TV This Week Oct. 20 - 26: ‘Dracula’ on NBC
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SUNDAY
Crazy challenges are what’s “in-store” in the new Guy Fieri-hosted cooking competition “Guy’s Grocery Games.” 8 p.m. Food
Andy Cohen catches up with the makeover mavens known as the “Fab Five” in “Queer Eye Reunion: 10 Years Later.” 9 p.m. Bravo
“MasterChef’s” Graham Elliot digs into the pop-up restaurant phenomenon in the new series “Covert Kitchens.” 11 p.m. Spike
MONDAY
A young boy’s battle with progeria is examined in the poignant 2013 documentary “Life According to Sam.” 9 p.m. HBO
They wanted no scrubs and advised against chasing waterfalls. Now, the 1990s-era hip-hop trio gets its own biopic, “CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story.” 9 p.m. VH1
“Independent Lens” puts a human face on the health-care crisis in “The Waiting Room.” 10 p.m. KOCE
TUESDAY
One man’s ill-fated dream of owning a pro hockey team is revisited on a new “30 for 30.” 5 p.m. ESPN, 10:30 p.m. ESPN2
Henry Louis Gates Jr. recounts the struggles and triumphs of a people in the six-part series “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross.” 8 p.m. KOCE
Following a new “Pretty Little Liars,” it’s the debut of the “Liars” spin-off “Ravenswood.” 8 and 9 p.m. ABC Family
Kids say the darndest things in “Liar, Liar: Pants on Fire!” on “Nick News With Linda Ellerbee.” 8 p.m. Nickelodeon
Zoologist George McGavin explains why birds, bees and other animals behave the way they do in the special “Ultimate Swarms.” 8 p.m. Animal Planet
A mother-daughter management team shepherds young showbiz hopefuls in the new series “Mother of All Talent.” 8 p.m. TVG
The new special “Held Hostage” documents the siege of a gas facility in the Algerian desert by al Qaida-affiliated terrorists this year. 9 p.m. KOCE
Keep calm and wash your hands: The rise of antibiotic-resistant infections is charted on a new “Frontline.” 10 p.m. KOCE
Aspiring country singers bring the twang in the new series “Chasing Nashville.” 10 p.m. Lifetime
WEDNESDAY
Play ball! The fall classic gets underway with Game 1 of the “2013 World Series.” 4:30 p.m. Fox
“Greatest Movie Villains” offers a Vader-to-Voldemort survey of the big screen’s biggest meanies. 8 p.m. TVGN
Smartphone, schmartphone. “Nova” journeys to the cutting edge of cutting-edge technology with “Making Stuff Wilder.” 9 p.m. KOCE
Catherine Willows, I presume: Original series star Marg Helgenberger returns for the 300th episode of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” 10 p.m. CBS
The quack stops here on the season finale of “Duck Dynasty.” 10 p.m. A&E
THURSDAY
Did we learn nothing from “Free Willy”? The 2013 exposé “Blackfish” decries the treatment of killer whales in captivity at aquatic theme parks. 6 and 9 p.m. CNN
Contestants from the most recent season reunite to reminisce on “Project Runway,” followed by a new edition of “Project Runway All Stars.” 8 and 9 p.m. Lifetime
Chef Rocco DiSpirito comes to the rescue of dysfunctional family-owned eateries in the new series “Restaurant Divided.” 10 p.m. Food
FRIDAY
Lindsey Gort — not Kim Cattrall — plays a Samantha Jones on the second-season premiere of the “Sex and the City” prequel “The Carrie Diaries.” 8 p.m. KTLA
The always-stylish Rihanna is an executive producer of the new reality competition “Styled to Rock.” 8 p.m. Bravo
Zombies continue to plague Portland, slowing down the lines at hipster coffeehouses all over the city, on the return of “Grimm.” 9 p.m. NBC
“A Raisin in the Sun Revisited: The Raisin Cycle at Centerstage” celebrates the legacy of Lorraine Hansberry’s beloved 1959 play. 9 p.m. KOCE
Bruuuce! Fans share their love for New Jersey’s favorite son in the 2013 rock doc “Springsteen & I.” 9 p.m. Showtime
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, pictured, follows in the footsteps of Bela Lugosi, et al., in the new supernatural drama “Dracula.” 10 p.m. NBC
Macrame, schmacrame. Metal is the medium on the season premiere of “Craft in America.” 10 p.m. KOCE
SATURDAY
We’re not even gonna try to describe it, except to say that Tom Hanks and Halle Berry star in the centuries-spanning 2012 mind-bender “Cloud Atlas.” 8 p.m. HBO
“The Husband She Met Online” is a kind, considerate man … except this is a Lifetime TV movie, so he’s actually none of those things. 8 p.m. Lifetime
Witchy woman: Catherine Bell is back with “The Good Witch’s Destiny,” the sixth entry in the fantasy series. 9 and 11 p.m. Hallmark
Darryl Hannah, Anthony Michael Hall and Shirley Jones try to outrun the walking dead in the new terror tale “Zombie Night.” 9 p.m. Syfy
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