What To Watch This Week: 50+ Premieres, Finales, And More

Every day, TVLine’s What to Watch column spotlights new and returning English-language shows (and select movies) premiering or airing fresh episodes across broadcast, cable and streaming — organized by release time and alphabetically within each slot.

What follows is a look at the shows to watch in the week ahead: A handy roundup of TV premieres and finales designed to help you plan your viewing for the next seven days.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15

📺 “The Chosen” Season 6 (Prime Video, three-episode premiere)

📺 “Cunk on Cinema” (Netflix, six-episode binge)

Diane Morgan reprises her role as Philomena Cunk, exploring the history of cinema, from the invention of the camera and the French New Wave to CGI and the future of AI.

📺 10 p.m. “Treasure Island” series finale (MGM+)

📺 11 p.m. “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” Season 13 finale (HBO)

🎥 8 p.m. “Christmas at Moose Lake” (Great American Family movie)

After a breakup sends Alyssa home to Moose Lake for Christmas, a misplaced engagement ring and an unexpected connection with Sean help her rediscover love, family, and the courage to begin again; Britt Robertson, Ryan Paevey, Natasha Henstridge, and Kevin Dillon star.

🎥 8 p.m. “In Another Life” (Lifetime movie)

Two strangers (Samora Smallwood and Romaine Waite) find comfort and unexpected romance while waiting in a hospital ICU for their respective spouses to recover from life-threatening conditions.

🎥 8 p.m. “Mistletoe and Mimosas” (Hallmark Channel movie)

A business consultant (Tamera Mowry-Housley) inherits her late uncle’s Christmas-themed bar and enters into a festive competition with the manager of a trendy rival club (Kristoffer Polaha), only for their rivalry to turn romantic; Jennifer Robertson co-stars.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16

📺 “The Mob” Season 1 finale (Hulu, two episodes)

📺 “This Is Not a Murder Mystery” Season 1 finale (Acorn TV)

📺 8 p.m. “Crime and Punishment in America” (PBS, four-night event)


Directed by Lynn Novick, and executive-produced by Ken Burns and Sam Pollard, this eight-part docuseries explores the history of criminal justice in America — from the pre-colonial period to 21st Century mass incarceration.

📺 9 p.m. “America’s Funniest People” (VH1, two-episode premiere)

Hosted by Ms. Pat, this comedy competition pits three content creators against one another for a cash prize, with outrageous pranks, wild stunts, savage jokes, and viral-worthy antics.

📺 9 p.m. “Still Flipping Out” Season 1 finale (Bravo)

📺 9 p.m. “Sweet Deceit” Season 2 (Food Network, two-episode premiere)

🎥 “Darius Rucker: They Called Me Hootie” (Hulu documentary)

The film chronicles Rucker’s journey from his childhood in Charleston, South Carolina, to global superstardom with Hootie & the Blowfish and his subsequent reinvention as a country music star.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17

📺 “Death Valley” Season 2 (BritBox)

📺 “He Said, She Said: Till Death Do Us Part” (Paramount+, three-episode binge)

The docuseries chronicles a bitter custody battle between two high-powered lawyers that spills beyond the courtroom and onto social media, where their troubled marriage becomes the subject of a viral public spectacle.

📺 “Ludwig” Season 2 finale (BritBox)
📺 8 p.m. “Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown” Season 5 (Food Network)

📺 9 p.m. “The Circle” (Hulu, new episodes Tuesday-Thursday)

Airing over five weeks, this “bold new iteration” of the former Netflix reality competition, with new host Tinx, will bring together everyday players and celebrities like Hannah Brown (“The Bachelor”) and Layla Taylor (“The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives”) to compete side-by-side.

📺 10 p.m. “Darius, Dolly and 60 Years of Celebration: Countdown to the CMA Awards With Robin Roberts” (ABC special)

Go backstage and behind the scenes with country music stars as they prep for country music’s biggest night and celebrate the iconic Dolly Parton alongside 60 years of CMA history.

🤣 “Mike Ward: Modest” (Netflix comedy special)

🎥 9 p.m. “When a Witness Recants” (HBO documentary)

The film explores the wrongful convictions of three Baltimore teenagers sentenced to life in prison for a 1983 murder, and the decades-long fallout for the accused, their community, and the witnesses who later admitted they were pressured into giving false testimony.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18

📺 “Win the Mall” (Netflix, eight-episode binge)

Part shopping spree, part social strategy, this high-gloss reality competition drops players into a living mall where they’ll fight to outshop, outsmart, and outlast one another — and only one will walk away with the keys to the ultimate prize; Haley Baylee hosts.

🏆 8 p.m. CMA Awards (ABC & Disney+, hosted by Lainey Wilson)

📺 9 p.m. “Small Town Trouble: Texas” (Bravo)

Conservative values of small-town life collide with forbidden attraction, messy friendships, and shocking secrets in this newest reality offering spotlighting a group of wives, mothers, and social insiders, including Aaryn Williams, Alli McAnelly, Annari Uys, Gabby Hernandez Huffman, and Hailey Head.

