The MTV show is back for a ninth season. The CW premieres a new show based on a novel of the same name.
With network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one. Here are some of the shows, specials and movies coming to TV this week, Oct. 2-8. Details and times are subject to change.
Monday
LOTERÍA LOCA 9 p.m. on CBS. Rogelio, what are you doing here? Jaime Camil, of “Jane the Virgin” fame is stepping out of his telenovela role and into a hosting role on this new game show. Based on a Mexican game, similar to bingo, each episode will feature two players — the first place player will get to move up for a chance to win the cash prize at the end.
Tuesday
CATFISH 8 p.m. on MTV. Nev Shulman and Kamie Crawford are back to bust people on their lies and (very occasionally) make a great love story happen. This long running show centers on online dating and figuring out if people really are who they say they are. Even though the episodes are almost formulaic at this point (someone reaches out to say that the person they are talking to online won’t meet them, Nev and Kamie investigate, they all fly to find the person, and finally they have a sit down emotional conversation about why the “catfish” lied) it somehow never gets old to see Nev put people in their place.
FOUND 10 p.m. on NBC. Like I said last week, crime procedural shows are making their big comeback in 2023, and this new show further proves that. The show follows Gabi Mosely (Shanola Hampton) and her team as they try to solve cases of missing people. The twist? Gabi is keeping her childhood kidnapper in her basement and getting their help to figure out each clue and resolve the cases.
Wednesday
SULLIVAN’S CROSSING 8 p.m. on The CW. With “Riverdale” and “Nancy Drew” off the air, The CW is lining up a whole new roster of shows, starting with a story based on a novel by Robyn Carr of the same name. Maggie Sullivan (Morgan Kohan) moves back to her hometown, a campground in Nova Scotia, that is run by her estranged father after she finds herself in legal trouble. The part I’m most excited about? Maggie’s father is played by Scott Patterson who is making his CW re-debut after playing the grumpy but lovable Luke Danes on seven seasons of “Gilmore Girls.” The show also stars another “Gilmore Girls” alum: Chad Michael Murray.
THE SPENCER SISTERS 9 p.m. on The CW. If you are a daughter with a mother of any age, you have certainly eye-rolled before at “you look like you could be sisters” from random men on the street. But this show has taken that concept and run with it. The mother/daughter duo, who are often mistaken for sisters, investigate crimes together in their hometown, Alder Bluffs. Like lots of CW shows, this first premiered in Canada earlier this year.
Thursday
THIS IS ELVIS (1981) 6 p.m. on TCM. Long before Baz Luhrmann used archival footage of Elvis Presley mixed with shots of Austin Butler in the role for the final scene of “Elvis,” this documentary did the same thing. It combines footage of Presley along with reconstruction of some moments of his life with actors and voice-overs for Vernon Presley, Gladys Presley and Priscilla Presley.
Friday
CLUELESS (1995) 8 p.m. on CMT. To me, Cher Horowitz (played by Alicia Silverstone) will always be the No. 1 It Girl. From the incredible outfits (the yellow two-piece set lives in my mind rent free), to her rousing speech on immigration (“may I please remind you that it does not say R.S.V.P. on the Statue of Liberty”) you can’t help be fascinated by her. Come for the notorious one liners (“you’re a virgin who can’t drive”) and stay for the jarring reminder that though this movie came out nearly 30 years ago, Paul Rudd still looks almost exactly the same.
Saturday
GREAT CHOCOLATE SHOWDOWN 8 p.m. on The CW. This show is what “The Great British Bake Off” would be like if it focused on only one ingredient: chocolate. The finale will feature the three remaining bakers as they create a four-part chocolate dessert meant to embody their baking history. The winner will walk away with $50,000 and a potential stomach ache.
Sunday
THE CIRCUS 7 p.m. on Showtime. Whether we are ready or not, we are officially entering into campaign season for the 2024 presidential election. As you watch the debates and read up on the candidates, this show can act as a companion guide. Hosted by John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon and Jenn Palmieri (who have all acted as political strategists and communication directors on the national level in some capacity), this show is returning for its eighth season to home in on President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign and former President Donald Trump’s campaign amid criminal proceedings.
LAST STOP LARRIMAH (2023) 9 p.m. on HBO. Deep in the Australian outback there is a town with 11 residents. In December of 2017, Paddy Moriarty and his dog disappeared. What was once a tight knit community turned into a crime scene and an investigation began into whether someone in town was to blame. This documentary explores the town’s history and how everyone in the small community became a suspect.
Source: Television - nytimes.com
