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What’s on TV, Nov. 8-14: ‘The Rings of Power,’ Veterans Day, a Steph Curry doc and more

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

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Nov 06, 2026
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The Dark Lord Sauron (Charlie Vickers) has his eye on you in a third season of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” (Ben Rothstein/Prime)

Sunday — Nov. 8

¡Hola! The Cincinnati Bengals face the Atlanta Falcons as the NFL International Series moves on to Madrid, Spain. (9:30 a.m. ET and 6:30 a.m. PT on NFL Network)

They’ll be taking to the track but only one driver will be taking home the trophy in the season-closing NASCAR Series Cup Championship. From Homestead-Miami Speedway in Miami, Fla. (3 p.m. ET and noon PT on NBC and HBO Max)

The bull stops here in the finals of the 2026 PBR Teams Championship live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. (5:30 p.m. ET and 2:30 p.m. PT on The CW)

Host Guy Fieri puts a new group of chefs through their paces in a second season of “Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas.” (8 p.m. Food Network)

An aspiring fashion designer finds romance on a return visit to her hometown in the new TV movie “An Ozark Mountain Christmas.” With Brianna Cohen. (8 p.m. GAF)

Two estranged sisters pull together to help their widowed father find love once more in the new TV movie “A Season of Promises.” With Ali Liebert, Brooke D’Orsay and “Desperate Housewives’” James Denton. (8 p.m. Hallmark Channel)

Shared parental responsibilities force a recently divorced couple to hit the highway together in the new TV movie “The Road Back to Us.” With Mary Antonini and Shane Marriott. (8 p.m. Lifetime)

Those psychically gifted children from “The Institute” are now on the lam in Season 2 of this sci-fi/horror drama based on the Stephen King novel. With Ben Barnes and Mary-Louise Parker. (9 p.m. MGM+)

Contestants from the most recent season reunite to reminisce on a special “Love is Blind” hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey. (9 p.m. ET and 6 p.m. PT on Netflix)

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Monday — Nov. 9

Gabby’s kid sister from “Gabby’s Dollhouse” steps out on her own in “Doozie’s Doghouse,” a new animated series for the pre-K set. (Anytime, Netflix)

Our antiques dealer/amateur sleuth (Sally Lindsay) is back on the case in a fifth season of “The Madame Blanc Mysteries.” (Anytime, Acorn TV)

Olympians including figure skaters Nancy Kerrigan and Johnny Weir, swimmer Ryan Lochte and track-and-field legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee compete on a new “Celebrity Weakest Link” hosted by Jane Lynch. (9 p.m. Fox)

Arizona is the destination in the Season 2 finale of the food-and-culture travelogue “Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana.” (9 p.m. PBS)

Hoop dancing: The new docuspecial “Medicine Ball” uses the story of two Native American college basketball players to explore the complicated place that the sport holds in Indigenous culture. (10 p.m. PBS)

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