What's On Tonight (Friday): The Child Returns, Your Inner Child Celebrates

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Big day for some quality programming. Let's get to it!

Top Picks

🔔 The Mandalorian (Disney+, 3:01 AM) Season two of last year's breakout hit debuts. 

🔔🎭 Jazz At Lincoln Center Presents: A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration (PBS, 9:00 PM) 'Enjoy a celebration of the music of Sesame Street with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Big Bird, Elmo and other Sesame Street favorites sing the show's songs alongside the world-renowned orchestra and artistic director Wynton Marsalis.'

Highlights
🔔 The Challenge (Amazon, 3:01 AM)

🔔 🧁 The Great British Baking Show AKA The Great British Bake-Off (Netflix, 3:01 AM)  It's the first ever 'Japanese Week' and there's a lot of curiosity as to what it will entail. Apparently, for the signature, they will have to make the 'Japanese version of Asian staple steamed buns'; the technical will require a 'a tricky recipe involving multiple layers'; and the showstopper 'is themed around kawaii.'

🔔 His House (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'As a young couple from war-torn South Sudan seeks asylum and a fresh start in England, they’re tormented by a sinister force living in their new home.' Starring Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Wunmi Mosaku, Matt Smith.

🔔 👻 It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Apple TV+, 3:01 ) Already available on the streamer for subscribers, for the next three days, the greedy ghouls at Apple TV+ will let non-subscribers access the annual October classic. Watch via the Apple TV app, the Apple TV box, your smart tv or at tv.apple.com.

🔔 Long Way Up (AppleTV+, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 The Magic Of Disney's Animal Kingdom (Disney+, 3:01 AM) 

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🔔 The Right Stuff (Disney+, 3:01 AM)

🔔 Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix, 3:01 AM) DEBORAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 'Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal travels the globe to take in the local cuisine and culture of Bangkok, Lisbon, Mexico City and more.'

🔔 Tooning Out The News (CBS All Access, 3:01 AM)

🔔 Truth Seekers (Amazon, 3:01 AM) Season one. 'Broadband installer by day, paranormal investigator by night, Gus is annoyed to be partnered with “noob” Elton, but comes to appreciate having someone along for the ride as they uncover a spike in supernatural activity. They’re soon joined by Astrid, who has ghost problems of her own, and the gang embark upon creating a ghost-hunting YouTube channel, uncovering a terrifying conspiracy as they go.' Starring Nick Frost and Malcolm McDowell.

🔔 🏈 College Football (ESPN, 7:30 PM) Minnesota at Maryland.

🔔 Beast-Kept Secrets (Animal Planet, 8:00 PM)

🔔 A Crafty Christmas Romance (Lifetime, 8:00 PM) 'Mandy, the owner of a craft and hobby store, finds a 70-year-old letter to Santa and a valuable coin in a copy of A Christmas Carol. Along with Jonah, a contractor who donated the book, Mandy sets out to find the author in time for Christmas.'

🔔 The First 48: Shocking Interrogations (A&E, 8:00 PM)

🔔 Gold Rush (Discovery, 8:00 PM)

🔔 The Greatest #AtHome Videos (CBS, 8:00 PM)

Pop Goes The Vet (National Geographic, 8:00 PM) 

🔔 Portals To Hell (Travel Channel, 8:00 PM) 

Schitt's Creek (Comedy Central, 8:00 PM)

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🔔 Shark Tank (ABC, 8:00 PM)

🔔 WWE Friday Night SmackDown (Fox, 8:00 PM)

🔔 20/20 (ABC, 9:00 PM)

🔔 The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock, 9:00 PM)

🔔 🏈 College Football (ESPN2, 9:00 PM) East Carolina at Tulsa.

🔔 The Deciders: A CBS News Special (CBS, 9:00 PM)

🔔🍴 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives (Food Network, 9:00 PM)

🔔 Citizen Bio (Showtime, 9:00 PM) 'Exploring in depth the nascent biohacking movement and the unconventional scientists and researchers developing alternative medicines to prolong human life and eradicate incurable viruses and diseases.'

🔔 Love After Lockup (WE, 9:00 PM)

🔔 My Big Italian Adventure (HGTV, 9:00 PM) 'Actress Lorraine Bracco buys a 200-year-old Italian home and quickly realizes the challenges of bringing a dilapidated property into the modern age. She enlists her close friends, including actress Angie Harmon, to help her transform the first floor.'

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🔔 The Osbournes: Night Of Terror (Travel Channel, 9:00 PM) Oh dear, they're back for more famewhoring - this time, under the guise of a 'paranormal-investigation.'

🔔 😻 Ready To Love (OWN, 9:00 PM)

🔔 River Monsters: Deadliest Man Eaters (Animal Planet, 9:00 PM)

🔔 Wilmore (Peacock, 9:00 PM)

🔔 Dateline NBC (NBC, 10:00 PM)

🔔 Exhumed: A Story Of Zombies (PBS, 10:00 PM) 'Dr. Emily Zarka hosts a look at significant moments from zombie pop culture over the last two centuries, including how zombie folklore arose before it became mainstream.'

 

House Hunters (HGTV, 10:00 PM)

🔔 Johnny Carson (Antenna, 10:00 PM) Robert Blake, political commenter and author Tom Braden, and actor Kelly Monteith.

🔔 😻 Put A Ring On It (OWN, 10:00 PM)

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🔔 Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO, 10:00 PM) Al Franken, New York Times correspondent David E. Sanger, John Heilemann of The Recount and Lis Smith, former senior advisor to Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign.

🔔 Warrior (Cinemax, 10:00 PM) 

 

House Hunters International (HGTV, 10:30 PM) 

🔔 The Graham Norton Show (BBC America, 11:00 PM) Bruce Springsteen, Matthew McConaughey, Sam Smith, Dame Kristen Scott Thomas, Mawaan Rizwan, Stephen Mangan.

Blast From The Past
🎥 The Omen (Starz Encore, 8:00 PM) 

George Michael's 'Faith' Album Is Released On October 30th, 1987

Sources: Zap2It, Futon Critic, Netflix, TV Guide, OnThisDay, Rotten Tomatoes, Apple TV+, Collider, Wikipedia, PBS, Amazon, IMDB, Sports Media Watch, Channel 4, Reality Tidbit, Radio Times.