News & Notes
Over on cable, AMC has The Walking Dead: Journey So Far special, Discovery Channel has sixth season premiere of Alaska: The Last Frontier specials, Epix has the series premieres of Berlin Station and Graves, Hallmark Movies and Mysteries has the TV movie premiere of The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery, Nat Geo has the TV movie premiere of Killing Reagan, and USA Network has the series premiere of Eyewitness.
Next week, AMC has the seventh season premiere of The Walking Dead and the sixth season premiere of Talking Dead.
Prime Picks
The Simpsons (FOX): New. In the 600th episode, “Treehouse of Horror XXVII,” Mr. Burns put together a Hunger Games type of contest. Lisa’s imaginary best friend starts killing her real friends. Moe gets Bart to become a covert agent in place of Homer. Runs 31 minutes.
Westworld (HBO): New. Dolores ends up alone in Sweetwater after Teddy goes after a new villain. Elsie and Stubbs go looking for a host that is missing in the mountains. Bernard continues looking into the hysteria and hallucinations of the hosts. Plays again later two times. Last week’s episode, “Chestnut,” replays right before on HBO2.
Elementary (CBS): New. Holmes is abducted by a street gang leader that wants him to find who took a hit out on them, which leads the search for a priceless artifact. Joan feels out of her comfort zone by a favor asked for by Shinwell.
Solid Selections
Ash vs Evil Dead (Starz): New. The Delta is stolen from Brock’s house, so Ash and Chet decide to throw a party in an attempt to lure in the thieves back. Runs 30 minutes. Plays again later two times.
Berlin Station (Epix): Series Premiere. A CIA officer is sent to Berlin to find an anonymous whistleblower and is reunited with an old friend. As he gets closer, the whistleblower becomes murderous. Plays again later two times.
Eyewitness (USA Network): Series Premiere. This anthology crime drama opens with a pair of teenagers witnessing a triple murder, which they don’t report because one doesn’t want anyone to know why they were there. But, one’s foster mother is the local sheriff that begins investigating the crime. Plays again later. Have seen the first few episodes and really like this one. If you like small town murder mysteries like Broadchurch, then you will probably like this one as well. For more on the show check out my short spoiler-free preview of Eyewitness.
Other Options
Food Paradise (Travel Channel): New. It’s a “Taco-Lanche!” Plays again later.
Graves (Epix): New. A former president living outside Santa Fe, NM begins to spin out of control after seeing that many of his policies didn’t work as well as he’d hoped and decides to do something about it. Runs 30 minutes. Absolutely fantastic cast with Nick Nolte (Gracepoint, Luck), Sela Ward (CSI: NY, Sisters), Ernie Hudson (Grace and Frankie, Oz), Roger Bart (Episodes, Revenge), Skylar Astin (Ground Floor) and Chris Lowell (Enlisted, Veronica Mars). Really liked the first episode and would definitely continue to watch if Epix was available on Xfinity.
Insecure (HBO): New. Molly heads out to treat herself to a day at the salon and ends up lining up a date. Issa isn’t sure about Lawrence, even after he attempts to make up for forgetting her birthday. Runs 30 minutes. Plays again later two times.
Madam Secretary (CBS): New. Elizabeth attempts to negotiate a change in the Algerian regime in hopes of preventing civil war. Henry does what he can to save religious antiquities. The McCord children are assigned their own security detail.
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS): New. A Homeland Security agent gets poisoned and the investigation leads to a warehouse of counterfeit purses and stolen government funds.
Once Upon a Time (ABC): New. Hook tries to keep Belle safe from Mr. Gold. The Evil Queen and Hyde continue to search for Dr. Jekyll’s serum.
Quantico (ABC): New. Assessment is learned at the farm in the past. Alex goes undercover in the present.
Quarry (MoMAX): Repeat. This past Friday night’s episode, “His Deeds Were Scattered,” replays. Runs 55 minutes. Plays again later.
The Strain (FX): New. The Master’s voice is overwhelming. Fet and Setrakian are looking for the Egyptian ship cargo. Quinlan makes a deal with the Ancients. Runs 62 minutes. Plays twice and again later.
Sports Notes
CBS has NFL action today.
FOX has NFL action today.
FS1 has National League Championship Series action with the Los Angeles Dodgers at the Chicago Cubs tonight.
NBC has Sunday Night Football NFL action with the Indianapolis Colts at the Houston Texans.
Sunday TV Marathons
Blue Bloods (WGN America): Five episodes tonight.
CSI: Miami (WEtv): Nine episodes that play twice.
The Golden Girls (TV Land): Has 15 episodes today.
Law & Order (TNT): Eight episodes early.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (USA Network): Has 12 episodes.
Leverage (ION): Has 16 episodes.
Reba (TV Land): Has 10 episodes tonight.
The Walking Dead (AMC): Has 13 episodes.
