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Ethan Hawke & James McBride Adapt Famed Novel

THE GOOD LORD BIRD

John Slattery Stars In FOX’s New Thriller

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Malin Akerman FROM MAKING “BILLIONS” TO FINDING “SOULMATES”

THE WALKING DEAD: WORLD BEYOND The Franchise’s Newest Addition

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By Jeff Pfeiffer

If You LIKE... TRY Remember when word of mouth and water-cooler talk were how you discovered new TV shows, good restaurants and your next great read?

Now we’ve got recommendation engines matching us up to what to watch next. Here we keep it simple.

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IF YOU LIKE THIS Standup comedy Humans,, The 100

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TRY THIS The Comedy Store (Showtime)

neXt (FOX) The Good Lord Bird (Showtime)

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Travel Channel’s Macabre Month Of Spooky Programming Is Back.

Ghost Nation: © 2019. The Travel Channel, L.L.C. All Rights Reserved. Credit: Karolina Wojtasik

Ghostober!

Travel Channel has pretty much turned itself into a fulltime paranormal programming channel, offering plenty of series and specials about ghosts, monsters, UFOs and other eerie phenomena.

Now that Travel is all ghosts, all the time, having a standalone month called “Ghostober” may not necessarily be a unique departure for the network, but it does continue a tradition that has been going on for years now and is nice continued branding during this spookiest of months. So, this year, once again, throughout October — er, we mean Ghostober — you can enjoy a number of new specials and premiere episodes of scary series airing practically every day on Travel.

Among the tricks and treats to expect during Ghostober will be the premiere of a new series called World’s Most Unexplained (Oct. 4); a new, two-hour Shock Docs special called This Is Halloween (Oct. 28), in which various Travel Channel hosts share their memories of Halloween and why they love the holiday so much; another special called Mysteries of Halloween (Oct. 28); a new Portals to Hell special (Oct. 30); a new The Osbournes: Night of Terror special (Oct. 30); and new episodes of series like Ghost Nation, The Holzer Files and Destination Fear.

The Good Lord Bird: © 2019 SHOWTIME NETWORKS INC. All rights reserved. Credit: Kevin Lynch

The paranormal investigators of Ghost Nation: Jason Hawes, Dave Tango and Steve Gonsalves

In The Works

By Taylor Neumann

CONTENTS 4

Supermarket Sweep

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Soulmates

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What’s New

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Returning Favorites

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Understanding TV Everywhere

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On Demand

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New on HBO

BOOK TO SERIES

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New on Showtime

CBS has given a script commitment to How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings, a singlecamera comedy inspired by the book by Sarah Cooper, a TikTok star. The series will center on three women at different stages in their careers who help each other navigate the male-dominated politics at their company.

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New on Starz

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New on Cinemax

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On Netflix

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Understanding TiVo

GIRL POWER Greg Berlanti, the super producer behind The CW’s superhero shows, is behind a new series at the network – The Powerpuff Girls Girls. The girls, now 20-something adults, are disillusioned and reluctant to return to crime-fighting in a world that desperately needs them.

The show also comes from Diablo Cody (Juno) and Heather Regnier (Veronica Mars).

The Powerpuff Girls: © Cartoon Network/Courtesy Everett Collection.

Sarah Hyland: © 2018 Getty Images. Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images.

UNTITLED PROJECT FOX has committed to a one-hour drama based on the novel Never Have I Ever

by Joshilyn Jackson. It follows a suburban book club that allows in a mysterious new neighbor with blackmail on her mind. The project was written by Liz Brixius, co-creator of Nurse Jackie, and also comes from Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way. The show is being referred to as the Untitled Liz Brixius Project.

ABC KEEPS IT IN THE FAMILY Sarah Hyland is getting back together with Ty Burrell in a little Modern Family reunion over at ABC. Hyland will star in the new series Yours, Mine & Paul’s, which comes from Burrell and his production company Desert Whale Productions. She plays Lauren, an impulsive millennial who agrees to be a surrogate for her best friend Paul despite hating his husband, Xander.

When Paul dies, she is confronted with the idea of being a mother and coparenting alongside someone she can’t stand.

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Host Bill Malone of the original Supermarket Sweep

If you’re going to win the big prize, you’d better have a strategy. With the exception of meat, tobacco and alcohol, here are some higherticketed items we found on Milwaukee supermarket shelves.

