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TV This Week Oct. 11 - 17: ‘Still Alice’ on Starz

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This week’s TV Movies

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SUNDAY

Alfonso Ribeiro takes over as host for a new season of “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” 7 p.m. ABC

“The Voices” coming from his cat and dog are giving Ryan Reynolds conflicting advice in this 2014 horror comedy. 8 p.m. Epix

The hit horror drama “The Walking Dead” comes shuffling back for a sixth season. With Andrew Lincoln. 9 p.m. AMC

MONDAY

She’s got spunk! Rachel Bloom plays a Manhattanite who relocates to West Covina (!) in the kooky and tune-filled new comedy “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.” 8 p.m. KTLA

Gina Rodriguez is back as the telenovela-obsessed “Jane the Virgin” on the return of this soapy comedy. 9 p.m. KTLA

“Fargo” sets the wayback machine to 1979 for its second season, with an all-new cast that includes Ted Danson, Jeffrey Donovan, Kirsten Dunst, Patrick Wilson, Nick Offerman and Jean Smart. 10 p.m. FX

TUESDAY

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I.-Vt.), et al., are expected in Las Vegas for the first “Democratic Debate.” 6 and 10 p.m. CNN

“30 for 30” tackles coach Pete Carroll’s tarnished tenure as head of USC’s football program in the new episode “Trojan War.” 6 p.m. ESPN; 9:30 p.m. ESPN2

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“CSI’s” William Petersen joins the cast of the WWII-era drama “Manhattan,” back for its second season. 6, 7 and 9 p.m. WGN

She made it after all: A beloved sitcom actress is feted by former costars and others in the special “Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration.” 8 p.m. KOCE

Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Nicki Minaj are among the nominees for the “2015 BET Hip Hop Awards.” 8 p.m. BET

Speaking of the Trojan War — the ancient one — Homer’s epic tale is re-examined on “Secrets of the Dead.” 9 p.m. KOCE

WEDNESDAY

Award-winning filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert pack a trunk and go in search of the “Soul of the Elephant” in this new episode of “Nature.” 8 p.m. KOCE

Cyber warfare could be coming soon to critical infrastructure and utilities near you, as detailed on a new “Nova.” 9 p.m. KOCE

The new special “Baring It All: Inside New York Fashion Week” reviews the finery, frippery and famous faces on display at the recent to-do in the Big Apple. 9 p.m. ABC Family

This time, it’s cerebral: “The Brain With David Eagleman” is a new six-part series all about that big blob of gray matter between your ears. 10 p.m. KOCE

THURSDAY

Nathan Fielder returns to put the “business” back in “funny business” with a new season of his quirky series “Nathan for You.” 10 p.m. Comedy Comedy

Our septuagenarian heroine (David Krumholtz) gets naked for a gig as a nude model in a life-drawing class on a new “Gigi Does It.” 10:30 p.m. IFC

“Arrested Development’s” Judy Greer joins the shenanigans on a new installment of “Comedy Bang! Bang!” 11 p.m. IFC

FRIDAY

The plight of child soldiers in West Africa is dramatized in Cary Fukunaga’s 2015 film “Beasts of No Nation” based on Uzodinma Iweala’s novel. With Abraham Attah and Idris Elba. Anytime, Netflix

Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum star in the Wachowskis’ half-baked yet somehow also overcooked 2015 space opera “Jupiter Ascending.” 7:50 p.m. Cinemax; also Sat., 10 p.m.

“Jessie,” we hardly knew ye. This sitcom starring Debby Ryan as a New York nanny ends its four-season run. 8 p.m. Disney Channel

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“Truth Be Told,” Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Vanessa Lachey, Tone Bell and Bresha Webb play a couple of couples in this new sitcom. 8:30 p.m. NBC

“Show Boat” just keeps rollin’ along. Vanessa Williams, Fred Willard, Norm Lewis and Jane Alexander join the New York Philharmonic for a concert-staged presentation of this classic American musical on a new “Live From Lincoln Center.” 9 p.m. KOCE

Julianne Moore won an Oscar for her heartbreaking turn as a college professor grappling with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in the 2014 drama “Still Alice.” Alec Baldwin also stars. 9 p.m. Starz

Dr. Thackery (Clive Owen) is back, and just in “The Knick” of time, on the return of this medical drama set in 1900s New York City. 10 p.m. Cinemax

SATURDAY

“The Bloody Irish! Songs of the 1916 Rising” showcases a new stage musical about the Easter Rebellion. 8 p.m. KOCE

Particular set of skills? Check. Third entry in a franchise that should have ended with the first one? Also check. Liam Neeson stars in the 2014 thriller “Taken 3.” 8 p.m. HBO

Leaves are fallin’ and folks are smoochin’ in the romantic new TV movie “October Kiss.” With Ashley Williams. 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel

Comedy’s current “It Girl” holds court at a historic Harlem venue in the new standup special “Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo.” 10 p.m. HBO

Former cast member Tracy Morgan, recently recovered from a 2014 car accident, returns to host a new “Saturday Night Live.” 11:29 p.m. NBC

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