The following is a complete list of every new TV and streaming episode, special, movie, and more airing on October 21, 2023. New streaming titles are listed first, followed by an hour-by-hour network TV and cable schedule, and ending with the day’s sports schedule. For sports and most other live programming, make sure to adjust the time to your time zone (times listed are Eastern/Central). Series and season premieres are in bold. For all TV and streaming listings posts from this year, see our 2023 Daily TV and Streaming Schedules Archive post.
*Note: I have started to publish these TV schedule posts a day ahead of time so make sure you are on the correct post for the day you are looking for. This is the listings post for October 21, 2023.*
October 21, 2023 Streaming Premieres
- The Devil Comes to Kansas City (Tubi, Original Movie Premiere)
- iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina Livestream (Hulu, Special, 8/7 PM)
- Makeover by Monday (Max/Discovery+)
- Strong Girl Nam-Soon (Netflix, 9:30/8:30 AM)
October 21, 2023 Network TV and Cable Premieres
6/5 AM:
- Live to Farm (Discovery Channel)
6:30/5:30 AM:
- Stacey David’s Gearz (MotorTrend)
7/6 AM:
- Major League Fishing (Discovery Channel)
8/7 AM:
- Big City Greens (Disney Channel/Disney XD)
9/8 AM:
- Kiff (Disney Channel/Disney XD)
- Sam’s Garage (MotorTrend)
- Tiny Toons Looniversity (Cartoon Network)
10/9 AM:
- Bakugan (Disney XD)
- Hamster & Gretel (Disney Channel)
- The Pioneer Woman (Food Network)
- Tomorrow’s World Today (Science Channel)
11/10 AM:
- Fully Torqued (History Channel, Back-to-Back New Episodes)
- Hailey’s On It! (Disney Channel/Disney XD)
- The Kitchen (Food Network)
11:30/10:30 AM:
- Fully Torqued (History Channel, Season 3 Finale)
Noon/11 AM:
- Four Wheeler (MotorTrend)
- Hot Dish with Franco (Food Network)
1 PM/Noon:
- Makeover by Monday (Magnolia Network)
3/2 PM:
- Big Ten Countdown (NBC)
7/6 PM:
- Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (Ovation, Back-to-Back New Episodes)
8/7 PM:
- ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (GAF, Original Movie Premiere)
- 40 Years and a Nigh with Contemporary Youth Orchestra (AXS TV, One-Hour Special)
- AEW: Collision (TNT)
- Bad Romance: The Vicky White Story (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
- Love & Marriage: Huntsville (OWN)
- On Patrol: First Shift (Reelz)
- Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (Ovation)
- Where Are You, Christmas? (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie) (*Be sure to check out our 2023 Christmas TV and Streaming Schedule post for the complete list of all Christmas movies, specials, and more*)
9/8 PM:
- All Rise (OWN)
- Heartland Docs, DVM (Nat Geo Wild)
- New York Homicide (Oxygen)
- On Patrol: Live (Reelz)
- Pets & Pickers (Animal Planet)
10/9 PM:
- 48 Hours (CBS)
- AEW: Battle of the Belts (TNT, One-Hour Special)
- Deadly Honeymoons (ID)
- Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet (Nat Geo Wild)
- NFL Icons: Jim Brown (MGM+, Season 3 Premiere)
11/10 PM:
- Austin City Limits (PBS)
