What to watch FRIDAY
Oct. 8, 2021
All times Pacific. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
Acapulco Apple TV+
New Series
This 10-episode comedy series starring Eugenio Derbez, who also executive produces, tells the story of 20-something Maximo Gallardo (Enrique Arrizon), whose dream comes true when he gets the job of a lifetime as a cabana boy at the hottest resort in Acapulco. He soon realizes the job is far more complicated than he ever imagined, and in order to succeed, he must learn to navigate a demanding clientele, a mercurial mentor and a complicated home life without losing his way to shortcuts or temptations. The series, which is told in both Spanish and English, takes place in 1984, with Derbez narrating and playing the present-day version of Gallardo.
Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life
discovery+ New Series
Horror filmmaker Eli Roth is behind this hourlong series that relates the shocking true stories of hauntings that have left emotional (and sometimes physical) scars on those unlucky enough to have experienced them.
A Tale Dark & Grimm
Netflix New Series
In this animated kids series, follow Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into a winding and wickedly witty tale full of strange — and scary — surprises.
MLB Playoffs:
NL Division Series, Game 1 TBS, beginning at 1:30 p.m. Live
TBS has exclusive coverage of both best-offive-game National League Division Series beginning today. The two winners advance to the NL Championship Series beginning Oct. 16.
Shark Tank
ABC, 8 p.m. Season Premiere
More products are pitched to the team of sharks as another season begins.
Stalked in Paradise
LMN, 8 p.m. Original Film
Olivia’s career of putting photos and video of herself on stock-photography websites suddenly leads to danger when a man starts stalking her and her husband. When the stalker’s delusions get out of hand, Olivia fights back to protect herself and her husband from the stalker’s outrage. Stars Chelsie Hightower, Channon Voyce and Mason D. Davis.
Magnum P.I. CBS, 9 p.m.
Magnum (Jay Hernandez) and Higgins (Perdita Weeks) reunite to investigate the death of a construction worker in the new episode “The Harder They Fall.”
Blue Bloods CBS, 10 p.m.
Tension escalates between Frank (Tom Selleck) and Mayor Chase (Dylan Walsh) after Frank makes a public arrest that goes viral in the new episode “Times Like These.”