Enjoy a feast of exciting programming this October will all new episodes of TWO AND A HALF MEN, MIKE & MOLLY, HELLCATS, AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, NIKITA and DATELINE. Plus, /A\ delivers the Season 1 Finale of CRIMINAL MINDS, before launching Season 2 this month.
Programming highlights for Oct. 4–15 on /A\ include:
* Alan (Jon Cryer) has a special rendezvous on TWO AND A HALF MEN (Oct. 4)
* Mike’s (Billy Gardell) ego gets bruised on MIKE & MOLLY (Oct. 4)
* Supermodel Karolina Kurkova teaches the contestants about healthy eating on AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL (Oct. 6)
* Savannah’s (Ashley Tisdale) role as cheerleading captain is in jeopardy on HELLCATS (Oct. 6)
* More secrets about the Lockwood family curse are revealed on THE VAMPIRE DIARIES (Oct. 7)
* Devon Sawa (Final Destination) guest stars on NIKITA (Oct. 7)
* Sam (Taye Diggs) is forced to save the life of a patient he despises on PRIVATE PRACTICE (Oct. 7)
* Have a second helping of laughs this Thanksgiving with National Lampoon’s Thanksgiving Reunion (Oct. 10)
* Mike (Billy Gardell) and Molly (Melissa McCarthy) get their signals crossed on MIKE & MOLLY (Oct. 11)
* DATELINE returns to its regular timeslot (Oct. 15)
Below is a chronological listing of programming highlights for Oct. 1–15. All programming is subject to change. All times ET/PT (unless otherwise stated.)
Monday, Oct. 4
9 p.m. – TWO AND A HALF MEN – “A Pudding-Filled Cactus” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Alan (Jon Cryer) moves in with Lyndsey (Courtney Thorne-Smith) but continues to rendezvous with Melissa (Kelly Stables) at Charlie’s (Charlie Sheen) house.
9:30 p.m. – MIKE & MOLLY – “First Kiss” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 10:30 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10:30 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Mike (Billy Gardell) gets his ego hurt during a bowling date with Molly (Melissa McCarthy). Carl (Reno Wilson) receives a visit from his grandmother (guest star Cleo King, BOSTON PUBLIC).
10 p.m. – CRIMINAL MINDS – “Secrets and Lies” – NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. MT on ACCESS
The BAU faces one of their toughest challenges yet when they must help identify a double agent working within the CIA.
Tuesday, Oct. 5
8 p.m. – THE BIG PICTURE – Daredevil
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Blinded by toxic waste when he was a young boy, Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck, The Town) has gained enhancements in the remaining senses. With his father murdered, he sees this as a perfect opportunity to fight crime and help the citizens of New York City. He becomes Daredevil, and every night risks his life to stop those escaping prison. One person who is still free is the biggest crime lord in New York, the Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan, The Green Mile). While working as a lawyer, Matt becomes the masked hero to track down the Kingpin before anyone else he loves is taken out. Jennifer Garner (Valentine’s Day) also stars as Elektra Natchios.
10 p.m. – CRIMINAL MINDS – “The Fisher King Pt. 1”– NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. MT on ACCESS
In the Season 1 finale of CRIMINAL MINDS, the BAU team becomes pawns in the fantasy game of a psychopathic killer who challenges them to unravel a series of clues and riddles in order to save his next victim.
Wednesday, Oct. 6
8 p.m. – AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL – “Karolina Kurkova” NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Jay Manuel (CANADA’S NEXT TOP MODEL) leads the girls to a tunnel in downtown Los Angeles for their next challenge – to strut on a conveyor belt runway while wearing designs by French fashion house Hervé Leger. André Leon Talley drops by the house with surprise guest, supermodel Karolina Kurkova, who addresses the girls about healthy eating habits, before serving as guest judge on the elimination panel.
9 p.m. – HELLCATS – “The Prisoner’s Song” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Savannah (Ashley Tisdale) talks the team into letting Dan (Matt Barr) direct their bid video to qualify for Regionals against Alice’s (Heather Hemmens) wishes, but when things don’t go as planned, Savannah may have to forfeit her role as cheerleading captain.
10 p.m. – CRIMINAL MINDS – “The Fisher King Pt. 2”– NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. MT on ACCESS
The Season 2 premiere of CRIMINAL MINDS picks up right where Season 1 left off with the BAU team searching for the psychopath who used personal information to ensnarl them in the mystery of a missing young girl.
Thursday, Oct. 7
8 p.m. – THE VAMPIRE DIARIES – “Kill or Be Killed” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Tyler (Michael Trevino) learns more about the Lockwood family curse from Mason (guest star Taylor Kinney, TRAUMA). Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) argue over how to handle Mason. Elena (Nina Dobrev) tries to keep Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) from becoming more involved with the Lockwood mystery, but Jeremy makes an effort to hang out with Tyler.
9 p.m. – NIKITA – “The Guardian” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Divison’s secrets are at risk of being revealed to the world when Owen (guest star Devon Sawa, Final Destination), a Division operative, escapes from a bank robbery and becomes a fugitive. Percy (Xander Berkeley) decides to search for Owen himself, which makes Michael (Shane West) suspicious of his motives. Nikita (Maggie Q) and Owen go head-to-head until Percy joins them for a tense standoff.
10 p.m. – PRIVATE PRACTICE – “Playing God” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Sam (Taye Diggs) is forced to put his emotions aside when he has to help save the life of a cardiac patient he despises.
