Good Night New York full episode: October 22, 2026

Fox 5. It's time for a good night, New York. Good evening, I'm Crystal Young. And I'm Ryan Christopher. Welcome here to Good Night, New York. Alright, one of us had a crazy day today. Oh, yes, yes. And it wasn't me. Okay, so you getting to work today. What's going on? Now, we were both out late shooting our Halloween special last night, which is going to be epic. Yes. So, you were up early, you're working, you're on the F train. And things are going really well. Right. And the train is flying along on the tracks. And then the slave's like, wait, that's Crystal Young from Good Night, New York. And then suddenly the train goes, eee! Come on. No, but seriously, it was flying in the tunnel. We were about to come out at 53rd and Lex. And you could tell it was going fast. Oh, it was going fast. Like when the train rocks, then it's like going so fast, you're like, whoa. Where are we going? Are we going off the tracks or what? Exactly. So it was that kind of like fast, fast, fast. It stops and lurches back, and clearly something was going on. this is us now walking through from train car to train car because they had to take the trains behind us once we got stuck and they had to back them up into the station offload all of the people then they had to take an empty train back it up against our train and i was in the front car so I had 10 cars to walk through and then you had to step from one train into the empty train along the way there was a woman that was singing about Jesus she looked like she might have been homeless like sitting in that corner seat I was like Jesus needs to come save us all we all we all need help I met a guy though his name was Brian Rosa he got great great video and we chatted each other up so listen to what his theory is as to how the bucket got down what was going on OK, tickles. I think a careless MTA worker left the bucket in the middle of the tracks like they weren't supposed to. And the vibration of the train knocked it over, got it caught up in the machinery and stopped the train in front of us. OK, got it. Got it. Got it. Yes. He's got some inside info. Yeah, he had a lot to say, but it was very interesting because the people kind of stopped and maybe the third or fourth car walking through. And he's like, people keep going. And I was just laughing at him, like trying to take charge. and I was like, are you a native New Yorker? He was like, I work for NYCHA. My dad works for the MTA. I know how this works. Open the door and keep going through. There you go. Okay. I'm through. 100%. Shout to Brian. So it was a little bit of train drama, but all of that delayed stuff for hours. I'm sorry to hear that. Because the E and the F are on that same track. So then, you know, all the trains behind us stops it. It was a problem. But thankfully you made it here to the couch. I did. As well. And I didn't have to ruin my lovely six-inch heels walking on train tracks battling rats. Because I don't know what you would have done if you lost one pair. I don't know if you'd be able to find any others in your closet. These are special. Well, those are one of your most legendary. I stalked these for months. You stalked them? I stalked them for months before I purchased them. On someone else, and you ripped them off them? And guess where I found them? Where? In Dubai. Come on. I am not even kidding. I interviewed a woman, and she had these shoes on, and I made it my mission to find the shoes. And I did. Look at you. All right. Look at that. There you go. Fabulous. Well, I got these on Amazon, so there you go. I was stalking Amazon for— With overnight delivery? Yeah, exactly, two-day delivery, but it's all good. Let's talk about Halloween, though, okay? Speaking of scary situations, over the past week, some of the celebrity costumes starting to come out. One of the biggest stars drawing inspiration from her daughter. We're talking about Kim Kardashian here. Check out this. She's dressing up as her daughter, North, wearing a waist-length turquoise, very tricked-out blue wig, spiky lashes, and even some heavy glam makeup piercings and acrylic nails. This is kind of cool. I mean, you can't really knock it. It's her daughter, so it's all love. I think I really like it. I think it's really kind of ingenious. And as soon as you see the blue hair, the color, the piercings, you go, oh, my gosh, that's North. Like, you kind of know, you get it. Which is crazy that, like, North is that recognizable and that much of a brand in her own right. I mean, she is the daughter of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, so. And can we talk about this? Isn't she 13? Yeah. Is that a little young to have piercings and blue hair? No. Have I turned into grandma? Mom, grandma. All right. No, but I get what you mean. But also, like, you know, they live in a different world. This is true. It's a totally different, not league, but totally different world. