There are also some nice Thanksgiving marathons each year…
Monday
- You Deserve It (ABC, 9pm) Series Premiere – A ‘touching’ game show where you compete to win for someone you know.
- The Layover (Trav, 9pm) Series Premiere – Anthony Bourdain starts with 24 hours in Singapore.
Tuesday
- Dancing with the Stars (ABC, 9pm) Season Finale – Who will take the trophy?
Wednesday
- Mobbed (Fox, 9pm) – Following from rehearsals to a big song and dance surprise.
Thursday
- Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade/The National Dog Show (NBC, 9/12am) – Giant balloons and then doggies.
- Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas/Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown (Fox, 8/8:30pm) – Can’t we wait until Friday for Christmas shows?
- Punkin Chunkin (Sci, 8pm) – Can your pumpkin go the distance?
- A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving/A Very Gaga Thanksgiving (ABC, 8/9:30pm) – Competing Charlie Browns?
Friday
- Hoops & Yoyo Ruin Christmas/The Elf on the Shelf (CBS, 8/8:30pm) – It is officially after Thanksgiving.
- Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer/Olive, the Other Reindeer (8/9pm) – Let the reindeer games begin.
- All on the Line with Joe Zee (Sund, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – EW described this as ‘Kitchen Nightmares with dresses’ and of course no Gordon Ramsay.
- Say Yes to the Dress (TLC, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – FiancĂ© fashions.
- Tyler Perry’s for Better or Worse (TBS, 10pm) Series Premiere – Perry brings a couple of his big flick characters to the small screen.
Saturday
- Trading Christmas (Hall, 8pm) – Holiday romance is in the air.
Sunday
- Junk Gypsies (HGTV, 7pm) Series Premiere – Transforming spaces with flea-market and other finds.
- Mitch Albom’s Have a Little Faith (ABC, 9pm) – So a cleric and a rabbi meet a writer…
- Celebrity Rehab (VH1, 9pm) – Season 2 revisited, I haven’t seen the season 1 eps yet so not sure if we get updates.
- Leverage (TNT, 9pm) Season Premiere – Another justice getting job.
- Real Deal (Hist, 9pm) Series Premiere – Getting the best deal for stuff.
- Kourtney & Kim Take New York/After Lately (E!, 10/11pm) Season Premieres – Whatever and then more Chelsea.
The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.