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Matt LeBlanc plays dad as he returns to broadcast-series work in Monday’s CBS premiere of “Man With a Plan.” The “Friends” and “Episodes” veteran tells Jay Bobbin about the show’s “Mr. Mom”-like concept, as do its married creators and executive producers, Jackie and Jeff Filgo.

12-13 Traditions meet the new generation in several ways at a magazine office in the new CBS comedy “The Great Indoors,” premiering Thursday. Stars including Joel McHale and Stephen Fry, and creator and executive producer Mike Gibbons, tell Jay Bobbin about the series.

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BY JaY BOBBIN If one were to pose Joey Tribbiani’s trademark question – “How you doin’?” – to Matt LeBlanc these days, the response would have to be, “Pretty good.”

Not long after finishing work his Showtime series “Episodes” (with the fifth and final season being shown next year), the “Friends” alum not only has re-upped to host the next two seasons of the BBC and BBC america car show “Top Gear,” he’s returning to primetime sitcom work.

Premiering Monday, Oct. 24, CBS’ “Man With a Plan” casts him as a contractor who becomes a Mr. Mom when his wife (former “Yes, Dear” co-star Liza Snyder) goes back to work. Overwhelmed at first, he eventually comes up with a plan to handle their three children (Grace Kaufman, Matthew McCann, Hala Finley), sometimes with the attempted help of his brother and business partner (“Saturday Night Live” and “Weeds” veteran Kevin Nealon).

LeBlanc is in familiar hands as “Man With a Plan” starts, since he’s directed by television-comedy legend James Burrows, who also guided “Friends” episodes including the very first one. The actor says he wanted to return to that format “because I have a family, and the hours are shorter. I like the sort of work week on a multicam (multi-camera comedy). You rehearse all week, then you shoot in front of an audience, like a play. It’s like being part of an ensemble theater company.”

The concept by married series creators and executive producers Jackie and Jeff Filgo (“That ‘70s Show”) appealed to LeBlanc from the start. “We had in common that we wanted to do something in the same sort of arena,” he says, “a family show. I felt like I’m not getting any younger, and I am a parent, so I wanted to explore what that would be like as a character. and they wrote a great script, and I responded to it. and then we started talking more, and here we are.”

Jackie Filgo explains the show is based on her and her husband’s “personal experience from last year. We have always worked together, and we took the year off and were with our kids 24/7 for the first time ever ... and got to see sort of the real ins and outs of parenting. and we were at dinner one night, and our daughter just picked up a handful of mashed potatoes and started eating it like an ice-cream cone, and we realized perhaps some things had fallen through the cracks. and we might have some work to do.”

“It became really clear,” adds Jeff Filgo, “when you’re only seeing your kids at the edges of the day, you’re just getting the greatest hits. and when you’re with them all the time, you’re getting the deep album cuts. With a drum solo.”

Being in the CBS lineup puts Le Blanc back in the company of network chief Leslie Moonves, who developed “Friends” while an executive at Warner Bros. Television, as well as Matthew Perry – Chandler to LeBlanc’s Joey on that show – whose current reboot of “The Odd Couple” airs an hour later on Mondays.

“They are one stage away,” LeBlanc reports of Perry’s series. “I love that guy. I love all five of those people. We spent a lot of time together. I mean, I could not see him for five years – and then, put me in a room with him, and it will be like I saw him yesterday. We still have this shorthand with one another. It’s amazing, really. Ten years in a building with no windows, with the door locked? We got to know each other pretty well.”

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How did you create your character of theme park chief Robert Ford on HBO’s “Westworld”?I just learned the lines and showed up. It’s all on the page. You don’t have to create anything. a lot of actors would disagree with my idea but I think all the knowledge you need is in the script. and whoever wrote the script, whether it’s Jonah Nolan or Tennessee Williams or Shakespeare or Sophocles, all the information you need is in there and is in the text. You can interpret it in any way you want. That’s the freedom for the actor. and if a director may oppose that and say, ‘Well, I don’t think that’s going to work.’ ‘OK, let’s try another way.’ But my job is to interpret what my idea of the personality is that I’m playing.

So you don’t create a backstory or anything?No, waste of time. ... You know, you can be conscious of what you had for breakfast but it doesn’t make any difference. The audience doesn’t recognize it. and the Stanislavski method is great and the Method is fine but I find there are easier ways of doing it instead of beating yourself up and beating your head against a wall to create something. Why do all that? ... You can overthink everything.

So when you played an intense character like a Hannibal Lecter, you didn’t need to come down from him afterward?No. I’d show up and have a cup of coffee with Jodie (Foster, his co-star in “The Silence of the Lambs”) afterward. ... If you start taking it seriously, you’ll go nuts so I don’t take any of it seriously. ... I knew some actors who were so into the part that they were a complete pain in the butt to be with: rude, surly, turned up late, showed up late because they thought they were important and in turn kept the crew waiting for hours because they were getting into the character.

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You make your directing debut on Sunday’s (Oct. 23) episode of your series “Shameless.” How has that process been for you?It’s been really interesting. There are three different “movies” that you make; there’s the movie that’s the script, then there’s the movie you actually make, and then there’s the edited version. They all kind of resemble each other, but structurally and tonally, they can change in each iteration.It’s a process you can’t feel precious about, and also one where it’s easy to lose perspective. The first time you watch something, you either think, “This is good” or “This is horrendous.” and by the fourth time, you’re thinking the absolute opposite of what that was. You question yourself the whole time, and the performances by my cast are so wonderful and so dynamic, it makes it all the more heartbreaking when you have to cut it down from 68 minutes to 55.

Was directing something you’d long wanted to do?The reason I felt at all comfortable with the idea of wearing a different hat on this production was because I knew all the players so well, and the tone and the

history of the characters so well. all those things where a director could take a good script for and ruin, I felt

at least those things weren’t going to be “off.”I also felt a great deal of pressure, because it’s almost harder stepping into a different role with

people who have seen you only in one way, rather than a director

who’s coming in fresh. The actors can say, “Yes, yes, yes” (to that person),

then he or she leaves a week later and they can say, “That person was terrible!” Because I

wasn’t going away, it was very important for me to do it right and be really respectful of the actors ... but I also really wanted to get in there with them and get my hands dirty. I felt like I knew them well enough to give them some ideas that they could use or throw out.

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What made you decide to put your life with fiancée Lauren Bushnell on TV?It wasn’t an easy decision. It came down to mostly where our life was at, and we weren’t able to kind of exit the public eye the way it was, no matter how hard we tried. and we had so many obligations ... that it didn’t really seem like it was going to change our lives too much to put ourselves back on TV or I guess to show our life to the public again because it seemed like we already were without even officially doing it.

How has it been having cameras around all the time?It’s weird, you do get used to it. You almost, I guess, force yourself to get used to it because if not, it’s really weird and stressful at times. But it just takes a couple of days and after doing “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” – Lauren being on “The Bachelor” – we were kind of used to doing whatever we were going to do in front of cameras. You know, the people around us become friends, confidantes, and so we end up just kind of hanging out with a big family all the time, then Lauren and I do what we’ve got to do.

