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Wednesday, Nov. 22
Squid Game: The Challenge
Netflix
New Series!
This reality competition show is inspired by the hit 2021 South Korean survival drama Squid Game, with contestants competing in several games inspired by the original series.
Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas
Apple TV+
Emmy Award-winning Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham rings in the holidays with special guests and a musical extravaganza at the London Coliseum.
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
Netflix
Season Premiere!
In Season 2 of this immersive, award-winning docuseries, host Stephen Satterfield travels across the United States to uncover how African American cuisine has fueled social justice movements, transformed communities and awakened cultural creativity in this country in both powerful and lasting ways.
Good Burger 2
Paramount+
Original Film!
Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell return as Dexter and Ed, the characters they played in the 1997 teen comedy Good Burger, based on a sketch from the Nickelodeon series All That. This sequel finds Dexter and Ed reuniting in the present day at the titular fast-food restaurant with a hilarious new group of employees. Lil Rel Howery and Jillian Bell costar, and Paramount+ also promises surprise guest stars, as well as original Good Burger cast members who are reprising their roles: Josh Server as Fizz, Lori Beth Denberg as Connie Muldoon and Carmen Electra as Roxanne.
Genie
Peacock
Original Film!
Richard Curtis (Love Actually) wrote this fairy tale comedy starring Melissa McCarthy as Flora, a genie trapped for more than 2,000 years inside an antique jewelry box because of one little misunderstanding with a sorcerer back in 77 B.C. After millennia of being summoned to grant material wishes for greedy men, Flora is accidentally called to service by Bernard Bottle (Paapa Essiedu), who has lost sight of his marriage to Julie (Denée Benton) and the childhood of his young daughter, Eve (Jordyn McIntosh). With Flora’s help, can Bernard get his family back before Christmas? Alan Cumming costars.
TCM Morning & Afternoon Movies: All-Star Casts
TCM, beginning at 6:30am
Catch a Classic!
This morning and afternoon’s five famous productions are led by casts featuring many notable names, starting with 1939’s The Women, director George Cukor’s comedy/drama headlined by some of the most notable actresses of the era, including Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard and Joan Fontaine. Following that, Frank Sinatra and other members of the Rat Pack, including Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr., star in the 1960 heist film Ocean’s 11. Next, Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn and David McCallum are among the actors portraying Allied prisoners attempting The Great Escape (1963) from a German POW camp in the World War II action drama. Then, David Niven, Cantinflas and Shirley MacLaine headline the Best Picture Oscar-winning adaptation of Jules Verne’s novel Around the World in 80 Days (1956), which also features many notable cameo appearances by the likes of Noël Coward, John Gielgud, Charles Boyer, Gilbert Roland, Cesar Romero, Peter Lorre, Red Skelton, Marlene Dietrich and many more. Finally, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn and other notables headline director Blake Edwards’ epic slapstick comedy The Great Race (1965).
NHL Hockey
TNT, beginning at 7pm Live
A Wednesday night NHL doubleheader on TNT has the Boston Bruins at the Florida Panthers and the Vegas Golden Knights at the Dallas Stars.
Sullivan’s Crossing: “Aftershock”
The CW, 8pm
Maggie (Morgan Kohan) struggles to make sense of her personal life, and Sully (Scott Patterson) deals with some financial challenges.
Countdown to Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
NBC, 8pm
On the eve of the iconic Thanksgiving Day parade (airing tomorrow morning on NBC), viewers get a behind-the-scenes peek at the incredible stories behind the floats, balloons and bands on their journey to the streets of New York.
The Spencer Sisters: “The Virtuoso’s Vexation”
The CW, 9pm
Darby (Stacey Farber) and Victoria (Lea Thompson) are hired by the director of an elite music academy to recover a stolen violin.
A “Saturday Night Live” Thanksgiving Special
NBC, 9pm
Enjoy two hours of the most memorable Thanksgiving-themed sketches from Saturday Night Live’s long history.
NOVA: “Lee and Liza’s Family Tree”
PBS, 9pm
With the help of scientists and genealogists, filmmaker Byron Hurt and his family members search for their ancestors. Follow their journey as they hunt for new details of a history long obscured by the enduring legacy of slavery.
Secrets of the Dead: “The Princes in the Tower”
PBS, 10pm
Find out if the 15th century murders of two princes in the Tower of London can be solved.
Thursday, Nov. 23
The Ms. Pat Show: “Father Christmas”
BET+
In this new holiday episode, Pat (Patricia Williams) tries to give Terry (J. Bernard Calloway) the perfect Christmas by finding his real father. When she can’t track him down, she and Denise (Tami Roman) embark on a wild Plan B involving a mall Santa.
So Fly Christmas
BET+
Original Film!
After Wyvetta (Tichina Arnold) is stood up at the altar on Christmas Eve — her favorite holiday — her best friend, Dione (Tami Roman), in a show of solidarity, suggests that both of them renounce love. Things become complicated, however, when Dione falls for a mild-mannered record store owner and tries to keep it under wraps.
Christmas With the Foxes
FOX Nation
Original Film!
