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Monday, Oct. 16

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (4K restoration) (3:01
am, Disney+)

https://deadline.com/2023/10/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-4k-restoration-1235567888/

https://movies.disney.com/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs

The American Buffalo (documentary miniseries) (8-10 pm, PBS)

Ken Burns' four-hour documentary tracing the history of the North
American buffalo concludes tomorrow at the same time.

https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-american-buffalo/ [score 82]

https://www.pbs.org/show/the-american-buffalo/

FBoy Island (season 3 premiere) (8 and 9 pm, two
episodes, CW)

The former Max series moves to the CW for its third season. Regular time
is 8 pm only.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFeS1u-jC5A

The Daily Show (returns from hiatus) (11 pm, Comedy Central)

The series will continue to rotate guest hosts until a new permanent
host begins sometime in early 2024.

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Tuesday, Oct. 17

Streaming:

The Devil on Trial (documentary) (3:01 am, Netflix)

Using reenactments and home videos, this dark documentary investigates
the apparent possession of a young boy--and the brutal murder that
followed. British film; 1h 21m.

https://www.netflix.com/title/81487924

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28810493/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YPoyoCR9K4

Heather McMahan: Son I Never Had (comedy special) (3:01
am, Netflix)

https://www.netflix.com/title/81714202

I Woke Up a Vampire [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am,
Netflix)

Carmie Henley wakes up on her 13th birthday to discover she suddenly has
supernatural powers! With help from her best friend, Kev, she discovers
she's a Vampling: half human and half vampire. Half-hour episodes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07MyiuA23gY

https://www.netflix.com/title/81589046

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27591984/

Crush (documentary miniseries) (3:01 am, Paramount+)

This two-part streaming documentary examines the 2022 catastrophe in
Seoul where an overcrowded Halloween event led to the deaths of over 150
people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps8Xl_hVwqA

Broadcast and cable:

Celebrity Squares [new] (8 and 8:30 pm, two episodes, VH1)

A modern twist on the classic game show format featuring Black pop
culture trivia.

Binged to Death (movie) (9 pm, MTV)

After learning their favorite reality show couples have broken up, an
obsessive single woman (Loni Love) and her best friend (Carl Anthony
Payne II) kidnap the contestants and force them into a series of
torturous games, all with the hopes of rekindling their favorite TV
romances. Also stars Quincy Brown, Loren Lott, Jessica Lord, Andre
Anthony, Dan Ginnane and Nico Tortorella.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29381712/

Navajo Police: Class 57 (documentary miniseries) (9 and 10
pm, two episodes, HBO)

Three-hour documentary that follows a group of recruits as they fight
their way through the Navajo Police Training Academy. Concludes tomorrow
at 9 pm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djW9mNclFXE

https://www.hbo.com/navajo-police-class-57

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21357608/

The Oval (season 5 premiere) (9 pm, BET)

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Wednesday, Oct. 18

Streaming:

Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story Trailer (documentary
miniseries) (12:01 am, Hulu)

She's known as one of Britain's most famous celebrities and wife of
England's record-scoring footballer Wayne Rooney. Uncovering one of the
biggest tabloid news stories in Britain for the last decade, it reveals
how Coleen turned amateur online sleuth to find an explanation for why
private stories concerning herself and her family continued to appear in
the media. Three episodes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf1l5cjhajY

Living for the Dead [new; complete season 1] (12:01 am,
Hulu)

From the creators of “Queer Eye,” five fabulous, queer ghost hunters
roam the country, helping the living by healing the dead. Our gay ‘Ghost
Hunties’ explore infamous haunted locations while pushing past
boundaries with both the living and the deceased. Eight episodes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y15RhMymDxo

Kaala Paani: Dark Water [new; complete season 1] (3:01
am, Netflix)

When a mysterious illness descends upon the Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
a desperate fight for survival collides with a race to find a cure.
Indian series; 8 episodes?

https://www.netflix.com/title/81314368

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19072562/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands

Scariest Monsters in the World ("documentary") (3:01 am, Tubi)

Join us as we embark on this international countdown of the scariest
monsters in the world--who will be on your list as the most creepy?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29268352/ [stub only]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19872200/ ["Scariest Monsters in
America," 2022 Tubi Original]

Broadcast and cable:

Nature (season 42 premiere) (8 pm, PBS)

Sistas (season 6 fall premiere) (9 pm, BET)

American Horror Story (season 12 fall finale) (10 pm, FX)

