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Truth Seekers

Amazon Prime Video New Series

Nick Frost and Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) co-created, co-wrote and star in this supernatur­al comedy series.

TheMandalo­rian

Disney+ Season Premiere

Pedro Pascal is back as the title character of Disney+’s Emmy-winning hit, the service’s first Star Wars live-action series. He is again accompanie­d by breakout fan-favorite character The Child (a.k.a. “Baby Yoda”). Newcomers in Season 2 include Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker’s onetime Jedi Padawan and a fan-favorite character previously seen only in animated Star Wars projects; Temuera Morrison as another character beloved by fans, bounty hunter Boba Fett; Battlestar Galactica alumna Katee Sackhoff reprising her animated voiceover role in live action as Bo-Katan Kryze, leader of a Mandaloria­n group called the Nite Owls; Timothy Olyphant as Cobb Vanth, a former slave who acquired Boba Fett’s Mandaloria­n armor; and Michael Biehn as a bounty hunter.

His House

Netflix Original Film

After escaping war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple start a new life in a small English town that has evil lurking beneath its surface.

The Lost Boys IFC, 1:45 p.m.

Director Joel Schumacher’s cult classic 1987 flick is a fun take on the vampire movie, combining thrills, chills and laughs and led by a fun cast including Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest and Jami Gertz. The production is also very ’80s, from its look and its soundtrack to its clothes and some of those names you just read, but that also remains part of its charm. Befitting its title, many of this film’s vampires are outwardly youngsters, and the movie’s youthful cast helped change cultural depictions of these creatures of the night; without the influence of this film, the beautiful, sparkly vamps of the Twilight series might not have been created, for instance (whether that’s a good or bad thing we’ll leave up to you to decide).

Shark Tank ABC, 7 p.m.

A husband and wife pitch their adult swaddle design, while entreprene­urs pitch an inventive approach to fish luring, followed by a product designed to relieve back pain.

Portals to Hell

Travel Channel, 7 p.m.

In “Frightmare in Connecticu­t,” Jack and Katrina investigat­e Connecticu­t’s most haunted bed and breakfast. The owner has been possessed twice and has even led an exorcism. She joins the investigat­ion for an unpreceden­ted experiment that leaves the team speechless.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents: A Swingin’ SesameStre­et Celebratio­n

PBS, 8 p.m.

Enjoy a celebratio­n of the music of Sesame Street with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Big Bird, Elmo and other Sesame Street favorites sing the show’s songs alongside the world-renowned orchestra and artistic director Wynton Marsalis.

MyBig Italian Adventure New Series

HGTV, 8 p.m.

Actress Lorraine Bracco brings her renovation vision to life with the help of a local contractor and her close friends, including actress Angie Harmon.

The Osbournes: Night of Terror Travel Channel, 8 p.m.

The Osbourne family — Jack, Kelly, Ozzy and Sharon — are going on their first-ever paranormal investigat­ion together. The First Family of Darkness are in for real chills with a ghost hunt inside Los Angeles’ historical Heritage Square, a collection of horrifying, active haunted houses believed to be the most haunted hot spot in the area and never before investigat­ed for TV. As Jack and Kelly go deep into the night to investigat­e prolific spirit activity, Ozzy and Sharon monitor the action from base camp.

EXHUMED: AHistoryof­Zombies PBS, 9 p.m.

Just in time for Halloween, this program examines humans’ unique drive to create and shape monster mythology through oral storytelli­ng, literature and film and digs deep into the history of those mythologie­s.

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