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Wednesday, Oct. 16
Shrinking
Apple TV+
Season Premiere!
The Emmy Award-nominated comedy about a newly widowed therapist named Jimmy (Jason Segel) and his ailing boss (Harrison Ford) will return for more bumbling hilarity and words of delightfully crotchety wisdom (via Ford) in a slightly longer second season that is sure to be equally as charming as its first. Now that Jimmy and fellow therapist Gaby (Jessica Williams) are romantically involved, things can only get weirder (and funnier) at the office; plus, a blast from the past will threaten to destabilize both Jimmy and his daughter, Alice (Lukita Maxwell).
The Faulkner Focus
FOX News Channel, 11am
FOX News Channel’s Harris Faulkner presents a town hall special with Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump focusing on issues impacting women at Reid Barn in Cumming, Georgia. Taped in front of an audience entirely composed of women, the town all airs today during The Faulkner Focus. “Women constitute the largest group of registered and active voters in the United States, so it is paramount that female voters understand where the presidential candidates stand on the issues that matter to them most,” Faulkner says. “I am looking forward to providing our viewers with an opportunity to learn more about where former President Trump stands on these topics.”
Special Report With Bret Baier
FOX News Channel, 6pm
FOX News Channel’s chief political anchor Bret Baier conducts an interview with Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris today in Pennsylvania. This week’s appearance marks Harris’ first formal sit-down interview on the network ever and will air during Special Report With Bret Baier.
NHL Hockey
TNT & truTV, beginning at 7pm Live
TNT Sports presents an NHL doubleheader tonight with the Buffalo Sabres at the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Boston Bruins at the Colorado Avalanche.
Sullivan’s Crossing: “Confessions”
The CW, 8pm
Maggie (Morgan Kohan) and the others help Edna (Andrea Menard) prepare the campground for a storm, and Frank (Tom Jackson) confides in Sully (Scott Patterson).
The Masked Singer: “Group B Premiere: Sports Night”
FOX, 8pm
The five Group B contestants make their grand debut with songs like “Rock Your Body,” “Believe,” “We Belong,” “Sweet Caroline” and “Lose Control.” Joel McHale and Nikki Glaser make guest appearances in the new episode “Group B Premiere: Sports Night.”
Chicago Med: “Blurred Lines”
NBC, 8pm
A familiar face returns to the ED, while Ripley (Luke Mitchell) and Charles (Oliver Platt) treat a woman with a rare disorder.
Big Cats 24/7
PBS, 8pm
Series Finale!
The wildlife series capturing the dramatic lives of African big cats in Botswana ends tonight.
TCM Star of the Month: Bela Lugosi
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ Wednesday night salute to horror icon Bela Lugosi continues this evening with six more creepy films, beginning with White Zombie (1932), the first feature-length zombie movie; The Body Snatcher (1945), from producer Val Lewton and director Robert Wise, which marked the eighth and final onscreen pairing between Lugosi and fellow scary movie master Boris Karloff; and The Devil Bat (1940). The lineup then continues into late night with Mark of the Vampire (1935), from director Tod Browning, who had directed Lugosi’s signature performance in 1931’s Dracula; the 1929 mystery film The Thirteenth Chair, made before Lugosi was famous and also directed by Browning; and Lugosi’s final film, director Ed Wood’s infamous, very low-budget production Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957).
Sistas
BET, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The comedy/drama from Tyler Perry returns for Season 8 with “Dead Man Walking.”
The Floor: “The Triple Threat”
FOX, 9pm
Contestants face questions about vending machines, action movies, Gen Z and more in the new episode “The Triple Threat.” Rob Lowe hosts.
Chicago Fire: “Through the Skin”
NBC, 9pm
Violet (Hanako Greensmith) risks her job to deliver a baby on a tragic call. Meanwhile, Damon’s (Michael Bradway) departure weighs on Severide (Taylor Kinney).
Abbott Elementary: “Ringworm”
ABC, 9:30pm
The faculty bands together to stop ringworm from spreading through the entire school.
Fugitives Caught on Tape
A&E, 10pm
New Series!
A bit like Cops and On Patrol: Live, this new series follows law enforcement officers pursuing fugitives on the run. In the premiere, LAPD ground units work with helicopter officers to catch an alleged multiple hit-and-run suspect, police in Florida chase an alleged murder suspect across county lines, and deputies in New Mexico pursue a naked woman driving recklessly on the highway.
Wild West Chronicles: “Elijah Briant and the Wild Bunch”
INSP, 10pm
When Elijah Briant is elected sheriff, the mild-mannered druggist and former teacher tries to enforce the law without carrying a weapon. But he soon faces his greatest challenge when the last surviving members of the Wild Bunch descend on his town.
