding a family home large enough for nine in Akron, Ohio.
Fixer Upper: The Castle
Magnolia Network, 9pm; also streams on discovery+ & HBO Max
New Series!
The latest series from Magnolia Network founders Chip and Joanna Gaines finds the couple taking on their biggest fixer-upper yet: a 19th century castle in Waco, Texas. As they breathe new life into the historic landmark, they must also tackle its challenging infrastructure while preserving its original beauty.
Next at the Kennedy Center
PBS, 9pm
New Series!
With this series, PBS is collaborating with New York City’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to showcase a diversity of art forms and genres, weaving together performances from musical artists whose influences have inspired the next generation. The premiere season consists of five episodes, beginning tonight with “Let My Children Hear Mingus,” a celebration of jazz icon and social activist Charles Mingus during the centennial of his birth.
Love After Lockup: Life After Lockup
WE tv, 9pm
Season Finale!
“Red Flags” wraps up Season 4 of this series chronicling the love lives of former inmates and their significant others. Will they break rules or break old habits as they face parole and temptations?
Saving the Manor: “The Secret Stairway”
HGTV, 10pm
A tree has been growing through the roof of this gorgeous yet dilapidated English estate, and now couple Dean Poulton and Borja de Maqua work to make the manor watertight once again. Also, they look to restore crucial stairway access and create a new bathroom and a secret door.
Saturday, Oct. 15
College Football: Stanford at Notre Dame
NBC, 7:30pm Live
Tanner McKee and the Stanford Cardinal face a tough road test at Notre Dame Stadium against the Fighting Irish tonight on NBC.
My Boss’ Wedding
Great American Family, 8pm
Original Film!
Sparks fly when a personal assistant plans her boss’ wedding with the groom’s handsome nephew. Stars Holly Deveaux and Drew Seeley.
Autumn in the City
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Piper moves to New York for a fresh start and to find her career passion. As she bounces between temp jobs that take her all over the city, she meets aspiring writer Austin. While her sunny optimism is at odds with his jaded personality, the magic of the autumn season brings them closer together. Stars Aimeé Teegarden and Evan Roderick.
Let’s Get Physical
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
Inspired by actual events, this is the story of fitness instructor Sadie (Jenna Dewan), who by day taught fitness and dance to soccer moms, but by night led a double life running a sophisticated prostitution ring with a customer list that included very prominent men in the community. After
an anonymous tip, authorities raided her studio, leading to Sadie’s indictment and igniting a firestorm in the small town, leading everyone to ask who exactly was on the client list.
Svengoolie: “The Tingler”
MeTV, 8pm
Tonight, Sven presents William Castle’s 1959 horror film The Tingler, starring Vincent Price as a scientist who discovers a parasite within human beings (the titular “tingle”) that feeds on fear. Unfortunately, Castle’s famed gimmick of placing vibrating devices in some theater chairs, which were activated with the film’s action, during The Tingler’s original release will not be available in this broadcast.
Star of the Month: Robots
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Saturday night double feature of films with famous robots is back, starting with THX 1138 (1971), cowriter/director George Lucas’ dystopian tale set in the 25th century, where a man (Robert Duvall) and woman (Maggie McOmie) rebel against their rigidly controlled society and are eventually pursued by creepy police robots that seem like precursors to the stormtroopers Lucas would later incorporate into Star Wars. After that is the original RoboCop (1987), director Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi/action classic that is also set in a dystopian future, where a terminally wounded police officer (Peter Weller) returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.
Help! I Wrecked My House: “Whose Decision Is It Anyway?”
HGTV, 9pm
Indecision has a family stuck in a house with half-done projects and a bathroom riddled with perilous problems. Jasmine Roth looks for the perfect way to suit everyone’s tastes to create a finished home with a timeless look they’ll love for years to come.
NFL Icons: “Troy Aikman”
EPIX, 10pm
Troy Aikman, the three-time Super Bowl champion quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, reflects on his journey from Oklahoma to L.A. and eventually to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and his post-playing career in the broadcast booth and as an entrepreneur.
Austin City Limits: “Sylvan Esso/Lucius”
PBS, 11pm
Electronic pop duo Sylvan Esso (singer Amelia Meath and producer Nick Sanborn) and four-piece indie pop band Lucius perform.
