TV top picks

9 a.m. on NBC Megyn Kelly Today

The former Fox News Channel personality solidifies her move to NBC News by launching her weekday hour of Today. While Kelly was known for a frequently combative approach to stories and interviews in her former television home, her new Monday-through-Friday morning role virtually demands an altered — i.e. “softer” — on-screen persona. She’ll likely get support from her live studio audience, and it’s said that her family will figure into the show frequently.

7 p.m. on FOOD NETWORK Halloween Baking Championship

Comic John Henson (Wipeout) hosts as this holiday-themed hit returns for a new six-episode season, with eight bakers showing off their skills for judges Carla Hall, Zac Young and Lorraine Pascale. In the premiere, the bakers show off their decorating skills by creating cookies stuffed with candy. In the main heat, they’re tasked with making a dessert that oozes “sublime slime” when it’s cut. Speaking of “cut,” one contestant is eliminated at the end of the episode.

7:30 p.m. on CBS Young Sheldon

It’s never certain that a beloved character from an ensemble comedy can carry his (or her) own show, but The

Big Bang Theory’s Sheldon is so welldefined, it would take some doing for him to fail as the center of a series — even in his younger years. In this new spinoff’s “Pilot,” Iain Armitage, above, emulates Jim Parsons (who’s the narrator here) as Sheldon Cooper’s famously advanced mind perplexes nearly everyone. The show starts its regular run in November.

9 p.m. on NBC 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 Washington, D.C.-based deputy director, who uses analysis and surveillance techniques to help steer dedicated Special Ops officers — including the one portrayed by Mike Vogel — through global hot spots. Sofia Pernas also stars in the “Pilot.”

9 p.m. on ABC The Good Doctor

Much has been said about Daniel Dae Kim’s departure from Hawaii Five-0, and one reason he left is that he’s an executive producer of this new drama, along with House veteran David Shore. Freddie Highmore follows his Bates Motel run as the title medic, whose autism and savant syndrome make his professional skills his main means of communicating with others. Hill Harper and Richard Schiff also star in “Pilot — Burnt Food.”