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Friday, Nov. 24
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 N.Y. Jets on Prime Video.
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— NFL on Prime Video (@NFLonPrime) November 17, 2023
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).
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.
Sunday, Nov. 26
Faraway Downs
Hulu
New Series!
An English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) travels halfway across the world to confront her wayward husband and sell a million-acre cattle ranch in the Australian Outback, and must join forces with another cattle drover (Hugh Jackman) to protect it when a ruthless baron plots to take her land in this new historical drama series.
Our Christmas Mural
Hallmark Channel, 6pm
Original Film!
Single mother Olivia (Alex Paxton-Beesley) returns home for Christmas to find herself entered in a mural contest by her mom, and she gets partnered with a teacher named Will (Dan Jeannotte) to create a Christmas masterpiece.
Mistletoe Connection
UPtv, 7pm
Original Film!
Kate Snow (Jessica Sipos) loves everything about the holidays, especially Christmastime at her nostalgic gift shop. This year, however, a developer is moving into her quaint neighborhood and trying to turn everything she loves upside down. After Kate and a handsome stranger (Markian Tarasiuk) have an electric moment on a bus and the two eventually discover they are on opposite sides of a very personal battle, it will take all the Christmas magic in the world to bring them together in time for a magical holiday.
Soul Train Awards 2023
BET & BET Her, 8pm
Keke Palmer hosts, and will perform at, the latest installment of this ceremony that recognizes the best in soul, R&B and hip-hop music. Summer Walker, SZA and Usher lead the way with nine nominations each, followed by 21 Savage with eight; Coco Jones (who will perform) and Victoria Monét with six each; and Burna Boy, Chris Brown, Janelle Monáe and October London with four apiece. Monáe will also receive the Spirit of Soul award. Along with Palmer and Jones, other performers include CA, BJ the Chicago Kid, Dante Bowe, Fridayy, Muni Long and SWV.
The Chosen: “Clean, Part 1”
The CW, 8pm
The apostles return home from their missions but are confused about how they performed.
A Christmas for the Ages
Great American Family, 8pm
Original Film!
Prompted by the youngest granddaughter (Natasha Bure), four generations celebrate family and what Christmas was like in the 1940s, ’60s, ’90s and present day. Anna Ferguson, Kate Craven and Cheryl Ladd also star.
A Biltmore Christmas
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Lucy (Bethany Joy Lenz) lands the screenwriting job of a lifetime when she’s hired to pen a remake of a holiday movie classic that was filmed in 1947 at the historic Biltmore House. When the head of the studio doesn’t approve of her new ending, he sends her to the estate for inspiration, where she discovers she is able to time-travel back to the 1947 set of the original film and becomes close with one of the stars (Kristoffer Polaha), which sets off a chain of events that puts production in jeopardy. Before she can return to the present, Lucy must make things right in the past.
Unsellable Houses
HGTV, 8pm
Season Finale!
In “Impossible Expectations,” Lyndsay Lamb and Leslie Davis help siblings who want to realize their late father’s grand vision for his ’70s Woodinville, Washington, home. Plans to reroute walls come up against some hefty price tags, however, and the twins determine that they may run drastically over budget.
Laughing All the Way
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
Aubri Wilson (Paniz Zade) is an aspiring comedian and ghostwriter for Bella Deldomino, an acclaimed stand-up comic and owner of the renowned Comedy Club. Aubri patiently waits for her time to shine, writing jokes for Bella in the shadows of the comedic giants who came before her. When the Comedy Club Variety Show lands in Aubri’s lap, she must plan the whole event and find a headliner, all before Christmas Eve. When famous Hollywood comedian Mike Baxter (Jake Epstein) strolls into the theater, fate seems to be calling.
