What to Watch on TV: Supermarket Sweep, The Witches, Bad Hair
Welcome to a new week and another round of What to Watch on TV for the week of October 18th! We’ll be sharing our picks for what to watch this week, from marathons to big guest spots, and significant episodes of TV to look forward to while stuck inside.
This week’s picks include the return of Supermarket Sweep, The Witches reimagining, and more.
Supermarket Sweep – Sunday, October 18
LOIS ARBOGAST, JULIA WARREN, JALEAH WILDER, CHELSIE CARLTON, DREW HORTON, RYAN PEARCY
The beloved 90s game show is back and ready to fill a nostalgic space in everyone’s schedule as Saturday Night Live’s Leslie Jones takes a turn as a host. Supermarket Sweep’s return debuts Sunday, October 19 at 8/7c on ABC.
Darkness: Those Who Kill – Monday, October 19
Acorn’s latest psychological thriller follows two investigators on the trail of a serial killer that kidnaps his victims in Copenhagen. As the pair continue down the path, will they be able to find them and take them out? Darkness: Those Who Kill debuts Monday, October 19 on Acorn.
Series Description: This chilling psychological thriller follows the gruesome trail of a kidnapping serial killer and the two investigators trying to find his most recent victims before it’s too late. After the disappearances and deaths of numerous young women in the suburbs of Copenhagen, Investigator Jan Michelsen (Kenneth M. Christensen, Warrior) and Profiler Louise Bergstein (Natalie Madueño, Follow the Money) must come together and apply their own specialized skill sets to solve the grisly case and hopefully save lives.
Rebecca – Wednesday, October 21
Lily James and Armie Hammer star in the latest adaptation of the popular thriller as it follows a newly married couple settling in to their lives together at a large estate. But when the young woman begins uncovering details about her new husband’s late wife, courtesy of the housekeeper, she begins to unravel. Rebecca debuts Wednesday, October 21 on Netflix.
Movie Description: After a whirlwind romance in Monte Carlo with handsome widower Maxim de Winter (Armie Hammer), a newly married young woman (Lily James) arrives at Manderley, her new husband’s imposing family estate on a windswept English coast. Naive and inexperienced, she begins to settle into the trappings of her new life, but finds herself battling the shadow of Maxim’s first wife, the elegant and urbane Rebecca, whose haunting legacy is kept alive by Manderley’s sinister housekeeper Mrs. Danvers (Kristin Scott Thomas).
Black-ish – Wednesday, October 21
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS, PARMINDER NAGRA, JUDY REYES
The Johnsons are back and dealing with life in the pandemic on the official Season 7 premiere as everyone learns to deal with the quarantine lockdown, living with an essential worker, and more. Black-ish returns Wednesday, October 21 at 9:30/8:30c on ABC.
Episode Description: The season premiere of “black-ish” takes us to the beginning of the global pandemic for the Johnsons. As a first responder, Bow receives her family’s praise for her work, with Junior being her biggest fan. But over time, the family loses their enthusiasm, and Bow discovers someone in her house is breaking the quarantine lockdown rules. Meanwhile, Dre tries to convince everyone that he too is an essential worker.
The Witches – Thursday, October 22
With an amazing cast, HBO Max is bringing us this reimagined tale of an orphaned boy that goes to live with his grandmother and crosses paths with a powerful witch and her coven. The Witches debuts Thursday, October 22 on HBO Max.
Movie Description: Reimagining Roald Dahl’s beloved story for a modern audience, Robert Zemeckis’s visually innovative film tells the darkly humorous and heartwarming tale of a young orphaned boy who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world’s Grand High Witch has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe—undercover—to carry out her nefarious plans.
Bad Hair – Friday, October 23
An ambitious woman in the late ’80s decides to change up her hair for the purpose of fitting in with the image-obsessed industry she’s about to enter. However, when her hair takes on a mind of its own, things start to unfurl in this horror satire. Bad Hair debuts Friday, October 23 on Hulu.
Movie Description: In this horror satire set in 1989, BAD HAIR follows an ambitious young woman (Elle Lorraine) who gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career comes at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own.
Over the Moon – Friday, October 23
A young girl’s quest to prove the existence of the Moon Goddess has her using her love of science to build a rocket ship to get to the moon. Will she find her? Over the Moon debuts Friday, October 23 on Netflix.
Movie Description: Fueled with determination and a passion for science, a bright young girl builds a rocket ship to the moon to prove the existence of a legendary Moon Goddess. There she ends up on an unexpected quest, and discovers a whimsical land of fantastical creatures. Directed by animation legend Glen Keane, and produced by Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou, Over the Moon is an exhilarating musical adventure about moving forward, embracing the unexpected, and the power of imagination.
The Queen’s Gambit – Friday, October 23
Netflix’s latest limited series follows the life of a young genius as she grows in a Kentucky orphanage, developing her chess playing skills, and the struggles that follow. The Queen’s Gambit debuts Friday, October 23 on Netflix.
Series Description: Based on the novel by Walter Tevis, the Netflix limited series drama THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT is a coming-of-age story that explores the true cost of genius. Abandoned and entrusted to a Kentucky orphanage in the late 1950s, a young Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) discovers an astonishing talent for chess while developing an addiction to tranquilizers provided by the state as a sedative for the children. Haunted by her personal demons and fueled by a cocktail of narcotics and obsession, Beth transforms into an impressively skilled and glamorous outcast while determined to conquer the traditional boundaries established in the male-dominated world of competitive chess.
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Brianna Martinez
Brianna spends her time away from briefs, legal research, and pleadings, watching TV and writing about it. She generally has a lot of feelings about TV, which you can read about here and on Twitter.