Did you have thoughts about what came after “The Bachelor”?I really was excited about finding somebody. But even past that – because I think anybody that goes into any of these shows and going, “This is going to be the time that I find my spouse,” they’re a little crazy. It doesn’t always work out. It’s a hard process. I went into it just hoping I would look back and say, “I’m glad I did it.” Whatever that meant. I didn’t have a career path in mind from doing “The Bachelor.” I had a good job before “The Bachelor.” ... I have great friendships, really good people in my life, so I was just trying to say, “Hey, this will be a good opportunity. Maybe I’ll find somebody, maybe I won’t.” But ultimately I’ll look back and say, “Hey, that was a cool season of life and it led me to whatever that was going to be.”


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When was your last vacation, where and why?“My last vacation I went to Ojai in California with my family.”

What book are you currently reading?“I just got this very, very old cookbook yesterday, ‘The Greens Cookbook.’ It’s a book from Deborah Madison. … it’s a very, very old cookbook from I think the ‘80s. It’s pretty interesting what they did at that time with vegetables.”

What did you have for dinner last night?“For dinner last night, I ate at the restaurant and actually I got an omelet with mushrooms.”

What is your next project?“My next project is to open a restaurant in Sherman Oaks, where I live. It’s going to be a very classic French restaurant. I have a very classic French restaurant called Petit Trois. and now I’m opening another Petit Trois in a different location in Sherman Oaks, in the (San Fernando) Valley, where I live.”

Like many a successful immigrant, French-born and -trained chef Ludo Lefebvre loves his adopted homeland, in his case Los angeles.

He owns five area restaurants there with a sixth on the way, created the pop-up dining concept LudoBites and the food truck LudoTruck, and is generally credited with carrying the flag for the fine-dining experience in SoCal. He’s certainly made his mark in the L.a. Basin and for the next few episodes, he invites viewers into his restaurants, his world and his thinking in Season 5 of “The Mind of a Chef,” airing Thursdays on PBS (check local listings).

The 45-year-old Lefebvre has seen much change in his 20 years as an angelino, watching a restaurant scene that was based largely in French and Italian cuisine to one more influenced by Korean, Thai, Vietnamese and Indonesian flavors. and he has changed with it, moving away from French ingredients and toward asian.

and like a good angelino, he knows that a lot of fine dining can be found in strip malls. He has two side by side in a strip mall in Los angeles, Trois Mec and Petit Trois, the latter of which is the setting for this week’s episode.

“For me it was less pressure to open a restaurant in a strip mall because I can do whatever I want in a little restaurant like this,” he says. “Even if I decide to do ... for example, a Mexican restaurant tomorrow, I can do it because it’s low cost. It’s a small place, the costs are smaller and it gives you a lot of freedom to change if you want.

“You know, when you have a big restaurant you can’t change just like this, a whole concept,” he continues in his thick French accent. “So for me to be in a strip mall, it was more about freedom, express myself the way I want and ... also less pressure financially. ... I don’t need to spend $2 million and I don’t want to do that.”

For Lefebvre, the strip mall is also representative of the L.a. lifestyle that he now so enthusiastically embraces.

“The strip mall – that’s Los angeles, California,” he says. “You know, we have a lot of strip malls here and I love it because I know it’s not Paris but at least in my strip mall I know I can walk. I love it. I can walk and get my donuts, to my cleaner, I go to get my pedicure and manicure. I like it. You know, it’s life happening in the strip mall and I like that.”

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Odette annable and her husband have taken turns playing doctor ... and it’s hers again this television season.

Her fellow-actor spouse Dave has worn the garb and spoken the jargon on series including “Red Band Society” and “Heartbeat,” and after her work on “House,” she returns to medical matters as the CBS drama “Pure Genius” premieres Thursday, Oct. 27. along with Dermot Mulroney and Reshma Shetty (“Royal Pains”), she plays a staff member at a specialized hospital dedicated to solving medical mysteries, with funding from a Silicon Valley tycoon (augustus Prew) who has very personal reasons for bankrolling the project.

“The technology on this show is so different from anything that I have ever seen,” annable says, “and I really feel like the hospital itself is a character. That was the big difference that I saw. I loved working on ‘House,’ and it was such an incredible experience for me. Doing this, it’s just – for me – a completely different show.

“The wonderful thing here is that nothing is fake,” adds annable, “We’re talking about real technology that is in the works or already being used. It’s all happening, and it’s so exciting to be a part of a show like that. I walk on the set and I’m blown away by what I see.”

Created by executive producer Jason Katims (“Parenthood,” “Friday Night Lights”), “Pure Genius” is the latest of several series for annable, who has aBC’s “The astronaut Wives Club” and Cinemax’s “Banshee” in her recent past.

“I feel really lucky,” she reflects, “and I hope I continue to work, because I love to do it. Now I have a baby, and I thought I would want to stay home longer. I actually didn’t know how I’d feel, but for me, working and feeling fulfilled makes me a better mom. My mom always worked, and I adore her and we’re best friends, and I want the same for (my own daughter) Charlie. and I’m working on something that I love, and I think it’s an important show.”

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The NFC West has been a two-team race for the past few years; those teams, the arizona Cardinals, with their veteran wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, and the Seattle Seahawks, face off Oct. 23, on NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Both teams got off to a slow start this year so this midseason match up is a big one for all teams in the division.

Last season the Cards went 13-3, handily winning the division over Seattle before bowing to Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers in the NFC Championship. Fitzgerald had another solid season, playing in all 16 games and catching 109 passes for 1,215 yards and nine touchdowns. He’s been the go-to-guy for every quarterback he’s played with, including Carson Palmer. It’s hard to forget the Cardinal’s exciting playoff win against Green Bay last season when, on the first play of overtime, Palmer hit Fitzgerald on a short pass then sprinted 75 yards to the Green Bay five-yard line. Two plays later he hauled in the winning touchdown.

Fitzgerald is no doubt a future hall-of-famer. He opened this season by catching his 100th career touchdown pass, making him one of only ten players to achieve that feat. although he may not catch Jerry Rice’s record of 197, Fitzgerald could finish his career among or very close to the top five. For now the focus is on getting the Cards, who were among the NFL’s best in both offense and defense last season, back on track with an eye toward the postseason.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 258 p.m. on Fox2016 World SeriesThe Fall Classic returns as the 112th World Series begins on Fox where the american League team will have home field advantage and host Games 1 and 2. That was decided by the 2016 all-Star Game in July, which was won by the aL. Last year the Kansas City Royals took care of the New York Mets in five games as the series

extended into November, as it could this year if it goes at least six games. Joe buck is among those calling the action.

