What to Watch, and More! Week of Sept. 25 – Oct. 1
‘Family Feud’ turns 50, the films of Ricardo Montalban, and will the MTV Awards be a Swifty sweep?
FRIDAY, Sept. 25
S.W.A.T. Exiles
Shemar Moore reprises his character of Sergeant Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson, leading a new division of untested young recruits in this spinoff of the hit S.W.A.T. series (Starz).
The Unabomber
Inspired by real events, this drama follows Ted Kaczynski (Jacob Tremblay) as he tranforms from Harvard prodigy into the infamous Unabomber (Netflix).
Backrooms
The acclaimed horror film comes to TV. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett and Lukita Maxwel star in this terror tale of a strange doorway that leads to an endless, interconnecting labyrinth—and the fear that, around every corner, something bad is waiting for you (HBO Max).
SATURDAY, Sept. 26
The Ocean Between Them
A devoted mother (Rebecca Gayheart) finds her world upended when her daughter disappears at sea during a vacation in Belize (8 p.m., Lifetime).
Saturday Night Live
Tune in for a new season, the 52nd, of America’s longest-running late-night live comedy show, hosted tonight by NBA superstar Jalen Brunson with musical guests KATSEYE (11:30 p.m., NBC).
SUNDAY, Sept. 27
MTV Music Video Awards
Madonna and Taylor Swift (above) are among the leading nominees for the iconic live presentation of honors for the year’s top music vids, which returns to Los Angeles tonight for the first time in nearly a decade (7:30 p.m., CBS).
Still Flipping Out
New quasi-reality show follows Flipping Out star Jeff Lewis living his life, working his Sirius XM radio show, and doing his thing all around Los Angeles (9 p.m., Bravo).
MONDAY, Sept. 28
Family Feud
The survey says… Happy Anniversary! Tonight marks the 50th year of the fan-favorite syndicated game show, hosted by Steve Harvey sind 2016 (check local listings).
LEGO: One Piece
Animated special becomes the latest in the Lego pirate adventure franchise (Netflix).
TUESDAY, Sept. 29
Scammed
How online scams steal billions of dollars and ruin victims’ lives, and the rise of a global criminal industry, the people and technology enabling it, and the efforts to shut it down (10 p.m., PBS).
Celebrating Ricardo Montalban
Settle in for an evening of the Mexican-born Fantasy Island TV actor’s films, including Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn, above (1982) and The Train Robbers (1973) (check listings, TCM).
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30
The Amazing Race
Season 39 begins with a two-night premiere and the start of a new trek around the world (9:30 p.m., CBS).
Stone Age Masterpiece
Visit a cave in France that holds some of the world’s oldest art—of lions, mammoths and rhinos—dating back 20,000 years (9 p.m., PBS).
THURSDAY, Oct. 1
War
Dominic West and Sienna Miller star in this new series about a headline-grabbing legal battle in London (9 p.m., HBO Max).
Archive X: Unexplained Phenomena Six-part series probes telepathy, near-death experiences, UFO encounters, alien abductions, prophetic dreams and messages from the beyond (10 p.m., Sundance TV, AMC+).
READ ALL ABOUT IT
Originally published in 2017 to coincide with their 50th anniversary, The Jacksons’ Legacy (Thames & Hudson) has been newly re-released in paperback. It’s a photo-packed history of the hitmaking family’s lives and careers, with exclusive interviews from the brothers and others involved in their music, their tours and their lives.
BRING IT HOME
A pair of fraternity brothers are out of their element posing as counselors at a Christian camp to avoid doing community service—despite knowing nothing about camping or church, and disliking kids in general—in Bad Counselors (SGD Releasing), a Meatballs-ish comedy starring Taylor Grabowsky, Ryan Gunnarson and Dexter Masland.
Milly Alcock stars in the Supergirl (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment), Superman’s cousin from Krypton now on an action-packed intergalactic mission to find the adversary who harmed her dog, Krypto. With Jason Momoa, David Corenswet and Eve Ridkey. With over 90 minutes of bonus features!
Vampires have often been sexy beasts, but 1994’s Interview with Vampire took the eroticism up a few notches with Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise as hunky New Orleans bloodsuckers. Newly re-released in hi-def 4K, it also stars Kristen Dunst, Antonio Banderas and Christian Slater (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment).