Innholdsfortegnelse for November 23, 2020 i TV Guide Magazine

My wife and I were in the middle of watching the great Netflix series Away when it was announced there would be no second season. To say we were bummed is an understatement. Can you tell me if there is any chance for another season, or even a movie to get the astronauts back to Earth after their mission to Mars? —Shel MATT ROUSH: There is precedent (Sense8) for Netflix to go back to a canceled property and film a proper end to provide closure. Many are hoping GLOW will also get that chance, and perhaps if enough Away fans give the streamer feedback that they desire an end to the out-of-this-world story, another miracle could happen. I wouldn’t count on it, but stranger things (not to be confused with…

SERIES PREMIERE Thursday, Nov. 19, HBO Max IT’S NO ACCIDENT that Suzie Pickles has so much in common with Billie Piper, who plays her and cocreated this manic dark comedy about the sour side of celebrity. Both are former U.K. teen pop stars and sci-fi cult figures, but Piper (Doctor Who) satirizes more than celebrates this achievement when Suzie finds herself in quite the pickle. When her phone is hacked and naughty photos leaked, her career and home life are left in shambles. Whatever will Disney, which was about to offer her a comeback role as a mature princess, think of her? You might squirm but will never hate the excellent Piper, as Suzie careens from self-pity to self-disgust in a surreal blur of debauched despair. Her journey to redemption…

SPECIALS ✓ A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS Apple TV+ Dec. 4 (free for three days starting Dec. 11 on tv.apple.com and the Apple TV app) ✓ DR. SEUSS’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! NBC Nov. 27 and Dec. 25, 8/7c ✓ FROSTY THE SNOWMAN CBS Nov. 27, 8/7c Freeform Dec. 5, 8:45/7:45c* ✓ RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER CBS Dec. 1, 8/7c Freeform Dec. 5, 7:40/6:40c* ✓ SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN ABC Nov. 27, 8/7c Freeform Dec. 5, 6:35/5:35c* MOVIES ✓ A CHRISTMAS STORY TNT Dec. 21, 8/7c and 10/9c TBS Dec. 24, 8/7c (airs for 24 hours) ✓ ELF AMC Nov. 23, 7/6c and 9/8c* Starz Kids & Family Dec. 6, 8/7c (Buddy’s Sing & Cheer Along Edition) ✓ HOME ALONE Freeform Nov. 26, 6/5c* ✓ IT’S A WONDERFUL…

THE BEST OF NASHVILLE CMA Country Christmas Married cohosts Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins introduce joyful performances by Tim McGraw, Kelsea Ballerini, the recently renamed Lady A and more. Monday, Nov. 30, 9/8c, ABC SHOW TUNES Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Musical! From London’s Troubadour Theatre, starring Matthew Morrison (Glee)! Wednesday, Dec. 9, 8/7c, NBC A CLASSIC CAROL Silent Night—A Song for the World This history of “Silent Night” includes Kelly Clarkson. Thursday, Dec. 10, 8/7c, The CW COOL JAZZ Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas With Vanessa Williams The American Pops Orchestra accompanies Williams and other vocalists through Ella Fitzgerald’s 1960 album. We dug the trumpet on “Frosty the Snowman”! Tuesday, Dec. 15, 8/7c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org)…

MOVIES 6:30am/5:30c In Like Flint (1967) HBO Comedy 2:12/1:12c Apocalypse Now (1979) OuterMax 2:45/1:45c Weird Science (1985) HBO Comedy 8/7c The Polar Express (2004) AMC 8/7c Tootsie (1982) Flix 10/9c The Conjuring 2 (2016) TNT 10:30/9:30c Election (1999) Pop TV 12:11am/11:11c Ad Astra (2019) HBO Family The Partridge Family 8/7c, Antenna TV Every episode. Every hit. (See “I Think I Love You” at 2:30am/1:30c.) Every eyebrow-raising outfit. Every guest star, from Johnny Cash to Farrah Fawcett, Mark Hamill to Richard Pryor. Yup, it’s a marathon of the 1970–74 family-band comedy with David Cassidy (below). Santa’s Wild Home 8/7c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) The otherworldly beauty of Lapland—a region of northern Finland inside the Arctic Circle—distinguishes this Nature episode, with wildlife tales of the hardy musk ox, brown bear and, yes, reindeer. Fittingly for this haunting locale, legend says…

