What To Watch: Emma Stone Hosts SNL, Ladies Of The '80s Movie, 'Thriller' Turns 40 And More
On TV this Saturday: Emma Stone joins SNL's Five-Timers Club, Loni Anderson and Morgan Fairchild celebrate A Divas Christmas and Doctor Who unleashes its second special featuring David Tennant. Here are nine 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 December 2, 2023
Thriller 40
Documentary premiere: Exactly 40 years after the release of Michael Jackson’s "Thriller," director Nelson George explores the making of the pop masterpiece, featuring never-before-seen footage and interviews. (Also airs on Showtime at 8 pm.)
College Football Championships
Miami plays Toledo in the MAC championship (at 12 pm on EPSN); Oklahoma State battles Texas in the Big 12 Championship (12 pm, ABC); Georgia clashes with Atlanta in the SEC championship (4 pm, CBS); Appalachian State visits Troy in the Sun Belt Championship (4 pm, ESPN); SMU takes on Tulane in the American Athletic Championship (4 pm, ABC); and Louisville faces Florida State in the ACC Championship (8 pm, ABC).
Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder
Special No. 2: The TARDIS takes the Doctor and Donna to the most desperate fight of their lives. (Special 1 earned an "A-" from readers; how to stream without Disney+!)
A Not So Royal Christmas
TV-movie premiere: A tabloid journalist (A Fabled Holiday's Brooke D'Orsay) tries to land an interview with a reclusive count during the holidays, not knowing that a groundskeeper (Reign's Will Kemp) has been asked to stand in his place.
Christmas on Windmill Way
TV-movie premiere: To save her family's windmill, a woman (Dream Wedding's Christa Taylor Brown) must remind her ex-boyfriend (One Tree Hill's Chad Michael Murray) of their hometown's best features. (Holiday movie guide!)
Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas
TV-movie premiere: Five glamorous stars from the 1980s (WKRP's Loni Anderson, Falcon Crest's Morgan Fairchild, Dallas' Linda Gray, Knots Landing's Donna Mills and Desperate Housewives' Nicollette Sheridan) reunite to shoot the final Christmas episode of their long-running soap, where they wind up playing cupid for their director and producer.
Planet Earth III
Sir David Attenborough journeys to secret forest worlds where lives collide in unexpected ways.
A Christmas Serenade
TV-movie premiere: A musician (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s B.J. Britt) is recruited to take over as the Minister of Music for his church's annual Christmas Jubilee, reigniting a feud and romance with the pastor's daughter (Black Lady Sketch Show's Skye Townsend).
Saturday Night Live
The Curse's Emma Stone hosts; Noah Kahan performs. (Who's hosting the year's last two episodes?)