Concorde: The Untold Story
Smithsonian Channel, 8pm
In Part 1 of this two-part special, go inside the race to build the first supersonic airliner between Europe’s Concorde, the Soviet TU144 and the American Boeing 2707. From the post-war jet boom to the successful flights of the TU144 and Concorde in 1968-69, examine both the technical challenges and the international espionage that surrounded the attempt to make the fastest airliner on Earth. Part 2 tells the story of how America’s supersonic dream ended and the subsequent battle between Russia’s TU144 and Europe’s Concorde. It reveals how international politics and the environmental movement wounded the supersonic dream and how Concorde became the most luxurious airliner in the world. But this is also the story of tragedies that ultimately killed the supersonic dream. Could it be revived?
TCM Remembers William Friedkin, Part 2
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Tonight, Turner Classic Movies airs the second and final part of its tribute to director William Friedkin, who passed away Aug. 7 at the age of 87 (Part 1 of the tribute aired in September). The evening begins with the 2018 documentary Friedkin Uncut, followed by the filmmaker’s classic, Best Picture Oscar-nominated chiller The Exorcist (1973), for which Friedkin earned a Best Director nomination.
NFL Football: Baltimore at L.A. Chargers
NBC, 8:15pm Live
Week 12 of the NFL season continues on NBC’s Sunday Night Football as Lamar Jackson leads the Baltimore Ravens on the road against Keenan Allen and the L.A. Chargers.
Yellowstone
CBS, 9pm
Season 2 of the hit Paramount Network drama Yellowstone continues on CBS with two episodes tonight. Tensions escalate between the families in “Resurrection Day.” John (Kevin Costner) and Rip (Cole Hauser) are out for revenge in “Behind Us Only Grey.”
Bob’s Burgers: “Wharf, Me Worry?”
FOX, 9pm
The Belcher kids get into trouble with the wharf’s newest fortune-telling giant clam in the new episode “Wharf, Me Worry?”
Family Guy: “Snap(ple) Decision”
FOX, 9:30pm
Lois (voice of Alex Borstein) wins a Snapple contest and takes Meg (Mila Kunis) on a tropical vacation in the new episode “Snap(ple) Decision.”
The Great Christmas Light Fight
ABC, 10pm
Season Premiere!
The seasonal reality competition show looks back at some of the most iconic light displays in the first episode of the new season, titled “All-Stars 2.”
Monday, Nov. 27
Steeltown Murders
Acorn TV
New Series!
This true-crime drama is split across two distinct time periods (1973 and 2002) as it explores a small Welsh community’s grief and a buried truth. All four episodes are available today.
NBA Basketball
NBA TV, beginning at 7pm Live
A star-studded doubleheader on NBA TV has LeBron James and the L.A. Lakers on the road against Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers, followed by Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets in Los Angeles to take on Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
CBS, 8pm
The longest-running holiday special in television history returns as Rudolph and his friends — Hermey the Elf, Yukon Cornelius and others — save Christmas in this classic Rankin/Bass special featuring the voice of legendary performer Burl Ives.
Kitchen Nightmares: “South Brooklyn Foundry”
FOX, 8pm
Gordon Ramsay steps in to help the owners and crew of the South Brooklyn Foundry bar and restaurant in this new episode.
NFL Football: Chicago at Minnesota
ESPN & ABC, 8pm Live
Monday Night Football comes to U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis for an NFC North rivalry game between the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings (subject to flexible scheduling).
Holiday Affair
MOVIES!, 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Robert Mitchum may be better known for his tough-guy roles in films noir, Westerns and dramas, but he displays a nice comic touch with a change-of-pace role for him in this 1949 Yuletide-flavored romantic comedy. Mitchum plays department store clerk Steve Mason, who ends up getting fired after he lets war widow Connie Ennis (Janet Leigh), who is also a comparison shopper for a rival store, off the hook for returning a pricey train set. But Steve is determined to make a Christmas gift of the toy to give to Connie’s young son — and to go to war for her affections against her sort-of steady (Wendell Corey). Harry Morgan, Henry O’Neill and Esther Dale also star.
