What to watch
THURSDAY
Oct. 28, 2021
All times Pacific. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
Love Life
HBO Max ■ Season Premiere
Season 2 of the romantic comedy anthology series focuses on Marcus Watkins (William Jackson Harper) as he comes out of a years-long relationship with a woman he thought was going to be “the one.” With the rug pulled out from under him, he is plunged back into the search for the romantic fulfillment he thought he had already found.
Star Trek: Prodigy
Paramount+ ■ New Series
This Cg-animated entry in the Star Trek franchise is geared toward kids and follows a motley crew of young aliens who must figure out how to work together while navigating the galaxy in search of a better future. Kate Mulgrew lends her voice to reprise her role as Capt. Kathryn Janeway, the character she introduced in the liveaction 1995-2001 series Star Trek: Voyager; here, Janeway appears as a training hologram. The other voice cast includes Brett Gray, Ella Purnell, Angus Imrie, Rylee Alazraqui, Dee Bradley Baker and Jason Mantzoukas.
College Football: South Florida at East Carolina
ESPN, 4:30 p.m. Live
Thursday night college football on ESPN features an American Athletic Conference clash between the South Florida Bulls and the East Carolina Pirates in Greenville, North Carolina.
NFL Football:
Green Bay at Arizona
Fox & NFL Network, 5 p.m. Live
Aaron Rodgers leads the Green Bay Packers into State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, to duel with Kyler Murray and the Cardinals on Thursday Night Football.
Young Sheldon
CBS, 8 p.m.
Meemaw (Annie Potts) opens a secret gambling room in the new episode “Pish Posh and a Secret Back Room.”
The Blacklist
NBC, 8 p.m.
A kidnapping poses a test for the capabilities of the task force as they contend with a mysterious pirating organization “The Skinner, Conclusion.”
Flipping 101 With Tarek El Moussa
HGTV, 9 p.m.
A team of longtime friends and first-time flippers is tackling an ambitious first project, an almost 3,000-square-foot home in View Park. With Tarek El Moussa’s guidance, this duo must rush to finish the flip without harming their friendship or their bottom line “Hope the Buyers Have a Dog.”
Ghosts
CBS, 9 p.m.
In a new Halloween-themed episode, the ghosts try to help Sam and Jay (Rose Mciver and Utkarsh Ambudkar) protect their home from the neighborhood kids who annually vandalize the house on Halloween.
What We Do in the Shadows
FX, 10 p.m. ■ Season Finale
Vampires Nandor (Kayvan Novak), Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), Laszlo (Matt Berry) and Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch), along with their vampire-hunting associate Guillermo (Harvey Guillén), close the coffin on Season 3 of the supernatural comedy.
City Confidential
A&E, 10 p.m. ■ Season Premiere
The veteran true-crime series returns with all-new episodes to explore crimes that have impacted cities and towns across America. Narrated by actor Mike Colter, the iconic, noir-style series goes beyond the headlines to showcase the emotional and unexpected stories that catapulted unique communities, both large and small, into the public eye.