What to watch
SUNDAY
October 16, 2022
All times Central. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
‘The Twilight Zone’ Marathon
MeTV, Beginning at 11 a.m.
Ten classic episodes from Rod Serling’s classic 1959-64 sci-fi/fantasy anthology series The Twilight Zone air during this fivehour marathon. “Time Enough at Last,” “Eye of the Beholder,” “To Serve Man,” “It’s a Good Life” and “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” are just some of the fan-favorite installments MeTV has on tap.
NASCAR Cup Series: South Point 400
NBC, 1:30 p.m. Live
The NASCAR Cup Series playoffs Round of 8 begins today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the South Point 400 on NBC.
Love in Wolf Creek
UPtv, 6 p.m.
Sam (Nola Martin) sets out to save a pack of wild wolves and a conservation refuge with the help of the town’s handsome newcomer (Tim Rozon).
Miss Scarlet and the Duke
PBS, 7 p.m. Season Premiere
Kate Phillips is back as Victoria-era private eye Eliza Scarlet, and Stuart Martin returns as her hot-tempered friend, Inspector William “The Duke” Wellington of Scotland Yard, in Season 2 of the mystery series.
The new season opens a few months after the close of Season 1; Eliza has solved her father’s murder, and her relationship with the Duke continues to slowly simmer. In the premiere, “Pandora’s Box,” the sister of a missing woman hires Eliza to find her. The only problem is the case was already investigated and closed by the police department.
NFL Football:
Dallas at Philadelphia NBC, 7:15 p.m. Live
NFC East foes are at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field for a Week 6 Sunday Night Football clash between the Dallas Cowboys and the Eagles.
The Equalizer CBS, 7:30 p.m.
McCall (Queen Latifah) and the team help a widow who claims her dead husband is trying to kill her from beyond the grave in the new episode “Better Off Dead.”
Perfect Harmony
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 8 p.m.
Original Film
Buttoned-up college professor Barrett and laid-back former pop star Jack set aside their differences when they are asked to be maid of honor and best man at the wedding of their mutual friends. An impromptu duet at the engagement party begins to thaw the frost between them as they find they may be more in tune than either imagined. Stars James Denton and Sherri Saum.
Magpie Murders New Series
PBS, 8 p.m.
Based on the bestselling novel written by Anthony Horowitz, the six-part series is a beguiling murder mystery with a resolution that will shock. The story revolves around the character Susan Ryeland (Lesley
Manville, The Crown), an editor who is given an unfinished manuscript of author Alan Conway’s latest novel but has little idea it will change her life.
Family Guy FOX, 8:30 p.m.
In the new episode “The Munchurian Candidate,” Lois (voice of Alex Borstein) hypnotizes Peter (Seth MacFarlane) to fulfill her sexual desires.
NCIS: Los Angeles CBS, 9:30 p.m.
The NCIS team mounts a rescue operation for two kidnapped architects who design secure buildings in the new episode “Of Value.”