What To Watch Tonight? Tuesday are the single best night of the week for TV. Across the board, you are at a minimum of three deep each hour of excellent dramas. At 8p, our Top Pick is The Flash (but you have The Gifted and NCIS as back up). At 9, Black Lightning is our go to but we’ll be watching FBI also (latest recap here). At 10pm, our heart belongs to New Amsterdam but we like The Rookie too (recaps coming). For your Superhero fix, make sure you check out our latest Across the Arrowverse!
8pm Hour:
1st Choice: The Flash. “Barry and Iris face the ultimate parenting test when Team Flash battles Spin, a savvy millennial armed with meta tech, and a dangerous agenda for their daughter, Nora. Ralph is feeling defeated until an unlikely source issues a challenge to help boost his confidence.” The CW
2nd Choice: The Gifted. “Caitlin and Thunderbird struggle to save the life of a mutant injured in the Inner Circle’s chaotic liberation of a psychiatric hospital, and also discover clues to the identity of the powerful mutant Polaris and Andy were sent to retrieve. Meanwhile, as Jace joins up with the Purifiers to chase down the escaped mutants, he comes dangerously close to colliding once again with the Mutant Underground.” Fox
3rd Choice: NCIS. “Torres recognizes the victim of a Halloween crime scene as a friend from a training.” CBS
9pm Hour:
1st Choice: Black Lightning. “Jefferson confronts Anissa about her reckless and irresponsible behavior leading to a fierce disagreement” The CW
2nd Choice: FBI. “After a senator’s daughter is kidnapped and held for ransom, the FBI is called in to assist with finding the child before their time limit expires. However, in order to do so, they must dig into the senator’s past for clues to who did this to his family.” CBS
3rd Choice: This Is Us. “Kate struggles with Toby’s depression. Randall makes time for Kevin, who obsesses about Jack’s past.” NBC
10pm Hour:
1st Choice: New Amsterdam. “Max takes on his first annual fundraising gala at the hospital and emotions are high as some of the doctor’s families join them for the event. Iggy struggles to break difficult news to his daughter and Bloom and Reynolds continue to deal with the fallout of their argument. Meanwhile, Kapoor and Dr. Sharpe work together to find out what is making a father and son duo so sick.” NBC
2nd Choice: The Rookie. “Nolan and Talia lose control of a crime scene, and then debate whether people are fundamentally good or bad and what that means for a police officer. Meanwhile, Lucy is concerned Tim is enabling his wife’s destructive behavior and not taking care of himself.Nolan and Talia lose control of a crime scene, and then debate whether people are fundamentally good or bad and what that means for a police officer. Meanwhile, Lucy is concerned Tim is enabling his wife’s destructive behavior and not taking care of himself.” ABC
3rd Choice: Mayans M.C. “The bond of the Reyes blood is fractured, and the Galindo family decides to cut their losses.” FX