What To Watch: Sabrina's Christmas Séance, Midnight, Texas Relocates, Travelers Returns, Lucy, Dick And More
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On TV this Friday: Sabrina Spellman returns with a Chilling Christmas tale, Midnight, Texas moves to an earlier time, and Travelers and Fuller House are back with new seasons. Here are 18 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern:
Showtimes for December 14, 2018
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Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter's Tale
Netflix
Ahead of Part 2, this standalone holiday episode finds the Sabrina conduct a séance in hopes of gaining contact with her mother. (Read recap.)
The Fix
Netflix
Series premiere (all episodes): Comedian Jimmy Carr hosts this panel show, in which two teams — led by captains D.L. Hughley and Katherine Ryan — comprised of guest comics and experts attempt to solve major issues facing the world. (Not to be confused with this.)
Fuller House
Netflix
Season 4 premiere (all 13 episodes): Steve and D.J. pursue a real relationship; Kimmy gives birth to Stephanie and Jimmy's baby. (Read preview; watch trailer.)
The Innocent Man
Netflix
Docuseries premiere (all six episodes): Inspired by John Grisham’s best-selling non-fiction book, each episode focuses on two murders in the small town of Ada, Okla. in the 1980s.
Roma
Netflix
Original movie premiere: From Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity) comes this deeply personal tale of domestic strife and social hierarchy in 1970s Mexico City, via the POV of a young domestic worker.
Tidelands
Netflix
Series premiere (all eight episodes): This Australian import is told from the POV of a former juvenile delinquent who returns to her small fishing town to discover a group of half-siren/half-humans known as Tidelanders; Elsa Pataky (Fast and the Furious) co-stars.
Travelers
Netflix
Season 3 premiere (all 10 episodes): Grant and the team must find a way to keep knowledge of the Travelers program from the general public.
Voltron: Legendary Defender
Netflix
Final season premiere (all episodes): "The end has come, but the legend lives on forever." Vague much? (Watch trailer.)
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Christmas Around the Corner
Lifetime
Original movie premiere: A big city venture capitalist (This Is Us' Alexandra Breckenridge) falls for a small town bookstore owner.
Fresh Off the Boat
ABC
Fall finale: Jessica refuses to let Eddie spend the holidays in New York with Nicole; Louis and Evan try to help Evan decide on which friend to invite to the family’s Christmas Eve dinner.
Hollywood Christmas Parade
The CW
Erik Estrada, Laura McKenzie, Dean Cain and Montel Williams return as cohosts; Entertainment Tonight‘s Nancy O’Dell serves as Grand Marshal.
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
CBS
Back-to-back colorized installments include Season 6’s “The Christmas Episode” and Season 1’s “Pioneer Woman.”
Midnight, Texas
NBC
New time slot alert! Manfred is hellbent on revenge following that tragedy; Joe faces off against a former ally.
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
VH1
Season 4 premiere: The queens are presented with their first challenge: a salute to the LGBTQ troops in an All Star-Spangled Variety Show. (Watch first 14 minutes!)
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Speechless
ABC
Fall finale: Maya tells a white lie about a Christmas tree fire; JJ encourages Kenneth to stand up to his sisters (Claws‘ Niecy Nash and WNBA vet Lisa Leslie).
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Child Support
ABC
Season 2 finale: Contestants include Tammy from Anaheim, Calif. and Trisha from Edgewood, N.M. (Not yet renewed.)
The Dick Van Dyke Show: Now in Living Color!
CBS
Enjoy this colorized double feature — Season 1’s “Where Did I Come From” and Season 4’s “Never Bathe on Saturday” — as selected by Carl Reiner.
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Room 104
HBO
Season 2 finale (two episodes): A pool shark (True Detective‘s Mahershala Ali) tries to persuade his reluctant cousin to stay in the hustling game. Then at midnight, a woman (Star Trek: Discovery‘s Mary Wiseman) asks her slightly-younger self to help recreate the events of a college frat party. (Not yet renewed.)