Friday, Oct. 8
8 p.m. – DATELINE – NEW 2-HOUR EPISODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Synopsis currently unavailable.
10 p.m. – CRIMINAL MINDS – “P911” – NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic
The BAU team helps a former profiler in the race to save a young boy from being auctioned off online.
Saturday, Oct. 9
8 p.m. – THE BIG PICTURE – Playing House – ORIGINAL TO /A\
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Frances Mackenzie (Joanne Kelly, WAREHOUSE 13) is a Canadian junior copy editor in New York, but lands the account of her favorite author, Michael Tate (Colin Ferguson, EUREKA), who finds her honesty fascinating. Just after her boyfriend Calvin Puddie (Lucas Bryant, M.V.P.) started a six month tour as a jazz musician, she learns she is pregnant. Having neglected to prolong her visa, Frannie is stuck with her parents in Canada after a visit. Just when she started to despair, Calvin returns and proves a wonderfully supportive father, both before and after the birth of their son, but leaves when she fails to affirm being in love.
Sunday, Oct. 10
8 p.m. – THE BIG PICTURE – National Lampoon’s Thanksgiving Reunion
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
All Mitch Snider (Judge Reinhold, Swingvote) wants for his family is a traditional holiday feast with the relatives. The problem is that he doesn’t have any. That is until he gets an invitation in the mail from his long-lost cousin Woodrow (Bryan Cranston, BREAKING BAD). What follows is a full-course meal of non-stop chuckles when the neurotic suburbanites clash with the hippy hicks from hell in National Lampoon’s most outrageous and dysfunctional family misadventure yet.
10 p.m. – CRIMINAL MINDS – “The Perfect Storm” – NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. MT on ACCESS
The BAU has reason to believe a series of murders might have been committed by two people working as a team after the victims’ families receive DVDs after each committed crime illustrating the psychological attacks.
Monday, Oct. 11
8 p.m. – LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT – “Spooked” – NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
When a young couple is found murdered in the back of a padlocked truck, Detectives Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Elliot Stabler (Chris Meloni) investigate the scene and link the male victim to a dangerous Mexican drug cartel.
9 p.m. – TWO AND A HALF MEN – “Hookers, Hookers, Hookers” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Lyndsey (Courtney Thorne-Smith) and Eldridge (Graham Patrick Martin) move into Charlie’s (Charlie Sheen) house after Alan (Jon Cryer) burns down their home.
9:30 p.m. – MIKE & MOLLY – “Mike’s Not Ready” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 10:30 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10:30 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Mike (Billy Gardell) and Molly (Melissa McCarthy) get their signals crossed when she invites him in after a date and he turns her down.
10 p.m. – CRIMINAL MINDS – “Psychodrama” – NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) and the team profile a bank robber who forces his victims to undress before he flees the crime scene.
Tuesday, Oct. 12
8 p.m. – CRIMINAL MINDS – “The Aftermath” – NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
The profilers are called in to investigate a serial rapist who resumes his attacks after a six week hiatus.
9 p.m. – THE BIG PICTURE – Big Trouble
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. MT on ACCESS
A chain of events starts with the arrival of a mysterious suitcase in Miami. Arthur Herk (Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones), a corrupt business owner, wants to get his hands on the case. At the same time, two hit men want him whacked. Tired of his constant fixation on drinking and television, Herk’s wife Anna (Rene Russo, The Thomas Crown Affair) and daughter Jenny (Zooey Deschanel, (500) Days of Summer) decide to find new love interests in divorced dad Eliot Arnold (Tim Allen Wild Hogs) and his son Matt (Ben Foster, Alpha Dog). To add more complication, two thieves decide to steal the case and lead a Miami police team and two FBI agents on a wild goose chase that ends inside the Miami Airport Terminal.
Wednesday, Oct. 13
8 p.m. – AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL – “Patrick Demarchelier” – NEW EPISODE –
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. MT on ACCESS
The girls head to Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills for this week’s photo shoot with legendary fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier. The girls are joined by male models as they strut down Rodeo while posing in outfits hand-picked for them by fashion stylist Lori Goldstein. Demarchelier joins the judges at the elimination panel.
9 p.m. – HELLCATS – “Ragged Old Flag” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
The girls’s volleyball team challenges the Hellcats to a flag-football game. Lewis (Robbie Jones) coaches the Hellcats and Red (Jeff Hephner) is impressed by his plays. Meanwhile, Marti (Aly Michalka) pretends to be sick in order to skip the game and attend a conference with Julian (Gale Harold).
10 p.m. – CRIMINAL MINDS – “The Boogeyman” – NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. MT on ACCESS
The BAU team examines a tight-knit community in Texas to determine who has been victimizing the children of the town.
Thursday, Oct. 14
10 p.m. – PRIVATE PRACTICE – “A Better Place to Be” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
The arrival of Dell’s (Chris Lowell) young orphaned daughter stirs up the emotions of everyone in the practice. Meanwhile, Pete (Tim Daly) and Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) disagree over a risky surgery to treat a woman who has been experiencing chronic and insufferable pain throughout her pregnancy.
Friday, Oct. 15
9 p.m. – DATELINE – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. MT on ACCESS
DATELINE returns to its regular timeslot. Synopsis is currently unavailable.
10 p.m. – CRIMINAL MINDS – “North Mammon” – NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic
When three college athletes disappear the night of a football pep rally, the BAU look to outsiders for clues to the girls’ abduction.
