What To Watch: Parton/Baranski Christmas Musical, Fear TWD Breaks, American Music Awards And More
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On TV this Sunday: Taraji P. Henson emcees the American Music Awards, Fear the Walking Dead heads for hiatus and Dolly Parton is angelic in a Netflix musical. Here are 15 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern.
Showtimes for November 22, 2020
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Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
Netflix
TV-movie premiere: Following her father's death, "rich and nasty" Regina (The Good Fight's Christine Baranski) returns to her hometown before Christmas to evict its residents; Dolly Parton, Treat Williams (Everwood), Jenifer Lewis (black-ish) and Jeanine Mason (Roswell, New Mexico) co-star. (Watch trailer.)
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A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
PBS, PBS Kids
The Peanuts gang gathers around Charlie's ping-pong table for an unusual feast.
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American Music Awards
ABC
J.Lo, Maluma, Bad Bunny, BTS, Dua Lipa, Lil Baby, Lil Nas X, Megan Thee Stallion and Shawn Mendes perform; Taraji P. Henson hosts.
The Christmas House
Hallmark Channel
TV-movie premiere: Bill (Everwood's Treat Williams) and Phylis (NYPD Blue's Sharon Lawrence) summon their sons Mike (One Tree Hill's Robert Buckley) and Brandon (Mean Girls' Jonathan Bennett) home for the holidays, as Brandon and his husband await word about an adoption.
NCIS: Los Angeles
CBS
Sam meets a whistleblower who plans to spill a huge military secret; Kensi and Deeks consider buying a house.
The Trouble With Maggie Cole
PBS
Season 1 finale: Shocking events are set in motion as Maggie frets about reuniting with her family and making peace with Jill and Marcus.
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Fear the Walking Dead
AMC
Fall finale: Alicia and Charlie embark on a search-and-rescue; an unlikely ally steps up with an idea for escaping Virginia.
The Outpost
The CW
New time slot alert! Yavalla, Gwynn and Tobin overtake the Capital; a Prime Order brute threatens the outpost. (Black Lightning ending!)
Roadkill
PBS
Season 1 finale: Peter makes a shocking announcement to the nation.
Peter seeks out the late Adam West's cousin, Wild Wild West (voiced by Sam Elliott), to be Quahog's next mayor. (Watch preview.)
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A Godwink Christmas: First Loves, Second Chances
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
TV-movie premiere: A single dad (The Bold Type's Sam Page) moves home from Hawaii with his two sons, and winds up stuck in traffic with his high school sweetheart (Royal Pains' Brooke D'Orsay).
Fargo
FX
In Season 4's penultimate episode, Josto settles a score, while Ethelrida takes a risk; Loy forms a questionable alliance.
First Ladies
CNN
Docuseries finale: Hillary Rodham Clinton becomes a senator and a Secretary of State after her time spent as First Lady, and later, is almost elected as the first female president of the United States.
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Moonbase 8
Showtime
Cap and Skip both get sick, leading to two wildly different quarantine experiences; Rook cops feelings for a new female team member.
♦ ON THIS DAY IN TV HISTORY ♦
On Nov. 22, 1968, a scripted kiss between Star Trek's Kirk and Uhura broke a major cultural barrier -- just one year after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state laws against interracial marriage.
