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Motor City

Today's Top Pick is the violent revenge actioner Motor City.  The film stars Alan Ritchson (Reacher) in a mostly silent performance (the film has very little dialogue) as a former soldier framed by his fiancé's ex-boyfriend and sent to prison.  The main takeaway from everything I've read about the film is the extreme violence, something Ritchson has proven himself adept at selling.  Reviews are positive but middling.  You probably already know if you will enjoy it or not.

⭐🎥 Motor City (AMC+, 3:01 AM) STREAMING PREMIERE. 'In 1970s Detroit, John Miller falls for a local gangster's girl and lands in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Life ruined, Miller plots revenge against the man who took his girl away.  Starring Alan Ritchson (Reacher).'✔️

Elsewhere...

Devil's Crest

  PREMIERES

🍽️ Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook (Apple, 12:01 AM) SERIES PREMIERE. 'Follows Nora Lum, aka Awkwafina, on a cross-country culinary road trip as she attempts to revive her family's beloved Chinese restaurant.'

👹 Devil's Crest (Amazon, 3:01 AM) SERIES PREMIERE. 'When Actual Magic, the world's first full dive VRMMORPG, fuses with the real world, a new death game begins. A game that is also reality.  Based on Reki Kawahara's latest work.'✔️

🎥 New Group (AMC+ / Shudder, 3:01 AM) 'A student appears on the playground, crawling on all fours. Days later, others join, forming a human pyramid. It marks the start of a bizarre phenomenon that spreads across the community.'✔️

🎥 Possible Love (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'A story of two married couples -- a laid-off worker and his spouse and a documentary filmmaker and her spouse -- crossing paths to film a documentary and facing their different lives and hidden desires.'

🎥 Unprotected: Murder in Galicia (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'In 2015, alleged thieves left Isabel Fuentes near death in her own home. This documentary traces how suspicions quickly fell on her circle of trust.'

🔔 Under Siege (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'In 1985, M-19 guerrillas seize Bogotá's Palace of Justice. This series explores the siege, the military retake and victims' families demanding justice.'

🔔 It Gets Worse (Paramount, 3:01 AM / Showtime, 9:00 PM) SEASON ONE. 'Follows three young people who are starting to look around themselves - at their humiliating jobs, their non-existent love lives and their rapidly dwindling will to live - and think: "wait. Wait WAIT. Surely it gets better than this? It has to get better than this. Right?" Spoiler alert! It doesn't.'✔️

🎥 The Uprising (Peacock, 3:01 AM) 'Andrew Garfield stars as the leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II. Set against the true events of the Uprising that helped inspire the legend of Robin Hood, he forms an army of the people to face the King's might in a fight for justice.'✔️

🎥 My Son's Sugar Mama (LMN, 8:00 PM) 'A protective mother discovers a wealthy, older woman is showering her young son with gifts and money. As she sets out to expose her, she discovers the woman's obsession with her son is far more dangerous than she ever could have imagined.'

  🎄CHRISTMAS PREMIERES🎄

🎄🎥 The 12 Dates of Christmas (Hulu, 12:01 AM) 'Christina Walker, a successful shop owner who has devoted her energy to her career at the expense of her dating life, goes on 12 dates in the 12 weeks leading up to Christmas hoping to find Mr. Right.'✔️

🎄🎥 An Ozark Mountain Christmas (GAPF, 3:01 AM) 'A designer visits her Ozark hometown for Christmas, reconnecting with family craft traditions and faith. Through Paul's support, she discovers meaning in work centered on community and heritage.'

🎄🎥 Chocolate for Christmas (UPtv, 8:00 PM) 'A woman returns to her small hometown to save her family's beloved chocolate shop, where she finds unexpected love and a renewed appreciation for tradition and community.'

🎄🎥 Merry Memories (Hallmark, 8:00 PM) 'Michaela helps her nephew create a Christmas Scrapbook for his mom serving overseas by teaming with his teacher Bryan. Their unexpected romance proves love can be the greatest homecoming of all.'

RETURNING SHOWS

🔔 I Escaped to the Country (BritBox, 3:01 AM) SEASON NINE PERMIERE.

🤠 The Last Cowboy (CMT, 8:00 PM) SEASON SEVEN PREMIERE.

🐺 Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory (NGC, 9:00 PM) SPECIAL PRESENTATION.

🍽️ Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (Food, 9:00 PM) SEASON FORTY-FOUR PREMIERE.

New Group

STREAMING

🍽️ Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars (Apple, 12:01 AM) "We Don't Compromise" SEASON FINALE. 

🔔 Nocturne (Apple, 3:01 AM) "Eyes on the Inside"

😂 LOL: Last One Laughing Philipines (Amazon, 3:01 AM) SEASON FINALE. 

🔔 Kill Jackie (AMC+, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 Yaga (AMC+, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 Tokyo Revengers (Disney+ / Hulu, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 4 Blocks Zero (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 Paolo (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) SEASON FINALE. 

