Oct. 6 – Oct. 12
‘The Caine Mutiny’ goes to court, ‘The Price is Right’ Meets ‘Amazing Race’ & Edgar Allen Poe gets a modern spin
FRIDAY, Oct. 6
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New fright flick from the director of Hellraiser about a “found footage” videotape that takes a group of viewers back to terrifying horrors of a former era (Shudder).
Shark Tank
The investment “sharks” hear pitches about reusable sandbags, leggings for men and a new twist on Latin American food (8 p.m., ABC).
SATURDAY, Oct. 7
Buying Back My Daughter
Vanderkpump Rules star Adriana Maddox plays a cop trying to track down a trafficked teen in this ripped-from-the-headlines movie also featuring Meagan Good (Lifetime)
Svengoolie’s Halloween BOOnanza
Kick off a month-long celebration of all things ghoul-y with TV’s iconic host, who ushers in a marathon of retro TV chills and thrills (above) beginning with a Bugs Bunny Halloween special, then galloping through episodes of classic TV westerns haunted by all sort of stranger things (9 p.m., MeTV).
NOW HEAR THIS
Get ready for the holidays with Now That’s What I Call Christmas a Most Wonderful Christmas (Sony), with 16 holiday tunes, including classics from the musical vault by artists Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, Brenda Lee and Andy Williams, and more recent ho-ho-hummables from Carrie Underwood, Sam Smith, Thomas Rhett and Camila Cabello.
SUNDAY, Oct. 8
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
William (The Exorcist) Friedkin directs this riveting courtroom drama based on the Pulitizer Prize-winning novel by Howard Wouk, with an all-star cast (Jason Clarke, Jake Lacy, Keifer Sullivan, Monica Raymund) in a tense tale of naval officer standing trail for orchestrating a mutiny (9 p.m., Showtime).
The Circus
Political junkies, here’s the next dose of your fix. The award-winning, dirt-digging news series returns for season eight, with hosts John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon and Jennifer Palmeri (below) pulling back the curtain on the high-stakes drama of the emerging race for the White House (7 p.m., Showtime).
MONDAY, Oct. 9
The Matthew Shepard Story
Subtitled “An American Hate Crime,” this two-hour documentary special examines the legacy of the torture and murder of a gay graduate student 25 years ago that continues to resonate today as a horrific example of the discrimination, danger and violence faced by many in the LGBTQ+ community (9 p.m., ID).
Harry Wild
The Irish mystery thriller series returns tonight for season two, with Jane Seymour as a retiree sleuth with a young PI partner (Rohan Nedd) as they pursue a deepening puzzle involving a long-missing mom who suddenly turns up (Acorn TV).
The Price is Right
On tonight’s new primetime edition of the iconic daytime game show, Phil Keoghan (host of TV’s The Amazing Race and Tough as Nails) invites fans of The Amazing Race to “come on down” and compete for prizes and trips (8 p.m., CBS).
READ ALL ABOUT IT
Lee Miller: Photographs (Thames & Hudson) is a new collection of more than 100 shots taken by the former Vogue fashion photographer turned war correspondent. The foreword is by Kate Winslet, who will portray Miller—real name: Elizabeth “Lee” Miller—in the upcoming movie about her amazing, ahead-of-its-time life.
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Jim Carrey is so Jim-Carrey-ish as an over-the-top sleuth specializing in missing animals in this 1994 comedy costarring Sean Young, Courtney Cox and rapper Tone Loc (10 p.m., TruTV).
The Simpsons
TV’s longest running primetime scripted series returns to the streaming service for season 34 and more shenanigans, with all-star guest voices this time around by Fred Armisen, Anna Faris, Rob Lowe, Melissa McCarthy, Aubrey Plaza and more (Disney+)
The Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Jule
Documentary about how the vaping company, at one time the fastest growing enterprise in the world, went down in flames as a cautionary tale (Netflix).
Awareness
Mind-tripping movie from Spain about a teen who uses his special ability—making people “see” things that aren’t really there—to con them…but then one of his scams hits a snag, and he becomes the target of people who want to exploit him (Amazon Prime).
THURSDAY, Oct. 12
Little Bird
Celebrated Canadian drama (below) is a six-part dramatic series featuring a cast of indigenous actors is set on a reserve in Saskatchewan and follows a young woman, Bezhig Little Bird (Darla Contois) on a search to find the truth about her birth parents, her adoption and her slblings (10 p.m., PBS).
Keke Wyatt’s World
She’s been in the music game for more than three decades, and now she’s ready to take her career to another level. Learn all about the R&B artist and how she juggles her career, home life and 11 kids! (WEtv).
BRING IT HOME
Who let the dogs out? In the riotously raunchy comedy Strays (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment) a couple of canines (voiced by Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx) who rebel against a negligent owner (Will Forte). It’s filthy, but it fetches a dog pound full of naughty laughs.
The Fall of the House of Usher
Bruce Greenwood, Carla Gugino, Mary McDonnell and Mark Hamill star in this new horror anthology series (below), which puts a contemporary spin on the Edgar Allen Poe classic about wealth, power and privilege—and dangerous family secrets (Netflix).
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