Legacy toys and games have been the stuff of big screen adaptations. Now two more familiar board games make their way to TV — as game shows. “Scrabble” (CW, 8 p.m.) adapts the word game with a supersized board, hosted by Raven-Symoné. Then comes “Trivial Pursuit” (CW, 9 p.m.), with LeVar Burton, above, slinging the colorful wedges of the pie, as the trivia questions from six categories are correctly answered.
The longest-running primetime live-action series “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC, 9 p.m.), extends its record with the premiere of its 26th season, investigating an attack on a group of law students.
It comes after the 24th season premiere of “Law & Order” (NBC, 8 p.m.) (it took an 11-year hiatus before returning for the 21st season). Maura Tierney joins the cast as they investigate the death of a Brooklyn prosecutor.
“Found” (NBC, 10 p.m.), the missing persons drama starring Shanola Hampton and Mark-Paul Gosselaar, returns for a second season.
A new animated Halloween special “The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist” (Netflix, streaming) is based on “The Bad Guys” series of children’s graphic novels.
The British romantic drama “Heartstopper” (Netflix, streaming) with Joe Locke and Kit Connor returns for a third season.
“Doctor Odyssey” (ABC, 9 p.m.) navigates relationships on board as the crew fends off advances from passengers.
Marty flies to a moose hunt on the season premiere of “Mountain Men” (History, 9 p.m.).
“Tyler Perry’s Zatima” (BET+, streaming), the “Sistas” spin-off, returns for its third season.
Meredith and Catherine continue to disagree on “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC, 10 p.m.).
“Big Brother” (CBS, 9 p.m.) has a two hour episode, to make up for the fact that there was no Wednesday episode. So with Kimo and Rubina up for eviction, they’ll do the comic stop challenge for the power of veto. There will also be a look at the jury house before the live eviction that will leave the final four.
The streaming series “Horror’s Greatest” (AMC, midnight) migrates to cable, highlighting the best in the genre.
The punishment pass is introduced on “Hell’s Kitchen” (Fox, 8 p.m.) before another episode of “Crime Scene kitchen” (Fox, 9 p.m.).
“9-1-1” (ABC, 8 p.m.) responds to a plane being hit by a swarm of bees.
Chase, Harper and Zoe take refuge in Harper’s house on “The Old Man” (FX, 10 p.m.).
“The Real Housewives of Orange County” (Bravo, 9 p.m.) hear of an impending trip at a tea party.
Vegas is the setting for the “Jersey Shore Family Vacation” (MTV, 8 p.m.).
Looks like Oprah’s network has been hoarding episodes of “Hoarding: Buried Alive” (OWN, 7, 8. 9. 10 p.m.).
“The Tailor of Sin City” (Sundance, 10 p.m.) is surrounded by the FBI.
The first two episodes of the Canadian procedural about a detective and his dog, “Hudson & Rex” (UPtv, 8 p.m.), from 2019, find a new home.
Mario Cantone hosts a Thursday night series of “Creepy Cinema” on Turner Classic Movies that begins with “Sudden Fear” (8 p.m.), “In This Our Life” (10:15 p.m.), “House of Wax” (12:15 a.m.), “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (2 a.m.), “Mad Love” (3:45 a.m.) and “The Picture of Dorian Gray” (5 a.m.).
During the day are sc-fi and horror flicks from the 1950s with “Queen of Outer Space” (6 a.m.), “Plan 9 from Outer Space” (7:30 p.m.), “Forbidden Planet” (9 a.m.), “The Invisible Boy” (10:45 a.m.), “The Curse of Frankenstein” (12:30 p.m.), ”The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms” (2 p.m.), “Godzilla, King of the Monsters!” (3:30 p.m.), “The Thing from Another World” (5 p.m.) and “Invaders from Mars” (6:30 p.m.).
Baseball’s lone remaining Wild Card contest will is the decisive game of Mets at Milwaukee (ESPN2, 7 p.m.).
Thursday night football has Tampa Bay at Atlanta (Prime Video, 8:15 p.m.).
College football has Texas State at Troy (ESPNU, 7 p.m.) and Sam Houston at UTEP (CBS Sports, 9 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos: Florence Pugh, Jake Shears, Eden Grinshpan. The View: LeVar Burton. The Talk: Nicolas Sparks, Yvette Nicole Brown. Kelly Clarkson: Helen Mirren, Adam Lambert, Jennifer Garner, Lake Street Dive. Drew Barrymore: Reed Cowan, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Jeff Bridges. Jennifer Hudson: Common, Pete Rock.
Late Talk
Stephen Colbert: Chris Wallace, Yotam Ottolenghi, Justin Hartley. Jimmy Kimmel: Saoirse Ronan, Adam Brody, bebadoobee. Jimmy Fallon: Chris Martin, Chase Stokes, Sabrina Carpenter. Seth Meyers: Nate Bargatze, Paul Reiser. Taylor Tomlinson: Matt Rogers, Brendan Scannell, Greta Titelman. Daily Show: JJ Johnson, Michael Kosta.