1) Halloween marathon, Freeform. For two decades, Freeform has “13 nights of Halloween.” Now 13 isn’t nearly enough; the holiday consumes all of October. At 11 a.m. are three holiday “The Middle” episodes; later, light movies (which will rerun often) begin. It’s Tim Burton’s “Corpse Bride” (2005) at 3 p.m., the bland “Casper” (1995) at 5, the delightful “Hotel Transylvania” (shown here, 2012) at 7 and “Hocus Pocus” (1993) – an October tradition for Freeform – at 9.
2) More Halloween, cable. Others seem obsessed with making this an all-month holiday. For the fun side, Paramount has “The Addams Family” (1991) at 7 p.m. and “Addams Family Values” (1993) at 9 and 11. For the rough stuff, AMC has the beautifully crafted (on a tiny budget) “Halloween” (1978) at 8; an FX string goes from “The Visit” (2015) at 2 p.m. to “The First Purge” (2018) at 8 and 10.
3) “Celebrity Family Feud,” 8 p.m., ABC. This game-show night continues on Thursdays. Tonight, it starts with actors Joel McHale (“Community”) and Ben Feldman (“Superstore”); then recording artist Ceelo Green faces Jesse Palmer, the former quarterback and ex-”Bachelor.”
4) “Let’s Be Real” and “Family Guy,” 9 and 9:30 p.m., Fox. Next week, Fox will add Thursday-night football, giving it a rerun-free line-up. But tonight’s game (Broncos-Jets, 8:20 p.m. ET) is only on the NFL Network; Fox reruns “The Masked Singer” (last week’s season-opener) at 8 p.m. and “The Family Guy” (three versions are made and shown to focus groups) at 9:30. At 9 is an election-season puppet special from Robert Smigel, the creator of “TV Funhouse” and Triumph the Insult Dog
5) “Star Trek: Discovery,” 10 p.m., CBS. The “Trek” stories are often at their best when visiting fresh worlds. This hour, alas, is mostly ship-bound, amid battles with Klingons. In last week’s opener, our heroine – half-human, half-Vulcan – dared to resist her captain (Michelle Yeoh). Now come the aftershocks, in an episode that’s visually impressive, but still missing a sense of engaging story.