What's On Tonight (Sunday): I think you should Chair

The Chair Company

Play ball! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, October 12!

Our Top Pick tonight is the series premiere of The Chair Company (HBO & HBO Max, 10 p.m.). From the minds behind I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson and Detroiters is this new comedy where Tim Robinson begins to unravel a vast conspiracy after an embarrassing work incident. In my mind, this will be adjacent to Common Side Effects, which also dealt with conspiracies. Lake Bell, Sophia Lillis, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Jim Downey also star.

Elsewhere, Daryl is in Barcelona, Towers want more privilege, Billy is attacked again, Matty Matlock is still law-ing, Elsbeth stays up for late night, Task has ideas, and Tony Shalhoub has Bread in Marseille.

(All times are Eastern. All listings are new unless otherwise stated. For more listings, visit The Futon Critic or Gracenote.)

EARLY STREAMING & EVENING

60 Minutes (CBS, 7:30 p.m. / Paramount+, Monday): First in "The China Hack," Scott Pelley reports on the threat China's cyber campaign poses to America's critical infrastructure. Then in "Booms, Busts and Bubbles," Lesley Stahl interviews financial reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin on his new book, 1929, and if history is about to repeat itself. Finally in "The Road to Damascus" Margaret Brennan interviews Syria's new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former Al Qaeda member, in his first U.S. television interview since taking office.

🎥 A Country Encore (UPtv, 7 p.m.): "A corporate jingle writer is on the verge of abandoning her songwriting dreams for good when she mistakenly hands over an old love song to the man who broke her heart, a famous country singer looking for his next hit."

House of David (Wonder Project via Amazon Prime Video, 3 a.m.): ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Malory Towers (BYU TV, 7:10 & 7:38 p.m.): Felicity and June are fed up of not having equal privileges to the sixth form taking Darrell and Alicia to a debate room. Felicity feels left behind by her sister scared of the future when she leaves for Uni. Gwen stands in as Matron.

📺 The Odd Couple (Catchy Comedy, all Sunday): TV COPS for $600: Murray the cop was a regular character on this sitcom (17 Mar 1986)

Tulsa King (Paramount+, 3 a.m.): "Staring Down the Barrel"✔️

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (AMC+, 3 a.m. / AMC, 9 p.m.): Daryl and Paz are in Barcelona. Carol and Antonio face the fallout of Solaz.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
⚾ 2025 American League Championship Series (Fox, 7 p.m.): Game 1: Seattle Mariners at Toronto Blue Jays
America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC, 7 p.m. / Hulu, Monday)
🎥 National Treasure: Book of Secrets (The CW, 7 p.m.)

Tulsa King (via Tenor)

🕗 PRIMETIME 🕚

Billy the Kid (MGM+, 9 p.m.): After another surprise attack from Garrett, Billy loses a trusted friend, forcing him to seek revenge while Emily makes a calculated decision to reconcile with her father by asking for help.

🎥 Brace for Danger (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): While flying home, Det. Peyton Sherman encounters a mysterious woman who tells her if she wants to see her daughter again, she must reveal the location of influencer Erin Roberts.

⭐ The Chair Company (HBO & HBO Max, 10 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. "Follows a man (Tim Robinson) who investigates a conspiracy after an embarrassing incident at work."✔️

Electric Bloom (Disney Channel, 8 & 8:30 p.m.): Tulip struggles to write lyrics for the first time for an important songwriting contest. Later, Tulip and Jade encourage Posey to have a "go with the flow" day.

Elsbeth (CBS, 9:30 p.m. / Paramount+, Monday): SEASON PREMIERE. Elsbeth dives into the world of late-night comedy when backstage tensions rise between not-Stephen Colbert, his head writer and her on-air sidekick husband. Elsbeth meets a new police officer who is an aspiring stand-up comic when off the clock.

Haunted Harmony Mysteries (Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m.): Music teacher Gethsemane is back along with her trusted ghost friend Eamon to solve the unexplained death of a sea captain. (I hope this is a crossover with Late Night with Seth Meyers.)

Matlock (CBS, 8:30 p.m. / Paramount+, Monday): SEASON PREMIERE. Matty questions the paternity of the man claiming to be Alfie's father. The team takes on an arson case, and Olympia tries to protect Julian's involvement in the Wellbrexa case.

New Orleans: Soul of a City (CNN, 10 p.m.): Through the voices of its modern greats, the origins and legacy of New Orleans' music, from jazz, to funk, to rock n' roll, unfold, revealing how these art forms find roots in the singular struggle of New Orleanian African Americans.

Task (HBO & HBO Max, 9 p.m.): "Out Beyond Ideas of Wrongdoing..." is all HBO gives us. Gross, a dangling ellipses.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? (TLC & HBO Max, 8 p.m.)
📡 Brian and Maggie (PBS, 8 p.m. / PBS Passport, now): Series finale
📡 The Gold (PBS, 10 p.m. / PBS Passport, now)
Halloween Wars (Food Network, 9 p.m. / HBO Max, Monday)
🎥 Haunted Mansion (The Wonderful World of Disney) (ABC, 8:30 p.m. / Disney+, now): 2023 version
📡 Maigret (PBS, 9 p.m. / PBS Passport, now)
The Real Housewives of Potomac (Bravo, 8 p.m. / Peacock, Monday)
Sister Wives (TLC, 10 p.m. / HBO Max, Monday)
🏈 Sunday Night Football (NBC, 8:15 p.m.): Kitties at Native Americans
Tony Shalhoub Breaking Bread (CNN, 9 p.m.): Marseille
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo, 9 p.m. / Peacock, Monday): Jeff Lewis, Ashley Darby

💤😴 LATE NIGHT 😴💤

Smiling Friends (Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.): "A walking talking frog that changes lives and rewires brains."

WHAT ELSE IS ON
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO & HBO Max, 11:10 p.m. / YouTube, Monday)

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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; Gracenote; IMDb; TV Passport
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Happy watching, everyone!