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SERIESSuperstoreAmy (America
Ferrera) amps up the
store’s Halloween spirit to
impress the new district
manager, but her haunted
house terrifies Glenn
(Mark McKinney) in this
new episode of the work-
place comedy. 8 p.m. NBC
Grey’s AnatomyIn a new
Halloween episode, Alex
(Justin Chambers) hears
about skeletons being un-
earthed at the construc-
tion site. Also, Teddy
(Kim Raver) tries to cre-
ate original trick-or-treat
costumes. 8 p.m. ABC
Perfect HarmonyDwayne
(Geno Segers) bows out of
a long-established Hal-
loween tradition, prompt-
ing Wayne (Will Green-
berg) to fear that he and
his buddy are starting to
grow apart in this new epi-
sode. 8:30 p.m. NBC
Mysteries Decoded The
season finale heads to
New Orleans to investi-
gate whether a vampire
has attained immortality.
9 p.m. The CW
Ghost AdventuresIn a two-
hour Halloween special
episode, Zak Bagans and
his team take their cam-
eras to the Rhode Island
farmhouse that provided
the narrative backdrop
for the horror movie “The
Conjuring.” 9 p.m. Travel
Will & GraceWhen Grace
(Debra Messing) admits
she’s not sure who the fa-
ther of her baby is, Karen
(Megan Mullally) orches-
trates a “Mamma Mia!”
situation where all the po-
tential baby daddies are
invited.9:30 p.m. NBCSPECIALSThe 13 Scariest Movies of
All TimeHost Dean Cain
counts down some of the
scariest thrillers ever
made in this new one-hour
special. Guests include
Elizabeth Stanton, Gar-
rett Clayton, Darrin But-
ters & Ezra Weiss, Jackie
Fabulous, Brandon Rog-
ers, Noah Matthews,
Katherine Murray, Ron
Pearson, Mikalah Gordon
and Neel Ghosh & Sheri-
dan Pierce. 8 p.m. CW
Top 10 Most Terrifying
PlacesA countdown of
the spookiest locations on
Earth, from a ghostly pi-
rate hideout to a castle in
England. 8 p.m. TravelMOVIESHalloween(1978) 9 a.m. and
7 p.m. AMC; 8 p.m. HBO
The Scream Team(2002) 8
p.m. Disney XD
Halloweentown(1998) 8:20
p.m. Disney
Halloween H20: 20 Years
Later(1998) 9 p.m. AMC
Trick ’r Treat(2007) 9:15
p.m. IFC
Halloween II(2009) 11 p.m.
AMCTALK SHOWSCBS This MorningA Utah
childrens hospital cele-
brates Halloween. (N) 7
a.m. KCBS
Today Halloween on the
plaza; the science of
fright. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC
Good Morning America
Celebrating Halloween;
the O’Jays perform. (N) 7
a.m. KABC
Good Day L.A. Rachael
Ray; chef Gretchen Shoe-
maker; Harry Shearer as
character Derek Smalls of
“Spinal Tap.” (N) 7 a.m.
KTTV
Live With Kelly and Ryan
Jimmy Fallon, Drew and
Jonathan Scott, Josh
Groban, Liza Koshy, Kal
Penn. (N) 9 a.m. KABC
The ViewJordin Sparks; Dr.
Mehmet Oz. (N) 10 a.m.
KABC
Rachael RayRachael’s hus-
band, John Cusimano;
chef Anne Burrell. (N) 10
a.m. KTTV
The Wendy Williams Show
Wayne Brady (“Let’s
Make a Deal”); Circo Her-
manos Vazquez performs.
(N) 11 a.m. KTTV
The TalkThe fifth Rockto-
ber Lip Sync War; Kelly
Osbourne. (N) 1 p.m.
KCBSThe Dr. Oz ShowWhether
an adoptee is actually a
teenager or a 30-year-old
woman; Casey Anthony’s
parents. (N) 1 p.m. KTTV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Kate Flannery; the King-
dom Choir performs;
Lindsey Stirling performs
with Kelly. (N) 2 p.m.
KNBC
Dr. PhilA man’s alcoholism
has caused him to injure
himself. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Jason Momoa (“See”);
Tiffany Haddish and
Andy Lassner. (N) 3 p.m.
