Friday’s TV Highlights: ‘Austin City Limits’
Don Henley performs selections from his new Country album on “Austin City Limits.”
SERIES
The Amazing Race The teams head to Paris for the next leg of the travel competition. 8 p.m. CBS
Last Man Standing Mike and Chuck (Tim Allen, Jonathan Adams) want to watch football instead of helping dole out Halloween candy in this new episode of the family comedy. 8 p.m. ABC
Live From Lincoln Center This new episode “Elfman: Tim Burton Film Music” features performances of music written by Danny Elfman for director Tim Burton films. 8 p.m. KPBS; 9 p.m. KOCE
Dr. Ken This new episode flashes back 20 years to the Halloween party where Ken (Ken Jeong) proposed to Allison (Suzy Nakamura). 8:30 p.m. ABC
Hawaii Five-0 As Halloween nears, the team tracks a serial killer who looks like Frankenstein’s monster in a new episode directed by Joe Dante. Alex O’Loughlin and Scott Caan star. 9 p.m. CBS
Grimm In the season premiere Nick (David Giuntoli) is mourning the deaths of two loved ones and trying to accept that he is the father of a child by his former nemesis (Claire Coffee). 9 p.m. NBC
Shark Tank Former Google executive Chris Sacca joins the sharks and soon gets caught up in a frenzy over a tech education business pitched by two sisters from Pomona. 9 p.m. ABC
Austin City Limits Don Henley performs in this new episode. 9 p.m. KLCS
The Knick Thackery (Clive Owen) recruits Edwards (Andre Holland) to help him test a hypothesis in this new episode of the period medical drama. 10 p.m. Cinemax
SPECIALS
American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards 2015 Beth Stern and James Denton return to co-host this annual celebration where dogs are honored for devotion, bravery and companionship. 8 p.m. Hallmark
MOVIES
The Evil Dead Anticipating the Saturday premiere of the new series spinoff “Ash vs. Evil Dead,” Starz screens a Halloween eve mini-marathon of Bruce Campbell’s three previous movie outings as unlikely hero Ash Williams: “The Evil Dead” (8 p.m.), “Evil Dead 2” (9:30 p.m.) and “Army of Darkness” (10:55 p.m.)
Why Horror? This 2014 Canadian documentary follows horror fan Tal Zimerman as he travels the world to examine the psychology of horror and understand why so many different types of people just love to be scared. 10 p.m. Showtime
TALK SHOWS
CBS This Morning John Oliver; PewDiePie. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS
Today Will Forte; Lilliana Vazquez. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC
Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC
Good Day L.A. David Boreanaz (“Bones”); Bryan Adams; John Amato (“Change a Child’s Life”). (N) 7 a.m. KTTV
Live With Kelly and Michael (N) 9 a.m. KABC
The View Seth MacFarlane. (N) 10 a.m. KABC
The Meredith Vieira Show Chef Jamie Oliver; makeup artists from “Face Off” transform studio audience members. (N) 11 a.m. KNBC
The Doctors Nail polish; ways to heal a cold sore. (N) 11 a.m. KCAL
The Wendy Williams Show Ta’Rhonda Jones (“Empire”). (N) 11 a.m. KTTV
The Talk Joey Fatone. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS
Rachel Ray Chef Robert Irvine. (N) 1 p.m. KABC
The Dr. Oz Show Health myths; how men and women handle pain. (N) 2 p.m. KTTV
Dr. Phil Audio tapes from Jared Fogle’s conversations. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS
Steve Harvey Richard Blais (“Top Chef”); Tanisha Thomas (“Crazy Talk”). (N) 3 p.m. KNBC
The Real Shanola Hampton (“Shameless”). (N) 3 p.m. KTTV
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Josh Duhamel (“Lost in the Sun”). (N) 4 p.m. KNBC
Charlie Rose — the Week (N) 7:30 p.m. KOCE
Washington Week With Gwen Ifill Presidential race; Republican debate; Clinton and Sanders campaigns; Republican House leadership: Jeanne Cummings, the Wall Street Journal; Robert Costa, the Washington Post; John Harwood, CNBC; Doyle McManus,Los Angeles Times. (N) 8 p.m. KOCE
Real Time With Bill Maher Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii); David Spade; Canadian MP Chrystia Freeland (L-Toronto); Grover Norquist; Roger Stone. (N) 10 and 11 p.m. HBO
Tavis Smiley A tribute to author Grace Lee Boggs. (N) 11 p.m. KOCE
Charlie Rose (N) 11 p.m. KVCR; 11:30 p.m. KOCE
The Tonight Show: Jimmy Fallon Dana Carvey; Demi Lovato performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Charlie Rose; Stacy Schiff; Ghost performs; the Zombies perform with Jon Batiste and Stay Human. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS
Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m. KABC
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