Game 2 – Wed., Oct. 26 at 8 p.m.Game 3 – Fri., Oct. 28 at 8 p.m.Game 4 – Sat., Oct. 29 at 8 p.m.(All games on Fox)

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“I remember my dreams all the time … especially since we started this show, for sure. I’ve been giving it a lot more attention. If you dream of somebody and call them the next day, for example, your dreams will give you more information. So they’ve been growing more and more, and I have been remembering more and more.” – Lizzie Brochere of “Falling Water” on USA Network

“That something asks the (necessary) questions out loud, I pray for that. You have to raise your level of faith. David (E. Kelley, a creator and an executive producer of the series, and a former lawyer) has his heritage on his side, and that’s pretty powerful.” – William Hurt of “Goliath” on Amazon

“It’s the classic sitcom in a way, four-camera, which I love. I love that format. I miss that format … not only being in one, but watching them. We’re trying to do new stuff and keep it fresh as well, so I think it’s a great area to play in.” – Kevin James of “Kevin Can Wait” on CBS

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Again” on Fox:“My guilty

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Ana Gasteyer of “People of Earth” on TBS“I have children, so we record ‘american Ninja Warrior’ because that’s important. We record ‘Game of Thrones.’ We record ‘Meet the Press.’ I watch everything that everyone else watches. That’s really said. I watch every HBO. I watch a lot of dramas. I watch a lot of stuff on Netflix, I’m not going to lie. I watch like ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Lady Dynamite,’ ‘Happy Valley.’ We record ‘Luther.’ We watch a lot of really violent dramas. We watch ‘Walking Dead’ and ‘Fear the Walking Dead,’ and so we tape Chris Hardwick’s ‘Talkback’ shows on those because I feel like they’re harder to find. I taped ‘Maya and Marty’ because sometimes I’m afraid I won’t be able to pull things up. anything my friends are on, I tend to tape.”

Lee Majors of “Ash vs. Evil Dead” on Starz“I’m catching up right now on ‘Ray Donovan’ and I guess waiting for ‘Fargo.’ You know, I loved the first ‘True Detective,’ the one with Matthew McConaughey. The second one, (with) Colin Farrell, I couldn’t get into that one. It wasn’t as good. But this year, they’ve come up with another one called ‘The Night Of.’ Those are the main ones that I’ve been watching. I’m mostly sports and news. I don’t miss a football game, I don’t care who’s playing.”

Sarah Jessica Parker of “Divorce” on HBOWhere to begin. ‘Frontline,’ ‘Independent Lens,’ ‘House Hunters International,’ ‘The Great British Baking Contest.’ Matthew (Broderick, her husband): ‘Portlandia.’ Recently, a lot of the debates or primaries or things like that, like election night returns stuff gets big play. ‘american Masters.’ ... Do you know, ‘Globe Trekker’? It’s fantastic. a lot of shows on travel that aren’t kind of supported by advertising in some way I like a lot. and ‘30 for 30,’ every single episode on ESPN.

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If early indications hold, Millennials may not be particularly happy with the way “The Great Indoors” depicts them, but it’s meant to be a comedy.

The CBS show premieres Thursday, Oct. 27, with Joel McHale (“Community”) returning to weekly television as an adventure-loving reporter grounded from globetrotting when his magazine’s founder (veteran British talent Stephen Fry) makes the publication digital-only and asks him to oversee a young staff – with one member played by Christopher Mintz-Plasse (“Superbad”). Each side has a hard time understanding the other: Jack (McHale) doesn’t “get” much of the online savvy of his charges, while they don’t see the true appeal of the places and activities they write about.

“If we are actually offending Millennials and that is the reputation of the show, this is the best press ever,” the typically droll McHale muses. However, series creator and executive producer Mike Gibbons maintains “The Great Indoors” is more about Jack “being on his heels, not recognizing the (newly changed workplace), and then having to reacclimate and be caught up with the help of this new generation. Which is incredibly surprising to him.


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“It is really the opposite” of the targeting-Millennials notion, Gibbons counters. “It is someone admitting, ‘Whoa, I’m out of step. I have to catch up, and I am wrong in many ways – I think – that I thought I was right.’ and then there’s a little bit of, ‘Some of the things, I’m maybe not that wrong about, and that’s where they are going to learn from that.’ ”

The former comedy partner of Hugh Laurie (“House”), co-star Fry notes, “If I thought that Millennials were not able to laugh at themselves, then it would be really sad. The great insult would be not to make any jokes about them because they are incapable of laughing at themselves.” Fellow series regular Christine Ko reasons, “as Millennials, we represent the positive side, which is that we are so into diversity, and we are the most inclusive generation. and that gives a voice for Millennials.”

Susannah Fielding (“Catastrophe”) appears in “The Great Indoors” as Fry’s daughter, who’s also the former flame and immediate supervisor of McHale’s character. She believes the show is “very much about different generations teaching each other things, and there’s absolutely as much fun being made of each other. and that’s what makes it such a joyous show. We want everyone to watch it because there’s somebody that

everyone can relate to, hopefully, from every age and every walk of life.”

Gibbons gives Millennials credit for being “very smart, and we have that in the show in spades. It’s just they have a

voice, and it’s great – but they also have

an inability to resist, like, taking four photos

of themselves every day. If something is about them,

they will come, I think. and also, it really is an equal fight

in this (series’) workplace. It was born out of me feeling so out-of-place,

and all the faults the Gen X generation has in the workplace.”

McHale says he signed up for “The Great Indoors” because “I’ve always wanted to do a four-camera sitcom. You always hear the criticism about them, but I believe they are funny and (always) will be. I thought, ‘This is a world that can go (into),’ and I also like workplace comedies. It’s a big sandbox, and that’s how I felt about ‘Community’ when I first read it. I was like, ‘Oh, this can go anywhere.’ So, that all wonderfully came together. and I bought a new house, and I need to pay it off.”

“If we are actually offending Millennials and that is the reputation of the show, this is the best press ever”- McHale

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BY GEORGE DICKIE Sit down for a conversation with Norman Lear and one feels as though they’re talking with a kindly uncle or grandfather, not a TV legend responsible for some of the most groundbreaking series in the medium’s history.

at 94, the creator of “all in the Family,” “Good Times,” “Maude,” “The Jeffersons” and “One Day at a Time,” among others, is a treasure trove of TV history and he recalls events on his shows as though they happened last year, not in the 1970s. His story is told in the new “american Masters” documentary “Norman Lear: Just another Version of You,” premiering Tuesday, Oct. 25, on PBS (check local listings).

The 90-minute film uses stories from Lear, his family and friends to paint a picture of a man who rose from poor beginnings in Connecticut, to begin a career in television writing for “The Colgate Comedy Hour” with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin, then created TV shows that not only won Emmys but changed the content of national discourse.

a hallmark of Lear’s shows is that they never shied away from the hot-button issues of the day, be it prejudice on “all in the Family,” interracial marriage on “The Jeffersons” or abortion on “Maude.” That last series invited some controversy in its first season when in a Nov. 1972 episode, the character of 47-year-old suburban housewife Maude Findlay (Bea arthur) opted to have an abortion – this at a time when Roe v. Wade was being argued in the Supreme Court.

Needless to say, CBS was less than thrilled at the potential backlash but Lear argued his case.

“I said, ‘Women at her age are faced with this problem. We want to do it,’ “ he says. “and as a result of the pressure from the network, we wrote in a character we didn’t have. It was a friend of Maude’s. She was pregnant with her fifth child and she had four children she couldn’t afford, and that was her story. and she would no more think of having an abortion than – ever. So she was having her fifth baby when Maude was losing her baby and that helped even it up.”

Probably Lear’s most noteworthy work is “all in the Family,” the landmark 1971-79 CBS comedy about Queens, N.Y., working-class bigot archie Bunker, that won 22 Emmys, garnered near-universal critical acclaim and made a star of a character actor named Carroll O’Connor.

