Week’s top-10 for Oct. 5: stuffed with CBS openers

1) “Cupertino” (shown here), 10 p.m. Thursday, CBS. He’s a veteran lawyer, big, confident and imposing; she’s a newcomer, a tad timid, from a deeply religious family. They have only one thing in common: Unfairly fired, they’re ready to clash with evil firms. The result is the season’s best new broadcast show. It’s from the “Elsbeth” producers, juggling humor and rage.

2) “Marble Hall Murders” finale, 9 p.m., Sunday, PBS. It’s time to solve three murders — of Eliot … of his grandmother, long ago … and of the matriarch in his novel. That adds up to an ingenious story, in a great night of finales. At 8 is “Marlow Murder Club”; at 10, the brilliantly acted “Trespasses” ends morosely, but with redeeming bursts of humanity.

3) “Private Eyes West Coast” debut, 8 p.m. Monday, CW. The producers of CW’s fun “Wild Cards” have another Canadian crime tale. In “Private Eyes,” Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson worked for a Toronto agency. Now they move to British Columbia … and soon find a murder. The season-opener of “Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent” follows at 9.

4) “NCIS: New York” debut, 9 p.m. Tuesday, CBS. LL Cool J has played NCIS agent Sam Hanna in 342 episodes set in California and Hawaii. Now Sam returns to his home town of New York. “Hasn’t changed much,” he says, amid a gun battle. After a dazzling little solo mission, he meets his new colleagues; the pairing with Scott Caan is terrific.

5) “American Masters,” 9 p.m. Tuesday, PBS. Starting with basic theater — sometimes atop a flatbed truck — Luis Valdez did Broadway, movies (including “La Bamba”) and more. Here’s an intriguing profile. Other PBS documentaries: “My Omaha” (10 p.m. Monday), starts slowly, then finds emotion; “Space Wars” (9 p.m. Wednesday) is compelling.

6) “Abbott Elementary” season-opener, 8:31 p.m. Wednesday, ABC. For broadcast networks, this is the lone scripted, primetime show still noticed by Emmy voters. It’s had 37 nominations (including this year for best comedy, plus three actors and more) and four wins. As the season starts, Barbara needs Jacob’s help; Gregory and Ava adjust to a change.

7) “Chicago Med” season-opener, 9 p.m. Wednesday, NBC. Last season’s finale left the husband-wife duo of Severide and Kidd in danger. He was trapped in a blazing warehouse with Mouch; she was trying to descend from the roof with Hermann. If the couple survives, other key decisions loom. The other “Chicago” shows open at 8 and 10 p.m.

8) “Eternally Yours” debut, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, CBS. It’s great to be with someone forever … until the centuries start to pile up. In modern Seattle, we meet people in a 500-plus-year marriage, with complications for their daughter and her new boyfriend. It’s a fairly funny show, surrounded by “Georgie & Mandy” and “Elsbeth” season-openers.

9) “Fire Country” season-opener, 9 p.m. Friday, CBS. This is what you’d call a BIG start: A sudden sinkhole swallows people and cars downtown. There’s a strong mix of action and drama, plus the addition of a key character. That’s surrounded by openers of “Sheriff Country” (the sheriff’s in a rare state of drunken despair) and “Boston Blue.”

10) ALSO: NBC’s forever shows are set now. Thursday starts the 28th season of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (a case centers on whether a drunken person can give consent) at 9 p.m. and the 26th of “Law & Order” (artificial-intelligence case) at 10. Then the 52nd “Saturday Night Live” season has its third episode (11:29 p.m. Saturday), hosted by Shane Gillis.