Chicago P.D.: “The After”
NBC, 10pm
ASA Chapman (Sara Bues) assists Intelligence with an investigation that dredges up painful memories for Voight (Jason Beghe).
Secrets of the Dead: “The Herculaneum Scrolls”
PBS, 10pm
Making headlines around the world, Brent Seales and his team of computer scientists set out on a mission to read the 2,000-year-old carbonized scrolls found in the remains of a villa in Herculaneum. Mt. Vesuvius’ eruption in A.D. 79 transformed the papyri, fusing together the layers of the scrolls and making them impossible to read. Can particle physics and AI finally reveal what the scrolls say?
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Thursday, Oct. 17
Wicked City
ALLBLK
Season Premiere!
In Season 3, the coven must push their powers to new heights as a new virus called “Fear Fever” spreads and a new governing order known as The Council arises. This order will go to unspeakable lengths to keep the magic world hidden and power in their own hands, causing a rift between Caden (Malika Blessing) and Claudette (Rhonda Morman).
Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance
Netflix
New Series!
This Japanese anime series takes place at the European front during the One Year War, a conflict also depicted in the first Gundam series Mobile Suit Gundam. It follows similar themes as seen in previous Gundam titles, such as conflict and love, through the human drama depicted through the clash of pilots who operate humanoid weapons called Mobile Suits.
The Lincoln Lawyer
Netflix
Season Premiere!
The drama returns with 10 new episodes based on The Gods of Guilt, the fifth book in author Michael Connelly’s Lincoln Lawyer series. Manuel Garcia-Rulfo returns as Mickey Haller, who is “a man on a mission” in this third season, according to co-showrunner Dailyn Rodriguez. Four new cast members join the series: Merrin Dungey as Judge Regina Turner; Allyn Moriyon as Eddie Rojas, a fitness buff and former babysitter for Mickey’s daughter, Hayley (Krista Warner); John Pirruccello as William Forsythe, a prosecutor who Mickey is excited to go up against; and Philip Anthony-Rodriguez as Adam Suarez, the chief deputy district attorney.
The Shadow Strays
Netflix
Original Film!
This Indonesian action drama follows Codename 13 (Aurora Ribero), a young assassin who finds herself suspended after a mission gone wrong. During her downtime, she bonds with Monji (Ali Fikry), a boy who recently lost his mother to a crime syndicate. When Monji disappears, 13 embarks on a quest to find him, even if it means going against her mentor and the organization she belongs to, the Shadows.
The Midwich Cuckoos: Village of the Damned
Sundance Now, Acorn TV & AMC+
New Series!
This series is based on John Wyndham’s novel, which has previously been adapted into two feature films called Village of the Damned. One summer evening, every person inside a small English town suddenly falls unconscious. As they recover from the devastating effects of the blackout, a horrifying discovery is made — something deeply disturbing and supernatural has taken root, and the idyllic town will never be the same again.
Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage
CBS, 8pm
New Series!
“He’s 19 and he dropped out of high school. How smooth can it be?” That’s how executive producer Chuck Lorre describes the domestic life of Georgie Cooper (Montana Jordan) and his 31-year-old bride, Mandy (Emily Osment), the main characters of this Young Sheldon sequel series. The comedy finds the new parents trying to coexist with Mandy’s dad Jim (Will Sasso) and mom Audrey (Rachel Bay Jones). Viewers will see lots of familiar faces: The premiere welcomes back Georgie’s mother (Zoe Perry) and grandmother (Annie Potts), and later episodes will include Georgie’s sister Missy (Raegan Revord).
Hell’s Kitchen: “In a Pickle”
FOX, 8pm
Chef Dan Barber joins Gordon Ramsay to judge the pickling challenge, and some dishes will shine while some will go sour. Then, the pressure is on when dinner service guests nearly go hungry in the new episode “In a Pickle.”
Law & Order: “Big Brother”
NBC, 8pm
Riley’s (Reid Scott) personal and professional lives clash when his brother is connected to a murder case.
Creepy Cinema
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
The first theme for tonight’s installment of Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Thursday night Creepy Cinema block is “Handsome & Homicidal,” offering a double feature of thrillers with leads who definitely live up to that billing. First is Targets (1968), which marked Peter Bogdanovich’s theatrical directorial debut and included Roger Corman as an executive producer. Bogdanovich also wrote the screenplay for this crime thriller, which stars Tim O’Kelly as a disturbed young gun collector who suddenly goes on a sniper killing spree, alongside Boris Karloff as an aging horror star contemplating retirement while wondering if scary movies can even compete with a modern culture that regularly features that sort of random violence. After that, and making its TCM premiere, is The Fan (1981), a psychological thriller led by Lauren Bacall as a famous actress who is stalked by a deranged and violent fan (Michael Biehn). James Garner and Maureen Stapleton costar. Moving into late night are four other movies falling under the theme of “More Creepy Cinema,” all of which are British horror cult classics: The Wicker Man (1973), led by Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland and Christopher Lee; The Lair of the White Worm (1988), a very loose adaptation of the novel by Dracula author Bram Stoker, directed by Ken Russell and starring Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant and Catherine Oxenberg; and The Reptile (1966) and The Plague of the Zombies (1966), two of the famed horror titles produced by Hammer Films.
