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Saturday, Sept. 30
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
The latest original from Lifetime is inspired by a true crime and is executive produced by and stars Luke Macfarlane (Bros) as the “Amish Stud,” a man who plotted with his mistress to murder his wife, to the horror of his conservative Amish community. The film also stars Kirsten Vangsness (Criminal Minds) and Miranda MacDougall (The Flash).
Marvel Movie Marathon
TBS, 11:30am
If you’re not a Saturday college football fan, you can park yourself at home for this all-afternoon marathon of Marvel blockbusters, starting with 2018’s Oscar-winning Black Panther, followed by 2016’s Captain America: Civil War and Doctor Strange, and concluding later in the evening with Avengers: Infinity War.
Kings of BBQ: “Setting Up Shop”
A&E, 1pm
Anthony Anderson (black-ish) and comedian Cedric the Entertainer take their love of barbecue to the next level and work together to start their own barbecue empire, AC Barbeque. To perfect the products and learn all they can about the art form, the two friends head out on a culinary adventure to discover the best techniques and flavors. In “Setting Up Shop,” friend and mentor Daymond John pays a visit to the guys to talk shop and share his expertise.
A Very Venice Romance
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Amy (Stephanie Leonidas) is a New York City executive at a wellness company who needs to find a chef to help guide a new venture into meal-prep kits. To try to persuade a former NYC chef (Raniero Monaco Di Lapio) who left to teach in Italy, she enrolls in his cooking school in Venice. However, will she get too attached to the romantic Venetian setting?
The Petrified Forest
MOVIES!, 9:40pm
Catch a Classic!
Leslie Howard, Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart lead this classic 1936 crime drama as, respectively, a failed British writer turned penniless drifter, a waitress and a bank robber on the lam whose paths collide when the robber, Duke Mantee, holds the others hostage at a lonely diner on the edge of Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park. Bogart’s turn as Mantee is one of the greatest villain performances in screen history. It made him a star, thanks to Howard’s insistence that the lesser-known Bogie be cast as Mantee over the studio’s preferred actor, Edward G. Robinson, who had been more established in tough-guy/gangster roles.
Sunday, Oct. 1
Ranch to Table
Magnolia Network, 1pm
Season Premiere!
Host Elizabeth Poett and her friend Katie have known each other all their lives. Normally, they catch up while getting work done on the ranch. But in this Season 4 premiere episode, Elizabeth is bringing dinner to enjoy together. For the occasion, she makes gnocchi and creme brulee.
In the Kitchen With Abner and Amanda
Magnolia Network, 2pm
Season Premiere!
In the Season 2 premiere, hosts Abner and Amanda show how the best meal in town is in your own kitchen by making everything from scratch, buns included. They make smash burger sliders with Abner’s burger sauce on homemade brioche buns, as well as a fresh wedge salad and tangerine slushies.
America’s Funniest Home Videos
ABC, 7pm
Season Premiere!
The classic showcase of amateur videos featuring kids, pets, friends and families in funny situations returns for a 34th season tonight.
Yellowstone
CBS, 8pm
Two episodes of the hit drama series air tonight. In “The Long Black Train,” a secret about John (Kevin Costner) comes to the surface. Then, in “Coming Home,” Jamie (Wes Bentley) works some legal magic when Kayce (Luke Grimes) feels the heat from tribal police.
The Chosen: “The Perfect Opportunity”
The CW, 8pm
As Jesus (Jonathan Roumie) and the disciples head to Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of the Tabernacles, a new enemy follows them, and a familiar one awaits.
The Simpsons
FOX, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Feeling worthless at work, Homer (voice of Dan Castellaneta) volunteers to be a school crossing guard. But when his safety squad receives too much funding, the crossing guards become a force to be feared in the Season 35 premiere “Homer’s Crossing.”
The Warrant: Breaker’s Law
INSP, 8pm
Original Film!
Neal McDonough is back as John Breaker in this sequel to the 2020 Western The Warrant. Now a U.S. Marshal, Breaker and Deputy Marshal Bugle Bearclaw (Gregory Cruz) find themselves escorting a dangerous criminal to a small town in the Arizona desert. Breaker must decide whether to leave their captive there with an old, cantankerous magistrate, or stay and make a stand to defend the town from the ruthless criminal gang that is terrorizing it. Dermot Mulroney, Bruce Boxleitner and Nick Searcy costar.
Professor T: “The Trial”
PBS, 8pm
As a major trial gets underway, Professor T (Ben Miller) presents the case to his students, involving a caretaker accused of shooting his rich employer dead. It seems to be an open-and-shut case, but the professor turns expert witness to prove otherwise.
