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Halloween weekend 2009 television picks

The Office's Michael Scott as a Zombie
The Office's Michael Scott as a Zombie
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Halloween is almost here and with it comes a weekend full of scary television shows and movies to watch on TV. Although Halloween episodes and scary movies have been airing throughout October, the real deluge is about to begin.

Halloween TV series episodes airing 10/29-10/31:

Thursday 10/29
8:00
FlashForward (ABC) - Not sure how the episode will relate to Halloween but it is titled, Scary Monsters and Super Creeps
Community (NBC) - Annie throws a Day of the Dead party
Vampire Diaries (CW) - This episode is titled Haunted
8:30
Parks & Recreation (NBC) - Halloween party
9:00
The Office (NBC) - The office plans a haunted house for children
10:00
The Mentalist (CBS) - The murder of a millionaire inside his haunted mansion.

Friday 10/30
9:00
Medium (CBS) - Allison has a nightmare that she is in Night of the Living Dead

Saturday 10/31
10pm - 2am (TV Land) - Roseanne Halloween episodes marathon. Episodes aired are Boo!, Trick or Treat, Treat Me Up, Treat Me Down, Halloween IV, Halloween V, Skeleton in the Closet, Halloween the Final Chapter, and Satan Darling.

Scary movies airing 10/29 - 10/31:

Thursday 10/29
7pm The Skeleton Kay (SyFy)
8pm End of Days (AMC)
8:25pm Jeepers Creepers (IFC)
9pm Final Destination 2 (SyFy)

Friday 10/30

6:30pm Interview with a Vampire (SyFy)
8pm Young Frankenstein (AMC)
10pm Scream 3 (MTV)
10:30pm Amityville Horror (AMC)
11pm The Mummy Returns (Starz)

Saturday 10/31

10 a.m., Buffy the Vampire Slayer (AMC)
11:30 a.m.,  Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (ABC Family)
12 p.m., Halloween (AMC)
12 p.m.,  The Silence of the Lambs (BIO)
1 p.m., My Super Psycho Sweet 16 (MTV)
1:30 p.m.,  Edward Scissorhands (ABC family)
2 p.m., Halloween 4 (AMC)
3 pm,  Shaun of the Dead (Comedy)
4 p.m.,  Halloween 5 (AMC)
6 p.m., Night of the Living Dead (AMC)
6 p.m.,  Halloween H20 (FX)
7 p.m.,  Scary Movie (COMEDY)
7:30 p.m.,  Frankenhood (BET)
8 p.m.,  Carrie (ENC)
8 p.m., Ghost Rider (FX)
9 pm,  Scary Movie 3 (COMEDY)
11 p.m.,  Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (BRAVO)
11 p.m., Club Dread (COMEDY)
1 a.m., Hannibal (BRAVO)

Hopefully there are enough TV show and movies airing this Halloween weekend to scare you until next Halloween.

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, Long Island Television Examiner

Jennifer Wagner has lived on Long Island most of her life. She reads everything she can about the television industry. On her blog "Connect with your Teens through Pop Culture and Technology" she writes more about television than any other form of pop culture. Her favorite TV show is Lost.

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