TV HIGHLIGHTS
SERIES
The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon Amy (Mayim Bialik) answers Sheldon’s (Jim Parsons) marriage proposal in the season premiere of this smart comedy. Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco also star. The pilot of the prequel-spinoff series based on the childhood of Sheldon Cooper (Iain Armitage) follows. 8 and 8:30p.m. CBS. The Voice Jennifer Hudson joins coaches Miley Cyrus, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton for the singing competition’s season premiere. 8 p.m. NBC So You Think You Can Dance The winner of this unscripted competition will be selected from the four remaining contestants in the season finale. 8 p.m. Fox The Vietnam War In the seventh episode, “The Veneer of Civilization (June 1968May 1969),” filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick examine the turn in support at home for America’s participation in the war. 8 and 10 p.m. KOCE and KPBS Kevin Can Wait In the season premiere Kendra (Taylor Spreitler) sees marriage as the only way to prevent Chale (Ryan Cartwright) from being deported. Kevin James stars. 9 p.m. CBS Halloween Baking Championship Comic John Henson (“Wipeout”) hosts as this holiday-themed hit returns for a new six-episode season. 9 p.m. Food Network Me, Myself & I Think of “This Is Us” as a comedy Bobby Moynihan starring as the present-day incarnation of a man whose life is traced yesterday, today and tomorrow.9:30 p.m. CBS Scorpion Katharine McPhee taps into her musical roots again as the adventure series returns for its fourth season. 10 p.m. CBS The Brave Internal and external workings of the Defense Intelligence Agency fuel this new drama about undercover military operatives and the missions they tackle. Anne Heche plays the agency’s deputy director. Mike Vogel and Sofia Pernas also star. 10 p.m. NBC The Good Doctor Freddie Highmore stars as a young medical professional whose autism and savant syndrome make communicating with others a challenge in this new medical drama. 10 p.m. ABC People of Earth Agent Foster (Nasim Pedrad) meets someone special from her past while Walsh, Jeff, Don and Kurt (Michael Cassidy, Ken Hall, Björn Gustafsson and Drew Nelson) stage their mutiny in the season finale of the comedy. 10:30 p.m. TBS
MOVIES
Silence (2016) 8:50 a.m. and
5:15 p.m. EPIX Toy Story (1995) 2 p.m. Disney The Art of Us (2017) 2 p.m.
Hallmark Toy Story 2 (1999) 3:30 p.m.
Disney La La Land (2016) 4:50 p.m.
HBO
TALK SHOWS
CBS This Morning (N) 7
a.m. KCBS Today Sterling K. Brown; Eric McCormack; Debra Messing. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC KTLA Morning News (N) 7
a.m. KTLA Good Morning America (N)
7 a.m. KABC Good Day L.A. Author Ann Margaret Carrozza (“Love & Money”); Sarah Chalke (“Rick and Morty”); Natalie Alyn Lind (“The Gifted”). (N) 7 a.m. KTTV Megyn Kelly Today (Premiere) “Will & Grace” cast. (N) 9 a.m. KNBC Live with Kelly and Ryan Kristin Chenoweth (“My Little Pony: The Movie”); Jussie Smollett (“Empire”). (N) 9 a.m. KABC The View Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. (N) 10 a.m. KABC The Talk Kaley Cuoco; Sabrina Soto. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS The Dr. Oz Show Maria Menounos. (N) 1 p.m. KTTV The Doctors A new diet
craze. (N) 2 p.m. KCBS Steve Aisha Tyler; Melissa Fumero and Stephanie Beatriz. (N) 2 p.m. KNBC Harry Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber (“Fuller House”). (N) 2 p.m. KTTV Rachael Ray Jake Gyllenhaal and Jeff Bauman. (N) 2 p.m. KCOP Dr. Phil A couple say their teenage daughters make their lives a living hell. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS The Ellen DeGeneres Show Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown and Milo Ventimiglia (“This Is Us”); Macklemore and Kesha perform. (N) 3 p.m. KNBC The Real RonReaco Lee (“Survivor’s Remorse”). (N) 3 p.m. KTTV Charlie Rose (N) 11 p.m.
KVCR; 12:30 a.m. KOCE The Daily Show (Season premiere) (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central Conan Kyle MacLachlan; Aisha Tyler; Moses Storm. (N) 11 p.m. TBS The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Madonna; Camila Cabello performs with Young Thug. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Sterling K. Brown; Chance the Rapper performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS Tavis Smiley (N) midnight
KOCE The Late Late Show Jeremy Piven; America Ferrera; Lior Suchard. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS Late Night (N) 12:37 a.m.
KNBC Last Call (Season premiere) Keith Morrison; Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness. (N) 1:38 a.m. KNBC