UNCLE FRANK MOVIE PREMIERE WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25 Pack a bag, gas up the car and steel your nerves—it’s time to take a road trip to see family! Extended visits can be a headache for anyone, but in this dramedy set in 1973, Frank Bledsoe (Paul Bettany) is cruising into a particularly touchy scene: His cold, distant dad (Stephen Root, Barry) has died, and Frank must drive his niece Beth (It’s Sophia Lillis, far right, with Bettany)—a student at NYU, where he’s a professor—down South for the funeral. Oh, and Frank’s boyfriend (Peter Macdissi) tags along too, even though the Bledsoes, including his quiet mom (Margo Martindale), macho brother (Steve Zahn) and dippy sister-in-law (Judy Greer, superb as always) don’t know Frank is gay. What could go wrong? Let’s just say quite…

MOVIES 8:30am/7:30c Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) IFC 3:23/2:23c Blue Velvet (1986) Starz Encore 4:40/3:40c The Music Man (1962) Movies! 5:30/4:30c Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) TNT 5:30/4:30c Sleepless in Seattle (1993) SundanceTV 6/5c Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007) Cinemax 8/7c Dreamgirls (2006) This TV 8/7c Running Scared (1986) Starz Comedy 8/7c and 11/10c Erin Brockovich (2000) SundanceTV 9:30/8:30c Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) AMC 10:25/9:25c Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) FXM 10:30/9:30c The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) IFC 10:50/9:50c Snatch (2000) HDNet Movies Midnight/11c Buried (2010) FX 3:35am/2:35c The Girl With All the Gifts (2016) HBO The Young and the Restless CBS, check local listings Daytime Pick Viewers come to the CBS soap for blackmail, murder and baby stealing. But they stay—47 years and counting!—for some of the greatest duos on daytime TV. Today’s 12,000th episode honors those pairs as continuing storylines incorporate flashbacks…

MOVIES 8:05am/7:05c The Preacher’s Wife (1996) Freeform 9:51am/8:51c Office Space (1999) Starz Encore Classic 11:15am/10:15c Ford v Ferrari (2019) HBO 1:52/12:52c Akeelah and the Bee (2006) HBO Family 2:45/1:45c Oh, God! (1977) Movies! 3/2c Logan (2017) FXX 3/2c The Shape of Water (2017) FXM 4:15/3:15c Ali (2001) SHOxBET 4:45/3:45c Half Nelson (2006) Cinemax 5:30/4:30c Groundhog Day (1993) AMC 8/7c Fresh (1994) SHOxBET 8/7c The Verdict (1982) Retroplex 8/7c and 10:58/9:58c Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) TNT 8/7c and 11:30/10:30c The Odd Couple (1968) HDNet Movies 9:25/8:25c Chasing Amy (1997) HBO Comedy 10/9c Trolls (2016) FX 11:07/10:07c Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) Starz 11:15/10:15c King Solomon’s Mines (1950) TCM 1:30am/12:30c Destry Rides Again (1939) Grit Magnum P.I. SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, CBS A big medical bill is the usual outcome of a hospital visit. An injured Juliet Higgins (Perdita Weeks) walks away with something better in the Hawaii-set drama’s third-season premiere—a new romance! After she’s shot…

LET'S START WITH the answer: the traits Alex Trebek displayed during his fight with pancreatic cancer. What are courage, grace, humility and optimism? For 36 years, millions of Jeopardy! fans played along with the genial, dapper host, who died peacefully November 8 at his home with Jean, his wife of 30 years, and family at his side. Even though the news was long expected, his passing is a shock, leaving a void in our daily TV routine. A genuine broadcaster who was a constant and reassuring presence in so many lives, Trebek will forever be identified with one of TV’s smartest shows ever, a comforting oasis of intelligence and quick thinking presided over by a man with the air of a gentleman scholar. Not that the self-effacing Trebek ever considered…

Tuesdays, FX on Hulu YOU’VE SEEN IT before in tabloid headlines and trashy TV movies: the predatory teacher who sleeps with her student. In 10 half-hour chapters, the affecting but troubling A Teacher (which expands on writer-director Hannah Fidell’s 2013 indie film) aims to bring more depth to this unpleasant subject and largely succeeds. Still, this is one life lesson that shouldn’t have to be taught. When Claire (House of Cards’ Kate Mara) agrees to help prepare Eric (Love, Simon’s Nick Robinson), a popular but financially strapped senior, for his SATs, sex is the furthest thing from their syllabus. But her restlessness in a stagnant marriage and his immature, insecure grasp of toxic masculinity—“I’m the (expletive) man!” he crows after one of their “tutoring sessions”—leads to a series of bad…