Gina Vitori, Max Budroe and Patrick M.J. Finerty star in this original holiday movie about a family gathering together for their annual Christmas party, a tradition that began 50 years ago. Rebecca Fox (Vitori) arrives at the party to find her father, Thomas (Finerty), involved with a new woman, not even a year after her mother’s passing. In Rebecca’s comical efforts to derail the romance during a marathon of Christmas events, she stumbles upon her own unexpected love story. Additional holiday titles, including Christmas in Big Sky Country, Christmas in Maple Hills and Christmas with the Knightlys are also available on FOX Nation today. FOX Nation launches a special holiday subscription promotion for $2.50/month for the yearly plan.
Kid Classics
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952), Abbott and Costello’s version of the famous fairy tale about a boy who trades a cow for magic beans, begins the lineup of family-friendly adventure films. Next, a boy the size of a thumb outwits two thieves determined to make money from him in Tom Thumb (1958), followed by the biographical drama about famous German fairy tale authors The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962). Following that, a bored young boy named Milo visits The Doldrums and various other worlds through a magical tollbooth in The Phantom Tollbooth (1970). Then, in Challenge to Lassie (1949), the sixth of seven films released by MGM featuring a heroic, loving collie named Lassie, an old friend tries to convince a judge that Lassie’s life should be spared. Next, Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor star in National Velvet (1944), a family sport drama about a former jockey who helps a young girl train her wild horse for a competition, and finally, TCM’s kid classic lineup will end with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), which stars Dick Van Dyke as an eccentric inventor who turns a broken-down car into a portal for a magical adventure for his children.
“The Partridge Family” Marathon
AXS TV, beginning at 8am
Enjoy a 12-hour cornucopia of episodes from this classic 1970-74 musical sitcom led by Shirley Jones, David Cassidy, Susan Dey and Danny Bonaduce.
The 97th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
NBC, 8:30am Live, Encore at 2pm (all time zones); also livestreams on Peacock
The beloved event that kicks off the holiday season returns to the streets of New York City with more floats, giant character balloons, marching bands, musical stars, a visit from Santa Claus and more. The parade has been held nearly continuously since 1924 (it was suspended between 1942-44 because of World War II), and this year marks NBC’s 71st airing of the parade as its official national broadcaster.
The National Dog Show
NBC, 12pm (all time zones); simulcast on Peacock
The Kennel Club of Philadelphia’s popular and long-running dog show returned Nov. 18-19, and it once again was taped for this two-hour Thanksgiving Day telecast on NBC, which has been broadcasting the event since 2002. John O’Hurley and David Frei are back as hosts, with Mary Carillo offering commentary. The program will encore this Saturday evening (Nov. 25).
NFL Football
CBS, FOX & NBC, beginning at 12:30pm Live
The NFL’s Turkey Day feast has the Green Bay Packers at the Detroit Lions (FOX), the Washington Commanders at the Dallas Cowboys (CBS) and the San Francisco 49ers at the Seattle Seahawks (NBC).
College Football: Ole Miss at Mississippi State
ESPN, 7:30pm Live
The Egg Bowl rivalry game between the Ole Miss Rebels and the Mississippi State Bulldogs takes place tonight at Starkville’s Davis Wade Stadium.
Son of a Critch: “Family Tree”
The CW, 8pm
Mark (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) uncovers dark family secrets when he researches the Critch family tree.
Catch Me if You Claus
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
An aspiring news anchor (Italia Ricci) finally gets her big break when she is scheduled to host a Christmas morning newscast, but it is put into jeopardy when she captures a home intruder claiming to be Santa’s son (Luke Macfarlane), and the two find themselves pursued by police and other shady characters late into the night.
Children Ruin Everything: “Me Time”
The CW, 8:30pm
Astrid (Meaghan Rath) wants some time to herself as James (Aaron Abrams) struggles to catch up on weeks’ worth of laundry.
Ghosts UK
CBS, 9pm
The BBC comedy that inspired the CBS series Ghosts continues with two episodes tonight. In “Happy Death Day,” Pat (Jim Howick) prepares for his family’s annual pilgrimage to the site of his death. In “Free Pass,” a TV company comes looking for an old house in which to film their period drama.
Lost Cities Revealed With Albert Lin
Nat Geo, 9pm
New Series!
In this series, National Geographic Explorer Albert Lin and his team are on a mission to unlock the secret of lost cities that once existed in some of the most remote environments on Earth, and the people who inhabited them. In tonight’s series premiere episode, “The Warrior Kings,” Lin is in the deserts of Sudan seeking the lost capital of a kingdom of warriors who once conquered and ruled the mighty Egyptian empire.
SEAL Team: “Need to Know”
CBS, 10pm
The Paramount+ military drama series continues on CBS with “Need to Know,” in which members of Bravo Team race to prevent a major terrorist attack in Africa.
Friday, Nov. 24
A Nearly Normal Family
Netflix
New Series!
This Swedish crime drama introduces the Sandells, a normal family consisting of priest Adam (Björn Bengtsson) and lawyer Ulrika (Lo Kauppi), and their 19-year-old daughter, Stella (Alexandra Tyrefors). They live a seemingly perfect life in a polished residential suburb outside of Lund. One day, everything changes when Stella ends up in custody and accused of murder. Her devastated parents don’t know what to do. They want to help Stella at any cost, but do they really know their daughter — or each other?
