TV THIS WEEK
SUNDAY Brooke D’Orsay dons her gay apparel for the new holiday romance “Miss
Christmas.” 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel
The new reality series “Xscape: Still Kickin’” catches up with the 1990sera girl group. 9 p.m. Bravo
“Shameless” cracks open an eighth season. With William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum. 9 p.m. Showtime
Frankie Shaw plays a twentysomething single mom from South Boston looking to get her love life back on track in the new comedy-drama “SMILF.” Rosie O’Donnell and Connie Britton also star. 9 and 10 p.m. Showtime
Two new high-end escorts will be providing “The Girlfriend Experience” as this drama based on Steven Soderbergh’s 1990 film returns for a second season. 9 p.m. Starz “Ride With Norman Reedus” returns with special guest, Reedus’ “Walking Dead” costar Jeffrey Dean Morgan, a.k.a. “Negan.” 11 p.m. AMC
MONDAY
The new documentary special “VA: The Human Cost of War” examines the inner workings of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 9 p.m. KOCE Following the return of “Holiday Baking Championship,” it’s the debut of the new series “Christmas Cookie Challenge.” 9 and 10 p.m. Food Network
The new two-night documentary “Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge” looks back at four decades of the pop-and-politics magazine Jann Wenner built. 9 p.m. HBO; also Tue.
The importance of investigative journalism in today’s crazy, mixed-up is illustrated in the 2016 documentary “All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone.” 9 p.m. Starz The new special “Living Every Day: Luke Bryan” gets up close and personal with the country music star. 10 p.m. ABC
A giant of jazz is remembered in “Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary” on “Independent Lens.” 10 p.m. KOCE TUESDAY
Woo! Legendary pro wrestler Ric Flair is saluted in “Nature Boy” on a new “30 for 30.” 7 p.m. ESPN
Bryant Gumbel and Suzanne Malveaux are featured on a new “Finding Your Roots.” 8 p.m. KOCE
The new series “The Long Road Home” dramatizes the stories of American soldiers during the Iraq War and their families back home. 9 p.m. National Geographic Channel
It’s rich versus poor and brother versus brother in 1930s rural American in the gritty new drama “Damnation.” 10 p.m. USA
WEDNESDAY
Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood reunite to cohost “The 51st Annual CMA Awards” in Nashville. Slated performers include Garth Brooks and Miranda Lambert. 8 p.m. ABC
Who said cheetahs never prosper? “Nature” follows a family of the fastest of the big cats in “The Cheetah Children.” 8 p.m. KOCE
The new sports doc “Danica” gets up close and personal with NASCAR racer and pitchwoman Danica Patrick. 8 p.m. Epix
The knives are out for “Iron Chef Showdown,” the latest iteration of the cooking challenge. 9 p.m. Food Network
The imported autism-themed family drama “The A Word” begins its second season. 10 p.m. SundanceTV
THURSDAY
“Grey’s Anatomy” hits the 300-episode mark. That adds up to about 300 episode-ending musical montages. 8 p.m. ABC “The Braxtons” spinoff
“Tamar & Vince” is back for a fifth season. 9 p.m. WE
“The Cromarties” are former NFL star Antonio Cromartie and his wife and kids in this new reality series. 10:30 p.m. USA
FRIDAY
Comic Maria Bamford lights the fuse on a second season of her somewhat auto biographical comedy series “Lady Dynamite.” Any time, Netflix
Glenn Close (“Damages”) plays a spinster aunt back from the dead in the quirky new comedy “Sea Oak.” Any time, Amazon
Country music’s Lauren Alaina takes the “Road Less Traveled” back to her old hometown in this tunefilled romantic drama. With Charlene Tilton. 9 p.m. CMT
“Foo Fighters — Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special” finds the Grammywinning alt-rockers rocking the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. 10 p.m. KOCE SATURDAY
Shepard Fairey, the street artist behind the iconic Obama “HOPE” poster, is profiled in the documentary “Obey Giant.” Any time, Hulu
Lacey Chabert plays a pastry chef who warms up to a former beau in the new TV movie “The Sweetest Christmas.” 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel Why so serious? 2017’s “The LEGO Batman Movie” is a super-fun computeranimated romp for any true fan of the Caped Crusader, voiced here by Will Arnett. 8 p.m. HBO “The Warfighters” returns with a special four-episode Veterans Day minimarathon. 8, 9, 10 and 11 p.m. History Channel
The new docudrama “Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer” revisits the dark tale of the South African Paralympian charged in the 2013 murder of his model girlfriend. 8 p.m. Lifetime