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Here is the list of the programming options to expect on TV this coming week:

On October 19, the season finale of The Third Day will air on HBO at 9 PM.

The movie Rebecca will debut on Netflix on October 21. A young newlywed arrives at her husband’s imposing family estate on a windswept English coast and finds herself battling the shadow of his first wife, Rebecca, whose legacy lives on in the house long after her death. The cast includes Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Keeley Hawes and Ann Dowd.

On October 22, the box office movie Roald Dahl’s The Witches (that was to be released in theatres) will actually debut on HBO Max. The movie tells the story of a young boy (Jahzir Bruno and voiced by Chris Rock as an adult) who stumbles upon a secret coven of witches, and, with the help of his loving grandmother (Octavia Spencer), must try to foil their evil plan to turn all the world’s children into mice. The cast includes Anne Hathaway as the menacing Grand High Witch, Kristin Chenoweth and Stanley Tucci.

The Netflix 6-episode mini-series The Queen’s Gambit will debut online on October 23. During the Cold War era, an orphaned chess prodigy (Anya Taylor-Joy) struggles with addiction on a quest to become the greatest player in the world. The cast includes Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Harry Melling.

Also on October 23, the Lifetime holiday movie Christmas on Ice will debut at 8 PM. Courtney Bennett (Abigail Klein), a former US figure skating hopeful, runs the city’s public skating rink but when the Mayor announces its closing, Courtney is heartbroken but determined to save it. After Courtney’s attempts to warm the Mayor’s Scrooge-like heart fail, she enlists the help of Noah Tremblay (Ryan Cooper), a former professional hockey player and single dad, who owns the new indoor skating center, to help her, and together they find more than just the spirit of holidays on the ice.

The holiday movie Christmas Unwrapped will debut on Lifetime on October 24 at 8 PM. The movie follows Charity (Amber Stevens West), an ambitious reporter, who learns the true meaning of Christmas when she investigates Erik Gallagher (Marco Grazzini), a beloved member of the town who insists all the gifts he provides are from none-other than Santa himself. Cheryl Ladd also stars.

Also on October 24, the Hallmark Channel holiday movie Jingle Bell Bride will debut at 8 PM. Wedding planner Jessica Perez (Julie Gonzalo) travels to a remote town in Alaska to find a rare flower for a celebrity client and is charmed by the small town during Christmas, as well as the handsome local (Ronnie Rowe Jr.) helping her.

The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries holiday movie Christmas Tree Lane will debut on October 24 at 9 PM. Music store owner Meg (Alicia Witt) spearheads the community effort to save the Christmas Tree Lane shopping district from demolition. As she finds herself falling for Nate (Andrew Walker), a recent acquaintance, she’s thrown when she learns his surprising tie to the developer.

On October 25, the PBS series Flesh and Blood will air it season finale at 9 PM.

The movie Forever Christmas [also known as Mr. 365 as shown on Passionflix] will debut on Lifetime on October 25 at 8 PM. When workaholic reality TV producer Sophie (Chelsea Hobbs) starts working on a holiday-season show about Will (Christopher Russell), a wildly sexy guy who celebrates Christmas every day of the year, she finds herself falling for her mysterious, unlikely new star, renewing her long-lost faith in Christmas in the process.

On October 25, Chateau Christmas will debut on the Hallmark Channel at 8 PM. Margot (Merritt Patterson), a world-renowned pianist, returns to Chateau Newhaus to spend the holidays with her family and is reunited with an ex (Luke Macfarlane) who helps her rediscover her passion for music.

The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Deliver by Christmas will debut on October 25 at 9 PM. Bakery owner Molly (Alvina August) meets Josh (Eion Bailey), a widower who recently moved to town with his young son, but she is also charmed by a mysterious client whom she’s never met in person and doesn’t realize that they’re the same man.

Lastly, also on October 25, the 6-episode HBO limited series The Undoing will debut at 9 PM. The series follows Grace (Nicole Kidman) and Jonathan Fraser (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 and her family. The cast includes Donald Sutherland, Edgar Ramirez, Lily Rabe and Ismael Cruz Cordova.

