What To Watch: MacGyver And Exorcist Debut, Hawaii Five-0, Longmire And Transparent Return And More
On TV this Friday: The MacGyver and Exorcist reboots debut, Transparent returns with a big decision in tow and Five-0 investigates an unlikely double homicide. Here are 14 programs to keep on your radar:
Showtimes for September 23, 2016
Longmire
Season 5 premiere (all 10 episodes): Walt deals with the aftermath of being assaulted by an armed intruder. (Watch trailer.)
Transparent
Season 3 premiere (all 10 episodes): Maura considers gender confirmation surgery. (Read review; watch trailer.)
Hell's Kitchen
Season 16 premiere: Gordon Ramsay pits men against women as 18 culinary hopefuls are divided up into two teams.
Last Man Standing
Season 6 premiere: A giant bear makes its way into Outdoor Man after Kyle forgets to close the loading dock door.
Liv and Maddie: Cali Style
Final season premiere: The twins and their kin move to California, where Liv pursues her acting career and Maddie chases a basketball scholarship. (Get scoop.)
MacGyver
Series premiere: Angus "Mac" MacGyver (X-Men: First Class' Lucas Till) and Jack Dalton (CSI's George Eads) lead the Department of External Services on risky missions. Sandrine Holt (House of Cards), Tristin Mays (Vampire Diaries) and Justin Hires (Rush Hour) co-star. (Read review.)
Dr. Ken
Season 2 premiere: Pat suggests Allison for a job at Welltopia; Dave helps Molly hide her low SAT scores.
Dateline NBC
Season premiere: A man tells his side of the story after he is convicted of murdering a woman inside her upscale Texas home.
The Exorcist
Series premiere: A woman (Commander-in-Chief's Geena Davis) seeks help from a pair of priests when she suspects demonic possession is occurring inside her home; Alfonso Herrera (Sense8), Ben Daniels (House of Cards) co-star. (Read review.)
Hawaii Five-0
Season 7 premiere: McGarrett and the team investigate when the bodies of two serial killers turn up on Five-0 property. (Get scoop.)
Shark Tank
Season 8 premiere: Pittsburgh Steelers' Antonio Brown pitches personalized shoe slides. Also: an app to prevent cyber bullying and a revolutionary beer dispenser.
Z Nation
Time slot premiere: While Warren and the gang find themselves imprisoned, Murphy escapes the sub with a new group of blends.
Blue Bloods
Season 7 premiere: A cop's widow (Lori Loughlin) has a request for Frank; evidence is gathered against Danny in the Thomas Wilder case. (Watch sneak peek.)
Van Helsing
Series premiere (two episodes): Vanessa Helsing (True Blood's Kelly Overton) is resurrected in a world ruled by vampires — and discovers the key to humanity's survival is in her blood. (Watch sneak peek.)