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Monday
INDUSTRY10 p.m. on HBO. Five young
graduates join a prestigious London in-
vestment bank and do whatever they can
to prove their worth in this new hourlong
drama. The show follows Harper (Myha’la
Herrold), an outsider from upstate New
York, in her high-pressure work envi-
ronment while she and her peers navigate
issues of gender, race and class on the
trading floor.
SOULMATES10 p.m. on AMC. This anthology
series, from one of the writers of “Black
Mirror,” is set in the near future and cen-
ters on a biological test that can determine
a person’s soul mate. On the season finale,
Caitlin (Betsy Brandt) takes the test and
discovers she has been matched with a
handsome doctor (J. J. Feild). But as they
get to know each other, Caitlin struggles to
trust this new stranger.
Tuesday
WOMEN MAKE FILM8 p.m. on TCM. The
latest episode in this ongoing series about
female filmmakers examines the art of
creating tension, maintaining stasis or
withholding key moments in film. The
episode, narrated by Tilda Swinton, revis-
its these themes in Carol Morley’s
“Dreams of a Life,” Kathryn Bigelow’s
“Blue Steel” and Marleen Gorris’s “A
Question of Silence,” among others. The
episode also features interviews with
directors including Angela Schanelec,
Nanouk Leopold and Chantal Akerman.
THE COST OF WINNING9 p.m. on HBO. St.
Frances Academy, a 200-year-old Catholic
school in Baltimore, serves as the setting
for this four-part documentary chronicling
the school’s football program. The series
follows the promising young players and
their coaches after the team’s expulsion
from their private school league for being
“too good.” Despite having so much talent,
the team faces various obstacles, like
finding practice facilities and the realities
of gun violence in the neighborhood.
Thursday
TRANSHOOD9 p.m. on HBO. The filmmaker
Sharon Liese spent five years chronicling
the lives of families in Kansas City raising
transgender children, capturing their
varied experiences growing up in Ameri-
ca’s heartland. At the beginning of this
documentary, viewers meet the children,
Jay, 12; Avery, 7; Leena, 15; and Phoenix,- They also meet their parents, following
along as the children navigate changes in
their identity, coming out to their peers
and going through puberty.
GREY’S ANATOMY 9 p.m. on ABC. This hospi-
tal drama embarks on its 17th season, as
Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital
confronts the coronavirus pandemic. On
the two-hour premiere, Meredith Grey,
Miranda Bailey and the Grey Sloan staff
find themselves on the front lines treating
patients affected by the virus, as well as
those injured in a fire.Friday
BLACKLIST8 p.m. on NBC. On the season
premiere of this crime series, career crimi-
nal turned F.B.I. informant Raymond
Reddington (James Spader) finds himself
up against his former task force partner,
Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone). Elizabeth
works to uncover the truth about why
Raymond entered her life and what his
endgame is.CHRISTMAS ON THE VINE8 p.m. on Lifetime.
It’s a Wonderful Lifetime continues its
holiday programming with this film, fol-
lowing Brooke (Julianna Guill), a young
marketing executive, who returns to her
hometown to help a struggling winery
owned by the charismatic but stubborn
Tyler (Jon Cor). Together they form an
unlikely partnership to save local wineries
and restore the town’s Christmas spirit.Saturday
HISTORY’S GREATEST MYSTERIES9 p.m. on
History. This series, hosted by Laurence
Fishburne, revisits compelling unsolved
mysteries. The premiere examines the
case of D. B. Cooper, a man who hijacked a
plane going from Portland to Seattle in
November 1971. He released passengers in
exchange for money when the plane
landed and parachuted out of the plane
after it took off again. The episode will
feature Eric Ulis, a D. B. Cooper re-
searcher, on his hunt for evidence of Coo-
per’s landing place.AMC VISIONARIES: ELI ROTH’S HISTORY OF
HORROR10 p.m. on AMC. On the season
finale of this series, the filmmaker Eli Roth
examines nine movies that pushed the
boundaries of the horror genre. Roth
revisits Jordan Peele’s “Us,” Mary Har-
ron’s “America Psycho,” Robin Hardy’s
“The Wicker Man” and other films that
explore unsettling societal issues tied to
class, consumerism and religion.Sunday
THE REAGANS 8 p.m. on Showtime.Matt
Tyrnauer’s documentary series revisits
the Reagan White House, examining the
administration’s legacy and how it has
affected today’s conservative politics.
Through archival material and interviews
with the couple’s family and friends, the
four-part series analyzes the Reagans’ rise
to power, and, more specifically, Nancy
Reagan’s role in helping her husband get
elected and govern. The show will also
explore Ronald Reagan’s record on race,
the Iran-contra scandal and the AIDS
epidemic.MURDER ON MIDDLE BEACH10 p.m. on HBO.
