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Come together! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, November 5!
Our Top Pick tonight is the freshman dramedy Finding Happy (Bounce TV, 8 p.m.). The show follows Yaz (B. Simone), who feels stagnant as she turns 36 years old, upon making moves to change her life and (finally) find her own happiness. It is an okay show, but I'm definitely not the target audience.
Elsewhere, Frankie Muniz does Magic, Amy Shumer is Live, Made in Abyss is back, Doctor Blake goes to death row, Netflix has an Orgasm, Yashahime gives away the Black Pearl, and Abbott and Costello meet the classic spooks.
(All times are Eastern. All listings are new unless otherwise stated. For more listings, visit The Futon Critic or Zap2it.)
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STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME
📺 The Addams Family (Pluto TV, now): This Hanna-Barbera-produced 1973 Saturday morning cartoon of the classic Addams clan isn't that good, but it is a worthy curiosity for Addams fans. Ted Cassidy and Jackie Coogan are the only actors who return from the primetime series, but there's also young Jodie Foster voicing Wednesday.
The Doctor Blake Mysteries (Ovation, 7 p.m.): Blake is called to a delirious death row prisoner who plead guilty to murder long ago.
🎥 Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste (Netflix, 3 a.m.): A sexual wellness company gains fame and followers for its practice of "orgasmic meditation" — until members come forward with disturbing allegations.✔️
WHAT ELSE IS ON
Chef Swap at the Beach (Cooking Channel, 7 p.m.): Season finale
The Hair Tales (Hulu, midnight / OWN, 9 p.m.): Marsai Martin, Chlöe Bailey; season finale
🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL
⭐ Finding Happy (Bounce TV): When Yaz discovers that the video she secretly shot of Princess Charles has been leaked, she fears getting fired and skips work to play hooky with Jamila. The two cousins head to Atlanta's Black Hair Museum.
🎥🎄 Lights, Camera, Christmas! (Hallmark Channel): In this documentary, we get a look into the up-and-coming movie business in Mistletown and some of the stars of the day. It will also include a sneak peek to some upcoming movies: Some Like It Cold, The Silence of the Yams, The Figs of Wrath, Bulb Runner, and One Flew Over the Partridge's Nest.
🎥🎄 Merry Swissmas (Lifetime): While spending Christmastime with her mother in Switzerland, an architect meets a single father who shows her how to open herself up to love and forgiveness during the holiday season.
🎥🎄 A Royal Christmas on Ice (GAC Family): It's been 700 years since Krampus first arrived on the Christmasia continent, back when the countryside was divided up amongst hundreds of small ever-changing kingdoms and principalities. While his early years still have plenty of mystery to them, new information has come to light. In this drama, we find a young Krampus settle in the Koalburg town of Gruber, now a suburb of Pottersville, and get in on the booming coal industry. His business ingenuity and ambitions allowed him to rise the ranks in the royal family-owned Forte Coal Company, earning him the ear of the king. However, Krampus wanted more than the ear... he wanted the head. He wouldn't get that chance until the next king, Maestro III, was crowned, which was also around the time he married his first wife, believed to be Maestro III's sister. Now married into the royal family, his hostile takeover of the family coal company makes his ascension that much easier. And what better way to grab the throne than by the royal family disappearing during a Christmas vacation on the lake during a particularly cold spell.
🎥 See How They Run (HBO): In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered.✔️
WHAT ELSE IS ON
⚾ 2022 World Series, Game 6 (Fox)
Criss Angel's Magic with the Stars (The CW): Lolo Jones, Frankie Muniz
Love & Marriage: Huntsville (OWN)
🎥 Svengoolie (MeTV): Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
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| See How They Run (via Giphy) |
🕘 9 P.M. EASTERN / 🕗 8 P.M. CENTRAL
📺 The Fugitive (Decades): Spend the weekend with Dr. Richard Kimble, an innocent victim of blind justice. Sentenced to death for the murder of his wife, a train derailment allowed him to escape, and now he runs, helping many along the way. I'd argue Kimble is the most good character in television. In this two-part episode, "Dr. Kimble comes upon Sister Veronica, who convinces him to accompany her on her trip to Sacramento despite his protests that he's heading in another direction."✔️
WHAT ELSE IS ON
Critter Fixers: Country Vets (National Geographic Wild)
Ghost Hunters (Travel Channel)
Pit Bulls and Parolees (Animal Planet)
Uncharted Adventure (The Weather Channel): Season premiere
World's Funniest Animals (The CW)
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| The Fugitive (via Tumblr) |
🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL
🎥🎄 A Maple Valley Christmas (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries): In the northern region of Evergreen is the Maple Valley, Krampus’ 2 year-long occupation of a big swath of land is about to come to an end. With Jack Frost’s Project Christmas Wish, Gens. Dancer and Comet lead the efforts to liberate the lands on the ground and in the air. Dominick, aka "The Donkey," finds himself crashing and alone when he is shot down during the raid on Fort Frankincense, unable to deliver his payload to the Black Spruce target, which was meant to better arm the resistance. Stranded in the middle of Maple Valley’s maple tree farms, Dominick needs to decipher between friend and foe to survive, and he still has vital information that must reach the resistance leaders Hinkle and Karen. Meanwhile, Gen. Comet needs his ace Dominick because Krampus has much better air support than expected. The general cant afford heavy losses because his forces are already stretched too thin across the entire northern region.
📺 The Rockford Files (Get TV): Rockford sets out to learn the identity of a girl who is involved with the kingpin of Denver's underworld.
48 Hours (CBS)
Home Is Where the Farm Is (National Geographic Wild)
Weather Gone Viral (The Weather Channel)
💤😴 LATE NIGHT 😴💤
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. "An old man speaks of a golden city that lies within a devouring abyss somewhere in uncharted waters. One explorer may be the key to finding both."✔️
Naruto: Shippuden (Adult Swim, 2 a.m.): Obito learns why Kakashi put his mission first that time at Kannabi Bridge. Obito and Kakashi return together to confront Madara.
One Piece (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): Luffy agrees to an alliance with Trafalgar Law, but the Straw Hats refuse to leave the island until the children are safe. The gaseous master unleashes something very deadly.
📺 Star Trek (MeTV, 11 p.m.): The Enterprise is taken over by a group of androids who are working for Kirk's old nemesis, Harry Mudd.
📺 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (MeTV, 2 a.m.): By presidential directive, Admiral Nelson and Commander Crane turn the Seaview over to a publicity seeking scientist who plans to break the crush barrier.
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (Adult Swim, 1 a.m.): Setsuna stops Towa from killing Zero. Rin's curse cannot be lifted unless Zero lets go of her regrets. Sesshomaru gives Moroha the Black Pearl.
WHAT ELSE IS ON
Austin City Limits (PBS, 11 p.m.): Lyle Lovett
Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:29 p.m.): Amy Schumer, Steve Lacy
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| Made in Abyss (via Tumblr) |
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