What To Watch: Thanksgiving Parades, Football And Dogs, Pennyworth Finale, Criminal Minds, Noel Diary And More
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On TV this Thanksgiving: Criminal Minds returns by way of Paramount+, Pennyworth wraps Season 3 and Justin Hartley opens The Noel Diary. Here are 12 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 24, 2022
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Criminal Minds: Evolution
Paramount+
Series premiere (first two episodes): Prentiss, Rossi et al. track an UnSub (played by Friday Night Lights' Zach Gilford) who spent the pandemic cultivating a network of other serial killers. (Read review; Episode 1 also airs on CBS at 10/9c; how to stream!)
Love, Lizzo
HBO Max
The documentary sees the three-time Grammy winner get candid about body positivity, self-love, and recognizing Black women for their contributions.
The Noel Diary
Netflix
Movie premiere: A novelist (played by This Is Us' Justin Hartley) meets a woman (Barrett Doss) in search of her birth mom; Essence Atkins, Bonnie Bedelia and James Remar co-star. (Watch trailer.)
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
HBO Max
Season 3 finale: As the city descends into chaos, Alfie and Martha infiltrate L7 to save Lucius and the rest of the world.
Also streaming Thursday: New episodes of Gangs of London (AMC+), First Wives Club (BET+), The Big Brunch, Sex Lives of College Girls and Titans (HBO Max), Fleishman Is In Trouble (Hulu), Star Trek: Prodigy (Paramount+) and seven additional Christmas movies.
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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
NBC
Today‘s Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker host the main event, with Broadway performances by A Beautiful Noise, The Lion King, Some Like It Hot, Lea Michele and the cast of Funny Girl; Mariah Carey closes out the three-hour broadcast with "All I Want for Christmas Is You." (Encore presentation airs at 2 pm.)
The Thanksgiving Day Parade
CBS
Entertainment Tonight's Kevin Frazier and Keltie Knight host the competing broadcast, with performances by Broadway's Moulin Rouge and SIX the Musical.
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The National Dog Show
NBC
John O'Hurley and David Frei return to host a bevy of canines vying for Best in Show at the Kennel Club of Philadelphia. (Encore presentation airs Saturday at 8.)
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Baking All the Way
Lifetime
TV-movie premiere: An big-city pastry chef (played by Degrassi's Cory Lee) hits it off with the owner (Murdoch Mysteries' Yannick Bisson) of a small-town bakery.
The Masked Singer
Fox
Special night: The semi-finalists face off in a three-way battle to determine which two contestants advance to the Nov. 30 finale.
My Southern Family Christmas
Hallmark Channel
TV-movie premiere: While in Louisiana to cover an annual Christmas celebration, a journalist (played by Grey's Anatomy's Jaicy Elliot) meets her estranged father (Bruce Campbell) and his new family.
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Sunday Night Football
NBC
Special night: Slip into your elastic waistband pants and fight off the tryptophan as the New England Patriots face the Minnesota Vikings.
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LEGO Masters
Fox
Special night: The remaining five teams recreate iconic, action-packed sequences from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
