What’s on Global TV This Week? October 1-15 Primetime Highlights

WHAT TO WATCH AND STREAM ON GLOBAL:
PRIMETIME HIGHLIGHTS FOR OCTOBER 1-15

SEASON PREMIERES
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5
8 p.m. – FBI
“Rendition”
After a young traveler is found shot dead in a state park, the team discovers she was witness to an execution of a person involved in a top-secret government-sponsored project. Meanwhile, Maggie struggles to bond with her new partner, Isaiah Green (played by Roland Buck III), and OA adjusts to a new role.

9 p.m. – CIA
“The Deep”
When a known cartel fixer arrives in N.Y.C., the team tracks him down and discovers the body of a DEA agent. After it becomes clear the case is not what it seems, the team must work quickly to prevent additional murders. Meanwhile, Bill makes a shocking discovery when he returns to work after the death of his father and the team enlists the help of FBI Special Agent Stuart Scola (John Boyd).

10 p.m. – Harlan Coben’s Final Twist
“Betsy Faria”
When church-going mother Betsy Faria is found stabbed to death in her quiet Missouri home, police initially suspect suicide … she’d tried it before. But multiple stab wounds and the surrounding evidence point to her husband. It seems like an open-and-shut case: trial, conviction, done. But then, more dead bodies and strange twists lead back to Betsy’s murder … unraveling a story everyone thought they understood.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6
8 p.m. – NCIS
“Wayward Son”
While dealing with the fallout from the shooting involving McGee’s son, the team investigates a mysterious new threat to the Secretary of the Navy and receives help from an unexpected source: Tony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly), newly arrived in D.C. to open a satellite office of his private security firm.

9 p.m. – NCIS: NEW YORK
“Pilot”
After years of special assignments and covert ops, Special Agent Sam Hanna (LL COOL J) returns to his hometown of New York City for a brand-new mission. When Sam’s friend and Navy reservist Jack Halloway is found dead, he requests permission from Assistant Special Agent-In-Charge Robyn Wells (Jennifer Beals) to investigate his friend’s death. Robyn pairs Sam with roguish agent Nick Schaeffer (Scott Caan), who introduces him to the rest of the team: clean-cut Wyatt Sellers (Shane Harper), bright-eyed Addy Ross (Jacqueline Byers) and hacker-turned-computer guy Sean Sullivan (Devin Druid). As the team investigates Jack’s death, they work together to gather key information that can help find the culprits.

10 p.m. – NCIS: ORIGINS
“Don’t You Forget About Me”
In the present day, ghosts from Leroy Jethro Gibbs’ (Mark Harmon) past finally catch up to him, shattering his peaceful retirement in Alaska. In 1992, the team races to rescue a kidnapped Randy (Caleb Foote) while Gibbs (Austin Stowell) and Lala (Mariel Molino) deal with the aftermath of their kiss.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7
10:30 p.m. – Abbott Elementary
“Jungle Classroom”
Gregory and Ava adjust to a new dynamic, while Barbara turns to Jacob for help. Meanwhile, Janine gives her classroom a makeover, and Melissa works to win hers back.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8
8:30 p.m. – Eternally Yours
“Pilot”
Eternally Yours is a family comedy centered around Charles (Ed Weeks) and Liz (Allegra Edwards) – a vampire couple whose once-passionate romance has devolved into a pulseless marriage after 500 years together. Living in present-day Seattle with their oddball coven, they’ve settled into an eternal rut – until their daughter Emma’s (Helen J Shen) earnest human boyfriend, Max (Jaren Lewison), unexpectedly enters their lives and forces them to confront whether their love can survive forever … or if forever is a life sentence. Max finds his world turned upside down after he discovers the truth about Emma’s mysterious family.

9 p.m. – Elsbeth
“Crazy In Love”
Elsbeth crosses paths with renowned marriage counselor Serena Collyer (Nicole Scherzinger), whose cool demeanor hides a murderous and messy passion. Also, Teddy sets a wedding date.

10 p.m. – Cupertino
“Michael & Olivia”
Cupertino stars Mike Colter and Rachel Keller as lawyers Michael Price and Olivia Siffre, who are wrongfully terminated from a tech start-up. Michael and Olivia join forces to form their own law firm to represent those taken advantage of by the tech elite and fight back in a high-stakes battle against the Goliaths of Silicon Valley. Also, Michael’s former assistant, Christy Palladino (Ella Stiller), uses her close-knit family connections to help the firm in its inception.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9
8:00 p.m. – Sheriff Country
“Cyclone”
As Sheriff Mickey Fox struggles to process a shocking revelation about her family, she races to save a troubled young woman whose descent into a dangerous criminal operation uncovers a growing threat to all of Edgewater. Ben McKenzie guest stars as Sheriff Wade, a neighbouring sheriff who is called in to assist Sheriff Mickey, and has a few secrets of his own.