🎥 “Guarding Stars” (Netflix movie)

Sparks fly when a bodyguard (Leighton Meester) is assigned to protect an action star (Jared Padalecki) over the holidays; Andie MacDowell co-stars.

🎥 “Madden” (Prime Video movie)

Nicolas Cage stars as legendary football coach and commentator John Madden, chronicling his Super Bowl-winning partnership with Raiders owner Al Davis (Christian Bale), broadcasting career, and creation of the Madden NFL video game franchise; Kathryn Hahn, Sienna Miller, John Mulaney, and Shane Gillis co-star.

🎥 9 p.m. “The Hotline” (HBO documentary)

The film goes inside Never Use Alone, an overdose prevention helpline staffed by volunteers who provide compassionate support to people using opioids and summon emergency assistance when callers become unresponsive.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19

📺 “The Altruists” (Netflix, eight-episode binge) 

Anthony Boyle and Julia Garner star as Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison, two hyper-smart, ambitious young idealists who tried to remake the global financial system in the blink of an eye… before they were accused of stealing $8 billion.

📺 “The Assassin” Season 2 (AMC+)

📺 “Heartland” Season 20 (UP Faith & Family)

📺 “Nelly and Ashanti: We Belong Together” Season 2 (Peacock, eight-episode binge)

📺 8 p.m. “9-1-1” fall finale (ABC)

📺 8 p.m. “The Traitors: New Blood” Season 1 finale (NBC, two episodes)
📺8 p.m. “9-1-1: Nashville” fall finale (ABC)

📺 9 p.m. “Next Level Baker” Season 2 (Fox)
📺 9 p.m. “War” Season 1 finale (HBO)
📺10 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy” fall finale (ABC)

🎥 “The Pursuit: F1 Academy” (Disney+ documentary)

This feature-length effort profiles Doriane Pin, Maya Weug, Chloe Chambers, and Alisha Palmowski throughout the 2025 F1 Academy season, and spotlights the challenges facing young women pursuing careers in motorsport.

🎥 8 p.m. “Christmas En Pointe” (UPtv movie)

A small-town dance teacher reunites with her ex-fiancé, now a senator, when he returns home for Christmas and helps save her struggling studio; Jonathan Stoddard and Lexie Contursi star.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20

📺 “Kill Jackie” series finale (AMC+)

📺 
”MobLand” Season 2 finale (Paramount+)

📺 “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” Season 3 (Disney+, two-episode premiere)

📺 “Yellowjackets” final season (Paramount+)

📺 9 p.m. “America’s Parade: 100 Years of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” (NBC special)

The one-hour special chronicles the story behind a beloved holiday tradition ahead of the 100th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

📺10 p.m. “Real Time With Bill Maher” Season 24 finale (HBO)

🎥 “Jingle Bells, Wedding Bells” (WatchFree+ movie)

A cardiologist (Scott Foley) returns to his hometown and meets the Type A wedding planner (Rachel Bilson) his sister hired to pull off her picturesque Christmas Eve wedding.

🎥 “Primetime Preacher$” (Netflix documentary)

In the 1980s, televangelists Jim Bakker, Jerry Falwell, and Jimmy Swaggart transformed American religion and politics, until greed, rivalry, and scandal ignited a holy war that threatened their empires.

🎥 “Steps” (Netflix movie)


In this animated twist on “Cinderella,” misunderstood stepsister Lilith (voiced by Ali Wong) accidentally turns her sister Margot (Stephanie Hsu) into a frog and must team up with Cinderella (Amanda Seyfried) to save the kingdom from a scheming villain (Nikki Glaser); Daniel Radcliffe, Peter Dinklage, and Bette Midler also lend their voices.

🎥 8 p.m. “Our Holiday Playbook” (Hallmark Channel movie)

A woman (Taylor Cole) recruits a former football star-turned-teacher (Charles Michael Davis) to pose as her boyfriend so he can play in her family’s annual Christmas flag football showdown, helping him with his own family bake-off in return.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21

📺 9 p.m. “Have I Got News for You” Season 5 finale (CNN)

🎥 8 p.m. “Christmas in Blue Dog Valley” (Hallmark Channel movie)

A Hollywood veterinarian (Erin Cahill) buys a family-run clinic in a tight-knit town, where she teams up with the former owner’s black-sheep son (Andrew Walker) to win over the locals.

🎥 8 p.m. “Love on the Vineyard” (Lifetime movie)

A real estate executive (Paula Patton) returns to Martha’s Vineyard, where she reconnects with a former summer love (Derek Luke) and fights to save a historic inn; Janet Hubert co-stars.

🎥 8 p.m. “Three Generations, One Christmas” (Great American Family movie)

When a family’s beloved supper club faces an uncertain future, three generations come together at Christmas to decide what traditions, memories, and legacy are worth holding onto; Mario Lopez, Tony Danza, Taylor Kalupa, Dominic Lopez, and Courtney Lopez star.