SUNDAY’S BEST PICKS
8PM (HALL) MOVIE The Santa Stakeout Tanya (Tamera MowryHousley), a police detective, reluctantly accepts an undercover assignment with fellow cop Ryan (Paul Campbell), which requires them to pose as newlyweds and move next door to their prime suspect (Joe Pantoliano) regarding a series of heists that have oc
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the world, featuring Atlantic Giant pumpkins. Judges Marc Evan and Terri Hardin decide which carver is crowned as the season’s champion and takes home the $25,000 prize.
10:03 PM (HBO) Insecure Emmynominated series creator and star Issa Rae returns to her role as Issa Dee as this acclaimed sitcom opens its fifth and final season, which is expected to resolve some of the bombshell cliffhangers in the Season 4 finale — chiefly, the fate of Issa’s relationship with Lawrence (Jay Ellis) now that he knows his ex-girlfriend is pregnant. Meanwhile, Molly (Yvonne Orji) joins Issa in the rock-bottom club, having just broken up with Andrew (Alexander Hodge).
10:30 PM $ SEAL Team As Jason (David Boreanaz) and members of Bravo team head to New York City, each of them is reflecting on a day that shaped their life forever in a character-driven new episode called “Nine Ten.” Max Thieriot, Neil Brown Jr. AJ Buckley and Toni Trucks also star.
10:40 PM (HBO) Curb Your Enthusiasm It’s been more than a year and a half since the previous season of this
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Emmy-winning sitcom ended, but as endearingly cranky star Larry David returns for Season 11, don’t expect a lot of pandemic-related situations and story lines. The coronavirus crisis reportedly will be acknowledged, but David and his writers are opting to move on quickly to what is this show’s bread and butter: finding laughs in the most mundane events of daily life.
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(3:00) Washington This Week Prime Min. (9:40) Public Affairs Events (s) (cc)
Fox Report With Jon Scott The Next Revolution With Sunday Night in America
Voices-Alicia Menendez Ayman (N) (Live) (cc) Civil War (’21, Documentary) (cc)
Inside Pregame Postgame Inside Magic Inside
Epic Trails Destination Best Boat Sport Fishing to Do Florida Chad Hoover
MLS Soccer United States Grand Prix. (N Same-day Tape)
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Off Road Race MLS Soccer New England Revolution at Orlando City SC. (N) (Live) (cc)
LPGA Tour Golf BMW Ladies Championship, Final Round. From Busan, Republic of Korea. (N Same-day Tape) (cc)
(5:51) The Final Destination (’09) Bobby Campo. Death stalks friends who escaped (7:51) (11:12) Fear the Walking Dead a fatal racetrack accident. ‘R’ Beacon” (cc) Hours” (cc)
Axios (N) (s) (cc) Real Sports Rewind The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (’21, Horror) Patrick Wilson, Vera (10:40) Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season (N) Farmiga. (s) ‘R’ (cc) Premiere) (N)
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(6:15) The French Connection (’71, Crime Drama) Gene Hackman, Fernando (10:35) Eyes Wide Shut
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(5:15) Alita: Battle Angel (9:55) Deadpool 2 (’18) Ryan Reynolds. Deadpool joins forces with a team of zar. ‘PG-13’ (cc) mutants to fight Cable. ‘R’ (cc)
(5:51) Snow White and the Huntsman (10:15) Point Break (’15) Edgar Ramírez. A young FBI recruit infiltrates a gang of Theron. ‘PG-13’ (cc) daredevil thieves. ‘PG-13’
(5:20) The High Note (7:13) Admission Masters of the Universe (’87) Dolph Lundgren. He-Man needs cosmic key to
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Buried George Franklin is charged with American Rust Harris travels back to Buried Franklin family members testify. murder. (cc) Pittsburgh. (s) (cc) (N) (s) (cc)
(6:15) 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (’16) James Badge Dale. The Annex Security Team (8:40) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World battles Islamic militants in Libya. ‘R’ (cc) chases a French ship in 1805. ‘PG-13’
(5:19) Grown Ups 2 (’13) Adam Sandler. (7:04) BMF Lamar’s reign of terror continues. BMF Meech and Terry devise a layered (8:55) Hightown
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(5:36) Eat Pray Love (’10, Drama) Julia Roberts, James Franco. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) Hide and Seek
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Strait-Jacket famous sister in wheelchair. ‘NR’ (cc) ‘NR’ (cc)
The Wolf of Wall Street (’13, Biography) Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill. Premiere. A stockbroker develops habits of excess and corruption. (s) ‘R’ (cc)
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stalking bloodsucker might pick up over the course of centuries as one of the immortal undead. Judges Shinmin Li, Eddie Jackson and Aarti Sequeira decide which two teams will move on to next week’s finale.