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Thursday, Oct. 19

Streaming:

Bodies [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am, Netflix)

Four detectives. Four timelines. One victim. In order to save the
future, they'll need to solve the murder that altered the course of
history first. Stephen Graham stars in this genre-bending mystery
thriller. British series; 8 episodes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyZjIPB8paw

https://www.netflix.com/title/81252916

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18347622/

Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix [new; complete season
1] (3:01 am, Netflix)

Anime; 6 episodes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qhbFa3EcrU

https://www.netflix.com/title/81306319

Crashing Eid [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am, Netflix)

When Razan's British Pakistani fiance crashes her Saudi family's Eid
celebrations, she attempts to convince them that he is a suitable match.
Saudi Arabian series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvHLFLAeEBM

https://www.netflix.com/title/81613815

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29311648/

Crypto Boy (movie) (3:01 am, Netflix)

Following a dispute with his father, a young man falls prey to
cryptocurrency's allure and an entrepreneur's audacious promises of
financial freedom. Dutch film; 1h 43m.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24785544/

https://www.netflix.com/title/81488972/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0-VpQcB9qI

Neon [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am, Netflix)

This comedy centers on a young reggaeton artist who moves from small
town Florida to Miami in the hopes of making it big. All eight episodes
stream today. Eight episodes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhJ-pa9V7R4

https://www.netflix.com/title/81450712

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23477248/

The Burning Girls [new] (3:01 am, Paramount+)

The Burning Girls is a brand new psychological thriller series starring
Samantha Morton and Ruby Stokes, who play a Vicar and her daughter. Both
arrive in a new village in hope of a fresh start but soon find the
strange community has terrible secrets in this six-episode adaptation of
the novel by C.J. Tudor. UK only?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmInTD1W3k

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14226626/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burning_Girls

Scavengers Reign [new] (3:01 am, Max)

In this surreal sci-fi animated series from creators Joseph Bennett and
Charles Huettner, the remaining crew of a damaged interstellar freighter
ship find themselves stranded on a beautiful, yet unforgiving alien
planet where they must survive long enough to escape or be rescued. As
the survivors struggle to locate their downed ship and missing
crewmates, their new home reveals a hostile world allowed to thrive
without human interference. 12 half-hour episodes; three are released
weekly for four weeks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWQH8cMpWTU

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21056886/

Candy Cruz [new] (3:01 am, Max)

Candy Cruz has a natural gift for cooking, thanks to which she will live
one of the most unforgettable experiences of her life by participating
in a TV contest that will bring her fame. Mexican series.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29277419/

Teenage Kiss: The Future Is Dead [Sierra Madre: Prohibido Pasar]
[new] (3:01 am, Max)

What happens in the elite communities of one of the most emblematic
cities in Mexico: Monterrey, Nuevo León. Through the perspective of the
Parras, a family of lineage and lineage, it will be shown that not
everything is as it seems, while they do everything possible to maintain
the appearances of their own "paradise" of life. Mexican series.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29277418/

Peter & the Wolf (movie) (3:01 am, Max)

Follows a grieving 12-year-old Peter, who is now in the care of his
grandfather after enduring the loss of a parent. Upon hearing stories of
a wolf on the loose, Peter decides to explore the vast meadow and forest
nearby to try and find the wolf himself. Along the way he encounters
creatures who help him on his quest while contending with hunters aiming
to win a prize for capturing the wolf. English-language German-UK film.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29277717/

Wolf Like Me (complete season 2) (3:01 am, Peacock)

In the second season of Wolf Like Me, Mary (Isla Fisher) and Gary (Josh
Gad) leap into the next phase of their relationship, facing their
biggest challenge yet: pregnancy. As much as the two try to have a
“normal” pregnancy, it seems impossible with so many questions looming
over them. Will their child be a human or a wolf? Just how long can they
keep things secret from the rest of their family? Will what happened in
the outback come back to haunt them? And, with Mary’s former professor,
Anton (Edgar Ramirez), suddenly in the picture, can their relationship
withstand newly unearthed secrets from Mary's past?

