TV GORD’S WHAT’S ON FOR THE WEEK OF October 2-8, 2016

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New fall shows continue to trickle in to make you realize that there’s too much television for you to absorb. Happy viewing!

Sunday

America’s Funniest Home Videos – 7pm on ABC/Yes-TV – 27th Season Premiere

Heartland – 7pm on CBC – 10th Season Premiere

This Life – 9pm on CBC – 2nd Season Premiere

Madam Secretary – 9pm on CBS/Global – 3rd Season Premiere

Elementary – 10pm on CBS/Global – 5th Season Premiere

The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail – 11:30 on Comedy – 3rd Season Premiere

Shameless – 9pm on TMN – 7th Season Premiere on TMN

Westworld – 9 to 10:15pm on HBO – Series Premiere

Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris and Evan Rach Wood bring their oomph to this reboot of the 1973 film about an amusement park where rich vacationers can bring their fantasies to life. It’s not just television. It’s Huh-bow!

Monday

Conviction – 10pm on ABC/CTV – Series Premiere

Hayes Morrison stars as a lawyer and first daughter who is faced with the decision to take a job with her nemesis in order to avoid her mother’s political ambitions. Lots of drama. Lots of intrigue.

Scorpion – 9 to 11pm – 3rd Season Premiere (Two episodes)

Timeless – 10pm on NBC/Global – Series Premiere

This drama travels through time to avoid chaos in the present while trying to leave the past intact, but staying one step ahead of those with less scrupulous ideals.

Henry Danger – 6:30pm on YTV – 3rd Season Premiere

Tuesday

The Flash – 8pm on The CW/CTV – 3rd Season Premiere

No Tomorrow – 9pm on The CW – Series Premiere

Evie meets a charming, free-spirited man named Xavier, who tells her that the apocalypse is approaching and encourages her to live life to the fullest in this romantic comedy.

Rick Mercer Report – 8pm on CBC – 14th Season Premiere

22 Minutes – 8:30pm on CBC – 24th Season Premiere

Kim’s Convenience – 9pm on CBC – Series Premiere

A sitcom featuring a Korean-Canadian family running a convenience store in Toronto.

NOTE/UPDATE: CBC has moved the premiere of this show to next Tuesday the 11th, and two episodes will air back-to-back from 9 to 10pm. 

The Jim Gaffigan Show – 10:30pm on Comedy – 2nd and Final Season Premiere

Falling Skies – 9pm on Space – 5th Season Premiere

Wednesday

Arrow – 8pm on The CW/CTV Two – 5th Season Premiere

Dragon’s Den – 8pm on CBC – 11th Season Premiere

Frequency – 9pm on The CW – Series Premiere

Peyton List stars as Detective Raimy Sullivan, who has carried around pain and resentment over her father’s death for 20 years, believing NYPD Officer Frank Sullivan was corrupted during an undercover sting and got himself killed. Everything changes when she hears his voice coming from his old ham radio, somehow transmitting from 1996. Raimy tells Frank about his murder, allowing him to survive the event, but the change has tragic consequences on the present, and the two detectives must find a way to rewrite the past without destroying everyone they care about.

The Romeo Section – 9pm on CBC – 2nd Season Premiere

Thursday

The Nature of Things – 8pm on CBC – 56th Season Premiere

Firsthand – 9pm on CBC – 2nd Season Premiere

iHeartradio Music Festival – 8 to 10pm on CTV Two (Part 2 on Friday at the same time)

Highlights of the event in Las Vegas; Ryan Seacrest hosts; scheduled performers include U2, Usher, Sting, Billy Idol, Britney Spears, Drake, Pitbull and Florida Georgia Line. So, essentially, your parents might enjoy this.