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TV THIS WEEK

- By Matt Cooper “Nova” celebrates all creatures fierce and fearsome in “Extreme Animal Weapons.” 8 and 9 p.m. KOCE The nostalgic special “Lights, Camera, Christmas! Inside Holiday Movie Classics” remembers such favorites as 1983’s “A Christmas Story.” 10 p

SUNDAY

She’s coming out: Motown legend Diana Ross will collect career kudos at the “2017 American Music Awards.” Kelly Clarkson, Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato are among the slated performers. 8 p.m. ABC

“Arrested Developmen­t’s” Alia Shawkat is back in a second season of the kooky mystery-comedy “Search Party.” 10 and 10:28 p.m. TBS

“The Problem With Apu” is that some view the animated Indian American shopkeeper on “The Simpsons” as a demeaning ethnic stereotype, as comic Hari Kondabolu and others explain in this new documentar­y. 10 p.m. TruTV

MONDAY

The remaining couples will have to step it up as “Dancing With the Stars” wraps its season with a two-night season finale. 8 p.m. ABC; also, 9 p.m. Tue.

The new documentar­y “Baltimore Rising” examines the ongoing tensions between that city’s African American community and local police. 8 p.m. HBO

Bill Murray, Steve Martin, et al., salute the former late-night host with the most in the special “David Letterman: The Mark Twain Prize.” 9 p.m. KOCE The dark recesses of the internatio­nal arms trade are probed in the documentar­y “Shadow World” on a new “Independen­t Lens.” 10:30 p.m. KOCE

TUESDAY

“Marvel’s Runaways” are six gifted but troubled teens who team up to take on their dastardly parents in this latest action drama set in the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe. Any time, Hulu

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich has a thing or three to say about the divide between the haves and the have-nots and other economic issues in the new documentar­y “Saving Capitalism.” Any time, Netflix

“Who Killed Tupac?” That is the question as the rapper’s 1996 murder is reinvestig­ated in this new six-part series. 9 p.m. A&E

Monique Greenwood, former editor in chief of Essence magazine, tries to make it big in the bed-and-breakfast biz in the new series “Checked Inn.” 10 p.m. OWN; also Sat.

WEDNESDAY

“Downton Abbey’s” Michelle Dockery and the rest of her town’s womenfolk fight back in the seven-part western fable “Godless.” Jeff Daniels, Jack O’Connell and Sam Waterston also star. Any time, Netflix

Miss Streisand holds court in the new concert doc “Barbra: The Music… The Mem’ries… The Magic!” Any time, Netflix

P!nk, Coldplay, Lorde and Miley Cyrus are among the many chart-topping performers at the two-part “iHeartRadi­o Music Festival.” 8 p.m. KTLA; also Fri.

“Nature” celebrates all creatures great and small — OK, just small — in the new episode “Nature’s Miniature Miracles.” Then

THURSDAY

Spike Lee’s breakout 1986 indie comedy “She’s Gotta Have It” is now a TV series, with DeWanda Wise taking over the role of the titular “she.” Any time, Netflix

We love a parade. And that includes “The Thanksgivi­ng Day Parade on CBS” and “Macy’s Thanksgivi­ng Day Parade” — which are basically the same parade. 9 a.m. CBS, NBC

A full day’s worth of “NFL Football” matchups kicks off with the Vikings versus the Lions. 9:30 a.m. Fox

They’ll be raising the “woof ” at this year’s edition of “The National Dog Show.” David Frei and “Seinfeld’s” John O’Hurley return as hosts. Noon NBC

Alicia Witt is sure to get smooched at “The Mistletoe Inn” in this new holiday romance. 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel

FRIDAY

The kids from the hit animated series are back in “Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie.” 7 p.m. Nickelodeo­n

You’ll be dreaming of “White Christmas” and other classics when “Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn — The Broadway Musical” airs on “Great Performanc­es.” 8:30 p.m. KOCE

Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Paul McCartney and Bruce Springstee­n are among the stars featured in “Grammys Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversar­y Special.” 9 p.m. CBS

SATURDAY

Dermot Mulroney and Kimberly Williams-Paisley get on board “The Christmas Train” in this new holiday romance. 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel

The big ape’s the main attraction in the effects-laden 2017 creature feature “Kong: Skull Island.” With Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson and John C. Reilly. 8 p.m. HBO

Tatyana Ali and Brendan Fehr get “Wrapped Up in Christmas” in yet another new holiday romance. 8 p.m. Lifetime

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Kailey Schwerman Crown Media ALICIA WITT stars in “The Mistletoe Inn” on the Hallmark Channel.

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