The Voice: “The Playoffs, Part 2”
NBC, 8pm
As the playoffs continue, each coach has a “Super Save” that enables them to return an artist from any team to join them in the playoffs in the hopes of making the live shows. The six artists remaining on Team Reba and Team Gwen hold nothing back as tough decisions are made.
Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test
FOX, 9pm
Season Finale!
Find out which recruits have passed the test in the Season 2 finale.
Weakest Link: “How Jane Lynch Stole Christmas”
NBC, 10pm
In this special holiday episode, a Santa, an elf and a Dickens caroler, along with five other holiday helpers, try to make it a very merry season by winning a huge cash prize.
Tuesday, Nov. 28
Love Like a K-Drama
Netflix
New Series!
Can people really fall in love if they act in a romantic K-drama with kissing scenes? This reality dating show focuses on eight male and female actors from Korea and Japan as they live together and pair up to try to land the lead roles in six mini K-dramas — and see if they fall in love. Will they be able to win an audition with the person they love, or will they have to witness the person they love kissing their rivals?
College Basketball: ACC/SEC Men’s Basketball Challenge
ESPN, beginning at 7:30pm Live
The ACC/Big Ten Challenge is defunct, but there’s the new ACC/SEC Men’s Basketball Challenge tipping off today and continuing tomorrow on ESPN networks. Tonight’s top matchups on ESPN include Miami at Kentucky and Clemson at Alabama.
NBA Basketball
TNT, beginning at 7:30pm Live
The NBA In-Season Tournament group phase winds down with Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks visiting Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat, and Steph Curry’s Golden State Warriors on the road against Domantas Sabonis’ Sacramento Kings.
NCIS: Sydney: “Brothers in Arms”
CBS, 8pm
When a shark spits out an arm wearing U.S. Navy equipment, the team’s investigation tests the loyalty of a band of former Navy divers in the new episode “Brothers in Arms.”
Name That Tune: “Love Is in the Tunes”
FOX, 8pm
Celebrities Caroline Rhea, Bryan Greenberg, Kym Whitley and Jamie Chung play the musical guessing game for charity in the new episode “Love Is in the Tunes.”
Star of the Month: Gloria Grahame (100th Birthday)
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Tuesday celebration of actress Gloria Grahame concludes on what would have been her 100th birthday (she was born Gloria Grahame Hallward in Los Angeles on Nov. 28, 1923, and died of cancer at the age of 57 in New York City on Oct. 5, 1981). Tonight’s five-film lineup starts with two films noir directed by Fritz Lang and featuring Grahame alongside Glenn Ford: The Big Heat (1953) and Human Desire (1954). Following those are The Naked Alibi (1954), a noir led by Sterling Hayden; the British crime film The Good Die Young (1954), also featuring Laurence Harvey and Joan Collins; and Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979, aka Head Over Heels), a romantic comedy starring John Heard and Mary Beth Hurt that featured one of Grahame’s final film appearances.
The Voice: “The Playoffs, Part 3”
NBC, 9pm
As the playoffs continue, each coach has a “Super Save” that enables them to return an artist from any team to join them in the playoffs in the hopes of making the live shows. The six artists remaining on Team Legend hold nothing back.
My Big Fat Fabulous Life
TLC, 9pm
Season Finale!
In “My Big Fat Family Heartbreak,” the Swiss family adventure continues until a terrifying turn of events leaves them stranded in the Alps, where a helicopter rescue mission may be their only hope. Then, the shocking reveal of a new family secret sends Whitney into a spiral.
FBI True: “The Disappearance of Chyenne Kircher”
CBS, 10pm
This true-crime series from Paramount+ continues on CBS with “The Disappearance of Chyenne Kircher.” In 2011, the FBI and local police discover a winding trail that leads from a 14-year-old runaway’s own home to a shocking YouTube video that suggests horrific foul play.
