Ghost series finale, Charlie Puth’s Mock Reality

Scaremongering

Jordan Peele (Exit) is among the executive producers reviving the hidden camera prank show (formerly a Syfy exclusive) that convinces unsuspecting targets that they are living a real horror movie scenario. The show, now hosted by a television-wearing prankster named Flip, begins with a con man forced to witness a bizarre wedding where the heavily pregnant bride is in for a terrible surprise. The second section brings another farmer to try a gourmet tasting menu that may contain human flesh. Are you laughing yet?

The scariest house in America

After spending several seasons vetting candidates for the title Ugliest house in Americathe comedian Retta (Parks and Recreation) is now on tour making snarky comments about some of the country’s spookiest properties. Every week, the house considered the scariest is given a $150,000 renovation by designer Alison Victoria. In the opening film, Retta nervously enters a former prison overrun by bats, a customs house with death traps, and a house whose kitchen is dominated by a giant fountain. Pro tip for Retta: Don’t go into the basement alone!

It’s what’s inside

Fear the walking deadAlycia Debnam-Carey reunites with executive producer Colman Domingo in writer-director Greg Jardin’s psychological thriller about a group of friends (including). The White Lotus alum Brittany O’Grady), whose pre-wedding party takes a turn when they agree to take part in a board game that involves attaching electrodes to her head. What happens next is a trippy and hallucinatory mind game with existential consequences.

V/H/S/Beyond

The grisly found footage horror anthology returns with a seventh installment, with six newly discovered volumes that push the franchise into a “sci-fi inspired hellscape.” The directors include Insistent Franchise regulars Kate Siegel and Justin Long (Barbarian) with brother Christian Long.

Power Book II: Ghost

Find out who will get out alive first Performance Spinoffs focusing on “Ghost’s” son Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr.) and his dealings with the Tejada drug cartel led by Monet (Mary J. Blige) reach their series finale. Then premiere of Fat Joe speaks (9/8c), a weekly interview series starring the pioneering rapper. His first guest is Power Book II: Ghost Star and fellow rapper Method Man discuss his role as attorney Davis MacLean and the legacy of the Wu-Tang Clan while touring his hometown on Staten Island.

The Charlie Puth Show

Musician Charlie Puth lampoons his own celebrity and the cultural zeitgeist in a six-part reality TV spoof in which he attempts to reinvent himself with the help of an entourage that includes a fake momager and sycophantic assistants. His comedic journey of self-discovery features celebrity guest appearances, including Will Ferrell and Courteney Cox.

INSIDE FRIDAY TV:

• Good times (6 p.m./5 p.m., 3 p.m./PT, Catchy Comedy Network): The tribute to John Amos, who died in August at age 84, continues with two episodes of Norman Lear’s classic sitcom, “The Weekend.” and “The Family” from 1975 Baum.”
• True Crime Watch: ABC’s 20/20 (9/8c) investigates the 1986 murder of L.A. nursing director Sherri Rasmussen, which remained unsolved until 2009, when DNA evidence linked it to LAPD detective Stephanie Lazarus, who once dated the victim’s husband. Lazarus was sentenced to 27 years to life in prison in 2012 and is now eligible for parole under California’s “youthful offender” law. To Dateline NBC (9/8c), John Mankiewicz reports on two seemingly unrelated murders in Los Angeles that investigators believe may be connected.
• Tia Mowry: My next act (9:30/8:30c, We TV): The sitcom and reality TV star returns with a reality series that chronicles her adjustment to life after divorce.
• Three women (10/9c, Starz): This week’s subject is Maggie (a convincing Gabrielle Creevy), a young woman in North Dakota who decides to end the inappropriate relationship she had in high school with her charismatic English teacher (Jason Ralph). to bring to the public.
• Mambo Legends: The music never ends (10/9c, PBS): Voices presents a profile of the Mambo Legends Orchestra, dedicated to preserving the musical legacy of Afro-Cuban bandleaders Tito Puente, Machito and Tito Rodriguez.
• The Graham Norton Show (11/10c, BBC America): A new season of the revealing talk show begins with guests including Demi Moore, Lady Gaga, Colin Farrell and Krapopolis Starring Richard Ayoade.

ON STREAM:

• Face Off: In the NHL (Streaming on Prime Video): An immersive documentary looks behind the scenes and shows the best teams and players in professional ice hockey on their path to the Stanley Cup.
• RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars (Streaming on Paramount+): RuPaul quizzes the remaining international queens about who is the shadiest, messiest and most bossy. They then take part in a drag family makeover. Drag Race alum Raven and Dianne Brill Drag Race Germany Join the jury.
• They came in the night: Y Llegaron de Noche (Streaming on ViX): AcapulcoEugenio Derbez stars in a Spanish-language workplace comedy series about the making of the 1931 Spanish version Draculafilmed at the same time as the Bela Lugosi classic. SeinfeldJason Alexander plays the role of Universal Studios boss Carl Laemmle.
• Pachinko (Streaming on Apple TV+): In the emotional penultimate episode of the historical drama’s second season, Sunja (Kim Min-ha) sends her beloved older son Noa (Kang Tae Joo) to college while Mr. Kim (Kim Sung-kyu) goes and is torn between his home and the woman he secretly loves.
• La Maison (Continue streaming Apple TV+): The addictive French-language fashion drama stages the first show at the LEDU House for the progressive usurper Paloma (Zita Hanrot) – “It’s like a Christo formed from garbage,” complains a rival – while the deposed designer Vincent ( Lambert Wilson) is languishing in exile on his private island. Also very trendy: betrayal between the feuding families.