TV TOP PICKS
7 p.m. on ABC
The Great Christmas Light Fight Try to relax and not think about things like utility bills and neighborhood homeowner regulations as you tune in for Season 8 of this giddy seasonal home decorating series. Lifestyle expert Carter Oosterhouse and interior designer Taniya Nayak, both pictured, are back as the judges who evaluate the over-the-top efforts by four families in each onehour episode.
8 p.m. on CBS
SEAL Team
After several in its number elect to make life-altering career decisions that curtail several long-term bonds, the members of Bravo Team are forced to adjust to a dramatically different team dynamic in a new episode called, appropriately titled “The New Normal.” David Boreanaz, Max Thieriot, Neil Brown and A.J. Buckley star.
8 p.m. on NGEO
Narco Wars
This new true-crime docuseries premieres with an episode called “How Cocaine Came to America,” featuring interviews with notorious smuggler George Jung and the wife and son of Pablo Escobar. The hour examines how a handful of criminals teamed up to launch the Medellin Cartel, the most powerful such organization in the world. Their venture pioneered the cocaine-smuggling business in the 1970s and ’80s.
9 p.m. on ABC
For Life
As a favor to Jamal (Dorian Missick), Aaron (Nicholas Pinnock) agrees to defend a man accused of witness tampering. Meanwhile, on the home front, tensions start to escalate in the Wallace family household as Thanksgiving preparations shift into high gear in the new episode “Time to Move Forward.” Indira Varma, Joy Bryant, Tyla Harris and Timothy Busfield also star.
9 p.m. on MTV
The Challenge
The “Double Agents” edition of this competition returns for a new season of 19 episodes filmed entirely in Iceland. On that frigid island, 30 veterans of reality shows — including singer-rapper Joseph Allen from America’s Got Talent and former WWE wrestler Lio Rush — partner up to outsmart opponents in a game that’s part espionage thriller, made up of secrets, spies and lies. The winning team splits a $1 million jackpot.