What To Watch: The Mandalorian Returns, Obama Visits The Shop, Sesame Street In Concert And More

On TV this Friday: Former President Barack Obama visits The Shop, the Sesame Street gang heads to Lincoln Center, and The Mandalorian (and Child!) return for Season 2. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern.

Showtimes for October 30, 2020

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The Mandalorian

Disney+

Season 2 premiere: Mando is drawn to the Outer Rim in search of others of his kind. (Read Season 1 quickcap; watch latest trailer.)

The Right Stuff

Disney+

Trudy is invited to join the first all-female astronaut corps; Shepard is caught by a reporter with another woman.

Somebody Feed Phil

Netflix

Season 4 premiere (all five episodes): Phil Rosenthal's culinary travelogue hits Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, Singapore, The Mississippi Delta and Hawaii.

Tehran

Apple TV+

Season 1 finale: Tamar, Milad and Kadosh launch an operation as Faraz closes in on them.

Truth Seekers

Amazon Prime

Series premiere (all eight episodes): Nick Frost and Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead) reunite in this comedy about a team of paranormal investigators who investigate ghostly sightings across the UK.

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Shark Tank

ABC

Pitches include a retail franchise that serves cereal-centric treats and a product designed to relieve back pain.

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The Deciders: A CBS News Special

CBS

The hour-long special explores America's changing electorate ahead of Election Day.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents: A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration

PBS

Big Bird, Elmo and other Sesame Street denizens sing the show's beloved songs alongside the Lincoln Center Orchestra and director Wynton Marsalis.

The Shop: Uninterrupted

HBO

Former President Barack Obama sits down for a conversation with LeBron James and Maverick Carter.

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Warrior

Cinemax

Mai Ling tries to make things right with Ah Sahm; Penny's business is in trouble; Leary receives a warning — and offers one of his own.


♦ ON THIS DATE IN TV HISTORY ♦
On Oct. 30, 1978, WKRP in Cincinnati’s
Mr. Carlson avowed, “With God as my witness,
I thought turkeys  could fly.” (He was wrong.)

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