Sidelined by last spring's production shutdowns, Clare Crawley is set to finally embark on her Bachelorette journey tonight as the show returns for its 16th season — one that promises to break from tradition in more ways than one.
Also today: PBS looks at the long and complicated history of Driving While Black, shirtless comic Bert Kreischer gets his own Netflix talk show, and Blumhouse drops a pair of horror thrillers just in time for Halloween. Here's what's new and noteworthy on TV this Tuesday:
SEASON PREMIERE: Famous for putting Juan Pablo in his place in Season 19 of The Bachelor, Clare Crawley continues her journey on The Bachelorette, and word has it things didn't go as planned. (Or did they?) Watch the trailer. 8:00 PM ET on ABC
SERIES PREMIERE: Comedian Bert Kreischer invites celebrity guests to his remote getaway to indulge in goat milking, whiskey drinking, axe throwing, and intestinal scrubbing on The Cabin with Bert Kreischer. The debut season's guests include Anthony Anderson, Caitlyn Jenner, Deon Cole, Fortune Feimster, Kaley Cuoco and Nikki Glaser. Watch the trailer. Streaming on Netflix
DOCUMENTARY: The PBS documentary Driving While Black looks at the history of history of African Americans on the road from the depths of the Depression to the height of the Civil Rights movement and beyond. Watch the trailer. 9:00 PM ET on PBS
BROADCAST PREMIERE: The CW is filling the gaps in its fall schedule with the second (and final) season of Tell Me a Story. First released on CBS All Access last May, the show's Nashville-set Season 2 reimagines the princess-themed tales Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella.. Watch the trailer. 9:00 PM ET on The CW
SERIES RETURN: Henry Louis Gates returns with new episodes of his PBS series Finding Your Roots. First up: Gates sits down with three icons of style — RuPaul, Diane von Fürstenberg and Narciso Rodriguez. Watch a preview. 8:00 PM ET on PBS
PREMIERE MOVIE: Executive producer Jason Blum (Get Out) presents the horror thriller Evil Eye, in which Usha (Sarita Choudhury) suspects her daughter Pallavi's (Sunita Mani) boyfriend (Omar Maskati) is actually the reincarnated spirit of a man who tried to murder her three decades earlier. Watch the trailer. Streaming on Prime Video
PREMIERE MOVIE: Also from Blumhouse is the horror thriller Nocturne, in which a gifted pianist makes a deal with the devil. Sydney Sweeney (The Handmaid’s Tale) costars with Madison Iseman (Jumanji: The Next Level). Watch the trailer. Streaming on Prime Video
Mike Attebery is Senior Editor at Primetimer and the author of seven mystery thrillers. Follow him on Twitter at @mikeattebery.
TOPICS: The Bachelorette, ABC, Clare Crawley, Reality TV