What To Watch: NCIS: LA And NOLA Return, Moonbase 8 Launch And More
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On TV this Sunday: The Circus recaps one crazy week, Fred Armisen's Moonbase 8 prepares for takeoff, and NCIS' Los Angeles and New Orleans teams are back in action. Here are 17 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern.
Showtimes for November 8, 2020
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The Circus
Showtime
Season 5 finale (one hour; special time): John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon and Alex Wagner reflect on the 2020 election and how it ultimately played out.
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A Very Charming Christmas Town
Lifetime
TV-movie premiere: A blogger (All My Children's Natalie Hall) visits a quaint town after it's voted the "Most Christmassy Town in the USA."
Christmas With the Darlings
Hallmark Channel
TV-movie premiere: A woman (Arrow's Katrina Law) helps a charming man look after his orphaned nieces and nephew during the holidays.
Pandora
The CW
Jax is recruited for a secret mission, while Xander, Ralen and Jett defend a mining colony that's under constant siege from pirates.
Season 3 finale: The media, the candidates and their supporters (including Putin!) anxiously await the results of the election.
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Bob's Burgers
Fox
Tina makes an enemy after rejecting Tammy’s submission for the school time capsule; Bob teases Linda about her inability to whistle. (Watch sneak peek.)
Fear the Walking Dead
AMC
Morgan stands in Dwight and Sherry's way as they attempt to take down Ginny. (Fall behind? Read Episode 4 recap.)
The Good Lord Bird
Showtime
A mistake by Onion threatens the plan to take over the Harper's Ferry armory; John Brown's army lands in the crosshairs of an angry mob and a local militia.
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
EPIX
Godfather of Harlem's Forest Whitaker and Giancarlo Esposito pop up in this docuseries chronicling Harlem and its musical landscape throughout the '60s.
The Christmas Bow
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
TV-movie premiere: When a gifted violinist's (Treme's Lucia Micarelli) career is put on hold, she reconnects with an old friend (Greek's Michael Rady).
Cobra
PBS
Season 1 finale: The prime minister and Anna fight for their political lives; Fraser and his team feel the heat, as the crisis reaches its boiling point.
Series premiere: Eight astronauts attempt to qualify for their first lunar mission, until a series of unfortunate events forces them to question whether they’re cut out for it; Fred Armisen (Portlandia), Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric) and John C. Reilly (Step Brothers) star.
