TV TOP PICKS

6 p.m. on HALL Good Witch

Cassie and Sam (Catherine Bell, James Denton) throw themselves into helping Middleton prepare for the town’s annual Fall Harvest in the feature-length romance “Tale of Two Hearts.” As the townspeople try to ensure they prevail over the competition from their rivals in nearby Blairsville, Grace and Nick (Bailee Madison, Rhys Matthew Bond) are sobered by the realization this is their last Halloween here.

6 p.m. on LIFE Movie:

The Lover in the Attic: A True Story Actress Melora Walters makes her TV movie directorial debut with this 2018 melodrama, which reportedly is based on fact. Molly Burnett stars as Dolly Oesterreich, a 1930s-era American housewife whose boredom with her husband, Fred (David Fierro), moves her to take a lover: repairman Otto Sanhuber (Kevin Fonteyne), whom she secretly moves into her attic. Their four-year affair eventually leads to murder.

7 p.m. on FOX The Simpsons

A popular annual tradition for this long-running animated sitcom comes around with the new “Treehouse of Horror XXIX.” In this 29th edition, stories include an oyster-eating competition between Homer (voice of Dan Castellaneta) and Cthulhu, one of H.P. Lovecraft’s dark divinities. In other vignettes, Springfield is invaded by plant bodysnatchers, Lisa (voice of Yeardley Smith) finally snaps and Mr. Burns (voice of Harry Shearer) opens a retirement home with a Jurassic twist.

7 p.m. on SHOW Shameless

The rude comedy hits the midpoint of Season 9 in a fall finale titled “Down Like the Titanic.” Facing pressure from Max Whitford (guest star Neal Bledsoe) over her recklessness, Fiona (Emmy Rossum) leans on kid sister Debbie (Emma Kenney) for support, while Tami (guest star Kate Miner) stumbles back into Lip’s (Jeremy Allen White) life.

9 p.m. on PBS The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins’ 1859 psychological thriller gets a compelling new BBC adaptation in this five-part miniseries, airing weekly through Nov. 18 (check local listings). The story opens with an encounter between drawing master Walter Hartright (Ben Hardy, pictured, left,) and a spectral, white-clad woman. After he pledges his assistance to her, Walter later is stunned to learn she may have been an asylum escapee. Jessie Buckley, pictured, also stars.