Entertainment Weekly - October 20, 2017

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What to Watch

SUNDAYOCTOBER 22(cont.)

Curb Your

Enthusiasm

10–10:30PM | HBO

After being told

by his therapist

(Bryan Cranston)

that he’s “over-

stepping,” Larry

bribes an usher at

a funeral. Hmmm,

doesn’t sound like

he respects the

wood...en casket.

DEAD-ON COMEDY

Nature

8–9PM | PBS

You should watch
more wildlife pro-
gramming, right?
So, here: Otter
expert/nature film-
maker Charlie
Hamilton James
tracks the semi-
aquatic mammals
across the globe
to uncover their
“secrets.”Otters,
what do you know
and when did you
know it???

Modern Family

9–9:30PM | ABC

The Dunphy kids
think they’re too old
for Halloween. Not
surprisingly, Phil
thinks otherwise—
and he’s willing
to insert himself
into an absurdly
humongous pump-
kin to prove it.

Gotham

8–9PM | FOX

Gordon and Bullock

hunt down a serial

killer who adorns

his victims with

severed pig heads.

(Um, this is not

the kind of wildlife

programming

we had in mind

for you.)

The Good Place

8:30–9PM | NBC

The Neighborhood

has another

glitch. Or does it?

Never trust this

show. Love it, but

don’t trust it.

Scandal

9–10PM | ABC

POTUS Mellie preps

for the nuclear

summit. Any joke we

make would hit too

close to home,

MONOCT 23

Series Debut

Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television*

STREAMING| YOUTUBE RED

Don’t worry if you don’t know what YouTube Red is,

because Ryan Hansen spends lots of time explaining it in

this excessively meta comedy’s pilot. Playing a fictional-

ized version of himself, theVeronica Mars alum teams up

with a no-nonsense detective (Samira Wiley, the straight-

woman to his bumbling idiot) to solve crimes as part of a

ridiculous-sounding LAPD program. It’s a parody of pro-

cedurals likeCastle; however, the jokes feel obvious and

forced (see: the extended riff aboutNCIS: Los Angeles

featuring Eric Christian Olsen). There’s promise, but the

pilot doesn’t make a strong case for spending money on

yet another subscription service.C+—Chancellor Agard

TUESDAYOCTOBER 24

Series Debut

At Home With Amy Sedaris

10:30–11:30PM| TRUTV

Take one partPee-wee’s Playhouse and three

parts Martha Stewart, stir with a glitter pipe-

cleaner, serve over ice, and you’ve got this

absurdist send-up of homemaking series

from theStrangers With Candy co-creator.

“I grew up with hospitality-type shows in

the ’60s and ’70s where we had local people

cooking and crafting,” says Amy Sedaris.

“Since I was a young girl, I thought, ‘I’m

going to do that show when I grow up.’ ”

Each episode focuses on a single theme, like

Gift Giving or Fish, and features guest stars

(Stephen Colbert, Paul Giamatti) invited to

share in Sedaris’ surreal, primary-colored

version of entertaining.—Dana Schwartz

WEDNESDAYOCTOBER 25 THURSDAYOCTOBER 26

The Simpsons

8–8:30PM | FOX

The annual Tree-
house of Horror tees
up the terror with
Lisa discovering a
world in which but-
tons are sewn over
the eyes. Actually,
we all might need
to do that after
watching Homer get
served up as a meal
by Mario Batali.

Series Debut
The Jellies!

12:15–12:30AM

ADULT SWIM

Tyler, the Creator
co-created this com-
edy about a human
teen who freaks out
after learning he was
adopted at birth by
his all-jellyfish fam-
ily. Because comedy
should sting a bit.

Series Debut

Scared Famous

9–10PM | VH1

Reality stars like

Alaska and Tiffany

Pollard shack up

in a haunted man-

sion and compete

in horror-movie-

themed challenges

for charity. Would it

help if I told you that

Redman wasn’t the

host but the “master

of scare-a-monies”?

The Brave

10–11PM | NBC

Dalton and his crack

special-ops squad

trek to Nigeria to

rescue the ambas-

sador, only to find

the situation is not

what they expected.

And according to

Trump’s latest intel,

things are even

trickier in Nambia.

assuming there is a

home by the time

you’re reading this.

Beat Bobby Flay

10–10:30PM

FOOD NETWORK

This installment

of the chef’s beat-

me competition

is titled “Take a

Bao.” And for that

fun bun pun,

Bobby, take a bow.

Nathan for You

10–10:30PM

COMEDY CENTRAL

The off-kilter

pitchman devises

a rather unconven-

tional way for an

international export

company to ship its

smoke alarms tax-

free in this week’s

episode ofGet

Rich or Die of Awk-

wardness Tryin’.

AT HOME WITH AMY SEDARIS

: PHIL CARUSO/TRU TV;

RYAN HANSEN SOLVES CRIMES ON TV

: AARON EPSTEIN/YOUTUBE RED