TV HIGHLIGHTS
Station 19, 8 PM on Ch. 22 and Ch. 9:
Amid the continuing fallout from the recent neighborhood explosion, the crews at Station 19 and Station 23 each attempt to celebrate a joyful Thanksgiving in the new holiday-themed “Little Girl Blue.” The bittersweet occasion finds the firefighters assembling to cook, join in toasts to loved ones and celebrate the chosen families they have become together. Jaina Lee Ortiz, Jason George and Grey Damon star.
Movie: Under the Volcano, 8:25 PM on SHOW:
A film festival favorite, writerdirector Gracie Otto’s feature-length 2021 documentary looks back at a decade of music by AIR Montserrat, a recording studio built by Beatles producer George Martin in 1979 on the island of Montserrat. This custombuilt state-of-the-art studio quickly became known for some of the best in 1980s pop recordings, including the Elton John single “I’m Still Standing” and the Dire Straits album “Money for Nothing.” Some of the film was shot in the ruins of the studio, which was destroyed by Hurricane Hugo in 1989.
Movie: Here Today, 9 PM on STARZ:
Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish make a winning team in this 2021 dramedy that Crystal also co-wrote and directed. He plays a celebrated comedy screenwriter who finds himself thrown together with Haddish’s charming kook when she uses him as an unwitting accomplice in a revenge scheme against an unfaithful ex-boyfriend. He doesn’t know quite what to make of her, but she does provide a welcome distraction from his recent diagnosis of encroaching dementia. Penn Badgley, Laura Benanti and Anna Deavere Smith co-star.