The Gold Standard ALASTAIR SIM A Christmas Carol (1951) Dec. 24, 7:50/6:50c, and Dec. 25, 3/2c, FXM TheWry Guy BILL MURRAY Scrooged (1988) Dec. 4, 7 and 15, 8/7c, and Dec. 8, 16 and 21, 6/5c, AMC The SitcomMiser JACK KLUGMAN The Odd Couple (1970) Dec. 6, 5/4c, MeTV The 3-D Toon JIM CARREY Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009) Dec. 3, 4/3c, and Dec. 13, noon/11am c, Freeform The Fonz! HENRY WINKLER An American Christmas Carol (1979) Dec. 25, 12:35am/11:35c, Movies! The Stumblebum MR. MAGOO Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol (1962) iTunes The Lady Scrooge TORI SPELLING A Carol Christmas (2003) Dec. 22, 3/2c, and Dec. 25, 7/6c, UPtv…

MOVIES 7am/6c The Little Princess (1939) TCM 9am/8c Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) USA 10am/9c The Color Purple (1985) BET 11am/10c High Plains Drifter (1973) SundanceTV 1:30/12:30c The Big Lebowski (1998) Showtime 2 3/2c Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) TCM 1917 9/8c, Showtime In writer-director Sam Mendes’ visually stunning World War I epic from 2019, two lance corporals (Dean-Charles Chapman and George MacKay) race to the front lines to warn a colonel (Benedict Cumberbatch, right) that he and his men are advancing into a trap. The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast 7am/6c, Decades For 24 hours, big names of the ’70s (Angie Dickinson, Muhammad Ali) and ’80s (Joan Collins) get skewered by other big names (Don Rickles) in this politically incorrect time capsule of a marathon. The National Dog Show Noon, NBC It’s been…

MOVIES 6:56am/5:56c Murder on the Orient Express (1974) ThrillerMax 1/noon c An Affair to Remember (1957) FXM 2/1c Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) Comet 2:35/1:35c Bridesmaids (2011) HBO Comedy 4/3c Set It Off (1996) SHOxBET 6/5c The Incredibles (2004) Freeform 7/6c Back to the Future (1985) A&E 8:40/7:40c Incredibles 2 (2018) Freeform 9/8c Ant-Man (2015) Syfy 9/8c Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) HDNet Movies 9/8c Coming to America (1988) CBS 9:02/8:02c Goldfinger (1964) BBC America 10:04/9:04c A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) Starz Cinema 11:38/10:38c Babe (1995) HBO Family 12:30am/11:30c Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) CMT 4:05am/3:05c On Golden Pond (1981) HBO2 Fargo SEASON FINALE 10/9c, FX Editors’ Choice In a show crammed with wacky outlaws and sinister oddballs, Ethelrida Pearl Smutny, played by up-and-comer E’myri Crutchfield, has managed to stand out. “She’s a young girl with a very old soul,” says the actress (above). “She has big…

SEAN CONNERY: THE BEST BOND When it comes to James Bond, Sean Connery was the spy we loved the most. The day after Connery died at age 90 on October 31, Hulu scored a packed dossier of films from 007’s six-decade run, including four of Connery’s greatest missions. —Damian Holbrook From Russia With Love On the heels of original Bond hit Dr. No, Connery suited back up for the 1963 sequel: The crime syndicate SPECTRE seeks revenge as 007 helps a beauty (Daniela Bianchi) defect from the USSR. Thunderball The fourth film in the series, from 1965, was supposed to be the first, but legal disputes delayed production. The wait was worth it thanks to its action scenes: Bond evades gunmen while rocketing around in a jet pack! You Only…

Christmas in Rockefeller Center 8/7c, NBC The tree will be lit during a star-studded concert, just without the crowd. Kelly Clarkson, Dolly Parton (with Jimmy Fallon), Leslie Odom Jr., Brett Eldredge, Dan + Shay, Pentatonix and more perform. Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller SERIES PREMIERE 9/8c, National Geographic The Peabody-winning journalist travels the world infiltrating and investigating black markets in this docuseries. First up: international scammers and the fentanyl drug network. COMEDY WITH HEART black-ish 9:30/8:30c, ABC A determined Dre (Anthony Anderson) decides the holidays are a time to reconnect with his Compton roots. Meanwhile, wife Bow (Tracee Ellis Ross) teaches the spirit of giving by enlisting teen twins Jack (Miles Brown) and Diane (Marsai Martin) to volunteer for Christmas. SEAL Team SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, CBS The boys are back!…