Lear and O’Connor worked together for eight years on “all in the Family” to create one of TV’s most indelible characters but it wasn’t always smooth sailing. Both were strong-willed men who had definite ideas of who archie was and they often clashed, one time resulting in both men walking off set. It took the threat of a CBS lawsuit to bring them back.

Some of “all in the Family” is lifted from Lear’s childhood, including some of archie’s traits (his father’s treatment of his mother, his chair) and the Bunker home, including the famous toilet flush.

“I lived in a house about that size, I grew up in that house,” Lear says. “... We had one toilet (that) my sister and my father and mother and I shared upstairs.”

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BY JaY BOBBINIf women’s issues of the 1960s seem like distant history, “Good Girls Revolt” indicates otherwise.

Based on a nonfiction book by Lynn Povich, the new amazon series – which starts streaming Friday, Oct. 28 – suggests plenty of modern relevance to the struggles of female newsroom researchers who wanted fair treatment in the late Sixties, when gender equality was a battle as they vied to become writers. anna Camp (“Pitch Perfect”), Genevieve angelson (“Backstrom”) and Erin Darke (“Love & Mercy”) play the protagonists, with Joy Bryant as Eleanor Holmes Norton, the real-life lawyer (and later Congresswoman) they hire to represent them.

Veteran producer Lynda Obst (“Sleepless in Seattle,” “Hot in Cleveland”) reflects, “I think Lynn had not wanted to sell the book for a long period of time because, as a journalist, she was very suspicious of the various ways in which it could be distorted as both a movie and a television show. She didn’t 100-percent want to do a documentary, because she didn’t want to invade the lives of her colleagues ... and she didn’t want to fictionalize it entirely, because she thought it might be distorted into some kind of exploitation film.”

Having been a journalist herself – as was fellow executive producer Dana Calvo (“Narcos”), who developed the book into the series – Obst told Povich she would “try to do it without, in fact, distorting it journalistically. and yet, we could still change the characters so their privacy wouldn’t be invaded. and after six months of a campaign to convince

her of my ardency and purity of my intentions, I think she really knew that I cared about the journalism of this, and getting the journalism right.”

Co-star Camp did a guest turn on the same-era “Mad Men,” and she reflects that “Good Girls Revolt” is “definitely picking up where ‘Mad Men’ leaves off, with the time at the end of the last season. Joan (that show’s character played by Christina Hendricks) was starting her own company and starting to really assert herself as a woman in the industry and business. and I feel like our show does pick up pretty much right on that, and what happens to the women, who then have to come forward and take a stand and assert their rights.”

“Good Girls Revolt” also has its male characters, many of whom are depicted in a rather unflattering light. One is played by “Weeds” alum Hunter Parrish – who also portrayed the courtroom defendant who shot Will Gardner (Josh Charles) fatally on “The Good Wife” – and while that view may not be pleasant, he feels it’s accurate within the story being told.

“These were men of the time,” he notes, “and this is how they thought based on their upbringing, and this was their environment. I think what’s interesting is seeing them be challenged ... that they maybe should be considering to interact differently with the women, because of how they feel about the women. and you see that evolve throughout the season, and I like that.”

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BY GEORGE DICKIEWith one terrifying swing of his barbed-wire-clad baseball bat – apparently to kill a regular character – the villainous Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) served notice once and for all that he was the man all survivors should fear. and fans of “The Walking Dead” have been waiting since the Season 6 finale this past april to find out who that unlucky party is.

alas, their wait ends this week as Season 7 of “TWD” kicks off Sunday, Oct. 23, on aMC.

as Season 6 ended, Rick (andrew Lincoln) and his group had launched an offensive on the Saviors, who responded with small attacks of their own, and Rick put alexandria on lockdown. When Maggie (Lauren Cohan) began having complications with her pregnancy, members of the group took her to the Hilltop community to get help. On the way, they’re blocked by the Saviors and Negan, wielding his trusted bat, Lucille.

There has been much speculation online as to the identity of Negan’s victim and, of course, the cablenet isn’t offering any hints. as has been custom in TV series production in recent years, the producers have filmed death scenes with all of the major characters to prevent any leaks from getting out.

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But who gets to kiss Lucille? We already know that it won’t be Glenn (Steven Yeun), who’s been through trauma after trauma and is stronger for it. His fake-out death last season when he escaped from a group of hungry walkers under a Dumpster annoyed many fans, so killing him for real this time might alienate them for good. The character was killed in the comics but it is known that showrunner Scott Gimple is not one to hew the show’s storylines too closely to the print version.

The candidate most mentioned to be offed is Glenn’s wife, Maggie. She’s shaky and sick from her complications and killing a pregnant woman in a brutal way would certainly establish Negan as an especially cruel villain. Some reports have indicated that Cohan hasn’t been seen on the show’s atlanta-area set after the season opener was filmed and in May she posted an Instagram photo of herself at a beach, presumably far from North Georgia. Of course, all of this could very well be a ruse designed to throw overeager fans off the trail.

The comics offer no clues. Creator Robert Kirkman has said he has a planned ending in mind for the comics but he’s not sharing it with Gimple because he wants the comics to continue long after the series ends. He also doesn’t want the series to affect the comics.

One thing is certain is that come Sunday, fans will have their answer. and it will likely set the tone for the season.

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Ingredients4 1/2 ounces confectioners’ sugar (about 1 1/4 cups)1/2 ounce nonfat dry milk (about 6 1/2 teaspoons)1/4 teaspoon kosher salt3 1/2 ounces granulated sugar (about 1/2 cup)3 3/4 ounces light corn syrup (about 1/3 cup)2 1/2 tablespoons water2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract2 or 3 drops each yellow and orange gel paste food coloring

Directions• Combine the confectioners’ sugar, dry milk and salt in a food processor. Pulse 4 or 5 times, until the mixture is smooth and well combined. Set aside.

• Combine the granulated sugar, corn syrup and water in a 2-quart pot. Place over medium heat, cover and cook for 4 minutes. add the butter, clip on a candy thermometer and bring the sugar syrup to 230 degrees F, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and remove the thermometer.

• add the vanilla and the dry mixture and stir continuously with a silicone spatula until well combined.

Pour onto a half sheet pan lined with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Cool for 10 to 15 minutes, until the mixture is cool enough to handle.

• Divide the dough into 3 equal pieces. add 2 or 3 drops of yellow food coloring to one piece and knead until the color is consistent throughout. add 2 or 3 drops of orange to the second piece and knead until the color is consistent throughout. Leave the third piece white.

• Roll each piece of dough into a strand about 18 inches long. Cut each strand in half and roll each piece into a strand that is about 1/2 inch thick and 22 inches long.

• Lay the strands side by side (orange, yellow, then white) and press them together using your fingers. Cut into 4-inch pieces. Then, using a ruler or bench scraper, press each piece into a wedge, keeping the orange section wide and making the white part come to a tip.

