Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m. ET
Two American League playoff games are presented today, both by Fox Sports 1. The first game pits the Texas Rangers against the Toronto Blue Jays, who have home-field advantage – and the offensive advantage as well, with the most potent hitters in baseball right now. The second game, starting at about 7:30 p.m. ET, has the Houston Astros visiting the Kansas City Royals. The Royals dominated regular-season play enough to have home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, but the Astros just dispatched the New York Yankees in Tuesday’s wild card game (pictured), and its offense might, once again, get off to a faster start.
NBC, 9:00 p.m. ET
The returning old heroes are mixing, a little more, with the newly established fresh ones, but their chemistry, like this rebooted series, has yet to gel. But there are two main plots continuing to take root: One in which veteran Heroes character Luke (new co-star Zachary Levi, pictured) hunts for many things, including keys to his own latent powers.
NBC, 9:00 p.m. ET
Liz and Red remain on the run – and they continue to get help from some of their former colleagues, which makes things tense, and even dangerous, back at the FBI.
TruTV, 10:30 p.m. ET
SEASON PREMIERE: Billy Eichner’s series returns, this time on TruTV, and the reason it’s worth noting, and watching, is because of its opening-night guest star, Tina Fey, who joins Eicher for a clever surprise-the-passersby bit.
Comedy Central, 11:00 p.m. ET
Tonight’s schedule guest: MSNBC host Rachel Maddow.