Found: “Missing While Scamming”
NBC, 10pm
As the team searches for clues in the kidnapping of a social media influencer who is being held for ransom, it becomes apparent that the case is more complicated than anticipated. Meanwhile, Lacey (Gabrielle Walsh) confronts Gabi (Shanola Hampton) about their faltering friendship, and Sir (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) remembers troubling moments from his past.
Wednesday, Nov. 29
Pretty Hard Cases
Amazon Freevee
Series Finale!
As this Canadian police comedy/drama returns, Detectives Samantha Wazowski (Meredith MacNeill) and Kelly Duff (Adrienne C. Moore) finally reunite as partners in Guns and Gangs after eight long months apart. Although their personal and professional relationships have never been stronger, they will need to work as hard as they can to prove to their new and exacting unit commander that they are worthy of their department’s top cases.
Slow Horses
Apple TV+
Season Premiere!
In the third season of the hit British spy series, Jackson (Gary Oldman) and his team of misfit spies find themselves caught in a conspiracy that threatens the future of not only Slough House but also all of MI5.
TCM Birthday Tribute: Busby Berkeley
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
American film director and choreographer Busby Berkeley — born Berkeley William Enos — was born 128 years ago on this date, and TCM will be featuring a handpicked selection of his musical comedies throughout the day, including I Live for Love (1935), Dames (1934), Footlight Parade (1933), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935), Fashions of 1934 (1934), 42nd Street (1933) and Billy Rose’s Jumbo (1962).
College Basketball: ACC/SEC Men’s Basketball Challenge
ESPN & ESPN2, beginning at 7pm Live
The ACC/SEC Men’s Basketball Challenge concludes tonight with Texas A&M at Virginia (ESPN2), Tennessee at North Carolina (ESPN) and Duke at Arkansas (ESPN).
NHL Hockey: Detroit at N.Y. Rangers
TNT, 7:30pm Live
Dylan Larkin leads the Detroit Red Wings into New York’s Madison Square Garden to skate against Artemi Panarin and the Rangers.
Sullivan’s Crossing: “Can’t Help Falling”
The CW, 8pm
Maggie’s (Morgan Kohan) training is put to the test as she races against the clock to save the life of a friend.
91st Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center
NBC, 8pm Live; simulcast on Peacock
Kick off the holiday season with this long-running annual favorite where the famed Christmas tree at New York City’s Rockefeller Center is lit up. Kelly Clarkson hosts the two-hour telecast, which features performances by Cher, Darlene Love, Barry Manilow, Katharine McPhee, the Radio City Rockettes and more. NBC affiliates have the option to also include coverage beginning an hour earlier; check your local listings for more info.
Aerial Italy
Smithsonian Channel, 8pm
New Series!
Journey across Central Italy and discover it like never before — from the air. In the premiere episode, “Central Italy,” we are treated to the engineering wonders of ancient Rome, the bloody medieval battles of Tuscany and the colossal marble quarries of Carrara.
The Spencer Sisters: “The Diva’s Disaster”
The CW, 9pm
An actress calls Victoria (Lea Thompson) after she’s accused of attempted murder.
Christmas at Graceland
NBC, 10pm Live; simulcast on Peacock
NBC is bringing together the legacy of Elvis Presley and the spirit of the holiday season in this one-hour live music special. Christmas at Graceland will feature music’s biggest stars celebrating the King of Rock ’n’ Roll, his music and his favorite time of year in an unprecedented holiday special. The special will film from all corners of the estate, which is guaranteed to excite the millions of people who have visited Graceland, as well as those who have not. The special will encore on Thursday, Dec. 21.
Thursday, Nov. 30
The Christmas Ringer
BET+
Original Film!
After her career is derailed by her manager-fiancé, former R&B singing star/“Princess of Christmas” Nicole (Trenyce Cobbins) retreats to her family’s home for the holidays, where her mother (Arischa Conner) convinces her to direct the family’s ragtag church choir so they can win a Christmas choir competition.
A Royal Christmas Surprise
BET+
Original Film!
