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He gave his life for tourism! Here's what's on television for tonight, Wednesday, October 19!
Our Top Pick tonight is the long-awaited return of the wonderful mockumentary Documentary Now! (AMC+, 3 a.m. / IFC, 10 p.m.). Documentaries getting spoofed this season are My Octopus Teacher, When We Were Kings and in the two-part premiere, Burden of Dreams. Previous spoofs of The Thin Blue Line, Wild Wild Country, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, and Original Cast Album: Company are my favorites.
Elsewhere, changes comes to Abbott Elementary's cafeteria, Nature roams with the beest, a Conner starts school, American Horror Story turns 11, the Vesuvius Dead get reexamined, Chucky gets brainwashed, the Handmaids gets desperate, Med gets amnesia, and Reginald goes on a date.
Elsewhere, changes comes to Abbott Elementary's cafeteria, Nature roams with the beest, a Conner starts school, American Horror Story turns 11, the Vesuvius Dead get reexamined, Chucky gets brainwashed, the Handmaids gets desperate, Med gets amnesia, and Reginald goes on a date.
(All times are Eastern. All listings are new unless otherwise stated. For more listings, visit The Futon Critic or Zap2it.)
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STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME
Andor (Disney+, 3 a.m.): Episode 7 of this show about some guy and/or a crew he might split from.✔️
Documentary Now! (AMC+, 3 a.m. / IFC, 10 & 10:30 p.m.): See 10 p.m. listings.
📺 Fantasy Island (Tubi, now): Da plane! Da plane! I am a fan of the Fox revival that gives the show a good 21st century makeover. I still have a soft spot for the original '70s/'80s series about the mysterious Mr. Roarke (Ricardo Montalbán) and assistant Tattoo (Hervé Villechaize), who grant wishes/fantasies to the island's guests for a price.
The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu, midnight): June and Serena find themselves in a desperate situation.
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (Disney+, 3 a.m.): "Draft Day"
🎥 The School for Good and Evil (Netflix, 3 a.m.): Best friends Sophia Anne Caruso and Sofia Wylie find themselves on opposing sides of an epic battle when they're swept away into an enchanted school where aspiring heroes and villains are trained to protect the balance between Good and Evil.
🎥 The Stranger (Netflix, 3 a.m.): A web of secrets sends Richard Armitage on a desperate quest to discover the truth about the people closest to him.
Tell Me Lies (Hulu, midnight): "Sugar, We're Going Down Swinging"
WHAT ELSE IS ON
101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time (Shudden, 3 a.m.)
💲 America Says (GSN, 7:30 p.m.)
Ink Master (Paramount+, 3 a.m.)
Love Is Blind (Netflix, 3 a.m.): Season premiere
💲 People Puzzler (GSN, 6 p.m.)
🎥 The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Peacock, 3 a.m.)
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🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL
Assisted Living (BET, 8:30 p.m.): Anastasia's first ex-husband contacts her for the first time in decades, but Anastasia shows no interest since she's never forgiven him for what he did to her in the past. The other residents push her to meet with him.
Chicago Med (NBC): The effects of the supply chain shortages continue to impact the ED when Taylor's drug dealer reappears. One of the victims of the recent train crash needs a transplant, forcing Marcel to improvise. Charles and Cuevas help a patient with... amnesia. Chicago Med is filmed in front of a live studio audience!
The Conners (ABC): Problems arise on Beverly Rose's first day of kindergarten. Becky and Darlene have a disagreement. I love the sibling fights. Harris advises an unusual solution for Dan's back pain.
The Goldbergs (ABC, 8:30 p.m.): With her due date approaching, Erica is over pregnancy and demands a babymoon. Adam and Barry seek out advice on being an uncle from some unexpected sources.
House of Payne (BET): When Ella learns Curtis went behind her back and put Miranda on a $500 budget to plan their wedding renewal, she debates whether she should marry Curtis all over again.