• Use a wire butter slicer, knife, bench scraper or pizza cutter to cut each wedge into individual candies. Lay the candies on a piece of parchment until dry, at least 1 hour. Store in an airtight container with parchment between each layer.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 239 p.m. on Food Network Halloween WarsThe final three teams are challenged to create evocative displays that capture the horror that unfolds inside a crypt after dark in the new episode “Mausoleum Madness.” at the end of the episode, however, only two of those teams will be allowed to move forward to next week’s grand finale. Greg Plotkin, director of “Paranormal activity: The Ghost Dimension,” joins judges Don Mancini and Shinmin Li to make that final call; Jonathan Bennett is host.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 248 p.m. on Food Network Cake WarsIn the new episode “Trolls,’’ four bakers go to battle to have their cake at the center of a party celebrating the DreamWorks animated movie of that title. Walt Dohrn and Mike Mitchell, co-directors of the film, serve as special guest judges, joining Waylynn Lucas and Richard Ruskell to decide which baking wizard deserves the $10,000 grand prize. 9 p.m. on Food Network Halloween Baking ChampionshipThe four remaining bakers must try to contact the spirit world as they bake up a tomb dessert for the pre-heat in the new episode “Spirits Rising.” Next, they’re tasked with making a dessert that reflects the colorful artistry and mood of Mexico’s

Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, to move on to the next round. Sandra Lee, Carla Hall and Damiano Carrara are the judges; Jeff Dunham and his puppet sidekick Walter are the hosts.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2611 p.m. on Food Network Cutthroat KitchenIn the new “Tournament of Terror Finale,” the four winners from the previous heats return and begin their ultimate face-off by shopping for their loaded Bloody Mary ingredients in a dark, haunted pantry. One chef has to cook their bone-in dish on a flaming organ, while a candy challenge takes place on a possessed, spinning bed. Tonight’s special guest judge is anne Burrell; alton Brown is the host.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29Unwrapped (marathon) Cooking Channel 5 pm-11 pmThe Pioneer Woman: Crazy-Sweet Treats (N) Food Network, 10 amTrisha’s Southern Kitchen: Masquerade and Cocktails (N) Food Network, 10:30 amThe Kitchen: Halloween Tricks and Treats (N) Food Network, 11 amValerie’s Home Cooking: Pumpkins, Sweets and Treats (N) Food Network, 12:30 pm

Q: What is the most memorable Halloween costume you’ve worn?a: I wore the Venetian carnival costume, the Bauta, which was great fun. It has quite a bit of history, and of course I love the fact that it was designed so that one could eat and drink without removing the mask!

Q: What is your favorite Halloween-related movie? a: I loved watching the first “Harry Potter” movie with my grandchildren when they were younger.

Q: What is your favorite Halloween recipe? a: I love tiramisu, and at (my restaurant) Felidia we make pumpkin tiramisu. It’s a perfect Halloween treat for me.

lidia Bastianich Chef and host of “Lidia’s Kitchen” on PBS

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• The Goonies (1985) Freeform, 7:30 am• Liar, Liar, Vampire (2015) Nickelodeon, 12 pm• Scooby-Doo (2002) Freeform, 12:20 pm• Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2002) Freeform, 2:20 pm• Monster High: Welcome to Monster High (PREMIERE, 2016) Nickelodeon, 7 pm• Monster’s University (2013) Freeform, 7:20 pm

• Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers (1987) Cartoon Network, 10 am• Spooky Buddies (PREMIERE, 2011) Disney Channel, 1 pm• The Addams Family (1991) Freeform, 4:35 pm• Scared Shrekless (2010) Cartoon Network, 5 pm• Addams Family Values (1993) Freeform, 6:40 pm• Halloweentown (1998) Disney Channel, 7 pm

• Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) Cartoon Network, 10 am• Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space (2009) Cartoon Network, 5 pm• Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge (2001) Disney Channel, 7 pm• Addams Family Values (1993) Freeform, 7 pm

• Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery (2014) Cartoon Network, 10 am• The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010) Freeform, 3:30 pm• Halloweentown High (2004) Disney Channel, 7 pm

• Scooby-Doo in Where’s My Mummy? (2005) Cartoon Network, 10 am• Lego Scooby Doo Haunted Hollywood (2016) Cartoon Network, 3:30 pm• Return to Halloweentown (2006) Disney Channel, 7 pm• Escape From Planet Earth (2013) Nickelodeon, 8 pm• Hocus Pocus (1993) Freeform, 9 pm

• Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988) Cartoon Network, 10 am• Descendants: Wicked World (N) Disney Channel, 7:57 pm• It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) ABC, 8 pm

• The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Freeform, 7 am• Toy Story OF TERROR! (2013) Disney Channel, 11:30 am• R.L. Stine’s Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (PREMIERE, 2015) Disney Channel, 8 pm

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23 The Lost Boys (1987) VH1, 1:30 am Videodrome (1983) Cinemax, 6 am Cat Girl (1957) IFC, 7:30 am Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998) Syfy, 9 am Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994) Syfy, 11 am End of Days (1999) Cinemax, 11:20 am Phantasm (1979) Syfy, 1 pm The Grudge 3 (2009) Syfy, 5 pm The Grudge 2 (2006) Syfy, 7 pm The Walking Dead (SPREM) AMC, 9 pm Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) TCM, 10 pm

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994) Syfy, 11 pm MONDAY, OCTOBER 24 The Phantom Carriage (1920) TCM, 12 am Epidemic (1987) TCM, 2 am The Wolfman (2010) USA 2 am Let Me In (2010) Syfy, 3:30 am Prom Night (2008) Encore, 7:45 am Graveyard Shift (1990) AMC, 9 am Silver Bullet (1985) AMC, 11 am Cujo (1983) AMC, 1 pm Firestarter (1984) AMC, 3 pm The Gorgon (1964) TCM 3:15 pm The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) TCM, 4:45 pm Thinner (1996) AMC, 5:30 pm 1408 (2007) AMC, 7:30 pm Blade: Trinity (2004) Syfy, 8 pm Horror of Dracula (1958) TCM, 8 pm Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966) TCM, 9:30 pm Carrie (1976) AMC, 10 pm Blade (1998) Syfy, 10:30 pm Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1969) TCM, 11:15 pm

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25 Final Destination 5 (2011) FX, 1 am Stake Land (2010) Syfy, 1 am Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) TCM, 1 am Dreamcatcher (2003) AMC, 2:15 am Scars of Dracula (1970) TCM, 2:45 am Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) TCM, 4:30 am Death Becomes Her (1992) Freeform, 7 am Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings (2011) Syfy, 7:30 am Rosemary’s Baby (1968) AMC, 9 am Red Riding Hood (2011) FX, 9 am Night of the Living Dead (1968) Encore, 10:10 am Krampus (2015) Cinemax, 10:55 am The Seventh Sign (1988) Encore, 2:10 pm Tremors (1990) AMC, 6 pm Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996) AMC, 8 pm

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26 Halloweentown (1998) Freeform, 12 am The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy (1957) TCM, 6 am The Mist (2007) IFC, 7:30 am The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010) Freeform, 3:30 pm

Hostel (2006) IFC, 5:15 pm Dark Shadows (2012) Freeform, 5:40 pm Child’s Play 2 (1990) AMC, 6 pm Child’s Play 3 (1991) AMC, 8 pm Honeymoon From Hell (2016) LMN, 8 pm Ghost Hunters (SEAFIN) Syfy, 9 pm Bride of Chucky (1998) AMC, 10 pm Paranormal Witness (SEAFIN) Syfy, 10 pm

