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

HGTV on Halloween: the best of it airs before lunch

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HGTV’s best Halloween idea is on at 9am ET, not in primetime. Scariest House in America opens its third season with six hours of back-to-back hour-long episodes, from “The Wretched Road Trip Begins” at 9am through “From Frightening to Fabulous” at 2pm. It is the only programming on the channel today that acknowledges the date, and it is a smart way to spend a Saturday if you want your haunted houses with the lights on. Start at the beginning, because the first episode is the season opener.

Zillow Gone Wild follows at 3pm ET with six half-hour episodes of its second season, running through to 6pm. The episodes skip around (S02E01, E02, E05, E06, E09, E10), so this is a sampler rather than a run, and the titles, “Where the Trolls Live” and “Let’s Get It Tron”, suggest the show knows what it is for. Good company while the afternoon goes.

Then the schedule settles into a very long evening of House Hunters. From 6pm ET to midnight, every half-hour slot is the same series, twelve in a row, and the 8pm primetime anchor is simply the next one in the stack. Only the 10pm episode, “On Her Own in Nashville” (S264E05), carries a title in the schedule; the rest are unnamed. This is HGTV doing what it does most nights, which is exactly the problem on October 31.

The competition is not subtle. Fox has the 2026 World Series at 8pm ET, FX has Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and Food Network runs Halloween Baking Championship across 8, 9 and 10pm. Hallmark is already into its holiday films. A reader who wants anything seasonal will leave HGTV at 8pm. A reader who wants a house-hunting marathon will have a great night, and that audience is real.

My advice: watch HGTV in the morning, then go elsewhere.


Also on TV tonight at 8pm ET

  • ABC: College Football (from 7:37pm ET)
  • NBC: College Football (from 7:30pm ET)
  • CBS: FBI
  • FOX: 2026 World Series
  • 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

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Frequently asked questions

What’s on HGTV tonight?

On Saturday, October 31, 2026, HGTV shows House Hunters at 8pm ET, House Hunters at 8:30pm ET, House Hunters at 9pm ET, House Hunters at 9:30pm ET, House Hunters at 10pm ET and House Hunters at 10:30pm ET.

Is there a movie on HGTV tonight?

No. HGTV has no movies in its evening schedule on Saturday, October 31, 2026.

What’s on HGTV late tonight?

After 11pm ET, HGTV has House Hunters at 11pm ET and House Hunters at 11:30pm ET.

What time does HGTV’s evening start?

The evening schedule starts with House Hunters at 6pm ET.