11:30/10:30 PM:
- Saturday Night Live (Guest Host Bad Bunny) (NBC)
Today’s Sports Schedule
Golf
- 1 PM/Noon: LIV Golf: Trump National Doral Golf Club (The CW)
MLB Postseason
- 8:07/7:07 PM: Philadelphia Phillies at Arizona Diamondbacks: NLCS Games 5 (TBS, If Necessary)
MLS
- 6/5 PM: Charlotte vs. Miami (Apple TV – MLS Season Pass)
- 6/5 PM: Cincinnati vs. Atlanta (Apple TV Free)
- 6/5 PM: Columbus vs. Montreal (Apple TV Free)
- 6/5 PM: Nashville vs. New York (Apple TV – MLS Season Pass)
- 6/5 PM: New England vs. Philadelphia (Apple TV Free)
- 6/5 PM: NYC vs. Chicago (Apple TV – MLS Season Pass)
- 6/5 PM: Toronto vs. Orlando (Apple TV Free)
- 9/8 PM: Colorado vs. Salt Lake (Apple TV Free)
- 9/8 PM: Kansas City vs. Minnesota (Apple TV – MLS Season Pass)
- 9/8 PM: LA vs. Dallas (Apple TV – MLS Season Pass)
- 9/8 PM: Portland vs. Houston (Apple TV – MLS Season Pass)
- 9/8 PM: San Jose vs. Austin (Apple TV – MLS Season Pass)
- 9/8 PM: St. Louis vs. Seattle (Apple TV Free)
- 9/8 PM: Vancouver vs. LAFC (Apple TV Free)
NASCAR
- 3/2 PM: NASCAR: Homestead-Miami Speedway (USA Network)
NCAA Football Week 8
- Noon/11 AM: Air Force at Navy (CBS)
- Noon/11 AM: Baylor at Cincinnati (ESPN+)
- Noon/11 AM: Boston College at Georgia Tech (ACC Network)
- Noon/11 AM: Memphis at UAB (ESPN2)
- Noon/11 AM: Mississippi State at Arkansas (ESPN)
- Noon/11 AM: Norfolk State at Howard (ESPNU)
- Noon/11 AM: Penn at Yale (ESPN+)
- Noon/11 AM: Penn State at Ohio State (FOX)
- Noon/11 AM: Rutgers at Indiana (Big Ten Network)
- Noon/11 AM: South Carolina State at Delaware State (ESPN+)
- Noon/11 AM: UCF at Oklahoma (ABC)
- Noon/11 AM: Western Michigan at Ohio (CBS Sports)
- 1 PM/Noon: Brown at Cornell (ESPN+)
- 1 PM/Noon: Harvard at Princeton (ESPN+)
- 1 PM/Noon: Lafayette at Holy Cross (ESPN+)
- 1 PM/Noon: Lehigh at Bucknell (ESPN+)
- 1 PM/Noon: Marist at Presbyterian (ESPN+)
- 1 PM/Noon: Samford at VMI (ESPN+)
- 1 PM/Noon: South Dakota at Indiana State (ESPN+)
- 1 PM/Noon: St. Thomas (Minnesota) at Stetson (ESPN+)
- 1:30/12:30 PM: Columbia at Dartmouth (ESPN+)
- 1:30/12:30 PM: East Tennessee State at Chattanooga (ESPN+)
- 2/1 PM: Akron at Bowling Green (ESPN+)
- 2/1 PM: Charlotte at East Carolina (ESPN+)
- 2/1 PM: Illinois State at Youngstown State (ESPN+)
- 2/1 PM: UL Monroe at Georgia Southern (ESPN+)
- 2:30/1:30 PM: Furman at Western Carolina (ESPN+)
- 2:30/1:30 PM: Southeast Missouri State at Tennessee Tech (ESPN+)
- 3/2 PM: Bryant at Eastern Illinois (ESPN+)
- 3/2 PM: Charleston Southern at UT Martin (ESPN+)
- 3/2 PM: Colgate at Georgetown (ESPN+)
- 3/2 PM: Lincoln (California) at Tennessee State (ESPN+)
- 3/2 PM: Murray State at Missouri State (ESPN+)
- 3/2 PM: SE Louisiana at Northwestern State (ESPN+)
- 3/2 PM: South Dakota State at Southern Illinois (ESPN+)
- 3:30/2:30 PM: Buffalo at Kent State (ESPN+)
- 3:30/2:30 PM: Central Michigan at Ball State (ESPN+)
- 3:30/2:30 PM: Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois (ESPN+)
- 3:30/2:30 PM: Minnesota at Iowa (NBC)
- 3:30/2:30 PM: North Texas at Tulane (ESPN2)
