Ghost Adventures Returns, and Steinbeck Hits TV This Week

The paranormal investigation series "Ghost Adventures" returns to television this week, leading a slate of eight shows highlighted by Entertainment Weekly for viewers to watch.

The week's other headline arrival is a new screen adaptation of "East of Eden," John Steinbeck's 1952 novel, which Entertainment Weekly notes is coming to small screens. The pairing signals a split programming week: one rooted in unscripted supernatural fare, the other in literary adaptation.

"Ghost Adventures" has long centered on a team of investigators traveling to sites reported to be haunted, documenting overnight lockdowns and purported paranormal activity. The series' return gives the franchise another cycle on the schedule and adds to a reality-TV strand that continues to draw reliable audiences.

"East of Eden," by contrast, carries the weight of one of American literature's major mid-century novels. Steinbeck published the book in 1952; it drew on the biblical story of Cain and Abel and anchored itself in California's Salinas Valley. Earlier screen versions include Elia Kazan's 1955 film starring James Dean. A new television adaptation now brings the material to contemporary audiences, and its arrival this week marks the most prominent literary title on the recommendations list.

The two programs bracket a broader selection of eight shows that Entertainment Weekly rounds up for the week, spanning returning series and new premieres. The roundup format itself reflects how crowded the current television calendar has become, with weekly guides now serving as a primary tool for viewers sorting through streaming and broadcast options alike.

For audiences, the week offers a choice of registers: the extended-episode ghost hunts of a durable reality franchise, or the long-form dramatization of a novel that has shaped American reading lists for more than seventy years. How the new "East of Eden" performs with viewers and critics will be the telling signal — literary adaptation remains one of television's riskiest, and most rewarding, bets.