Best-bets for Nov. 21: current stars, eternal Lansbury

1) Angela Lansbury tribute, Turner Classic Movies. Here’s a full day with Lansbury, who died last month at 96. It starts at 6:15 a.m. with “National Velvet” (1944) and ends with the 3:45 a.m. “Sweeney Todd” – the only nod to her mastery of musicals. There are some obscure films and then the three that brought her Oscar nominations – “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962) at 8, “Gaslight” (1944, when she was 18; she’s shown here behind Ingrid Bergman) at 10:15 and “The Picture of Dorian Gray” (1945) at 12:15 a.m. Read more…

1) Angela Lansbury tribute, Turner Classic Movies. Here’s a full day with Lansbury, who died last month at 96. It starts at 6:15 a.m. with “National Velvet” (1944) and ends with the 3:45 a.m. “Sweeney Todd” – the only nod to her mastery of musicals. There are some obscure films and then the three that brought her Oscar nominations – “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962) at 8, “Gaslight” (1944, when she was 18; she’s shown herewith Ingrid Bergman) at 10:15 and “The Picture of Dorian Gray” (1945) at 12:15 a.m.

2) “Dancing With the Stars” finale, 8 p.m. ET, Disney+. After 30 seasons on ABC, “Stars” wraps the first one that’s strictly streaming. The final four has Wayne Brady (already a “Masked Singer” champ), TikTok star Charli D’Amelio, drag queen Shangela and Gabby Windey, fresh from “Bachelorette.” They’ll each dance twice, plus the opening number. Also: there’s a song from Jordin Sparks, a dance from Derek Hough and one from Selma Blair.

3) “Bachelor in Paradise,” 8-10 p.m., ABC. Inhabiting the old “Dancing With the Stars” timeslot, this show is setting up its own finale, on Tuesday. Among others, this edition has included seven of Windey’s prospects on “Bachelorette.”

4) “The Good Doctor,” 10 p.m., ABC. Just as the newlyweds (Shaun and Lea) discuss having children, they see an extreme example of parenthood: Sextuplets are delivered, with the doctors split into teams to care for the individual babies.

5) “NCIS: Hawaii,” 10 p.., CBS. A Naval officer has been killed while doing community theater. The probe turns to a ruthless killer; soon, the NCIS people are working with a colorful SEAL – simply called Charlie-1 – whom they met in the season-finale.

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