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know. Billionaire problems, I guess. But let's come back here to home, shall we? Let's talk about the Knicks. Despite the Knicks starting the season, losing to the Sixers and LeBron, fans still feeling the vibe from the championship run, even when it comes to baby names. Did you see this? This is so cute, Crystal. Yes. Well, I guess if you think it's cute. Okay. It was revealed that a couple, Ivan Gonzalez and Vince Bradford, named it. Well, it's K-N-I-C-K-S-O-N, right? So, Knicks, and then the word on, but put them together. And then the five has a Y in it, so it's F-Y-V-E. So, obviously, this is all in tribute to the saying, Knicks in five. And the baby is so darn cute. I'll be honest, though. I'm guilty of, dude, I pitched to my wife. I said, how about we name him LeBron? Can we name our son Derek Jeter? No? Can we name him Jalen Brunson? All no's. I don't know why, but I think LeBron would be a cute name. Okay. Well, that's right. I heard that you were thinking of some names that were a little crazy. Yeah, but that's okay. Let's talk about what I think your son's name should be. Oh, okay, okay. How about that? Okay. So, Drake. Drake is cute. Yeah. And Drake actually is a nice name. It is a nice name. I hope he doesn't turn out to be a whiner. Well, he will be for the first couple years at least, right? just like his daddy stop whining drake drake do you like that as a first or middle name um first first yeah okay come out the gate with it strong okay and i like the one syllable yeah yeah yeah like easy like like jack jack my grandfather's name was clyde max which nobody's named clyde in 2026 but i thought it was cool because like who's named clyde besides clyde the glide drexler yes um i don't know you you tell me no no no oh no well we didn't get through the other two okay Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, wait, there's more? LeRoian Oh, like LeBron LeRoian LeRoian I love that. And it's like French, too, which is kind of, it sounds fancy. Yes. See? He can, like, sip coffee with his pinky out. LeRoian And then DJ. Oh, that's cute. Come on. DJ. I love that. I thought about this for about 30 seconds. Yo, those are great, though, Crystal. I do love those. Okay. Maybe we'll throw it in the mix. What's your favorite? Do you have a favorite? I like La Ryan. Why you always La Ryan? that's super cute though please stop lying okay so coming up this wednesday is the second annual i love this name courageous award it's held at the atlanta central library and will recognize selected domestic violent survivors whose remarkable journeys reflect the strength that it takes to overcome adversity. It's being celebrated during National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Here to tell us more about it is author, speaker, and coach, Kai Fair, and friend of Good Night New York, Ms. Carly Redd. Welcome both of you to the show. Thank you so much for your time. Thank you for having us. And making the trip from Atlanta all the way up here to New York City. We greatly appreciate that. Okay, we love that. I love that. I love you guys. We love you more. This is such an important event. Why is it so close to home for the both of you why is it important to help others through this yes i too am a domestic violence survivor and so i want to use my platform and my voice to speak out and say you're not alone uh you can ask for help i'm here for you and be courageous and do something big you know it's okay to start over it's okay how long did it take you from when the abuse happened to have that feeling like it's okay and that you wanted to kind of like pay it forward to help other women that were going through things like you I went through a phase at first where I was like blaming myself and saying okay um you know if I would have never did this if I didn't and then I just reached out to people like Kai and Yandy and I said hey um I want to talk to you about something I'm going through something and I think it's just really like Kai always says you know if you look in the mirror and just say you know what i want to do something about this yeah i want to get away and start my life over yeah got you all right it's one step at a time but you know yeah exactly meaningful steps yes and kai you inspire so many uh through your speeches and everything that you write so so why is it important you important for you as you can tell you you helped a friend right here but you're helping so many other people through this event why is it important that you're part of this oh i mean you said it right there helping people um you have to chase the help a lot of people say chase money if you chase to help the money to catch up with you right um that's a good one and then you know as far as i'm very big on women empowerment and you know pushing through domestic violence is not easy right the scars heal on the outside but it's the mental right so the thing about it is i want to be the voice for women let them know that a man can speak in that type of space but then also for the men that are going through domestic violence you know your story speak up there's other men that need other you know need to see your testimony right so and and also it's not just physical there can be mental abuse or verbal abuse as well there's different kinds of abuses yeah tell us a little bit more about that and how you're able to help people through this event in different ways whether it's physical mental verbal yeah so at the event we have all sorts of resources where we're showing people like this is how you can get help whether it's mental physical social abuse and also there's also scholarships we give away scholarships and it's just really connecting each other and say hey look we're here to help you yeah and i like it that it's all under one roof those resources that you don't have to search around you can say okay wait this is my issue this is how i think i need help there's probably someone in that room that says i got you you know that's the main thing is that a lot of people want help right but they don't know where to get the help from all right do you think most men because you mentioned the fellas are they afraid or ashamed to mention it if they are in those situations ashamed they feel like the world looks down on them or laugh at them right and we were doing uh we were in atlanta and we were running