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The Classic Show Is Back And Better Than Ever

Supermarket Sweep: Courtesy Everett Collection.

Leslie Jones: © 2020 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Credit: ABC/Peggy Sirota.

By Taylor Neumann

There’s a good chance that you have fond memories attached to the show Supermarket Sweep — maybe you watched it at home sick as a kid, or found it on a weekend browsing the channels years ago. What you may not know is that the show actually premiered in 1965! It aired for two years before being revived decades later in the ’90s and early ’00s on Lifetime and PAX. Now it’s back again, this time on primetime.

The rules of the show are simple. “The show allows three teams of two to come into a dream supermarket, one of the most beautiful supermarkets I’ve ever seen, answer a lot of trivia questions to build up time that they’re going to then use to race through the supermarket, putting as much stuff as they can in their cart,” explained executive producer Wes Kauble. “Whoever has the highest cart total is then going to get to race through the supermarket one more time in a scavenger hunt with their partner for a chance to win a ton of money.”

The new iteration of the show is hosted by comedian Leslie Jones, who many know from her memorable run on Saturday Night

Live. What you may not know, however, is that Jones is a superfan of Supermarket Sweep and was instrumental in bringing the show to being. “The love is palpable — every pore of her body exudes the fact that she loves that show,” said executive producer Alycia Rossiter. “[What] makes her really stand out is along [with] that infectious energy, she lives and dies on the success of each contestant,” added Kauble. “You can see her feel the pain when something doesn’t go well. And you can see the over-the-top elation when our contestants succeed.”

But more than anything else, the show is a candy-coated romp through a place most of us visit on a weekly basis. “What it really is to me is a fantasy ride through the supermarket. …

You’re allowed to run as fast as you can and grab as much stuff as you can, from all of the highest shelves, the lowest shelves, the frozen food section, every part of the supermarket.

And it doesn’t matter whether you can afford or can’t afford to have four carts full,” said Rossiter. “It’s a fantasy of kind of breaking the rules and just doing what you want.”

Premieres on ABC Sunday, Oct. 18

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WHAT WOULD YOU GRAB?

Host Leslie Jones

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Charlie Heaton and Malin Akerman

Soulmates In The Future, You Can Meet Your Perfect Match. (Results May Vary.)

f a simple, scientifically proven test could definitively determine your soulmate — that one person you’re cosmically connected to — would you take it? And if you took the test, how would the result change your life?

Those questions are at the core of AMC’s six-part speculative sci-fi drama Soulmates, which tells stories of characters who’ve been profoundly affected by the breakthrough discovery of the human “soul particle” in 2023.

Fifteen years in the future, the Soul Connex company offers customers the chance to find their soulmate. (Think of it as an internet dating service that is irrefutably accurate.) The science is perfect, but its real-world application isn’t. There’s no guarantee that their soulmate has also taken the test. There’s no guarantee that their soulmate is the person to whom they’re already married.

There’s no guarantee they’ll like their soulmate’s family or friends. There’s no guarantee that their 6

soulmate is even still alive.

“I always saw it as a world — if you were looking in the big, big, big picture — it’s the equivalent of destiny versus free will,” explains cocreator and executive producer Brett Goldstein.

“If soulmates exist, then it’s this person you’re destined for. But if you’re destined, then you have no choice. But we live in a world where theoretically we have free will, so that’s the real question: If everything’s laid out for you, then what’s the point of your basic life?”

In the premiere episode, Nikki (Succession’s Sarah Snook) is a mother of two who’s happy in her life with husband Franklin (Kingsley Ben-Adir).

But she’s constantly wondering: Could she be even happier?

David Costabile (Billions) plays a college professor who has his personal and professional life thrown into chaos when a woman (Sonya Cassidy, Lodge 49) hacks into his Soul Connex

Soulmates: © 2019 AMC Film Holdings LLC. Credit: Jorge Alvarino/AMC. Sarah Snook: © 2019 Getty Images.

Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images. Kingsley Ben-Adir: © 2019 Getty Images. Credit: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images.

By Ryan A. Berenz

Would You Take The Test?

Some Soulmates cast members answer the big question:

Sonya Cassidy: © 2019 Getty Images. Credit: Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images.

Malin Akerman: © 2019 Getty Images. Credit: Kimberly White/Getty Images.

Betsy Brandt: © 2019 Getty Images. Credit: John Wolfsohn/Getty Images.

