Football, puppies and floats: Here’s what to watch on Thanksgiving.
Whether you’re big on cooking, big on eating or big on avoiding Thanksgiving altogether, one of the best parts of the holiday is that there are endless options on TV throughout the day.
First up is the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which started 100 years ago in 1924 (though this year isn’t the 100th parade because of a hiatus during World War II). It will follow its usual route in New York City, with Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker returning as hosts. Jennifer Hudson, Kylie Minogue, Loud Luxury and Cynthia Erivo are just a few of the many performers — along with balloons of Minnie Mouse, Spider-Man and Goku, of course. Thursday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC and streaming on Peacock.
Once the parade is over and cooking is in full swing, it’s time to watch the National Dog Show, with 2,000 cute, preening dogs representing 205 breeds. Last year a Sealyham terrier named Stache took home the gold. Thursday at 12 p.m. on NBC and streaming on Peacock.
And for many, the best part of the day is watching not one, not two, but three football games, back to back. First, it’s the Chicago Bears at the Detroit Lions at 12:30 p.m. on CBS. Then, the New York Giants play the Dallas Cowboys at 4:30 p.m. on Fox. Finally, once you’re hopefully a couple of pie slices deep, the Miami Dolphins square off against the Green Bay Packers at 8:15 p.m. on NBC. I’ll be skipping the real football and queuing up a thematic “Friends” episode: “The One With the Football,” on Max.
Send shivers up your spine with lots of true crime.
The case of JonBenét Ramsey, a child who was found murdered in her home in Colorado on Christmas Day in 1996, remains one of the most infamous and unresolved true crime stories. Because most of the details of the crime are well known — the ransom note, the suspicious actions of her family — the new Netflix documentary “Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey” instead focuses on missteps made by the media and the police while the investigation was underway. Streaming on Monday on Netflix.
If true crime feels too haunting and upsetting, and you’d rather watch a fictionalized version, “Get Millie Black,” a new HBO show, may be more up your alley. The story follows Millie-Jean Black (Tamara Lawrance), who is forced out of Scotland Yard (the metropolitan police headquarters in London) and moves back to her native Jamaica. There, she investigates a missing-person case and ends up crossing paths with another Scotland Yard detective. Monday at 9 p.m. on HBO.
“Murder in a Small Town,” based on a series of crime novels by the Canadian author L.R. Wright, wraps up its first season this week. The story has followed Karl Alberg (Rossif Sutherland) the new chief of police who has had to work strenuously to try to solve all the murders that keep happening in a seemingly idyllic small town in British Columbia. While dealing with the stress of his job, Alberg also woos the local librarian, Cassandra Lee (Kristin Kreuk), because what fun would seeking out a serial killer be without a little romance? Tuesday at 8 p.m. on Fox.
A media pundit stumbles upon a murder scene, and an undercover agent heads back to London — what could go wrong?
Things go awry in “The Madness” when the media pundit Muncie Daniels (Colman Domingo) finds himself at the murder scene of a white supremacist when he is in the Poconos. To clear his name and survive, he has to reconnect with estranged family members. Streaming on Thursday on Netflix.
The classic crossroads of love versus career is the setup for “The Agency,” a new Paramount show. Michael Fassbender plays Martian, an undercover C.I.A. agent who returns, after six years, to his original post and runs into an old flame. When he goes through a vetting process for mental well-being, during which the agency makes him share anything it doesn’t know, he confesses that he was in a relationship while on his mission. Though he thinks it’s true love, the agency thinks he is being played. Which is it? Or is it both? Streaming on Friday on Paramount+ and airing on Showtime on Sunday at 9 p.m.
And then cleanse your palate with a heartwarming look behind the scenes of a beloved story.
To celebrate 60 years since the release of “Mary Poppins,” ABC’s “20/20” has made “The Untold Story of Mary Poppins.” Though we could never forget “A Spoonful of Sugar” or “Chim Chim Cher-ee,” this documentary uses rarely seen footage and stories from behind the scenes to give a deeper understanding of the movie that delighted children across multiple generations. Airing on Wednesday at 9 p.m. on ABC. “Mary Poppins” is available to stream on Disney+.
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