into men that are saying man i'm going through this right now and one guy showed me his video and it was it was bad wow okay so we don't think that it's just atlanta it's nationwide people are coming from everywhere oh nice okay and i'm sure many people from the tri-state here which is important that we bring this to you guys at home so if you or somebody you know is going through something similar to this you can check out this event this is the second annual Courageous Awards can people buy tickets how can they support oh no this is free it's even better that's even better no this is free so you don't have to pay there is nothing to pay oh i like that i like that come get healed yes find some people you can connect with tell your story and we're also giving out proclamations okay to those who advocate for domestic violence nice very good and you being two of those people so thank you for all that you do thank you and continued support um and make sure you go support this event again going down in the ATL so you're gonna have to take a little flight down there it'll be a fun weekend that's right we're gonna have more good night new york when we retire from fragrance to fiction after successful career and the fragrance industry Diane Grecker turned her lifelong love of cozy mysteries into a second career as an author case in point right here as the nose nose i like it Okay, she's not only here to talk about her novels, but put our noses to the test. I like this. Joining us on Good Night, New York is Diane Grecker. Welcome. Thank you very much. Welcome, Diane. Thanks very much. No doubt. So let's talk about first, what did you do in the fragrance industry, and how were you able to pivot that into writing? Yeah, so I started my career at International Flavors and Fragrances many years ago, and I trained my nose. And so I became what they call a professional nose. Wow. Yeah, so I smell for a living. No way. How do we smell right now? Can you tell? A little bit of tension I smell. No, no you don't. Come on, it's all love here. She knows. No one knows. I thought you were going to pick like a kind of scent, like a little bit of a sandalwood. She's like, tension. She can smell the energy. I can smell. Well, that's what these books are all centered around. It's about a woman who was a perfumer, and she decided to retire down to the Jersey Shore for some peace and quiet, and she didn't get any of that. what she got was a couple of murders and she helps the police solve those crimes through her amazing smelling acumen I like that concept right yeah it's awesome it sounds like it's based on somebody we might know over here but now before we put our nose to the test here are there maybe a men's women's or and or a unisex fragrance that you think is is really nice for anybody like anybody watching at home hey this is a great value for for what you're getting in terms of fragrance Yeah, well, I have to be honest with you. For me, in the summer, what I love, and you're going to think I'm crazy, but it's good old Jean Natte. Okay. You can buy it. Old school. You can buy it in the drugstore. But you splash that on. It has a little muskiness. It's a little sexy. Yeah, yeah. And it certainly is worth the money. Yeah, yeah. And men love it on women. You know what? Sometimes it's nice to go back to the basics. I actually like Brut and Old Spice. You like Brut? I swear to you, I really do. I know it is. Maybe it reminds me of my dad. Yes. Okay. But that's the beauty of fragrance. It reminds you of your past. It reminds you of vanilla. It could remind you of your mom making cookies in the kitchen. And that brings you a warm feeling. So fragrance really, you need to pay attention to your nose. You do? Yeah. You really do. The nose knows. Now, you're going to pass the test. Oh, no peeking. Okay, okay, right, okay. So I'm going to give you a couple of smells. Yeah. that would remind you of the Jersey Shore, Asbury Park boardwalk thing, you know, at night, walking along. Okay. And so this is the first one. So when you smell, by the way, you put it up to your nose like this. Don't let it touch, because you'll smell it all day long. Forever, right, right. So I bent them already for you. Thank you. And you just smell the tip. Okay. And tell me what you're smelling. Chocolate. I smell, I don't know, like caramel, like cookies, like something baked. Oh, you guys are good. Yeah, yeah. Chocolate chip cookies. Maybe I want sweet things now. Yes. Okay, and you're supposed to smell with your mouth open because doesn't your tongue also? Absolutely Okay, think about you know things on the boardwalk things you would smell when you're walking. Oh, this is more sweet sugary caramel Caramel apple. Oh, I'm going to go with that. Caramel apple for $200? Yes. What do you think? Tirmesu. I should know that. Final one. This is it. This is really scary. You guys are nailing this. I think you might have a... Maybe we just like to eat a lot. Yeah, there you go. Okay, ready? This is the final set. Now, this one is definitely to think about walking on the boardwalk at night and having something... Popcorn. Oh, my God. Is it popcorn? Caramel Butter Puff. Wow. There you go. And I'm just going to say that something sweet, though, but the popcorn comes through. Do you need help writing a third novel? I mean, we're available if you need us, right? I'm going to be calling on both of you for that. All right, I like it. And we can check you out online, both of your novels, if we want to learn a little bit more about scent, all in the same place. These books also teach you about fragrance. Every time that you read a chapter, you're going to learn about perfume. Oh, I like