Day: October 26, 2023

Week’s top-10 for Oct. 30: Halloween, Earth and baseball

1) “The Simpsons,” 8 p.m. Sunday, Fox. Once a year, “Simpsons” offers a “Treehouse of Horror,” with three tales that are sometimes witty, sometimes gory, always odd and imaginative. The first 32, plus a special, rerun Tuesday from 7:30 a.m. to midnight; No. 33 reran last Sunday and No. 34 (shown here) debuts Sunday (Nov. 5). Its first two tales are fairly good (and quite gory), but the third one is the real gem, offering a world in which everyone has Homer-ic habits. Read more…

Best-bets for Oct. 28: “SNL” and a sports overload

1) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC. After starting the season with high-profile hosts (Pete Davidson and Bad Bunny), “SNL” goes the opposite way. Nate Bargatze (shown here), 44, is a good-natured comedian once described in an Atlantic article as “the nicest man in stand-up.” He hosts, with the Foo Fighters as music guests. The season’s first “SNL” was so-so (despite Davidson), but the second had sharp sketches, three of them mainly in Spanish. Read more…