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Wednesday, Nov. 29
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.
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.
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.
DeSantis vs. Newsom: The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate
FOX News Channel, 9pm Live
This two-hour live edition of Hannity presents an exclusive 90-minute televised debate between Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis (R) and California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) in Alpharetta, Georgia. Following the debate, Sean Hannity will provide live reaction with a panel of guests and FOX News @ Night with Trace Gallagher will follow in its regular timeslot at 11pm.
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: Oregon vs. Washington
ABC, 8pm Live
The Pac-12’s top two teams, No. 5 Oregon and No. 3 Washington, meet at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas with College Football Playoff hopes on the line. It’s ]likely the conference’s final football championship, as 10 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 Oklahoma State vs. Texas in the Big 12 (ABC), Miami (Ohio) vs. Toledo in the MAC (ESPN), Boise State vs. UNLV in the Mountain West (FOX), Georgia vs. Alabama in the SEC (CBS), SMU vs. Tulane in the ACC (ABC), Appalachian State vs. Troy in the Sun Belt (ESPN), Michigan vs. Iowa in the Big Ten (FOX) and Louisville vs. Florida State 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.