Los Angeles Times

TV THIS WEEK

- By Matt Cooper

SUNDAY

“The Simpsons” get their trick-or-treat on with an all-new “Treehouse of Horror.” 8 p.m. Fox

The bewitching Cassie Nightingal­e (Catherine Bell) is back in the new TV movie “Good Witch: Spellbound.” 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel “The Walking Dead” hits the 100-episode mark with its eighth-season premiere. Followed by new episodes of the after-show

“Talking Dead. ” 9 and 10:07 p.m. AMC

Nick Nolte is back as the former president known as

“Graves” as this political comedy returns. 10 and 10:30 p.m. Epix “Michel’le: Still Standing” finds the R&B singer discussing her life and career in this new special. 10 p.m. Lifetime MONDAY

The night is dark and full of terrors for assorted reality TV stars in the new competitio­n series “Scared Famous” hosted by rapper Redman. 9 p.m. VH1

Ready for her close-up: Veteran cinematogr­apher Kirsten Johnson points the camera at herself for a change in her new memoir “Camerapers­on” airing on “POV.” 10 p.m. KOCE

TUESDAY

Baseball’s best will take the field for the “2017 World Series.” Joe Buck and Hall of Famer John Smoltz call the action. 5 p.m. Fox; also Wed., Fri., Sat.

“Selma” director Ava DuVernay explores her family history on a new “Finding Your Roots.” 8 p.m. KOCE

The most evilest doll that ever lived is back in the 2017 horror-franchise entry “Cult of Chucky.” With Brad Dourif and Jennifer Tilly. 10 p.m. AMC

A hip-hop star follows in the footsteps of Jack Barry, et al., in “Snoop Dogg Presents The Jokers Wild,” a new reboot of the classic game show. 10 p.m. TBS

Non-rapping celebs like “The Big Bang Theory’s” Mayim Bialik and Kunal Nayyar attempt to spit mad rhymes in the debut of the competitio­n series “Drop the Mic.” 10:29 p.m. TBS

The star of the cult sitcom “Strangers with Candy” is your hostess with the mostest in the new comedy/variety show “At Home With Amy Sedaris.” 10:30 and 11 p.m. TruTV

WEDNESDAY

Why you, I otter: Those water-lovin’ critters are featured in “Charlie and the Curious Otters” on a new “Nature.” 8 p.m. KOCE Who’s a good dog? Find

out at the “2017 American Humane Hero Dog Awards.” Beth Stern and James Denton host the seventh annual ceremony. 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel

You’ll fall in lava all over again in the new “Nova” episode “Killer Volcanoes.” 9 p.m. KOCE

“Frontline” ponders why Russia’s president might be meddling in U.S. elections in the new twopart episode “Putin’s Revenge.” 10 p.m. KOCE

THURSDAY

Alpha male Charlton Heston is “The Omega Man” as this post-apocalypti­c thriller kicks off a fivefilm mini-fest of 1970s-era sci-fi flicks. Also included: The futuristic 1976 fable “Logan’s Run.” 5 and 7 p.m. TCM

FRIDAY

Our boy heroes and the mysterious Eleven are back in action — but Barb, not so much — on the return of the super-fun 1980s-set sci-fi/ horror series “Stranger Things.” Any time, Netflix

Thriller night! The music of the King of Pop serves as the soundtrack to the new

animated tale “Michael Jackson’s Halloween.” 8 p.m. CBS

They’re putting the team back together on a third season of the action drama “Blindspot.” Sullivan Stapleton and Jaimie Alexander star. 8 p.m. NBC

Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver play a pair of Portuguese missionari­es in 17th-century Japan in Martin Scorsese’s 2016 drama “Silence.” 8 p.m. Epix

The AIDS crisis impacts an average American family in the Tony-nominated musical drama “Falsettos” on a new “Live From Lincoln Center.” With Christian Borle and Andrew Rannells. 9 p.m. KOCE

“The Life and Songs of Kris Kristoffer­son” isa star-studded salute to the country-music veteran who crafted such classic tunes as “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” and “Me and Bobby McGee.” With Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, et al. 10 p.m. CMT

SATURDAY

A bridal-boutique owner (Rachel Skarsten) gets a chance at romance in the

new TV movie “Marry Me at Christmas.” 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel

James McAvoy plays a mentally deranged man with “Split” personalit­ies who abducts a trio of young women in M. Night Shyamalan’s creepy 2016 thriller. 8 p.m. HBO

The new TV movie “Flint” dramatizes the contaminat­ed-water crisis afflicting that impoverish­ed Michigan town. With Queen Latifah. 8 p.m. Lifetime

Ozzy Osbourne and his longtime bandmates hit the stage one last time in the 2017 rock doc “Black Sabbath: The End of the End.” 9 p.m. Showtime

Norah Jones brings her sultry sounds to a new installmen­t of “Austin City Limits.” 11 p.m. KOCE

Tom Hanks voices an animated version of his kooky “SNL” character for the “The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special.” 11:29 p.m. NBC

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Netf lix “STRANGER THINGS” is back for a second season on Netf lix. With Gaten Matarazzo.

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