Fred Astaire Fest 3:30/2:30c, Movies! Movie Picks We’ve got happy feet! You will too when this marathon kicks off with 1953’s The Band Wagon (starring Astaire and Cyd Charisse, above). Then, three more musicals: 1933’s Flying Down to Rio at 5:55/4:55c, 1935’s Top Hat at 8/7c and 1934’s The Gay Divorcee at 10:10/9:10c. The Photograph 8/7c, HBO You could say they fall in love in a…flash. Insecure’s Issa Rae and Atlanta’s Lakeith Stanfield star in this slight but moving 2020 romantic drama. Saved by the Bell 10am/9c, IFC From 1988, Mark-Paul Gosselaar’s first appearance as teen lothario Zack Morris! Secrets in the Snow MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, Lifetime Movie Network Social worker Christina (Aubrey Reynolds) visits Michigan with her new beau Ted (Travis Caldwell) and discovers his brother’s death might not…

@damianholbrook LOVE IT! Cheers to Finola Hughes (left) for surviving 35 years of soap opera spydom. We’ve been head over heels for Hughes’ mix of Brit wit and badassery since she arrived on ABC’s General Hospital as WSB secret agent Anna Devane. Clearly the GH team is too, since they recently revived Anna’s evil twin, Alex, for a double dose of awesomeness. Cheers to Whoopi Goldberg for using her voice to crack us up. The View’s ringleader made a welcome return to her comedic roots with both a sassy voiceover cameo in Sarah Cooper’s Netflix special Everything’s Fine and as the howlingly frank narrator of ABC’s docuseries The Con. After all the screaming at her day job, it’s nice to see—or at least hear—her having some fun! Cheers to Dash…

If anyone can get us to have a holly, jolly Christmas this year, it’s Mariah Carey. Fans of the legendary vocalist aren’t the only ones counting on her, though. In this one-hour special, Santa Claus himself calls on the Queen of Christmas when the North Pole registers a holiday cheer crisis of global proportions. So Mariah stages a song-and-dance spectacular to make the world merry again. “It was important for me to encompass all the traditions that are celebrated far and wide,” she says. “Nostalgic colors, bright lights, cheerful sounds, warm fires, cozy snowfalls and, of course, the joy of being surrounded by family and friends, even though it may be difficult to do in person this year.” Expect special guests, nods to Carey’s own childhood favorites, such as The…

MOVIES 10:04am/9:04c and 8/7c The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) Starz Encore 11:23am/10:23c and 8/7c Little Women (2019) Starz Kids & Family 12:30/30am c Goodbye, My Fancy (1951) TCM 1/noon c French Connection II (1975) FXM 2:30/1:30c The Goonies (1985) Freeform 2:40/1:40c It Follows (2015) Syfy 5/4c Jerry Maguire (1996) TNT 6:10/5:10c A Fish Called Wanda (1988) HBO Comedy 7/6c and 9:15/8:15c National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) AMC 8/7c and 10:30/9:30c Beauty and the Beast (2017) TNT 9/8c Purple Rain (1984) VH1 9:56/8:56c The Untouchables (1987) Retroplex 9:57/8:57c Driving Miss Daisy (1989) Starz Encore 10/9c Dazed and Confused (1993) Showtime Next 10/9c Serpico (1973) Cinemax 10:30/9:30c McLintock! (1963) Grit 11:05/10:05c Working Girl (1988) Epix Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team SEASON PREMIERE 10/9c, CMT What happens to the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders when there isn’t much to cheer about? “It would have been easy this year to say, ‘You know what? We’re not going to have…

A Christmas in Vermont 8/7c, Cozi TV It’s nice to see Blue Bloods’ Abigail Hawk (left) outside the police commissioner’s inner circle. In this romance from 2016, she’s a corporate shark dispatched to dismantle an underperforming company… with a rather attractive boss (David O’Donnell). TODAY’S SPORTS PICK GOLF 3/2c, TNT Capital One’s The Match: Champions for Change From Arizona’s Stone Canyon Golf Club, it’s Phil Mickelson and Charles Barkley vs. Peyton Manning and Stephen Curry in this celebrity matchplay benefit. MOVIES 8:50am/7:50c Emma. (2020) HBO2 6/5c Ratatouille (2007) Freeform 6/5c Shadow of a Doubt (1943) TCM 8/7c The Avengers (2012) Epix 2am/1c Gremlins (1984) AMC…

