What’s on FOX tonight? Here is the full FOX schedule for Saturday, October 31, 2026, with times in Eastern Time (ET).

FOX is the World Series channel tonight, and nothing else matters

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The 2026 World Series at 8pm ET is the only thing FOX is asking you to watch, and on Halloween it is the strongest argument on broadcast TV. The broadcast is scheduled for 180 minutes. Because it is live, it airs at one moment across the country: 8pm ET, which is 5pm PT, not the ET/PT same-hour pattern of a recorded show. Five stars and the pick, with a caveat: the rating is for the event, not a forecast of the game.

Why it dominates the night

Look at what it is up against. At 8pm, FOX faces a crime drama on CBS, Halloween films and baking shows on cable and Christmas films on Hallmark. None of those is a live, one-time event, and none of them can be rescheduled around the way you can with a repeat. A baseball fan has no real dilemma here. A viewer who isn’t one has plenty of alternatives, and FOX has made no attempt to cover that side of the evening.

The World Series is on the schedule on seven days in the window, which says a lot about how the network has organized its fall. The schedule is built around the series and it has been for the week. That includes the evening pregame: MLB on FOX Pregame runs for an hour at 7pm ET (4pm PT), and it also appears on seven days in the window. It earns three stars, as a lead-in that does what a lead-in should.

The daytime: two college football blocks

Before the baseball, FOX has a lot of college football. Big Noon Kickoff starts the day at 10am ET for two hours (7am PT), and it is a pregame studio show before the first game. Then comes College Football at noon ET for 210 minutes (9am PT) and again at 3:30pm ET for another 210 minutes (12:30pm PT). That is nine hours of football before the baseball pregame, which is a lot even for a fall Saturday.

I rate the afternoon game at three stars. It is what it is: a long sports block with no matchup named, which means the rating reflects the slot, not the teams.

The late slot

The 1% Club is on at 11pm ET, an hour-long game show after the baseball. If the series runs long, expect that to move. On its scheduled length the World Series ends at 11pm ET, which gives it no margin at all, so a late finish is more likely than not to push this back. Three stars, and nothing to say about it beyond that.

The rest

The morning is local programming from midnight to 8am ET, followed by two hours of paid programs. This is a day with few other things on it, because the network’s attention is elsewhere.

The plan

Put 8pm ET in your diary and watch the World Series. If you are a college football fan, there is a full afternoon of it on FOX first. If neither is for you, there is nothing else on this channel tonight.


Also on TV tonight at 8pm ET

  • ABC: College Football (from 7:37pm ET)
  • NBC: College Football (from 7:30pm ET)
  • CBS: FBI
  • PBS: Secrets of the Dead
  • The CW: WWE NXT (from 7pm ET)
  • ION: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • TCM: Dracula
  • AMC: Halloween (from 7pm ET)
  • FX: Ghostbusters: Afterlife
  • Freeform: Hocus Pocus (from 7:20pm ET)

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Frequently asked questions

What’s on FOX tonight?

On Saturday, October 31, 2026, FOX shows 2026 World Series at 8pm ET.

Is there a movie on FOX tonight?

Yes: 2026 World Series (2026) at 8pm ET.

What’s on FOX late tonight?

After 11pm ET, FOX has The 1% Club at 11pm ET.

What time does FOX’s evening start?

The evening schedule starts with MLB on FOX Pregame at 7pm ET.