Sarah Snook: Yes “Approaching the project, I was pretty confirmed that, yeah, of course, I’d take the test, and pretty amazed that people would think twice about taking it. ... I was single at the time I was doing it, so that’s maybe why I was much more gung-ho about the idea.”

account in “The Lovers” episode.

In “Break on Through,” Malin Akerman (Billions) and Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things) play two people who embark on a disturbing odyssey in search of meaning in their lives after their soulmates have died.

“Sitting in a group somewhat like AA for people who’ve lost their soulmates that they’ve never met, it’s just really a strange beginning to this really cool episode,” Akerman says. “I just loved it. I thought it was just such a creative episode, and really kind of disturbing, all in one.”

In the case of Akerman’s character, the soulmate test gave her tunnel vision, and she became unable to see the forest for the trees.

“Instead of using our own gut feeling and our own brains and developing our own opinions, we’re going against our own grain,” Akerman says. “That is so frustrating to watch, but so much fun to play in a role like this. You get to play the duality of it, the contradicting feelings within oneself.”

In the vein of Netflix’s Black Mirror, Soulmates is thought-provoking, imaginative and enthralling sci fi that digs deep into the human condition.

And the future holds more: AMC has already ordered a second season.

Premieres on AMC Monday, Oct. 5

Kingsley Ben-Adir: No “I don’t think I would take it. I think if anything the show has made me feel like I don’t believe that there is, like, someone who’s out there to be perfect.”

Sonya Cassidy: No “I would like to know that someone has chosen to cherish me, rather than them being like, ‘Oh, you know, you’re the one, so let’s get on with it.’”

Malin Akerman: No “My sort of approach to life is to try to roll with the punches and find the silver linings in situations. ... I don’t want to go to psychics or read too much into horoscopes, because I do think it just plants a little seed in your brain that maybe doesn’t necessarily need to be there.”

Betsy Brandt: No “I think if I didn’t take it — which I probably wouldn’t — I would think about it all the time. ... That would mess you up, the fact that it’s out there. That it exists is, you know, that’s already a conundrum, before you even decide to take it or not.”

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WHAT’S NEW

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The Comedy Store

This five-part documentary series from comedian-turned-director Mike Binder chronicles the evolution of comedy from within the walls of the iconic L.A. club the Comedy Store, which launched the careers of many of the biggest names in comedy, including Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, Sarah Silverman, Jay Leno, Chris Rock, David Letterman, Sam Kinison, Dave Chappelle and more.

Premieres on Showtime Sunday, Oct. 4

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The Good Lord Bird: © 2019 Showtime Networks Inc. All rights reserved. Credit: Kevin Lynch/Showtime.

Ethan Hawke, who is also an executive producer, stars as John Brown in this sevenpart miniseries based on James McBride’s acclaimed novel. The historical drama is told from the point of view of Onion (Joshua Caleb Johnson), a fictional enslaved boy who is part of Brown’s motley crew of abolitionist soldiers in the years just prior to the Civil War. Daveed Diggs (Hamilton) portrays Frederick Douglass, with Wyatt Russell (Lodge 49) as Jeb Stuart.

Premieres on Showtime Sunday, Oct. 4

The Comedy Store: © 2020 Courtesy of SHOWTIME NETWORKS INC. All rights reserved.

The Good Lord Bird

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The Walking Dead: World Beyond

The Walking Dead: World Beyond: © 2019 AMC Film Holdings LLC. All Rights Reserved. Credit: Jojo Whilden/AMC

Flesh and Blood: Credit: PBS

Next: © 2020 FOX MEDIA LLC. Credit: Miller Mobley/FOX.

This new series expands the universe of The Walking Dead, delving into a new mythology and story that follows the first generation raised in a surviving civilization of the postapocalyptic world. Two sisters (Iris and Hope) along with two of their friends leave their place of safety and comfort to brave dangers, known and unknown, living and undead, on an important quest.

Premieres on AMC Sunday, Oct. 4

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Flesh and Blood

Francesca Annis and Imelda Staunton lead the cast of this Masterpiece production from the U.K. that follows a widow starting up a new relationship, despite the misgivings of her three adult children, who are struggling with their own lots in life. In a flash-forward, a body is found, and by the end of the four episodes the victim — and the murderer — will be revealed.

