SUNDAY’S BEST PICKS
3:30 PM & IndyCar Racing The penultimate race of the 2021 IndyCar schedule comes today at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, where series drivers will do battle in the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey. The 11-turn, 2.238 mile Northern California road course features high-speed banked turns, significant elevation changes, fast straights and challenging technical corners. It’s where Colton Herta held off a charging Will Power for the checkered flag and his second victory of his rookie season when this race was last run in 2019.
8 PM ^ Muhammad Ali Filmmaker Ken Burns explores the life and career of one of the most consequential men of the 20th century in this four-part docuseries, which airs nightly through Wednesday. In development for six years, the series remembers the threetime heavyweight boxing champion who captivated millions of fans with his skills inside the ring, as well as his immense personal charm. In tonight’s premiere, “Round One: The Greatest (1942-1964),” the man born as Cassius Clay rises from the amateur ranks to win gold at the 1960 Olympics and become a heavyweight contender.
8 PM $ 73rd Emmy Awards From the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, Cedric the Entertainer serves as host for in-person ceremonies before a limited audience of Emmy nominees and their guests honoring the best TV programs and performances airing between June 1, 2020, and May 31, 2021.
Among this year’s field of nominees, Netflix scored the highest level of nods (27) than any other programmer. Another streaming service — Apple TV Plus — also made a splash as home to the comedy series “Joe Lasso,” which earned 13 nominations, more than any other program.
8 PM _ Fantasy Island In the Season 1 finale, “Día de los Vivos,” Elena Roarke (Roselyn Sanchez) welcomes a young artist named Ramon (guest star Matt Pascua), who has traveled to this magic destination seeking to resolve some unfinished business with his former mentor, Jasper (guest star Leslie Jordan). For his part, Jasper has lingering misgivings about whether he was a good influence on Ramon during their time together. Kiara Barnes and John Gabriel Rodriguez also star.
8 PM ( DSC) Alaskan Bush People Loving memories of recently departed family patriarch Billy Brown inspire an exciting new phase of North Star Ranch that includes a massive zipline project and the search for gold on the mountain as this hit reality series opens Season 13 with “Out of the Ashes.” Just as the Wolfpack gains momentum, however, a sudden wildfire devastates the homestead.
9 PM ( FOOD) Halloween Wars Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans (“Ghost Adventures”) will be drawing on some of his own past cases and related artifacts from them for inspiration as he throws down the challenges to new teams of cake and sugar artists as this wildly popular fall competition series returns for Season 11. In the season premiere, “Possessed Toys,” Bagans recalls a spooky doll in his Haunted Museum tourist attraction as he challenges the teams to create cakes that will impress judges Shinmin Li, Aarti Sequeira and Eddie Jackson.
9 PM ( AMC) The Walking Dead Aaron, Carol, Lydia, and Jerry (Ross Marquand, Melissa McBride, Cassady McClincy, Cooper Andrews) venture out to the Hilltop ruins, where they hope to acquire some abandoned blacksmith tools and harvest any nearby game in the new episode “Out of the Ashes.” Meanwhile, Eugene’s (Josh McDermitt) group goes through orientation at the Commonwealth. Elsewhere, Maggie and Negan (Lauren Cohan, Jeffrey Dean Morgan) trudge through the woods together, while Judith (Cailey Fleming) and the kids clash with some teenagers.
10 PM * To Tell the Truth Host Anthony Anderson welcomes Cedric the Entertainer and comics London Hughes and Nikki Glaser to tonight’s new episode, in which they’ll try to discern which mystery panelists are telling the truth about their identity, profession or achievement.