Krapopolis: “Wife Swamp”
FOX, 8:30pm
Tyrannis (voice of Richard Ayoade) returns from a quest with a girlfriend, but it was all a setup from Deliria (Hannah Waddingham) to make him think he’s a hero. Yvette Nicole Brown and Daveed Diggs provide guest voices in the new episode “Wife Swamp.”
Bob’s Burgers
FOX, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The Belcher family returns for Season 14 of the animated comedy. In “Fight at the Not Okay Chore-ral,” the Belchers have a showdown when the kids refuse to do their chores.
When Calls the Heart: “All Dressed Up”
Hallmark Channel, 9pm
The town prepares for the governor’s black-tie ball; Lucas (Chris McNally) tries to sway the governor to save Hope Valley.
Unforgotten: “Episode Five”
PBS, 9pm
Sunny (Sanjeev Bhaskar) and Jess (Sinéad Keenan) attempt a reset as they follow the clues in the case.
Heist 88
Showtime, 9pm
Original Film!
Inspired by actual events, this film follows a criminal mastermind (Courtney B. Vance) who recruits four young bank employees to steal close to $80 million in a daring assault on the U.S. banking system. Keesha Sharp and Keith David also star.
Family Guy
FOX, 9:30pm
Season Premiere!
Season 22 of the comedy begins with “Fertilized Megg,” in which Meg (voice of Mila Kunis) is a surrogate mom for Bruce and Jeffrey’s (both voiced by Mike Henry) baby.
Van der Valk: “Magic in Amsterdam, Part 1”
PBS, 10pm
The team is taken to the edge of reality following the death of a participant in a magical ritual invoking a demon. Is there a supernatural cause for the murder, or is there a much more earthbound explanation?
Jack Osbourne’s Night of Terror
Travel Channel, 10pm
Season Premiere!
Jack Osbourne is back for another round of investigating the paranormal, and this season, his famous family and some of his closest celebrity friends will be joining him. In tonight’s season premiere, Jack is accompanied by his mother, Sharon Osbourne, to the Glen Tavern Inn, a century-old hotel in Santa Paula, California, that has a colorful but tragic past. While Sharon enters the investigation unsure about whether she believes in ghosts, the more time she and Jack spend at the inn, the more she is convinced something dark is lurking there.
The Phantom of the Opera
TCM, 12am (late-night)
Catch a Classic!
The legendary Lon Chaney leads this 1925 silent horror classic as the title “phantom” in what is one of the earliest and still most renowned film adaptations of Gaston Leroux’s novel, which had only been published 15 years before this movie’s release. Even people who have never seen this production are likely very familiar with Chaney’s legendarily horrifying, self-devised makeup for this role. But it is still worth checking out the film if you haven’t because Chaney goes beyond just letting the makeup do the work. His embodiment of the deformed (emotionally as well as figuratively) phantom haunting the Paris Opera House effectively makes him the first Universal monster, even if he is sometimes left off the list with others like Dracula, Frankenstein’s creation and the Wolf Man.
Monday, Oct. 2
TCM Birthday Tribute: Groucho Marx
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
TCM’s birthday tribute to Groucho Marx begins with the fantasy drama The Story of Mankind (1957), told in a series of historical vignettes, in which the devil and an angel debate whether humanity is ultimately good or evil and if it deserves to survive. Then, the adventure comedy Double Dynamite (1951) features Frank Sinatra as an innocent bank teller suspected of embezzlement and aided by his eccentric friend (Marx), and was the final movie directed by the Oscar-nominated Irving Cummings. Next, the Marx Brothers come to the rescue in the Wild West musical comedy Go West (1940), when they attempt to unite a couple by retrieving a stolen property deed. This is followed by four more musical comedies featuring brothers Groucho, Harpo and Chico: The Big Store (1941), A Day at the Races (1937), A Night at the Opera (1935) and At the Circus (1939).
The Partridge Family
AXS TV, 2pm & 9pm
All 96 episodes of this classic 1970-74 musical sitcom led by Shirley Jones, David Cassidy and Danny Bonaduce are joining AXS TV’s lineup starting today. The show will air daily as part of the network’s Retro Binge daytime block, and back-to-back episodes will air in primetime every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
SPIN 100 Greatest Rock Stars
AXS TV, 8pm
New Series!
Based on SPIN Magazine’s landmark “100 Greatest Rock Stars Since That Was a Thing” list curated by SPIN founder Bob Guccione Jr., this 12-episode series bravely ranks musicians like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty, David Bowie and more on how they embody what it means to be a true rock star.
