What's on TV: 'X-Men' and 'Pacific Rim' 4K, 'The 13th,' 'Arrow'
The Prince Collection comes to Blu-ray, plus 'Mafia III,' 'Paper Mario: Color Splash' and 'Insecure.'
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