KNBC
The Doctors Medical re-
cords and doctors suggest
a woman’s mother inten-
tionally kept her sick. (N)
3 p.m. KCOP
Amanpour and Company
(N) midnight KVCR; 11
p.m. KCET; 1 a.m. KLCS
The Daily Show With Trev-
or NoahHillary Clinton
and Chelsea Clinton. (N)
11 p.m. Comedy Central
Conan Ewan McGregor
(“Doctor Sleep”). (N) 11
p.m. TBS
The Tonight Show Starring
Jimmy Fallon Kristen
Stewart; Gaten
Matarazzo; Pete Lee. (N)
11:34 p.m. KNBC
The Late Show With
Stephen ColbertSpeaker
of the House Nancy Pel-
osi; Rob Corddry. (N) 11:35
p.m. KCBS
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Anto-
nio Banderas; Natalia
Reyes; Big Boi; Sleepy
Brown. (N) 11:35 p.m.
KABC
The Late Late Show With
James CordenJason Mo-
moa; Alfre Woodard; Hol-
lywood Vampires per-
form. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS
Late Night With Seth Mey-
ersTimothée Chalamet;
Cynthia Erivo; Miranda
Lambert performs. (N)
12:37 a.m. KNBC
Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m.
KABC
A Little Late With Lilly
Singh David Arquette;
Justin Willman. (N) 1:38
a.m. KNBCSPORTSNBA BasketballThe Clip-
pers host the San Antonio
Spurs, 7:30 p.m. FS Prime
NFL FootballThe San Fran-
cisco 49ers visit the Arizo-
na Cardinals, 5 p.m. FoxTV HIGHLIGHTS
Ron BatzdorffNBC
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hears disturbing news about
the construction site. (N)ÅA Million Little Things(TV14)
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Colin out. (N)ÅHow to Get Away With Murder
Annalise helps Michaela’s re-
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BBC Ghost Ship›(2002) Julianna Margulies. (R)Å Thirteen Ghosts›(2001) Tony Shalhoub. (R)
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them, which continue to
chafe the country so bloody
that we cannot even unify
for five seconds around the
destruction of a highly
influential and effective
terrorist. Who wants to live
in a country where the presi-
dent is so unpopular he is
righteously booed at a base-
ball game? What have we
become? Great Britain?
And somewhere, one
hopes, Ted Turner is regret-
ting the creation of the
24-hour cable news cycle,
which is now, officially, 5%
news and 95% opinionated
blather. At this point, I don’t
even want to hear from
Rachel Maddow unless she
is telling me something that
is actual news. (This, in fact,
she recently did by calling
on any NBC employees who
experienced sexual
harassment by Matt Lauer
to break their NDAs. So I
guess I will still listen to
Rachel Maddow.)
When the Santa Anas
blow, it isn’t just the news
that gives me migraines.
Everyone is excited about
Robert Pattinson and
Willem Defoe in “The Light-
house” and all I can think is,
“Have we really told so
many stories about white
guys that we are reduced to
sticking two of them in a
lighthouse to see what will
happen? And, then, find it a
revelation that masturba-
tion and madness are two of
those things?”
Tom Perotta’s “Mrs.
Fletcher” debuted on HBO,
and while I am always
happy to see Kathryn Hahn
in anything, do I want to see
the story of a divorced wom-
an rediscovering sex as
envisioned by a man? No, I
do not.
Maybe we can blame the
Santa Anas for the recent
Martin Scorsese bashing.
The director recently riled
up “the internet” by sug-
gesting Marvel movies are
more amusement parks
than serious cinema. Well,
he didn’t just suggest it, he
said it, outright and then
was forced to “clarify” his
remarks by explaining there
was nothing wrong with
amusement parks.
First off, if I see one more
story in which “the internet”
has an opinion — for the
record, the internet cannot
have opinions, it can only
display them — I will
scream. Secondly, how is the
fact that Martin Scorsese
doesn’t think much of
superhero movies surpris-
ing in the least? And thirdly,
Marvel needs defenders like
Jeff Bezos needs a Kick-
starter campaign to cover
legal fees. Save your outrage
for things that matter, like
the fact that Ukrainian
oligarchs are, apparently,
continuing to influence our
elections.
I haven’t seen “The
Morning Show” on Apple
TV+ yet, but the new brag-
ging wars over which televi-
sion show is as, or more,
expensive than “The
Crown” has become irritat-
ing and worrisome. For
years now, television hasbasked in the new-found
glories of being “cinematic,”
and now, if “The Morning
Show” and “The Politician”
are valid indicators, it has
fallen into the deadly trap of
assuming the bigger the
budget, the bigger the
splash. You know what
makes the biggest splash? A
belly flop.
