ABC, 8:00 p.m. ET
Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood are the hosts, once again, of this annual music-filled celebration. Scheduled performers this year include Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves and... wait for it... Justin Timberlake.
Fox, 9:00 p.m. ET
The World Series is over, so Empire is back – and tonight, circumstances force Lucious and Cookie not only to tolerate one another, but to collaborate.
PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET
Part 1 of 3. You gotta lava show like this. It’s a geological big-picture history of our continent, explaining how volcanic eruptions created the land on which we live, how different land masses broke apart, and how continual tectonic shifts change our landscape dramatically – even though it’s too slow for us to notice. Yet here it is, told in three interlocking, interesting parts. For a full review, see
David Hinckley’s All Along the Watchtower. Check local listings.
TCM, 9:45 p.m. ET
One of the all-time film classics, and one of the best screen adaptations of a novel ever made: 1939’s epic-length Civil War drama, Gone with the Wind, starring Vivian Leigh and Clark Gable.
FX, 10:00 p.m. ET
Tonight’s episode is called “Room Service” – but with Halloween still in the air, it’s when the Countess (Lady Gaga) leaves her room, and goes out on the town in costume, that you can expect real trouble.