What's On Tonight (Thursday): A Timely 'Stand'

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Plus, lots and lots of shows taking their final bows for 2000.

Top Pick

⭐The Stand (CBS All Access, 3:01 AM) The newest adaptation of Stephen King's 1978 novel which 'centers on a pandemic of a weaponized strain of influenza that kills almost the entire world population.' Oh. Cool. Starring James Marsden, Whoopi Goldberg, Greg Kinnear, Jovan Adepo, former SVU lab technician/doll collector Bert Trevor - I mean Daniel Sunjata - Alexander Skarsgård, Heather Graham and Amber Heard.

Highlights

🔔 Classica (Pluto, 24/7) This looks to be aimed at the old school A&E/Bravo crowd, with round-the-clock ballet and other classical performances. Channel 862 or bookmark here.

🔔 Comedy Central Animation (Pluto, 24/7) Beavis & Butthead, classic South Park, Daria and more. Channel 467 or bookmark here.

🔔 The Flight Attendant (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) Finale.

🔔 🎶 Homeschool Musical Class Of 2020 (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) Inspired by Laura Benanti's #SunshineSongs initiative 'to be an [online] audience for those whose musicals were cancelled.'

🔔 Ruthless (BET+, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 Schulz Saves America (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'Comedian Andrew Schulz takes on the year's most divisive topics in this fearlessly unfiltered and irreverent four-part special.' Who is Andrew Schulz, you ask? He is known for something called Guy Code. What is Guy Code, you ask? 'Guy Code is an American reality comedy television series on MTV2. The series debuted on November 15, 2011 and features various pop culture entertainers, top comics, athletes, and specialized experts who tell the story of the special code of conduct that exists between men.' The douche fumes are strong with this one. 

🔔 Sesame Street (HBO Max, 3:01 AM)

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🔔 Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 Texas 6 (CBS All Access, 3:01 AM)

🔔 Twelve Dates Of Christmas (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) Another dumb dating show one-off.

🔔 Buried In The Backyard (Oxygen, 8:00 PM) 'Witness To Murder.'

🔔 🐶 Dogs Of The Year (The CW, 8:00 PM) 'Counting down the top 10 dog stories of 2020, celebrating the dogs that go above and beyond, leave their mark on society and achieve the nearly impossible.' /programs DVR

Dolly Parton's Coat Of Many Colors (NBC, 8:00 PM) From 2015: 'In 1955 Tennessee, 9-year-old Dolly Parton (Alyvia Alyn Lind) and her family (Jennifer Nettles, Gerald McRaney) discover the healing power of faith and love while struggling to overcome tragedy.'

🔔 The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes (A&E, 8:00 PM)

🔔 Life Below Zero (National Geographic, 8:00 PM)

🔔 Mysteries Of The Abandoned (Science, 8:00 PM)

🔔 🏈 NFL Football (Fox, 8:00 PM) Chargers at Raiders, barring more rescheduling fuckery.

🔔 Station 19 (ABC, 8:00 PM) Fall finale.

This Old House (PBS, 8:00 PM) 

🔔 Young Sheldon (CBS, 8:00 PM) Fall finale.

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Ask This Old House (PBS, 8:30 PM)

🔔 B Positive (CBS, 8:30 PM) Fall finale.

🔔 Braxton Family Values (WE, 9:00 PM) Season finale.

🔔 Grey's Anatomy (ABC, 9:00 PM) Fall finale.

🔔 The First 48: Critical Minutes (A&E, 9:00 PM) 

🔔 Injustice With Nancy Grace (Oxygen, 9:00 PM) Season finale, 'A Hired Hand: In a sleepy Ohio community, three women are killed during home invasions; they all have one thing in common; they were once married to the same man.'

🔔 Life Below Zero (National Geographic, 9:00 PM) 

🔔 Mom (CBS, 9:00 PM) Fall finale.

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🔔 Chrisley Knows Best (USA, 9:30 PM)

POV (PBS, 9:00 PM) 'And She Could Be Next: Claiming Power.'

🔔 The Unicorn (CBS, 9:30 PM) Fall finale.

🔔 Dateline (NBC, 10:00 PM) 

🔔 Evil Lives Here: Shadows Of Death (ID, 10:00 PM)

🔔 Impractical Jokers (TruTV, 10:00 PM)

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🔔 Johnny Carson (Antenna TV, 10:00 PM) Buddy Hackett and John Lithgow.

🔔 Killer Cases (A&E, 10:00 PM) 

🔔 A Million Little Things (ABC, 10:00 PM) Fall finale.

🔔 Star Trek: Discovery (CBS, 10:00 PM) 

🔔 A Time To Kill (ID, 10:00 PM)

Blast From The Past

🎥  Billy Elliot (HBO, 8:00 PM)

 Academy Award-Winner Jennifer Jones Dies On December 17th, 2009

Source(s): Zap2It, OnThisDay, Rotten Tomatoes, The Futon Critic, Netflix, Wikipedia, Roger Ebert, ESPN, HBO Max, WarnerMedia, AMC, What's On Netflix, Sports Media Watch, National Geographic, Variety, NBC Sports, CBS All Access, Deadline.