What to watch
'NCIS: New York'
TUESDAY
October 6, 2026
All times Eastern. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
NCIS
CBS, 8 p.m. â– Season Premiere
The action drama begins Season 24 with "Wayward Son." While dealing with the fallout from the shooting involving McGee's (Sean Murray) son, the team investigates a mysterious new threat to the secretary of the Navy and receives help from an unexpected source: Tony DiNozzo (guest star Michael Weatherly), newly arrived in D.C. to open a satellite office of his private security firm.
Best Medicine
FOX, 8 p.m.
The citizens of Port Wenn get competitive during their annual floating crate race in the new episode "Crate Expectations."
American Masters
PBS, 9 p.m.
Edward James Olmos narrates "American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez," a profile of the filmmaker and playwright known for his play Zoot Suit, the Ritchie Valens biopic La Bamba and the theater company El Teatro Campesino. Valdez, a founding figure of the Chicano Movement, continues to inspire many Latino trailblazers. Lou Diamond Phillips, Cheech Marin and others share insight.
NCIS: New York
CBS, 9 p.m. â– New Series
New York is the seventh spinoff in the franchise, (with the original NCIS itself coming from JAG), and while producers want to do something new with it, they're not forgetting what works. "How can we maintain the roots of the universe but take it to a different level?" asks series lead LL Cool J, reprising his role from NCIS: Los Angeles. He called in L.A. showrunner R. Scott Gemmill (The Pitt) to "help craft the foundation," he adds. "New York has a vibe and a whole different energy," the rapper says. "We wanted this show to present that to the world, and I think we accomplished it." Hanna returns to his hometown, where he partners with a roguish agent (Scott Caan, Hawaii Five-0). Together they help lead a new team tasked with high-stakes missions to defend one of the most vital cities and ports in the world. The first episode, "Pilot," follows Special Agent Sam Hanna (LL Cool J) as he returns to New York City following the death of his friend and Navy reservist Jack Halloway.
Doc
FOX, 9 p.m.
Amy and Jake (Molly Parker and Jon-Michael Ecker) are paired together on a bizarre case that lays bare the feelings surrounding their fractured relationship in the new episode.
R.J. Decker
ABC, 10 p.m.
A murder at a fishing tournament reels R.J. (Scott Speedman) into a case that becomes deeply personal when a figure from his past resurfaces in the new episode "The Angler."
NCIS: Origins
CBS, 10 p.m. â– Season Premiere
The NCIS prequel series following young Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Austin Stowell) in the 1990s returns for Season 3 with "Don't You Forget About Me." Present-day Gibbs (returning guest star Mark Harmon) has his peaceful retirement in Alaska disturbed by ghosts of the past. In 1992, the team races to rescue a kidnapped Randy (Caleb Foote).
CATCH A CLASSIC
Murder at the Movies
TCM, beginning at 8 p.m.
Tonight's programming is curated by TCM host Alicia Malone with a theme based on her first novel, Murder at the Movies: A Movie Palace Mystery, a classic whodunit to be released today. The evening begins with René Clair's chilling 1945 murder mystery And Then There Were None, based on Agatha Christie's novel, in which a group of strangers trapped on an isolated island try to determine the identity of a ruthless killer who is methodically picking them off one by one before it's too late. In Murder She Said (1961), Margaret Rutherford takes the reins as the irrepressible Miss Marple, who witnesses a strangulation through a train window and takes the investigation into her own capable hands. The evening also includes 1933's The Kennel Murder Case (pictured), starring William Powell as suave, razor-sharp detective Philo Vance, and Alfred Hitchcock's psychological masterpiece Suspicion (1941), with Joan Fontaine playing a sheltered heiress who slowly comes to the terrifying realization that her charming new husband (Cary Grant) might just be a murderer.
MOVIES YOU'LL LOVE
'Mamma Mia!'
The Addams Family 2 (2021, Children) Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron NICK, 7 p.m.
Mamma Mia! (2008, Musical comedy) Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan Encore, 7:05 p.m.
Ghost Ship (2002, Horror) Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard AMC, 7:45 p.m.
Wife Stalker (2025, Suspense) Keshia Knight Pulliam, Trai Byers LMN, 8 p.m.
Role Models (2008, Comedy) Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd Paramount, 8:30 p.m.
Hocus Pocus (1993, Family) Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker Freeform, 8:55 p.m.
In the Grey (2026, Action) Jake Gyllenhaal, Henry Cavill Starz, 9 p.m.
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016, Science fiction) Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum FX, 10 p.m.
Matilda (1996, Children) Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito SYFY, 10 p.m.
Crazy Rich Asians (2018, Romance-comedy) Constance Wu, Henry Golding HBO, 10:30 p.m.
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004, Comedy) Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor Paramount, 10:30 p.m.
Dune: Part Two (2024, Science fiction) Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya TNT, 10:30 p.m.