SELENA: THE SERIES SERIES PREMIERE FRIDAY, DEC. 4 To her millions of fans, Selena Quintanilla-Perez needed no last name. The glamorous, chart-topping Grammy winner was (and still is) simply “Selena.” But how did a Mexican-American Texas native ascend from humble beginnings to pop stardom before she was murdered in 1995? This limited series goes beyond the 1997 biopic (which starred Jennifer Lopez) and recounts the singer-songwriter’s remarkable rise. It’s a journey creator and exec producer Moisés Zamora calls “one of the most important American stories.” The show follows Selena (played by The Walking Dead’s Christian Serratos, above) and her family as they tour the Southwest in pursuit of the American Dream. “The Selena that we know is the [one singing] all these iconic beautiful songs,” Serratos says. “But there’s all…

Newly Available Mile 22 (2018) Danger awaits as CIA operative James Silva (Mark Wahlberg) and his team escort an intelligence asset (Iko Uwais) from an overseas American embassy to an airfield where he can be extracted. Easy A (2010) The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne was hardly humorous, but this modern take on the English-class staple injects comedy into the story of a high school student (Emma Stone) with a ruined reputation. The Impossible (2012) A harrowing but ultimately uplifting film about a family in Thailand trying to survive the devastating 2004 tsunami that killed thousands. Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor star. Machete Kills (2013) A who’s who of celebrities (Charlie Sheen, Lady Gaga, Antonio Banderas, Mel Gibson and more) appear in Robert Rodriguez’s actionthriller featuring an ex-lawman named Machete…

General Hospital ABC, check local listings It’s a Thanksgiving miracle when Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco) and Carly Corinthos (Laura Wright) find a moment to bond. Another reason to give thanks early: An unexpected guest brings joy to the Quartermaine gathering. Daytime Pick The Voice 8/7c, NBC Let the live shows begin! Coaches Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani (left)—still looking for her first win on the competition—have prepped their teams to sing for your votes. You know what to do. BACK TO THE START! Young Sheldon 9/8c, Nick at Nite Repeats of the Big Bang Theory prequel join the Nick at Nite lineup this week, beginning with the comedy’s 2017 pilot about the first day of high school for genius Sheldon Cooper (Iain Armitage)—at just 9 years…

BattleBots SEASON PREMIERE 8/7c, Discovery Sixty teams representing five countries wage war in the next tournament of epically named combat robots. In the ring tonight, it’s Whiplash vs. Sawblaze, Bloodsport vs. Skorpios, Captain Shrederator vs. Lock-Jaw and the main event, End Game vs. Tombstone. The Unicorn 9:30/8:30c, CBS The comedy that has spoken beautifully about loss starts a frank conversation about racial injustice. The catalyst: Tween Noah (Devin Bright) receives a water gun from Forrest (Rob Corddry), and his parents, Ben (Omar Miller) and Michelle (Maya Lynne Robinson), quickly confiscate it. TODAY’S SPORTS PICK NFL FOOTBALL 8:20/7:20c, Fox and NFL Network Dallas Cowboys at Baltimore Ravens The Cowboys’ season has been rough, but a win vs. tight end Mark Andrews and the Ravens on Thursday Night Football would make a…

MOVIES 6:32am/5:32c Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (2019) Starz Edge 8am/7c Easy to Wed (1946) TCM 2/1c Auntie Mame (1958) Movies! 2:20/1:20c Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Freeform 3:17/2:17c Pulp Fiction (1994) Starz Cinema 5:55/4:55c Friday Night Lights (2004) HBO2 6/5c and 9/8c Star Trek (2009) BBC America 7:35/6:35c Deadpool (2016) FXM 8/7c Into the Wild (2007) Indieplex 8/7c Star Wars: Episode VIII—The Last Jedi (2017) TNT 8/7c and 12:15am/11:15c National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983) IFC 10/9c Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) TCM 10:04/9:04c Taken (2008) Starz Encore Classic 11:15/10:15c Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens (2015) TNT Midnight/11c The Accused (1988) The Movie Channel HOW VERY SILENCE OF THE LAMBS! NCIS: Los Angeles 9:30/8:30c, CBS This one’s personal for unshakable agent Kensi Blye (Daniela Ruah). In the second of back-to-back episodes, she interrogates psychotic convict David Kessler (played by the episode’s writer, Frank Military, above, with Ruah), who…