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A Strike on Mars in ‘Mankind,’ ‘Home for the Holidays’ Turns 25, Jennifer Grant Salutes Father Cary on TCM, Disney+ Asks ‘What If’
New Today
A Home for the Holidays
Special
A milestone anniversary special revisits some of the families previously featured on the uplifting annual program that raises awareness of children in foster care awaiting adoption. Katharine McPhee hosts and performs with David Foster.
The Bishop’s Wife
Jennifer Grant joins the monthlong tribute to her movie-star father, Cary Grant, when she appears as a special guest host with TCM’s Dave Karger to introduce more of his beloved films, starting with this 1947 flick.
What If…?
Season Premiere
Over nine nights, the animated series that asks “what if” returns with new alternative stories involving MCU heroes. The Watcher (voiced by Westworld’s Jeffrey Wright) introduces the animated vignettes.
For All Mankind
“Space is a business,” insists Helios Aerospace founder Dev Ayesa (Edi Gathegi) when he arrives on Mars in the middle of a contentious labor strike among his on-the-ground blue-collar workers.
Reacher
Reacher (Alan Ritchson) travels with his team to Boston, where they encounter a familiar friendly face—and, inevitably, a vicious team of bikers that makes the fateful mistake of trying to take them on.
Sports on TV
College Football
Birmingham Bowl: Troy vs. Duke
A full day of college football bowl games on ABC includes the Birmingham Bowl, the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl and the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl.
NFL Football
Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers
A Saturday NFL Week 16 doubleheader has the Cincinnati Bengals at the Pittsburgh Steelers on NBC, followed by the Buffalo Bills at the L.A. Chargers streaming on Peacock.