Son of a Critch: “Circus”
The CW, 8pm
Ritchie’s (Mark Ezekiel Rivera) family hosts some new Filipino Canadians who make him feel insecure about his heritage.
NFL Football: Seattle at N.Y. Giants
ESPN, 8pm Live
DK Metcalf and the Seattle Seahawks visit the N.Y. Giants at MetLife Stadium for Week 4’s Monday Night Football matchup.
The Voice: “The Blind Auditions, Part 3”
NBC, 8pm
Coaches Niall Horan, John Legend, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani all vie to discover and mentor the next singing phenomenon on the third night of Blind Auditions.
Antiques Roadshow
PBS, 8pm
New Episodes!
The series travels to Hartford, Connecticut, for updated Season 13 finds, including a Cartier gold bracelet watch, a Tiffany & Co. sapphire ring and a Harriman Expedition album with Curtis photos. One item went for between $40,000 and $60,000.
Life in Six Strings With Kylie Olsson
AXS TV, 8:30pm
New Series!
Follow music journalist, author and guitar novice Kylie Olsson as she joins up with six-string virtuosos like Steve Vai, Mick Mars and Nuno Bettencourt, who show her the guitar’s incredible impact on their lives and guide her on her own journey to learn how to play the instrument.
Run the Burbs: “Phamily Games Night”
The CW, 8:30pm
Andrew (Andrew Phung) and Camille (Rakhee Morzaria) use game nights to help Hudson (Jonathan Langdon), and Khia (Zoriah Wong) plans a movie night for Mannix (Simone Miller).
Lotería Loca
CBS, 9pm
New Series!
Hosted by Jane the Virgin star Jaime Camil, this new action-packed unscripted series is based on a traditional Latin game of chance akin to bingo. Each episode features two players going head-to-head by choosing cards that can either add up to big prizes or reveal challenges. The player who can pick four winning cards in a row — a Lotería — the most number of times will move on to the final round for a chance to win a cash prize.
Children Ruin Everything: “Screen Time”
The CW, 9pm
Astrid (Meaghan Rath) and James (Aaron Abrams) enact a weekend screen ban and learn that leading by example is complicated.
“Ancient Aliens” Special Presentation
History, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The spinoff of Ancient Aliens is back with a new season of two-hour installments, beginning tonight with “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.”
The Irrational: “Dead Woman Walking”
NBC, 10pm
Mercer (Jesse L. Martin) helps his old friend, a prominent journalist, after she is poisoned with a rare nerve agent.
Tuesday, Oct. 3
Make Me Scream
Prime Video
This hourlong Halloween special event is hosted by horror fanatics and life partners Tempestt Bledsoe and Darryl M. Bell. Three celebrity teams, led by Jaleel White, Shoniqua Shandai and Lil Xan, embark on a game where they face a series of scare zones while trying not to scream.
MLB Playoffs: AL & NL Wild Card Series
ABC & ESPN, beginning at 2pm Live
Major League Baseball’s 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 Top Ten Revealed
AXS TV, 8pm
New Episodes!
The countdown series returns with 12 new episodes starting tonight. Host Katie Daryl joins a rotating panel of rock and metal trailblazers such as Sebastian Bach, Lita Ford, Nancy Wilson and Carnie Wilson to determine the top songs from a wide range of themes and categories. Tonight’s theme is “Lightning and Thunder Songs.”
The Voice: “The Blind Auditions, Part 4”
NBC, 8pm
Coaches Niall Horan, John Legend, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani all vie to discover and mentor the next singing phenomenon on the fourth night of Blind Auditions.
Creepy Cinema: “Hitchcock & De Palma” & “Women in Horror”
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Spooky season is here, and Turner Classic Movies is getting into the spirit of things. Each Tuesday evening this month (including Halloween night), TCM airs programming blocks devoted to creepy classics divided by two themes per night. Tonight’s first theme, “Hitchcock & De Palma,” begins with Alfred Hitchcock’s suspense classic Shadow of a Doubt (1943), about a young woman (Teresa Wright) who slowly grows to suspect that her charming and sophisticated uncle (Joseph Cotten) is a wanted serial killer. Following that is director Brian De Palma’s 1980 thriller Dressed to Kill, which offers a great example of how De Palma’s work has often been informed by Hitchcock; in this case, Psycho is a particularly notable influence. After that, heading into late night and early morning, the theme switches to notable horror films led by women, and not just in victim roles, but often as the main menace. This lineup features Cat People (1942), starring Simone Simon; The Hunger (1983), with Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie and Susan Sarandon; Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), a Hammer horror film starring Susan Denberg as the new creation of Baron Frankenstein (Peter Cushing); and The Wasp Woman (1959), a Roger Corman film with Susan Cabot as the owner of a cosmetics company whose use of a serum in an effort to reverse the aging process tends to transform her into a murderous half-woman/half-insect creature.
