Thanksgiving TV shows: What to watch with your turkey
Ed Asner in character on ABC's "Roots." Credit: AP, 1976
You flip the channels and still say there's nothing worth watching? You say wrong. Thanksgiving is a TV feast, too.
The entire epic miniseries "Roots" (9 a.m.-midnight, Centric) offers timely comparison with the big screen's new "12 Years a Slave." On a lighter note is the ongoing 27-hour marathon of '60s silly-com "I Dream of Jeannie" (all day through 3:30 a.m., Antenna. Animation fans get eight straight hours of current fave "Adventure Time" (2-10 p.m., Cartoon). And sports fans overdosed on football can shift to baseball nostalgia with 1964-1988 editions of "Mets Yearbook" (2:30-10 p.m., SNY). And, of course, the meeting of pop culture icons is why we'll be watching "Lady Gaga & The Muppets Holiday Spectacular" (9:30 p.m., ABC/7). Elton John, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and RuPaul also perform.
That mad mix is just the start.
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