What to Watch This Weekend: Constantine, Hell on Wheels' Season 4 Finale, Hello Ladies' Wrap-Up Movie, and the Last Good Wife of 2014
What to watch on Friday, November 21...
SEASON 3 PREMIERE, 12:01am, Netflix
Lilyhammer
Steven Van Zandt's fish-out-of-water mobster returns for eight more episodes of Scandinavian hijinks.
12pm, Nick.com
The Legend of Korra
"Remembrances" charts the course that Korra and company have followed to this point, as Mako, Bolin, Varrick, and the Avatar herself try their hand at an "Ember Island Players"-style episode (but wind up with a garden-variety clip show).
7pm, Syfy
Haven
Desperate times call for desperate measures in "Reflections," as the troubles besieging Duke and the new threat to Audrey force them to recruit risky allies.
8pm, Disney
Girl Meets World
There's at least one more race to hash out in the 2014 election cycle, as Lucas, Riley, and Farkle vie for the 7th-grade class presidency in "Girl Meets Friendship." Pundits suspect that Farkle's controversial position on net neutrality may prove the decisive factor.
8pm, The CW
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Heather Anne Campbell is the guest comic, and the guest star may be whatever random CW backbencher she happens to bump into in the network commissary before the show and invites to tag along.
8:30pm, ABC
Cristela
Cristela hopes to broaden the kids' cultural horizons by taking in West Side Story in "Enter Singing." But Felix fears that Henry's shifting interests will strain their filial bond.
DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE, 9pm, Showtime
Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued
In this behind-the-scenes documentary, long-lost lyrics from Bob Dylan's "Basement Tapes" sessions inspire new music from Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens, Taylor Goldsmith, Jim James and Marcus Mumford during a two-week stint in a Capitol Records studio.
9pm, CBS
Hawaii Five-0
Carol Burnett and Frankie Valli drop by in "Ka Hana Malū (Inside Job)," as McGarrett's Aunt Deb returns with her new fiancé in tow. On the job, the team investigates two men in the murder of their parents, who in a huge missed opportunity do not appear to be played by Vicki Lawrence and Tim Conway.
9pm, PBS
Great Performances
Elaine Paige, John Mills, and Ken Page headline this 1997 production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, staged for TV and filmed at London's Adelphi Theatre.
9pm, NBC
Grimm
In "Cry Luison," Nick and Hank probe a violent crime committed by a woman who claims to have been influenced by a talking wolf. In less lupine matters, Adalind scours Austria for her daughter, Monroe and Rosalee endure intensifying prejudice, Bud seeks Trubel's help with a Wesen-related dilemma, and Nick and Juliette weigh the pros and cons of restoring Nick's Grimm powers.
10pm, NBC
Constantine
Constantine runs afoul of Det. Jim Corrigan in New Orleans in "Danse Vaudou." Later, he must team up with Papa Midnight when a voodoo ritual goes fatally wrong.
LATE-NITE:
– Julianne Moore and Michael Cera on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, 11:35pm, NBC
– James Corden, Norman Lear, and TV on the Radio on Late Show with David Letterman, 11:35pm, CBS
– Cillian Murphy, Jennifer Carpenter, and Metallica on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, 12:37am, CBS
WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING TONIGHT?
What to watch on Saturday, November 22...
MOVIE PREMIERE, 8pm, Lifetime
An En Vogue Christmas
With the club that helped launch them to stardom at risk of closing for good—and during the holiday season, no less!—can En Vogue's Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron, and Rhona Bennett come together to save the day? Or will former manager and current thorn in their sides Marty (David Alan Grier) grinch things up?
SEASON 4 FINALE, 9pm, AMC
Hell on Wheels
Cullen heads back to Fort Smith to get his family as the railroad readies to depart Cheyenne in "Further West." Has everyone made sure to use the bathroom and to pack their souvenir googly eyed locomotives? Because once they leave they're not turning right back around, capice?
SEASON 1 FINALE, 9pm & 10pm, TNT
Transporter: The Series
"Give the Guy a Hand" sends Frank to the clink on trumped-up murder charges, and he must smuggle out a valuable package during his escape. Then in "Cherchez La Femme," Frank is tasked with bringing a notorious hacker to a financial trader who's in deep with the Mafia.
9pm, BBC America
Atlantis
"A New Dawn, Part Two" finds Atlantis hanging on by a thread against Pasiphae's assault. Caught far from home, can Jason, Hercules, and Pythagoras overcome their own aggressors in time to save the day?
