Halloween TV Schedule 2015: Over 20 Trick Or Treat-Themed TV Specials To Watch This Weekend
Halloween is nearly here! Saturday, Oct. 31, marks the arrival of everyone’s favorite costumed holiday, and people across the country will be excited to dress up and go trick-or-treating as soon as the sun goes down. With all the anticipation, families might find themselves getting a little anxious for the big night -- and that's where TV can be the best treat of all! There are loads of great Halloween TV specials airing over the holiday weekend, including brand new Halloween-themed episodes of hit shows, like "Last Man Standing," "Undateable," and "Dr. Ken." Plus, FXX is airing a marathon of all the "Treehouse of Horror" episodes of "The Simpsons." There is something for everybody!
Here's a roundup of all the primetime Halloween TV specials airing this weekend (* denotes brand new special):
FRIDAY, OCT. 30
8 p.m. EDT
- NBC -- "Undateable" (2015)* -- The gang decides to celebrate Halloween in the bar and holds a contest to decide the best costume.
- ABC – “Last Man Standing” (2015)* -- In "Halloween," Vanessa (Erika Johnson) and Carol (Nancy Travis) get revenge on their husbands for skipping giving out Halloween candy to watch football.
- FXX -- "The Simpsons" (1996) -- In "Treehouse of Horror VII," Bart (Nancy Cartwright) meets his siamese twin.
8:30 p.m. EDT
- ABC – “Dr. Ken” (2015)* -- In "Halloween-Aversary," Ken (Ken Jeong) tries to redeem himself for a failed Halloween marriage proposal 20 years ago.
- FXX -- "The Simpsons" (1998) -- In "Treehouse of Horror IX," Bart and Lisa (Yeardley Smith) get trapped inside of their television set.
9 p.m. EDT
- CBS – “Hawaii Five-O” (2015)* -- In "Na Pilikua Nui (Monsters)," the team is on the case of a Frankenstein-inspired serial killer.
- Destination America -- "Exorcism: Live!” -- Destination America hosts a live exorcism of the St. Louis house that inspired the 1973 horror movie, “The Exorcist.”
- Comedy Central -- "Futurama" (2000) -- In "The Honking," Bender (John Dimaggio) is infected with a virus that turns him into a killer car every night at midnight.
- FXX -- "The Simpsons" (2006) -- In "Treehouse of Horror XVII," a meteor strikes and turns Homer (Dan Castellaneta) into a monster.
9:30 p.m. EDT
- Comedy Central -- "Futurama" (2011) -- In "Ghost in the Machines," Bender dies, but his ghost sticks around to haunt Planet Express.
- Disney -- "Jessie" (2015) -- In "The Ghostess With the Mostest," Stuart (J.J. Totah) tells the Ross kids a frightening ghost story while the group is trick or treating.
- FXX -- "The Simpsons" (2007) -- In "Treehouse of Horror XVIII," the show spoofs "E.T." and "Se7en" in the annual Halloween special.
10 p.m. EDT
- Comedy Central -- "South Park" (1997) -- In "Pinkie," the Halloween costume contest gets sidetracked by a sudden epidemic of pink eye.
- Disney -- "Pickle and Peanut" (2015)
- FXX -- "The Simpsons" (2011) -- In "Treehouse of Horror XXII," Bart gets stranded in deep space.
10:30 p.m. EDT
- Comedy Central -- "South Park" (1998) -- In "Spookyfish," Stan (Trey Parker) fears his pet fish might be responsible for a string of murders on Halloween.
- FXX -- "The Simpsons" (1997) -- In "Treehouse of Horror VIII," Bart transforms into a fly, while Homer battles mutants.
11 p.m. EDT
- FXX -- "The Simpsons" (2001) -- In "Treehouse of Horror XII," Bart and Lisa become competing wizards after mysteriously receiving powers.
11:30 p.m. EDT
- FXX -- "The Simpsons" (2003) -- In "Treehouse of Horror XIV," Jerry Lewis returns from the dead and goes on a rampage in Springfield.
SATURDAY, OCT. 31
8 p.m. EDT
- FXX -- "The Simpsons" (2007) -- In "Treehouse of Horror XVIII," the show spoofs "E.T." and "Se7en" in the annual Halloween special.
- USA -- "NCIS" (2010) -- In "Cracked," the team tries to solve the murder of a brilliant scientist, while DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) has a Halloween date.
- Disney -- "Best Friends Whenever" (2015) -- In "Cyd and Shelby's Haunted Escape," the gang finds a way to teleport to New York City's Spooktacular in Central Park and get trapped in a haunted house.
8:30 p.m. EDT
- FXX -- "The Simpsons" (2008) -- In "Treehouse of Horror XX," the show spoofs "Charlie Brown" in the annual Halloween special.
9 p.m. EDT
- FXX -- "The Simpsons" (2009) -- In "Treehouse of Horror XVIII," the show spoofs Alfred Hitchcock in the annual Halloween special, as Lisa gets pulled into a revenge plot after a bad grade.
9:30 p.m. EDT
- Disney -- "Jessie" (2015) -- In "The Ghostess With the Mostest," Stuart (J.J. Totah) tells the Ross kids a frightening ghost story while the group is trick or treating.
- FXX -- "The Simpsons" (2010) -- In "Treehouse of Horror XXI," Bart plays a mysterious board game, while Lisa falls in love with a vampire.
10 p.m. EDT
- FXX -- "The Simpsons" (2011) -- In "Treehouse of Horror XXII," Bart gets stranded in deep space.
10:30 p.m. EDT
- FXX -- "The Simpsons" (2012) -- In "Treehouse of Horror XXIII," Homer returns to Ancient Mayan times in the wake of the apocalypse.
11 p.m. EDT
- FXX -- "The Simpsons" (2013) -- In "Treehouse of Horror XXIV," Bart loses his head in a freak kite accident and his head is attached to Lisa's body.
11:30 p.m. EDT
- FXX -- "The Simpsons" (2014) -- In "Treehouse of Horror XXV," Bart and Lisa get transported to another world filled with demons after Bart reads some peculiar text under his desk.
To see a roundup of all the scary movies streaming on Netflix check out our list HERE.
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