October brings some scary good premieres, with "American Horror Story: Freak Show,""The Walking Dead" and "Grimm" leading the Halloween month frights.
Also coming is the long-awaited "Star Wars Rebels,""Gracepoint,""A to Z,""Marry Me" and the MMA-fighter themed "Kingdom." Watch for the return of "The Graham Norton Show,""Bob's Burgers,""Homeland""The Vampire Diaries" and "Inspector Lewis."
Here's a list of premieres, movies, specials and finales. As always, I italicized the ones I'm eager to see, and will add more as I learn about them.
Wednesday, Oct. 1
8 | "Criminal Minds," CBS (season premiere)
9 | "Stalker," CBS (series premiere; team chases stalkers)
9 | "The Bridge," FX (season 2 finale)
9 | "Dream School: NYC," SundanceTV (season premiere)
Thursday, Oct. 2
7 | "The Biggest Loser," NBC (time period premiere)
7 | "The Vampire Diaries," CW (season premiere)
7 | "Instant Mom," Nick at Nite (season 2 premiere)
7 | "Food Truck Face Off," Food (series premiere; Alpana Singh hosts competition)
7 | "All-American Amusements Parks," Great American Country (series premiere; inside theme parks)
8 | "Reign," CW (season premiere)
8 | "Bad Judge," NBC (series premiere; good judge makes bad personal mistakes)
8 | "Gracepoint," Fox (miniseries premiere; murder mystery adapted from British series "Broadchurch")
8:30 | "A to Z," NBC (series premiere; relationship from meeting to breakup)
9 | "Dead Again," A&E (series premiere; detectives re-examine controversial murder cases)
10 | "Jean-Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors," Reelz (series premiere; action star's private life)
Friday, Oct. 3
7 | "Last Man Standing," ABC (season premiere)
7 | "On the Menu," TNT (reality series premiere; cooking competition)
8 | "Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion," Disney (movie/series premiere; animated adventure)
8 | "Gangsters: America's Most Evil," Reelz (series premiere; notorious criminals)
8 | "Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years," PBS (PBS Arts Fall Festival special)
9 | "Kendra on Top," WEtv (season 3 premiere)
9 | "Mistaken for Strangers," Showtime (doc premiere)
10 | "Full Throttle Saloon," Reelz (series premiere; saloon opens 10 days for Sturgis Motorcycle Rally)
11 | "Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution," Comedy Central (season 3 premiere)
Saturday, Oct. 4
3 | "R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series," Hub (season 4 premiere)
7 | "Run For Your Life," Lifetime (movie; mother must disappear with kids or kill abusive husband)
8 | "Survivor's Remorse," Starz (comedy series premiere; basketball phenom signs with pro team)
8 | "Dark Haul," Syfy (movie; guardians transport a deadly creature and its half-human sister to a secure location)
8 | "Ghost Adventures," Travel (season 10 premiere)
9 | "Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store," HBO (comedy special directed by Spike Lee)
9 | "Dr. K's Exotic Animal ER," Nat Geo Wild (series premiere; busy exotic animal care practice in Florida)
10 | "The Graham Norton Show," BBC America (season 16 premiere)
Sunday, Oct. 5
5:30 | "America By the Numbers," WTTW, check local PBS listings (doc series premiere; the new American mainstream)
6:30 | "Bob's Burgers," Fox (season premiere)
7 | "Halloween Wars," Food (season 4 premiere)
7 | "Angkor Revealed," Smithsonian Channel (2-part special; vast medieval city around Cambodian temple)
8 | "Homeland," Showtime (season 4 premiere)
8 | "Inspector Lewis: Entry Wounds," PBS (Masterpiece Mystery premiere; season 7)
8 | "Oprah: Where Are They Now?" OWN (series premiere)
8 | "Alaska: The Last Frontier," Discovery (season 4 premiere)
8 | "Strangest Weather on Earth," Weather Channel (season 2 premiere)
8:30 | "Mulaney," Fox (series premiere)
9 | "The Strain," FX (season 1 finale)
