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What’s on TV, Nov. 15-21: ‘Cunk on Cinema,’ ‘Madden,’ the CMA Awards and more

New and noteworthy series, movies, sports events and specials on broadcast, cable and streaming this coming week

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Nov 13, 2026
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Philomena Cunk (Diane Morgan) returns in her latest mockumentary series, “Cunk on Cinema.” (Olly Courtney/BBC/Pacesetter Productions)

Sunday — Nov. 15

The Biblical drama “The Chosen” devotes all six episodes of its sixth and penultimate season to the final 24 hours leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion. With Jonathan Roumie. (Anytime, Prime Video)

Action... camera … lights! Your host (Diane Morgan) applies her signature mix of silliness and snark to the silver screen in the six-part mockumentary series “Cunk on Cinema.” (Anytime, Netflix)

Hallo! The New England Patriots meet the Detroit Lions in Munich, Germany as the NFL International Series continues. (9:30 a.m. ET and 6:30 a.m. PT on Fox, NFL Network)

A lovelorn gal (“The Rookie’s” Britt Robertson) gets a second chance at romance in the new TV movie “Christmas at Moose Lake.” With Ryan Paevey, Kevin Dillon and Natasha Henstridge. (8 p.m. GAF)

A big-city business consultant (Tamera Mowry-Housley) tries to keep the lights on at her late uncle’s small-town, Christmas-themed bar in the new holiday tale “Mistletoe and Mimosas.” (8 p.m. Hallmark Channel)

Two strangers forge an unexpected connection even as their respective spouses lie in critical condition in a hospital ICU in the new romantic TV movie “In Another Life.” With Samora Smallwood. (8 p.m. Lifetime)

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Monday — Nov. 16

Kids make outrageous meals which their parents then pretend to enjoy in “Bluey Fancy Restaurant,” a new live-action spinoff of the “Bluey” animated series. (Anytime, Disney+)

The documentary “Darius Rucker: They Called Me Hootie” profiles the country music star who first rose to fame as the frontman for the 90s-era frat-rockers Hootie & the Blowfish. (Anytime, Hulu and Disney+)

The four-night documentary event “Crime and Punishment in America” charts the evolution of the criminal justice system here in these United States from the Colonial era to the present day. Keith David narrates. (8 p.m. PBS; also Tuesday-Thursday)

Mary, Queen of Scots is the first British royal to offer her neck to the executioner’s blade in the new historical series “How the Tudors Lost Their Heads.” (8, 9 and 10 p.m. National Geographic)

Comic Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams is mistress of ceremonies when content creators put their best clips forward in “America’s Funniest People,” a new reboot of the 1990s-era spin-off of “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” (9 and 9:30 p.m. VH1)

Is it cake? Are those cookies? Find out in the new seasonal spinoff/baking competition “Sweet Deceit: Holiday” hosted by “Drake & Josh’s” Josh Peck. (9 and 9:30 p.m. Food Network)

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