Here are the big events, specials and miniseries scheduled for the upcoming month.
Here are the big events, specials and miniseries scheduled for the upcoming month.
CBS
Nov. 7, 9 p.m.: "Dallas reunion: The Return to Southfork" reunites original cast members at the famous Southfork Ranch outside Dallas.
Nov. 9, 8 p.m: "38th Annual Country Music Awards," hosted for the first time by Brooks & amp; Dunn, includes performances by Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Shania Twain, Kenny Chesney, Gretchen Wilson, Brooks & amp; Dunn, among others. Live from the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.
Nov. 14, 9 p.m, and Part II on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 8 p.m.: "Category 6: Day of Destruction," a new four-hour event mini-series stars Nancy McKeon, Thomas Gibson, Brian Dennehy, Dianne Wiest and Randy Quaid in a natural disaster drama about three enormous weather systems that ultimately collide over Chicago, creating the worst super-storm in the nation's history, but only after they first cause the national power grid to collapse, making it impossible to warn anyone about the impending disaster.
Nov. 18, 9 p.m.: "CSI." The 100th episode explores the world of transgenders in what turns out to be the ultimate case of mistaken identity.
Nov. 21, 9 p.m.: "Back When We Were Grownups," a new "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation, stars Tony Award winner Blythe Danner ("Sylvia"), Academy Award winner Faye Dunaway ("Network"), Golden Globe winner Peter Fonda ("Ulee's' Gold"), Academy Award winner Jack Palance ("City Slickers") and Peter Riegert ("Bleacher Bums") in a quirky story about a widow who, while contemplating what her life would have been like if she had married someone else, calls her ex-boyfriend to see if she can rekindle the old flame and spice up her life.
Nov. 28, 9 p.m.: "When Angels Come to Town" stars Emmy Award winner Peter Falk ("Columbo"), who reprises the role of the angel Max, from the Network television movies "A Town Without Christmas" and "Finding John Christmas," in a heart-warming story that finds Max's job in jeopardy when his heavenly supervisor comes to earth to discipline him for contacting the wrong family in need of his help at Christmastime. Katey Segal ("Married ... with Children") and Emmy Award winner Tammy Blanchard ("Life with Judy Garland: Me & amp; My Shadows") also star.
NBC
Monday, 10 p.m.: "Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash 2004: The Great Debates" a prime-time special celebrating the ground-breaking political satire from the show's almost 30- year history. The special will feature classic debate parodies from three decades of elections, as well as debut new material starring resident political impressionist Darrell Hammond (President Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Vice President Dick Cheney ... and much of the rest of the Bush administration), Seth Meyers (Sen. John Kerry) and Will Forte (President Bush).
Saturday, 8 p.m.: "The Most Outrageous Game Show Moments 3." Features even more clips that have not been seen on network television. Hosted by Bob Eubanks ("The Newlywed Game"), the special includes other comical, unscripted moments between contestants on past and present game shows such as "To tell the Truth," "Family Feud," "Password," "100,000 Pyramid" "Say When," "Name That Tune," "Scrabble," and "The Joker's Wild," among others.
Nov. 7, 10 p.m.: "Crossing Jordan" meets "Las Vegas" to solve a murder case. When a Montecito Hotel and Casino Lear jet arrives with casino host Sam Marquez (guest star Vanessa Marcil) and casino security Danny McCoy (guest star Josh Duhamel) along with a dead high roller with $3 million dollars handcuffed to his wrist, Sam and Danny find themselves as the potential suspects in his death. Jordan (Jill Hennessy) and Woody (Jerry O'Connell) discover clues that may clear Sam and Danny's connection to the murder. Jordan and Woody follow the new suspect's trail to Vegas, teaming up with Danny wondering if what happens in Vegas really stays in Vegas. Meanwhile, Macy (Miguel Ferrer) is paid a visit from the Montecito's Ed Deline (guest star James Caan) all the while continuing to deal with an unexpected announcement by district attorney Walcott (guest star Susan Gibney) as well as investigating a gruesome crime involving a young girl as the prime suspect. The cross-over will conclude on "Las Vegas" the next night at 9.
ABC
Nov. 14, 8 p.m.: "American Music Awards." Jimmy Kimmel hosts the 32nd annual awards show, which will air live.
Nov. 25, 8 p.m.: "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving," Charlie Brown and the gang learn the real meaning of Thanksgiving.
Thursday, Nov. 25, 8:30 p.m.: "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas," Jim Carrey stars in this live-action version as the curmudgeonly recluse Grinch, who hates Christmas, becomes annoyed with the out-of-control Christmas festivities in Whoville, the town lying below his cave dwelling on Mount Crumpit.
FOX
Friday and Nov. 12, 8:30 p.m., "World's Craziest Videos." Two all-new installments feature game show bloopers and some newsroom mess-ups.
Sunday, Nov. 7, 8 p.m.: "The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror XV" features three miniepisodes. In "The Ned Zone," Ned Flanders gains the power of foretelling people's deaths; the second short, "In the Belly of the Boss," Maggie is shrunken inside a vitamin capsule in a freak science accident, and is swallowed by Mr. Burns. The final short, "Four Beheadings and a Funeral," is a Jack the Ripper-esque serial killer parody.
Nov. 10, 8 p.m.; "That '70s Show." Lindsay Lohan guest-stars as Danielle, Fez's attractive client.
Nov. 14, 8 p.m.: "The Simpsons" 16th season premiere.
Nov. 14, 8:30 p.m.: "Arrested Development," has the scene-stealing Henry Winkler, as George Sr.'s legal counsel in the second-season premiere. George Sr. is apprehended after his jailbreak -- but the police have mistakenly caught Oscar, George Sr.'s twin brother.
Nov. 17, 8:30 p.m.: "The Simple Life" has an episode featuring never-before-seen footage, as well as interviews with the families and employers who hosted Paris and Nicole.
Nov. 24, 9 p.m.: "Kelly, Ruben & amp; Fantasia: Home for Christmas," "American Idol" winners Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard and Fantasia will perform classic holiday songs and selections from their upcoming CDs for the one-hour holiday special.
Nov. 25, 8 p.m.: "Spider-Man," starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst, comes to life when a genetically engineered spider bites teen science wiz Peter Parker and alters his body chemistry, enabling him with super-human spiderlike qualities.
WB
Nov. 7 and 8, 8 p.m.: "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." The network television debut of the 2001's epic film that tells the story of the hobbit Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), who battles to save Middle Earth from the grip of evil.
Nov. 23, 8 p.m.: "Samantha: An American Girl Holiday" A family drama brings to life the story of 9-year-old Samantha Parkington, an orphan girl being raised by her wealthy grandmother (Mia Farrow) in 1904.