College Football
ABC, CBS, FOX & NBC, beginning at 12pm Live
Black Friday college football action features TCU at Oklahoma (FOX), Miami at Boston College (ABC), Iowa at Nebraska (CBS), Missouri at Arkansas (CBS), Penn State at Michigan State (NBC), Texas Tech at Texas (ABC) and Oregon State at Oregon (FOX).
NFL Football: Miami at N.Y. Jets
Prime Video, 3pm Live
The NFL’s first Black Friday game has Tyreek Hill and the Miami Dolphins visiting the New York Jets on Prime Video.
Letters to Santa
Hallmark Channel, 6pm
Original Film!
Two siblings receive a magic pen from Santa and wish for their separated parents to reunite.
My Christmas Hero
Great American Family, 8pm
Original Film!
An Army Reserve doctor (Candace Cameron Bure) tracks down her family’s military history with the help of a new romance (Gabriel Hogan).
Holiday Road
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
When bad weather leaves a group of strangers stranded at the airport for the holidays, they all agree to rent a van and drive to Denver, navigating a series of misadventures and forming bonds that just might change the trajectories of their lives. Inspired by a true story.
TCM Spotlight: Night Movies: “Bump in the Night”
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Movies that bring your heart rate up are the focus of tonight’s programming. First up: Wait Until Dark (1967), starring Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin, about a recently blinded woman being terrorized by a trio of thugs while they look for something in her apartment. In the next film, Gaslight (1944), a young woman, played by Ingrid Bergman in her first Best Actress Oscar-winning performance, moves into the house where her aunt was murdered and is slowly driven insane by her husband. Following that, Doris Day stars as an American woman in London whose sanity comes into question after she is threatened in Midnight Lace (1960). Finally, the zombie horror thriller Night of the Living Dead (1968), and the classic Vincent Price horror mystery about five people locked in a haunted house, House on Haunted Hill (1959), close out the night.
Saturday, Nov. 25
Doctor Who: “The Star Beast”
Disney+
To celebrate six decades of the iconic British sci-fi series Doctor Who, three specials — “The Star Beast,” premiering today, “Wild Blue Yonder” (Dec. 2) and “The Giggle” (Dec. 9) — reunite the Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna Temple-Noble (Catherine Tate) as they come face-to-face with their most terrifying villain yet: the Toymaker (played by Neil Patrick Harris in his Doctor Who debut).
The Fly
MOVIES!, 11:05am
Catch a Classic!
In the first installment of the three-part Kurt Neumann sci-fi film series, which would later be remade into a 1986 David Cronenberg film starring Jeff Goldblum, a scientist is turned into a human-fly hybrid after testing a new machine on himself.
College Football: Ohio State at Michigan
FOX, 12pm Live
An epic showdown with College Football Playoff implications takes place today when the Ohio State Buckeyes visit “The Big House” in Ann Arbor to battle the Michigan Wolverines.
National Lampoon’s Vacation
AMC, 6pm
Happy 40th anniversary, National Lampoon’s Vacation! How could we ever forget that famous trip when Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) piles his family into the Family Truckster for a disastrous summer vacation — a cross-country drive to Walley World theme park. Beverly D’Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall, Randy Quaid, Imogene Coca, John Candy and Christie Brinkley add to the hilarity, and singer Lindsey Buckingham’s theme song “Holiday Road” will forever make us smile.
Christmas in Notting Hill
Hallmark Channel, 6pm
Original Film!
Famous soccer star Graham Savoy (William Moseley) has always been too busy for love, but when he comes home for Christmas, he changes his mind after meeting the one person (Sarah Ramos) who has no idea who he is.
Byron Allen Presents theGrio Awards
CBS, 8pm
This two-hour star-studded event in Beverly Hills honors Mariah Carey, Don Cheadle, Misty Copeland, Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire, Tamron Hall, Kevin Hart, Steve Harvey, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Eddie Murphy, the Reverend Al Sharpton and Denzel Washington for their contributions to the arts, science, education, social justice and more.
A Royal Date for Christmas
Great American Family, 8pm
Original Film!
When a European duke (Damon Runyan) arrives in the United States, he realizes that his bags have been lost in transit. He has no choice but to be styled, and ultimately inspired, by Bella (Danica McKellar), the owner of a local boutique.
Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
New couple Emily (Lacey Chabert) and Jared (Wes Brown) are looking forward to celebrating the holidays together. Emily is ready to make this year’s celebrations the best yet, even if being the HOA president’s girlfriend doesn’t stop some dreaded decorating citations. When some soon-to-be new neighbors turn out to be holiday royalty, competition really heats up.
Christmas at the Chalet
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
When ex-TV host and socialite Lex (Teri Hatcher) finds herself faced with the possibility of spending Christmas sharing a luxury chalet with her son, ex-husband and his new girlfriend, she volunteers to work in the chalet to avoid things getting too close for comfort, while documenting her every move for a new wave of followers who are loving this new chapter of her life.