This week on TV we see the return of six shows and six premieres including a new special from Kyle Kinane and a new movie from the mind of Christopher Guest. As the weather gets weary and the sun sets sooner, there is more than enough for you to check out while you surf your couch.
On Monday, 2 Broke Girls returns to CBS for its sixth season with back-to-back new episodes.
On Tuesday, ABC dominates the night with three shows returning and one premiering. Fresh Off the Boat, The Middle, and The Real O’Neals are all back and will be supported by newcomer American Housewife. Originally titled The Second Fattest Housewife in Westport, this single-camera, voiceover-filled family comedy from Spin City and Bunheads writer Sarah Dunn centers on a woman (Mike & Molly‘s Katy Mixon) raising her “flawed” family in a wealthy community where everyone else is seemingly perfect. Ali Wong, Diedrich Bader, and Carly Hughes also star.
On Thursday, MTV premieres a new comedy called Acting Out, an outrageous comedy series in which the most irreverent established and up-and-coming comedians of today have their best stand-up routines acted out. We’ll see hilarious reenactments of the best bits, bringing new life to your favorite moments from stand up history.
Thursday continues with Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ returning to streaming service Seeso. Season 2 guests include Zach Galifianakis, Busy Philipps, Patton Oswalt, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Nick Kroll, Jack McBrayer, Casey Wilson, Randall Park, and Dave Foley.
Then be sure to check out the latest feature from Christopher Guest (Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman), a Netflix exclusive called Mascots. The movie centers on a competition to crown the best sports mascot in the world. The cast features many of Guest’s regulars as well as some new faces, including Jane Lynch, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, Ed Begley, Jr., Chris O’Dowd, Zach Woods, Bob Balaban, Jennifer Coolidge, Maria Blasucci, John Michael Higgins, and Jim Piddock (who co-wrote the screenplay with Guest).
And finally on Thursday, This Is Not Happening returns to Comedy Central for a third season. Ari Shaffir invites comedians Louie Anderson, Rory Scovel, Maria Bamford, Brian Regan, Doug Stanhope and many others to tell their wildest stories this go-around.
On Friday, Haters Back Off premieres on Netflix. YouTube star Colleen Ballinger-Evans brings her Miranda Sings character to Netflix for this eight-episode series that also stars Angela Kinsey and Steve Little.
This Saturday we get the Emily Blunt hosted edition of Saturday Night Live with musical guest Bruno Mars. Then, Kyle Kinane returns to his native Chicago in his third Comedy Central special, Kyle Kinane: Loose in Chicago, premiering uncensored and with limited commercial interruption at Midnight ET/PT on Comedy Central. Filmed at the historic Metro, Kinane addresses the terrestrial woes that plague us all (or none of us whatsoever), such as open-carry fashion, surviving gout, and whether ketchup belongs on a hotdog.
Finally, on Sunday, Graves premieres on EPIX. Nick Nolte heads the cast of this political satire as a former president who has an epiphany 20 years after leaving office and decides to correct some of the damage his policies have done. At one point Susan Sarandon was set to co-star as his wife, but her role (vacated due to creative differences) is now played by Sela Ward. Harry Hamlin, Nia Vardalos, and Ernie Hudson will also appear in the series, which comes from Joshua Michael Stern (Swing Vote).
And now for all of the comedic appearances on both day and night time talk:
Monday, October 10th
2 Broke Girls returns to CBS
Don Rickles, John Stamos on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Amy Schumer on The Late Show starring Stephen Colbert
Sarah Silverman on Late Night with Seth Meyers
Jimmy Kimmel on The Late Late Show with James Corden
Brian Posehn, Danielle Panabaker, Kurt Braunohler on @midnight with Chris Hardwick
Marc Maron on Conan
Brian “Q” Quinn, James “Murr” Murray, Sal Vulcano, Joe Gatto on Live with Kelly
Anthony Anderson on Harry
Gary Owen on The Real
Tuesday, October 11th
American Housewife premieres on ABC
Fresh Off the Boat returns to ABC
The Middle returns to ABC
The Real O’Neals returns to ABC
Kevin Hart on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon
America Ferrera on The Late Show starring Stephen Colbert
Lena Dunham, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney on Late Night with Seth Meyers
Bobby Lee, Al Jackson, Ron Funches on @midnight with Chris Hardwick
Molly Shannon on Watch What Happens Live
Wednesday, October 12th
Matthew Perry on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Donald Glover on The Late Late Show with James Corden
Kyle Kinane on Last Call with Carson Daly
Erinn Hayes, Yassir Lester, Russell Peters on @midnight with Chris Hardwick
Randy Liedtke, Marcella Arguello, Ramon Rivas II on @midnight with Chris Hardwick
Sarah Hyland on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Thursday, October 13th
Acting Out premieres on MTV
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ returns to Seeso
Mascots premieres on Netflix
This Is Not Happening returns to Comedy Central
Kevin Hart, Sen. Al Franken on Late Night with Seth Meyers
Adam Pally on The Late Late Show with James Corden
Adam Devine on Conan
Friday, October 14th
Haters Back Off premieres on Netflix
Sarah Jessica Parker on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Zach Woods on The Late Late Show with James Corden
Kevin Hart on Chelsea
Jane Lynch, Fred Willard on The Talk
Jason Sudeikis on Harry
Kevin Hart on The Real
Ahmed Bharooch The Half Hour premieres on Comedy Central
Naomi Ekperigin The Half Hour premieres on Comedy Central
Saturday, October 15th
Kyle Kinane: Loose in Chicago premieres on Comedy Central
Saturday Night Live with host Emily Blunt on NBC
Sunday, October 16th
Graves premieres on EPIX