that. Well, we love it. Thank you so much. No, thank you, Diane. and we love having you here and thanks for bringing those beautiful scents here to the studio. Exactly. And again, it's all about brew and what? Old Spice and Gina Tech. There you go. How about Love's Baby Soft? Remember that? Yes, I do. Okay. Okay. All right. Now it smells like 80 different colognes all at once. All good though. All good vibes. Coming up, it's another week of our football picks with producer Lou for Good Night, Good Picks. That's right. The Giants have a new quarterback. The Jets are trying to keep a divisional rival winless we will talk about it all and we'll explain when new when new when Good Night New York returns when new what what what do you do fox time for another edition of Good Night Good Picks one of our favorite weekly segments only when we win yeah that's right last week last week was a horrible section it wasn't too bad though lou yeah he's back you should be better at these things then i know this is what you do if i If I was better at these things, I would have already cashed in my house off all my bets. Yeah, but Crystal, he's got a winning week. I don't know what you're talking about. He was 2-1, and so was I. So if there's a loser here, it might be this one over here. Okay, let's take a look at our overall standings. Give me a mirror. Okay, so overall, I'm 12-5-1. Lou is 11-6-1. Crystal is 8-9-1. Okay, all right. I get it. I get it. I'm a loser. But we love you. No, you're a winner in our hearts. We love you, and you foolishly picked the Jets. We knew the Jets probably weren't going to make it out. I think I foolishly picked them again. We're going to start with the Jets, right? So you've got the Dolphins who are 0-5. They haven't won one game this season. Against the Jets who are 2-4, it's a home game at MetLife, 1 p.m., and the Jets are 0-7 in the last two seasons versus AFC East opponents. That's pretty abysmal. That is really bad. Yeah. All right, well, who are you going with? So I'm going with the Jets. I mean, I just feel like Miami's wrecking so bad. Yeah, you're good, though. Maybe they're surfing. Maybe they're just taking too much time off. Scuba diving. Yeah, yeah. Swimming with the dolphins. All I know is that, like I said, the Jets have to win. Otherwise, Aaron Glenn can't even be allowed back in the stadium. All right. I agree. I wouldn't even let him change his clothes. No. Get him a cab and get him out. Go somewhere. What's a bright spot for the Jets of this season? You know, they're in games. I mean, that's the thing. You're competitive. And they make a lot of mistakes down the stretch, and that's why they lose. Their defense has been really good. They've got a good running game. They have talent. Yeah. They just don't have good coaching. Got it. Okay. All right. Okay. Got you. They're calling out their coach quite a bit here, Lou. All right. Next up, we have the New York Football Giants. They're 3-2-1 on the season versus the Houston Texans, and that's in Texas, and that's going to be Sunday 1 p.m. right here on Fox 5. The Texans are 2-4. I feel like J.J. McCarthy, he had some nice momentum there in the fourth quarter. I'm going with the New York Football Giants. Lou, who you got? I think Houston's defense is still too tough. I think it's going to take a while for McCarthy to pull, you know, basically a full package in. They lose this week, they go on their bye, then they go on a run. That's my pick, so I pick Houston. Okay. Really? Well, against the home team. Oh, I like the Giants. I thought it was going to be a trifecta. He's switching up, but we could be in Flint between me and you. Oh, this is true. And we could be two Giants right here. You want to go Giants? I do. I will stay with my pick. You want to battle a big boy. That's right. I want to make sure that I can pull away from you. Whoa, okay. Wow, where are we going with this? What segment is this? Okay, on that note, the final pick of the week all right uh green bay packers yes and the detroit lions it's going to be sunday 4 25 on fox 5 the pack they've won three straight games i'm going with the packers they seem like they're having a nice season jordan love was balling out last week i'm going with Green Bay Green Bay i'm going with the lions because the game is actually in detroit and i like their outfits though the outfits are nice you don't like the color green huh By the way, you're not going to lose just in case it's the Packers, no okay that's only it So we have all different picks this week. I like my reason. I like it. It's not like a couple of weeks ago. We all picked the same. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So I was going to be sad. And that's the way it should be. Personally, I want to be happy. And you guys said, well, that's just the way it works. But just to clarify, we all picked the Jets this week, right? Did that happen? Yeah, we did. Yeah, we did. Wow. That's like the first time in good night picks history. I think in the history of Vegas, it's the first time ever. Three people walk through the room and actually bet on the Jets. It's never happened. First time ever right here on Good Night, New York. This is the first time ever. Okay. Our pal Lou Alvarez, we always appreciate you hanging out with us. We do. I love hanging out. Thank you. I love the couch. I'm going to sleep here. It's nice and comfy. I might sleep. Oh, my gosh. The time went so, so, so quickly. We had so much fun. The operative word is so. So. S-O. It's time to go. Yes, yes, it is. We'll see you tomorrow here on Good Night, New York. For now, I'm Ryan Christopher. And I am Crystal Young. Please make it up. Good night, New York!