Riley (Jennifer Freeman) is planning the perfect Christmas for her soon-to-be husband, Mandla (Thapelo Mokoena). As Riley’s family hosts Mandla’s South African royal parents in Kentucky, however, Riley receives a surprise from Mandla that will jeopardize her plans with him.
Family Switch
Netflix
Original Film!
This comedy directed by McG is based on the book Bedtime for Mommy by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Jennifer Garner and Ed Helms play Jess and Bill Walker, who are doing their best to keep their family connected as their children grow older, more independent and more distant. When a chance encounter with an astrological reader causes the family to wake up to a full-body switch on the morning of the most important day of each of their lives, can the Walkers unite to land a promotion, a college interview, a record deal and a soccer tryout?
Obliterated
Netflix
New Series!
The creators of Cobra Kai are behind this action comedy that follows an elite special forces team who are thrown into a mission to deactivate a bomb and save the world — even as they are all hungover (if not still drunk) following a debauched night in Las Vegas. Nick Zano and Shelley Hennig lead the cast.
Virgin River
Netflix
Season Finale!
Season 5 of the romantic drama concludes with two holiday episodes dropping today, which find Mel (Alexandra Breckenridge) and Jack (Martin Henderson) embarking on a very merry scavenger hunt as Virgin River gets ready for the annual Christmas tree decorating contest.
The Golden Bachelor
ABC, 8pm
Season Finale!
Charming widower Gerry Turner chooses which bachelorette to give the final rose to in the finale of this spinoff of The Bachelor.
Son of a Critch: “Who Dares Dare Hudaro?”
The CW, 8pm
Mark (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) falls under the spell of a visiting hypnotist and lets his grades slip.
Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays
Food Network, 8pm
Superstar Selena Gomez will open her kitchen to a few of Food Network’s favorite chefs and receive expert guidance on holiday entertaining in a new series of specials. All-star chefs Eric Adjepong, Alex Guarnaschelli, Michael Symon and Claudette Zepeda bring their favorite dishes and culinary wisdom to Selena’s home kitchen, so they can cook up perfect holiday meals to share with friends and family.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
NBC, 8pm; also available on Peacock
In this original 1966 animated TV special based on Dr. Seuss’ classic story, Boris Karloff narrates and voices the title Grinch, who schemes to steal every material vestige of Christmas from the Whos of Whoville. But the Grinch ultimately discovers he can’t remove the spirit of Christmas from the Whos’ hearts. The special will encore on the night of Monday, Dec. 25.
His Girl Friday
TCM, 8pm
Catch a Classic!
One of the fastest, funniest and most quotable films ever, this Howard Hawks-directed screwball comedy is a quintessential example of that type of film from the genre’s heyday in the 1930s and early ’40s. When adapting Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s hit 1928 play The Front Page into this film, Hawks had the inspired idea of turning its star reporter character Hildy Johnson into a woman. The result is an immortal mix of hard-boiled newsroom setting and remarriage comedy, and Rosalind Russell as Hildy is a standout among cinema’s powerful women. She is matched in force only by her conniving but charismatic editor and ex-husband, Walter Burns (Cary Grant). Burns dangles the chance for Hildy to scoop her fellow reporters with the story of an impending execution to keep her from hopping the train that’s supposed to take her to Albany and a new life as a housewife married to bland insurance man Bruce Baldwin, played by Ralph Bellamy. You can see more of Bellamy in five more films that follow His Girl Friday this evening and into tomorrow morning: Carefree, the 1938 Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers-led musical comedy; The Man Who Lived Twice, a 1936 crime drama; Sunrise at Campobello (1960), featuring Bellamy as Franklin Roosevelt and Best Actress Oscar nominee Greer Garson as Eleanor Roosevelt; Parole Girl (1933), a romantic drama costarring Mae Clark; and Boy Meets Girl (1938), a screwball comedy led by James Cagney and Pat O’Brien.
NFL Football: Seattle at Dallas
Prime Video, 8:15pm Live
Geno Smith and the Seattle Seahawks are at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, for a Thursday Night Football matchup against Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys.