Premieres on PBS Sunday, Oct. 4

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neXt

In this new techno-thriller, John Slattery (Mad Men) stars as Silicon Valley pioneer Paul LeBlanc, developer of a groundbreaking artificial superintelligence called neXt. But when the neXt code is leaked out into the world, it turns into an increasingly powerful menace that wreaks havoc on humans and turns them against each other. Fernanda Andrade, Michael Mosley, Jason Butler Harner and Eve Harlow also star.

Premieres on FOX Tuesday, Oct. 6 9

WHAT’S NEW

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Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

This is the mostly missing eighth serial of the fourth season of Doctor Who, which was broadcast in six weekly parts from April to May 1967, starring Patrick Troughton as the Doctor. Only two of the six episodes are held in the BBC film archives with snippets of footage and still images existing from the other four. Fortunately, off-air recordings of the soundtrack also still exist, making the animation of a complete serial possible once again, and that is what has been done here. The Faceless Ones sees the TARDIS arrive on Earth at a runway at Gatwick Airport in England, where the Doctor and his companions encounter sinister identity-stealing aliens known as the Chameleons. The first three episodes of the serial air tonight, the three concluding episodes air tomorrow night.

Premieres on BBC America Oct. 7-8

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Photo Ark: Credit: Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark.

In this two-part special concluding next Saturday, tag along with National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore on his quest to use the power of photography to inspire people to save species at risk by photographing every species living in the world’s zoos and wildlife sanctuaries. Sartore just recently documented the 10,000th species for the Photo Ark, and he’ll go to great lengths to photograph thousands more, even if it means braving the dense Amazon rainforest and the heights of the Colorado Rockies, or even following a giant armadillo into a bathroom!

Premieres on Nat Geo Oct. 17 & 24

Doctor Who: © 2020 BBC America.

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Photo Ark

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The Trouble With Maggie Cole

The Trouble With Maggie Cole: Courtesy of Joss Barratt for Genial Productions Limited/ITV Studios Limited.

The Undoing: Credit: Niko Tavernise/HBO.

Self-proclaimed historian Maggie Cole is asked to do an interview about her coastal village.

Maggie throws a garden party where she plays the interview in full, revealing all the guarded secrets, indiscretions and gossip she has accidentally shared, changing life in Thurlbury forever.

Premieres on PBS Sunday, Oct. 18

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The Undoing This thrilling six-part series follows Grace and Jonathan Fraser (Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant), who are living the only lives they ever wanted for themselves. Overnight, a chasm opens in their lives: a violent death and a chain of terrible revelations. Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public disaster, and horrified by the ways in which she has failed to heed her own advice, Grace must dismantle one life and create another for her child (Noah Jupe) and her family.

Premieres on HBO Sunday, Oct. 25

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RETURNING FAVORITES

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The Walking Dead

High-level executives slip anonymously into the rank and file of their own organizations as Undercover Boss returns for Season 10. Each week, a different leader goes undercover to examine the inner workings of their operation.

Premieres on CBS Friday, Oct. 2

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Undercover Boss

The Walking Dead: © 2019 AMC Film Holdings LLC. All Rights Reserved. Credit: Miller Mobley/AMC.

This stand-alone Season 10 episode was intended to be the season finale back in April, so we should probably prepare for some major jawdroppers.

Instead, producers extended the season another six episodes (those additional six will air early next year) and decided to give us this one episode now, and have it serve as the lead-in to the third series in the franchise, The Walking Dead: World Beyond.

Premieres on AMC Sunday, Oct. 4

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Fear the Walking Dead

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The Bachelorette: © 2020 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Season 6 finds families ripped apart and takes a deeper dive into the characters, focusing on one to two survivors and playing with time between episodes. “Morgan’s fate is up for grabs, really,” Lennie James shares, as the Season 5 finale had him take a shot to the chest. “It doesn’t necessarily go the way everyone thinks.”

Premieres on AMC Sunday, Oct. 11

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The Bachelorette The wait is over! Clare Crawley will finally embark on her journey to find true love as The Bachelorette returns for its 16th season on a new night. Clare had women across America cheering from their living rooms when she famously stood up to controversial Bachelor Juan Pablo during the memorable 18th season finale of The Bachelor, and she is determined to never settle for anything less than the unconditional love and respect that she deserves.