Ghosts
CBS, 8:30pm
Season Premiere!
Season 3 of the paranormal comedy ended with Isaac (Brandon Scott Jones) being snatched away by vengeful Puritan ghost Patience (new recurring guest star Mary Holland). Find out what happens to Sam (Rose McIver), Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) and their ghostly housemates at Woodstone in Season 4.
Doctor Odyssey: “Wellness Week”
ABC, 9pm
The Odyssey finds itself overwhelmed by a surge of ailing patients, and a new romance sparks jealousy.
Matlock: “Rome, in a Day”
CBS, 9pm
As Matty (Kathy Bates) settles into her new role at Jacobson Moore, Olympia (Skye P. Marshall) and the aptly nicknamed “Team You Three” take on a lawsuit involving a developmentally delayed teenager whose family claims he’s been wrongly accused of murder in the new episode “Rome, in a Day.”
Crime Scene Kitchen: “The Proof Is in the Mousse”
FOX, 9pm
In the new episode “The Proof Is in the Mousse,” dessert detectives are thrown two of the toughest curveballs in the show’s history: a safety bake in which they must decide whether to go sweet or savory, and a testing elimination bake that produces one of the biggest fails.
The Devil’s Climb
Nat Geo, 9pm
Two of the greatest rock climbers of all time, Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell, set off on an epic adventure, cycling 2,500 miles en route to a daring climb of the Devils Thumb, a legendary 9,000-foot Alaskan peak surrounded by old-growth rainforest.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: “Divide and Conquer”
NBC, 9pm
A couple’s dinner party ends with a violent home invasion and assault by masked men.
Grey’s Anatomy: “This One’s for the Girls”
ABC, 10pm
Mika (Midori Francis) struggles with a life-altering personal matter, and Levi (Jake Borelli) finds a connection in an unlikely place.
Elsbeth
CBS, 10pm
Season Premiere!
Carrie Preston is back as Elsbeth Tascioni, the astute but unconventional attorney working with the NYPD to catch New York City’s most well-heeled murderers, for Season 2 of the critically acclaimed spinoff of The Good Wife.
Found: “Missing While Lonely”
NBC, 10pm
An elderly widower engaged to a murderer disappears. Meanwhile, Gabi (Shanola Hampton) baits Sir (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) with a game of cat and mouse.
Friday, Oct. 18
The Man Who Loved UFOs
Netflix
Original Film!
This Argentinean comedy/drama is inspired by the fascinating story of José de Zer (portrayed by Leonardo Sbaraglia), the intrepid journalist behind the most famous alien-sighting stories in the history of Argentine television.
Woman of the Hour
Netflix
Feature Film Exclusive!
Proving truth can be stranger than fiction, this drama set in 1970s Los Angeles follows aspiring actress Cheryl Bradshaw (Anna Kendrick) and Rodney Alcala (Daniel Zovatto), a serial killer in the midst of a years-long murder spree, whose lives intersect when they are cast on an episode of The Dating Game.
Hysteria!
Peacock
New Series!
When a beloved varsity quarterback disappears during the “Satanic Panic” of the late 1980s, a group of high school outcasts who have formed a heavy metal band realize they can capitalize on the town’s sudden interest in the occult, but then a bizarre series of murders, kidnappings and supernatural activity triggers a witch hunt that leads directly back to them.
College Football
ESPN, ESPN2 & FOX, beginning at 7pm Live
Florida State is at Duke (ESPN2), Oregon is at Purdue (FOX) and Oklahoma State is at BYU (ESPN) for Friday primetime college football action.
Shark Tank
ABC, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The 16th season of this reality competition series returns as multimillionaire tycoons continue their search to invest in the best businesses and products that America has to offer.
S.W.A.T.
CBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Daniel “Hondo” Harrison (Shemar Moore) and the members of the LAPD’s elite 20-Squad are back for Season 8 of the police drama.
’Twas the Date Before Christmas
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
The first film in Hallmark’s annual Countdown to Christmas features Robert Buckley and Amy Groening as Jessie and Bryan, a couple who meet on a dating app right before Jessie’s family tradition, “Chamberlain Family Christmas Olympics,” is set to begin. Inviting her new beau on the premise he pretends to be her boyfriend, the two start to develop real feelings for each other.