Children Ruin Everything: “Money”
The CW, 8:30pm
Astrid (Meaghan Rath) and James (Aaron Abrams) try to get through the month without dipping beyond their budget.
Shrek the Halls
NBC, 8:30pm
Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas reprise their voice roles from the hit Shrek feature films in this 2007 half-hour holiday special, whose story takes place between Shrek the Third and Shrek Forever After. The special will encore on the night of Saturday, Dec. 9.
Ghosts UK
CBS, 9pm
The BBC comedy that inspired the CBS series Ghosts continues with two episodes tonight. In “Moonah Ston,” Alison (Charlotte Ritchie) and Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe) learn that their posh neighbors have an ancient claim over their land. In “Getting Out,” Alison and Mike are broke and exhausted, but they may have a way out when a luxury hotel chain makes them an offer.
Caught!
Discovery Channel, 9pm
New Series!
In this series, iPhones and surveillance cameras capture what unsuspecting subjects didn’t want anyone to see, including theft, violence, shameless behavior and embarrassingly funny moments.
Transplant: “Work to Rule”
NBC, 9pm
As Bash (Hamza Haq) reels from Amira’s (Sirena Gulamgaus) bold decision, Mags (Laurence Leboeuf) counsels him on a measured response. Meanwhile, Dr. Devi (Rekha Sharma) struggles to keep the staff in line as turmoil erupts over the nurses’ work stoppage, and Theo (Jim Watson) must contend with Claire’s (Torri Higginson) wrath after he bends some rules to help a patient in need.
SEAL Team: “Frog on the Tracks”
CBS, 10pm
The Paramount+ military drama series continues on CBS with “Frog on the Tracks,” in which members of Bravo Team race against the clock to prevent a terrorist attack while attempting to capture their enemy.
The Haunted Museum: “The Stone Face”
Travel Channel, 10pm
The story in this episode is inspired by a famous Iron Age carving, a haunted item that Zak Bagans bought from the Metamora Museum with suspicions of it having an ancient Celtic curse attached.
Friday, Dec. 1
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Disney+
Feature Film Exclusive!
Harrison Ford returns for his final outing as adventurous archaeologist Indiana Jones in this story set in 1969 that finds Indy racing against time to retrieve a legendary artifact that can change the course of history. Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies and Toby Jones costar. Debuting simultaneously on Disney+ is the feature-length documentary Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford, which showcases the creation of Indiana Jones and includes never-before-seen footage and interviews with Ford, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.
The Shepherd
Disney+
Original Film!
This short film follows a young Royal Air Force pilot (Ben Radcliffe) who is flying home across the North Sea on Christmas Eve in 1957 when he finds himself in peril after his radio and electric power cut out, leaving him stranded and running on limited fuel. Just when it appears his luck is about to run out, a mysterious good Samaritan (John Travolta, who is also an executive producer) guides him to safety.
May December
Netflix
Feature Film Exclusive!
After their relationship ignited a tabloid saga two decades ago, Gracie (Julianne Moore) and Joe (Charles Melton) now lead a seemingly perfect suburban life. Their domestic bliss is disrupted when Elizabeth (Natalie Portman), a famous television actress, arrives in their tightknit community to research her upcoming role as Gracie. As Elizabeth ingratiates herself into the everyday lives of Gracie and Joe, the uncomfortable facts of their scandal unfurl, causing long-dormant emotions to resurface.
Sweet Home
Netflix
Season Premiere!
In Season 2 of this apocalyptic horror drama from South Korea, the Green Home survivors and Hyun-su each fight to survive in new places, while other beings and mysterious phenomena emerge, and new desires and more struggles unfold.
The Exorcist: Believer
Peacock
Feature Film Exclusive!
