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“Ray Donovan” (8 p.m., 10 p.m., 12 a.m., Showtime): Season 6 of this drama finds Ray (Liev Schreiber) starting over both personally and profession­ally in New York, after he’s saved from a near-fatal plunge into the East River by a cop named Mac (Domenick Lombardozz­i). Mac introduces Ray into the fraternity that is the Staten Island Police Department, a tightly knit group with a few rotten apples. Ray also continues working for media mogul Sam Winslow (Susan Sarandon), who has teamed with mayoral candidate Anita Novak (Lola Glaudini).

“Disney’s Descendant­s 2” (6:05 p.m., Disney): A 2017 sequel to the 2015 cable movie about the offspring of legendary Disney characters, this music-infused fantasy stars returnees Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Sofia Carson and Booboo Stewart as the so-called Villain Kids, who go back to the Isle of the Lost. There, they try to keep evil influences from escaping to the outside world.

“God Friended Me” (7 p.m., CBS): Miles (Brandon Micheal Hall) is understand­ably worried when he hesitates to accept a recent social-media friend suggestion and the “God” account unfriends him in the new episode “Unfriended.” The stranger in question is a young woman struggling to process her trauma in the aftermath of her sister’s death. Elsewhere, Cara (Violett Beane) reconnects with old flame Eli (Kyle Harris), while Jaya (Shazi Raja) drops a bombshell on Rakesh (Suraj Sharma). Malik Yoba and Neal Huff guest star.

“Crikey! It’s the Irwins” (7 p.m., 9 p.m., 12 a.m., 2 a.m., 4 a.m., ANIM): Steve Irwin, the larger-than-life “Crocodile Hunter” of TV fame, may have died more than a decade ago, but his internatio­nal fans will be cheered to see his legacy continued by his widow, Terri, and their two kids Bindi and Robert in this delightful new family series. The Irwin clan embarks on a series of adventures in far-flung locations to protect and celebrate the world’s most wondrous animals.

“Amanda to the Rescue” (8 p.m., 11 p.m., 3 a.m., ANIM): Washington state animal advocate Amanda Giese founded Panda Paws Rescue to save abandoned dogs and other animals in distress, especially those written off as hopeless by other people. This new reality series follows this indomitabl­e young woman, who — along with her kids Jade and Beast and partner, Gary — stands ready to drop everything to save special needs critters and pets left homeless by natural disasters.

“Haunted Gingerbrea­d Showdown” (9 p.m., 12 a.m., Food): In the season finale, host Sandra Lee welcomes three of the show’s winners from previous episodes to compete in an ultimate challenge: to construct a spectacula­r haunted house out of gingerbrea­d. The sky’s the limit when it comes to each baker’s imaginatio­n, but they’ll have to bring their A-game if they want to win the $25,000 grand prize. Some very special Halloween fans join Lee and judges Jamika Pessoa and Jason Smith as they decide the winner.

“LadyGang” (9:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m., 1 a.m., E!): Inspired by their popular podcast, this new talk show stars Keltie Knight, Becca Tobin and Jac Vanek, who welcome a diverse roster of celebrity guests for a half-hour of unfiltered chat, the kind that usually happens after sharing a bottle of wine with close friends. Scheduled guests during this first 12-episode season include Ed Sheeran, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Karamo Brown, Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz, among others.

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