What began as a quirky, funny and weird skit last year is now turned into “The David S. Pumpkins Animated Halloween Special” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.). Tom Hanks returns to give voice to the oddball Halloween character; Peter Dinklage narrates the tale. There’s no harm in networks trying to produce their own new annual holiday tradition, but this one gets the late night slot where there should be a new episode of “SNL.” Instead, the night is rounded out by a compilation from past years on the “Saturday Night Live Halloween Special” (NBC, midnight). A one hour version of the Oct. 25, 2014 Halloween “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 10 p.m.), with Jim Carrey and Iggy Azalea, gets a primetime rerun.
The water crisis in Flint, Mich., has dragged on so long, there has been time to write and produce a new movie about it. “Flint” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.) stars Queen Latifah, Jill Scott, Marin Ireland and Betsy Brandt as the citizens in that city who rose up to get things done. This was the film that would have starred Cher, before she pulled out.
The Christmas movie franchise at Hallmark channel is officially out of control, as they begin their season of new Yuletide movies tonight, before you’ve had a chance to finish candy shopping for Halloween. In “Marry Me at Christmas” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.), Rachel Skarsten stars as a wedding planner who becomes enamored with the brother of a client (Trevor Donovan) — during the holidays. It’s the first of 33 (!) new Christmas movies there before the end of the year.
The documentary “Black Sabbath: The End of the End” (Showtime, 9 p.m.) chronicles what they claimed was their final show, last February in the town where they formed, Birmingham, England.
A second musical documentary, “I’m with the Banned” (Viceland, 5 p.m.) creates a musical ensemble from musicians from six of the countries included in Trump’s travel band, collaborating with the rapper Pusha T, singer K.Flay and jazz organist Lonnie Smith.
The grisly story of a mass murderer operating during the 1893 Chicago’s World Fair — the subject of the popular book “The Devil in the White City,” gets a true crime treatment on “The Murder Castle” (Investigation Discovery, 8, 9 and 10 p.m.).
Maggie seeks a psychic regarding “The Disappearance of Maura Murray” (Oxygen, 9 p.m.).
Jane Fonda, Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Bryan Cranston, Matt Lucas and Niall Horan are on a new episode of “The GrahamNorton Show” (BBC America, 10 p.m.).
Sam tackles fatherhood for the first time in 26 years on “Released” (OWN, 10 p.m.).
“Secrets of the Underground” (Science, 10 p.m.) searches for lost Nazi gold.
“Ghost Adventures” (Travel, 9 p.m.) has a big time on Halloween weekend with a pair of episodes.
M. Night Shyamalan’s “Split” (HBO, 8 p.m.), with James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy and Betty Buckley, makes its premium cable debut.
“The Wonder List with Bill Weir” (CNN, 9 p.m.) weighs all the gold mining in Alaska versus the great salmon run.
The joys of the fiddlehead fern are explored on “Family Ingredients” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings).
“The Lost Weekend” (TCM, 8 p.m.) is introduced as one of “the Essentials” on Turner Classic Movies, followed by “They Live by Night” (TCM, 10 p.m.) and “M” (TCM, midnight). Then it’s time for horror with “The Brood” (TCM, 2 a.m.) and “Repulsion” (TCM, 3:45 a.m.). There’s horror earlier in the day, too with “Mark of the Vampire” (TCM, 6;15 a.m.), “The Devil-Doll” (TCM, 7:30 a.m.), “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” (TCM, 9 a.m.), “Little Shop of Horrors” (TCM, 11:30 a.m.), “Village of the Damned” (TCM, 1 p.m.),
It’d be nice to have an afternoon World Series game, if only to allow the possibility of kids getting into the contest. Instead here’s Game 4 of Dodgers at Astros (Fox, 8 p.m.), which, if it’s like the last two games, won’t end until after midnight.
Hockey includes Rangers at Montreal (NHL, 7 p.m.).
Soccer has Brazil vs. Mali (Fox Sports 1, 7:20 a.m.) in a third place match and England vs. Spain (Fox Sports 2, 10:20 a.m.) in the FIFA Under-17 World Cup final.
Auto racing includes NASCAR’s Texas Roadhouse 200 (Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.).
College football games at noon include Oklahoma State at West Virginia (ABC), Wisconsin at Illinois (ESPN), Miami at North Carolina (ESPN2) and Texas at Baylor (ESPNU). Then comes Kansas State at Kansas (Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.), Air Force at Colorado State (CBS Sports, 3 p.m.), Penn State at Ohio State (Fox, 3:30 p.m.), Georgia vs. Florida (CBS, 3:30 p.m.), TCU at Iowa State (ABC, 3:30 p.m.), UCLA at Washington (ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.), N.C. State at Notre Dame (NBC, 3:30 p.m.), Michigan State at Northwestern (ESPN, 3:30 p.m.), Houston at South Florida (ESPNU, 3:45 p.m.), Missouri at UConn (CBS Sports, 6:30 p.m.), Minnesota at Iowa (Fox Sports 1, 6:30 p.m.), Mississippi State at Texas A&M (ESPN, 7:15 p.m.), New Mexico at Wyoming (ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.), Georgia Tech at Clemson (ABC, 8 p.m.), Texas Tech at Oklahoma (ESPN2, 8 p.m.), Boise State at Utah State (CBS Sports, 10 p.m.), Southern Cal at Arizona State (ESPN, 10:45 p.m.) and San Diego State at Hawaii (ESPN2, 11:15 .m.).
Norah Jones and Angel Olsen play a new episode of “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings). It’s followed in some markets by Conor Oberst on “Bluegrass Unlimited” (PBS, midnight, check local listings).