Mariah Carey.
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Thanksgiving is right here, and whether or not you’re celebrating with an enormous gathering, a smaller affair — or solo — there’s at all times ample alternative to enliven Turkey Day with leisure from the consolation of your personal residence.
This yr, there are a slew of TV picks with cross-audience attraction, together with returning favorites such because the annual parade, some marathons, a sports activities documentary, cooking collection and even an entry within the ever-expanding “Star Wars” universe.
Right here’s your important information for what to observe on Thanksgiving.
“The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade”
The annual occasion is now in its 96th yr, with “Right this moment Present” anchors Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, and Al Roker returning as hosts. It'll open with a musical quantity from Lea Michele and the forged of Broadway’s “Humorous Woman,” and “The Lion King,” celebrating its twenty fifth anniversary. Mariah Carey will shut out the present performing her hit, “All I Need for Christmas Is You.” The singer wrote on Instagram, “My childhood dream is coming to life! I’m going to be opening for the one and solely, SANTA CLAUS, at this yr’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!” There can even be a number of new floats, together with one known as “Folks Of the First Gentle,” honoring the Wampanoag Tribe.
The place to observe: 9 a.m. on NBC, additionally streaming on Peacock.
“Good Rivals”
This three-part docuseries chronicles the rivalry between the Mexican and American nationwide males’s soccer groups, specializing in stars reminiscent of Landon Donovan (US) and Rafa Márquez (Mexico) and the international locations’ fan bases. Whereas it’s not particularly Thanksgiving- themed, if you wish to watch sports-related programming apart from soccer — and with the World Cup in full swing — this may very well be for you.
The place to observe: Prime Video.
“Buddies”
Be part of the gang for a marathon that focuses on all of the hilarious Thanksgiving episodes, together with “The One with the Rumor,” “The One with All of the Thanksgivings,” “The One with the Soccer,” and “The One with Chandler in a Field.” Matthew Perry’s not too long ago printed memoir, “Buddies, Lovers and the Huge Horrible Factor,” might add some context to what was occurring behind-the-scenes on the long-running NBC sitcom.
The place to observe: 12:30 p.m. to five:30 p.m on TBS.
“Andor”
The primary two episodes of the Disney+ “Star Wars” collection (a prequel to the movie “Rogue One”) can be found on different Disney platforms for a restricted time over the vacation. The collection follows Insurgent spy Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) by way of his youth, again when he was only a thief.
The place to observe: 9 p.m. on FX (and should you miss that, it can additionally air on Freeform on the identical time on Friday, and stream on Hulu, along with already streaming on Disney+).
“Felony Minds: Evolution”
The long-running procedural (2005-2020 on CBS) is again. On this new collection, the FBI’s elite crew of legal profilers should take care of an UnSub (Zach Gilford, “Friday Evening Lights”) who has used the pandemic to construct a community of different serial killers. Authentic collection stars Joe Mantegna, Kirsten Vangsness, A.J. Prepare dinner, Paget Brewster and Aisha Tyler all return.
The place to observe: Paramount+
“Final Thanksgiving Problem”
Want some inspiration within the kitchen? Giada De Laurentiis hosts this cooking competitors actuality present, through which cooks face off to make the last word Thanksgiving dinners and aspect dishes. The winner takes residence $25,000.
The place to observe: Discovery+.
“A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving”
Be part of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the remainder of the gang on this timeless animated basic, first launched in 1973. Though it moved from PBS to Apple TV+, you'll be able to nonetheless tune in even should you don’t subscribe to the streamer. Apple TV+ is giving non-subscribers an opportunity to observe it without cost from Nov. 23 by way of Nov. 27.
The place to observe: AppleTV+.
“Turkey Drop”
When small-town faculty lady Lucy (Olivia Holt, “Merciless Summer time”) comes residence for Thanksgiving break, she suspects she will likely be “turkey dropped,” or dumped by her highschool boyfriend. To keep away from that, she takes management of her life.
The place to observe: 11 a.m. on Freeform.
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