FRIDAY’S BEST PICKS
8 PM * Shark Tank Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS, and Kendra Scott, one of only 16 women to found a $1 billion company, join the shiver of Sharks in various episodes as this hit business reality series returns for its 12th season. Baseball legend Alex Rodriguez and KIND founder Daniel Lubetzky will be back as well, joining such familiar Sharks as Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Lori
Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John and Kevin O’Leary.
8 PM G Masters of Illusion In the new episode “Body, Mind and Transformations,” host Dean Cain welcomes a new slate of cutting-edge illusionists, escape artists and similar performers to entertain and amaze his studio audience. Among the magicians featured in tonight’s show are Alex Ramon, Chipper Lowell, Nick Dopuch, Murray SawChuck, Kent Axell and Shaun Jay.
8 PM ( DISN) Disney Channel Halloween House Party Some fan-favorite Disney Channel stars take on a variety of zany characters for spooktacular spoofs in this seasonal half-hour sketch comedy special, which was filmed remotely and hosted by Tobie Windham (“Just Roll With It”). Scheduled performers include Raphael Alejandro, Suzi Barrett, Issac Ryan Brown, Kylie Cantrall, Scarlett Estevez, Kaylin Hayman, Ramon Reed, Caroline Rhea, Trevor Tordjman and Ruby Rose Turner.
9 PM ^ Great Performances Four-time Grammy Award-winning songwriter, record producer, musician and entrepreneur Jimmy Jam hosts a star-packed tribute celebration of Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award winners, along with extensive archival clips and acceptance remarks. Tonight’s honorees include Roberta Flack, Isaac Hayes, Iggy Pop, John Prine and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Four-time Grammy nominee Yola, who broke out in February 2019 with her debut album “Walk Through Fire,” is among those paying tribute.
9 PM G World’s Funniest Animals Husband-and-wife singers Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo, both alumni of “American Idol,” join host Elizabeth Stanton and her panelists for a new half-hour of animals caught doing amusing things on video. Tonight’s featured critters include a yelling yak, a lion who insists on maintaining his personal space, and a bird that definitely is not camera-shy, among several others.
9 PM ( SHO) Bad Hombres In this 2017 documentary, Dutch journalist Stef Biemans, who has lived in Nicaragua for more than a decade, travels between Guatemala and the United States to meet some of the all-too-human people who are putting their lives at risk as they undertake the arduous trek along the most heavily used migration route on Earth. These are the “bad hombres” President Donald Trump used to gin up support for what turned out to be his successful 2016 U.S. presidential bid. 10 PM ( MAX) Warrior With their new venture on the way to being a success, Young Jun (Jason Tobin) shares with Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji) his worries about the new men Father Jun (Perry Yung) has brought over from China in the new episode “Not How We Do Business.”
Later, Hong (Chen Tang), an enthusiastic recruit with a secret, makes a good impression on the partners. Elsewhere, Chao (Hoon Lee) seeks help from Mai Ling (Dianne Doan) to keep Zing (Dustin Nguyen) away from his business. Celine Buckens and Dean Jagger co-star.