Are you ready for holiday specials? November’s TV schedule is loaded with them. But we also gets the premieres of new series “Malibu Country,” “Amores Verdaderos,” “LOLwork” and “Wedding Band,” just to name a few. The biggest premiere might be the Nov. 25 debut of Lifetime’s “Liz & Dick.” Can Lindsay Lohan pull off playing Elizabeth Taylor? Discuss.
Here’s my ever evolving list of November season and series premieres, finales, specials and TV movies. Shout if you notice I’ve missed something.
Friday, Nov. 2
6 | “Transformers Prime,” The Hub (season 2 finale)
7 | “Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together,” all NBC Universal and HBO channels (special telethon)
7 | “Last Man Standing,” ABC (season premiere)
7:30 | “Malibu Country,” ABC (series premiere: Reba McEntire’s new sitcom)
8 | “Shark Tank,” ABC (new time period premiere)
8 | “Election 2012: What’s at Stake,” PBS (special; check local listings)
Saturday, Nov. 3
8 a.m. | “Home Made Simple,” OWN (season premiere)
7 | “Christmas Song,” Hallmark (movie)
Sunday, Nov. 4
10 a.m. | “Super Soul Sunday,” OWN (season premiere)
6 | “Black Girls Rock! 2012 Awards Show,” BET (special)
6:30 | “The Cleveland Show,” Fox (season premiere; was preempted before)
7 | “SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden,” Nat Geo (movie; click here for my review)
7 | “Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade,” Hallmark (movie)
8 | “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” Bravo (season 5 premiere)
9 | “America’s Doomsday Plan,” Discovery (special: a look at how government plans to save U.S. from disaster)
Monday, Nov. 5
8 | “Witness,” HBO (4-part doc series from Michael Mann following 3 photojournalists on dangerous assignments)
8 | “Amores Verdaderos,” Univision (series premiere: a riveting story of love and betrayal; cc’d in English)
8 | “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” Bravo (season 3 premiere)
8 & 9 | “American Pickers”-” Pawn Stars” crossover event, History (special episodes)
8 | “Count It Down: Hollywood’s Most Outrageous Divas,” TV Guide Network (special)
8 | “Anthony Bourdain: No reservations–The Final Tour,” Travel (series finale)
9 | “Dangerous Grounds,” Travel (series premiere; Coffee magnate Todd Carmichael hunts down rare strains of coffee.)
9 | “Start-Ups: Silicon Valley,” Bravo (series premiere: look at young tech industry pros)
10 | “Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too,” Oxygen (season 4 premiere)
Tuesday, Nov. 6
7 | “WWE SuperSmackDown Live,” Syfy (special)
Wednesday, Nov. 7
7 | “Nature: Animal Odd Couples,” PBS (strange animal relationships; check local listings)
8 | “Life After Top Chef,” Bravo (new time period premiere)
9 | “Top Chef: Seattle,” Bravo (season 10 premiere)
10 | “LOLwork,” Bravo (series premiere: laughing with staff of cheezeburger.com)
10:30 | “Watch What Happens Live,” Bravo (new time period premiere)
Thursday, Nov. 8
7 | “2012 American Humane Association’s Hero Dog Awards,” Hallmark (special)
9 | “Burn Notice,” USA (fall premiere)
9 | “Bada Bling Brides,” TLC (series premiere; the D’Agostino family bridal shop, Sposa Italia)
Friday, Nov. 9
7 | “Teenage Bank Heist,” Lifetime (movie: Young Cassie is taken hostage during a bank heist.)
Saturday, Nov. 10
7 | “More Than Me,” Current TV (doc about “SNL” alum Jim Breuer’s experiences as the primary caretaker of his 84-year-old father)
7 | “The Christmas Consultant,” Lifetime (movie)
7 | “The Wishing Tree,” Hallmark (movie)
8 | “The Rolling Stones Charlie is My Darling– Ireland 1965,” DirecTV Audience (part of “Something to Talk About” series)
9 | “Wedding Band,” TBS (series premiere: sitcom about a wedding band)
9 | “Chainsaw Gang,” CMT (series premiere)
9:30 | “Big Texas Heat,” CMT (series premiere; “A colorful and overweight bunch of small town cops from Trinity, Texas.”)
10 | “StandUp In Stilettos,” TV Guide Network (season 2 premiere)
Sunday, Nov. 11
6 | “Space Dive,” Nat Geo (special: How Felix Baumgartner prepared to free fall from space.)
7 | “The Men Who Built America,” History (season 1 finale)
7 | “The March Sisters at Christmastime,” Lifetime (movie)
8 | “Curiosity: Sex in America,” Discovery (part of “Curiosity” series; results of the largest sex survey ever conducted)
9 | “Browncoats Unite: The Firefly 10th Anniversary Reunion Special,” Science (special)
9 | “Breaking Amish,” TLC (2-part reunion special; Part 2 airs Nov. 18.)