9 | "Tethered," Discovery (series premiere; tied together, strangers must work together to survive in wilderness)
9 | "American Super/Natural," Weather Channel (series premiere; look into the Earth sciences as seen through the origins of Americana's most frightening legends)
Monday, Oct. 6
ttba | "Anzac Girls," Acorn TV (premiere; Aussie drama based on 5 real WWI nurses)
¿6:30 | "Max & Shred," Nickelodeon (comedy series premiere; friendship between celeb snowboarder and science whiz kid)
7 | "The Originals," CW (season premiere)
8 | "Dead Still," Syfy (movie; people who photographer shoots with special camera die)
8 | "Supernatural," CW (retrospective special)
8 | "Hunted: The War Against Gays in Russia," HBO (doc)
Tuesday, Oct. 7
7 | "The Flash," CW (series premiere; man becomes super fast super hero)
7 | "Bad Girls Club," Oxygen (season 13 premiere)
8 | "Supernatural," CW (season premiere)
8 | "Matador," El Rey (season finale)
8 | "Hotel Impossible," Travel (season 5 premiere)
8 | "Nail'd It," Oxygen (series premiere; nail art competition)
8 | "Best in Bridal," fyi (series premiere)
9 | "Town of the Living Dead," Syfy (docuseries premiere; amateur filmmakers struggle to complete zombie movie)
9 | "The People's Couch," Bravo (season 2 premiere)
9 | "Resort Rescue," Travel (series premiere; helping troubled resorts)
9 | "America: Fact vs. Fiction," AHC (season 2 premiere)
9 | "Barnwood Builders," Great American Country (series premiere; salvaging barns and cabins)
Wednesday, Oct. 8
7 | "Arrow," CW (season premiere)
8 | "Kingdom," DirecTV Audience (series premiere; drama about family of MMA fighters)
8 | "Why Planes Vanish," PBS ("Nova" premiere; check local listings)
8 | "Cutthroat Kitchen: Superstar Sabotage," Food (5-ep series premiere)
8 | "Ghost Hunters," Syfy (season 10 premiere)
9 | "The Filthy Rich Guide," CNBC (series premiere; how the .01 percent spend their money)
9 | "American Horror Story: Freak Show," FX (season premiere; this time we follow a traveling freak show)
Thursday, Oct. 9
6:30 | "Regular Show," Cartoon Network (season 6 premiere)
9 | "Inside Homicide," Investigation Discovery (series premiere; female homicide detectives)
Friday, Oct. 10
2:01 a.m. | "Chelsea Handler: Uganda Be Kidding Me Live," Netflix (standup premiere)
7 | "Genesis: Sum of the Parts," Showtime (doc premiere; band members tell their history)
7:30 | "Crisela," ABC (series premiere; family sitcom)
8 | "The Nance starring Nathan Lane," PBS ("Live from Lincoln Center" premiere)
8 | "Say Yes to the Dress," TLC (season 12 premiere)
Saturday, Oct. 11
7 | "Haunted Thundermans," Nickelodeon (Halloween special; "The Haunted Hathaways" and "The Thundermans" crossover)
8 | "Recipe for Love," Hallmark (movie; culinary student clashes with celeb chef when assigned to ghostwrite his cookbook)
9 | "Intruders," BBC America (season 1 finale)
9 | "Vanilla Ice Goes Amish," DIY (season premiere)
Sunday, Oct. 12
7 a.m. | "Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.," Disney XD (season 2 premiere)
6 p.m. | "America's Funniest Home Videos," ABC (season 25 premiere)
8 | "The Walking Dead," AMC (season 5 premiere)
8 | "Inspector Lewis: The Lions of Nemea," PBS (Masterpiece Mystery premiere)
8 | "Along Came a Nanny," Hallmark Movie Channel (movie premiere; cop poses as nanny)
9 | "The Affair," Showtime (series premiere; emotional and psychological effects of an extramarital affair)
9 | "Talking Dead," AMC (season 5 premiere)
11 | "Comic Book Men," AMC (season 4 premiere)
Monday, Oct. 13
8 | "Star Wars Rebels," Disney XD (regular day, network premiere; animated adventure)
8 | "Jane the Virgin," CW (series premiere; Latina student sues after being accidentally artificially inseminated)
8 | "Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish," BBC America (series premiere)
8 | "Shahs of Sunset," Bravo (season 4 premiere)
Tuesday, Oct. 14
