60+ Premieres, Finales and More

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This week, you’ll find seven series premieres (including Charlie Hunnam in Monster: The Ed Gein Story and Glen Powell in Chad Powers), 20 returning shows (including Abbott Elementary, the #OneChicago trifecta and Saturday Night Live) and 10 finales (including Big Brother, Platonic and The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox).

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SUNDAY, SEPT. 28

📺 7 pm America’s Funniest Home Videos Season 36 (ABC, next day on Hulu)
📺 7:30 pm 60 Minutes Season 58 (CBS, next day on Paramount+)
📺 8 pm Professor T Season 4 finale (PBS)
📺 8 pm The Simpsons Season 37 (Fox, next day on Hulu)
📺 8:30 pm Big Brother Season 27 finale (CBS, next day on Paramount+)
📺 8:30 pm Universal Basic Guys Season 2 (Fox, next day on Hulu)
📺 9 pm Billy the Kid final season (MGM+)
📺 9 pm Krapopolis Season 3 (Fox, next day on Hulu)
📺 9 pm The Marlow Murder Club Season 2 finale (PBS)
📺 9:30 pm Bob’s Burgers Season 16 (Fox, next day on Hulu)
📺 10 pm Unforgotten Season 6 finale (PBS)
📺 11 pm Ride With Norman Reedus Season 7 finale (AMC)

MONDAY, SEPT. 29

📺 Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg? (Hulu, three-episode binge)
The docuseries picks up 14 years after the suspicious death of a 27-year-old schoolteacher, who was found dead in the apartment she shared with her fiancé with 20 knife wounds and 11 bruises.

📺 Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks (Peacock, three-episode binge)
The docuseries celebrates the history and legacy of Universal Destinations & Experiences.

📺 8 pm Below Deck Mediterranean Season 10 (Bravo)
📺 10 pm Secrets of Celebrity Sex Tapes docuseries finale (A&E)

TUESDAY, SEPT. 30

📺 Chad Powers (Hulu, two-episode premiere)
Glen Powell plays a hotshot quarterback who nukes his Division I career, then joins a struggling Southern football team.

📺 Nature: Cabin in the Woods (Netflix)
The docuseries offers chilling tales of survival, capturing the drama, danger and dark beauty of nature from the perspective of its prey.

📺 9 pm Chef Grudge Match Season 1 finale (Food Network)
📺 9 pm Doc Episode 2/time slot premiere (Fox, next day on Hulu)

📺 10 pm On Brand With Jimmy Fallon (NBC, next day on Peacock)
Fallon starts a premier marketing agency and fills it with the most creative, clever and competitive go-getters he can find. (New episodes also air Fridays at 8/7c.)

🎥 9 pm Hard Hat Riot (PBS documentary)
On May 8, 1970, the “Hard Hat Riot” erupted in lower Manhattan. At midday, construction workers, including those building the World Trade Center, violently clashed with students demonstrating against the Vietnam War.

🎥 9 pm Prime Minister (HBO documentary)
The film follows Prime Minister Jacinda Arden over seven years as she is catapulted to the top of New Zealand politics.

🤣 Earthquake: Joke Telling Business (Netflix comedy special)

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1

📺 The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Halloween (Roku special)
Patton Oswalt, Rachel Dratch, Leslie Jones and Adam Pally whisk, bake and decorate their way through three hair-raising challenges.

📺 Love Is Blind Season 9 (Netflix; six-episode premiere)
📺 Platonic Season 2 finale (Apple TV+)
📺 Tempest Season 1 finale (Disney+ and Hulu; two episodes)
📺 The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox limited series finale (Hulu)
📺 8 pm Chicago Med Season 11 (NBC, next day on Peacock)
📺 8 pm Shifting Gears Season 2 (ABC, next day on Hulu)
📺 8:30 pm Abbott Elementary Season 5 (ABC, next day on Hulu)
📺 9 pm Chicago Fire Season 14 (NBC, next day on Peacock)
📺 9 pm The Golden Bachelor Episode 2/time slot premiere (ABC, next day on Hulu)
📺 9:30 pm The Amazing Race Episode 2/time slot premiere (CBS, next day on Paramount+)
📺 9:30 pm Ice Road Truckers Season 12 (History Channel)
📺 10 pm Chicago P.D. Season 13 (NBC, next day on Peacock)

🎥 Fight or Flight (Paramount+)

🎥 Play Dirty (Prime Video movie)
An expert thief (Mark Wahlberg) rolls out the biggest heist of his life; LaKeith Stanfield and Rosa Salazar co-star.

THURSDAY, OCT. 2

📺 Charlotte’s Web (HBO Max, three-part special)
Amy Adams voices Charlotte in this latest animated adaptation; co-starring Elijah Wood as Adult Wilbur, Cynthia Erivo as Goose, and Jean Smart as the narrator.

📺 Karen Pirie Season 2 (BritBox)
📺 9 pm The Real Housewives of Miami Season 7 reunion (Bravo, three-week event)
📺 11 pm The Graham Norton Show Season 33 (BBC America)

FRIDAY, OCT. 3

📺 Faceoff: Inside the NHL Season 2 (Prime Video, six-episode binge)

📺 Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix; eight-episode binge)
Charlie Hunnam plays the infamous murderer and grave robber who inspired many of Hollywood’s most iconic on-screen killers.

📺 The Sisters Grimm (Apple TV+; six-episode binge)
Two orphaned sisters — one of whom is voiced by Ariel Winter (Modern Family) — navigate a town full of people torn straight from fantasy and fairy tales, confronting heroes and villains alike.

🏀 8 pm WNBA Finals Game 1 (ESPN)

🎥 Bring Her Back (HBO Max)
🎥 Honey Don’t (Peacock)

🎥 The Lost Bus (Apple TV+ movie)
A wayward school bus driver (Matthew McConaughey) and a dedicated school teacher (America Ferrera) battle to save 22 children from a deadly inferno.

🎥 Steve (Netflix movie)
Over one intense day, the devoted head teacher (Cillian Murphy) of a last-chance reform school strives to keep his students in line while facing pressures of his own.

SATURDAY, OCT. 4

📺 11 pm Austin City Limits Season 51 (PBS)
📺 11:29 pm Saturday Night Live Season 51 (NBC, next day on Peacock)

🎥 8 pm The Ainsley McGregor Mysteries: A Case for the Yarn Maker (Great American Family movie)
Ainsley (Candace Cameron Bure) investigates the death of a yarn heiress with the help of fireman boyfriend Jake (Aaron Ashmore).

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