Premieres on ABC Tuesday, Oct. 13

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RETURNING FAVORITES

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Superstore

The critically acclaimed comedy returns for Season 6, with a big casting change — longtime star America Ferrera announced she was leaving the show after its fifth season last year. However, she will appear in the first episode of this season to wrap up her character Amy’s storyline, as production on that episode — originally scheduled to be filmed last spring and air at the end of Season 5 — was delayed due to the pandemic.

Premieres on NBC Thursday, Oct. 22

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The Amazing Race

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The singing competition returns for Season 19 with two-hour episodes Monday and Tuesday. Beginning next week, the series will air two-hour episodes on Mondays, and hourlong episodes on Tuesdays. This season, Nick Jonas is leaving as judge, while former judge Gwen Stefani steps back on the stage to rejoin Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson and John Legend.

Premieres on NBC Monday, Oct. 19

Superstore: © 2019 NBCUniversal Media, LLC.

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The Voice

The Voice: © 2019 NBCUniversal Media, LLC

Eleven new teams begin their globe-trotting quest for a $1 million prize at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, then speed off to places like France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Brazil, and Trinidad and Tobago. Phil Keoghan returns as host.

Premieres on CBS Wednesday, Oct. 14

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ON DEMAND

(Adventure) The classic tale of a girl transitioning into a young woman and establishing herself as a great warrior is not the classic Disney adventure. While the animated film had songs and humor throughout, this version by director Niki Caro delivers a strong message in a film full of action and lush landscapes. Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Gong Li (PG-13, 1:55) Premieres Oct. 5

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Mulan

(Horror) A couple travels to a beautiful vacation on a remote South Pacific island only to wake up with a tape that appears to show him kill her, yet they are sitting next to each other. Just what happened the night before, and what is to come?

Maggie Q, Alex Essoe, Luke Hemsworth (R, 1:35) Premieres Oct. 2

(Comedy) A nurse and her cousin get mixed up in a scheme with a group of blackmarket organ dealers at an Arkansas hospital. Who is next? Angela Bettis, Chloe Farnworth, David Arquette (NR, 1:26) Premieres Oct. 2

BEGINNING PREMIERES

Day Of The Dead Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/1 Mummy Dearest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/1 Death Of Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/2 The Great American Lie . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/2 Halloween Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/2 12 Hour Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/2 Miracle In Cell No. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/5 Mulan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/5 Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/5 American Pie Presents: Girls’ Rules . . 10/6 Ashfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/6 Black In Minneapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/6 The Cuban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/6 The Curse Of Audrey Earnshaw . . . . . 10/6 Dead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/6 The Devil To Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/6 The Halloween Dragon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/6

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WHAT’S NEW THIS MONTH PREMIERES

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Death of Me

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October NEW RELEASES

(Comedy) A young couple heads to a cabin for a getaway only to soon learn that the world has come under attack by aliens. Sunita Mani, John Reynolds, Amy Sedaris (R, 1:33) Premieres Oct. 6

BEGINNING PREMIERES

Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! . . . . 10/6 Invincible Dragon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/6 Lil’ Monsters 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/6 Ms. White Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/6 Ouija Craft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/6 Save Yourselves! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/6 Spontaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/6 Tales From The Hood 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/6 Welcome To The Day Of The Dead . . 10/6 Bane: Holding These Moments . . . . 10/13 Batman: Death In The Family . . . . . . 10/13 7 Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/13 The Wolf House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/13 The Devil Has A Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/16 The Secrets We Keep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/16 The Amityville Harvest . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/20 The Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/20

BEGINNING

Cut Throat City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/20 J.R. “Bob” Dobbs And The Church Of The SubGenius . . . . . . 10/20 Me, My Dog, And I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/20 Redwood Massacre: Annihilation. . 10/20 Rescue Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/20 The State Of Texas Vs. Melissa . . . . . 10/20 Friendsgiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/23 Haunting Of The Mary Celeste . . . . .10/23 No Such Thing As Monsters . . . . . . . .10/27 Nomad: In The Footsteps Of Bruce Chatwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10/27 S.O.S. Survive Or Sacrifice . . . . . . . . . . .10/27 The Wolf Of Snow Hollow . . . . . . . . . . 10/27 Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story . . 10/30 The Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/30 Narco Soldiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/30 17

Spontaneous (Comedy) High school can be an explosive time in a teenager’s life, but what happens when the students actually start exploding?