Parking Lot Payday
AXS TV, 8:30pm
Season Premiere!
The game show returns for Season 2, with host Art Mann cruising through the Welcome to Rockville and Sonic Temple music festivals to give fans in the parking lots a chance to win big by answering rock trivia. Shock-rock pioneer Alice Cooper even gets in on the fun, taking the hot seat in tonight’s season premiere.
FBI True
CBS, 9pm
New Series!
This true-crime series from Paramount+ provides a real-life look into a high-pressure world where split-second decisions can mean life or death, with FBI agents reliving the heart-stopping moments of their biggest cases and revealing the real details only agents can tell. In “Boy in the Bunker,” the FBI must save a 5-year-old boy from an armed killer holding him captive in a bunker filled with explosives.
The Swarm: “Episode 4”
The CW, 9pm
Dr. Roche (Cécile de France) informs a commission about the dramatic situation on the French Atlantic.
“The UnXplained” Special Presentation
History, 9pm
New Series!
This spinoff of The UnXplained is also hosted by William Shatner, with each hourlong episode similarly exploring subjects that have mystified humanity for centuries. The series kicks off with “Mystical Structures.”
Becoming Frida Kahlo
PBS, 9pm
Series Finale!
The final episode of this documentary series about Frida Kahlo, “A Star Is Born,” explores the artist’s later life, including her affair with Leon Trotsky, her trip to Paris on the eve of World War II with surrealist pioneer André Breton and her return to Mexico, where she divorces, then remarries, husband Diego Rivera before her death in 1954 at the age of 47.
Found
NBC, 10pm
New Series!
In any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about. In this drama, a public relations specialist (Shanola Hampton), who was once herself one of those forgotten ones, and her crisis management team now make sure there is always someone looking out for those missing. But what is unknown to anyone is that this everyday hero is hiding a chilling secret of her own. Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Kelli Williams also lead the cast.
Frontline: “The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball”
PBS, 10pm
This episode offers an investigation into the Houston Astros’ cheating scandal and what it says about Major League Baseball today.
Wednesday, Oct. 4
Haunted Mansion
Disney+
Feature Film Exclusive!
This frighteningly fun adventure inspired by the classic theme park attraction arrives in time for Halloween. It’s a story of a woman and her son who enlist the aid of a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help them rid their home of supernatural squatters. The all-star ensemble cast includes LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito and Rosario Dawson.
Beckham
Netflix
New Series!
This four-part docuseries tells the inside story of global soccer star and cultural icon David Beckham, offering a personal and definitive look at one of the most recognizable and scrutinized athletes in the world.
Race to the Summit
Netflix
Ueli Steck was known as “the fastest climber in the world,” until Dani Arnold broke his Eiger speed record in 2011. That incredible climb sparked a duel across the great north faces of the European Alps, many of which the pair climbed “solo” — without safety equipment. That rivalry is chronicled in this documentary.
Star of the Month: Charlton Heston
TCM, beginning at 6:15am
Catch a Classic!
John Charles Carter, best known under his professional name as legendary actor Charlton Heston, would have turned 100 today (he was born in Wilmette, Illinois, on Oct. 4, 1923, and passed away in Beverly Hills on April 5, 2008, at age 84). Turner Classic Movies will celebrate Heston with lineups of his films each Wednesday in October, beginning with a 10-film, 25-plus-hour marathon on this anniversary date of his birth. Highlights among today’s lineup include the 1959 epic Ben-Hur, featuring Heston’s Best Actor Oscar-winning performance in the title role; the 1965 Western Major Dundee, with Heston again playing the titular character; and two films making their TCM premieres: the 1990 TV movie Treasure Island, with Heston as Long John Silver, and the 1968 World War II drama Counterpoint.
Sullivan’s Crossing
The CW, 8pm
New Series!
Based on the book series by New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr, this Canadian family drama follows a neurosurgeon named Maggie Sullivan (Morgan Kohan), who returns to her rural Nova Scotian hometown to reconnect with her estranged father, Sully (Gilmore Girls’ Scott Patterson), after a scandal blows up her life in Boston. Life may be a lot slower at the lakeside escape, but it can be just as messy, especially once sparks fly with campground newcomer Cal (CW vet Chad Michael Murray of One Tree Hill), who has Maggie second-guessing her relationship with beau Andrew (Allan Hawco).