🔔 The Producer (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) 

🤬 Rage (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) 

👻 Strange: Junji Ito's Tales for Sleepless Nights (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 The Torment (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) SEASON FINALE. 

🍰 The Great British Baking Show (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 

💀 Dexter: Resurrection (Paramount, 3:01 AM) "Yong Blood" 

🔔 Mobland (Paramount, 3:01 AM) "We Don't Talk Anymore" 

🔔 Tulsa King (Paramount, 3:01 AM) 

🧼 Days of Our Lives (Peacock, 3:01 AM) 

🧑‍⚕️ Doctor X: Mafia in White (Netflix, 12:01 PM) 

 

👮🏻 Cops (Fox Nation, 6:00 PM) 

LIVE SPORTSBALL TODAY/TONIGHT

⚽ Italian Serie A Soccer: Udinese at Venezia (CBSSPT, 2:45 PM)

🏌️ PGA Tour Golf: 2026 World Wide Technology Championship - Round 2 (Golf, 3:00 PM)

⚽ English Premier League Soccer: Coventry City at Everton (USA, 3:00 PM)

🏊 College Swimming and Diving: College Swimming League (Championship) (ESPNU, 5:00 PM)

🏈 College Football: Virginia Tech Hokies at SMU Mustangs (ESPN, 7:00 PM)

🏀 College Basketball: Saint Louis Billikens vs Missouri Tigers (ESPNU, 7:00 PM)

🏀 NBA Basketball: Philadelphia 76ers at Cleveland Cavaliers (Amazon, 7:30 PM)

🏈 College Football: South Florida Bulls at East Carolina Pirates (ESPN2, 7:30 PM)

🏈 College Football: Nebraska Cornhuskers at Illinois Fighting Illini (Fox, 8:00 PM)

🏀 College Basketball: St Thomas (MN) Tommies at Minnesota Golden Gophers (Peacock, 8:00 PM)

🏀 College Basketball: Connecticut Huskies vs Michigan Wolverines (TNT / TruTV, 8:00 PM)

🏈 College Football: New Mexico Lobos at Nevada Wolf Pack (CBSSPT, 9:00 PM)

🏀 College Basketball: Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at Kansas Jayhawks (ESPNU, 9:00 PM)

🏌️ LPGA Tour Golf: 2026 TOTO Japan Classic - Round 3 (Golf, 9:30 PM)

🥊 One Fight Night 49: Gabriel vs. Rasulov (Amazon, 10:00 PM)

🏀 NBA Basketball: Portland Trailblazers at LA Lakers (Amazon, 10:00 PM)

🏈 College Football: TCU Horned Frogs at Arizona Wildcats (ESPN, 10:15 PM)

The Uprising

🕖EARLY PRIMETIME🕖

🧽 SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon, 5:30 PM) 'A wrestling ring settles disputes; Patrick battles a stubborn hair.'

🦌 Deer Squad (Nick Jr, 6:00 PM) 'Sir Steel sails towards a purple slime waterfall unaware, as he's too busy meditating; Drillnose Beetles are destroying the forest and so two mystery heroes have to reveal themselves.'

⭐ The Patrick Starr Show (Nickelodeon, 6:00 PM) 'Patrick and Squidina retape the family's home videos. Patrick spends a day with Cecil's brother.'

🕖8:00 EASTERN / 🕖 7:00 CENTRAL

👮 Sheriff County (CBS, 8:00 PM) 'When a dangerous prison break escalates into a volatile hostage crisis, Sheriff Mickey Fox must make a high-stakes decision with personal consequences that could change the course of the case and put lives on the line.'

🍺 Happy's Place (NBC, 8:00 PM) 'Bobbie notices Val shutting down all of Gabby's ideas, only for Val to point out that Bobbie does the same thing; Steve tries some new tactics to manage his obsessive-compulsive disorder on an unknowing Isabella.'

🔔 Outlander: Blood of My Blood (Starz, 8:03 PM) 'Julia and Lovat attend an event honoring Loyalist Lairds who fought against Jacobites in the Rebellion; Ellen's longstanding plan to protect Leoch from the Crown is put to the test.'

🤵‍♂️👰‍♀️ Newlyweds (NBC, 8:30 PM) 'James and Jeanie can't get a moment alone during their at-home mini-moon.'

💲 Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (ABC, 8:00 PM) 
🤠 The Last Cowboy (CMT, 8:00 PM) 

💰 Gold Rush (Discovery, 8:00 PM) 
🎄🎥 Merry Memories (Hallmark, 8:00 PM) 

🎥 My Son's Sugar Mama (LMN, 8:00 PM) 
🐨 The Marsupilamis (Nick Jr, 8:00 PM) 
💖 Ready to Love (OWN, 8:00 PM) 

👮 On Patrol: First Shift (Reelz, 8:00 PM) 
🎄🎥 Chocolate for Christmas (UPtv, 8:00 PM) 

🤼‍♂️ WWE's Friday Night Smackdown (USA, 8:00 PM) 

🕗 9:00 EASTERN / 🕖 8:00 CENTRAL

🧑‍🚒 Fire Country (CBS, (9:00 PM) 'When escaped convicts trigger a dangerous manhunt, Bode and the Station 42 crew join forces with Sheriff Mickey Fox and her deputies to protect their loved ones and the community caught in the crossfire.'