Happy’s Place
NBC, 8pm
New Series!
Reba McEntire stars as Bobbie, a widow who inherits her father’s bar and discovers that she has to share it with Isabella (Belissa Escobedo), the half sister she didn’t know she had. Meanwhile, Isabella has plans for big changes at the bar, which causes friction with Bobbie. Melissa Peterman, McEntire’s costar on Reba (2001-07), reunites onscreen with her real-life pal.
Making Change: The Most Significant Political Films of All Time
TCM, 8pm
Catch a Classic!
The seventh night of this series in which TCM host Ben Mankiewicz and notable guests explore the most impactful political movies of all time features four titles, the first two introduced with guests. Leading things off and taking up most of the evening is director D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation (1915), whose three-hour-plus runtime is the least of the issues that make it a tough watch — it is likely the most racist American film ever made. Jamelle Bouie, opinion columnist for The New York Times, cohosts the movie’s introduction and discusses why it ranks as highly as it does (No. 5) on this list of political films. Following that is Best Director Oscar nominee Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln (2012), led by Best Actor winner Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role. Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates cohosts the intro. Next is director Spike Lee’s Malcolm X (1992), starring Best Actor nominee Denzel Washington in the title role. The evening concludes with Primary (1960), a documentary about the 1960 Democratic primary election in Wisconsin between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey.
Lopez vs. Lopez
NBC, 8:30pm
Season Premiere!
This sitcom led by real-life father and daughter George and Mayan Lopez playing fictionalized versions of themselves returns for Season 3.
Fire Country
CBS, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Max Thieriot returns as Bode, a convict who battles Northern California wildfires in exchange for a reduced prison sentence, in Season 3 of the drama series.
Joan
The CW, 9pm
Joan (Sophie Turner) and Boisie (Frank Dillane) sneak into a woman’s house to take a valuable painting, but their plans go awry. Later, Joan is devastated by some personal news.
Blue Bloods
CBS, 10pm
New Episodes!
Frank (Tom Selleck), Danny (Donnie Wahlberg), Erin (Bridget Moynahan) and Jamie (Will Estes) move toward the Reagan family saga’s conclusion as the second half of the final season begins airing tonight.
Social Studies
FX, 10pm
Season Finale!
The documentary series about the effect of social media on teens finishes Season 1 with “Deletions and Culminations.” With graduation and life changes, the teens contemplate their future and the brave new world they navigate.
Saturday, Oct. 19
Village of the Damned
TCM, 6:30pm
Catch a Classic!
Creepy kids have been staples in many horror films but have perhaps never been used more effectively than in this 1960 cult British/American sci-fi horror flick. The childbearing women of an English village suddenly wake up to find themselves pregnant with children of uncertain parentage. After the children are born and mature, they also display growing, frightening, mind-control powers — not to mention glowing eyes and the tendency to kill people. Beware the stare!
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Disney+, Livestreams beginning at 7pm ET
Once again, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will stream live on Disney+, with a recorded special airing Jan. 1on ABC. This year’s inductees are Mary J. Blige, Jimmy Buffett, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & the Gang, Alexis Korner, John Mayall, MC5, Ozzy Osbourne, Suzanne de Passe, Big Mama Thornton, A Tribe Called Quest, Dionne Warwick and Norman Whitfield.
Holiday Crashers
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Best friends and card shop coworkers Toni (Lyndsy Fonseca) and Bri (Daniella Monet) decide to shake things up by creating new identities to crash some Christmas parties from their shop’s confidential invitations. When Toni gets mistaken for a lawyer, she and Bri are whisked away to a fancy corporate Christmas retreat in the snowy Vermont mountains by a handsome business mogul named Justin (Chris McNally), with the potential to end in disaster — or two happily-ever-afters.
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
Alyssa (Jackie Cruz) and Steven (Matthew MacCaull) have a torrid relationship from the start and move in together when Alyssa is an impressionable teen. After they have a daughter of their own, their path takes a dark turn when Steven becomes physically abusive toward the infant. Alyssa senses the situation is dire and puts the child up for adoption, but little does she know that 18 years later, their daughter would seek them out and Steven would begin having an affair with her. Things only spiral from there.
Roller Jam: “Qualifier Round 2: Y2-SK8”
Magnolia Network, 8pm
As this roller-skating competition continues, Michelle Williams from Destiny’s Child joins the judging panel as five more teams attempt to prove that their skills are worthy of the next round.
Saturday Night Live: “Michael Keaton/Billie Eilish”
NBC, 11:30pm Live; also livestreams on Peacock
Michael Keaton returns for his fourth time as SNL host, while Billie Eilish makes her own fourth appearance as musical guest.