Mark your calendars

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Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

5:30 PM:
Deadpool 2 movie on FX

6 PM:
Country at Heart movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)

6:25 PM:
Alpha movie on FXM

6:35 PM:
Just Mercy movie on HBO

7 PM:
Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)

7:10 PM
Britannia on EPIX (Encore)

7:15 PM:
21 Bridges movie on Showtime 2

7:30 PM:
Crazy Rich Asians movie on TNT

8 PM:
L.A.’s Finest on FOX (NEW)
The Good Lord Bird on Showtime (Encore)
The Help movie on Paramount Network
Top Gun movie on TMC

9 PM:
Filthy Rich on FOX (NEW)
The Good Lord Bird on Showtime 2 (Encore)
Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)

10 PM:
Soulmates on AMC (NEW)
Risky Business movie on TMC

Enjoy!

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Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

5:30 PM:
Ocean’s 8 movie on TNT

7 PM:
The Time Capsule movie on UPtv (DEBUT)
The Good Lord Bird on Showtime (Encore)
Sweet Autumn movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)

7:30 PM:
Deadpool 2 movie on FX
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (animated) movie on FXM

8 PM:
The Trouble with Maggie Cole on PBS (DEBUT)
A Harvest Wedding movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
42 movie on BET
Crazy Rich Asians movie on TNT

8:33 PM:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie on Syfy

9 PM:
Brittania on EPIX (NEW)
The Good Lord Bird on Showtime (NEW)
Flesh and Blood on PBS (NEW)
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (DEBUT)

9:25 PM:
Miss Peregrine’s School for Peculiar Children movie on FXM

9:30 PM:
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey movie on BBC America

10 PM:
Cobra on Masterpiece on PBS (NEW)
Brittania on EPIX (Encore)
Falling for Look Lodge movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)

10:30 PM:
Hope Floats movie on CMT

Enjoy!

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Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

5:25 PM:
Ford v. Ferrari movie on HBO

5:30 PM:
Star Trek Beyond movie on Paramount Network

5:41 PM:
The Amazing Spider-Man movie on Starz

6 PM:
Skyscraper movie on FX
Avengers: Infinity War movie on TBS

7 PM:
The Fall on Ovation (NEW)
Bottled With Love movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)

7:30 PM
Fast & Furious movie on Bravo
Fruitvale Station movie on VICE

8 PM:
The Good Lord Bird on Showtime (Encore)
Erin Brockovich movie on Sundance TV

8:15 PM:
Something Borrowed movie on HBO 2

9 PM:
Sweet Autumn movie on Hallmark Channel (DEBUT)

9:30 PM:
Twister movie on VICE

Enjoy!

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Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

NOTE: The new thriller Helstrom will debut on Hulu while the new drama Grand Army will also debut on Netflix; and the new movie Clouds will debut on Disney+.

5 PM:
The Holiday movie on Lifetime

5:30 PM:
Jurassic World movie on FX

5:50 PM:
Terms of Endearment movie on TMC

6 PM:
Snowcoming movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)

6:30 PM
Monsters, Inc. (animated) movie on Freeform

6:35 PM:
Midway movie on HBO 2

7 PM:
Picture Perfect Mysteries: Exit Stage Death movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
Top Gun movie on Showtime
Twister movie on VICE

8 PM:
When Calls the Heart: Home for Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom movie on FX
Sweet Home Alabama movie on Lifetime
She’s All That movie on POP
Men in Black 3 movie on Starz
Mean Girls movie on TMC
Ready Player One movie on TNT

8:30 PM:
Monsters University (animated) movie on Freeform

9 PM:
800 Words on UPtv (NEW)
Hometown Hero movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Black Hawk Down movie on Encore

9:30 PM:
Fruitvale Station movie on VICE

Enjoy!

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Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

NOTE: The Presidential Debate that was to happen tonight has been changed into a town hall meeting with Presidential candidate Joe Biden.  Check your local listings for channels and times. The season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery will also air on CBS All Access.

5:50 PM:
Harriet movie on HBO 2

6 PM:
Love and Sunshine movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Shrek (animated) movie on Syfy

7 PM:
Love Takes Flight movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)

7:05 PM:
Now You See Me movie on FXM

8 PM:
Supernatural on The CW (NEW)
Autumn in the Vineyard movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
The Chronicles of Riddick movie on HBO
Pretty Woman movie on Lifetime
Shrek (animated) movie on Syfy

9 PM:
Two Turtle Doves movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)

Enjoy!

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