This entry in the Exorcist franchise serves as a direct sequel to the original 1973 chiller. Leslie Odom Jr. stars as Victor, a man who has raised his daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett) alone since his wife’s death. After Angela and a friend return from a three-day disappearance with missing memories, they begin displaying frightening behavior. Victor’s best hope is to find the only person who has seen anything like this before: Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn, who received a Best Actress Oscar nomination in The Exorcist), whose haunting experience with her daughter Regan (Linda Blair, returning in a small role) may be the key to combating the ultimate evil.
Candy Cane Lane
Prime Video
Original Film!
Eddie Murphy leads this holiday comedy adventure as Chris, a man on a mission to win his neighborhood’s annual Christmas home decoration contest. After Chris inadvertently makes a deal with a mischievous elf named Pepper (Jillian Bell) to better his chances of winning, she casts a magic spell that brings the 12 Days of Christmas to life and wreaks havoc on the whole town. Chris, his wife, Carol (Tracee Ellis Ross), and their three children must race against the clock to break Pepper’s spell, battle deviously magical characters and save Christmas for everyone. The film reunites Murphy with director Reginald Hudlin, who helmed the star’s 1992 comedy Boomerang.
Star of the Month: Cary Grant
TCM, beginning at 2:30pm
Catch a Classic!
Legendary movie star Archibald Leach — better known as Cary Grant — will be celebrated each Friday on Turner Classic Movies with a lineup of memorable films starring the suave, sophisticated, stylish and witty icon. Things kick off today with eight notable Grant-led comedies, including three of his four memorable pairings with Katharine Hepburn. The lineup features Arsenic and Old Lace (1944); Sylvia Scarlett (1935), the first Grant/Hepburn collaboration; The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), with Myrna Loy and Shirley Temple; Monkey Business (1952), costarring Ginger Rogers and Marilyn Monroe; I Was a Male War Bride (1949), with Ann Sheridan; two more Grant/Hepburn pairings, The Philadelphia Story (1940) and Bringing Up Baby (1938); and Mr. Lucky (1943).
College Football: Pac-12 Championship
ABC, 8pm Live
The Pac-12’s top two teams meet at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for what is likely the conference’s final football championship. Ten of the Pac-12’s member schools will play in other leagues beginning next season.
My Norwegian Holiday
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
JJ (Rhiannon Fish) travels to Norway with a Norwegian named Henrik (David Elsendoorn) to explore the history of a Bergen troll figurine she inherited from her recently deceased grandmother. As JJ and Henrik are drawn into his family’s Christmas traditions, JJ begins to uncover the troll’s origins and find her way to healing.
The Wall: “Jakob and Yvonne”
NBC, 8pm
Mother-son duo Yvonne and Jakob take on the Wall in hopes of winning big.
The World According to Football
Showtime, 8pm
New Series!
Trevor Noah presents this documentary series that looks at the social and cultural impact of soccer across the world, visiting places like Brazil, the U.S., the U.K., France and Qatar.
Power Book III: Raising Kanan
Starz, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The crime drama returns for Season 3 with “Home Sweet Home.” Raquel (Patina Miller) is looking to make a fresh start, but Kanan (MeKai Curtis) doesn’t trust her or believe it when she says she’s done with the game.
Sexiest Splash Pads
HGTV, 9pm
From multimillion-dollar escapes to houses with 360-degree views of azure blue that you need a boat to get to, host David Bromstad slips on his swimsuit and slathers on the sunscreen as he dives into some of the hottest and steamiest getaways imaginable.
Shining Vale
Starz, 9pm
Season Finale!
In the Season 2 finale, Pat (Courteney Cox) struggles to find someone she can trust, while Terry’s (Greg Kinnear) mayoral ambitions seem to have overwhelmed his loyalty to her.
The UnBelievable With Dan Aykroyd
History, 10pm
New Series!
Hosted by award-winning actor and producer Dan Aykroyd, this new docuseries will explore some of the world’s most bizarre real-life occurrences. From the Dancing Plague of 1518 to a falling poodle responsible for three deaths in Argentina, Aykroyd will investigate and uncover some of the most mysterious and disturbing events throughout history.
