What to watch MONDAY
October 10, 2022
All times Pacific. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
My Life Is Murder
Acorn TV Season Premiere
Lucy Lawless is back as irrepressible Auckland, New Zealand, investigator Alexa Crowe in the new season of this comedy/drama/mystery series. Alexa is faced with 10 new cases that pit her against fascinating, powerful and surprising suspects each week — everyone from eccentric billionaires to grieving florists and from tango dancers to fiery fashionistas. The only thing they have in common is that none of them are expecting her unique brand of crime-solving, but they quickly learn that you underestimate Alexa Crowe at your own risk. Guest stars this season include Temuera Morrison and Martin Henderson, who returns as Alexa’s brother Will, and more to be announced. Two new episodes are available Mondays beginning today.
The Journey of India
Discovery+ New Series
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan narrates this series that presents an in-depth look at India’s progress, influences and accomplishments during the 75 years since it became an independent country in 1947.
Spirit Rangers
Netflix Season Premiere
Inspired by stories from Native American tribes and the majestic landscapes of America’s national parks, this animated preschool series explores the adventure and beauty of nature through the eyes of Kodi (voice of Wacinyeya Yracheta), Summer (Isis Celilo Rogers) and Eddy (Talon Proc Alford) Skycedar, Chumash/cowlitz siblings who share a secret. This trio of kids are “Spirit Rangers” who help protect the land and spirits of the national park that they call home in California.
All American
The CW, 8 p.m. Season Premiere The drama about a high school football player from South Los Angeles recruited to play for Beverly Hills High School is back for Season 5. Now in college, Spencer James (Daniel Ezra) juggles playing college football and dealing with relationship issues with his girlfriend Olivia Baker (Samantha Logan).
The Season 4 finale found Spencer and Olivia on the verge of a breakup due to her writing an expose on his coach.
9-1-1 FOX, 8 p.m.
The 118 race to the rescue when a birdwatcher is trapped under a tree in the new episode “Animal Instincts.”
The Voice NBC, 8 p.m.
Camila Cabello, John Legend, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani all vie to discover and coach the next singing phenomenon on the final night of blind auditions and begin to prepare their artists to go head-to-head in the battles. The coaches also take the stage to perform Cabello’s hit song “Havana.”
All American: Homecoming The CW, 9 p.m.
Season Premiere
The All American spinoff set against the backdrop of historically Black colleges and universities returns for a second season.
How will Simone Hicks (Geffri Maya) fare now that she has been promoted to an active player on the tennis team?
NCIS: Hawaii CBS, 10 p.m.
When a Navy sailor washes up dead on a sacred site, the NCIS team brings Coast Guard Investigative Service Special Agent Neil Pike (guest star Mark Gessner) to unravel the mystery and catch a possible serial killer on the island. Levar Burton directed the new episode “Primal Fear.”
Quantum Leap NBC, 10 p.m.
In “A Decent Proposal,” Ben (Raymond Lee) leaps to 1980s Los Angeles and into the body of Eva Sandoval (Anastasia Antonia), a no-nonsense bounty hunter in the midst of securing an elusive target. He also remembers more about his own life.
POV: ‘Accepted’ PBS, 10 p.m.
This documentary film follows four high school students at T.M. Landry, a prep school in Louisiana known for its viral videos of seniors being accepted into the Ivy Leagues and for sending 100% of its graduates to college. But an explosive article in The
New York Times exposes the controversial methods of the school’s dynamic founder — and the fiction of higher education’s promise.