9 | “The Shores,” TV Guide Network (season 1 finale)
Monday, Nov. 12
7 | “Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States,” Showtime (miniseries premiere)
9 | “Teen Mom 2,” MTV (season 3 premiere)
10 | “Catfish: The TV Show,” MTV (series premiere: brings together couples who have interacted solely via computer)
10 | “The Moto: Inside The Outdoors,” Fuel TV (season 4 premiere)
Tuesday, Nov. 13
8 | “Mankind: The Story of All of Us,” History (6-night series premiere; how man succeeded as a species)
8 | “TV Guide Special: Twilight: The Saga Ends,” TV Guide Network (special)
9 | “Doomsday Preppers,” Nat Geo (season 2 premiere)
9 | “Alaska Marshals,” Discovery (special; following the Alaska lawmen)
9 | “Million Dollar Decorators,” Bravo (season premiere)
Wednesday, Nov. 14
7 | “Whitney,” NBC (season premiere)
8 | “Border Wars,” Nat Geo (season premiere)
9 | “Eddie Murphy: One Night Only,” Spike TV (special)
9 | “Hell on the Highway: Do or Die,” Nat Geo (series premiere: Tow truck drivers rescue motorists on treacherous Donner Pass.)
Thursday, Nov. 15
8 | “Crossfire Hurricane: The Rise of the Rolling Stones,” HBO (documentary about the Rolling Stones)
8 | “Mysteries at the Museum,” Travel Channel (season 4 premiere)
9 | “Jersey Brides,” TLC (2 specials; What happens when “Jersey Shore” meets “Say Yes to the Dress?”)
9 | “Ghost Town Gold,” Discovery (series premiere; Brit Eaton and Scott Glaves track down priceless treasures of the Old West.)
9 | “Superstorm 2012,” Nat Geo (special on Hurricane Sandy)
Friday, Nov. 16
8 | “Family Guns: Aces High,” Nat Geo (series finale)
9 | “We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute to Whitney Houston,” CBS (tribute special)
Saturday, Nov. 17
3 | “Dan Vs.,” The Hub (season premiere)
7 | “Holiday High School Reunion,” Lifetime (movie)
7 | “Matchmaker Santa,” Hallmark (movie)
8 | “BBG Pitmasters,” Destination America (season premiere)
Sunday, Nov. 18
6 | “Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess,” Disney (animated movie)
7 | “It’s Christmas, Carol!” Hallmark (movie)
7 | “I Forgive You,” GMC (series premiere; true stories of forgiveness; airing 7, 8, 9 p.m. Nov. 18 & 21 as well)
8 | “Holiday Spin,” Lifetime (movie; heartwarming story about an estranged father and son)
9 | “Married to the Army: Alaska,” OWN (series premiere: Army families in Alaska)
10 | “Celebrity Style Story,” TV Guide Network (series premiere: follows the style evolution of today’s hottest stars)
Monday, Nov. 19
8 | “The Layover with Anthony Bourdain,” Travel (season premiere)
9 | “Married to the Army: Alaska,” OWN (time period premiere)
Tuesday, Nov. 20
7 | “American Masters Inventing David Geffen,” PBS (special; check local listings)
9 | “Covert Affairs,” USA (season finale)
Wednesday, Nov. 21
9 | “Jim Rome on Showtime,” (series premiere; sports talk show)
Thursday, Nov. 22
7 | “Punkin Chunkin,” Science (special)
Friday, Nov. 23
7 | “Jingle and Bell’s Christmas Star,” Hallmark (special)
7 | “It’s a SpongeBob Christmas!” CBS (special)
7 | “Unlikely Animal Friends,” Nat Geo WILD (special 5-episode event: animals that shouldn’t be friends are)
7 | “Facing Evil with Candance DeLong,” Investigation Discovery (season 3 premiere; 2 episode-premiere)
8 | “Killer Karaoke,” TruTV (series premiere; Steve-O hosts new competition)
9 | “Whisker Wars,” IFC (season 2 premiere)
9 | “Wives with Knives,” Investigation Discovery (series premiere; women who stabbed their significant others)
Sunday, Nov. 25
7 | “Downton Abbey Revisited,” PBS (Behind the scenes of the British series; check local listings)
8 | “Liz & Dick,” Lifetime (movie; Lindsey Lohan plays Elizabeth Taylor.)
8 | “Cesar Millan: The Real Story,” Nat Geo WILD (special about the dog whisperer)
8 | “Enemies Within: Joe McCarthy,” Smithsonian (special; look at the controversial American politician)
9 | “Treme,” HBO (season finale)
9 | “Extreme Cougar Wives,” TLC (series premiere; 3 women and their much-younger beaus)
9 | “Cesar Millan’s Leader of the Pack,” Nat Geo WILD (series premiere: the dog whisperer’s mission to save unadopted dogs)
Monday, Nov. 26
8 | “The Cast of A Christmas Story: Where Are They Now,” TV Guide Network (special)
Tuesday, Nov. 27
8 | “Rizzoli & Isles,” TNT (midseason premiere)
9 | “Leverage,” TNT (midseason premiere)
Wednesday, Nov. 28
9 | “The Hour,” BBC America (season 2 premiere)
9 | “Hot in Cleveland,” TV Land (season premiere)
9 | “Invention USA,” History (series premiere; searching for great new invention)
9:30 | “Happily Divorced,” TV Land (season premiere)
Thursday, Nov. 29
8 | “Rocket City Rednecks,” Nat Geo (season 2 premiere)
9 | “Panic 9-1-1,” A&E (miniseries premiere; audio from real 911 calls narrate the stories.)
Friday, Nov. 30
7 | “Cee-Lo’s Magic Moment,” TV Guide Network (special: Cee-Lo celebrates the holidays.)
7 | “A Fairly Odd Christmas,” Nickelodeon (movie; Timmy Turner travels around the world granting kids’ wishes.)
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