ttba | "Sequestered," Crackle (season 2 premiere)
6:30 | "Joshua Bell: A YoungArts Masterclass," HBO (doc premiere)
7 | "The Voice," NBC (time period premiere)
8 | "Marry Me," NBC (series premiere; road to marriage)
8:30 | "About a Boy," NBC (season 2 premiere)
9 | "Human Planet," BBC America (season finale)
9 | "The Profit," CNBC (season premiere)
9 | "Pond Stars: Big Bad Wolf," Nat Geo Wild (season finale)
Wednesday, Oct. 15
7 | "Animal Misfits," PBS ("Nature" premiere; check local listings)
8 | "How We Got to Now with Steve Johnson," PBS (series premiere)
9 | "Top Chef," Bravo (season 12 premiere)
Friday, Oct. 17
8 | "Gold Rush," Discovery (season 5 premiere)
8 | "Evermoor: Chapters 1 & 2," Disney (special; teen who is an aspiring mystery writer and his family move into isolated English village)
8 | "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess from San Francisco Opera," PBS (PBS Arts Fall Festival special)
9 | "Dane Cook Troublemaker," Showtime (standup special)
9 | "Welcome to Fairfax," Pivot (docuseries premiere; young entrepreneurs in LA's Fairfax District)
9:30 | "Freestyle Love Supreme," Pivot (series premiere; improv)
10 | "Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways," HBO (series premiere; band records new album at famous studios in several cities, including Chicago)
10:30 | "The Birthday Boys," IFC (season 2 premiere)
Saturday, Oct. 18
7 | "Big Driver," Lifetime (movie; attacked woman seeks revenge)
8 | "Finders Keepers," Syfy (movie; child becomes obsessed with an evil doll)
8 | "Transporter The Series," TNT (series premiere; ex-Special Forces soldier moves delicate cargo)
8 | "My Boyfriends' Dogs," Hallmark (movie; runaway bride with three new dogs)
9 | "The Graham Norton Show," BBC America (time slot premiere)
9:30 | "Black Dynamite," Adult Swim (season 2 premiere)
11 | "Artie Lange: The Stench of Failure," Comedy Central (standup special)
Sunday, Oct. 19
8 | "Inspector Lewis: Beyond Good and Evil," PBS (Masterpiece Mystery premiere)
8 | "Wedding Planner Mystery," Hallmark Movie Channel (movie; young wedding planner struggles to clear her name)
8 | "90 Day Fiance," TLC (season 2 premiere)
9 | "Ghost Stalkers," Destination America (series premiere; after near-death experiences)
9 | "Namibia's Skeleton Coast," Nat Geo Wild ("Destination Wild" special)
Monday, Oct. 20
7 | "Hungry Games," Food (series premiere; why things taste so good)
7 | "Kirby Buckets," Disney XD (series premiere)
8 | "Private Violence," HBO (doc premiere; 2 women deal with domestic abuse)
9 | "Twin Sisters," PBS ("Independent Lens" premiere; twins separated find each other)
Tuesday. Oct. 21
2:01 a.m. | "Wyatt Cenas: Brooklyn," Netflix (comedy special)
8 p.m. | "True Tori," Lifetime (season 2 premiere)
Wednesday, Oct. 22
8 | "The 100," CW (season 2 premiere)
9 | "Surgeon Oz," OWN (series premiere; following Dr. Oz into operating room)
10 | "Web Therapy," Showtime (season 4 premiere)
Thursday, Oct. 23
9 | "Tamar & Vince," WEtv (season 3 premiere)
11 | "Newsreaders," Adult Swim (season 2 premiere)
Friday, Oct. 24
ttba | "Alpha House," Amazon (season 2 premiere)
7 | "Dateline NBC," NBC (time period premiere)
8 | "Grimm," NBC (season premiere)
8 | "Evermoor: Chapters 3 & 4," Disney (special)
8 | "Leave the World Behind: Swedish House Mafia's Final Tour," Showtime (doc premiere)
8 | "Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live!" PBS ("Great Performances" premiere)
9 | "Constantine," NBC (series premiere; man fights supernatural evil)
9 | "Edge of Alaska," Discovery (series premiere; McCarthy, Alaska, toughest town in America)
Saturday, Oct. 25
8 | "The Good Witch's Wonder," Hallmark (movie; Cassie Nightingale is back)
8 | "The Incredible Dr. Pol," Nat Geo Wild (season finale)
Sunday, Oct. 26
11 a.m. | "The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror" Marathon, FXX (through 11 p.m.)
