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Witchy Weekend Halloween happens to fall on a Saturday this year, which means SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE gets to celebrate the spooky season with punctual gusto. After a couple of weeks off, there surely will be plenty of Halloween-themed jokes and skits in the new episode airing this Saturday on CTV and Crave. Inde Navarrette (Obsession) is the first-time host, with musical guest Gracie Abrams, who has appeared on SNL once before. A fun promo for this weekend’s episode can be seen here. For the record, the last time Halloween fell on a Saturday was in 2020, and SNL had a new episode that night, too. But due to future leap-year calculations, Halloween won’t fall on a Saturday again until 2037, so make sure to enjoy it! To help in that regard, don’t forget that Crave’s Creepy Cravings Landing Page is home to many haunting collections, with highlighted programming that includes SNOOKI: THE PARANORMAL ROOKIE, YAGA, and much more.

Nightmare Antidote After a frightfully full Halloween weekend, everyone could use a few laughs by the time Monday night rolls around. Thus, it’s the perfect time for the return of two sitcoms – ST. DENIS MEDICAL, and THE FALL AND RISE OF REGGIE DINKINS – on CTV and Crave. In the Season 3 premiere of ST. DENIS MEDICAL, Alex (Allison Tolman) clashes with a self-righteous replacement for Ron (David Alan Grier) as the latter recovers from surgery, and Joyce (Wendi McLendon-Covey) collects votes for a hospital administrator award. By the way, the title of the episode is, “He Ain’t Noah Wyle,” which is a reference to the star of the HBO medical drama THE PITT (on Crave). Then in the Season 2 premiere of THE FALL AND RISE OF REGGIE DINKINS, Reggie (Tracy Morgan) and Monica (Erika Alexander) struggle with new opportunities, while tensions rise over the secret relationship between Carmelo (Jalyn Hall) and the daughter of Reggie’s No. 1 rival.