‘The Witcher,’ ‘MacGruber,’ ‘Station Eleven,’ ‘1883,’ and everything else you don’t want to miss on TV this week

 

MONDAY

American Auto: This new workplace comedy from the Superstore team is set at Payne Motors, a car company that needs to innovate, or it’s headed to the scrapyards. One-hour series premiere.  9 p.m., NBC

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street: This documentary explores the history of the revolutionary children’s television show. 9 p.m., HBO

Gordon Ramsay’s Road Trip: Ramsay and two of his friends drive through Europe exploring the food and culture in this new series. Series premiere. 7 p.m., Fox

TUESDAY

Grand Crew: Black Friends? I mean, I don’t want to reduce it down to just that, but it’s about a group of friends who hang out together at a wine bar, and they happen to be in their twenties/thirties and are Black, so … Black Friends? Series premiere. 7 p.m., NBC

I Can See Your Voice Holiday Spectacular: It’s apparently Nicole Byer’s moment, because in addition to being in Black Friends Grand Crew, she’s also a celebrity panelist in this holiday episode of I Can See Your Voice7 p.m., Fox

Riverdale: In the fall finale, Jughead uncovers the truth about “Rivervale” and all the weirdness that has been happening over the past several episodes. 8 p.m., The CW

The Voice: Season finale. 8 p.m., NBC

Murders at Starved Rock: A man seeks to clear his name in the murders of three women in the Chicago area, with the help of the son of the man who prosecuted him in this documentary. Premiere.  7 p.m., HBO

WEDNESDAY

The Masked Singer: Two-hour season finale. 7 p.m., Fox

Survivor: Three-hour season finale. 7 p.m., CBS

Young Rock: It’s a Young Rock Christmas. (Or three). 7 p.m., NBC

Kenan: The team prepares for the annual holiday spectacular. 7:30 p.m., NBC

Mr. Mayor: The mayor forces his staff to work on “L.A. Christmas Eve.” 8 p.m., NBC

Dead Asleep: Did Randy Herman Jr. really kill his friend Brooke Preston in his sleep, or was it just a convenient excuse? Hulu

THURSDAY

MacGruber: MacGruber is back and on a mission to save the world from supervillain Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth. Series premiere. Peacock

Station Eleven: Based on the bestseller of the same name, this series follows survivors of a devastating flu pandemic as they try to rebuild society. Great timing, HBO. Premiere HBO Max

Finding Magic Mike: It’s a Magic Mike reality show. Merry Christmas. Premiere. HBO Max

Days of Our Lives: A Very Salem Christmas: Will Horton writes a holiday screenplay based on his friends and family in Salem in this new limited series. Premiere. Peacock

Firebite: Two Indigenous Australian vampire hunters seek out the last colony of bloodsuckers in the Australian desert in this new fantasy series. AMC+

The Real Housewives of Miami: The Miami Mamis are back. Season premiere. Peacock

South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid: Stan, Kyle and Cartman try to travel back in time to prevent COVID from happening in this second South Park special. Paramount+

L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth: 10 women who made meaningful change are celebrated in this special. 7 p.m., NBC

Swan Song: Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris star in this film about a man dying of a terminal illness who has the opportunity to replace himself with a clone. Premiere. Apple TV+

Mother/Android: Chloë Grace Moretz stars in this sci-fi film as a pregnant woman in the android dystopia who must make a perilous journey to safely give birth. Premiere.   Hulu

FRIDAY

The Witcher: GERALT IS BACK. Season two. Netflix

Chillin Island: In this new series, rappers commune in nature in swamps and deserts and other extreme environments in an effort to reveal unknowable truths. Series premiere. 9:30 p.m., HBO

SATURDAY

Saturday Night Live: Paul Rudd and Charli XCX10:30 p.m., NBC

Jaws: We’re gonna need a bigger boat. 7 p.m., Sundance

How the Grinch Stole Christmas: The 1966 classic, not one of the terrible modern updates. 8:30 p.m., TNT

SUNDAY

1883: Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill star in this prequel series to the wildly popular Yellowstone. Series premiere. Paramount+

Claws: Desna’s plan to sell Oxy to a fancier clientele is sabotaged in the season premiere. 8 p.m., TNT

The Sound of Music: It’s that time again. 6 p.m., ABC

 

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