Entertainment Weekly - October 20, 2017

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The Watcher in the Woods

8–10PM| LIFETIME

Disney’s 1980 slumber-party staple is granted new life as a Lifetime

movie directed by Melissa Joan Hart. “We have two audiences: the

ones that loved it and have these amazing memories of it, and the

ones that have never heard of it,” says Hart. The film follows a well-

scrubbed family from Cleveland spending a summer at a spooky

estate in Wales surrounded by even spookier woods, as their daugh-

ter, Jan (Tallulah Evans), becomes fascinated by the decades-old

disappearance of a local girl. Anjelica Huston plays the foreboding

Mrs. Aylwood, originally portrayed by Bette Davis. “We’re calling it

a reimagining,” says Hart. “The original was a little confusing. We

pulled that confusion out of it and focused it much more as a ghost

story.” But as always, the real monster is teen angst.—Dana Schwartz

Season Premiere

Freakish

STREAMING| HULU

And then there were six. When the teen hor-

ror drama returns, the surviving high school

students—who are hoping to be rescued

following a chemical-plant explosion that

turned exposed people into “freaks”—are

reeling from the sacrifice made by one of

their own in the season 1 finale. “It does give

them a new resolve as to how much they

have to fight to survive,” says creator Beth

Szymkowski. Especially after they discover

other survivors, which brings “a whole new

level of tension.” Teases Szymkowski, “This

is a dangerous world they live in, so I don’t

think anybody is ever safe.” —Gerrad Hall

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Arrow

9–10PM |THE CW

Oliver struggles

to juggle being

the mayor of Star

City, the Green

Arrow,and a father.

Sorry, Ollie, there

are no trick arrows

to defeat the great-

est enemy of all:

multitasking.

Better Things

10–10:30PM | FX

Sam just wishes

that her three

children would

appreciate her and

her acting career

while she’s still

alive. But what if...

she weren’t alive

anymore? What

would her kids do

then? You’re about

to find out—and

this is keywithout

her dying.

The Day I Met

El Chapo: The Kate

del Castillo Story

STREAMING | NETFLIX

Just your average

three-part docu-

series about a secret

meeting between a

terrifying drug lord,

a Mexican telenovela

star, and Sean Penn.

Once Upon a Time

8–9PM | ABC

Titled “The Garden

of Forking Paths,”

this episode isnot a

crossover involving

The Good Place’s

cussing Eleanor.

Hawaii Five-0

9–10PM | CBS

More likeHawaii

Five-Whoa! Joey

Lawrence is back for

another hack.

George Michael:

Freedom

9–10:30PM | SHOWTIME

This documentary

about the British

pop star—filmed

before he died

and narrated by

him—features Stevie

Wonder, Elton John,

and Ricky Gervais

singing his praises.

Watch without

prejudice.

A Harvest Wedding

9–11PM | HALLMARK

A wedding planner

(Jill Wagner) and

a guy running his

family’s farm (Victor

Webster) reconnect

at his brother’s

wedding. Look at it

as a way of getting

your melty heart and

easily triggered tear

ducts in shape for

Hallmark Christmas-

movie season.

Superstore

8–8:30PM | NBC

Things at Cloud 9

turn tense between

Dina and Jonah

after an attempted

robbery. I’ll say—

$18.99 for a Swiffer

Duster refill is

a freakin’ crime.

MAN, A STEAL?

Season Premiere

The Walking Dead

9–10PM| AMC

“The first four episodes are

just intensity upon intensity,”

says showrunner Scott M.

Gimple about season 8 of the

hit zombie drama, before

pausing. “I know I’ve said stuff

like that before.” Indeed he has,

but EW’s trip to the set con-

firms that the war between Rick

(Andrew Lincoln) and Negan

(Jeffrey Dean Morgan) kicks

off in massive style in tonight’s

season opener. “Episode 1

is just a fuse,” reveals Gimple.

“Then it explodes at the end,

and the narrative takes off like

a rocket.”—Dalton Ross

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FREAKISH

: RACHAEL THOMPSON/HULU;

THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS

: WARREN ORCHARD/LIFETIME;

THE WALKING DEAD

: GENE PAGE/AMC

ILLUSTRATIONS BYMARTÍN LAKSMAN