What to Watch this week: 'NCIS' and 'FBI' franchises return for new seasons (2025)

Lots of CBS fan-favorites return this week, including NCIS, FBI, FBI: International, FBI: Most Wanted, S.W.A.T., Fire Country, Elsbeth, and Blue Bloods. Plus, the network welcomes two spinoffs: NCIS: Origins and .

On NBC, Reba reunites with her Reba costar Melissa Peterman for Happy's Place, and George Lopez and his daughter Mayan are still at it on Lopez vs. Lopez. Jason Segel and Harrison Ford are back to address that big reveal on season 2 of Shrinking. And new business deals are just waiting to be made on Shark Tank.

In theaters, Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh star in We Live in Time, Cate Blanchett stars in Rumours, and Sean Baker's latest film Anora, starring Oscar contender Mikey Madison, hits theaters.

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Monday, Oct. 14

Streaming
Family Guy 25th Anniversary Halloween Special - Hulu
Solar Opposites: Halloween Special Part 2- Hulu

8 p.m.
90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way- TLC / Max
9-1-1: Lone Star- Fox
Hoarders- A&E
Mysteries of the Unknown- Travel
NCIS (season premiere) - CBS
Superman & Lois- The CW
The Voice- NBC

9 p.m.
Below Deck: Sailing Yacht- Bravo
Halloween Baking Championship- Food Network
I Love a Mama's Boy- TLC
My Brilliant Friend- HBO / Max
NCIS: Origins (series debut) - CBS
The Real Murders on Elm Street(season finale) - ID / Max
Rescue: Hi-Surf- Fox

10 p.m.
Brilliant Minds- NBC
Cabin in the Woods(season finale) - ID / Max
English Teacher(season finale) - FX
Hoarders: Where Are They Now?- A&E

11 p.m.
The Anonymous- USA

Tuesday, Oct. 15

Streaming
American Horror Stories (season finale) - Hulu
Anatomy of Lies (docuseries debut) - Peacock
Beyond Black Beauty (series debut) - Prime Video
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula- Shudder
Only Murders in the Building- Hulu
Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special - Netflix

Movies
Alien: Romulus - Digital

6 p.m.
Live From the Other Side With Tyler Henry- Netflix

7 p.m.
Dinner Time Live With David Chang- Netflix

8 p.m.
BET Hip Hop Awards - BET
Dancing With the Stars- ABC
Deadliest Catch- Discovery
FBI (season premiere) - CBS
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta- MTV
Married at First Sight (season premiere) - Lifetime
Murder in a Small Town- Fox
The Voice- NBC
Windy City Rehab- HGTV / Max

9 p.m.
1000-lb Sisters- TLC
Accused- Fox
Caught in the Act: Unfaithful- MTV
Citizen Nation- PBS
FBI: International (season premiere) - CBS
I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders (two-part doc debut) - HBO / Max
Last Bite Hotel- Food Network
The Real Housewives of New York City- Bravo

10 p.m.
American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez- FX
FBI: Most Wanted (season premiere) - CBS
High Potential- ABC
The Irrational - NBC

Wednesday, Oct. 16

Streaming
Alison Roman's Home Movies- Tastemade
Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? (series debut) - Prime Video
Love Is Blind- Netflix
Midnight Family- Apple TV+
Re:ZERO — Starting Life in Another World- Crunchyroll
Shrinking (season premiere) - Apple TV+
Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare (doc) - Netflix
Tell Me Lies(season finale) - Hulu
Where's Wanda?- Apple TV+

8 p.m.
The Challenge- MTV
Chicago Med- NBC
The Golden Bachelorette- ABC
The Masked Singer- Fox
Sullivan's Crossing- The CW
Survivor- CBS
Unsellable Houses- HGTV / Max

8:30 p.m.
Big Freedia Means Business- Fuse

9 p.m.
Agatha All Along- Disney+
Bargain Block New Orleans- HGTV / Max
Chicago Fire- NBC
Expedition Unknown- Discovery
The Floor- Fox
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City- Bravo
Sistas (season finale) - BET

9:30 p.m.
Abbott Elementary- ABC
The Summit- CBS

10 p.m.
Chicago P.D.- NBC
Everybody Still Hates Chris- Comedy Central
Grotesquerie- FX
Lost Monster Files- Discovery
What Would You Do? - ABC

11 p.m.
Destinations of the Damned With Zak Bagans- Discovery / Max

Thursday, Oct. 17

Streaming
365 Days to the Wedding- Crunchyroll
All and Eva- Viaplay
Dan Da Dan- Crunchyroll
Frasier- Paramount+
A Great Day With J Balvin (docuseries debut) - Peacock
The Legend of Vox Machina- Prime Video
The Lincoln Lawyer (season premiere) - Netflix
Louder: The Soundtrack of Change (doc) - Max
Passenger (series debut) - BritBox
The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh (series debut) - Prime Video / Amazon Freevee
Reasonable Doubt(series finale) - Hulu
Roller Jam- Max
Teacup- Peacock
Trillion Game- Crunchyroll
Tyler Perry's Zatima- BET+

