What to watch
THURSDAY
December 28, 2023
All times Central. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
College Football ESPN, beginning at 10 a.m. Live
Four college football bowl games are on ESPN’s schedule today: SMU vs. Boston College in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl in Boston; Rutgers vs. Miami in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl in the Bronx, N.Y.; NC State vs. Kansas State in the Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando, Florida; and Arizona vs. Oklahoma in the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio.
Son of a Critch The CW, 7 p.m.
In “Old Friends, New Friends,” Mark (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) and Ritchie (Mark Ezekiel Rivera) pretend to be Protestant to fit in with a group of kids from another school.
NFL Football: N.Y. Jets at Cleveland Prime Video, 7:15 p.m. Live
The N.Y. Jets are at the Cleveland Browns for a Week 17 Thursday Night Football clash on Prime Video.
In Memoriam TCM, beginning at 7 p.m.
Turner Classic Movies offers an evening of films starring or produced by great talents we lost in 2023 (who have not already been honored with stand-alone tributes on the network). Remembered during this night will be with Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985); with her Best Supporting Actress Oscar-nominated performance in Absence of Malice (1981);
with her Best Actress
Paul Reubens, Melinda Dillon, Glenda Jackson, Children Ruin Everything The CW, 7:30 p.m.
With potential buyers coming, Astrid (Meaghan Rath) and James (Aaron Abrams) rally the kids to clean and get to the park in the new episode “Momentum.”
Oscar-nominated performance in 1971’s
Sunday Bloody Sunday (pictured); Treat Williams, Jane Birkin, Bert I.
with Hair (1979); with Blow-Up (1966); and producer with Village of the Giants (1965).
Gordon, Ghosts UK CBS, 8 p.m.
The BBC comedy that inspired the CBS series Ghosts continues with two episodes tonight. In “Redding Weddy,” Alison (Charlotte Ritchie) and Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe) grapple with the latest obstacle to booking an event at the house. Then in “The Thomas Thorne Affair,” a discovery in the house leads Thomas (Mathew Baynton) to go down memory lane.
Married to Real Estate HGTV, 8 p.m. Season Premiere
In “Home Sweet Om,” a multigenerational family has outgrown their home and want to find a bigger property with some character. Egypt Sherrod and Mike Jackson find the right place in Roswell, Georgia, and hope to turn the sterile house into a Japandi dream with a new kitchen and yoga studio.
SEAL Team CBS, 9 p.m.
After an op gone sideways lands the whole team in the hospital, Bravo Team creates chaos to stay calm in the new episode “Conspicuous Gallantry.”
The Christmas Secret
(2014, Drama) Bethany Joy Lenz, John Reardon
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 5 p.m. Sing
(2016, Children) Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon
NICK, 6 p.m. Tarzan
(1999, Children) Tony Goldwyn, Glenn Close
(2008, Comedy) Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly
Step Brothers TNT, 7 p.m. The Croods: A New Age
(2020, Children) Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone
E!, 7 p.m. Back to the Future
(1985, Comedy) Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd
Bravo, 7:30 p.m. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
(2016, Comedy) Seth Rogen, Zac Efron
VH1, 7:30 p.m. Christmas at the Plaza
Elizabeth Paevey
Hallmark, 9 p.m. Five Star Christmas
(2020, Romance-comedy) Bethany Joy Lenz, Victor
Webster Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 9 p.m. This Christmas
(2007, Comedy-drama) Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba
E!, 9 p.m. Ghostbusters II
(1989, Comedy) Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd
9:30 p.m. First Sunday VH1, 10 p.m. Horrible Bosses
Williams
(2011, Comedy) Jason Bateman, Charlie Day
10 p.m. Freeform, 6 p.m.
(2019, Romance) Henstridge, Ryan
AMC,
(2008, Comedy) Katt