- 3:30/2:30 PM: Northwestern at Nebraska (FS1)
- 3:30/2:30 PM: Oklahoma State at West Virginia (ESPN)
- 3:30/2:30 PM: Pitt at Wake Forest (ACC Network)
- 3:30/2:30 PM: South Carolina at Missouri (SEC Network)
- 3:30/2:30 PM: South Florida at UConn (CBSSN)
- 3:30/2:30 PM: Tennessee at Alabama (CBS)
- 3:30/2:30 PM: Washington State at Oregon (ABC)
- 3:30/2:30 PM: Western Illinois at North Dakota State (ESPN+)
- 3:30/2:30 PM: Wisconsin at Illinois (FS1)
- 4/3 PM: Idaho State at Portland State (ESPN+)
- 4/3 PM: Texas at Houston (FOX)
- 4/3 PM: Toledo at Miami (Ohio) (ESPNU)
- 4/3 PM: Wofford at Mercer (ESPN+)
- 5/4 PM: Abilene Christian at Stephen F. Austin (ESPN+)
- 5/4 PM: Drake at San Diego (ESPN+)
- 5/4 PM: Jackson State at Mississippi Valley State (ESPN+)
- 5/4 PM: Nicholls at Texas A&M-Commerce (ESPN+)
- 5/4 PM: North Dakota at UNI (ESPN+)
- 6/5 PM: Eastern Kentucky at Gardner-Webb (ESPN+)
- 6/5 PM: UTSA at Florida Atlantic (ESPN+)
- 6:30/5:30 PM: Virginia at North Carolina (The CW)
- 7/6 PM: Appalachian State at Old Dominion (NFL Network)
- 7/6 PM: Coastal Carolina at Arkansas State (ESPN+)
- 7/6 PM: Colorado State at UNLV (Mountain West Network)
- 7/6 PM: Morehead State at Tarleton State (ESPN+)
- 7/6 PM: Ole Miss at Auburn (ESPN)
- 7/6 PM: TCU at Kansas State (ESPN2)
- 7/6 PM: Texas Tech at BYU (FS1)
- 7/6 PM: Utah State at San Jose State (CBSSN)
- 7/6 PM: Utah Tech at North Alabama (ESPN+)
- 7/6 PM: Weber State at Eastern Washington (ESPN+)
- 7:30/6:30 PM: Army at LSU (SEC Network)
- 7:30/6:30 PM: Duke at Florida State (ABC)
- 7:30/6:30 PM: Michigan at Michigan State (NBC)
- 8/7 PM: Austin Peay at Southern Utah (ESPN+)
- 8/7 PM: Clemson at Miami (Florida) (ACC Network)
- 8/7 PM: Florida A&M at Texas Southern (ESPN+)
- 8/7 PM: Georgia State at Louisiana (ESPNU)
- 8/7 PM: Northern Colorado at Cal Poly (ESPN+)
- 8/7 PM: UIW at McNeese (ESPN+)
- 8/7 PM: Utah at USC (FOX)
- 9/8 PM: Nevada at San Diego State (FS2)
- 10:30/9:30 PM: Arizona State at Washington (FS1)
- 10:30/9:30 PM: Montana State at Sacramento State (ESPN2)
- 10:30/9:30 PM: UCLA at Stanford (ESPN)
NHL
- 1 PM/Noon: Detroit Red Wings at Ottawa Senators (BSDET)
- 4/3 PM: Anaheim Ducks at Arizona Coyotes (BSSC/BSSD/Scripps)
- 7/6 PM: New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres (MSG-B/MSGSN)
- 7/6 PM: Toronto Maple Leafs at Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL Network/BSSUN)
- 7/6 PM: Vancouver Canucks at Florida Panthers (BSFL)
- 7/6 PM: Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens (MNMT)
- 8/7 PM: Columbus Blue Jackets at Minnesota Wild (BSOH/BSN/BSWI)
- 8/7 PM: Philadelphia Flyers at Dallas Stars (NBCSP/BSSW)
- 8/7 PM: Pittsburgh Penguins at St. Louis Blues (BSMW/SN-PIT)
- 8/7 PM: San Jose Sharks at Nashville Predators (NBCSCA/BSSO)
- 8/7 PM: Vegas Golden Knights at Chicago Blackhawks (NBCSCH/Scripps)
- 9/8 PM: Carolina Hurricanes at Colorado Avalanche (ALT/BSSO)
- 10/9 PM: New York Rangers at Seattle Kraken (MSG/ROOT-NW)
- 10/9 PM: Winnipeg Jets at Edmonton Oilers
- 10:30/9:30 PM: Boston Bruins at Los Angeles Kings (NESN/BSW)