Quantum Leap
NBC, 8pm
Season Premiere!
This revival of the classic time-travel sci-fi series returns for its second season with “This Took Too Long!” Instead of leaping home as expected, Ben (Raymond Lee) finds himself in 1978 aboard a top-secret military flight, transporting mysterious cargo. When the flight comes under attack, the plot deepens as Ben and the crew discover the sobering truth behind their mission. Caitlin Bassett, Mason Alexander Park, Nanrisa Lee and Ernie Hudson also return to lead the cast. Newcomers in the second season include Eliza Taylor as Hannah Carson, a complex young woman who may be more than she appears, and Peter Gadiot as Tom Westfall, a former special forces member who is now high up in Army Intelligence and will take on a crucial role overseeing the Quantum Leap project.
America Outdoors With Baratunde Thurston: “Utah: Choose Your Path”
PBS, 8pm
From the nomadic Diné tribes who have been there since time immemorial to the Mormons who made their religious pilgrimage in 1847, Utah’s expansive beauty has been a magnet for centuries. So, what draws modern pilgrims? Host Baratunde Thurston journeys west to find out what they’re seeking and how they are shaping the outdoor culture today.
The Spencer Sisters
The CW, 9pm
New Series!
This lighthearted Canadian comedy/drama features a former police officer named Darby (Stacey Farber) and her estranged mother (Caroline in the City’s Lea Thompson), a mystery novelist, who decide to work together as partners in a private detective agency, despite having very different temperaments and some palpable disdain for one another. As the two women, often mistaken for sisters, begin to investigate crimes in their hometown of Alder Bluffs, they also begin to mend their fractured relationship.
Ghost Adventures
Discovery Channel, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The new season of the paranormal investigation series begins with “Devil Island,” a two-hour special that follows Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin, Jay Wasley and Billy Tolley as they explore the deceptively named Angel Island across San Francisco Bay. Once home to an immigration station with a notorious history of torture and despair, the island now reportedly contains residual anger and other emotions emanating from a demonic darkness.
Forged in Fire
History, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The competition series begins Season 10 with two hourlong episodes. First, the series heads to Texarkana, Texas, to the Bill Moran School of Bladesmithing, the oldest bladesmithing school in the country. There, three of their top smiths will be put through the ultimate test. After two brutal challenges, only one will emerge victorious, representing their school in the finals and facing off against other smiths across the country for the grand prize. Following that, three of the top smiths from the New Agrarian School in Bigfork, Montana, will be tested in two grueling challenges, with only one going on to represent the school in the finals.
Magnum P.I.
NBC, 9pm
New Episodes!
The crime drama returns with the second half of its fifth and final season. In tonight’s episode, “Hit and Run,” Magnum (Jay Hernandez) and Higgins (Perdita Weeks) go to work for a dangerous and controversial client. Meanwhile, Kumu (Amy Hill) and Shammy (Christopher Thornton) help move TC (Stephen Hill) to a veterans’ rehab facility, while Rick (Zachary Knighton) flirts with a woman who works at the marina.
NOVA: Ancient Earth
PBS, 9pm
New Miniseries!
This four-part NOVA miniseries explores various formative aspects of our planet. In the premiere episode, “Birth of the Sky,” see how early Earth was a hellscape of molten lava and barren rock bombarded by meteors and with no atmosphere at all. How did our familiar blue sky — the thin, life-giving band of gasses protecting our planet — come to be?
Chucky
Syfy & USA Network, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Season 3 of this series based on the comedic horror film franchise about the titular killer doll now sees Chucky (voice of Brad Dourif) ensconced with America’s first family inside the walls of the White House. How did he end up there, and how can Jake (Zackary Arthur), Devon (Björgvin Arnarson) and Lexy (Alyvia Alyn Lind) possibly get to him inside of the world’s most secure residence? Meanwhile, Tiffany (voice of Jennifer Tilly) faces a looming crisis of her own as the police close in on her for “Jennifer Tilly’s” murderous rampage last season.
Evolution Earth
PBS, 10pm
Series Finale!
The final episode of this climate series looks at one of Earth’s most important, yet most overlooked, habitats: grasslands. Follow scientists as they discover animal species with the power to transform and restore the grasslands, turning them into carbon sinks that could slow climate change.
SurrealEstate
Syfy, 10pm
Season Premiere!
