Eva Victor wrote, directed and stars in “Sorry, Baby” (HBO, 8 p.m.), the independent film about a literature professor struggling with depression that won the screenwriting award at Sundance. It makes its premium cable debut.
Perhaps best known when Charlize Theron got an Oscar portraying her in the 2003 film Furlough’s Paradise “Monster” the serial killer Ailen Wuornos has been subject of a number of crime documentaries before. The latest is “Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers” (Netflix, streaming) from BBC Studios Documentary Unit, NBC News and director Emily Turner that includes some previously unseen death row interviews.
As the fourth season begins for “The Witcher” (Netflix, streaming), its three primary characters find themselves split up amid the battles.
From Mexico comes the four-episode documentary series “Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I Will” (Netflix, streaming) chronicling the life of the Mexican music star, incorporating footage he shot himself.
From the Netherlands comes the crime drama series “Amsterdam Empire” (Netflix, streaming) about a Dutch crime boss who is most threatened by his wife, furious about his affair.
From Australia comes the comedy series “Son of a Donkey” (Netflix, streaming) about a young man dealing with a chaotic family and a road rage incident.
A restauranteur with a gambling problem is murdered on “Law & Oder” (NBC, 8 p.m.); there’s an assault at a house party on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC, 9 p.m.) and one of Mexico’s biggest players is back on the streets on “Law & Order: Organized Crime” (NBC, 10 p.m.).
“Hell’s Kitchen” (Fox, 8 p.m.) has a Southern fried chicken challenge.
Recruits cross a rope over a canyon on “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” (Fox, 9 p.m.).
“9-1-1: Nashville” (ABC, 9 p.m.) responds to emergencies at a waterpark and a sorority house.
Athena and Hen still have to get back from space on “9-1-1” (ABC, 8 p.m.).
“Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC, 10 p.m.) juggle a strange trauma and a breast reconstruction.
Jim and Audrey try to make wills on “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage” (CBS, 8 p.m.).
“Ghosts” (CBS, 8:30 p.m.) has its annual Halloween episode, this one involving a mummy.
A wrongful death case is taken up on “Matlock” (CBS, 9 p.m.).
“Elsbeth” (CBS, 10 p.m.) deals with a Halloween feud.
A pregnant woman, her husband and their young son are threatened by a home invasion in the made-for-TV thriller “Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story” (Lifetime Movie Network, 8 p.m.).
“Greatest Mysteries Ever” (Travel, 10 p.m.) looks at the reign of Rameses II in Egypt.
Areas of the world inaccessible to exploration on “Ancient Aliens: Declassified” (History, 10 p.m.).
“Gladiators: Warriors of the Ancient World” (National Geographic, 8 p.m.) has three consecutive episodes tonight, the first of which has to do with a beast hunter at Rome’s Colosseum.
Turner Classic Movies has a full day of horror on the day before Halloween with “Two on a Guillotine” (6 a.m.), “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” (8 a.m.), “Spider Baby” (10:15 a.m.), “Freaks” (11:45 a.m.), “Horror of Dracula” (1 p.m.). “The Curse of Frankenstein” (2:30 p.m.), “The Leopard Man” (4 p.m.), “I Walked with a Zombie” (5:15 p.m.), “Cat People” (6:30 p.m.), “Nightmare” (8 p.m.), “Curse of the Demon” (9:45 p.m.), “Burn, Witch, Burn” (11:15 p.m.), “The Seventh Victim” (1 a.m.), “The Woman in White” (2:15 a.m.) and “The Hunger” (4:15 a.m.).
Thursday night football has Baltimore at Miami (Prime Video, 8:15 p.m.).
Basketball has Golden State at Milwaukee (NBA, 8 p.m.).
Hockey has Dallas at Tampa Bay (TNT, HBO Max, 7 p.m.) and Islanders at Carolina (Hulu, 7:30 p.m.).
College football has Norfolk State at Delaware State (EPNU, 7 p.m.), Marshall at Coastal Carolina (ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.) and Tulane at UTSA (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.).
Women’s college volleyball includes Loyola Marymount at Pepperdine (ESPNU, 10 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos: Tyler Perry, Steve Patterson. The View: Steve Martin, Alison Brown, James and Oliver Phelps. Kelly Clarkson: Roy Wood Jr., Alex Edelman, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Oscar Nuñez, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Maggie Rose with Grace Potter. Drew Barrymore: Wendie Malick, Jane Leeves, Michael Symon, Valerie Bertinelli (rerun). Jennifer Hudson: Karol G, Venus Williams. Tamron Hall: Patti LaBelle, Kendra Scott.
Late Talk
Stephen Colbert: Anthony Hopkins. Jimmy Kimmel: Morgan Freeman, Haley Lu Richardson, C.Y.M. Jimmy Fallon: Jacob Elordi, Charlie Puth, Allen Iverson (rerun). Seth Meyers: Emma Stone, Florence Welch. Daily Show: Justine Lupe.