A new generation of activists fights to “Free Leonard Peltier” (Netflix, streaming), the American Indian Movement leader who spent decades in prison for a conviction many disputed. Convicted of murdering two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation inn 1975, the subject of this documentary has long maintained he never pulled the trigger. Given two consecutive life terms, and after serving nearly half a century, his sentence was commuted to indefinite house arrest in January 2025.
Jazz legend Paquito D’Rivera is profiled in a new documentary on the series “VOCES” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings).
The July cyberattack of the AI platform Hugging Face by another platform ushered in a new era of AI worries, as covered in the new “InstaDoc: AI Gone Wild” (Netflix, streaming).
Monday Night Football has Buffalo at Rams (ABC, ESPN, 8:15 p.m.).
“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (FX, 9 p.m.) ends its 19th season with a sleepover.
The 2019 YouTube series “Wayne” (Netflix, streaming), about a kid who travels from Massachusetts to Florida to retrieve his late father’s stolen car, resurfaces on Netflix. (A second season still isn’t likely).
It is also reviving the five-season drug trafficking telenovela “Señora Acero” (Netflix, streaming) that first premiered on Telemundo in 2014.
A drug dealer is suspected of murdering a NYPD officer on “FBI” (CBS, 8 p.m.). The “CIA” (CBS, 9 p.m.), meanwhile, gets help from a Russian spy poisoned by his own comrades.
“Law and Order Toronto: Criminal Intent” (CW, 9 p.m.). investigates the stabbing death of a tech professional
Brian Austin Green and Daphne Zuniga play “Celebrity Name That Tune” (Fox, 8 p.m.).
“Celebrity Weakest Link” (Fox, 9 p.m.) is played by stars from “The Exorcist” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”
A mother tries to reopen the investigation into her daughter’s disappearance and death on “Harlan Coben’s Final Twist” (CBS, 10 p.m.).
“Line of Fire” (NBC, 10 p.m.) deals with a wedding bomb threat against a cabinet member.
Battle rounds begin on “The Voice” (NBC, 8 p.m.).
“Private Eyes West Coast” (CW, 8 p.m.) looks into the case of a missing university student.
Hazen Audel finds out some of the world’s fiercest and isolated tribes live in the series “Survive the Tribe” (Nat Geo Wild, 8 p.m.), which plays six episodes consecutively.
Six remaining bakers have to make demon doll desserts on “Halloween Baking Championship” (Food, 9 p.m.)
“120 Hours Behind Bars” (Discovery, 9 p.m.) ends its second season, and they’re probably relieved.
Gun running is the target on “Contraband: Seized at the Border” (Discovery, 8 p.m.).
“How Did They Fix That?” (Smithsonian, 8 p.m.) looks how Southern California rebuilt after the 2025 wildfires.
Turner Classic Movies’ month-long Monday salute to Myrna Loy continues all day with “Emma” (7:30 a.m.), “Vanity Fair” (9 a.m.), “The Wet Parade” (10:30 a.m.), “New Morals for Old” ((12:30 p.m.), “Love Me Tonight” (2 p.m.), “Thirteen Women” (3:45 p.m.), “The Mask of Fu Manchu” (5 p.m.), “The Animal Kingdom” (6:30 p.m.), “The Thin Man” (8 p.m.), “After the Thin Man” (9:45 p.m.), “Another Thin Man” (11:45 p.m.), “Shadow of the Thin Man” (1:45 a.m.), “The Thin Man toes Home” (3:30 a.m.) and “Song of the Thin Man” (5:15 a.m.).
Baseball’s league championship series has Dodgers at Milwaukee (Fox, 5 p.m.) in Game 2 in the National League and Cleveland at Tampa Bay (TBS, 8 p.m.) in Game 1 in the American League.
Game 2 of the WNBA Finals has Atlanta at Golden State (USA, CNBC, 8 p.m.).
Hockey has Ottawa at New Jersey (NHL, 7 p.m.).
Preseason basketball has Minnesota at Knicks (NBA, 7:30 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos: Tom Ellis, Marilu Henner. The View: Billy Crystal. Drew Barrymore: Billie Lourd, Sunny Anderson. Jennifer Hudson: “A Different World” cast, Brothers Osborne. Tamron Hall: Nick Leighton, Leah Bonnema.
Late Talk
Jimmy Kimmel: Josh Brolin, William Shatner, Brad Paisley. Jimmy Fallon: Sylvester Stallone, Luke Bryan (rerun). Seth Meyers: Kelly Clarkson (rerun).