Week’s top-10 for Oct. 7: “Tracker” leads a spurt of openers

1) “Tracker” season-opener, 8 p.m. Sunday, CBS. Three weeks later than usual, CBS launches its fall season. It starts with a ratings-leader, a solid show with Colter (Justin Hartley) tracking people. This opener spends a lot of time setting up an ongoing story and a re-mix of the office team (shown here, with Velma and Reena); then it solves its case-of-the-week quickly. It’s a fairly good start to what could be a terrific season.

2) “Abbott Elementary” season-opener, 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, ABC. As ABC’s only comedy, “Abbott” is stranded between a reality show (“Golden Bachelorette”) and a true-crime one (“Scamanda”). It’s used to being an anomaly: In each of its first three seasons, “Abbott” was the only broadcast show nominated for the best-comedy-series Emmy.

3) “Brilliant Minds,” 10 p.m. today, NBC. Once again, Dr. Wolf (Zachary Quinto) probes odd recesses of the human mind. Once again, he has some great moments … then pushes things to excess. That’s typical of a character (and a show) that sometimes tries too hard. Still, this emotional episode – centering on a biker with memory loss – is worth watching.

4) “Superman & Lois” season-opener, 8 and 9 p.m. today, CW. The final season (just 10 episodes) begins bizarrely. The first hour is loud and brutal, as Superman keeps colliding with a giant rock monster; the second is morose. Along the way, Lex Luthor (superbly played by Michael Cudlitz) bedevils Lois and her teen sons, one who has emerging powers.

5) “Accused” season-opener, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Fox. It’s great to see Felicity Huffman back at work. A gifted actress, she almost vanished after the 2019 college -admissions scandal. Now she plays someone who feels she has visions of missing children. It’s a deeply depressing story, but beautifully done by Huffman, her husband William H. Macy and others.

6) “An Oprah Special: The Presleys,” 8 p.m. Tuesday, CBS. Riley Keough’s life has swirled lately. Her mother (Lisa Marie Presley) died at 54. Keogh won legal fights for control of the estate of her grandfather, Elvis Presley. She was Emmy-nominated for “Daisy Jones and the Six.” And she finished a memoir her mother started; she discusses it with Oprah Winfrey.

7) “The Irrational” season-opener, 10 p.m. Tuesday, NBC. Like “Tracker” and “Elsbeth,” this was one of the few new shows to prosper in a strike-shortened season. Jesse L. Martin plays a behavioral-science prof who helps solve crimes. Now things get personal: His new loved one (a former British spy) has been abducted; the result is intense and involving.

8) “Big Brother.” CBS’ summertime ratings-leader closes its season with a three-night, four-hour surge. It’s 8 p.m. Thursday, leading into excellent reruns (the “Matlock” pilot at 9 and the “Elsbeth” fashion-show finale at 10). And 8 p.m. Friday, not its usual night. And 9-11 p.m. Sunday, when it will name its 26th winner, who gets a $750,00 prize.

9) “Live at the Kennedy Center,” 10 p.m., Friday, PBS. Snarky Puppy, a Grammy-winning jazz band, often works without singers. But here, it links with four great Spanish-language singers – Silvana Estrada, Gaby Moreno, Silvia Perez Cruz and Fuensanta. This hour – following the “American Historia” finale — has too much talk, but lots of rousing music.

10) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m. Saturday, NBC. Ariana Grande hosts, with Stevie Nicks as music guest. It’s odd that Grande isn’t doing the music; she’s had six No. 1 albums and 15 top-10 singles. But before that, she was a comedy actress, on 92 Nickelodeon episodes. She’s also acted in musicals on Broadway, on TV and in the upcoming “Wicked” movies.