Also, as much as I love
that my children are discov-
ering “Friends” and other
hits of my youth, there is
such a thing as cultural
regression. How important
is it, really, that future gen-
erations be able to bask in
the wonders of “The Big
Bang Theory” and do we
need a remake of “Dune” or,
dear God in heaven, “Cliff-
hanger”? The “Lord of the
Rings” is about to start
production for Amazon and
guess what? It’s going to be
more expensive than “The
Crown.” Maybe it will be
great, and maybe we, as a
culture and a society, just
need to move the heck on.
See, this is what happens
when the Santa Anas blow;
the biggest Tolkien fan this
side of Middle Earth gets
grouchy about a “Lord of
the Rings” remake. I’m set
to see a screening of Greta
Gerwig’s “Little Women”
this week, and now I’m
wondering if I should wait.
For the winds to die down
and the mood to pass. Be-
cause if “Little Women”
makes me grouchy, there’s
really nothing left, is there?
And I think I just remem-
bered where I put the carv-
ing knife last Christmas.THE HOT, DRYgusting winds are so powerful this columnist isn’t even looking
forward to seeing Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet in “Little Women.”Wilson WebbColumbia PicturesSanta Anas blow in
Season of the Grouch
[Grouch,from E1]
Viewership for the first
five games of the World Series
set a record low, but each of
the first three games aver-
aged more viewers than all
but three non-NFL prime-
time programs during the
2019-20 television season.
Fox’s coverage of the se-
ries between the Houston
Astros and Washington Na-
tionals averaged 11.64 million
viewers, helping Fox to have
the most-watched week by
any network since the Super
Bowl, according to live-plus-
same-day figures announced
Tuesday by Nielsen.
The previous low for the
first five games of a World Se-
ries was 12.12 million for the
2014 Series between San
Francisco Giants and Kan-
sas City Royals.
Washington’s 5-4 Game 1
victory over Houston on Oct.
22 was the most-watched of
the opening five games, aver-
aging 12.3 million viewers,
third among prime-time pro-
grams airing between Oct. 21
and Sunday.
The Astros’ 4-1 victory in
Game 3 Friday was fourth for
the week, averaging 12.22 mil-
lion viewers. The Nationals’
12-3 victory Oct. 23 averaged
the smallest audience for a
World Series Game 2, 12.01
million viewers, but was still
fifth for the week.
Since the 2019-20 prime-
time TV season began Sept.
23, other than NFL program-
ming, only the Sept. 24 and
Oct. 1 episodes of the CBS ac-
tion drama “NCIS” (12.58 mil-
lion and 12.52 million) and the
Oct. 13 episode of the CBS
news magazine “60 Minutes”
(12.41 million) averaged
larger audiences than any of
the first three games.
Houston’s 8-1 victory in
Game 4 averaged 10.22 mil-
lion viewers, to be Saturday’s
most-watched prime-time
program and 11th for the
week. The Astros’ 7-1 victory
in Game 5 opposite NBC’s
“Sunday Night Football” was
seventh for the week, averag-
ing 11.39 million viewers. The
World Series has aired on Fox
every year since 2000.
Viewership for most
forms of programming is
down compared with the
past primarily because of
higher viewership of stream-ing programming, including
the same programs shown on
traditional television.
With all but two of its 21
hours of prime-time pro-
gramming devoted to sports,
Fox averaged 10.94 million
viewers for the week, the
most for any network since
CBS averaged 20.91 million
viewers between Jan. 28-Feb.
3 when it aired Super Bowl
LIII. CBS was second, aver-
aging 6.54 million viewers,
aided by the 41-minute run-
over of its afternoon NFL cov-
erage into prime time in the
Eastern and Central time
zones that averaged 22.71 mil-
lion viewers. The run-over is
not considered a separate
program but is included in
the weekly average.
NBC was third, averaging
6.45 million, followed by ABC,
which averaged 4.3 million.
ABC was the only major
broadcast network without
prime-time NFL program-
ming.PRIME-TIME TV RATINGS
Fox’s World Series win
The network pulls
ahead despite a
viewership low for the
first five games.
city news service
WASHINGTON’SAnthony Rendon celebrates a
two-run home run against Houston on Tuesday.Mike EhrmannGetty Images