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27 Seed of Chucky (2004) AMC, 12 am Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge (2001) Freeform, 12 am

Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001) AMC, 2 am

Gravy (2015) Showtime, 3:15 am Re-Animator (1985) AMC, 4 am The Pyramid (2014) Cinemax, 7:30 am Ghoulies (1985) AMC, 9 am Silent Hill: Revelation (2012) Syfy, 9:30 am Psycho (1960) BBC America, 10 am Fright Night (2011) AMC, 11:30 am Darkness Falls (2003) Syfy, 11:30 am A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) AMC, 6 pm Devil (2010) Starz, 9 pm A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Re-venge (1985) AMC, 10 pm Legion (2010) Syfy, 11 pm

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) AMC, 12 am Halloweentown High (2004) Freeform, 12 am Extinction (2015) Starz, 12:15 am Red: Werewolf Hunter (2010) Syfy, 3 am A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) AMC, 4 am The Culling (2015) TMC, 7:30 am Ghoulies II (1988) AMC, 9 am Piranha (2010) Spike TV, 9 am 6 Souls (2010) AMC, 9:30 am The Last House on the Left (2009) Spike TV, 11 am Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998) Syfy, 11 am Devil (2010) Starz, 11:35 am Freddy vs. Jason (2003) AMC, 4 pm Friday the 13th (1980) AMC, 6 pm

Thirteen Ghosts (2001) Spike TV, 6 pm Friday the 13th, Part 2 (1981) AMC, 8 pm Stephen King’s It (1990) Spike TV, 8 pm

Dracula (1931) TCM, 8 pm The Mummy (1932) TCM, 9:30 pm Friday the 13th - Part III (1982) AMC, 9:59 pm

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 Return to Halloweentown (2006) Freeform, 12 am I Spit on Your Grave (1978) Encore, 12:22 am The Black Cat (1934) TCM, 1:30 pm The Uninvited (1944) TCM, 2:45 am Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) AMC, 3:04 am Island of Lost Souls (1933) TCM, 4:30 am Friday the 13th — A New Beginning (1985) AMC, 5:04 am Leprechaun 2 (1994) Encore, 5:17 am The Devil Doll (1936) TCM, 6 am Day of the Dead (2008) Encore, 6:43 am Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) AMC, 7:04 am The Leopard Man (1943) TCM, 7:30 am The Flesh Eaters (1964) IFC, 8 am The Fly (1958) Encore, 8:10 am Final Destination (2000) Spike TV, 9 am Bedlam (1946) TCM, 9 am Friday the 13th Part VII — The New Blood (1988) AMC, 9:03 am Sinister (2012) Syfy, 9:30 am How to Make a Monster (1958) IFC, 10 am Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhat-tan (1989) AMC, 11:02 am Final Destination 2 (2003) Spike TV, 11:30 am Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) AMC, 1:02 pm Final Destination 3 (2006) Spike TV, 1:30 pm Jason X (2002) AMC, 3 pm Mimic 2 (2001) IFC, 3:15 pm Friday the 13th (2009) AMC, 5 pm Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) IFC, 5 pm I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) Encore, 5:45 pm Interview With the Vampire (1994) BBC Ameri-ca, 7 pm Halloween (1978) AMC, 7 pm Poltergeist (2015) HBO, 8 pm Amish Witches: The True Story of Holmes County (PREMIERE, 2016) Lifetime, 8 pm Blood and Black Lace (1964) TCM, 8 pm Halloween II (1981) AMC, 9 pm Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (PRE-MIERE, 2016) Starz, 9 pm The Night Before Halloween (PREMIERE, 2016) Syfy, 9 pm The Roost (2005) TMC, 9 pm Carnival of Souls (1962) TCM, 9:30 pm Bloodworx (2012) TMC, 10:30 pm John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998) Encore, 10:50 pm Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) AMC, 11 pm Scream 4 (2011) Spike TV, 11 pm It’s Alive! (1974) TCM, 11 pm

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The remake of “The Magnificent Seven” is quite enjoyable. and quite unnecessary.

The original 1960 Western – inspired by akira Kurosawa’s Japanese classic “Seven Samurai” – still holds up beautifully, but after three sequels and a TV series that was a modest success for CBS over a couple of seasons, it’s not hard to understand why a studio would return to one of its most famous properties.

The story basically stays the same: a town is besieged by a villain (portrayed in this case by Peter Saarsgard, a far cry from the original’s Eli Wallach) and his followers, and the citizens realize they’ll have to hire defenders. Haley Bennett, whose star is in the rise rapidly this fall with this and “The Girl on the Train,” plays the woman who spearheads the deal.

First up for the job is a bounty hunter played by Denzel Washington, reunited here with director antoine Fuqua, who led him to an Oscar in “Training Day.” another collaborator from that film, Ethan Hawke, plays one of the other six ... with the rest made up of the likes of Chris Pratt and Vincent D’Onofrio, each character possessing certain skills that are effective in battle.

and about that battle: You just know a big showdown is coming, and while it’s violent enough, it’s within the constraints of the picture’s PG-13 rating. Those rules were even tighter for movies in 1960, and if director John Sturges could pull it off then, Fuqua certainly can here.

a new “Magnificent Seven” is all well and good, but the original remains a wonderful example of filmmaking and storytelling that’s

just as rich today. One of the tests of remaking a classic is whether the update supports or diminishes the legacy of the original. This “Magnificent Seven” is perfectly serviceable, so it gets credit for not taking anything away from the allure of the title.

also, Washington makes a solid successor to the first version’s Yul Brynner as the leader of the seven. Both iterations of the character hold back on using words when actions will do, so there’s a nice lineage there.

Even if it’s not really needed when the first run at it endures so well, the aim of the latest “Magnificent Seven” is true – and that’s the most that could be asked of it.

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“BAD MOMS” (Nov. 1): Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn play said mothers, who decide to leave their responsibilities behind and cut loose. (R: aS, N, P)

“NINE LIVES” (Nov. 1): after being transferred into the body of a cat, a billionaire (Kevin Spacey) tries to make amends to his neglected family. (PG: aS, P)

“STAR TREK BEYOND” (Nov. 1): after an attack on the Enterprise, the crew faces challenges while stranded on a remote planet; Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto return. (PG-13: P, V)

“THE WALKING DEAD: THE COMPLETE SEASON 6” (Nov. 1): a lot precedes it, but the arrival of villain Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is a major highlight here. (Not rated: aS, P, GV)

“BILLIONS: SEASON ONE” (Nov. 8): a federal attorney (Paul Giamatti) sets his sights on the hedge-fund king (Damian Lewis) who employs the lawyer’s wife (Maggie Siff). (Not rated: aS, N, P)

“FINDING DORY” (Nov. 15): In the sequel to Disney-Pixar’s animated “Finding Nemo,” fish Dory (voice of Ellen DeGeneres) sets out to find her parents. (PG: aS)

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Hitting the video market just in time for Halloween, this thriller – director David F. Sandberg’s reasonably clever expansion of his Internet short subject that went viral –- casts Teresa Palmer (“Point Break”) as a woman whose mental problems lead others to doubt