The spooky and funny series returns for Season 2. It follows real estate agent Luke Roman (Tim Rozon) and his elite team of specialists who handle the cases no one else can: haunted and possessed houses that literally scare would-be buyers away. Researching, investigating and “fixing” the things that go bump in the night, the team works to create closure — and closings — even as they struggle with demons of their own. In the season premiere, “Trust the Process,” Luke struggles to handle an engaged property, while Susan (Sarah Levy) falls in love with a home that has a special power. Tennille Read, Maurice Dean Wint and Adam Korson costar.
Icons Unearthed
Vice, 10pm
Season Premiere!
The series returns for Season 5, which will explore the history of James Bond movies. In tonight’s premiere episode, “A Spy Is Born,” see how the famous British agent began life with real-life former spy and author Ian Fleming, and explore the bumpy road to bringing Bond from the page to the big screen.
Thursday, Oct. 5
Everything Now
Netflix
New Series!
In this British comedy/drama, when 16-year-old Mia (Sophie Wilde) returns home after a lengthy recovery from an eating disorder, she is thrust back into the chaotic world of school, only to find that her friends have moved on with teen life without her. Along with an ever-evolving bucket list, three best mates and a major new crush, Mia throws herself headfirst into a world of dating, parties and first kisses, soon discovering that not everything in life can be planned for.
Lupin
Netflix
Season Premiere!
The French mystery thriller returns, continuing to follow the life of gentleman thief Assane Diop (Omar Sy). Now in hiding, Assane must learn to live far from his estranged wife (Ludivine Sagnier) and their son. But Assane can’t take the suffering they endure because of him, so he decides to return to Paris and make them a crazy proposal: leave France and start a new life elsewhere. However, the ghosts of the past are never far away, and an unexpected return will turn Assane’s plans upside down.
Bargain
Paramount+
New Series!
This South Korean drama revolves around a group of strangers who gather at a remote motel with ulterior motives, seeking to bargain. Unlike the original short film on which it is based, this series follows the characters after an unexpected earthquake traps them inside the building. With no one to trust, they must find a way to survive. The series is led by Jin Seon-kyu, Jeon Jong-seo and Chang Ryul.
FBoy Island
The CW, 8pm
Season Finale!
In the last episode of the season, “The Men Have No Idea,” the women must decide which of their final two is “the one” after their second 24-hour date.
BattleBots
Discovery Channel, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The robot-fighting series returns, and every battle is win or go home.
Hispanic Heritage: Stories From the Border
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Films set near the Mexico-America border are the focus of tonight’s lineup, starting with the Oscar-nominated adventure drama El Norte (1983), which follows siblings Enrique (David Villalpando) and Rosa (Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez) as they flee Guatemala and embark on a perilous journey to the U.S. after their family gets killed in a government massacre. Next, Ricardo Montalbán stars in the crime drama Border Incident (1949), about a Mexican federal agent and his American counterpart who attempt to penetrate a gang exploiting nonresident Mexican farm workers on the border. Then, Bette Davis and Paul Muni star in the crime drama Bordertown (1935), revolving around a love triangle at a border-town casino in Mexico. Finally, two action dramas close out the lineup: The Wild Bunch (1969), which features a group of outlaws looking for one last big score and stars William Holden, Ernest Borgnine and Robert Ryan; and lastly, Border Treasure (1950), a Western about a gang of outlaws operating near the border who attempt to rob a woman traveling on a train (Inez Cooper) with money raised to aid earthquake victims in Mexico.
NFL Football: Chicago at Washington
Prime Video, 8:15pm Live
Justin Fields and the Chicago Bears ship off to FedExField in Landover, Maryland, for a Thursday Night Football matchup against the Washington Commanders.
Loki
Disney+, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The second season of this time-twisting Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) series picks up right where Season 1 left off, and star Tom Hiddleston teases that viewers will find his god of mischief in a familiar, but strange, place. “Loki is back at the [Time Variance Authority],” he says, “he’s had a very difficult confrontation with Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino), and Mobius (Owen Wilson) and Hunter B-15 (Wunmi Mosaku) don’t know who he is.” Other cast members returning in the new season include Jonathan Majors, who played He Who Remains in Season 1 but this time is Victor Timely, a variant of Kang the Conqueror who was introduced earlier this year at the end of the feature film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania; Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Ravonna Renslayer; and Tara Strong as the voice of Miss Minutes. Among the newcomers to the cast is Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan as Ouroboros “OB,” a TVA agent in charge of tech and repairs.
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
Nat Geo, 10pm
This documentary chronicles how, in Uganda’s 2021 presidential election, music star/activist/opposition leader Bobi Wine, with his wife, Barbie, rallied his people in a dangerous fight for freedom from the ruthless regime of Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986.
