News & Notes
Over on cable, Food Network has a Kids Baking Championship: Trick or Treat special.
AT&T/DirecTV Audience has the third season finale of Full Circle.
Prime Picks
Arrow (The CW): Season Premiere. Star City is being menaced by Tobias Church, which has Oliver thinking about creating a new team.
Frequency (The CW): Series Premiere. A detective discovers she can communicate with her father, some two decades in the past, via his old ham radio. She learns that the story she grew up with regarding his death may not actually be what happened and ends up warning him, which leads to some changes in the present. I really liked this one. It has lots of potential for interesting stories to tell within the structure of the premise. Listen to my spoiler-free preview to find out more about the show.
Younger (TV Land): New. Thad’s laptop could out Liza. A Silicon Valley billionaire invests in Empirical. Runs 31 minutes. Plays again later.
Solid Selections
Blindspot (NBC): New. Nas and Weller attempt to figure out how to lead the team together. Jane starts to see a few positives regarding her old group.
Modern Family (ABC): New. Luke and Manny run against each other for class president. Phil tries to help Haley with her business. Runs 31 minutes.
black-ish (ABC): New. Junior decides to run for class president and Dre becomes his campaign manager. Starts a minute after the half hour and runs 29 minutes.
Designated Survivor (ABC): New. The FBI continues to investigate the bombing. President Kirkman and the staff deal with a security breach.
Other Options
- Criminal Minds (CBS): New. JJ is affected by a child abduction case.
- The Goldbergs (ABC): New. Erica and Adam deal with some relationship problems. Beverly can’t take Murray’s stubbornness any longer. Runs 30 minutes.
- Lethal Weapon (FOX): New. A case leads Murtaugh to reconnect with his training officer. Riggs continues to avoid his feelings about the loss of his wife. Continues to be a fun show.
- Quarry (Cinemax): Repeat. This past Friday night’s episode, “Seldom Realized,” replays.
- Queen Sugar (OWN): New. Nova and Charley get into it. Ralph Angel wants out of an illegal deal. Plays again later. The three previous episodes replay right before.
- Speechless (ABC): New. Maya goes on a crusade to let everyone know the beach location for the school bonfire isn’t wheelchair accessible. Runs 30 minutes.
Sports Note
- ESPN has the National League Wild Card game with the San Francisco Giants at the New York Mets.
Late Night
- Westworld (HBO): Repeat. This past Sunday night’s series premiere episode, “The Original,” replays. Runs 75 minutes.
Wednesday TV Marathons
Bones (TNT): Eight episodes tonight and into late night.
CSI: Miami (WEtv): Seven episodes tonight.
Law & Order (ION): Has 14 episodes.
Law & Order (WEtv): Six episodes today.
NCIS (USA Network): Has 14 episodes.
