What to watch
THURSDAY
November 17, 2022
All times Central. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
A Christmas Story Christmas
HBO Max ▪ Original Film
This sequel to the 1983 film A Christmas Story finds an adult Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) returning to his childhood home.
Santa Camp
HBO Max
This new documentary film is from director and producer Nick Sweeney (FX’s AKA Jane Roe) and Emmy-winning and BAFT-Anominated producer Stacey Reiss (The Andy Warhol Diaries). This is a story of Santas and personal triumphs that begins at the annual summer camp organized by the New England Santa Society, which is composed of more than 100 professional Christmas performers. To try to tackle Santa’s diversity problem, the camp enlists a Black Santa named Chris from Arkansas, a disabled Santa named Fin from Vermont and a transgender Santa named Levi from Illinois. Each has a powerful Santa origin story.
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Hulu ▪ New Series
Recently divorced 41-year-old Toby Fleishman (Jesse Eisenberg) dives into appbased dating with the kind of success he never had in his youth. But his newfound freedom is jeopardized when his ex-wife (Claire Danes) disappears, leaving him with their two young kids and no hint of where she is or whether she plans to return. The eight-episode drama also stars Lizzy Caplan and Adam Brody.
1899
Netflix ▪ New Series
Following the audience acclaim it received when it debuted in September at the Toronto International Film Festival, this eight-part German mystery from the creators of Dark makes its Netflix premiere. Set in the year of its title, the series follows the mysterious circumstances surrounding the voyage of an immigrant ship from Europe to New York. When the passengers discover a second ship adrift on the open sea that had gone missing for months, their journey takes an unexpected turn into a nightmarish riddle.
Dead to Me
Netflix ▪ Season Premiere
Jen (Christina Applegate) and Judy (Linda Cardellini) are back for the third and final season of this acclaimed dark comedy. In the aftermath of yet another hit-and-run, both women receive shocking news and are ready to risk their lives for a friendship that’s above the law.
Sweet Navidad
Lifetime, 7 p.m. ▪ Original Film
Christmas comes early for soap fans with this Latin-flavored tale starring Days of Our Lives alums Camila Banus and Mark Hapka as pastry chefs thrown into the kitchen together for a holiday gala at a hotel owned by One Life to Live veteran David Fumero.
Hell’s Kitchen
FOX, 7 p.m.
In the new episode “Wok This Way,” chef Gordon Ramsay and special guest Stephanie Izard challenge the contestants to make the perfect dish with obscure ingredients, cooked only in a wok.
NFL Football: Tennessee at Green Bay
Prime Video, 7:15 p.m. Live
Green Bay’s Lambeau Field is the site of this Week 11 Thursday Night Football matchup between Derrick Henry’s Tennessee Titans and the Packers’ Aaron Rodgers.
Pickled
CBS, 8 p.m.
Stephen Colbert hosts this two-hour celebrity pickleball tournament, featuring teams competing against each other to benefit Comic Relief US. The 16 players vying for the Colbert Cup are Jimmie Allen, Murray Bartlett, Dierks Bentley, Jaime Camil, Will Ferrell, Max Greenfield, Luis Guzman, Phil Keoghan, Daniel Dae Kim, Sugar Ray Leonard, Tig Notaro, June Diane Raphael, Kelly Rowland, Paul Scheer, Aisha Tyler and Emma Watson.
Top Gear
BBC America, 10 p.m. ▪ Season Premiere
Chris Harris, Freddie Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness learn all about Thailand’s passion for pickup trucks — and help build a remote racetrack and a temple in the process.