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6 p.m. on ABC

72nd Emmy Awards

Jimmy Kimmel hosts the TV industry’s 72nd annual awards ceremonies, which will be a virtual affair this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. That means no presenters, nominees and winners will be physically gathering together, although many of the nominees are expected to give remote acceptance speeches in the event of a win. Nominees for outstanding comedy series include Curb Your Enthusiasm, Dead to Me, The Good Place, Schitt’s Creek, Insecure, The Kominsky Method, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and What We Do in the Shadows.

6 p.m. on LIFE Movie:

Her Deadly Sugar Daddy Fresh out of college at 21, Bridget and her best friend, Lindsey, move to a new town, where the former begins a desperate search for some work that would support her nascent writing career. She takes a job as an executive assistant to business tycoon Anthony Giles, but while the gig comes with an eye-popping salary and lots of perks, Bridget quickly discovers this luxury may come at a deadly price. Lorynn York, Aubrey Reynolds and Brent Bailey star in this 2020 thriller.

7 p.m. on PBS

Last Tango in Halifax

Alan and Celia (Derek Jacobi, Anne Reid, pictured) are settling into a lovely new home and entering their seventh year of marriage as this heartwarming, award-winning British drama opens a new season. Although they’re still in love, the couple isn’t seeing eye to eye on political matters, while the pressures of a new job and other distractions add to the domestic tension. Elsewhere, Caroline (Sarah Lancashire) gets emotionally entangled at work, while Gillian (Nicola Walker) contends with a troublesome giraffe. Timothy West also stars.

7 p.m. on FOOD

Halloween Wars

In the new episode “Blind Date From Hell,” host Jonathan Bennett challenges the five remaining teams to offer creative proof that there’s nothing scarier than modern dating by devising their most terrifying vision of a blind date that has gone horribly wrong. Actor Guillermo Díaz joins judges Shinmin Li and Todd Tucker to select which team does the best job with this assignment.