THE IRRATIONAL -- "Lucky Charms" Episode 105 -- Pictured: (l-r) Molly Kunz as Phoebe, Travina Springer as Kylie, Arash DeMaxi as Rizwan -- (Photo by: Sergei Bachlakov/NBC)

Best-bets for Oct. 23: reality time for singers, chefs and f-creeps

1) “The Voice” and “Irrational,” 8 and 10 p.m., NBC. The four-hour-a-week pace has “Voice” moving quickly; it’s already into the “battle round,” with teammates facing each other. And stick around for “Irrational” (shown here) and a question: If these folks are so skilled at human behavior, wouldn’t they be good gamblers? Maybe. Camille, an ex-colleague, is a Las Vegas poker player who’s in danger. Read more…

1) “The Voice” and “Irrational,” 8 and 10 p.m., NBC. The four-hour-a-week pace has “Voice” moving quickly; it’s already into the “battle round,” with teammates facing each other. And stick around for “Irrational” (shown here) and a question: If these folks are so skilled at human behavior, wouldn’t they be good gamblers? Maybe. Camille, an ex-colleague, is a Las Vegas poker player who’s in danger.

2) “Kitchen Nightmares,” 8 p.m., Fox. “The juicer is kind of like broken,” a cheery waitress tells Gordon Ramsay. This surprises him because the place is called Juicy Box;the juicer, he learns, has been broken for a year. Also failing is the walk-in refrigerator; ideally 38-40 degrees, it’s currently 74. Also, the opening time has been pushed from 7 a,m. to 2 p.m. Ramsay has some work to do, in an hour filled with likable (albeit unfocused) folks.

3) “FBoy Island,” 8 p.m., CW. Three new guys arrive, creating an overload. Brothers are competing; two stand-up comics compete for the love of Katie Thurston, who’s a stand-up comic adored by Vince the lawyer. None of this creates graciousness. One guy insists he’s “slept with more girls than all of you”; another, rejected by bright and beautiful women, insists “not a single one would make my roster.”

4) “POV,” 10 p.m., PBS. At 14, Aurora Madriganian survived the Armenian genocide and reached New York. She co-wrote a book about her ordeal, then at 18 starred in a silent movie. More than a century later, this award-winning film tells her story via animation, commentary and scenes from the movie.

5) “Harry Wild,” www.acorn.tv. After starring in two enjoyable Acorn series (“Striking Out” and “Finding Joy”), Amy Huberman has just a sliver of a role here. She’s Orla; her husband is a cop and his mom (played by Jane Seymour) is a literature professor turned private eye. Now Orla’s long-ago boyfriend is in trouble and she needs secret help from her mother-in-law. If you forgive a way-too-easy solution, it’s a fun story.

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