This four-part docuseries, directed by
Madison Hamburg, follows his relentless
search for answers surrounding the 2010
killing of his mother in Madison, Conn.
Hamburg spent eight years interviewing
family members and other close acquaint-
ances, uncovering family secrets that
include connections to criminal figures,
years-old resentments and an illegal pyra-
mid scheme in his quest to find the truth.Avery, one of the children featured in the HBO documentary “Transhood.”HBOThis Week on TV
A SELECTION OF SHOWS, SPECIALS AND MOVIES. BY LAUREN MESSMANDates, details and times are
subject to change.
JORGE ALVARINO/AMCJ.J. Feild and Betsy Brandt in
“Soulmates.”
PHOTOFEST
Nancy and Ronald Reagan in the 1950s.Eric Church
has released a
song with a
pointed
message for
Nashville.
ROB GRABOWSKI/INVISION, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESSWednesday
THE CMA AWARDS8 p.m. on ABC. Reba
McEntire and Darius Rucker will take the
stage at the Music City Center in Nash-
ville to host the 54th annual Country Mu-
sic Association Awards. This year, Miran-
da Lambert was nominated for seven
awards, including entertainer and album
of the year. Luke Combs received six
nominations, while Maren Morris is up for
five awards. The evening will feature
performances from Gabby Barrett, Eric
Church (below) and Florida Georgia Line,
among others.CHICAGO FIRE9 p.m. on NBC. Season 9 of
this drama returns to Chicago Firehouse
51 and the firefighters, rescue squad and
paramedics working to protect their city.
On this premiere, a new member joins the
firehouse, and Wallace Boden (Eamonn
Walker) sees potential in Stella Kidd (Mi-
randa Rae Mayo).pected Trump to win the election, and won-
dered what would happen to America now
that “we’ve actually elected an internet troll
as our president.” He went on to say: “I’m
wishing Donald Trump luck. And I’m going
to give him a chance, and we, the histori-
cally disenfranchised, demand that he give
us one, too.”
One presidential term later, “S.N.L.” gave
Chappelle the chance to host a more exu-
berant episode — a broadcast that capped
several protracted days of vote-counting
and aired just a few hours after President-
elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. secured his victory.
In another extended monologue that was
variously comedic, reflective and deliber-
ately provocative, Chappelle reflected upon
his 2016 appearance and reminded Biden
supporters that “it’s good to be a humble
winner.”
“Remember when I was here four years
ago?" he said. “Remember how bad that
felt? Remember that half the country, right
now, still feels that way.”
In an extraordinarily divisive time,
Americans must “find a way to forgive each
other,” Chappelle said.
A ‘Macho Man’ Departs
This week’s episode opened with a sketch
that began as a lampoon of CNN’s election
coverage, with Beck Bennett as a weary
Wolf Blitzer and Alex Moffat as John King,
whose fingers had been worn down to nubs
from using touch-screen maps for 85 hours.
They announced that the presidency had
been won by Biden and then brought out
Jim Carrey in that recurring role.
“We did it,” Carrey said as Biden. “Can
you believe it? I honestly kind of can’t. It’s
been so long since something good hap-
pened.”
He added, “I’ve never felt so alive, which
is ironic since I’m not that alive.”
He was joined by Maya Rudolph, repris-
ing her role as Kamala Harris, now the vice
president-elect. “I am humbled and hon-
ored to be the first female, the first Black,
the first Indian-American and the first bira-
cial vice president,” Rudolph said. Noting
that she had a Jewish husband, she added,
“Between us, we check more boxes than a
disqualified ballot.”
The sketch also included a would-be con-
cession speech from President Trump,
played by Alec Baldwin. Speaking to the
camera, Baldwin said: “I vow to all my sup-
porters, I’m going to fight this thing to the
bitter end. I will never give up and neither
should you.”
In a callback to McKinnon’s performance
four years ago, Baldwin stood up, walked to
a piano and began to sing a mournful cover
of the Village People’s “Macho Man.”
“This isn’t goodbye, America,” Baldwin
said. “I’m just going to say, see you in court.”‘I Don’t Hate Anybody’
Chappelle began his monologue by talking
about his great-grandfather William D.
Chappelle, who was an A.M.E. Church
bishop and president of Allen University in
Columbia, S.C., and who was born a slave.
Observing that his sketch series “Chap-
pelle’s Show” now runs on Netflix and HBO
Max, Chappelle said, “I didn’t get paid for
any of it.” He added that he wondered if his
great-grandfather would think that he “got
bought and sold more than I have.”