King Tut: A Century of Secrets (Discovery Channel): SPECIAL. The world's leading Egyptologists are on a quest to uncover the secrets of Howard Carter's history-making discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb on the 100th anniversary of its discovery.✔️
Nature (PBS): SEASON PREMIERE. More than one million wildebeest, along with zebra, gazelle and elands, journey in a quest to find fresh grass as they migrate through Kenya's Mara ecosystem.
Stargirl (The CW): After Beth makes a major discovery on The Gambler's laptop, the team moves forward with a risky plan that affects the entire town of Blue Valley. Jennie returns and seeks help from Courtney.
WHAT ELSE IS ON
The Challenge (MTV):
Married at First Sight (Lifetime)
The Masked Singer (Fox)
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo)
Snack on This! (Cooking Channel): Series premiere
Survivor (CBS)
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🕘 9 P.M. EASTERN / 🕗 8 P.M. CENTRAL
Abbott Elementary (ABC): Janine is thrilled to help introduce a new beverage to the cafeteria, but it ends up causing unexpected consequences. Melissa clashes with her new aide, Ashley, who brings more disruption than help to the classroom.✔️
Chicago Fire (NBC): Halloween parties take over the fire station. Kidd and Severide help a young girl after she gets kicked out of her home.
Chucky (Syfy / USA): Jake proposes brainwashing the captured Chucky and turning him into an ally.
Home Economics (ABC, 9:30 p.m.): Connor and Marina accompany Tom to promote his book in New York on one of Americas top daytime talk shows. Sarah and Denise get a little too comfortable living at Connor's house, which sends the wrong message to Shamiah.
King Fu (The CW): After learning that Henry is a person of interest in a heist, Nicky travels to Thailand to help him. When Mei-Li needs help reorganizing at Harmony Dumplings, Jin and Althea team up to help. Ryan gets some relationship advice from an unlikely source. Kwai Chang Caine?
Nova (PBS): Scientists discover that psychedelics can have positive clinical impacts, helping patients with afflictions ranging from addiction to depression to PTSD.
Sistas (BET): "My Boyfriend's Back." You see him comin' better cut out on the double. Hey-la-day-la
🎥 Year One (HBO): "Following the Biden administration's efforts to reshape U.S. foreign policy and national security during his first year in office."
WHAT ELSE IS ON
Dark Side of Comedy (Vice): Maria Bamford; season finale
💲 Guy's Ultimate Game Night (Food Network)
Lego Masters (Fox)
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo)
The Real Love Boat (CBS)
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🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL
American Horror Story: NYC (FX): SEASON PREMIERE. Mysterious deaths and disappearances ramp up in the city. A doctor makes a frightening discovery, and a local reporter becomes tomorrow's headline.
Big Sky (ABC): "Flesh and Blood"
Chicago P.D. (NBC): Upton's dogged pursuit of a missing teenage girl leads the team into a dark web of human trafficking. O'Neal becomes involved with the unit's investigation when it becomes evident his son has a connection to the missing girl. The case gets... personal.
Documentary Now! (IFC, 10 & 10:30 p.m. / AMC+, 3 a.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. The two-part opener! "In the early 1980s, a visionary German filmmaker tries to will his magnum opus into existence while working in the remote, punishing conditions of the Russian Ular mountains." (3-episode premiere on AMC+ includes additional episode "Two Hairdressers in Bagglyport")
Reginald the Vampire (Syfy): Mayhem ensues when Reginald and Sarah go on their first date.✔️
Secrets of the Dead (PBS): The discovery of an intact wooden chariot, the only one ever found, provides new insight into the final days of Pompeii before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago.
WHAT ELSE IS ON
After Happily Ever After (BET): Series premiere
The Amazing Race (CBS)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo)
💤😴💤 LATE NIGHT 💤😴💤
American Horror Story: NYC (FX, 11 p.m.): Gino grapples with his trauma. Patrick's search takes him to dark places. A stranger contacts Hannah with a grave warning.
📺 Designing Women (Antenna TV, 11 p.m.): Julia's solo with the Atlanta Symphony gives Charlene courage to oppose her minister.
WHAT ELSE IS ON
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central, 11 p.m.): Brandi Carlile
Tooning Out the News (Comedy Central, 11:45 p.m.)
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