Edgar Ramirez joins the cast for season 2. All seven half-hour episodes
stream today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zauOAVsKfLI

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14452228/ [rating 7.3]

Surprise 2 (movie) (3:01 am, Tubi)

Lauren and Anthony hire a new midwife after their last one mysteriously
disappears, but things may not be as they appear. Stars Will Coleman and
NuNu Thurman.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28760895/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26545301/ ["Surprise," 2023 Tubi Original]

Broadcast and cable:

Handyman from Hell (movie) (8 pm, LMN)

Maggie Anderson has just separated from her husband and, as a way to
cope, is finally overhauling the beautiful converted church that she had
bought with so much promise just a few years ago. When she meets the
sexy, skilled Nate, she feels like she’s met the man who is going to fix
up her kitchen…and maybe even her heart. What she doesn’t realize is
that Nate is mysteriously connected to her family and is entering her
home and her life with murder on his mind. Liliana Tandon, Joey Ariemma,
Kristina Horan, Steve Hofstetter, and Jodie Sweetin star.

https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/handyman-from-hell

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27175131/ [stub only]

The Challenge: USA (season 2 finale) (10 pm, CBS)

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Friday, Oct. 20

Streaming:

Upload (season 3 premiere) (12:01 am, Prime Video)

After a near fatal accident, app developer Nathan (Robbie Amell) is
uploaded into a virtual afterlife called Lakeside by his girlfriend in
this sci-fi comedy created and written by Greg Daniels. Eight half-hour
episodes; two episodes stream today and on each of the following three
Fridays.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dr2pEYI_R4

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7826376/ [rating 7.9]

Sayen: La Ruta Seca (movie) (12:01 am, Prime Video)

Following the events of the first movie, Sayen arrives in the Atacama
Desert in pursuit of a lead in her mission against Actaeon, the
multinational organization responsible for the tragic loss of her family
and the destruction of ecosystems throughout Chile. Chilean film.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27351936/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19869024/ ["Sayen," also from 2023, the
predecessor film]

Silver Dollar Road (documentary) (12:01 am, Prime Video)

A Black family in North Carolina has been harassed for decades by land
developers attempting to take their waterfront property. 1h 40m.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28503626/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-EZdZMK9d0

https://www.metacritic.com/movie/silver-dollar-road/

The Pigeon Tunnel (documentary) (12:01 am, Apple TV+)

Errol Morris directs a profile of the life and career of former British
spy David Cornwell—who later became better known as a spy novelist who
wrote under the pen name John le Carré. The film, which spans six
decades and is based on le Carré's own best-selling memoir of the same
name, includes the final interview given by the author prior to his
death in 2020. 1h 32m.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28486633/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gWnuhjwNrw

https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-pigeon-tunnel/ [score 79]

Bosch: Legacy (season 2 premiere) (12:01 am, Amazon Freevee)

Bosch: Legacy follows Harry Bosch [Titus Welliver], a retired homicide
detective turned private investigator, as he embarks on the next chapter
of his career; attorney Honey “Money” Chandler [Mimi Rodgers], who
struggles to maintain her faith in the justice system after surviving an
attempted murder; and Maddie Bosch [Madison Lintz], as she discovers the
possibilities and challenges of being a rookie patrol cop on the streets
of Los Angeles. During season two, Bosch and Chandler work together to
seek out a killer who just might find them first. As a result of being
kidnapped by a masked assailant, Maddie Bosch's law enforcement career
hangs in the balance. The FBI scrutinizes Carl Rogers' murder and places
Bosch and Chandler under suspicion. Ten episodes; two are released
tonight and on each of the next four Fridays, through Nov. 17. Already
renewed for season 3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wsp-o_o_6E

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14168162/ [rating 8.5]

Big Mouth (complete season 7) (3:01 am, Netflix)

Season seven of Big Mouth follows the now teenage students of Bridgeton
middle school as they make their way to high school. Change is the only
constant as each character is faced with a new school, new friends, new
adversaries, and new Hormone Monsters. Already renewed for season 8, its
last.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUrkcvGvvrM

https://www.metacritic.com/tv/big-mouth/season-7/

https://www.netflix.com/title/80117038

Creature [Yaratilan] [new; complete limited series] (3:01
am, Netflix)

With its epic story, created in the early 1900's and stretching from
Bursa to Istanbul, The Creature focuses on one of the most fundamental
questions of humanity, "death and beyond". The biggest wish of Ziya, an
adventurous, rebellious and excited young medical student, is to be a
very good physician and cure many epidemics that medicine cannot find a
cure for. Standing between madness and genius, Doctor hsan, whom Ziya
met in Istanbul, is almost the only person in this world who could
understand him. These two eccentric and wounded souls will pay a heavy
price for the secret and forbidden experiment they embarked on together.
Turkish series; 8 episodes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKl1QlR7P4U

https://www.netflix.com/title/81504235

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17553374/

Disco Inferno (horror short) (3:01 am, Netflix)

