1) “Raid the Cage” debut, 9 p.m., CBS. On Oct. 2, CBS debuted “Loteria Loca” (shown here). Now it debuts another full-throttle, high-octane show with international roots. Contestants pause (briefly) to answer trivia questions, but that’s to buy extra time to run into a room, grab prizes and get out before the door shuts. It’s sort of fun to watch (for a while) and we can see why it’s already in 18 countries. But the hosts (Damon Wayans Jr. and Jeannie Mai) and contestants seem confined to a perpetually cheerful tone that soon gets monotonous.
2) “Blue Bloods,” 10 p.m., CBS. The “Raid” debut is surrounded by mismatched hours – at 8 p.m., “The Price is Right at Night” and at 10, a classic “Blue Bloods” episode. This one is from 2015 and focuses on Danny (Donnie Wahlberg), intensely pursuing the man who shot his wife.
3) “Next at the Kennedy Center,” 10 p.m., PBS. Robert Glasper is a gifted jazz pianist who expands his universe. His 2012 “Black Radio” won the Grammy for best R&B album, but also had rap, hip hop and jazz. This concert verison adds gospel (“Jesus Children”), an orchestra and spoken word. The hour has too much repetitive talk, but the music is magnificent. This was set for 9 p.m., then moved to make room for an 8:30 p.m. look at the Israeli war.
4) Horrors. When Friday the 13th is in the Halloween month, cable gets creepy. “Friday the 13th” (1980) is at 6 p.m. on HBO2, followed by seven sequels; the 2009 reboot is at 8 on AMC, surrounded by more horror. Freeform has “Hocus Pocus” (1993) at 6:50 p.m., preceded by “Hotel Transylvania” cartoons. There’s even one great film: “The Shining” (1980), 8 and 11 p.m. on the Paramount Network.
5) Streaming: On the same day that “Goosebumps” episodes are on Freeform (9 and 10 p.m.), Disney+ launches a 10-episode season. That comes one day after Netflix’s “Fall of the House of Usher” mini-series. But streamers have more than horror. Try “Lessons in Chemistry” (Apple TV+), with Brie Larson as a chemist turned 1950s TV cook … “Fair Play” (Netflix), about love and ambition … or “The Burial” (Amazon Prime), a true legal drama.