Inevitably, Chappelle worked his way
back to the topic of Trump. “I know a lot of
people don’t like him, but I thought the guy
was at least an optimist.” Chappelle said. “I
am not as optimistic as he was. I look at it
like, there’s bad people on both sides.” When
he heard Trump refer to the coronavirus as
“the kung flu,” Chappelle explained, “I said,
‘You racist, hilarious son of a bitch — I’m
supposed to say it, not you. It’s wrong when
you say it.’ ”
Nearing the end of his monologue, Chap-
pelle struck a more sympathetic tone. “For
the first time in the history of America, the
life expectancy of white people is dropping
— because of heroin, because of suicide,” he
said. “All these white people out there that
feel that anguish, that pain, they’re mad be-
cause they think nobody cares — maybe
they don’t.”
Chappelle continued:But let me tell you something, I know
how that feels. I promise you, I know
how that feels. If you’re a police
officer and every time you put your
uniform on, you feel like you’ve got a
target on your back. You’re appalled
by the ingratitude that people have
when you would risk your life to save
them — ooh man, believe me, believe
me, I know how that feels. Everyone
knows how that feels. But here’s the
difference between me and you: You
guys hate each other for that, and I
don’t hate anybody. I just hate that
feeling. That’s what I fight through.
That’s what I suggest you fight
through. You’ve got a find a way tolive your life. You’ve got to find a way
to forgive each other. You’ve got to
find a way to find joy in your
existence in spite of that feeling.A Word From the President’s Attorney
McKinnon returned to the Weekend Update
desk as Rudolph W. Giuliani, the president’s
personal lawyer, to explain a combative
news conference held earlier that day at the
Four Seasons — not the luxury hotel, but a
landscaping company in northeast Phila-
delphia with that same name.
“I’m glad I made it to the show on time,
because first I went to 30 Rocks,” McKinnon
said. “That’s a granite quarry in New Ro-
chelle.”
Explaining a plan to raise further legal
challenges to the election, McKinnon said:
“In Michigan, we have demanded a recount.
In Wisconsin, we have demanded a de-
count. We called backsies in Nevada, we’ve
got safety in Arizona and in Georgia: oppo-
site day. Plus, we’re going to demand that I
do the recount personally and our silver
bullet is, I can’t count very high.”
As she wrapped up, McKinnon said, “I’m
off to the Peninsula.” The Update anchor
Colin Jost asked her if she meant the hotel.
“No, the Yucatán,” McKinnon replied as
she put on a sombrero. “You never saw me.”‘The Whole World Is Celebrating’
Jost and Michael Che devoted much of the
Weekend Update segment to riffing on Bi-
den’s victory and Trump’s defeat.
“This is what happened when people in
New York heard that Donald Trump was de-
feated,” Jost said, setting up a video of pub-
lic celebrations in New York. “But you know
what they say, only in New York. What’s
that? Oh, it wasn’t only in New York?” A
second video showed celebrations in Wash-
ington, Atlanta, Philadelphia, London and
Paris.
“The whole world is celebrating like
World War II just ended,” Jost continued. “I
know this isn’t really the same as defeating
the Nazis, but it did end with a fascist leader
hiding in a bunker.” A photograph showed
Trump golfing in a sand trap.
Che said the election results gave him a
powerful, if temporary sense of relief. “Ev-
erything that I was worried about or mad
about just sort of faded away,” he said.
“The problems are still there, but you re-
member that “Shawshank” scene when the
dudes are drinking beer on the roof ?” he
continued. “They were still in prison, but forone day, everything just felt OK? That’s how
I feel now.”A Sketch for the ’90s Kids
A sketch presented as a Washington-area
news broadcast began with its hosts, Chap-
pelle and Ego Nwodim, reminding their
viewers that when Trump leaves office,
“he’s suddenly a private citizen,” Chappelle
said.
“There’s no immunity,” he said. “He will
have to deal with a tax fraud investigation
from the Southern District of New York as
well as a defamation lawsuit from a woman
who claims he assaulted her.”
Suddenly a breaking news alert flashed
on the screen and the scene cut to familiar
footage of a white Ford Bronco speeding
across a highway, taken from O.J. Simpson’s
notorious low-speed chase through Los An-
geles in 1994. The newscasters explained
that Trump was in the car, “crouching down
in the back seat and Don Jr. is at the wheel,”
Chappelle said.
As police vehicles pursued close behind,
Nwodim asked Chappelle, “Why don’t they
just pull him over?” Chappelle answered,
“Well, this is a volatile situation. If they
spook the president, he could unleash an
army of Proud Boys in flag-waving trucks.”
“He’s like Aquaman," he said. “But in-
stead of fish, he can summon the entire
parking lot of a Cracker Barrel.”‘S.N.L.’ Puts a Blue Bow on the Election
Dave Chappelle returned
to “Saturday Night Live,”
bookending his monologue
from the election of 2016.
He reminded Biden
supporters that “it’s good
to be a humble winner.”WILL HEATH/NBCCONTINUED FROM PAGE C1