Katherine Langford, Charlie Plummer, Piper Perabo (R, 1:41) Premieres Oct. 6

The Devil Has a Name (Drama) A farmer’s land has been poisoned by contamination from a nearby oil facility. As he tries to fight back, a David versus Goliath battle with the entire oil industry ensues. David Strathairn, Kate Bosworth, Pablo Schreiber (R, 1:37) Premieres Oct. 16

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Cut Throat City (Action) After Hurricane Katrina, a group of friends agree to carry out a major casino heist in order to survive.

Shameik Moore, Tip T.I. Harris, Ethan Hawke (R, 2:12) Premieres Oct. 20

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PREMIUMS

Talking Heads frontman Byrne is joined by an ensemble of 11 musicians, singers and dancers from around the globe in this filmed special, directed by Spike Lee, of Byrne’s hit Broadway show. (TV-14) Premieres on HBO Oct. 17

Emma.

The Undoing

Emma has money, is beautiful and amazingly clever, and works through her days growing up providing advice to all. But can she find her own romance? Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Bill Nighy (PG) Premieres on HBO Oct. 24

Grace and Jonathan Fraser are living the only lives they ever wanted, when, in the wake of a very public disaster, Grace must create a new life for her child and her family. Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, Edgar Ramirez (TV-MA) Premieres on HBO Oct. 25

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Never Rarely Sometimes Always: © 2019 Focus Features, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

NEW SERIES

David Byrne's American Utopia: Credit: HBO

Emma: © 2019 Focus Features, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of Box Hill Films.

Two teenage girls from Pennsylvania travel to New York to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy complicates their lives.

Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder (PG-13) Premieres on HBO Oct. 1

David Byrne’s American Utopia The Undoing: Credit: Niko Tavernise/HBO.

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

October

NEW SERIES

The Good Lord Bird

The Comedy Store

In this limited series, “Onion” is an enslaved boy who becomes a member of John Brown’s family of abolitionist soldiers at the time of the 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry. Ethan Hawke, Joshua Caleb Johnson, Beau Knapp (TV-MA) Premieres on Showtime Oct. 4

This five-part documentary series chronicles the evolution of comedy from within the walls of the iconic L.A. club the Comedy Store, which launched the careers of many well-known comics, including Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, Sarah Silverman and more. (TV-MA) Premieres on Showtime Oct. 4

Swallow

The Gentlemen

The Good Lord Bird: © 2019 SHOWTIME NETWORKS INC. All rights reserved. Credit: Kevin Lynch.

The Comedy Store: © 2014 Getty Images. Credit: Valerie Macon

Swallow: © 2019 IFC Films

The Gentlemen: © 2020 STX Films. Credit: Christopher Raphael.

NEW SERIES

A newly pregnant housewife finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her, she must confront the dark secret behind her obsession. Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell, Denis O’Hare (R) Premieres on Showtime Oct. 8

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An American head of a London marijuana empire wants to get out of the business. To leave, he will need to withstand plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail attempts to steal his operation. Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Hugh Grant (R) Premieres on Showtime Oct. 17

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PREMIUMS

As Part 2 of the miniseries based on Philippa Gregory’s novels begins, Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon have been crowned king and queen of England. Charlotte Hope, Ruairi O’Connor, Laura Carmichael (TV-MA) Premieres on Starz Oct. 11

In this animated adventure, Dracula runs a resort where monsters can get away from those pesky humans. But he has to rethink his outlook on life for his daughter. Voices of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez (PG) Premieres on Starz Oct. 14

Along Came Polly

Driven An FBI informant lures auto magnate John DeLorean to an undercover sting operation for cocaine trafficking. Jason Sudeikis, Lee Pace, Judy Greer (R) Premieres on Starz Oct. 23

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The Spanish Princess: © 2020 Starz Entertainment, LLC Creidt: Jason Bell

When Reuben meets the free-spirited Polly, his life becomes unpredictable — complete with a run-in with spicy food and a sweaty collision during a basketball game. Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Seymour Hoffman (PG-13) Premieres on Starz Oct. 17

Along Came Polly: © 2003 Universal Studios. Credit: Tracy Bennett

Hotel Transylvania

Hotel Transylvania: © 2012 Sony Pictures Animation, Inc. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Animation

The Spanish Princess

Driven: © 2018 Universal Pictures Content Group

SEASON PREMIERE

October

SEASON PREMIERE

Shaft

The drama series based on the writings of martial arts legend Bruce Lee and set during the brutal Tong Wars in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the late 19th century begins its second season. Andrew Koji, Kieran Bew, Olivia Cheng (TV-MA) Premieres on Cinemax Oct. 2