9pm, Starz
The Missing
A suspect in Oliver's disappearance emerges in "Pray for Me," as does a benefactor who offers to help Tony and Emily. In the present day, Tony's attempts to reopen the case move forward.
10pm, HBO
Hello Ladies: The Movie
The Stephen Merchant series culminates with this feature-length installment, in which Stuart recruits a Russian model as his (fake) squeeze in order to impress his (real) ex.
10:30pm, Cartoon Network
Black Dynamite
In "Mister Rogers' Revenge, or, Please Don't You Be His Neighbor," a birthday celebration for the orphans takes a disastrous turn when they're abducted by the beloved children's-show host. This sounds even more perilous than that infamous hostage crisis with Captain Kangaroo at the Showbiz Pizza in '81.
11:30pm, NBC
Saturday Night Live
As host of the last show before Thanksgiving, per four decades of SNL tradition, Cameron Diaz will deliver her monologue in an oversized turkey suit. Musical guests Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars will let rock-paper-scissors determine which of them has to perform as the giblets and which gets to be the cranberries.
WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING TONIGHT?
What to watch on Sunday, November 23...
8pm, ABC
The 2014 American Music Awards
Taylor Swift, Mary J. Blige, One Direction, and Sam Smith are among the slated performers for the 42nd annual celebration, which crowns winners based on fan voting. Pitbull returns as host.
8pm, Fox
The Simpsons
Homer gets his dad-rock on when he and some other Springfieldians form a cover band in "Covercraft." Guest-stars Will Forte and Sammy Hagar don't want to be rude, but they rather prefer Homer's earlier work in the barbershop quartet oeuvre.
8pm, PBS
Jay Leno: The Mark Twain Prize
The longtime Tonight Show host receives the 17th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in a gala gathering his successor Jimmy Fallon, his former bandleader Kevin Eubanks, Jerry Seinfeld, Wanda Sykes, Betty White, and many more at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
8:30pm, Fox
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
In "USPIS," Jake and Charles are joined by dweeby U.S. Postal Service investigator Ed Helms in the search for a drug dealer. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang helps Amy kick her smoking habit.
9pm, AMC
The Walking Dead
The group's resources are stretched between securing the fort and venturing out on a rescue mission in "Crossed." This may be a bad time to bring it up, but they're also out of Funyuns, so can anyone make a quick 7-Eleven run? Anybody?
9pm, Showtime
Homeland
With her mission on the skids in "There's Something Else Going On," Carrie is forced to improvise. First, she'll just need a suggestion from the audience… okay, I heard "delusion" back there, thank you ma'am.
9pm, HBO
The Newsroom
Leona and Reese pull out all the stops to scrounge up cash and stave off Blair and Randy's takeover. Meanwhile in "Main Justice," News Night features Maggie's EPA scoop, Sloan and Don keep their relationship under wraps, and Will is caught off-guard at the White House Correspondents' Dinner,
9:30pm, PBS
Richard Pryor: Icon
A profile of the legendary comedian's life, career, and unique comic sensibility. (Hopefully including a lengthy segment on the vastly underrated Superman 3.)
FALL FINALE, 9:30pm, CBS
The Good Wife
"The Trial" finds Cary considering a plea bargain that includes jail time. Elsewhere, Alicia is in hot water of her own, as a joke between mother and daughter disrupts her campaign. Dammit, Grace, this was really not the time for your six-minute version of "The Aristocrats"!
9:30pm, Fox
Bob's Burgers
Bob may be boycotting Thanksgiving in "Dawn of the Peck," but Linda and the kids have no qualms about enjoying the First Annual Fischoeder Turk-tacular Turkey Town Festival. At least, not until a savage bird attack turns the holiday fun into an orgy of chaos, devastation, and feathers.
10pm, Showtime
The Affair
Like the swallows to Capistrano, the Solloways return to Brooklyn as summer ends. (Confession: I don't know for a fact that swallows actually return to Capistrano, but I've never had any reason to believe the Looney Tunes would lie to me.)
10pm, HBO
The Comeback
In "Valerie Is Brought to Her Knees," Valerie meets her Seeing Red co-star Seth Rogen (Seth Rogen), who will be portraying Paulie G. She also grapples with how much she really wants to re-enter the public eye.
10:30pm, HBO
Getting On
After a computer server crash, the staff must fall back on old-school methods in "Turnips...North Day...Yes, yes." Meanwhile, DiDi makes a call that riles Dr. Stickley, and Dr. James struggles to communicate with a deaf patient.
WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING TONIGHT?
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