Thanksgiving TV: NFL Games, TV Marathons, The Returned & More

News & Notes

Tonight, ABC has the Lady Gaga and the Muppets’ Holiday Spectacular special.

Over on cable, Discovery Channel has a Punkin Chunkin 2013 special.

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Prime Picks

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (ABC): Repeat. The animated holiday classic replays.

The Returned (Sundance): New. The dead find it hard to resume their lives after coming out into the open. Runs 75 minutes. Plays again later.

Ground Floor (TBS): Repeats. The second and third episode replay. Definitely worth checking out if you haven’t as of yet.

Other Options

• The Crazy Ones (CBS): Repeats. Three episodes replay tonight.
• Strike Back: Origins (Cinemax): Repeat. Last Friday night’s episode replays.

Sports Notes

• CBS has NFL action with the Oakland Raiders at the Dallas Cowboys in the second game of the day.
• ESPN has Thursday Night College Football action with Mississippi at Mississippi State.
• ESPN2 has six college basketball games today.
• FOX has NFL action with the Green Bay Packers at the Detroit Lions in the first game of the day.
• FS1 has college football action with Texas Tech at Texas.
• NBC has NFL action with the Pittsburgh Steelers at the Baltimore Ravens tonight in the third game of the day.
• NBC Sports has doubleheader college basketball action tonight.

Late Night

• Masters of Sex (Showtime): Repeat. This past Sunday night’s episode, “Involuntary,” replays.

Thanksgiving Day TV Marathons

The Andy Griffith Show (TV Land): Has 12 episodes today.
Boy Meets World (MTV2): Has 10 episodes tonight.
Castle (TNT): Has 13 episodes today.
Friends (Nickelodeon): Has 10 Thanksgiving episodes tonight into late night.
Friends (TBS): Has 14 episodes today, the first 10 being the Thanksgiving episodes.
How I Met Your Mother (FXX): Has 24 episodes today.
James Bond Movies (Syfy): Has seven movies today.
Living Single (TV One): Has 12 episodes early.
Modern Family (USA Network): Has 32 episodes today.
Reba (CMT): Has 10 episodes today.
Roots (Centric): The 12-hour miniseries replays today.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (BBC America): Has episodes all day.
The Three Stooges (IFC): Has 24 episodes starting early.
The Waltons (UPtv): Has six episodes early followed by three TV movies.
White Collar (Cloo): Has episodes all day.
Without a Trace (ION): Six episodes.

If you are looking for some more movie marathons, seasonal specials, themed episodes and anything else about Thanksgiving and Christmas on TV this weekend, then check out TV Tango’s holiday programming guide.

What are you thankful for this holiday weekend?