WATCH THIS: SUNDAY
“Mrs. Fletcher” (9:30 p.m., 12 a.m., 3:10 a.m., HBO): Kathryn Hahn gives a riveting performance as the divorced director of a senior center struggling to cope with empty-nest syndrome in this well-acted adaptation of a novel by Tom Perrotta (“The Leftovers”). In the series premiere, “Empty Best,” Eve Fletcher (Hahn) is forced to deal with some inappropriate behavior in the workplace on the day before her only son, Brendan (Jackson White), leaves for college. Later, Brendan runs into an ex-girlfriend at a party. Casey Wilson and Owen Teague also star.
“No Time Like Christmas” (7 p.m., 11:01 p.m., Lifetime): Emma (Kyla Pratt) is stunned to find her college boyfriend Fletcher’s (Ed Ruttle) engraved watch among the items on display in a vintage jewelry shop, but her sister Bronwyn (Rachel McLaren) is convinced it’s a sign that she should play Cupid in this 2019 yuletide romance. She hatches a scheme to send Emma to a Vermont bed and breakfast where Fletcher also is staying, where Emma is startled to “run into” him — along with Fletcher’s daughter. Jim O’Heir (“Parks and Recreation”) co-stars.
“God Friended Me” (7:30 p.m., CBS): Miles and Arthur (Brandon Micheal Hall, Joe Morton) see their personal worlds intersecting when the God Account directs them to extend some much-needed help to Bishop Thompson’s (recurrent guest star K. Todd Freeman) daughter, Claire (guest star Samantha Marie Ware), in the new episode “The Greater Good.”
“Halloween Wars” (8 p.m., 11 p.m., Food): The two final teams who managed to slaughter the competition throw down for a final face-off in a spine-tingling finale that challenges them to take a classic fairy tale and spin it into a chilling yarn appropriate to the Halloween season in “Scary Tales II.” Caleb McLaughlin helps panelists Shinmin Li and Todd Tucker decide who takes home the $50,000 prize.
“The Rookie” (9 p.m., ABC): The rookies are tasked with developing their first confidential informants as they begin their second phase of training in the new episode “Tough Love.” Officer Nolan (Nathan Fillion) struggles with this assignment, however, when he discovers that no two informants are the same. Elsewhere, Officer Chen’s (Melissa O’Neil) mother comes to stay with her, throwing a wrench into her domestic life. Harold Perrineau and Ali Larter guest star.
“Silicon Valley” (9 p.m., 11:30 p.m., 2:40 a.m., HBO): Richard (Thomas Middleditch) and the Pied Piper guys finally see the rewards of their hard work, but soon discover that a bigger company means much bigger problems as this Emmy-winning comedy series opens its sixth and final season with a premiere directed by co-creator Mike Judge. As the action resumes, Richard is dismayed to discover his solemn promise that Pied Piper won’t collect user data is in jeopardy, while Jared (Zach Woods) can’t help yearning for simpler days.
“Witches of Salem” (9 p.m., 1 a.m., TRAVEL): The four-part docuseries concludes by chronicling how the hysteria-tinged witch trials and subsequent executions continue through the summer months of the period in question, but come to a screeching halt when some of the “afflicted” shift their accusations away from the poor and disenfranchised and toward members of the elite class of Massachusetts, including the wife of the governor.
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