TUESDAY’S BEST PICKS
7:30 PM (TNT) NBA Basketball The 2022-23 NBA regular season tips off in style tonight at TD Garden, where Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics defend home hardwood from James Harden and the Philadelphia 76ers in a clash of Atlantic Division rivals. Then in the nightcap, two blood rivals from the Pacific get down to business when Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors open defense of their 2021-22 league title in their home game against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers.
8PM 4 FBI Go into accounting, they said. It’s a safe and comfortable job, they said. When a wealthy accountant is gunned down for secretly testifying against a notorious drug lord, the team’s investigation leads Tiffany (Katherine Renee Turner) to ask for help from a friend who was formerly with the NYPD and is related to the dangerous crime boss. Missy Peregrym, Jeremy Sisto and John Boyd also star.
8PM (FS1) MLB Baseball The baseball season gets down to its final four beginning tonight as the two winners of the National League Division Series go at it in the NL Championship Series. The victor in this best-of-seven series goes on to face the American League champ in the World Series, beginning on Oct. 28. As for the ALCS, that commences tomorrow night on TBS.
8PM (TCM) By Design: The Joe Caroff Story You might not know the name Joe Caroff, but you know his work. One of the most influential graphic designers of the 20th Century, he created iconic movie logos including “West
Side Story,” “007, “Manhattan” and “A Hard Day’s Night,” as well as corporate logos for ABC News, ABC Olympics, and others. He’s a true American success story. This TCM original documentary includes exclusive interviews with 101-year-old Joe, his wife Phyllis, legendary movie executive/producer Mike Medavoy and leading Hollywood poster artist Dan Chapman.
9PM & La Brea Listen, when you see a fog inside your massive sinkhole, you need to contemplate things for a little bit. That’s the advice Eve (Natalie Zea) probably wishes she considered when a fog falls over the Clearing. She leads a defense against a group of invaders, only to encounter a threat more dangerous than they’ve faced before. Meanwhile, in 1988, Josh (Jack Martin) and Riley (Veronica St. Clair) pursue a woman who may hold the key to stopping the impending tidal wave disaster in the new episode “The Fog.”
9PM 39 Professionals Peter (Brendan Fraser) hires Vincent (Tom Welling) and his team as bodyguards to watch over Grace (Elena Anaya) until they learn who is behind the latest attacks. They settle into a villa in Cape Town, which is also occupied by Peter’s father, the eccentric multi-billionaire Reginald Swann (Andre Jacobs), and Peter’s power-hungry half-sister Zora (Lisa Loven Kongsli), who condemns her brother’s plans to launch another rocket in the new episode “Entanglements.”
10 PM (TLC) My Big Fat Fabulous Life What happens in the islands almost never stays in the islands. Whitney’s friends join her for some Caribbean vacation fun, but things take an unexpected turn when she’s caught in bed with her ex, Lennie. She must decide if she’ll rekindle the old flame or let Lennie find love elsewhere on the island in the new episode “Relationship Status: Open.”