Check Out ABC’s Frightfully Festive October Programming Lineup‘Cruella’ Makes Its Broadcast Debut‘Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas’ and Disney’s ‘Hocus Pocus’ Celebrate 30 Years‘The Great Halloween Fright Fight’ Returns With New Episodes / Clockwise from top left: ABC/Christopher Willard; ABC/Brett Roedel; ABC/James Clark; ABC/Disney Enterprises, Inc.; Buena Vista Pictures/Andrew CooperOFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY ABC Publicity ABC announced its October programming lineup today, which includes enchanting new specials, iconic movies, and chilling new episodes of fan-favorite shows. Sundays are filled with thrilling Wonderful World of Disney films like “Cruella,” which makes its broadcast debut Sunday, Oct. 8 (8:00-11:00 p.m.). Timeless classics “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas” and Disney’s “Hocus Pocus” both celebrate a 30th anniversary milestone this year and will air Sunday, Oct. 22 (8:00-9:30 p.m.) and Sunday, Oct. 29 (8:00-10:00 p.m.), respectively. On Sunday, Oct. 22, and Sunday, Oct. 29 (10:00-11:00 p.m.), two new special episodes of “The Great Halloween Fright Fight” will send shivers up your spine! From the creators of “The Great Christmas Light Fight,” the series returns featuring four families per episode who build eye-popping home Halloween displays to compete to win the grand prize. Rounding out the spellbinding lineup is a special Shark-O-Ween episode of “Shark Tank” airing Friday, Oct. 27 (8:00-9:01 p.m.) and Halloween episodes of “AFV” Sunday, Oct. 29 (7:00-8:00 p.m.), and “Dancing with the Stars” Tuesday, Oct. 31 (8:00-10:01 p.m.). “Live with Kelly and Mark” will also air its Annual Halloween special Tuesday, Oct. 31 (daytime, check local listings). Airdates and episode descriptions are as follow (all times listed are Eastern/Pacific). SUNDAY, OCT. 88:00-11:00 p.m. EDT – “Cruella” (Broadcast Premiere) SUNDAY, OCT. 228:00-9:30 p.m. EDT – “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas” (30th Anniversary) This is the heartfelt tale of Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of HalloweenTown, and all things that go bump in the night. 9:30-10:00 p.m. EDT – “Toy Story of TERROR! 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT – The Great Halloween Fright Fight: “201” (Season Premiere) FRIDAY, OCT. 278:00-9:01 p.m. EDT – Shark Tank: “1506” SUNDAY, OCT. 297:00-8:00 p.m. EDT – America’s Funniest Home Videos: “3404” 8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT – Disney’s “Hocus Pocus” (30th Anniversary) 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT – The Great Halloween Fright Fight: “202” (Season Finale) TUESDAY, OCT. 31Daytime – Live with Kelly and Mark 8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT – Dancing with the Stars *Copyright is as stated in the photo credit. All photography is copyrighted material and is for editorial use only. Images are not to be archived, altered, duplicated, resold, retransmitted or used for any other purposes without written permission of ABC. Images are distributed to the press in order to publicize current programming. Any other usage must be licensed.
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