What’s on TV: ‘X-Men’ and ‘Pacific Rim’ 4K, ‘The 13th,’ ‘Arrow’
Hopefully even a brief Netflix outage didn’t stop your Luke Cage binge or get in the way of catching the HBO premiere of Westworld, but this week the focus is on Blu-ray. A slew of Ultra HD Blu-ray releases are here including X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: First Class and The Great Gatsby. I’m actually most excited about seeing Pacific Rim on UHD Blu-ray, so I can compare it to the Dolby Vision HDR stream available from Vudu (and of course, bask in the glory of robots punching giant monsters).
For Prince fans, Purple Rain, Graffiti Bridge and Under the Cherry Moon are all being released on Blu-ray this week, while filmmaker Ava Duvernay takes a look at how our prison system has developed with her Netflix documentary The 13th. On TV, Scorpion is back, in case you thought Mr. Robot’s hacking scenes were just too accurate, while CW has premieres of The Flash and Arrow as well as its new time travel-ish show Frequency.
Finally, on HBO it’s time for the premiere episode of a new series from YouTube star Issa Rae (Awkward Black Girl) called Insecure, but HBO subscribers can actually watch it early here. Look after the break to check out each day’s highlights, including trailers and let us know what you think (or what we missed).
Blu-ray & Games & Streaming
- The Flash (S2) (Netflix, 10/4)
- Arrow (S4) (Netflix, 10/5)
- iZombie (S2) (Netflix, 10/6)
- The Originals (S3) (Netflix, 10/8)
- Vampire Diaries (S7) (Netflix, 10/8)
- X-Men: Apocalypse (3D, 4K)
- Pacific Rim (4K)
- X-Men: First Class (4K)
- The Great Gatsby (4K)
- Jupiter Ascending (4K)
- Penny Dreadful: The Final Season
- Prince Movie Collection
- Purple Rain
- Under the Cherry Moon
- Graffiti Bridge
- Preacher (S1)
- It
- Vikings (S4)
- American Horror Story: Hotel
- Banshee (S4)
- The Venture Bros. (S6)
- The Purge: Election Year
- Attack on Titan: The Movie (Part 1)
- Inside Amy Schumer (S3)
- Dexter: The Complete Series
- Mafia III (PC, PS4, Xbox One — 10/7)
- Paper Mario: Color Splash (Wii U — 10/7)
- Ride 2 (PC, PS4, Xbox One — 10/7)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 – Salvation DLC (PC, Xbox One)
- Sundrome (PC)
- Rocksmith 2014 Remastered (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- Mortal Kombat XL (PC)
- Slain: Back from Hell (Xbox One)
- Earth’s Dawn (PS4, Xbox One)
- Warhammer: The End Times – Vermintide (PS4, Xbox One)
- Atari Flashback Classics: Volume 1 (PS4, Xbox One)
- Atari Flashback Classics: Volume 2 (PS4, Xbox One)
- Shu (PC, PS4)
- Laser Disco Defenders (PS4)
Monday
- Monday Night Football: Giants vs. Vikings, ESPN, 8:15PM
- Class Divide, HBO, 8PM
- The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 8PM
- Gotham, Fox, 8PM
- The Voice, NBC, 8PM
- Dancing With the Stars, ABC, 8PM
- Sacred Sites, Smithsonian Channel, 8PM
- WWE Raw, USA, 8PM
- X Factor UK, Axs, 8PM
- Kevin Can Wait, CBS, 8:30PM
- Scorpion (season premiere), CBS, 9PM
- Lucifer, Fox, 9PM
- Fast n’ Loud, Discovery, 9PM
- Timeless (series premiere), NBC, 10PM
- Conviction (series premiere), ABC, 10PM
- Mary + Jane, MTV, 10PM
- Sacred Steel, Discovery, 10PM
- StarTalk, National Geographic Channel, 11PM
Tuesday
- The Mindy Project (season premiere), Hulu, 3AM
- 2016 Hip Hop Awards, BET, 8PM
- The Flash (season premiere), CW, 8PM
- Brooklyn Nine-nine , Fox, 8PM
- Dancing with the Stars, ABC, 8PM
- NCIS, CBS, 8PM
- The Voice, NBC, 8PM
- WWE Smackdown, USA, 8PM
