What's On Tonight (Sunday): High school survivor / High school reunion

Yellowjackets

Reverse the polarity! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, November 21!

Tonight's Top Pick is the female unbonding drama Yellowjackets (Showtime, 10 p.m.). The drama follows a high school girls' soccer team upon a plane crash, stranding them deep in the Ontario wilderness where they splinter and become warring fractions. Even cannibals. In the modern day story, the survivors piece their lives back together and attempt to keep the stories from those days mute. The adults include Melanie Lynskey, Juliette Lewis, Tawny Cypress, and Christina Ricci. Some Showtimers might recognize one of the teens as Kassidi Gallagher. The pilot is largely set-up, but I really enjoyed it.

Elsewhere, Julian Baptiste solves his finale case, Bob Belcher makes Thanksgiving food, Canterville Ghost concludes, another Ghost is back, ABC awards American music, Molly might not be so Insecure, BMF puts the weapons away, animals do The Mating Game, there's an accident in Kingstown, 

(All times are Eastern. All listings are new unless otherwise stated. For more listings, visit The Futon Critic or Zap2it.)

DAYSIDE ON THE SITE

🪓 Cancellation League (2 p.m.): Do you like points? Let's hope you got some this week.

STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME

60 Minutes (CBS, 7 p.m.): Austin, Texas, experiments with a new way of policing that uses trained civilians to respond to calls once answered by armed officers... Commercial supersonic flights... Gardens of the Roman Emperor Caligula. Maybe we'll see clips from Caligula.

🎥🎄 Christmas on 5th Avenue (UPtv, 7 p.m.): But I haven't watched 1st through 4th Avenues yet.

Fear the Walking Dead (AMC+, 3 a.m.): When baby Mo gets sick, Morgan successfully pleads for entry into Strand's Tower. Morgan quickly learns even Strand's benevolence has its limits

The Freak Brothers (Tubi, 3 a.m.): "The Expendables"

The Mating Game (Discovery+, 3 a.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. This new docuseries from the BBC tells how animals overcome various obstacles to get it on. It's basically a nature voyeur series.

Mayor of Kingstown (Paramount+, 3 a.m.): "After a tragic accident has deadly consequences, an all-out manhunt ensues. Meanwhile, Mike reaches out to a former prison contact."✔️

SEAL Team (Paramount+, 3 a.m.): After an op gone sideways lands the whole team in the hospital, Bravo must create a little chaos to stay calm, while Clay tries to piece together what went wrong. Stuck at a hospital? Does this setup a M*A*S*H spinoff?

The Walking Dead: World Beyond (AMC+, 3 a.m.): As the plan continues to unfold, tensions between the group and the CRM come to a dramatic head. While some rush to save an ally, difficult truths are brought to light.

INTERNATIONAL NOTICES:

Kamikaze (HBO Max, 3 a.m.): Episodes 3 & 4

BRIEFLY: America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC, 7 p.m.); Axios (HBO, 6 p.m.); Fatal Frontier: Evil in Alaska (Oxygen, 7 p.m.); Renovation, Inc: Home Sweet Home (Discovery+, 3 a.m.); Snapped (Oxygen, 6 p.m.)

Mayor of Kingstown (via Tumblr)

🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL

🎥🎄 Baking Spirits Bright (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): Mira Varma takes pride in her family's fruitcake business despite the decline of the confection's popularity. When her parents hire Brady Phillips to boost sales for the holidays, Mira fights to hold on to the heart of the company she loves so much.

BMF (Starz, 8 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. In an effort to expand into new territory, Meech discovers a disturbing alliance then hatches a plan to eliminate the threat. Terry is forced to make a life-altering decision.

Doctor Who: Flux (BBC America, 8 p.m.): November 1967. A little girl has gone missing. Professor Eustacius Jericho conducts psychic experiments, and in the village graveyard, there is one gravestone too many.✔️

🎥🎄 Christmas Down Under (Ion, 8 p.m.): "Tightly-wound Ellie flies to Australia and enlists the help of an Aboriginal tour guide and a YouTube famous Uber driver to find her husband and his eclectic family in hopes of finding her true self along the way." A little part of me died as I kept reading that.

The Equalizer (CBS, 8 p.m.): Mel's military proves critical when McCall is hired by the D.A. to find a sniper. Meanwhile, Delilah experiences PTSD as a result of the shootings.

The Great North (Fox, 8:30 p.m.): During Thanksgiving week, the Tobin kids and Honeybee take part in an old family tradition called the Beef Hunt.

🎥🎄 A Kiss Before Christmas (Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m.): Crisis in the Northern Reaches! For centuries the abominable snowmen, the earliest inhabitants of the Christmasia lands, were thought extinct, killed off during the decades after the death of the Abominable Snowmonster of the North and before War of the First Noel as elves permanently settled in the North. Folk stories exist of their "kiss," which describes their bite by which they kill prey and enemies. Some stories exist of their continued existence but nothing with any credibility. However, the Northern Reaches, which is claimed by Christmasia, is really a vast, uninhabited peninsula except for some coastal communities. Now, word is spreading that the abominable snowmen are alive and out to stake a claim in their old domain. Gen. Dancer and Frosty head to the wilderness to find out the truth: That the snowmen are back and they are siding with Krampus in the War on Christmas.

The Simpsons (Fox, 8 p.m.): Smithers finds true love with a famous fashion designer, but his new relationship may destroy Springfield.

