MONDAY
FBI: The team discovers a murdered victim was a witness to the execution of a person involved in a top-secret project in the season premiere. 7 p.m., CBS
CIA: The team enlists the help of FBI‘s Stuart Scola. Season premiere. 8 p.m., CBS
Harlan Coben’s Final Twist: The Betsy Faria case is explored again. (But if you want an entertaining depiction, check out The Thing About Pam starring Reneé Zellewegger, over on Peacock.) Season premiere. 9 p.m., CBS
Private Eyes West Coast: Jason Priestly and Cindy Sampson star in this new series as a couple who thought they had retired from the private investigation life, only to be dragged back in. Series premiere. 7 p.m., The CW
Law & Order: Toronto: Â Graff and Batemen investigate the murder of a
leader of an encampment. Season premiere. 8 p.m., The CW
Sweet Deceit: Trick or Treat: Food Network gets its own Is It Cake? Series premiere. 9 p.m., Food Network
Family Guy: Happy Hell-o-ween: Brian and Stewie find themselves in Hell, where they annoy the Devil himself. Premiere. Hulu
Ghostbusters: The much-maligned all-women Ghostbusters is actually pretty entertaining and got a bad rap from a bunch of neck beards. And did you know the creator of Widow’s Bay wrote it? It’s true. 6 p.m., Syfy
TUESDAY
NCIS: Tony DiNozzo returns to help the team investigate a threat to the Secretary of the Navy. Season premiere. 7 p.m., CBS
NCIS: New York: Special Agent Sam Hanna returns to his hometown of New York City in this new NCIS series. Series premiere. 8 p.m., CBS
NCIS: Origins: Gibbs and Lala deal with the fallout of their kiss in the third season premiere. 9 p.m., CBS
Reasonable Doubt: Fourth season premiere. Hulu
Men: The horror movie we’re all living through right now. 7:34 p.m., Cinemax
WEDNESDAY
Abbott Elementary: Gregory and Ava adjust to their new dynamic in the season premiere. 7: 30 p.m., ABC
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: Season premiere. 8 p.m., ABC
Chicago Med: The ED becomes chaotic after a wedding turns violent. Season premiere. 7 p.m., NBC
Chicago Fire: The firehouse deals with the fallout of the warehouse fire in the season premiere. 8 p.m., NBC
Chicago P.D.: The shooting of a parole officer is investigated. Season premiere. 9 p.m., NBC
Ted Lasso: Season finale. Apple TV
Who is Martin Mull?: You mean Gene Parmesan? Premiere. Netflix
Small Prophets: A man seeking answers creates Homunculi in this strange little U.K. series. Series premiere. Apple TV
Carrie: Mike Flanagan tackles Stephen King’s first great hit in this new series that is receiving strong reviews. Series premiere. Prime Video
THURSDAY
Georgie & Mandy’s Final Marriage: Connor turns to Georgie when he gets into trouble. Season premiere. 7 p.m., CBS
Eternally Yours: In this new series, a vampire couple whose marriage has landed in a 500-year rut is challenged when their daughter falls in love with a human. Series premiere. 7:30 p.m., CBS
Elsbeth: Nicole Scherzinger guest stars in the season premiere as a renowned marriage counselor. 8 p.m., CBS
Cupertino: Mike Colter and Rachel Keller star as lawyers fired from a tech start-up who start their own firm to take on the tech elite in this new series. Series premiere. 9 p.m., CBS
Law & Order: SVU: Benson helps a sexual assault victim who struggles with proving her case in court. Season premiere. 8 p.m., NBC
Law & Order: A software engineer’s murder brings the team into the world of murderbots A.I. Season premiere. 9 p.m., NBC
Below: Josh Hartnett stars in this new horror series as a fisherman whose Newfoundland town is terrorized by a mysterious sea creature. Series premiere. Netflix
FRIDAY
Sheriff Country: Ben McKenzie stars as a neighboring sheriff called in to assist Sheriff Mickey Fox in the season premiere. 7 p.m., CBS
Fire Country: A sinkhole opens under Main Street. Season premiere. 8 p.m., CBS
Boston Blue: A series of murders mirrors the Boston Strangler in the season premiere. 9 p.m., CBS
Disclosure Day: The streaming premiere of the Steven Spielberg alien movie. True story: my husband and I rented this on our TV and started watching it, only to realize that we were too tired to finish it that night. So we postponed watching it, starting it two nights later, and just as the movie was entering the final third, it stopped … because we had rented it for 48 hours and the time was up. On principle, I refused to rent it again, so my husband will be happy to learn we can finally watch the final part now that it’s on “free” streaming (streaming I’m already paying for). Â Peacock
Matchbox the Movie: Sure. Obviously. Why not. Apple TV
Animals: A mayoral candidate and his wife, desperate to pay off their son’s kidnappers, resort to extreme measures in this new film. Netflix
Is It Cake? Halloween:Â WELL IS IT? Season premiere. Netflix
R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead 2: A new Pumpkinhead curse awakens in Redhaven. Premiere. Tubi
V/H/S/Mixtape: In this new anthology, music and sound become sources of terror. Premiere. Shudder
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger: The story of the band’s journey to global stardom as told through never-before-seen footage and new interviews. Premiere. Disney+
Smile & Rosario: Every Friday this month, Pluto will air a horror double feature; one big hit, one independent. This week: two films about women terrorized by supernatural forces. 7 p.m., Pluto TV
SATURDAY
Saturday Night Live: Shane Gillis & Rosalia. (Just to get ahead of this: I will be late with this recap this week, as I am traveling, and not because I hate Shane Gillis. Well, not JUST because I hate Shane Gillis. I’ll get it up as soon as I can.)Â 10:30 p.m., NBC
48 Hours: 39th season premiere. 9 p.m., CBS
Hokum: Adam Scott stars in this well-reviewed horror film as a horror writer who visits his parents’ property in Ireland, not knowing that it is haunted by a witch. Streaming premiere. Hulu
SUNDAY
The Real Housewives of Potomac: 11th season premiere. 7 p.m., Bravo
Treasure Island: David Oyelowo and Hayley Atwell star in this new retelling of the pirate adventure. Series premiere. 9 p.m., MGM+
The Sixth Sense: An interesting choice for the “Wonderful World of Disney” time slot, but sure, let’s go with it. It does involve a kid, I guess. 7 p.m., ABC