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TV Picks for Oct. 23-29
DON’T MISS: “The Walking Dead” — Are you nervous? Of course you are. One of the most harrowing TV cliffhangers in recent memory finally gets resolved as the zombie mega-hit returns for its seventh season. When last seen, many of our intrepid survivors had just been captured by the ruthless villain Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). Wielding a Louisville Slugger covered in barbed wire, he was poised to use one of them for batting practice. But who? We’re about to find out — while peering through our fingers. 9 p.m. Sunday, AMC.
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SUNDAY: By now, it’s blatantly clear that “Westworld” isn’t exactly the happiest place on Earth. Tonight, Dolores joins William and Logan on a potentially dangerous bounty hunt in the badlands. 9 p.m., HBO.
SUNDAY: The craziness continues on “The Last Man On Earth” as a post-apocalyptic road trip has everyone at war with each other. Along the way, Gail is pushed to her breaking point. 9:30 p.m., Fox.
MONDAY: “Friends” alum Matt LeBlanc returns to network television in the new sitcom “Man With a Plan.” He plays a contractor who starts spending more time with his three kids when his wife (Liza Snyder) goes back to work. We sense trouble — for him and the show. 8:30 p.m., CBS. TUESDAY: Break out the peanuts and Cracker Jack, it’s World Series time again. Major League Baseball’s Fall Classic gets under way in the home of the American League champ. 5 p.m. PT, Fox.
WEDNESDAY: “Rectify,” one of television’s best dramas, kicks off its farewell season. Former death-row inmate Daniel Holden (Aden Young) is technically a free man, but that doesn’t mean his new life in Nashville isn’t without complications. 10 p.m., Sundance TV.
WEDNESDAY: “Jon Glaser Loves Gear” is a new “hybrid” comedy series that follows Glaser (“Parks and Recreation”) as he tries to make a reality series about his love of various gadgets. Of course, things repeatedly go wrong. 10 p.m., truTV.
THURSDAY: Joel McHale has a new show. In “The Great Outdoors,” he plays a famous adventure reporter for an outdoor magazine who must adapt to the times when he becomes a deskbound boss to a bunch of millennials. God help him. 8:30 p.m., CBS.
THURSDAY: “Pure Genius” is a mildly interesting new medical series about a Silicon Valley billionaire (Augustus Prew) who recruits an exceptional surgeon (Dermot Mulroney) to run his state-of-the-art hospital. There, they take on highly challenging cases and argue a lot. 10 p.m., CBS.
FRIDAY: In “Tracey Ullman’s Show,” the hilarious, chameleonlike performer returns for more sketch comedy in which she lampoons people like Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Angela Merkel. We dare you not to laugh. 11 p.m., HBO.
SATURDAY: In the new TV film “The Night Before Halloween,” a fright-night prank that goes wrong unleashes a creature that is intent on hunting down and killing each of the participants. Our advice: Watch with the lights on. 9 p.m. Syfy.