9 p.m. – Fire Country
“Founder’s Day”
As Edgewater celebrates its annual Founders’ Day festival, a catastrophic sinkhole opens beneath Main Street, trapping residents underground and forcing Station 42 into a high-stakes rescue. Meanwhile, a mysterious former firefighter arrives in Edgewater.

10 p.m. – Crime Beat
“A Fatal Encounter”
A father of five had recently immigrated to Canada to escape violence and danger to his family in Colombia. On a quiet spring evening, he was walking home from a late-night grocery run when he was savagely swarmed and beaten. His attackers fled before police arrived. Join Global News Senior Crime reporter Nancy Hixt on the journey inside this devastating and disturbing case.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15
8:00 p.m. – 9-1-1
“That Sinking Feeling”
The 118 faces an earth-shattering emergency that shakes the city of Los Angeles to its core. Still finding her footing as a detective, Athena leans on instinct to crack a mysterious new case, while May finds her own confidence in a new job.

SEASON FINALES
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1
8 p.m. – Big Brother
Big Brother follows a group of people living together in a house outfitted with 112 HD cameras and 113 microphones, recording their every move 24 hours a day. Each week, someone will be voted out of the house, with the last remaining Houseguest receiving the grand prize of $750,000.

ALL NEW PRIMETIME SERIES
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4
7:30 p.m. – 60 Minutes
Episode title and description are currently unavailable.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7
8 p.m. – Survivor
Survivor 51 introduces The Open Era and 21 new castaways to battle for the title of Sole Survivor and $1 million prize.

9:30 p.m. – Private Eyes West Coast
“Shroom with a View”
When a university student goes missing during a morning hike in the woods, Shade and Angie must follow the trail of secrets before it’s lost to the undergrowth.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11
7 p.m. – 60 Minutes
Episode title and description are currently unavailable.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12
8 p.m. – FBI
“Omissions”
After an undercover NYPD officer is murdered in front of his daughter’s school, the team investigates the likely culprit, a drug dealer trying to clear his name. But the deeper the team digs, the more cover-ups they discover. Meanwhile, Maggie bonds with her new partner, and is pulled in to secretly help OA.

9 p.m. – CIA
“Dead Drop”
After a Russian spy is poisoned by his own comrades, he offers to help the team neutralize a threat against U.S. assets in Russia in exchange for the dying spy’s final wish: revenge.

10 p.m. – Harlan Coben’s Final Twist
“A Mother’s Crusade”
For 18-year-old Bonnie Craig, what begins as a routine walk to the school bus takes a tragic turn when she disappears. Later that afternoon, Bonnie’s body is found in the water near a trail, and with no signs of foul play police initially rule her death a hiking accident. But her mother, Karen, an Alaska State Trooper working undercover as a drug officer, notices defensive wounds on her daughter’s body and refuses to accept that explanation. Could Bonnie have been murdered in retaliation for one of her mother’s cases? Karen fights to reopen the investigation, launching a 12-year pursuit of justice as investigators follow a series of difficult leads to prove murder.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13
8 p.m. – NCIS
“Clean Slate”
When a man is murdered after a neighbourhood dinner party, the team discovers every guest is lying – about the strange break-in at the victim’s house, what they were burning in their backyards and who they really are. And the deeper the team digs, the less they can agree on what kind of case they’re even working.

9 p.m. – NCIS: NEW YORK
“Family Business”
When a jewelry store robbery involving military explosives leads to the death of the jeweler’s son, the team is called into action to track who was behind the deadly heist.

10 p.m. – NCIS: ORIGINS
“My Own Worst Enemy”
In the present, Gibbs (Mark Harmon) returns to civilization and calls in a favour from old friend Woody (Bobby Moynihan). In 1992, the team bands together to help Woody when he’s accused of murdering a bowling rival.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14
8 p.m. – Survivor
Survivor 51 introduces The Open Era and 21 new castaways to battle for the title of Sole Survivor and $1 million prize.

9:30 p.m. – Private Eyes West Coast
“Where There’s Smoke”
A routine insurance probe into a Chinatown arson sparks a fiery investigation into an art-world mystery.

10:30 p.m. – Abbott Elementary
Episode title and description are currently unavailable.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15
7:30 p.m. – Eternally Yours
Episode title and description are currently unavailable.

9 p.m. – Elsbeth
“Death of a Playwright”
When a young playwright’s suspicious death rocks the world of New York theatre, Elsbeth finds several suspects waiting in the wings. Meanwhile, Captain Wagner faces pressure from the new mayor and the police commissioner over the city’s increased murder rate and budgets.

10 p.m. – Cupertino
“Vik & Bo”
Michael and Olivia defend Vik Malhotra (Nik Dodani), a Silicon Valley coder being held responsible for an errant drone that killed an onlooker during an elaborate drone display. Also, Christy vets a potential new whistleblower client and Olivia solicits Natalia Boutella (Busy Philipps), the ex-wife of a tech billionaire, to help fund the firm.