- Undrafted, NFL Network, 8PM
- New Girl, Fox, 8:30PM
- The Vice Presidential Debate, ABC/CBS/Fox/NBC/CNN, 9PM
- No Tomorrow (series premiere), CW, 9PM
- Inside the NFL, Showtime 9PM
- Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove, Discovery, 9PM
- From Dusk till Dawn, El Rey, 9PM
- Forged in Fire, History, 9PM
- Atlanta, FX, 10PM
- Aftermath, Syfy, 10PM
- Tosh.0, Comedy Central, 10PM
- Halt and Catch Fire, AMC, 10PM
- Black Market, Viceland, 10PM
- A Season with Florida State Football, Showtime, 10PM
- Adam Ruins Everything, TruTV, 10PM
- Drunk History, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
- Football in Virtual Reality, Viceland, 11PM
- The Meltdown with Jonah Kumail, Comedy Central, 12AM
Wednesday
- Arrow (season premiere), CW, 8PM
- Blindspot, NBC, 8PM
- The Goldbergs, ABC, 8PM
- Lethal Weapon, Fox, 8PM
- Survivor, CBS, 8PM
- Forces of Nature (season finale), PBS, 8PM
- Lucha Underground, El Rey, 8PM
- Speechless, ABC, 8:30PM
- Frequency (series premiere), CW, 9PM
- Criminal Minds, CBS, 9PM
- Empire, Fox, 9PM
- Modern Family, ABC, 9PM
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NBC, 9PM
- Dual Survival, Discovery, 9PM
- America’s Got Talent, NBC, 9PM
- Black-ish, ABC, 9:30PM
- Code Black, CBS, 10PM
- Designated Survivor, ABC, 10PM
- Chicago PD, NBC, 10PM
- You’re the Worst, FXX, 10PM
- American Horror Story FX, 10PM
- South Park, Comedy Central, 10PM
- Still Alive, Discovery, 10PM
- Weediquette, Viceland, 10PM
- Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons, HBO, 10PM
- American Gothic, CBS, 10PM
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, TBS, 10:30PM
Thursday
- Cardinals/49ers football, CBS, 8:25PM
- The iHeartRadio Music Festival, CW, 8PM
- Grey’s Anatomy, ABC, 8PM
- Superstore, NBC, 8PM
- Rosewood, Fox, 8PM
- The Good Place, NBC, 8:30PM
- Pitch, Fox, 9PM
- Chicago Med, NBC, 9PM
- Notorious, ABC, 9PM
- The Blacklist, NBC, 10PM
- How to Get Away With Murder, ABC, 10PM
- Better Things, FX, 10PM
Friday
- The 13th, Netflix, 3AM
- The Siege of Jadotville, Netflix, 3AM
- Russell Peters: Almost Famous, Netflix, 3AM
- The Ranch (S1 – Episodes 11-20), Netflix, 3AM
- The iHeartRadio Music Festival Night Two, CW, 8PM
- Macgyver, CBS, 8PM
- Last Man Standing, ABC, 8PM
- Dr. Ken, ABC, 8:30PM
- America Divided, Epix, 9PM
- A Football Life: Steve Young, 9PM
- The Exorcist, Fox, 9PM
- Hawaii Five-0, CBS, 9PM
- Shark Tank, ABC, 9PM
- Z Nation, Syfy, 9PM
- Lewis Black: Black to the Future, Comedy Central, 10PM
- Van Helsing, Syfy, 10PM
- Quarry, Cinemax, 10PM
- Blue Bloods, CBS, 10PM
- High Maintenance, HBO, 11PM
- The Eric Andre Show, Cartoon Network, 12AM
- The Half Hour: Mike Recine/Jacqueline Novak, Comedy Central, 12AM
Saturday
- Baylor/Oklahoma State college football, Fox, 7PM
- Mommy’s Secret, Lifetime, 8PM
- Day of Reckoning, Syfy, 9PM
- Saturday Night Live, NBC, 11:30PM
Sunday
- Giants/Packers Sunday Night Football, NBC, 8:20PM
- Bob’s Burgers, Fox, 7:30PM
- America’s Funniest Home Videos, ABC, 7PM
- Ash vs. Evil Dead, Starz, 8PM
- Once Upon a Time, ABC, 8PM
- The Simpsons, Fox, 8PM
- The Second Presidential Debate, ABC/CBS/Fox/CNN/PBS, 9PM
- Westworld HBO, 9PM
- Divorce (series premiere), HBO, 10PM
- Masters of Sex, Showtime, 10PM
- The Strain, FX, 10PM
- Insecure (series premiere), HBO, 10:30PM
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, HBO, 11:15PM
- Kevin Hart: Hart of the City, Comedy Central, 11:30PM
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