Saturday, Dec. 2
Doctor Who: “Wild Blue Yonder”
Disney+
The second of three new Doctor Who specials celebrating the 60th anniversary of the iconic British sci-fi series drops today. These specials reunite the Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna Temple-Noble (Catherine Tate), who come face-to-face with their most terrifying villain yet: the Toymaker (Neil Patrick Harris).
A Very Merry MeTV
MeTV, beginning at 11am
MeTV airs six hours of holiday-themed episodes of classic Western TV series: Wagon Train, The Big Valley, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Rawhide, Have Gun — Will Travel and Wanted: Dead or Alive.
College Football: Conference Championships
ABC, ESPN, FOX, CBS & ESPN2, beginning at 12pm Live
A big day of college football conference championship games includes the Big 12 (ABC), MAC (ESPN), Mountain West (FOX), SEC (CBS), SWAC (ESPN2), Big Ten (FOX) and ACC (ABC).
A Christmas Carol
TCM, 4:30pm
Catch a Classic!
Among the countless film and television adaptations of Charles Dickens’ classic 1843 novella A Christmas Carol that have been produced, this MGM release from 1938 has been among the most beloved and among the ones most frequently seen on television. Turner Classic Movies continues its tradition of airing this title during the holiday season today; the film will also re-air Dec. 18 and Dec. 24 during the network’s Classic Christmas Marathon. Given how familiar the tale has become, and how most adaptations hit a good number of the basic story points known and loved by readers and viewers, when it comes to watching different interpretations of A Christmas Carol, what usually matters most is what the various actors bring to the legendary characters. The cast in this relatively brief (only 69 minutes long) version — which is one of the more family-friendly adaptations, generally excising most of the darker and bleaker aspects of Dickens’ story — is fun, led by Reginald Owen as the miser Ebenezer Scrooge; real-life spouses Gene and Kathleen Lockhart as Bob Cratchit and his wife (with their real-life 13-year-old daughter June Lockhart, making her screen debut, in an uncredited role as a Cratchit daughter); Terry Kilburn as Tiny Tim Cratchit; Leo G. Carroll as the ghost of Jacob Marley; Ann Rutherford as the Spirit of Christmas Past; Lionel Braham as the Spirit of Christmas Present; and D’Arcy Corrigan as the Spirit of Christmas Future.
Home for the Holidays: A Christmas Homecoming
UPtv, 7pm
This hourlong special from the Gaither family celebrates the hope and music of the holiday season. Bill Gaither presents his favorite Christmas performances from holidays past, featuring Josh Turner, David Phelps and the Gaither Vocal Band.
Christmas on Windmill Way
Great American Family, 8pm
Original Film!
To save her family’s legacy windmill, a woman (Christa Taylor Brown) must remind her ex-boyfriend (Chad Michael Murray) of the best of their hometown.
A Not So Royal Christmas
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
When a tabloid journalist (Brooke D’Orsay) attempts to land an interview with a reclusive count who fled years prior, the royal family has a groundskeeper (Will Kemp) pose as him.
Ladies of the ’80s: A Divas Christmas
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
“The opportunity to bring together Donna Mills, Morgan Fairchild, Loni Anderson, Linda Gray and Nicollette Sheridan, five powerhouse women, into one holiday movie, has been like finding the perfect gift under the Christmas tree,” says executive producer Larry A. Thompson. The ladies star as five glamorous soap opera actresses who reunite to shoot the final Christmas episode of their long-running soap opera, but old rivalries resurface and threaten to tear the production apart. The producer, Alex (Travis Burns), and director, Nell (Taylor Ann Thompson), who happen to be old college friends, do their best to manage the divas as new sparks start to fly between them.
Thriller 40
Showtime, 8pm
Director Nelson George takes fans back in time to the making of Michael Jackson’s pop masterpiece Thriller, allowing viewers to fully experience the creation of a cultural phenomenon that continues to influence the world.