The Dead Files: “Burning Hatred”
Travel Channel, 10pm
Paula’s childhood home always gave her an unsettling feeling, but she was never concerned for anyone’s safety. However, things have taken a dangerous turn since she moved away. Terrified for her parents’ lives, Paula now begs Cindy and Steve for help.
Friday, Oct. 6
More Classic Disney Animated Shorts
Disney+
A final batch of seven newly restored classic animated shorts from Walt Disney Animation Studios ahead of its 100th anniversary (it was founded on Oct. 16, 1923) drops today on Disney+. The titles are Camping Out (1934), starring Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar; Chips Ahoy (1956), with Chip and Dale; Fiddling Around (1930), featuring a virtuoso violin performance by Mickey; Old MacDonald Duck (1941) and Inferior Decorator (1948), with Donald Duck; When the Cat’s Away (1929), led by Mickey and Minnie; and Wynken, Blynken and Nod (1938), a dreamlike fantasy.
Fair Play
Netflix
Feature Film Exclusive!
In this thriller, an unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple’s relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel far more than their recent engagement. Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, Eddie Marsan and Rich Sommer star.
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
Paramount+
Original Film!
This horror movie is based on Stephen King’s novel Pet Sematary and serves as a prequel to the 2019 feature film adaptation, adding a previously untold chapter to this terrifying tale in which characters never seem to learn that “dead is better.” In 1969, a young Jud Crandall (Jackson White) has dreams of leaving his hometown of Ludlow, Maine, behind. But he soon discovers sinister secrets buried within and is forced to confront a dark family history that will forever keep him connected to the community. Banding together, Jud and his childhood friends must fight an ancient evil that has gripped Ludlow since its founding, which, once unearthed, has the power to destroy everything in its path. Forrest Goodluck, Jack Mulhern, Henry Thomas, Natalie Alyn Lind, Isabella Star LaBlanc, Pam Grier and David Duchovny also star.
The Continental: From the World of John Wick
Peacock
Season Finale!
The prequel series to the popular John Wick action films drops its third and final episode.
Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe
Prime Video
New Series!
Inspired by an in-depth Vanity Fair investigation, this three-part docuseries unveils the dark truth behind the Twin Flames Universe, an alleged online love cult run out of suburban Michigan by captivating YouTube influencers Jeff and Shaleia Divine. The series features real-life testimony from former members, exclusive video footage with the group’s leaders and sit-down interviews with families of those who remain involved.
Totally Killer
Prime Video
Original Film!
Over 30 years after the shocking murder of three teens, the infamous “Sweet Sixteen Killer” returns on Halloween night to claim a fourth victim. When 17-year-old Jamie (Kiernan Shipka) ignores her overprotective mom’s (Julie Bowen) warning and comes face-to-face with the masked maniac, she accidentally time-travels back to 1987, the year of the original killings. Forced to navigate the unfamiliar and outrageous culture of the 1980s, Jamie teams up with her teenage mom (Olivia Holt) to take down the killer once and for all before she’s stuck in the past forever. Randall Park and Lochlyn Munro costar in this horror comedy from Blumhouse.
The Wheel of Time
Prime Video
Season Finale!
Season 2 of the fantasy series led by Rosamund Pike concludes.
The Very Very Best of the ’80s
AXS TV, 8pm
New Episodes!
New episodes of this fan-favorite countdown series start up again tonight. The series features pop-culture icons sharing their thoughts on the films, music, TV, toys and more that defined the 1980s.
TCM Spotlight: Gothic Movies: “Bestselling Literature”
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Along with its “Creepy Cinema” lineups on Tuesday nights, Turner Classic Movies’ celebration of the spooky season will also include Friday evenings devoted to films with various gothic themes. It kicks off tonight with several notable movies based on gothic literary classics. Leading things off is Wuthering Heights (1939), an adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel, starring Best Actor Oscar nominee Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon. Next comes Jane Eyre (1944), another film based on a renowned 1847 novel by a Brontë sister, in this case Charlotte. It’s led by Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles. Following that is Dragonwyck (1946), adapted from Anya Seton’s 1944 novel and starring Gene Tierney, Walter Huston and Vincent Price; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella and led by Spencer Tracy in the dual title role, alongside Ingrid Bergman; The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), from Oscar Wilde’s 1890 novel, with Hurd Hatfield as the title character and costarring Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee Angela Lansbury in an early role; The Tell-Tale Heart (1941), a short film based on Edgar Allan Poe’s 1843 short story; and The Secret Garden (1949), the second screen adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1911 novel, starring Margaret O’Brien.