9:30 PM $ NCIS: Los Angeles A clash between Sam and Kilbride (LL Cool J, Gerald McRaney) erupts when a case involving an arms dealer who caused the slaughter of ATF agents leads them to a well-connected colonel who is accused of providing guns to militia groups. The man also just happens to be a friend of Kilbride. Meanwhile, Fatima and Kensi (Medalion Rahimi, Daniela Ruah) go undercover at a rehab facility to question a girlfriend of the arms dealer in “Indentured.” Charles Ambrose, Lex King, MIchael O’Neill and Stephanie Erb guest star.
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A finale called “30 Seconds to Doomsday” wraps up Season 2 of the competition as host Alyson Hannigan challenges the final four carvers to create a hero who has just half a minute to save the world from total destruction. Next, they must incorporate that hero into a 5-foot-tall tableau that depicts the end
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PGA Golf (10:07) The Walking Dead: World Beyond (N) (cc) (10:03) Insecure (s) (cc)
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Fear the Walking Dead the sub. (N) Succession Greg asks Ewan for help. (N) (s) (cc) Succession Logan’s team searches for (9:05) Doctor Dolittle safe harbor. (s) Davis. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) The Firm (’93, Drama) Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn. A law-school grad signs on with a sinister Tennessee firm. (s) ‘R’ (cc) (7:35) Deadpool 2 (’18, Action) Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin. Deadpool joins forces with a team of mutants to fight Cable. ‘R’ (cc) (’12, Fantasy) Kristen Stewart, Charlize Executive Decision
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(’20) Dakota curred during major Christmas bashes around town. Although they’re both pros at their jobs, as Tanya and Ryan take part in a series of festive yuletide gatherings, they start to become swept up in the spirit of the season in this 2021 romantic comedy. Peter Bryant also stars.
8:30 PM $ The Equalizer A concerned mother who suspects that her teenage son has joined a local gang hires McCall to look into the boy’s personal life, a job that leads McCall to the teen’s surprising motivation behind his downward spiral, in the new episode “Leverage.” Elsewhere, Delilah (Laya DeLeon Hayes) battles a bad case of nerves as she prepares to speak at a friend’s memorial service, while Dante (Tory Kittles) becomes concerned that the new detective (Dominic Fumusa) pursuing McCall could expose everyone close to her.
9PM (FOOD) Halloween Wars Inspired by a mirror host Zak Bagans acquired from an actor noted for playing Count Dracula, the season’s penultimate episode, “A Vampire’s Vanity,” tasks the last three teams to depict in cake form the kind of macabre hobbies a nightof
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News, World (5:30) North by Northwest endangers an ad agent’s life. ‘NR’
(4:10) Rescue Dawn (6:20) Wild Hogs (’07) Tim Allen. Four friends take a motorcycle road trip. ‘PG-13’
(’59) Cary Grant. A case of mistaken identity
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(9:44) Rosemary’s Baby (’68, Horror) Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes. Satanists want a pregnant woman to bear the Antichrist. ‘R’ (cc)
(’62, Horror) Bette Davis. Hollywood has-been torments
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