Fox, 8:00 p.m. ET
Last night’s Game 1 was an epic start to the 2015 World Series – and “epic” is no exaggeration. Clocking in at over five hours (thanks to a technical delay, a rain delay and several innings of extra play), it was the second-longest game in Series history. It also was a very tense game, with leads and fortunes changing from inning to inning – and with four scoreless extra innings until, in the 14th inning, the Kansas City Royals scored with a sacrifice fly to win the game, 5-4. And after all that, the teams play again tonight…
PBS, 8:00 p.m. ET
Part 2 of 2. This concluding installment is called Secretive Creatures, and it explains some of the hidden ways animals relate to one another, and react to things and people around them. Cats with catnip. Goldfish flirting by rippling through the water. And why, when horses in stables are groomed, it’s welcomed as a calming and affectionate activity. Check local listings.
CNBC, 8:00 p.m. ET
The third Republican presidential debate of the 2016 political contest takes place tonight, emanating live from the University of Colorado in Boulder – but don’t expect it to be as highly viewed as the previous two. Not because it’s being televised by CNBC – but because it’s opposite Game 2 of the World Series on Fox. As before, there’s an “undercard” debate at 6 p.m. ET, featuring the lowest-polling Republican presidential aspirants – Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal, George Pataki and Lindsay Graham. But this time the main event is two hours, not three, and is missing Scott Walker, who’s bowed out of the race. Otherwise, it’s the same field, though not necessarily in the same order as before: Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, and John Kasich. The primary subject this time: economic issues. And the moderators, all from CNBC, are John Harwood, Becky Quick, and Carl Quintanilla.
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
Leonard Maltin, once again, hosts this occasional visit to the Disney film library – timed and themed, this time, for Halloween. One of the Disney cartoons that scared my kids when they were young, 1949’s The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (which includes a creepy animated version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, pictured), is shown at 8:45 p.m. ET. (And you can stay up late to watch it, kids – now that you’re in your 30s!) And there’s lots more, starting at 8 p.m. ET with two classic cartoons, 1933’s The Three Little Pigs and 1934’s The Big Bad Wolf. Other noteworthy entries include 1937’s The Old Mill at 10 p.m. ET, 1975’s Escape to Witch Mountain at 11:15 p.m. ET, and Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie short, from 1984, at 1:15 a.m. ET.
FX, 10:00 p.m. ET
This won’t be pleasant, but it will be appropriate: On Halloween week, the hosts at American Horror Story: Hotel throw a spooky party, celebrating “The Devil’s Night.”