I always enjoy when sitcoms do holiday-themed episodes, but the Halloween ones are always my favorites. TV characters always seem to have the most creative costumes—way more creative than anything you typically see from your local trick-or-treaters or at an adult costume party. Plus, the writers usually have a lot of fun mixing in some spooky and supernatural storylines into these normally pretty-grounded shows. Tonight the entire ABC Wednesday night comedy lineup is Halloween themed as it goes from the 80s to the 90s and the present day.

In The Goldbergs, “A 100% True Ghost Story”, Beverly scores a bargain on four paintings, but something supernatural is causing them to be destroyed; Barry decides to throw a huge Rocky Horror Picture Show-themed party against Erica’s wishes.
Then, in Schooled, “Run, Rick, Run”, Coach Mellor is excited to celebrate Halloween in a couple’s costume with Julie, but his plan might be derailed by Principal Glascott; CB tries to scare the students into not tormenting each other during the school’s annual Halloween parade.

In Modern Family, “The Last Halloween”, Phil is determined to scare Claire on Halloween; Gloria feels self-conscious about her age when someone correctly assumes she is Jay’s wife; Mitch and Cam go to the WeHo Halloween Carnival after Lily decides to go to her first Halloween party alone.
And finally, in Single Parents, “Welcome to Hell, Sickos!”, the kids head to the school for a spooky Halloween celebration with Douglas; Will has a stressful night trying to do too much; Poppy and Angie throw a Halloween party at Douglas’ house to try to prove to themselves that they are cool moms.

Tonight, I’ll also be watching/recording Stumptown, Survivor, Riverdale, Nancy Drew, and American Horror Story: 1984.

For additional suggestions on what to check out tonight, including a new episodes of FXX’s Cake & NBC’s Chicago lineup, check out the If We Controlled Your Remote… 10/30/19 post at TVisMyPacifier.com.