Cooking

Saturday

5:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Chicken and waffles; double chili cheeseburgers; steak sandwiches with jalapeno pesto; smoked pork chops with applesauce.

5:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Oxtail and big ragu; chivito club and chicken bowl; pork osso buco; vegetarian mushroom stroganoff.

6:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Lechon and pork adobo fried rice; red curry fish and Mandarin duck confit; ono and ahi cakes.

6:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy gets a helping of comfort food; a local New Jersey landmark dishes up down-home cooking.

7:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Righteous ramen; a spin on lamb and pork belly; duck banh mi and sweet potato lasagna.

7:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives A funky joint in Little Rock, Ark.; a sandwich shop in Santa Rosa, Calif. 8:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives A family pizza-making tradition; griot, snapper and octopus; a spin on street food.

8:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives North African chicken; sour cream pound cake; organic tacos; mac and cheese muffins.

9:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Chicharron with pico de gallo; pepito sandwich with steak.

9:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy Fieri heads to Miami to see what his buddy is doing with chicken and duck.

Sunday

5:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games A pumpkin bowling contest; a red light special ingredient in the final round. 6:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Four fearless chefs play Guy’s scariest games for a stab at a $20,000 shopping spree.

7:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Wars The search is on for competitors who can handle challenges from paranormal investigator Zak Bagans. (N)

7:30 p.m. ESPN2 TrueSouth 8:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Wars Teams create spooky cakes to impress judges Eddie Jackson, Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira. (N)

9:00 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Katie Lee and Zac Young want to scare up a victory, but Bobby Flay isn’t giving up without a fright.

9:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Wolfgang Puck makes his first-ever appearance at the Beat Bobby Flay arena alongside Ted Allen.

Monday

6:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Wars The remaining teams show their vision of Halloween time travel; special guest judge Gaten Matarazzo.

7:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Wars The final two teams must illustrate a terrifying worldwide outbreak and the race for an antidote.

8:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Baking Championship John Henson welcomes some unexpected visitors to shake up the competition for the eight bakers. (N)

Tuesday

6:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped The three undefeated champs must make appetizers with camel meat and a strange sauce.

7:00 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay The Kitchen’s Sunny Anderson and Chef Giada De Laurentiis team up again to bring the heat into Bobby Flay’s kitchen. The dynamic duo has recruited Indian expert Chef Paddy Rawal and Caribbean specialist Chef Trey Lamont to set Bobby’s kitchen ablaze.

7:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Anne Burrell gets a little help from her friend Valerie Bertinelli on the mission to bring down Bobby Flay. They recruit Napa Valley’s Elizabeth Binder and Washington, D.C.’s Mike Ellis to help them see this mission through with a win.

8:00 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Alex Guarnaschelli and Elizabeth Chambers recruit Leanne Mascoli and Melanie Moss to beat Bobby. (N)

8:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Actress Ali Larter links up with chef Michael Voltaggio to defeat Bobby Flay. 9:00 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Damaris Phillips gets TV host Jaymee Sire to join her sing-along; Remi Granger and Elijah Milligan.

9:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Dim sum master Ed Harris and seafood connoisseur Jason McLeod try to defeat Bobby.

Wednesday

6:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Guy challenges the chefs to make full-blown meals for four.

7:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Four chefs from four of Guy’s restaurants face off in two rounds of culinary combat.

8:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Grocery

Games (N)

9:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Four sports-loving chefs gear up for some tailgating.

Thursday

6:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Wars Six teams create mind-blowing and yummy Halloween-themed displays.

7:00 p.m. PBS Cooking on the Wild Side

FOOD Halloween Wars Displays that mix fear and romance in a depiction of a zombie dating show.

7:30 p.m. PBS Cooking on the Wild Side

8:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Wars Teams battle to imagine their most terrifyingly tasty displays yet: an attack by a swarm.

9:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Wars Displays that show how holiday mascots like Santa and the Easter Bunny go trickor-treating.

Friday

6:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives The Fat Jerry sammie; abalone sliders; oxtail soups and grilled turkey sandwich.

GAC Kimberly’s Simply Southern How to make chocolate from the bean to the bar.

6:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Pulled pork; brisket; hen and dumplings; lamb belly BLT; mega-meat pizza; wild boar gnocchi.

GAC Kimberly’s Simply Southern Kimberly learns how to make pizza at Comet Ping Pong.

7:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy Fieri digs into a righteous mashup of flavors; a palace dishing out Brazilian specialties.

GAC Kimberly’s Simply Southern A world-famous honey farm; sweet treats inspired by bees.

7:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy visits Chico, Calif., celebrating the food scene as residents recover from ravaging fires.

GAC Kimberly’s Simply Southern The spicy hot chicken; a fiery eat-off; Billy Currington.

8:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (N)

GAC Southern and Hungry Damaris and Rutledge enjoy a fried chicken and waffle sandwich and beignet with shrimp and okra.

8:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Amazing ravioli and killer clams; meaty, a cheesy, sandwich pork food masterpiece. truck serves a

GAC Southern and Hungry Brooks’ Sandwich House, a roadside shack that’s remained in the family for 45 years.

9:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives A California diner’s take on meatloaf; Guinness beef stew.

GAC Southern and Hungry Country ham biscuit with fried green tomato and red-eye gravy concoction.

9:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives An old-school chili parlor in Seattle; a walk-up window in Portland, Ore.

GAC Southern and Hungry Knoxville, Tenn.; a down-home spot called the Lunch House; meatloaf.