🎥🎄 Who Is Christmas Eve (Bounce TV, 8 p.m.): I'm more curious about Christmas Adam.

Yellowstone (Paramount Network, 8 p.m.): Jamie receives some surprising news. Beth receives an offer; Jimmy settles in on the road. Tensions boil over in the bunkhouse.

BRIEFLY: 2021 American Music Awards (ABC, special); Call the Midwife: Special Delivery (PBS, special); Kids Baking Championship (Food Network, special); Legends of the Hidden Temple (The CW); Relative Race (BYUtv, season finale); WWE: Survivor Series (Peacock, special)

Doctor Who: Flux (via Tumblr)

🕘 9 P.M. EASTERN / 🕗 8 P.M. CENTRAL

Bob's Burgers (Fox, 9 p.m.): When Bob volunteers to cook Thanksgiving dinner for a retirement home, Louise gets stuck helping him on his most intense cooking day of the year. Gene and Tina try to help Zeke entertain the residents.✔️

The Canterville Ghost (BYUtv, 9 p.m.): SERIES FINALE. Virginia must summon all her courage to defend Sir Simon in the court of the dead. Meanwhile the twins search for buried treasure, but things go terribly wrong. If there's to be hope for the haunted, the Otises much come closer together than they ever have before — closer than they think they can.

China's Iron Fist: Xi Jinping and the Stakes for America (CNN Special Report) (CNN, 9 p.m.): SPECIAL. Fareed Zakaria explores Xi Jinping's rise to becoming the paramount leader of China, following Jinping's role in building up the world's second largest economy and his increasingly authoritarian policy stances. Eh, Frontline probably did this better.

Dexter: New Blood (Showtime, 9 p.m.): The investigation that Dexter has caused is making it difficult for him to make things right with Harrison, who has made a name for himself at school as a member of the wrestling team.

Family Guy (Fox, 9:30 p.m.): A new boss quells Peter's favorite part about work: office birthdays. Stewie is put in detention and comes out a ruffian.

Grantchester (PBS, 9 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. After a successful music producer is murdered, Geordie is implicated in the investigation and is forced to consider whether his army buddy Johnny could be the killer.

Power Book II: Ghost (Starz, 9 p.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. Tariq tries to resume his normal college life. Brayden provides Tariq an escape. Monet makes plans for the business to protect her children. Cane seeks out a new family to take the streets for himself.

NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS, 9 p.m.): Fall finale. Sam negotiates and Rountree goes under cover, when a man takes a busload of hostages and threatens to blow it up unless his daughter's war crimes are posthumously cleared.

Succession (HBO, 9 p.m.): "Logan and the team heads to Virginia for a conservative political conference, where Roman learns some surprising news."✔️

NOTICES & LINEAR PREMIERES:

Condor (Epix): "Not What He Thinks He Is"

The Engineering That Built the World (History): Golden Gate Bridge

Fear the Walking Dead (AMC): "Reclamation"

Mayor of Kingstown (Paramount Network): "The End Begins"

BRIEFLY: American Monster (Investigation Discovery); Holiday Wars (Food Network); Homestead Rescue (Discovery Channel); The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo); Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks (National Geographic, season finale)

🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL

Baptiste (PBS, 10 p.m.): SERIES FINALE. "Emma and Julien must do everything they can to stop the next attack." Yes, they should. And find Gomorrah!

Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO, 10:30 p.m.): After enlisting both Jeff and Freddy's help for the occasion, Larry's hot date quickly goes south.

Insecure (HBO, 10 p.m.): A family emergency finds Molly stretched thin. Issa and her new man grow closer than ever.

⭐ Yellowjackets (Showtime, 10 p.m.): The teens get their bearings as Misty finds hell on earth quite becoming. In the present: revenge, sex homework and the policeman formerly known as Goth.

NOTICES & LINEAR PREMIERES:

The Engineering That Built the World (History, season finale): Hoover Dam

This Is Life with Lisa Ling (CNN): murder of wealthy Native Americans in 1920s

The Walking Dead: World Beyond (AMC): "Returning Point"

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo): Meredith Marks, Amy Phillips

BRIEFLY: The Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food Network); From Scratch (FYI); The Osbournes Want to Believe (Travel Channel); Sister Wives (TLC, season premiere); What on Earth? (Science)

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📺 The Fugitive (MeTV, 2 a.m.): Kimble meets Willie Turner, a mentally retarded young man who is accused of hurting a child. Kimble reluctantly hides Willie at a carnival where Kimble now works. This episode features Nicholas Colasanto, Dabney Coleman, and Michael Conrad.

Joe Pera Talks with You (Adult Swim, 12:30 & 12:45 a.m.): Joe Pera attempts to find a movie that is appropriate to show in class. Later, he shows viewers what Marquette looks like from above.

📺 Mission: Impossible (MeTV, 3 a.m.): The IMF must uncover "K," head of European espionage working against the U.S., using an enemy agent and the wife of an elderly British lord.

Squidbillies (Adult Swim, midnight & 12:15 a.m.): Early achieves enlightenment, then shoves it down everyone else's throat. Later, "Sheriff does." Whatever that means.✔️

NOTICES:

Desus & Mero (Showtime, 11 p.m.): Kevin Hart

BRIEFLY: 90 Day Pillow Talk: The Other Way (TLC, 11 p.m.)

Squidbillies (via Giphy)

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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; J-Archive; TV Passport; Zap2it
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