It’s that time again, to show you care about the pumpkin holiday. So here’s “Halloween Baking Championship” (Food Network, 8 p.m.), in which they make spider cupcakes and the such. Carla Hall, Sherry Yard and Ron Ben-Israel judge; host is Richard Blais. It’s the fourth in the network’s “Baking Championship.”
It’s followed by “Halloween Wars” (Food Network, 9 p.m.), returning for its fifth season, it’s a show about people who try to outdo one another in seasonal decor.
Dancers dance on “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC, 8 p.m.), where Kim Zolciak is the most recent to withdraw. And singers sing on “The Voice” (NBC, 8 p.m.), where blind auditions slog on.
Monday Night Football has Lions at Seahawks (ESPN, 8:15 p.m.).
Once, there were museums of medical oddities and circus sideshows. Now there is TLC, featuring “The Man with the 80-Pound Groin” (TLC, 9 p.m.) and “The Man With No Penis” (TLC, 10 p.m.), They follow their earlier success and remaining title holder, “The Man with the 132-Pound Scrotum” (TLC, 8 p.m.).
Sorry to see National Geographic get into the phonas balonus business with “Bigfoot: New Evidence Compilation” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.).
The two hour “The Secret Tapes of the O.J. Case” (Lifetime Movie Network, 8 p.m.) is followed by the very similar sounding “O.J. Speaks: The The Hidden Tapes” (Lifetime Movie Network, 10 p.m.).
It’s a good day to catch up on Sunday’s Showtime premieres: “Homeland” (Showtime, 8 and 10 p.m.) and “The Affair” (Showtime, 9 p.m.).
Hostages are taken at the children’s hospital in “Gotham” (Fox, 8 p.m.).
The stories are certainly told in odd order on “Life in Pieces” (CBS, 8:30 p.m.).
After the magicians perform on the season finale of “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” (The CW, 8 p.m.), the show will make itself disappear.
The dashing David Niven is star of the month on Turner Classic Movies. It begins with “Raffles” (8 p.m.), “Bachelor Mother” (9:30 p.m.), “The Dawn Patrol” (11 p.m.), “Wuthering Heights” (1 a.m.), “Splendor” (3 a.m.) and “EternallyYours” (4:30 a.m.).
Early Talk
Kelly & Michael: Hugh Jackman, Shay Mitchell. The View: Anderson Cooper, Tony Goldwyn, Stacy London. The Talk: John Stamos, Jaymes Vaughan. Ellen DeGeneres: Nathan Lane, Trai Byers, Rita Ora, Alek Skarlatos, Lindsay Arnold.Wendy Williams: Delaina Dixon. The Real: Christina Millian, Sonia Smith-Kang. Meredith Vieira: Elizabeth Hurley.
Late Talk
Stephen Colbert: Sen. John McCain, Yo-Yo Ma, Misty Copeland. Jimmy Kimmel: Cate Blanchett, Chace Crawford, Eagles of Death Metal. Jimmy Fallon: Hugh Jackman, Shaquille O’Neal, Talib Kweli, Warren Haynes. Seth Meyers: Idris Elba, Tony Goldwyn, Pete Davidson. James Corden: Julianne Moore, John Stamos, Jack Hanna. Carson Daly: Jewel, Summer Twins, David Krumholtz. Tavis Smiley: Robert Reich. Trevor Noah: Seth Rogen. Conan O’Brien: Kevin Nealon, Randall Park, Paul Weller.