What To Watch: Colman Domingo Is Rustin, Scott Pilgrim Gets Animated, Goosebumps Wraps And More
On TV this Friday: Colman Domingo plays activist Bayard Rustin, Scott Pilgrim gets animated and Goosebumps scares up one last episode of Season 1. Here are 15 programs to keep on your radar. (Also check out our weekly TVLine-Up of premieres and finales, holiday movie rundown and monthly streaming guide.)
Showtimes for November 17, 2023
Blue Beetle
Streaming premiere: A college grad (Cobra Kai's Xolo Maridueña) finds an ancient relic which gives him extraordinary powers that forever change his destiny; Bruna Marquezine (God Save the King), Damián Alcázar (Acapulco), George Lopez (Lopez vs Lopez) and Susan Sarandon co-star.
Dashing Through the Snow
Movie premiere: A man who turned his back on Christmas (The Carmichael Show's Lil Rel Howery) goes on a magical adventure with his daughter (Ivy + Bean's Madison Skye Validum); Teyonah Parris (WandaVision), Oscar Nuñez (The Office), Chris "Ludacris" Bridges (Fast X) and Mary Lynn Rajskub (24) co-star. (Holiday Movie Guide!)
EXmas
Movie premiere: When a man (Upload's Robbie Amell) decides to surprise his family by coming home for Christmas, he's shocked to find them already celebrating with a surprise guest — his ex (Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester)! Michael Hitchcock (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Kathryn Greenwood (Whose Line), Veronika Slowikowska (WWDITS) and Steven Huy (Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies) co-star. (Watch trailer.)
For All Mankind
New Helios employees arrive on Mars as NASA undergoes major changes. (Read premiere post mortem.)
Goosebumps
Season 1 finale: A new evil takes over Port Lawrence and the teens must band together to save their town. (Not yet renewed.)
The Holiday Shift
Series premiere (all five episodes): This rom-com follows the intersecting love stories of young mall employees during the holidays; Varun Saranga (Wynonna Earp), Jean-Luc Bilodeau (Baby Daddy), Devyn Nekoda (Ginny & Georgia) and Sarah Levy (Schitt's Creek) star.
Lessons in Chemistry
The chapters of Calvin’s life shed light on the mysteries of his past. (Who was Performer of the Week?)
Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story
Documentary premiere: Perry tells his life story, including how he became a media mogul who conquered his childhood trauma and paved his way to the top.
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Series premiere (first two episodes): Set after the battle between Godzilla and the Titans in 2014's Godzilla, two siblings (Pachinko‘s Anna Sawai and Ren Watabe) uncover their family's connection to the secretive Monarch organization; Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell (Lodge 49) co-star. (Read preview.)
Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
Movie premiere: Childhood friends turned deadbeat co-workers (SNL's Martin Herlihy, John Higgins and Ben Marshall) fend off bears, park rangers (Hacks' Meg Stalter and American Auto's X Mayo) and a cult leader (SNL's Bowen Yang) in hopes of finding a treasure; John Goodman (The Conners) narrates; Conan O'Brien, Sunita Mani (GLOW) and Cedric Yarbrough (Reno 911!) co-star.
Rustin
Movie premiere: Activist Bayard Rustin (Fear TWD's Colman Domingo) faces homophobia and racism as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 march on Washington; Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, CCH Pounder, Aml Ameen (Sense8) and Jeffrey Wright co-star. 
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Series premiere (all eight episodes): In this animated reimagining, Scott Pilgrim (voiced by Michael Cera) meets the girl of his dreams (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and discovers he must defeat her seven evil exes in order to date her... but this time, things get even more complicated; Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Brie Larson, Aubrey Plaza, Brandon Routh, Mae Whitman and Jason Schwartzman also return. (Watch trailer.)
Twin Love
Series premiere (all nine episodes): Ten sets of twins are split into two houses of "identical" casts to see if their similarities extend to their love lives; Brie and Nikki Garcia host.
Navigating Christmas
TV-movie: A divorcée (Make It or Break It's Chelsea Hobbs) and her son visit a remote island, where she connects with a lighthouse owner (Chesapeake Shores' Stephen Huszar).
Shining Vale
Pat becomes concerned about the readers of her new novel; Terry’s addiction to testosterone has him striving to make his mark on the town.