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“LIGHTS OUT”her fears that a supposedly imaginary “friend” is targeting her younger brother (Gabriel

Bateman). The title is literal, since the apparent villain

of the piece can’t be seen in normal light. also in the cast are Maria Bello, Billy Burke (“Zoo”) and Emily alyn Lind (“Revenge”). ›››

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Sunday, October 23 7:30 p.m. on Fox Bob’s Burgersafter Tammy (voice of guest star Jenny Slate) steals Tina’s (voice of Dan Mintz) idea for a prize-winning Halloween costume, Tina turns for advice to Mr. ambrose (voice of guest star Billy Eichner), who has a few alternative suggestions, some of them otherworldly, for how Tina could still win in the new “Teen-a-Witch.” Elsewhere, Bob (voice of H. Jon Benjamin) is going nuts trying to find out who is stealing his perfectly crafted pumpkins. Recurring guest star Kevin Kline also lends his voice.9 p.m. on AMC The Walking DeadIf you thought the long-awaited return of this series would somehow include a fake-out, that one of the familiar characters hadn’t gotten a fatal kiss from a baseball bat called Lucille, think again. There reportedly is, indeed, a death in the opening of tonight’s Season 7 premiere, and it’s going to hurt for a lot of fans, as Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), the formidable new archvillain, gives the survivors a violent look at the fate of anyone who does not bend to his will.9 p.m. HLMM Hailey Dean Mystery: Murder, With LoveBased on characters in a series of novels by former prosecutor and TV host Nancy Grace, this new 2016 mystery

stars Kellie Martin as a highly respected ex-prosecutor who has transitioned into a new role as a therapist and frequently serves as an expert witness. Hailey suspects foul play when a parent of one of her patients dies, so she sets out to uncover the truth. Grace, an executive producer on this TV movie, also makes an appearance; Giacomo Baessatto, Cindy Busby, Viv Leacock and Jesse Moss co-star.Monday, October 24 7:30 p.m. on AMC 1408John Cusack probably is the only actor who could make a cheesy horror film really good. He stars as Mike, who, like Houdini, tries to prove supernatural things false. One of his trips takes him to a reportedly haunted hotel room where -- lo and behold -- he realizes it really is haunted. Paul Birchard and Margot Leicester also star in this 2007 thriller. 9:01 p.m. on Fox Luciferafter his favorite action movie hero is murdered, Lucifer (Tom Ellis) enthusiastically dives into the investigation, in which the actor’s longtime rival, Rolf Van Zandt (guest star Mark Dacascos) initially is the prime suspect. Elsewhere, amenadiel (DB Woodside) has to come clean about his lost powers when Uriel (guest star Michael Imperioli) shows up. Charisma Carpenter also guest stars; Lauren

German and Tricia Helfer also star.Tuesday, October 25 8 p.m. on ABC The Middleas Halloween looms, Frankie (Patricia Heaton) makes a really scary discovery: In the unlikely event she and Mike (Neil Flynn) ever divorced, the kids all would choose to live with him. Elsewhere, the strain of having to be nice all the time to girlfriend april (guest star Greer Grammer) drives axl (Charlie McDermott) to pop off at his innocent family, while Sue (Eden Sher) tries everything she can think of to get her room back from Brick (atticus Shaffer) in the new “Halloween VII: The Heckoning.”8:30 p.m. on ABC American HousewifeJealous that Taylor (Meg Donnelly) is friendly with perfect neighbor Viv (recurring guest star Leslie Bibb), Katie (Katy Mixon) reluctantly decides to compete in the Westport Halloween zombie run after learning that both the other women are participating in the new episode “Westport Zombies.” Meanwhile, anna-Kat and Greg (Julia Butters, Diedrich Bader) take things a little too far as they get into character for the “zombie obstacle course’’ portion of the race.9 p.m. on ABC Fresh Off the Boatas his favorite holiday approaches, Louis (Randall Park) is determined to scare Jessica (Constance Wu) into the Halloween spirit, but she’s bent over

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her word processor, hard at work on writing her first horror novel in the new episode “Louisween.” While kids Emery and Evan (Forrest Wheeler, Ian Chen) debate their costume options, Eddie (Hudson Yang) and his pals are psyched by a chance to party with older kids at Nicole’s (recurring guest star Luna Blaise) house. 9 p.m. on Syfy Channel Zero: Candle CoveIn a new episode called “Want to See Something Cool?,” Mike (Paul Schneider) desperately tries to prove to Gary (Shaun Benson) Candle Cove is behind the murders before the latter takes justice into his own hands. Later, Marla, Jessica and amy (Fiona Shaw, Natalie Brown, Luisa D’Oliveira) frantically search for Mike before it’s too late.9:30 p.m. on ABC The Real O’NealsIn the new episode “The Real Halloween,” Eileen (Martha Plimpton) is uneasy about Kenny’s (Noah Galvin) plans to attend the flamboyant costume parade in Boystown, so she agrees to let him throw his own Halloween party at home. Her tolerance is sorely tested, though, when Kenny invites some gay pals to crash the party and makes a big last-minute costume change of his own. Jimmy and Shannon (Matt Shively, Bebe Wood), meanwhile, plan the ultimate Halloween prank. Jay R. Ferguson also stars.10 p.m. on ABC Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.as the S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives infiltrate a high-security prison to get answers to the secrets that continue to haunt all of them, Robbie Reyes (guest star Gabriel Luna) desperately attempts to control his spectral alter-ego, The Ghost Rider, whose thirst for vengeance threatens to destroy the entire team, in the new episode “Lockup.” Jason O’Mara, Parminder Nagra, Patrick Cavanaugh, Jose Zuniga and Kerr Smith also guest star.10 p.m. on Syfy Aftermathafter she gratefully accepts some help from an old friend, Karen (anne Heche) is haunted by an eerie, persistent harbinger of death in a new episode called “a Clatter and a Chatter.” Gradually, the Copelands

are forced to realize that no refuge is truly safe in these desperate times. James Tupper, Levi Meaden, Taylor Hickson and Julia Sarah Stone also star.Wednesday, October 26 8 p.m. on ABC The Goldbergs adam’s (Sean Giambrone) love for the scary novels of Stephen King inspires him to try his hand at horror writing, but he makes a rookie mistake in modeling a monstrous character in his story on mom Beverly (Wendi McLendon-Covey). Understandably miffed, she makes adam stay in on Halloween and rewrite his saga. Erica (Hayley Orrantia), meanwhile, is so desperate for a date to a costume dance that she drafts Barry (Troy Gentile) to take her in the new “Stevie King.”8:30 p.m. on ABC SpeechlessWhen Jimmy (John Ross Bowie) gets depressed that none of his kids wants to participate in the DiMeo clan tradition of dressing up for Halloween, Maya (Minnie Driver) urges him to spend time taking things off the family’s “Dead to Me” list. Ray (Mason Cook) recruits Dylan (Kyla Kenedy) to help work the school’s haunted mansion, while Kenneth (Cedric Yarbrough) fears he’s about to get fired after JJ (Micah Fowler) gets drunk at a party in a new episode called “H-a-L-- HaLLOWEEN.”9 p.m. on ABC Modern FamilySince he comes from a clan known for their epic Halloween decorations, Luke (Nolan Gould) always envisioned his first-ever party for the holiday to be similarly memorable. Instead, it’s shaping up to be a disaster, but his parents and siblings move swiftly to turn it around in the new “Halloween 4: The Revenge of Rod Skyhook.” Elsewhere, Mitchell and Lily (Jesse Tyler Ferguson, aubrey anderson-Emmons) try to keep Cam (Eric Stonestreet) in line as he confronts his Halloween nemesis.9 p.m. on Syfy Ghost Huntersas a museum prepares to open a new exhibit on spiritualism during the Victorian era, its director and a volunteer grow concerned that the presentation might stir up activity by entities from that time period in the season finale episode “Manor of Mystery.” Rachel Nichols (“Continuum”) and Jonathan Sadowski (“Young & Hungry”) appear as special

