What To Watch: Lovecraft Country And The Vow Finales, Millionaire Returns, Braves/Dodgers Game 7 And More
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On TV this Sunday: Lovecraft Country aims to cast a spell, ABC rings up Supermarket Sweep and one NXIVM series ends as another begins. Here are 15 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern.
Showtimes for October 18, 2020
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America's Funniest Home Videos
ABC
Season 31 premiere: Videos include the Toddler Temptation Challenge, kids imitating parents, and teachers comically interrupted in virtual classrooms.
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MLB League Championship Series
Fox
The NLCS between the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Dodgers concludes with Game 7.
Pandora
The CW
Ralen suffers a life-changing loss; Jax and the team visit the planet where Professor Osborn first found Jax as a baby.
Supermarket Sweep
ABC
Revival premiere: Contestants showcase their shopping skills while vying for a $100,000 prize; Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live) hosts. (Get first look.)
Top Gear
BBC America
Season 29 premiere: The team spends a full 24 hours in the Tesla Model 3, Volvo S60 and BMW 3-Series; Chris tests the Ferrari SF90 in Italy.
The Trouble With Maggie Cole
PBS
Stateside premiere: The titular Maggie (French and Saunders' Dawn French) deals with the repercussions of her gossiping antics in an English fishing village; Mark Heap (Friday Night Dinner), Julie Hesmondhalgh (Broadchurch) and Vicki Pepperdine (Getting On) co-star.
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Sunday Night Football
NBC
The Los Angeles Rams visit the San Francisco 49ers, live from Levi's Stadium. (Football Night in America precedes at 7 pm.)
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Fear the Walking Dead
AMC
A new ally gives Strand an idea that could lead to freedom; Virginia, Alicia and Strand clear an unusual walker threat. (Premiere earned a grade of "B+.")
The Good Lord Bird
Showtime
John Brown and Onion travel north and seek refuge with Frederick Douglass; Brown and Douglass disagree over methodology.
Lovecraft Country
HBO
Season 1 finale: With the Book of Names now in their possession, the gang returns to Ardham to cast the ultimate spell.
Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult
Starz
Series premiere: India Oxenberg (daughter of Dynasty's Catherine Oxenberg) relives her harrowing experience of joining the sex-slave cult.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
ABC
Season 12 premiere: Tiffany Haddish (The Last OG) plays for charity; firefighter Oliver Fry takes a shot at the $1 million prize.
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Card Sharks
ABC
Season 2 premiere: Players from Las Vegas, San Diego and others join host Joel McHale (Community).
Fargo
FX
Loy finds himself in a tricky situation, while Josto strikes back.
The Vow
HBO
Season 1 finale: Mark and Bonnie return to Clifton Park for the first time since leaving NXIVM; the team receives a tip on where Keith might be, while they all face a shocking development in the case. (Recently renewed.)
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In the Mad Men Season 1 finale (Oct. 18, 2007), Peggy Olson was promoted to junior copywriter -- but by episode's end (and most unexpectedly) she also had acquired the title of "new mother"!
