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TV This Week Nov. 10 - 16: ‘Raising Hope’ on Fox

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This week’s TV Movies


SUNDAY

Christmas creates romantic confusion for Alicia Witt in the new made-for-cable holiday fable “A Very Merry Mix-Up.” 8 p.m. Hallmark

The events that transpired on Dallas’ Dealey Plaza on Nov. 22, 1963, are dramatized in “Killing Kennedy,” based on the book co-written by Bill O’Reilly and starring Rob Lowe as JFK. 8 and 10 p.m. National Geographic

Non-Brits George Clooney and Kathryn Bigelow and the veddy-British-indeed Sacha Baron Cohen, Benedict Cumberbatch and Ben Kingsley are honored at “The Britannia Awards 2013.” 9 and 11 p.m. BBC America

Colorful characters clash over Hawaiian hunting grounds in the new reality series “American Jungle.” Hawaii’s got hillbillies? Who knew. 10 p.m. History

MONDAY

“Eye on the 60s: The Iconic Photography of Rowland Scherman” spotlights the work of the legendary lensman whose camera went everywhere from the March on Washington to Woodstock. 7 p.m. KLCS

Johnny, we hardly knew ye: A two-night edition of “American Experience” chronicles the life and times of President John F. Kennedy. 9 p.m. KOCE; concludes Tue.

Wounded warriors who are hurting on the inside turn to suicide-prevention counselors to help talk them through the tough times in the documentary “Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1.” 9 p.m. HBO

A Chicago institution founded by German Jewish refugees in the 1930s that later became a haven for Holocaust survivors is saluted in “Refuge: Stories of the Selfhelp Home.” 10 p.m. KLCS

Dramatic reenactments and scholarly commentary illuminate scripture in the “Bible Secrets Revealed,” while modern-day houses of worship get much-needed makeovers in “Church Rescue: Country Salvation.” 10 p.m. History; 10 p.m. National Geographic

TUESDAY

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“20/20” counts down the 10 biggest scandals in the history of American politics — the ones that “Scandal’s” Olivia Pope couldn’t fix, anyways. 10 p.m. ABC

Myke and Ruth, the intrepid couple from “Man, Woman, Wild,” once again find themselves smack-dab in the middle of nowhere in the new outdoor adventure series “Lost Survivors.” 11 p.m. Travel

WEDNESDAY

Polly want a cracker? And if so, why? Everything you wanted to know about parrots but were afraid to ask is revealed in “Parrot Confidential” on a new “Nature.” 8 p.m. KOCE

“Nova” reexamines the Kennedy assassination in light of recent developments in forensics in “Cold Case JFK” and “Secrets of the Dead” revisits media coverage of that dark day in “JFK: One PM Central Standard Time.” 9 and 10 p.m. KOCE

This charming man: The devilish Danny Huston joins “American Horror Story: Coven” in this new episode. 10 p.m. FX

THURSDAY

They say that if you can remember “The Sixties,” you weren’t there. But you can get a refresher course with this new 10-part documentary series. First up: A look back at the Kennedy assassination. 6 and 8 p.m. CNN

Get in on the “Ground Floor” of this new workplace comedy from the creator of “Scrubs” and “Cougar Town.” John C. McGinley and “Pitch Perfect’s” Skylar Astin star. 10 and 10:35 p.m. TBS

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FRIDAY

Could be a chick but it could be a dude when the winner is revealed on the season finale of the first-ever coed edition of “America’s Next Top Model.” 9 p.m. KTLA

The dysfunctional-family sitcom “Raising Hope” returns for a fourth season with a guest star who knows a little something about dysfunctional families: “Arrested Development’s” Jeffrey Tambor. 9 p.m. Fox

Hugh Jackman comes sweeping down the plain in hi-def when “Great Performances” presents an HD-enhanced encore of a 1999 film of the hit London revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” 9 p.m. KOCE

In 1970, the USC Trojans football team went “Against the Tide” — the Crimson Tide of Alabama, that is — in an historic game that had a major impact on the cause of integration, as detailed in this new sports doc. 10 p.m. Showtime

SATURDAY

The onslaught of holiday flicks continues with “The Christmas Ornament” starring Kellie Martin and Cameron Mathison and “Twelve Trees of Christmas” with Mel B and Casper Van Dien. 8 p.m. Hallmark; 8 p.m. Lifetime

In the clearing stands a boxer: “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth” finds the controversial former champ alone on a Broadway stage for a warts-and-all tell-all directed by Spike Lee. 8 p.m. HBO

Plagiarism! A would-be novelist (Bradley Cooper) steals “The Words” right off another writer’s page in this 2012 drama. Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde and Zoe Saldana also star. 8 p.m. Showtime

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There’s yet more discussion of the JFK assassination in “As It Happened: John F. Kennedy 50 Years” hosted by Bob Schieffer — who, it just so happens, was a young newspaper reporter in Dallas that day back in ’63. 9 p.m. CBS

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