Smorgasbord-Viewing Today

Television executives have cooked up a variety of programming dishes to whet your viewing appetite on this Thanksgiving Day. A rundown by genre:

Parades: “The All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade”--in reality a smorgasbord of highlights from parades around the country--starts things off at 8 a.m. on CBS (Channels 2 and 8). “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” arrives at 1 p.m. on NBC (Channels 4, 36 and 39).

Sports: College football fans can watch Texas vs. Baylor at 8 a.m. on ABC (Channels 7, 3, 10 and 42), and Syracuse vs. West Virginia at 5 p.m. on ESPN. The professional variety of the sport features Buffalo vs. Detroit at 9:30 a.m. on NBC (Channels 4, 36 and 39) and Green Bay vs. Dallas at 1 p.m. on Fox (Channels 11 and 6).

For basketball devotees, there’s an NBA game between Golden State and Indiana at 5 p.m. on TBS and a college game between Arizona and Minnesota at 9 p.m. on ESPN.

Marathons: KTLA-TV Channel 5 serves up its annual parade of “Twilight Zone” episodes from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. Comedy Central is running “Mystery Science Theater 3000” installments until 1 a.m., while TBS offers Clint Eastwood movies for most of the day. KCET-TV Channel 28 is showcasing “American Experience” documentaries about U.S. history from 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and again from 8-11 p.m.

Specials and Movies: Richard Dean Anderson returns in a TV-movie version of his “MacGyver” series at 8 p.m. on ABC (Channels 7, 3, 10 and 42), while Kellie Martin stars in a Thanksgiving-themed installment of “Christy” at the same hour on CBS (Channels 2 and 8). Jerry Seinfeld hosts an hour of Abbott & Costello film clips at 10 p.m. on NBC (Channels 4, 36 and 39).

Family movie fare ranges from “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” at 11:30 a.m. on CBS (Channels 2 and 8), to “Snoopy, Come Home” at 11 a.m. and “A Boy Named Charlie Brown” at 4 p.m. on KCAL-TV Channel 9, to “Home Alone” at 8 p.m. on NBC (Channels 4, 36 and 39).