Movies
Brothers - Prime Video
The Shadow Strays - Netflix

Check Local Listings
The M Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause (doc) - PBS

8 p.m.
9-1-1- ABC
Dateline: The Smoking Gun- Oxygen
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage (series debut) - CBS
Hell's Kitchen- Fox
Jersey Shore Family Vacation- MTV
Law & Order- NBC
Scrabble- The CW

8:30 p.m.
Ghosts (season premiere) - CBS

9 p.m.
Crime Scene Kitchen- Fox
The Devil's Climb (doc) - Nat Geo
Doctor Odyssey- ABC
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit- NBC
Matlock - CBS
The Real Housewives of Orange County- Bravo
Trivial Pursuit- The CW

10 p.m.
Elsbeth (season premiere) - CBS
Found- NBC
Grey's Anatomy- ABC
House of Villains- E!
The Old Man- FX

Friday, Oct. 18

Streaming
Best Bite Wins (series debut) - The Roku Channel
The Confidante- Max
The Devil's Hour (season premiere) - Prime Video
Disclaimer- Apple TV+
Dragon Ball DAIMA- Crunchyroll
Hysteria! (series debut) - Peacock
La Maison- Apple TV+
Rivals (series debut) - Hulu
RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars- Paramount+
Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot (series debut) - MUBI

Movies
All Happy Families - Digital
Allswell in New York - In theaters
Anora - In theaters
Bookworm - In theaters, VOD
Die Alone - In theaters, Digital, VOD
Exhibiting Forgiveness - In theaters
Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara (doc) - Hulu
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue - In theaters
Goodrich - In theaters
High Tide - In select theaters
Join or Die (doc) - Netflix
Kensuke's Kingdom - In theaters
MADS - Shudder
MaXXXine (streaming debut) - Max
No One Asked You (doc) - In select theaters
Noctures (doc) - In theaters
Rumours - In theaters
Smile 2 - In theaters
Union (doc) - In select theaters
We Live in Time - In theaters (wide release)
Woman of the Hour - Netflix
You & I - In select theaters

12 a.m.
Rick and Morty: The Anime- Adult Swim / Max

8 p.m.
Gold Rush- Discovery
Happy's Place (series debut) - NBC
Life After Lockup- We TV
On Patrol: First Shift- Reelz
Shark Tank (season premiere) - ABC
S.W.A.T. (season premiere) - CBS
Sweetpea - Starz
’Twas the Date Before Christmas (movie) - Hallmark

8:30 p.m.
Lopez vs. Lopez (season premiere) - NBC

9 p.m.
20/20- ABC
Dateline- NBC
Fat Joe Talks- Starz
Fire Country (season premiere) - CBS
Joan - The CW
On Patrol: Live- Reelz
Scariest House in America- HGTV / Max

9:30 p.m.
Bering Sea Gold(season finale) - Discovery
Tia Mowry: My Next Act- We TV

10 p.m.
Blue Bloods (fall premiere) - CBS
Scare Tactics- USA, E!, Syfy, Bravo
Social Studies(season finale) - FX
Three Women- Starz

11 p.m.
It's Florida, Man (series debut) - HBO / Max

Saturday, Oct. 19

Streaming
Blue Lock- Crunchyroll
You Are Ms. Servant- Crunchyroll

8 p.m.
Holiday Crashers(movie) - Hallmark
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story(movie) - Lifetime
Killer Relationship With Faith Jenkins - Oxygen
On Patrol: First Shift- Reelz9 p.m.
Have I Got News For You- CNN
On Patrol: Live- Reelz

10 p.m.
48 Hours- CBS
Help! My House Is Haunted- Travel

11:30 p.m.
Saturday Night Live (host Michael Keaton with musical guest Billie Eilish) - NBC

Sunday, Oct. 20

Streaming
Shangri-La Frontier- Crunchyroll
Tulsa King- Paramount+

12 p.m.
Be My Guest With Ina Garten- Food Network

7 p.m.
60 Minutes- CBS
America's Funniest Home Videos- ABC
Serial Killer Capital: Los Angeles (series debut) - Oxygen

8 p.m.
90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days- TLC / Max
The Life I Can't Remember(movie) - Lifetime
The Real Housewives of Potomac- Bravo
Scouting for Christmas (movie) - Hallmark
Universal Basic Guys- Fox

8:30 p.m.
The Simpsons - Fox
Tracker - CBS

9 p.m.
Bob's Burgers - Fox
Evil Lives Here- ID / Max
From- MGM+
Halloween Wars- Food Network
How Did They Build That?- Smithsonian
Moonflower Murders(season finale) - PBS
The Penguin- HBO / Max
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - The Book of Carol- AMC / AMC+

9:30 pm.
Krapopolis - Fox

10 p.m.
Bruce Springsteen: Backstage and Backstreets (special) - ABC
The Franchise- HBO / Max
Outrageous Pumpkins- Food Network / Max
Sister Wives- TLC / Max
Van der Valk(season finale) - PBS

*times are ET and subject to change