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“The Walking Dead: World Beyond” (9:06 p.m., 12:27 a.m., AMC): This new companion series further expands the fictional world of “The Walking Dead” with a new cast and stories that revolve primarily around the first generation to grow up in the civilization that has survived the zombie apocalypse. As the story opens, two sisters and a couple of their friends decide to leave a comfortable and relatively safe space to embark on an important quest that will challenge them like nothing they’ve ever known. Annet Mahendru, Aliyah Royale, Nico Tortorella and Joe Holt star.
“Pandora” (7 p.m., CW): “Things Have Changed” is both the episode title and the situation in the Season 2 premiere, which finds Jax and Xander (Priscilla Quintana, Oliver Dench) now both working for the Earth Confederacy Intelligence Services and trying to track down Tierney (Tina Casciani), who has gone on the run. They discover their quarry is searching for a deadly weapon.
“Cheer Squad Secrets” (7 p.m., 11:01 p.m., Lifetime): Kelly (Margaret Anne Florence) succeeds in helping her daughter, Amelie (Karis Cameron), win the coveted position of cheerleading squad captain in this new thriller, but she’s far less thrilled to discover someone is giving Amelie some mysterious performance-enhancing supplements — and that person is prepared to do anything, up to and including murder, to cover up that arrangement. Anita Brown and Matthew Anderson also star.
“Follow Your Heart” (8 p.m., HMM): Galadriel Stineman (“The Middle”) stars in this 2020 romance as Kathy Yoder, who left the close-knit Amish community where she grew up in favor of a promising career as a travel writer. After extended time away, however, Kathy is summoned home to settle the business affairs of her late father. After her culture-shock rebound wears off during this homecoming, she begins to recall and appreciate the simple pleasures of her early life.
“black-ish” (9 p.m., ABC): Airing in advance of this family comedy’s Season 7 premiere, the Johnsons return tonight in a new special comprising two back-to-back episodes, both of which deal with the upcoming November election. In “Election Special, Pt. 1,” Junior (Marcus Scribner) is looking forward to Election Day, until he discovers he’s been purged from the voter polls, prompting him to investigate why.
“First Ladies” (9 p.m., 11:30 p.m., CNN): Actress Robin Wright (“House of Cards) narrates this new six-part docuseries profiling some of the most iconic First Ladies in American history. The series, which begins tonight with an extended episode on former First Lady Michelle Obama, blends in-depth interviews, rare archival footage and cinematic recreations to provide striking revisions to how each woman traditionally has been portrayed, revealing how their time in the White House affected them and how their achievements shaped history.
“The Comedy Store” (9 p.m., 12:30 a.m., 2:30 a.m., Showtime): Showtime canceled its underrated dramedy “I’m Dying Up Here” after two seasons, but the venue that inspired that series — the Comedy Store in Los Angeles — is the “star” of this new four-part documentary series from actor-director Mike Binder, a former stand-up comic himself. The limited series chronicles the nearly 50-year history of this storied club, where Richard Pryor and David Letterman got their starts.
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