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Television Premieres and Notables: December 7-13, 2015

Monday, 12/7

Telenovela; NBC. 9 and 9:30 pm CST. Series "Sneak Peek".
A workplace comedy set around a telenovela set starring Eva Longoria.
It begins in January, but NBC is giving us a taste with two eps this year.


Tuesday, 12/8

The Flash (The CW; 7 pm CST).Mid-season Finale.
Guest starring Mark Hamill as the original Trickster.

Scream Queens (Fox; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.


Thursday, 12/10

Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors; NBC. 8 pm CST. Special.
Dolly's backstory is retold in this story set when she was nine years old.


Friday, 12/11

Transparent; Amazon. Streaming. 2nd Season Premiere.

Meanwhile, In Japan...

Television Premieres and Notables: November 30-December 6, 2015

Monday, 11/30

The Great Holiday Baking Show; ABC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

The U.K. competition series comes to America in this four episode, Christmas-themed, series.

Tuesday, 12/1

Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce; Bravo. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Wednesday, 12/2

RocketJump: The Show; Hulu. Streaming. Series Premiere.

The makers of the YouTube Channel take us behind the scenes for their short films, with each ep ending by airing that short film.

Thursday, 12/3

The Wiz Live! NBC. 7 pm CST. Special.

NBC continues its tradition of airing a live music in December. This time's the musical that takes a different spin on The Wizard of Oz.

Food Porn; FYI. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Friday, 12/4

Marc Maron: More Later; Epix. 9 pm CST. Special.

Sunday, 12/6

Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert; CBS. 8 pm CST. Special.

Television Premieres and Notables: November 23-29, 2015

Monday, 11/23

Eddie Murphy: The Mark Twain Prize; PBS. 8 pm CST (check local listings). Special.
Murphy gets awarded.


Tuesday, 11/24

Timothy Olyphant guest-stars on The Grinder (Fox; 7:20 pm CST)-- and you just know that is going to be all kinds of awesome.


Wednesday, 11/25

Property Brothers at Home on the Ranch; HGTV. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
How many shows do these two have, anyway?


Sunday, 11/29

The Walking Dead (AMC; 8 pm CST). Mid-season Finale.
This just reminds me that this season's level of craziness has been packed in only eight episodes.
I'll predict we'll find out if [you know who] is dead or alive.
Maybe we'll even see Jeffrey Dean Morgan who plays [who know who 2], and if we do see him, the season will just get crazier come next spring.

Television Premieres and Notables: November 16-22, 2015

Tuesday, 11/17

Chicago Med; NBC. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Dick Wolf's Chicago franchise adds a third series. This time, Oliver Platt stars as a psychiatrist for Chicago Memorial Hospital.


Thursday, 11/19

The Art of More; Crackle. Streaming. Series Premiere.
This show about black market treasures stars Christian Cooke, Dennis Quaid, Cary Elwes, and Kate Bosworth. So, you know, it might be worth checking out.


Friday, 11/20

The Man in the High Castle; Amazon. Streaming. Series Premiere.
This adaptation of the Philip K. Dick novel looks at an alternate history where the Axis won World War Two, and the United States is split between German and Japanese control.

Marvel's Jessica Jones; Netflix, Streaming. Series Premiere.
Krysten Ritter stars as a former super-hero who lost a battle and her nerve (and maybe her powers) and decides to try to make it as a detective.


Sunday, 11/22

Saints & Strangers; NatGeo. 8 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
Anna Camp, Ron Livingston, and Vincent Kartheiser star in this two-part mini about the first Thanksgiving.