What's On Tonight (Friday): A Truly Great Performer

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Plus: The Christmas classics roll out barely twenty-four hours after your finished your Thanksgiving turkey.

Top Pick

🔔 🎭 Great Performances (PBS, 9:00 PM) 'Lea Salonga In Concert.'

Highlights

🔔🎥 Black Beauty (Disney+ 3:01 AM) A 'modern-day reimagining' of Anna Sewell's classic novel; starring Kate Winslet, Iain Glen and Claire Forlani. 

🔔🦃 A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (Apple TV+) Last call for non-subscribers to watch the animated classic via Apple TV, tv.apple.com or the Apple app on the device of your choice.

🔔 🎭 Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'This documentary spotlights Debbie Allen's career and follows her group of dance students as they prepare for Allen's annual Hot Chocolate Nutcracker.'

🔔 🧁 The Great British Baking Show AKA The Great British Bake-Off (Netflix, 3:01 AM) Season finale. All the best bakers are gone.

🔔 The Mandalorian (Disney+, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 Virgin River (Netflix, 3:01 AM) The complete second season.

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🔔 🏈 College Football (ESPN, 7:00 PM) The rivalry formerly known as the Oregon Civil War, between the Ducks and Beavers; from Reser Stadium in Corvallis.

🔔 Beast-Kept Secrets (Animal Planet, 8:00 PM)

🔔 🎥 Birthmother's Betrayal (Lifetime Movies, 8:00 PM) This sounds so bad it might be good: 'A woman becomes suspicious when her adopted daughter's birth mother reenters her life and starts to display increasingly erratic behavior.'

🔔 🎥 Christmas By Starlight OR Five Star Christmas (Hallmark, 8:00 PM) Conflicting listings for what holiday flick is premiering on Hallmark tonight.

🔔 🎥  Dear Christmas (Lifetime, 8:00 PM) 'A podcast host develops an unexpected romance with a local firefighter during the holidays.'

The 80's: The Decade That Made Us (National Geographic, 8:00 PM) 

🔔 The First 48: Shocking Interrogations (A&E, 8:00 PM)

🔔 Frosty The Snowman (CBS, 8:00 PM) The original 1969 holiday classic featuringi Jimmy Durante in his final film performance.

🔔 Gold Rush (Discovery, 8:00 PM)

🔔 How The Grinch Stole Christmas (NBC, 8:00 PM) Chuck Jones's 1966 animated special starring Boris Karloff as the voice of the Grinch and June Foray as Cindy-Lou Who.

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🔔 Jeff Dunham’s Completely Unrehearsed Last-Minute Pandemic Holiday Special (Comedy Central, 8:00 PM) 

🔔 My Lottery Dream Home (HGTV, 8:00 PM) 

🔔 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (ABC, 8:00 PM) The classic 1970 stop motion holiday film narrated by Fred Astair and featuring the voices of Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn and Joan Gardner.

🔔 Schitt's Creek (Comedy Central, 8:00 PM)

🔔 World's Funniest Animals (The CW, 8:00 PM) 

🔔 WWE Friday Night SmackDown (Fox, 8:00 PM)

🔔 Frosty Returns (CBS, 8:30 PM) The not-so-classic 1992 sequel starring Jonathan Winters and John Goodman.

🔔 Minions Holiday Special (NBC, 8:30 PM) 'The beloved characters celebrate the season as they present a night of holiday-themed mischief and playful, family-friendly adventures, featuring their trademark brand of offbeat comedy antics.' Beloved?

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🔔 20/20 (ABC, 9:00 PM)

🔔 Ancient Aliens (History, 9:00 PM)

🔔 Biggest Little Christmas Showdown (HGTV, 9:00 PM)

🔔 CBS News Sunday Morning (CBS, 9:00 PM) A special presentation: 'The Pet Project.'

🔔 Dateline NBC (NBC, 9:00 PM)

🔔🍴 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives (Food Network, 9:00 PM) 'America's Favorites: Cross-Country Culinary Cred.'

🔔 Gold Rush: White Water (Discovery, 9:00 PM)

🔔 Live Rescue (A&E, 9:00 PM)

🔔 Life After Lockup (WE, 9:00 PM) Third season premiere.

🔔 😻 Ready To Love (OWN, 9:00 PM)

🔔 River Monsters: Deadliest Man Eaters (Animal Planet, 9:00 PM)

🔔 UFOs In Alaska (Travel Channel, 9:00 PM)

🔔 Johnny Carson (Antenna, 10:00 PM) Buddy Rich, Tony Randall and Douglas Fairbanks.

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🔔 😻 Put A Ring On It (OWN, 10:00 PM)

🔔 Warrior (Cinemax, 10:00 PM) 

🔔 The Graham Norton Show (BBC America, 11:00 PM)  Hugh Grant, Nigella Lawson, Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Amy Adams and a performance by Dua Lipa.

Blast From The Past
🎥 A River Runs Through It (Starz Encore, 6:50 PM)

Jaleel White, Best Known For Playing Urkel On 'Family Matters,' Is Born On November 27th, 1976

Sources: Zap2It, Futon Critic, Netflix, TV Guide, OnThisDay, Rotten Tomatoes, Apple TV+, Collider, Wikipedia, PBS, Amazon, IMDB, Sports Media Watch, Channel 4, Reality Tidbit, Radio Times, Schitt's Creek Wiki, Laughing Place, The Version.