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Billy Crystal on “Before” and other TV shows in October
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Billy Crystal on “Before” and other TV shows in October

Eli’s beloved science soon flies out the window. He develops from simple depression to deep insecurity. It turns out that the violent Noah has a disturbing awareness of details about Lynn that the child cannot learn. The twisted supernatural 10-partner toys with the possibility of reincarnation and the theory that some children have memories of past lives. Funny? Not so much, although Crystal’s Eli brings a subdued black humor to the proceedings. Chilling? Definitely.

What else is on our radar this week?

Poppa’s House stars Damon Wayans Jr. as Junior and Damon Wayans as Poppa.Robert Voets/CBS/CBS

1. Visit “Poppa’s House” A 30-minute sitcom premiering tonight at 8:30 p.m. on CBS. Comedy veteran Damon Wayans, who rose to fame with his talented brothers, plays the salty title role. A divorced radio chat show host welcomes (well, accepts) his adult son (actual son Damon Wayans Jr.) back into his once empty nest. Hilarity ensues as Poppa tries to assert his turf at work, where he is outgunned by a younger co-host, and at home, where the gossipy talker is thrown back into his fatherly role while all his actions and words are subordinated Close observation of his son was advised. Both leads carry on the Wayans family tradition by dropping setups and smashing zingers in an atmosphere full of warmth. The show’s success will depend on how much freshness the Wayans can bring to a familiar subject.

2. Ask me about my sense of humor and I would immediately answer:What we do in the shadows.” The brilliant idea from Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement (who originally developed the premise in the 2014 cult horror comedy) lives on in a mockumentary mashup of MTV’s “The Real World” and “The Munsters” set in the wild island Staten. In the sixth and (sob) final season, airing tonight at 10pm on Hulu, vampire roommates Nandor, Laszlo and Nadja, as well as energy vampire Colin Robinson, return with Nandor’s improbably practical former confidant Guillermo. This season, Nandor takes on the role of Richard M. Nixon after a hypnosis fails, Laszlo’s strange experiments take a Frankensteinian turn, and Nadja hides in plain sight in corporate America. The undead gang returns to face new challenges that go beyond sunlight, spiky stakes and petty feuds. The show is an infamous Emmy Bridesmaids with 29 nominations and a single costume design win in 2022. Lots of fangs.

3. Tomorrow, Amazon Prime will join the trend towards extensive sports documentaries “Game 7” timed to coincide with the start of the 2024 World Series on Friday. The five-part anthology focuses on the high-risk seventh game of a sports final competition. Whether baseball, basketball or hockey, the seventh match is a gladiator fight for the championship. Key sports clashes include the Chicago Cubs’ breakthrough victory in the 2016 World Series after nearly a century of defeats and the New York Rangers’ thrilling Stanley Cup victory in 1994. The series explores the stressors that affect a team break in the clinch or turn competitors into champions. Will the finalists suffocate or become champions? These professional teams face the ultimate test to win or go home.

4. True crime continues to flood television, with Wednesday’s Netflix contender about a mythical serial killer from California. “This is the zodiac speaking.” The unknown killer, who was never caught and known only as Zodiac, killed an estimated 37 victims in Northern California during the Summer of Love in the late 1960s. The series interviews the Seawater family, then children, who came forward as adults to uncover never-before-seen clues to the murders and link them to their family friend Arthur Leigh Allen. Sex offender Allen became the police’s main suspect, even though the evidence remained circumstantial. He died in 1992, still a free man. Brush up on your knowledge of legendary killers with David Fincher’s underrated “Zodiac,” starring Mark Ruffalo and Jake Gyllenhaal.

5. Zoe Saldana, who is currently on a collision course with an Oscar for her supporting role in Emilia Perez, returns as the lead actress in the second season of Emilia Perez “Special Unit: Lioness.” The action-packed spy thriller arrives Sunday on Paramount+ and casts the effortlessly cool Saldana as Joe, the veteran CIA handler of a field agent codenamed Lioness. Starring Nicole Kidman and Morgan Freeman and created by Yellowstone’s Taylor Sheridan, season two begins with the mission to rescue a kidnapped government VIP who has been kidnapped by a cartel. Add soldiers, guns and lip gloss as Joe, a married mother and military expert, leads the attack.

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