guest investigators.9:31 p.m. on ABC blackishafter Junior (Marcus Scribner) embarrasses his dad (anthony anderson) during a basketball game, Dre retaliates by planning a prank that will teach his son a lesson in the new “The Purge.” Elsewhere, the neighborhood relaxes its rules during a “mischief night” at Halloween, when petty crimes are legal, but Ruby (Jenifer Lewis) and the kids take things a little too far. Tracee Ellis Ross also stars.10 p.m. on Syfy Paranormal WitnessIn the final years before it closed in 1998, members of the staff at South Pittsburg Municipal Hospital in Tennessee reported several unsettling events. Years later, Stacey Hayes, hired to manage a renovation of the building, likewise begins to experience some terrifying paranormal incidents, so she summons professional investigators to help. Things go badly awry, however, when that team becomes trapped in the building and is violently attacked by the dark forces within in the season finale “The Night Ward.”11 p.m. on Food Network Cutthroat KitchenIn the new “Tournament of Terror Finale,” the four winners from the previous heats return and begin their ultimate face-off by shopping for their loaded Bloody Mary ingredients in a dark, haunted pantry. One chef has to cook their bone-in dish on a flaming organ, while a candy challenge takes place on a possessed, spinning bed. Tonight’s special guest judge is anne Burrell; alton Brown is the host.Thursday, October 279 p.m. on BBC America The Living and the DeadFormer “Merlin” star Colin Morgan stars in this new Halloween week binge-a-thon, a three-part 2016 thriller airing tonight in its entirety. Morgan stars as pioneering Victorian psychologist Nathan appleby, who moves with his wife, Charlotte (Charlotte Spencer), to his family’s failing farm. They soon discover the estate seems to be the epicenter of a staggering number of supernatural phenomena. Nicholas Woodeson and Elizabeth Berrington also star.


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9 p.m. on The CW SupernaturalDuring the long run of this hit series, Sam and Dean (Jared Padalecki, Jensen ackles) have focused far more on babes than babies, but it’s the latter that holds their attention in the new episode “The Foundry.” after a crying infant leads to a death in a creepy abandoned house, the Winchester brothers investigate, while Castiel and Crowley (Misha Collins, Mark a. Sheppard) warily team up to hunt for Lucifer (guest star Rick Springfield).10 p.m. on ABC How to Get Away With MurderYou’d think they might be bulletproof by now, after all they’ve been through together, but annalise (Viola Davis) and the Keating 5 are badly shaken by a revelation in the Wallace Mahoney murder in a new episode called “Is Someone Really Dead?” (which, let’s face it, is a title that could fit every other episode of this show). Meanwhile, the team attempts to help a veteran facing assault charges. Jack Falahee, aja Naomi King, Charlie Weber, Matt McGorry and Liza Weil also star.Friday, October 28 8 p.m. on The CW The Vampire Diariesafter they discover that someone from Stefan’s (Paul Wesley) past may be Damon and Enzo’s (Ian Somerhalder, Michael Malarkey) next target, Stefan, Bonnie and Caroline (Kat Graham, Candice King) head to North Carolina, where Bonnie takes extreme measure to free Enzo. Meanwhile, at the armory, alaric and Georgie (Matt Davis, guest star allison Scagliotti) come across a mysterious symbol that could be linked to whatever is controlling Damon and Enzo in the new episode “Today Will Be Different.”8 p.m. on TCM DraculaScreen history certainly has not lacked for its share of Draculas, but the tastiest arguably remains Bela Lugosi, who plays the Transylvanian count in this 1931 classic. The bloodsucker has his arch nemesis Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan) to contend with as he terrorizes England -- and one lovely-throated beauty (Helen Chandler) in particular.

Director Tod Browning’s (“Freaks”) cast also includes David Manners and Dwight Frye.10 p.m. on Syfy Van HelsingIn the new episode “For Me,” Vanessa and axel (Kelly Overton, Jonathan Scarfe) lead their ragtag group at the hospital in a desperate last stand against a siege by Julius (aleks Paunovic) and his vampire soldiers. The balance of power starts to shift, however, with the arrival of Dmitri’s (Paul Johansson) death squad, making civil war between the two groups of bloodsuckers all but a given.Saturday, October 29 8 p.m. on Disney Channel R.L. Stine’s Monsterville: Cabinet of SoulsWhen the Hall of Horrors show arrives in Danville, several high school friends can’t wait to get scared in this 2015 teen horror comedy directed by Peter DeLuise. as they make their way through this sinister carnival, however, they gradually discover the showman (andrew Kavadas) and his company actually are trapping and feeding off the souls of lost young people. Dove Cameron (Disney’s “Descendants”) and Katherine McNamara (“Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments”) star.8 p.m. on Lifetime Amish Witches: The True Story of Holmes Countyafter a reality film crew comes to Holmes County, Ohio, to film a documentary on an isolated amish sect, production is shut down after an amish witch is killed, in this new thriller that’s filmed in the “found footage” style of “The Blair Witch Project.” after her funeral, some of her young friends ask the crew to help them document on film the bizarre events that have started to torment them. It soon becomes clear that a malevolent force has truly deadly intentions.9 p.m. on Starz Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesIn 19th-century England, Elizabeth Bennet, mistress of martial arts and weaponry, teams up with zombie killer Mr. Darcy to battle the undead in this 2016 adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s 2009 literary mash-up of Jane austen and horror flicks. alas, much like

the movie version of the same author’s “abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” this period comedy spoof proved more dead than alive at the box-office and failed to recoup its $28 million budget. 9 p.m. on Syfy The Night Before HalloweenIf we’re splitting hairs, this new thriller premieres the night before the night before Halloween, but as they say, that’s close enough for jazz. The story is set into motion after a Halloween prank goes wrong, unleashing a relentless creature that will hunt down all of the participants -- unless they can find out how to pass that curse along to someone else. That’s a moral dilemma castmates Bailee Madison and anthony Lemke never faced in their vastly different roles on Hallmark Channel’s “Good Witch.”9:30 p.m. on TCM Carnival of Soulsafter taking a job as a church organist, the sole survivor of a fatal car crash encounters mysterious phantoms which lure her to a deserted carnival outside of town in this moody, very low-budget 1962 horror film, which made very little impression on its initial release, but has gained status as a cult title in the years since then. atmosphere, not gore or special effects, is the main ingredient in setting an effective tone of gathering foreboding. Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger and art Ellison star.


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