‘Dancing’ Finale, TCM Salutes Angela Lansbury, ‘NCIS’ Talks Turkey, Special Delivery on ‘Good Doctor’

Matt Roush
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Dancing with the Stars stages its final round. Turner Classic Movies celebrates Angela Lansbury’s film career with showings of her three Oscar-nominated performances. NCIS investigates a shooting at a Thanksgiving 5K. The birth of sextuplets keeps the staff of The Good Doctor busy.

Selma Blair and Sasha Farber on Dancing With the Stars

Dancing With the Stars

Season Finale

Four celebs are left in the running to take home the mirrorball: Wayne Brady (with pro Witney Carson), Charli D’Amelio (Mark Ballas), Shangela (Gleb Savchenko) and Bachelorette Gabby Windey (Val Chmerkovskiy), who’ll each perform a Redemption Dance and a no-holds-barred Freestyle before the winner is revealed. American Idol champ Jordin Sparks takes the stage to sing “No Air” as fan favorite Selma Blair returns to dance a contemporary routine with pro partner Sasha Farber, and judge Derek Hough takes a spin with fiancé Hayley Ebert to “Chasing Cars.”

Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candidate, 1962
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The Manchurian Candidate

If you only know the late, great Angela Lansbury as the plucky Jessica Fletcher of Murder, She Wrote fame, you’re in for a treat as TCM devotes a full day and night to her film career. In prime time, the three movies for which she earned Oscar nominations are on display, most notably her work in Candidate as the monstrously manipulative mother of a potential assassin. Also featured: her 1944 debut in Gaslight (10:15/9:15c) as a sly maid and 1945’s The Picture of Dorian Gray (12:15 am/11:15c) as an ill-fated music-hall singer. In the wee hours, you can see her stop the show repeatedly in her Tony-winning role as the deranged Mrs. Lovett in the Stephen Sondheim musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (3:45 am/2:45c).

Diona Reasoner plays forensic scientist Kasie Hines on the CBS series NCIS
CBS

NCIS

Series star Diana Reasonover co-wrote this year’s holiday episode, in which her character of forensic scientist Kasie joins Agent Knight (Katrina Law) at Knight’s sister’s home for Thanksgiving lunch. But since crime rarely takes a holiday off, the team is called into action to find the unknown shooter who disrupted an annual Thanksgiving 5K.

Freddie Highmore on The Good Doctor
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The Good Doctor

The doctors have their hands full when a woman expecting sextuplets checks in for her high-risk delivery, and Dr. Andrews (Hill Harper) divides his docs into teams to ensure their safety. Babies are also front of mind for Shaun (Freddie Highmore) and Lea (Paige Spara), who spend the episode confronting the hurdles facing them as they consider starting their own family.

Inside Monday TV:

  • FIFA World Cup (2 pm/1c, Fox): The U.S. team faces Wales in the first round of the global soccer tournament.
  • GilMORE the Merrier (starts at 10 am/9c, UPtv): The channel’s annual Gilmore Girls marathon begins, hosted by Michael Winters (Stars Hollow’s Taylor Doose), with all 153 episodes of the beloved series airing through Sunday (including the four Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life movies).
  • Below Deck (8/7c, Bravo): The long-running escapist reality series sets sail for its 10th season, with Captain Lee Rosbach, Chef Rachel Hargrove and Chief Stew Fraser Olender guiding their crew as they sail the Caribbean.
  • The Neighborhood (8/7c, CBS): There goes the you-know-what. Calvin (Cedric the Entertainer) starts a shop-locally crusade when his favorite restaurant closes and is replaced by a trendy pet spa.
  • Doc Martin (streaming on Acorn TV): All of Portwenn is abuzz after word spreads that Martin (Martin Clunes) has been asked to become the dean of Imperial College.
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    Jena

    Miss Scarlet and then NCIS

    Turns out I could have watched Miss Scarlet last night... with the football overrun, The Equalizer didn't begin until almost 8:50, and that would (likely) have been about the time Miss Scarlet ended. But that's okay, tonight I can watch and enjoy it without having to keep an eye on the clock.

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      CyanAirBalloon

      Those NFL overruns are super annoying , especially for someone that couldn’t care less about the games. NCIS and NCIS Hawaii for me tonight .

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        Antonio Montealegre

        At least it will be done by late December. Then you just have to worry about golf overruns...

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      BlueProcessor

      Riveting news, thanx for sharing.

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        Jena

        you're welcome. always happy to oblige. 😉

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          CyanAirBalloon

          Where are the moderators that delete my perfectly respectful posts ?

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            Jena

            Who knows. They used to be pretty on-the-ball. Now we get spam comments.

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      BlueBox

      Do you also post photos of your lunch online?

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        Jena

        No I don't. I never understood the desire to take pictures of your food. BUT... if I was on a webpage that specialized in food and people posted their lunch pics, I wouldn't criticize it.

        On THIS page, What to Watch, people have ALWAYS made note of what they would watch that night. So I don't get the derision for posts which do just that. 🙄

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