Bering Sea Gold
Discovery Channel, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Unrelenting in their pursuit of gold, the miners featured in this series boost their operations with new tech and unconventional, never-before-seen dredges as the new Industrial Revolution dawns in Nome. However, a record-breaking storm of the century may leave the area forever changed.
A Zest for Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 9pm
Original Film!
When Hannah Swensen’s (Alison Sweeney) mother, Delores (Barbara Niven), finds the dead body of a homeowner — and regular customer of The Cookie Jar — while house hunting for Hannah’s sister Michelle (Tess Atkins), Hannah’s sleuthing becomes a family affair.
The UnXplained
History, 9pm
Season Premiere!
This William Shatner-hosted series that explores the truth behind the most bizarre and mysterious events in history returns for Season 6 with “The World Beneath Our Feet.” Humanity has launched satellites into outer space and submarines to the ocean floor, but the ground below Earth’s surface remains shrouded in mystery. Are there profound secrets buried beneath layers of rock or hidden in vast caves? Can the subterranean world below shed light on humanity’s past or even its future?
Rebuilding Black Wall Street
OWN, 9pm
On May 31, 1921, and into the next day, a mob destroyed Tulsa’s Greenwood District, known as Black Wall Street for its thriving businesses and leaders, in what has been called the single most horrific incident of racial terrorism since slavery. An estimated 300 people were killed, more than 1,200 homes were destroyed, and at least 60 businesses and community buildings burned to the ground that night. This six-part docuseries traces the century-long impact of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and chronicles the resilient community in Tulsa’s Greenwood District who are rebuilding it. Tonight marks the second episode in the series.
“V/H/S” Double Feature
AMC, 10pm
Two back-to-back installments of the infamous found-footage anthology franchise air tonight beginning with V/H/S/94, where an ominous VHS tape reveals a sinister cult that has prerecorded material that uncovers a horrifying conspiracy. Immediately following is V/H/S/99.
The Proof Is Out There
History, 10pm
Season Premiere!
In “The Bigfoot Files,” the Season 4 premiere of this series that investigates unexplained phenomena, host Tony Harris separates the real from the fake in some of the most compelling Bigfoot evidence recently captured. He and a collection of top researchers, investigators, academics and scientists evaluate the latest and most intriguing sounds, photos and videos to analyze and pass verdicts on their authenticity.
Saturday, Oct. 7
Svengoolie’s Halloween BOOnanza
MeTV, beginning at 9am
Throughout October, particularly on weekends, MeTV presents a variety of spooky and fun programming. Today’s lineup kicks off with the “Bugs Bunny Halloween Hour” on Saturday Morning Cartoons. Right after that comes eight hours of creepy episodes from classic TV Westerns like The Wild Wild West, The Big Valley and more. Then, in primetime, Svengoolie Classic Horror & Sci-Fi Movie will offer a double feature of Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988) and The Crawling Eye (1958).
College Football: Texas vs. Oklahoma
ABC, 12pm Live
The Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners square off in the Allstate Red River Rivalry game today at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
Makeover by Monday
Magnolia Network, 1pm
Season Premiere!
In the second season premiere, Jenni Yolo is turning a young couple’s uninspired addition into a retreat-worthy guest room. By applying new techniques with limewash paint and installing a DIY laundry hanging rack, Jenni takes this unused space from drab to fab, creating a jungle-like oasis in just three days.
The Blob
MOVIES!, 2:45pm
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. The Blob airs third in MOVIES!’s lineup of creature features this afternoon. Airing ahead of it are Trog (1970), a sci-fi horror movie featuring Joan Crawford in her final movie appearance, and the creepy 1972 TV movie Gargoyles, led by Cornel Wilde. After The Blob are Howard Hawks’ 1951 alien invader classic The Thing From Another World, followed by the not as well done, but still kind of fun, 1959 title The Alligator People.
MLB Playoffs: AL & NL Division Series: Game 1
FS1 & TBS, beginning at 4pm Live
Major League Baseball’s best-of-five-game Division Series begin today with the American League on FS1 and the National League on TBS.
3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Ghost
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
A ghost from the 1920s refuses to leave the home just listed by Anna (Julie Gonzalo), a new real estate agent. Worse, the spirit is convinced she cannot “pass over” until she gets Anna back together with her ex.
Buying Back My Daughter
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
When Dana (Meagan Good) and Curtis’ (Roger Cross) 16-year-old daughter, Alicia (Faith Wright), sneaks out of the house to attend a party, a bout with teenage rebellion quickly escalates into a widespread search party spearheaded by Dana and the police. After almost a year of searching for her missing daughter, a mother’s intuition leads Dana to the salacious world of online escort ads where, to her horror, she finds her Alicia listed for sale.