This Week On TV: Oct. 14-20

By Brent Furdyk. 14 Oct 2019 9:33 AM

This Week: “Arrow” returns for its swan-song season, Jessica Biel stars in new conspiracy thriller “Limetown”, Paul Rudd co-stars with Paul Rudd in the clone comedy “Living With Myself”, Meryl Streep uncovers the Panama Papers in “The Laundromat”, Anne Hathaway and Tina Fey head the cast of new anthology series “Modern Love”, “The Simpsons” spoofs “Stranger Things” and “The Shape of Water” in this year’s “Treehouse of Horror” episode and HBO unveils the anticipated, ambitious “Watchmen”.

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'Prodigal Son'
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As Malcolm’s childhood memories start to take shape, he realizes his father’s killing spree may not have been a surprise to everyone in his family. While Malcolm continues to investigate his past, the murder of a famous model and social media influencer sends him and the team on the hunt for a stalker with a creepy eye for design.

* Monday, Oct. 14 on Global
'NCIS'
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The NCIS team links a bizarre crime scene at Arlington National Cemetery to a string of attacks on homeless veterans. Meanwhile, Vance orders McGee, Bishop and Torres to complete hours of evidence garage cleanup duty for withholding information.

* Tuesday, Oct. 15 on Global
'Arrow' - Season Premiere
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The eighth and final season of this Vancouver-shot superhero series kicks off, and fans have been warned to buckle up for what promises to be the series' most explosive batch of episodes ever —culminating with an "Arrow-verse" crossover that will include "Supergirl", "DC's Legends of Tomorrow", "Flash" and "Black Lightning" — and is rumoured to feature one very prominent death.

* Tuesday, Oct. 15
'Limetown' - Series Premiere
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Based on a fictionalized true-crime podcast, this new thriller for Facebook Watch follows public radio journalis Lia Haddock (Jessica Biel) as she investigates the mysterious disappearance of more than 300 people at a neuroscience research community in Tennessee a decade earlier, leaving were no witnesses, no clues — and no survivors.

* Wednesday, Oct. 16
'Tacoma FD' - Series Premiere
Tru TV
The Broken Lizard comedy troupe ("Super Troopers") are back with this raucous comedy following a group of firefighters who respond to some of the weirdest calls imaginable.

* Thursday, Oct. 17
'Sid & Judy'
Showtime
Narrated by Jon Hamm and Jennifer Jason Leigh, this documentary explores the tumultuous relationship between wildly talented, wildly troubled entertainer Judy Garland and her third (but not last) husband, Sid Luft, who was also her manager.

* Friday, Oct. 18
'Living With Yourself' - Series Premiere
Netflix
In this dark Netflix comedy series, Paul Rudd stars as a guy who undergoes a life-changing medical procedure only to discover the true intention was to clone him, kill him and have the clone take over his life. When the plan goes awry and he survives, he winds up encountering his clone, ultimately learning some important lessons about himself.

* Friday, Oct. 18
'Modern Love' - Series Premiere
Amazon Prime Video
Based on the popular New York Times column of the same name, each episode of this anthology series tells a different tale of romance in the modern era, with stars including Anne Hathaway and Tina Fey.

* Friday, Oct. 18
'The Laundromat'
Netflix
Meryl Streep plays a vacationing widow who discovers her late husband's insurance policy was a fraud. As she investigates, her digging leads to a pair of shady Panamanian lawyers (Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas) who specialize in assisting the 1-per-cent hide their wealth from the taxman. Based on the true story that wound up with the release of the notorious "Panama Papers."

* Friday, Oct. 18
'The Secret Lives of Cheerleaders'
Lifetime
In this Lifetime movie, a new transfer student (Savannah May) reluctantly tries out for the cheerleading team at the insistence of her overly ambitious mother, Candice (Denise Richards). When she's befriended by the head cheerleader, however, she soon learns that her newfound popularity comes with a price.

* Sunday, Oct. 20 on Lifetime
'Giada Entertains' - Series Premiere
Food Network
Giada De Laurentiis knows how to take an event and make it extra-special, and in this new series she shares tips, secrets and recipes for planning the perfect party.

* Sunday, Oct. 20 on Food Network Canada
'The Simpsons'

The 30th annual "Treehouse of Horror" Halloween episode features a demon Maggie, a mission to rescue Milhouse from another dimension, dead-Homer's spirit trying on some new bodies for size and Selma finally finding love in an unlikely place — with the alien in her basement.

* Sunday, Oct. 20
'Watchmen' - Series Premiere
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Exec producer Damon Lindelof ("Lost", "The Leftovers") is behind this anticipated and ambitious HBO series based on Alan Moore's cult-favourite graphic novel. Neither a remake or a reboot, "Watchmen" is set two decades after the events of the graphic novel, taking viewers into a dystopian alternate-universe America where superheroes have been outlawed and police are forced to wear masks to protect them from vengeful criminals.

* Sunday, Oct. 20

This Week On TV: Oct. 14-20

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