FRIDAY’S BEST PICKS
8PM 4 The Greatest AtHomeThanks&GivingVideos
Expect a healthy dose of the warm and fuzzies as Cedric the Entertainer serves up a heaping helping of fun with this new special. With a full hour of entertaining and heartfelt videos Cedric has found on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, you’ll be mesmerized by examples of thanks and giving that will melt the heart. It’s like swiping right for the holiday season.
8PM 10 Shark Tank
An entrepreneur from Bethesda, Md., presents his luxury apparel line designed to elevate the office look. Meanwhile, an entrepreneur from Spokane, Wash., pitches his portable solution to enjoying beverages on tap and take the party on the go. From there an entrepreneur from San Diego hopes the Sharks love his stylish fruit preservation device. And a husband and wife from Plano, Texas, hope to get the Sharks buzzing over their re-imagined, higher-alcohol level, fruit-infused wine collection in this new episode. Mark Cuban, Daymond John, Kevin O’Leary, Lori Greiner and guest Shark Peter Jones are featured.
8PM (HALL) MOVIE In Merry Measure
When pop star Darcy (Patti Murin) returns to her hometown to spend Christmas with her sister and niece, things take a left turn when she unexpectedly finds herself coaching the high school choir with her onetime rival, Adam (Brendan Penny). Will the spirit of the season bring them tohome. gether or will the pressure keep them from holiday cheer? This 2022 romance also stars Jennifer Robertson and Cassidy Reichman.
8PM (LIFE) MOVIE The Dog Days of Christmas
While visiting her family during the holidays, Annie (Georgia Flood) decides to help three stray dogs get adopted before heading back into her career working for a global non-profit. But when she runs into local veterinarian Dylan (Ezekiel Simat), her old high school debate partner, they team up to save an animal rescue. Ultimately, Annie discovers that finding love, and making a difference in the world, can happen right at home in this 2022 romance.
8PM (TCM) MOVIE The Best Years of Our Lives
Decades later, director William Wyler’s lengthy but magnificent 1946 drama remains an extremely telling portrait of the effects of war on ordinary citizens. Honored with seven Academy Awards including best picture, the film features flawless performances by Dana Andrews, Fredric March and Harold Russell as veterans struggling to cope with being back Myrna Loy and Teresa Wright co-star in this military drama.
8PM (LMN) MOVIE Mother’s Deadly Son
Marianne’s (Rene Ashton) son, Jacob (Noah Fearnley), just returned from military school, two years after her eldest son died under suspicious circumstances while rock climbing with Jacob. The police suspected that Jacob killed his brother, and when he returns from military school after being expelled, he attacks Marianne’s best friend Tara (Brittany Underwood). Yet even with these terrible things all pointing to her only living son, Marianne must fight for his life to prove his innocence in this 2022 thriller.
9PM (SHO) MOVIE Out of the Blue
After spending time in prison for an assault charge, Connor Bates (Ray Nicholson) now works in a library and spends his free time running, swimming, and trying to piece his life back together. When he meets Marilyn Chambers (Diane Kruger), the wife of a wealthy businessman (Victor Slezak), they find themselves in an intense physical and emotional relationship that quickly escalates into idle talk about her husband’s murder in this 2022 romantic thriller.
9PM (MAGN) Fixer Upper: The Castle
Things are in the home stretch of construction at The Castle and Chip and Joanna Gaines are focused on perfecting the details that will make it special in the new episode “Getting It Right.” Unfortunately, a design issue in the kitchen forces Chip to insist on a last-minute change order fixing both countertops and windows. Meanwhile, Jo gets a surprise at the Silos.
9:30 PM (ESPN) NBA Basketball
A clash of Western Conference playoff hopefuls is in the offing tonight at FedEx Forum, where Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies defend home hardwood from Rudy Gobert and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Coming off an impressive 2021-22 season, the Southwest Division champion Grizzlies hope to get by while star power forward Jaren Jackson Jr. heals from foot surgery. The T’Wolves, meanwhile, are loaded for bear with a “Twin Towers” configuration of Gobert and KarlAnthony Towns on the front line.