What’s on TV October 8-9: Muppets Haunted Mansion

Here’s what’s happening in the TV world for Friday October 8 and Saturday October 9. All hours are Eastern.

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Best choices

Muppets Haunted house (Disney +, Friday, 3:01 a.m.): Gonzo takes on the biggest challenge of his life on Halloween night by spending it in the most sinister place on Earth, The Haunted Mansion. The special is inspired by four iconic Disney Haunted Mansion attractions around the world. The star-studded cast includes Will arnett, Yvette Nicole Brun, Darren criss, Taraji P. Henson, and John stamos. Haunted Mansion of the Muppets marks the end Ed asnerthe final on-screen performance of.

Acapulco (Apple TV +, Friday, 12:01 am, series premiere): Set in 1984, the show stars Enrique Arrizon as 20-year-old Máximo Gallardo, whose dream comes true when he gets his life’s job as a cabin boy in the seaside resort La hottest in Acapulco, Mexico. He soon realizes that the job is far more complicated than he ever imagined and that he must learn to navigate a demanding clientele, a mercurial mentor and a complicated family life to be successful. Eugenio Derbez relates the show as the current Máximo. Acapulco is inspired by the 2017 movie How to be a Latin lover. Keep an eye out for review of Danette Chavez’s show on the site.

Regular coverage

Foundation (Apple TV +, Friday, 12:01 am)
Ted lasso (Apple TV +, Friday, 12:01 am, Season 2 finale)
The Great British Cake (Netflix, Friday, 3:01 a.m.)
Saturday Night Live (NBC, Saturday, 11:29 p.m.): Kim Kardashian-West is the first host with musical guest Halsey. Dennis Perkins will summarize the episode.

Wildcards

Shark aquarium (ABC, Friday, 8 p.m., season 13 premiere): ABC’s unscripted reality TV series returns for a new season starring Sharks Lori Grenier, Mark Cuban, Kevin O’Leary, Barbara Corcorran and Good American’s first guest shark Emma Grede. These tycoons will listen to the pitches of start-ups and companies before deciding whether they want to invest. Other guest sharks this year include actor Kevin Hart, Nextdoor co-founder Nirav Tolia and Peter Jones of Shark aquariumthe BBC counterpart, The dragon’s lair.

Justin Bieber: Our World (Amazon Prime Video, Friday, 12:01 am): “Bieber’s previous documents, Never say never and Justin Bieber’s belief, were appallingly shameless slices of carefully managed PR propaganda, the first so carefully molded to create a rags-to-the-messiah image, she didn’t even allow her own subject to address the camera. This one may have a looser feel, but it’s no less manipulated and staged for its COVID hook elements or its ‘authentic’ video footage of Bieber himself filming little moments from his daily routine. If anything, the film doubles the loyalty to the idea of ​​Justin Bieber as an artist who can’t hurt. Read the rest of Alex McLevy’s review here.

Leverage effect: buyout (IMDb TV, Friday, 12:01 am): This crime drama returns with the back half of its first season. As Danette Chavez wrote at the series premiere, “Leverage effect: buyout retains the quickness of the original series, even with a revised cast and a truncated season, while leaning into its procedural element. The new version of the show is quite modular, as the team is assembled and reassembled, and heists are planned and executed quickly.

Pretty smart (Netflix, Friday, 3:01 a.m.): Netflix continues to expand its list of mediocre original sitcoms with this news, starring Emily Osment and Gregg Sulkin. After being unexpectedly dumped, Chelsea, an intellectual and Harvard-educated, moves in with her carefree sister Claire. She meets Claire’s eccentric and adorable roommates and her harsh, critical exterior begins to soften.