Supermarket Sweep, on ABC
In this premiere episode of the game show series reboot, "Saturday Night Live's" Leslie Jones hosts as contestants race one another through a supermarket and fill their carts with the most expensive items in the hope of securing the $100,000 grand prize.
Stars out: Liv Tyler leaves '9-1-1: Lone Star'
Liv Tyler as seen in "9-1-1: Lone Star"
Stars out: Following the pandemic shutdown, some TV series have resumed production under strict new health and safety guidelines, including frequent testing and the creation of zones to facilitate physical distancing.
Late Laughs for the week of October 18 - 24, 2020
The Late Late Show with James Corden
NASA has published a plan to put the first-ever woman on the moon by the year 2024. Basically, it will soon be easier for women to go to the moon than have a say over their own bodies.
You can tell it's fall here in Los Angeles. All the smoke from the wildfires is really starting to smell like pumpkin spice.
Jojo Rabbit, on HBO
When Nazi-indoctrinated Johannes Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis) learns his own mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl in their home, he is forced to rethink what he has been taught to believe in this film from director Taika Waititi.
Shark Tank, on ABC
Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Daymond John and Kevin O'Leary return in this Season 12 premiere. The Sharks practice physical distancing while hopeful entrepreneurs share stories that are more inspiring than ever given these trying times.
Q: I just read that Cary Grant's real name was Archibald Leach, and it's striking a chord: Wasn't there a movie character with that name?
It was like a little wink to film nerds that also fit in with the film's other false-identity-related hijinks. When John Cleese wrote and produced "A Fish Called Wanda" (1988), giving himself the chance to be a romantic lead for the first time in his career, he opted to give himself a suitable romantic-lead name.
And, so, he named his character, a meek lawyer who boldly embraces life after being seduced by a beautiful con artist, Archie Leach.
Evil Dead, on AMC
In this reboot of Sam Raimi's 1981 film, "The Evil Dead," a group of friends stay in a remote cabin whose horrific history comes alive when one of them reads aloud from the Naturom Demonto, or, the Book of the Dead. Jane Levy and Shiloh Fernandez star.
Not to be silenced: NBC brings back 'The Voice'
Carson Daly hosts "The Voice"
Season 19 of "The Voice" is finally set to air Monday, Oct. 19, on NBC. The show was originally meant to begin in the spring but was pushed back, like many others, due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Fans have been unsure for months if the show would even return and, if so, how.
S.W.A.T., on CBS
Hondo (Shemar Moore) and the team find themselves entangled in a decades-old case involving a political extremist group and a member of the Witness Protection Program when they are called in to help recover an abducted teen in this rebroadcast.
Q: I'm trying to remember the name of a reality series where a salon professional would "rescue" and renovate hair salons. Any ideas?
You're looking for "Tabatha's Salon Takeover," later "Tabatha Takes Over" after a format change that expanded its scope beyond salons.
The switch was the sort of move Tabatha Coffey often encouraged her clients to make — a bold attempt to revitalize a flagging business model — but it didn't work in this case.