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6 p.m. on TLC

Out Daughtered

Viewers may find their already-intense sense of pandemic-related time displaceme­nt further triggered by the new episode “Nacho-Typical Thanksgivi­ng,” which finds the Busbys getting ready for a busy Turkey Day celebratio­n. In the middle of all that activity, however, mom Danielle’s health issues start to take center stage yet again. As for the other family members, daughter Blayke has to face her fears when she has to get two teeth pulled, while the Quints get a crash course in the importance of being thankful.

7 p.m. on CBS

NCIS

Pam Dawber — the real-life wife of series star Mark Harmon — guest stars as an investigat­ive journalist named Marcie Warren in the new episode “Gut Punch,” in which NCIS Director Leon Vance (Rocky Carroll, who also directed this episode) assigns McGee, Torres and Bishop (Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama, Emily Wickersham) to COVID-19 compliance duty at a foreign affairs summit. The assignment proves fortuitous, since the NCIS trio discovers a link to another team’s murder case.

7 p.m. on TLC

The Blended Bunch

The Shemwells take a family camping trip, which means parents Spencer and Erica must contend with potty training the three youngest children in the new episode “Nature Calls.” Adding to the tension, Emma and Harper can’t seem to get along, and Tanner is openly jealous of stepbrothe­r Brayden. In a rare quiet moment together, Erica opens up to Spencer about her fears about the challenges of achieving harmony in their large and fractious blended family.

8:30 p.m. on TBS

Chad

Former Saturday Night Live cast member Nasim Pedrad wears many hats in this new single-camera sitcom, which she created and stars in the title role of a 14-year-old Persian boy in his first year of high school. Chad is obsessed with reinventin­g himself into one of the cool kids, but it’s an uphill battle. The large cast also includes Thomas Barbusca, Saba Homayoon, Brooke Dillman and Jake Ryan. Pedrad also serves as writer and executive producer on the series.

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