5 p.m. | "Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Battle for the Book!" Disney, Disney Junior (movie)
7 | "Mammoths Unearthed," Nat Geo (series premiere; researching frozen mammoths from Siberia)
8 | "Death Comes to Pemberley," PBS ("Masterpiece Mystery" premiere; a continuation of "Pride and Prejudice")
Monday, Oct. 27
5 | "Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leagured," Cartoon Network (Halloween special)
7 | "2 Broke Girls," CBS (season premiere)
8 | "Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown," HBO (doc)
8 | "Drumline: A New Beat," VH1 (movie; new class at Atlanta A&T drumline)
9:30 | "Mike Tyson Mysteries," Adult Swim (series premiere; animated comedy)
Tuesday, Oct. 28
5 | "Adventure Time: Ghost Fly," Cartoon Network (Halloween special)
5:15 | "Uncle Grandpa: Haunted RV," Cartoon Network (Halloween special)
9 | "Degrassi," Teennick (season 14 premiere)
9 | "Prison Wives Club," Lifetime (docuseries premiere; four women married to felons)
9 | "My Crazy Love," Oxygen (series premiere; things done in name of love0
9:30 | "Benched," USA (comedy series premiere; corporate lawyer falls from grace and becomes public defender)
Wednesday, Oct. 29
5 | "Regular Show: Terror Tales IV," Cartoon Network (Halloween special)
6:30 | "Bronx Obama," Showtime (doc premiere)
7 | "Lucha Underground," El Rey (series premiere; lucha libre and wrestling)
7 | "To Russia With Love," Epix (doc)
8 | "First Air War," PBS ("Nova" premiere)
9:30 | "Ali G Rezurection," FXX (series finale)
Thursday, Oct. 30
5 | "Teen Titans Go: Halloween," Cartoon Network (Halloween special)
5:15 | "The Amazing World of Gumball: The Mirror," Cartoon Network (Halloween special)
7 | "The Big Bang Theory," CBS (time period premiere)
7:30 | "The Millers," CBS (season premiere)
8 | "Two and a Half Men," CBS (season premiere)
8 | "Project Runway All-Stars," Lifetime (season 4 premiere)
8:30 | "The McCarthys," CBS (series premiere; family sitcom)
9 | "Elementary," CBS (season premiere)
Friday, Oct. 31
7 a.m. | Halloween Movie Marathon, FX (until 4 a.m. Saturday; "Red Riding Hood,""Halloween: Resurrection,""Paranormal Activity,""Paranormal Activity 2,""Paranormal Activity 3,""Final Destination 5,""Men in Black 3")
8 p.m. | "Ghost Adventures: Ireland's Celtic Demons," Travel Channel (Halloween special)
8 | "Michael Feinstein at the Rainbow Room," PBS (PBS Arts Fall Festival special)
9 | "Brad Meltzer's Lost History," H2 (series premiere; missing historical treasures)
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