Netflix, 3:00 a.m. ET
SEASON PREMIERE: A new crop of David Letterman one-on-one interviews shows up today on Netflix, and, as always, he’s got an enticing guest list, including Dave Chappelle, Robert Downey Jr., and Kim Kardashian West – whose husband, Kanye, was interviewed by Letterman on a previous season.
Fox, 8:00 p.m. ET
Mookie Betts and Clayton Kershaw both came through big time for the Los Angeles Dodgers in last night’s Game 1 of the 2020 World Series – Kershaw with his commanding pitching, and Betts with just about everything else, from hitting a home run to his fielding and base-running skills, including his multiple steals and his deft slide into home plate on a close play. The Tampa Bay Rays lost that first contest, 8-3, but tomorrow is another day. And tomorrow, in that Game 2 context, arrives tonight…
ABC, 9:00 p.m. ET
SEASON PREMIERE: The return of this Roseanne-less sitcom, for the start of Season 3, arrives just before the presidential election, with the Conners typifying the struggling American family trying to get by during this pandemic and political season. Will the characters, and this series, have anything to say about the current situation we’re all facing? They’re the Conners. Why even ask?