What To Watch: Dead To Me Ends, New Christmas Story, Trouble For Fleishman, Sex Lives Of College Girls And More
On TV this Thursday: Dead to Me returns for its long-awaited final season, Alaska Daily and Walker head for hiatus and a proper Christmas Story sequel arrives — 39 years after the original. Here are 16 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern. (Also check out our weekly TVLine-Up of premieres and finales, plus our monthly streaming guide.)
Showtimes for November 17, 2022
1899
Series premiere (all eight episodes): The creators of Dark return with a German-language thriller set on a migrant ship at the turn of the 19th Century.
A Christmas Story Christmas
Movie premiere: Ralphie (played again by Peter Billingsley) returns to his childhood home following the passing of his old man. (Watch trailer.)
Christmas With You
Movie premiere: Lucifer's Aimee Garcia plays a pop star who grants a young fan's Christmas wish to meet her, then falls for her very single father (played by Freddie Prinze Jr.). (Christmas Movie Guide!)
Dead to Me
Final season premiere (all 10 episodes): Another shocking crash alters the future of Jen and Judy's ride-or-die friendship. (Watch trailer.)
First Wives Club
Season 3 premiere: The ladies' lives take an unexpected turn as they process their feelings of loss and discover what is most important to them.
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Limited series premiere (first two episodes): Jesse Eisenberg, Claire Danes, Lizzy Caplan and Adam Brody star in the relationship dramedy based on the Taffy Brodesser-Akner novel of the same name. (Trailer.)
Gangs of London
Season 2 premiere (first two episodes): Koba attempts to smoke out the rebels; Elliot is forced to kill in far-flung locations; Billy Wallace seeks revenge.
Leopard Skin
Series premiere (all eight episodes): Carla Gugino, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Philip Winchester all appear in this Telemundo co-pro about a gang that takes refuge on a remote isle after a botched heist.
The Sex Lives of College Girls
Season 2 premiere (first two episodes): The girls return to campus after Thanksgiving break to discover they've been labeled narcs and banned from frat parties.
Also streaming Thursday: New episodes of The Big Brunch, Pennyworth and Titans (HBO Max), Dragons: The Nine Realms (Hulu and Peacock), and Star Trek: Prodigy (Paramount+).
Walker
Fall finale: On Thanksgiving, the Walker family's annual "Circle of Thanks" turns into a circle of grievance — and one member is sent to the hospital.
Pickled
Stephen Colbert hosts the two-hour celebrity pickle ball tournament; players include Emma Watson, Jimmie Allen, Kelly Rowland and Will Ferrell.
Walker Independence
Fall finale: Abby navigates the frontier justice system and her feelings for Tom as she throws herself into a case with life-or-death consequences.
Call Me Kat
Kat is drained from helping Sheila run errands; Phil is exhausted from partying every night with his new boyfriend Jalen.
Alaska Daily
Fall finale: After Roz and Eileen appear on a local radio show, threats escalate to dangerous new heights. (Get ABC's midseason schedule.)
Law & Order: Organized Crime
When Pearl falls ill, Stabler and the task force are dragged back into the corruption of New York's first casino development.
Top Gear
Season 33 premiere: Chris Harris tests the Rimac Nevera, a 2,000 horsepower all-electric car from Croatia.