Decades, 12:00 p.m. ET
SERIES MARATHON: Beginning with the 1975 episode in which Louise and George Jefferson first were “Movin’ on Up,” The Jeffersons is showcased in a two-day marathon, courtesy of Decades. And this early All in the Family spinoff series, it should be noted, is courtesy of the Black Panthers, who visited Norman Lear’s offices after he had hit it big with All in the Family and Good Times, and complained that all the Black characters on Lear’s show were so poor. Hence, The Jeffersons, thanks to their successful dry-cleaning business, got their piece of the pie…
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
Humphrey Bogart is Sam Spade in this 1941 John Huston film, which is as good an adaptation of a Dashiell Hammett novel as you’ll get. Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre co-star, and all of them are worth their weight in lead-lined gold.
NBC, 11:29 p.m. ET
There hasn’t been a fresh SNL in a month, and I can’t wait for this one. Not only is Jason Bateman the host, but the writers have soooo many political stories and players to lampoon. And Donald Trump still hasn’t conceded the election…