TV HIGHLIGHTS
SERIES
The Conners When the school bans certain Halloween costumes, including the one Mark (Ames McNamara) was going to wear, the situation sparks a heated debate between Dan and Darlene (John Goodman, Sara Gilbert). 8 p.m. ABC SOCAL Connected The new episode “Blood Money” documents profiteering behind two of America’s fastest growing diseases affecting millions of Californians. 8 p.m. KCET Lost LA The episode “Ghost Towns” explores three California locations: Bodie, a Mono County gold mining settlement that was preserved in time; Llano Del Rio, a socialist utopian community in the Mojave Desert; and Zzyzx, a former health spa on the way to Las Vegas. 8:30 p.m. KCET black-ish When the twins (Miles Brown, Marsai Martin) opt out of the family Halloween costume for fear it will hurt their social status in school, Dre and Bow (Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross) put together a haunted house and invite the whole class. 9 p.m. ABC Native America The new episode “Nature to Nations” documents the rise of great American nations, including monarchies and democracies. 9 p.m. KOCE Splitting Up Together Lena (Jenna Fischer) calls Martin’s (Oliver Hudson) bluff on selling the house but is surprised when he begins getting it ready for sale in this new episode. Angela Kinsey, Fischer’s former costar on “The Office,” guest stars as a real estate agent. 9:30 p.m. ABC Frontline The two-part exposé “The Facebook Dilemma,” about the potential threat the social-media platform poses to democracy and privacy, concludes. 10 p.m. KOCE Monster Encounters Host Casey Anderson heads to Mexico to find out if vampire bats are attacking humans in the premiere of this new series. 10 p.m. Travel Channel
MOVIES
The Nightmare Before Christmas Marking the 25th anniversary of its release, this surreal 1993 animated fantasy from director Tim Burton (“Edward Scissorhands”) takes overlapping holiday themes to an extreme. The Pumpkin King, ruler of Halloween Town, hatches a plan to kidnap Santa Claus and put his own ghostly spin on the yuletide season. 6:45 p.m. Freeform Kong: Skull Island (2017)
8:45 a.m. Cinemax American Graffiti (1973)
9:05 a.m. TMC The Post (2017) 9:15 a.m. and
8 p.m. HBO Marshall (2017) 9:30 a.m.
Showtime 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
3 p.m. FX The Blues Brothers (1980)
3:45 p.m. TMC
TALK SHOWS
CBS This Morning Authors Stephen Moore and Arthur B. Laffer; the Beastie Boys. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Chrissy Metz (“This Is Us”); Eat This, Not That; Jason Segel; Samantha Barry, Glamour; Caryl Stern, UNICEF. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC KTLA Morning News (N)
7 a.m. KTLA Good Morning America Tyler Perry; Abbi Jacobson. (N) 7 a.m. KABC Good Day LA 13-year-old candy entrepreneur Alina Morse; Charlamagne Tha God; Michael Rapaport; MMA fighters Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV Live with Kelly and Ryan Katy Perry; Luke Bryan; Lionel Richie. (N) 9 a.m. KABC The View Tyler Perry. (N) 10
a.m. KABC The Wendy Williams Show Tika Sumpter (“Nobody’s Fool”). (N) 10 a.m. KTTV The Dr. Oz Show (N) 10 a.m.
KCOP, 3 p.m. KTTV The Real Jude Demorest, Brittany O’Grady and Ryan Destiny (“Star”). (N) 11 a.m. KTTV The Doctors Mental illness.
(N) 11 a.m. KCOP The Talk Mary McCormack; Nancy O’Dell; Soledad O’Brien. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS Steve (N) 2 p.m. KNBC Rachael Ray Scott Bakula; Halloween makeup; lasagna. (N) 2 p.m. KTTV Dr. Phil Adoption scam. (N)
3 p.m. KCBS The Ellen DeGeneres Show Nicole Kidman and Lucas Hedges (“Boy Erased”); Troye Sivan performs. (N) 3 p.m. KNBC Amanpour and Company (N) 10 p.m. KVCR, 11 p.m. KOCE, 1 a.m. KLCS The Daily Show With Trevor Noah Derek Jeter. (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central Conan Will Ferrell. 11 p.m.
TBS The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Tyler Perry; Abbi Jacobson; Sunny Suljic (“Mid90s”); KISS performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Sarah Jessica Parker; Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco). (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS Jimmy Kimmel Live Milo Ventimiglia; Caitriona Balfe (“Outlander”); Willie Nelson performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC The Late Late Show With James Corden Greg Kinnear; congressional candidate Katie Hill. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS Late Night With Seth Meyers Wendy Williams; comic Chris Gethard; “Mr. Robot” creator Sam Esmail. (N) 12:37 a.m. KNBC Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m.
KABC Last Call With Carson Daly Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino (“Suspiria”). (N) 1:38 a.m. KNBC