Sunday
“The Murdochs: Empire of Influence” (CNN, 6 and 7 p.m. ET): The media empire Rupert Murdoch built comes under scrutiny in this new docuseries.
“Big Brother” (CBS, 8 p.m.): It’s moving-out day in the competition’s season finale.
“Celebrity Jeopardy!” (ABC, 8 p.m.): Famous faces supply questions for the answers in a prime-time edition of the venerable game show.
“The Simpsons” (Fox, 8 p.m.): The animated sitcom returns to anchor Fox's Sunday night lineup.
“Under Wraps 2” (Disney, 8 p.m.): Call your mummy and tell her to tune in for this new TV movie sequel.
“The Rookie” (ABC, 10 p.m.): Nathan Fillion reports for duty in new episodes of the cop drama.
“Outrageous Pumpkins” (Food Network, 10 p.m.): They’re still out of their gourds as the competition returns.
Monday
“Chefs vs. Wild” (Hulu): First, they forage in this new culinary competition.
“Mary Berry: Love to Cook” (Acorn TV): The former host of “The Great British Bake Off” chats up other foodies in her latest series.
“Panhandle” (Spectrum): An agoraphobic amateur sleuth and a traffic cop join forces in this new Florida-set mystery comedy.
“Sharon Osbourne: To Hell & Back” (Fox Nation): The controversial talk show host tells her side of the story in this new docuseries.
“A Trip to Infinity” (Netflix): Far out, man! Astrophysicists, mathematicians, et al., ponder the size and scope of the universe in this new documentary.
“POV” (PBS, 10 p.m.): Activists fight development and deforestation in wilderness areas in the Philippines in the 2022 documentary “Delikado.”
“Halloween Cookie Challenge” (Food Network, 10 p.m.): Bakers are tasked with creating treats both spooky and tasty in this new competition.
Tuesday
“Nick Kroll: Little Big Boy” (Netflix): The comic opens his big mouth in a new stand-up special.
“Reasonable Doubt” (Hulu): An L.A. defense lawyer (Emayatzy Corinealdi) tries to have it all in this new legal drama.
“30 for 30” (ESPN, 5 p.m.) The new episode “Deerfoot of the Diamond” remembers one of Major League Baseball’s first Native American players.
"Yankees-Dodgers: An Uncivil War" (ESPN, 6 p.m.): This new documentary recounts the intense rivalry between the two storied baseball franchises during the 1970s. Rob Lowe narrates.
“Bachelor in Paradise” (ABC, 8 p.m.): They’ve got it made in the shade as this reality spinoff returns. Jesse Palmer hosts.
“La Brea” (NBC, 9 p.m.): Return with us now to prehistoric L.A. in a second season of this "Lost" meets "Land of the Lost" sci-fi drama.
“Bobby’s Triple Threat” (Food Network, 9 p.m.): Bobby Flay hosts yet another new culinary competition.
“The Rookie: Feds” (ABC, 10 p.m.): “Reno 911’s” Niecy Nash-Betts goes all the way to the F-B-I in this new spinoff.
Wednesday
“Blonde” (Netflix): Ana de Armas portrays Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe in this 2022 bio-drama based on the Joyce Carol Oates novel.
“The D’Amelio Show” (Hulu): The first family of TikTok is back for a second season.
“Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga” (Netflix): See how a motley crew of amateur traders gave Wall Street a run for its money in this new docuseries.
“Sex, Lies and the College Cult” (Peacock): This new documentary tells the twisted tale of a con man who coerced coeds into acts unspeakable.
“National Silent Movie Day” (TCM, 5 p.m.): Spend some quality time with Charlie Chaplin, John Barrymore, et al., in this 24-hour marathon.
“Nova” (PBS, 9 p.m.): The new episode “Saving Venice” shows how the popular tourist destination — the one in Italy — is contending with rising sea levels.
“The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” (Bravo, 9 p.m.): It’s hard to tell the sinners from the Latter-day Saints as the franchise entry returns.
“Hostages” (HBO, 9 and 10 p.m.; also Thursday): This new four-part documentary series revisits the 1979-81 Iran hostage crisis.
Thursday
“Jose Feliciano: Behind This Guitar” (Peacock): The Grammy-winning guitarist and singer is celebrated in this 2022 documentary.
“Tyler Perry’s Zatima” (BET+): One of the stars of “Tyler Perry’s Sistas” flies solo in this new spinoff. Crystal Renee Hayslett stars.
“Hell’s Kitchen” (Fox, 8 p.m.): Order up! The competition hosted by Gordon Ramsay returns.
“Ghosts” (CBS, 8:30 p.m.): This sweet-natured supernatural sitcom scares up a second season.
“So Help Me Todd” (CBS, 9 p.m.): A lawyer gets her no-account offspring a gig at her firm in this new comedy-drama. Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin star.
“Welcome to Flatch” (Fox, 9 p.m.): “My Name Is Earl's” Jaime Pressly joins the cast of the sitcom in the Season 2 premiere.
“Call Me Kat” (Fox, 9:30 p.m.): “Jeopardy!” champ Ken Jennings plays himself in the season premiere of the Mayim Bialik sitcom.
“CSI: Vegas” (CBS, 10 p.m.): Franchise veteran Marg Helgenberger returns to the fold for the procedural drama’s sophomore season.
Friday
“Entergalactic” (Netflix): This new animated fable about a young artist in NYC serves as a companion piece to the latest album from cult rapper Kid Cudi.
“The Greatest Beer Run Ever” (Apple TV+): A former Marine (Zac Efron) brings brews to his brothers on the front lines in Vietnam in this fact-based 2022 action comedy. With Russell Crowe and Bill Murray.
“Hocus Pocus 2” (Disney+): Which witch is which? Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker reunite in this 2022 sequel to the 1993 fantasy comedy.
“Human Playground” (Netflix): It’s all fun and games in this new docuseries about the myriad ways in which we spend our leisure time. Idris Elba narrates.
“Jena Friedman: Ladykiller” (Peacock): The comic weighs in on issues facing women in America today in this new stand-up special.
“My Best Friend’s Exorcism” (Prime Video): She’s, like, totally possessed by a demon in this 2022 horror comedy.
“Queer for Fear: A History of Queer Horror” (Shudder): This new docuseries decodes LGBTQ themes buried in classic sci-fi, fantasy and horror flicks.
“Ramy” (Hulu): Muslim American comic Ramy Youssef is back in new episodes of his eponymous sitcom.
“35th Hispanic Heritage Awards” (PBS, 9 p.m.): Los Lobos, reggaeton star Daddy Yankee and “West Side Story’s” Ariana DeBose are feted.
“My Possessed Pet” (Travel, 10 p.m.): Never send a veterinarian to do an exorcist’s job in this new paranormal series.
Saturday
“Huluween Dragstravaganza Variety Show” (Hulu): Monet X Change and Ginger Minj are your hostesses with the mostesses in this new special.
“Girlfriendship” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.): Three BFFs go on vacay to try to get their respective grooves back in this new TV movie.
“The Gabby Petito Story” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): This new TV movie dramatizes the tragic tale of the young woman whose disappearance in 2021 made national headlines.
“Yvonne Orji: A Whole Me.” (HBO, 10 p.m.): The comic and “Insecure” co-star opens up in this new stand-up special.
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:29 p.m.): The sketch show kicks off its 48th season. Miles Teller hosts and Kendrick Lamar performs.
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(Los Angeles Times listings editor Matt Cooper compiled this column.)
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