News & Notes

Tonight, ABC has the fifth season Premiere of Fresh Off the Boat, the third season premiere of Speechless and the second season premiere of Child Support and The CW has the eighth season finale of Masters of Illusion.

Over on cable, Discovery has the third season finale of Battlebots, LMN has the TV movie premiere of The Art of Murder, Nickelodeon has the second season finale of I Am Frankie, and Syfy has the fifth season premiere of Z Nation and the third season premiere of Van Helsing.

In late night, BBC America has the 24th season premiere of The Graham Norton Show and HBO has the third season finale of Animals.

On streaming, as of this morning, Amazon drops the complete third season of The Man in the High Castle, Hulu has the series premiere of Into the Dark, and Netflix drops the complete second season of Big Mouth, the complete first season of Elite, the complete second season of Little Things and the complete first season of YG Future Strategy Office.

Next Friday, Amazon has the series premiere of The Romanoffs, The CW has the second season premiere of Dynasty and the fourth season premiere of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, DC Universe has the series premiere of Titans, Disney Channel has the series premiere of Coop & Cami Ask the World, Hulu drops the complete first season of Light as a Feather, NBC has the fourth season premiere of Blindspot, and Netflix has drops the complete second season of The Boss Baby: Back in Business and the complete first season of The Haunting of Hill House.

Prime Picks

Fresh Off the Boat (ABC): Season Premiere. Honey and Marvin celebrate the birth of their baby. Jessica’s book gets released.
Speechless (ABC): Season Premiere. The family heads to England to ask Maya’s estranged father for a loan. Jimmy tries to make it a great trip for JJ.

Hawaii Five-0 (CBS): New. A man is abducted on a flight to Hawaii and forced to parachute from the plane.

Blue Bloods (CBS): New. Baez and Danny are searching for a former NYPD detective. Erin opens a cold case.

Solid Selections

The Cool Kids (FOX): New. Margaret doesn’t want to celebrate her 65th birthday. Starts at the half hour and runs 30 minutes.

Triple D Nation (Food Network): New. Guy revisits some places from “Around the World.” Runs 30 minutes. Plays again later.

Kidding (SHO2): Repeat. This past Sunday night’s episode, “Bye, Mom,” replays. Runs 30 minutes.

Other Option

• Manifest (NBC): Repeat. This past Monday night’s episode, “Reentry,” replays.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has Friday Night College Football with Georgia Tech at Louisville.
• ESPN2 has Friday Night College Football with Utah State at BYU.
• FS1 has doubleheader National League Division Series action with the Colorado Rockies at the Milwaukee Brewers followed by with the Atlanta Braves at the Los Angele Dodgers.
• tbs has doubleheader American League Division Series action with the Cleveland Indians at the Houston Astros followed by the New York Yankees at the Boston Red Sox.

Friday TV Marathons

The Andy Griffith Show (SundanceTV): Has 12 Episodes early.
Beverly Hills, 90210 (Pop): Six episodes today.
The Closer (Lifetime): Six episodes tonight.
Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (Food Network): Has 19 episodes tonight.
Doctor Who (BBC America): Has episodes all day.
The Golden Girls (Logo): Has 16 episodes tonight.
Law & Order (ION): Has 16 today into late night.
Law & Order (SundanceTV): Has 14 episodes today into late night.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (USA Network): Has 13 episodes.
Living Single (TV One): Has 12 episodes tonight.
The Office (Comedy Central): Has 12 episodes tonight.
The Simpsons (FXX): Has 12 episodes tonight.
The Walking Dead (AMC): Has episodes all day.