A young couple conjures a dark presence that hungers for their unborn
baby as they prepare to burn up the dance floor at LA's hottest disco.
15 minutes. This is not the 2015 horror short by the same name.

https://www.netflix.com/title/81458881

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29291452/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4905548/ [2015's Disco Inferno]

Doona! [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am, Netflix)

A college student navigates life and school while dealing with a unique
predicament--he's living with a beautiful former K-pop sensation. Korean
series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbfNPwqLyTM

https://www.netflix.com/title/81595046

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24245988/

Elite (complete season 7) (3:01 am, Netflix)

When three working-class teens enroll in an exclusive private school in
Spain, the clash between them and the wealthy students leads to murder.
Spanish series; already renewed for season 8.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpeawodZyXA

https://www.netflix.com/title/80200942

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7134908/ [rating 7.3]

Flashback (horror short) (3:01 am, Netflix)

A yoga teacher's life flashes before her eyes during a deadly home
invasion, sending her on a desperate race through her past to save the
man she loves. 16 minutes.

https://www.netflix.com/title/81611682

https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/netflix-sets-horror-short-flashback-for-release-in-october-2023/

Kandasamys: The Baby (movie) (3:01 am, Netflix)

Follows two Indian families who must learn to get along despite some
amusing mistakes and turmoil along the road. The families are brought
together by their children's love for one another. South African film
(fourth in the "Kandasamys" series); 1h 33m.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27048691/

https://www.netflix.com/title/81662957

Old Dads (movie) (3:01 am, Netflix)

Three best friends become fathers later in life and find themselves
battling preschool principals, millennial CEOs and anything created
after 1987. Comedian Bill Burr makes his feature directorial debut with
a comedy in which he also stars alongside Bobby Cannavale, Katie
Aselton, and Bokeem Woodbine. 1 h 44 m.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU01e6KjM2s

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18394190/

https://www.netflix.com/title/81674327

Surviving Paradise [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am,
Netflix)

Pack your bags because we’re heading to a luxury villa in the upcoming
reality series Surviving Paradise. Enjoying the opulence won’t come as
easy, however. In this competition, contestants must start their journey
camping in the wilderness. Relying on strategy and tactics, players will
have to build alliances and friendships to win a place in the villa.
Those who secure a ticket to paradise by the end of the game will have a
chance of winning the huge cash prize. Jessimae Peluso hosts this
British show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfoT5OzYabc

https://www.netflix.com/title/81266827

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27849953/

Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris (documentary)
(3:01 am, Netflix)

In his own words, the burglar behind the 2010 robbery of the Paris
Museum of Modern Art tells how he pulled off the biggest art heist in
French history. 1h 26m.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29274601/

https://www.netflix.com/title/81446275

Werewolf by Night in Color (special) (3:01 am, Hulu and
Disney+)

A colorized version of the 2022 black-and-white Disney+ special. 52 minutes.

https://www.cbr.com/werewolf-by-night-in-color-trailer-poster/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15318872/ [Werewolf by Night]

If You Were the Last (movie) (3:01 am, Peacock)

Well-reviewed out of its SXSW premiere in the spring, the feature
directorial debut from Kristian Mercado is a sci-fi rom-com starring
Anthony Mackie and Zoë Chao as Adam and Jane, two astronauts stranded on
a derelict spaceship. Not knowing if they'll ever be rescued, they must
decide if their friendship should become physical, and, possibly,
something more. 1h 29m.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVfijnITXiA

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13650540/

https://www.metacritic.com/movie/if-you-were-the-last/ [score 70]

Night of the Hunted (movie) (3:01 am, Shudder)

When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of
night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret
vendetta. To survive she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for
her life, but also figure out who wants her dead and why. Stars Camille
Rowe. 1h 35m.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23642744/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12SUjGsAEHs

Broadcast and cable:

Checkin' It Twice (movie) (8 pm, Hallmark Channel)

A journeyman hockey player falls for a real estate agent in a career
crisis when he’s traded to her hometown and moves into the cottage in
her hockey loving family’s backyard. Stars Kim Matula and Kevin McGarry.

https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/checkin-it-twice

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29352965/

The Price Is Right at Night (special) (8 pm, CBS)

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