John Shaft Jr., a cyber security agent, calls on his family to help him get to the bottom of his best friend’s untimely death. Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Regina Hall (R) Premieres on Cinemax Oct. 9

Anna

The Quarry

Beneath Anna’s striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world’s most feared assassins. Sasha Luss, Luke Evans, Helen Mirren (R) Premieres on Cinemax Oct. 16

A drifter kills a traveling preacher and takes his place at a small-town church, rousing the suspicions of the local police chief. Shea Whigham, Michael Shannon, Catalina Sandino Moreno (R) Premieres on Cinemax Oct. 23

Warrior: Credit: David Bloomer/Cinemax

Shaft: TM & © 2019 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.

Anna: © Summit Entertainment.

The Quarry: © 2020 Lionsgate CreditL John-Carlo Monti

Warrior

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I ORIGINAL SERIES, FILMS & DOCUMENTARIES

Good Morning, Verônica Available Oct. 1

Dick Johnson Is Dead Available Oct. 2 (Documentary)

Emily in Paris Season 1 Available Oct. 2

Song Exploder Season 1 Available Oct. 2

Vampires vs. the Hubie Halloween Deaf U Season 1 Available Oct. 7 Bronx Available Oct. 2 (Original Film)

(Original Film)

The Forty-YearOld Version

The Haunting of Bly Manor

A Babysitter’s Guide Social Distance to Monster Hunting Season 1

Season 1 Available Oct. 9

Available Oct. 14 (Original Film)

Available Oct. 15

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Rebecca

Cadaver

Over the Moon

Available Oct. 21 (Original Film)

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Available Oct. 22 (Original Film)

Available Oct. 9

Available Oct. 23 (Original Film)

Available Oct. 9 (Original Film)

Available Oct. 16 (Original Film)

The Queen’s Gambit Season 1 Available Oct. 23

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Good Morning, Verônica: Credit: Suzanna Tierie/Netflix Dick Johnson is Dead: Courtesy of Sundance Institute/Netflix.

Emily isn Paris: © 2020 Netflix, Inc. Credit: Carole Bethuel/NETFLIX Song Exploder: © 2020 Netflix, Inc. MATT SAYLES/NETFLIX Vampires Vs. The Bronx: Credit: Netflix.

Hubie Halloween: © 2020 Netflix, Inc. Credit: Scott Yamano Deaf U: Credit: Netflix.

The Forty-Year-Old Version: © Netflix 2020. Credit: Jeong Park The Haunting of Bly Manor: © 2020 Netflix, Inc. Credit: Eike Schroter/Netflix A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting: © 2020 Netflix, Inc. Credit: Justina Mintz Social Distance: © 2020 Netflix, Inc. The Trial of the Chicago 7: © 2020 Netflix, Inc. Credit: Niko Tavernise Rebecca: © 2020 Netflix, Inc. Credit: Kerry Brown Cadaver: Credit: Netflix.

Over the Moon: © 2020 Netflix, Inc. The Queen’s Gambit: © 2020 Netflix, Inc. Credit: Charlie Gray

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Your TiVo Experience Road Map

Searching For Shows

With a TiVo DVR, it’s easy to search for shows you want to watch.

You can search by title, actor, genre and more. Your TiVo will search across TV, ON Demand and your connected streaming apps – all at once – and show you results sorted by popularity.

Here’s how to start searching.

With the newer TiVo Experience, press the TiVo button on your remote to get to the Home screen. Press 3 on your remote to launch Search.

■ Have a voice remote? Press and hold the Voice button, say what you want to search out loud and release the button. 1 With the classic TV Experience, press the TiVo button on your remote, go to Search, OnePass & Manage, and then choose Search.

Note: 1 Voice functionality is only available with the newer TiVo Experience. Not all TiVo DVRs are compatible with the newer experience, and voice functionality is not compatible with all TiVo Mini devices. TiVo voice remotes do work with the classic TiVo Experience, but without voice functionality. Questions? Visit Midco.com/Contact/ This material includes references to products, services and/or equipment not manufactured by Midco. The respective companies retain trademark and registered trademark ownership for those referenced items. Contact Midco with questions. TiVo and the TiVo logo are registered trademarks of TiVo Inc. and its subsidiaries worldwide.

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