Fox Sports 1, 7:00 p.m. ET
Last night, the National League gave us two surprising, unpredictable Division Series games – games that decided which teams kept going in their hopes to play postseason baseball, and which ones packed it in for the year. Somewhat astoundingly, the dominant-all-season Los Angeles Dodgers lost its deciding Game 5 to the Washington Nationals, with a 10th-inning grand slam. And in another do-or-die NL Game 5, the St. Louis Cardinals trounced the Atlanta Braves, 13-1. Tonight, in the one remaining American League Division Series contest, there’s another Game 5, with the persistent Tampa Bay Rays fighting the heavily favored Houston Astros.
NBC, 9:00 p.m. ET
My favorite comedy of the current TV season continues its final year with another not-to-be-missed, not-to-be-predicted wild ride through the afterlife. This week, the going gets tougher, but our gang of dead friends isn’t giving up yet… In fact, they’re taking a moment to relax. Nice shirt!!
Showtime, 9:30 p.m. ET
From 1987, this film indeed captures Eddie Murphy in the raw – displaying his undiluted talent as a then-peerless standup comedy act, unafraid and often unchecked. What Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor had accomplished before him, Murphy did by taking the stage, and carrying the baton. Watch this Raw performance now, because after all these years, Murphy is planning a return to standup…
CBS, 10:00 p.m. ET
What is this new series up to? We don’t quite know yet – but as producers Robert and Michelle King keep shaking it, it remains tantalizingly difficult to predict. And as I’ve already suggested with my enthusiasm for The Good Place, that’s one of my favorite attributes of a TV series… the element of surprise.