🪖 Salute to Service 2026: A Veterans Day Celebration (PBS, 9:00 PM) 'Jason Kelce hosts a musical celebration of our nation's heroes, past and present; training at the United States Military Academy at West Point; members of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment "The Old Guard."'

👽 The Unbelievable with Dan Aykroyd (History, 9:00 PM) 'Bombs full of scorpions, exploding dummy paratroopers and spy kits hidden where the sun don't shine, these super-secret weapons are as bizarre as they are deadly.'

🐺 Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory (NGC, 9:00 PM) 'Bertie travels to Canada to film a familiar pack of wolves hunting moose.'

🔔 It Gets Worse (Showtime, 9:00 PM) 'Newly evicted best friends Ethan, Abi and Sam escape reality with one last unforgettable night out at a London gay club; but when long-buried tensions surface, the trio must confront whether their friendship can survive the fallout. / Abi has it all: a flat with her boyfriend, a new promotion, a more adult life; but beneath the surface, cracks are beginning to show; the trio reunite at a dinner party, which forces Abi to look closer at her seemingly perfect life.'✔️

🔔 20/20 (ABC, 9:00 PM) 
🐶 Totally Funny Animals (CW, 9:00 PM) 
🏔️ Rocky Mountain Wreckers (Discovery, 9:00 PM) 
🍽️ Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (Food, 9:00 PM) 
👮 On Patrol: Live (Reelz, 9:00 PM) 
💖 Love After Lockup: Relationship Rehab (WE, 9:00 PM) 
💀 Dateline NBC (NBC, 9:01 PM) 

The 12 Dates of Christmas

🕗 10:00 EASTERN / 🕖 9:00 CENTRAL

👮 Boston Blue (CBS, 10:00 PM) 'Jamie Reagan's visit to Boston takes an unexpected turn when he and Danny are drawn into a diamond heist linked to a violent family feud, forcing the brothers to confront lingering tensions of their own; Lena investigates suspicious deaths.'

⚖️ The Rainmaker (USA, 10:00 PM) 'A class action takes shape as Amanda tests Sarah's loyalty and Bruiser helps Tom's star pitcher.'

👽 Mysteries from Above (History, 10:00 PM) 'Coming face to face with a superpod of dolphins in New Zealand and examining swirling spirals beneath the surface of the Pacific; learning why the turquoise Strait of Georgia suddenly turns white; spotting a structure that sneaks around the ocean.'

🔔 Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, 10:00 PM) 
🤬 Rage (HBO Latino, 10:00 PM) 
👮🏻 SWAT: Exiles (Starz, 10:00 PM) 

LATE NIGHT

🔔 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 11:34 PM) 'Actress Sarah Paulson; professional basketball player Caitlin Clark; Dinner Party performs.'

🔔 Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC, 12:37 PM) 'Actress Kim Kardashian; actor Jeff Hiller.'

🥊 The Ariel Helwani Show (Vice, 12:00 AM) 
🔔 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC, 11:35 PM) 
😂 Comics Unleashed (CBS, 11:35 PM) 
🔔 Nightline (ABC, 12:37 AM)
😂 Funny You Should Ask (CBS, 12:37 PM)

📺Broadcast/Cable/Satellite - RETRO BINGE📺

South Park (Comedy Central, 5:00 AM - 9:00 AM, 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM); Law & Order (Pop, 6:00 AM - 8:00 PM); The Andy Griffiths Show (Sundance, 6:00 AM - 3:14 PM); Living Single (TV One, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM); M*A*S*H* (TVLand, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM); Friends (TBS, 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM); Gunsmoke (11:00 AM - 4:00 PM); Seinfeld (Comedy Central, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM); The Big Bang Theory (TBS, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM); The Andy Griffiths Show (TVLand, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM); Family Ties (Antenna, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM); The Office (Comedy Central, 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM); Three's Company (Antenna, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM); Everybody Loves Raymond (TVLand, 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM); Barney Miller (Antenna, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM);  One Day at a Time (Antennae, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM); The Jeffersons (Antenna, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM); Sanford & Son (Antenna, 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM); The King of Queens (TVLand, 11:06 PM - 2:00 AM); Becker (Antenna, 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM); Wings (Antenna, 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM)

📺 Johnny Carson (Antenna, 11:00 PM) 'Actor Carol Reiner; actress Raquel Welch.' *Originally aired Nov 21, 1980*

It Gets Worse

Key Sources: The Futon Critic; Rotten Tomatoes; YouTube; TV Guide; TV Passport

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