Today on TV: Encores & Holiday Specials Take Over - November 28

Welcome back, Cave-dwellers! It’s November 28, 2025, and the TV gods have blessed us with everything from festive feel-goods to chaotic crime capers to animated pie-theft conspiracies (yes… really). Whether you’re up before sunrise or settling in for a post-dinner binge, we dug through today’s lineup so you don’t have to.

Let’s crawl through the cave and see what’s glowing on your screen today.

🌙 3:00 AM ET — When Insomnia Meets Entertainment Chaos

🕳️ The Creep Tapes — AMC+ / Shudder

If your idea of a relaxing early morning involves strangers chained together in a derelict room solving murder-puzzles (same), this psychological nightmare is ready to jolt you awake. Mark wakes up bonded to another unlucky soul, and together they must unravel cryptic challenges. It’s like an escape room, but with far fewer waivers and way more trauma.

🥧 Disney’s Hulu’s Family Guy’s Hallmark Channel’s Lifetime’s Familiar Holiday Movie — Hulu (Special Episode)

The title is already a fever dream, but the episode goes even harder. Lois is working for Big Pie (just roll with it) and travels to a quaint small town to swipe Peter’s legendary family pie recipe. Add guest voice Lainey Wilson and the whole thing becomes a delightfully absurd holiday send-up. Bring snacks — preferably pie.

🏒 Heated Rivalry — HBO Max (Series Premiere)

Get ready for Canadian hockey drama with enough tension to melt an ice rink. Two ambitious players, Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie, square off as rivals… with a spark that neither can ignore. The competition is fierce, the chemistry is fiercer, and the stakes? Frostbite-level chilly.

📸 The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo — Netflix

This gripping documentary follows a former Saigon photo editor finally revealing a secret he’s carried for 52 years about one of the Vietnam War’s most iconic images. That revelation launches a two-year journey toward truth, closure, and the real story behind the lens.

🎄 6:00 PM ET — Holiday Warmth Time

🌟 The Snow Must Go On — Hallmark Channel (Movie Premiere)

A onetime Broadway performer (Corey Cott) heads home to direct a high school Christmas show — and lands straight into a meet-cute with the school guidance counselor (Heather Hemmens). Musical numbers, small-town charm, and a guaranteed kiss under twinkly lights await.

🎅 8:00 PM ET — Festive Frenzy Hour

🐾 A PAW Patrol Christmas — CBS

Santa’s got the sniffles, and when he can’t deliver presents, the pups roll out. But of course, Mayor Humdinger is ready to hijack the holiday, so the fur-powered rescue squad has to stop him before Christmas gets stolen piece by piece. Kids will love it; parents will survive it.

🔥 The Christmas Spark — Great American Family (Movie Premiere)

Mario Lopez as a corporate lawyer who joins his hometown fire department? Sold. Sparks fly (literally and romantically) when he meets a widowed mom played by Ali Cobrin. Expect banter, bravery, and at least one scenic snowstorm.

👶 The More the Merrier — Hallmark Channel (Movie Premiere)

Rachel Boston stars as an ER doctor trapped by a snowstorm at a rural hospital during a Christmas Eve baby boom. She teams up with a cardiologist (Brendan Penny), and naturally — in between delivering babies — love blooms faster than holiday poinsettias.

🔫 Power Book IV: Force — Starz

Tommy is back, and chaos is in season. He’s working overtime to keep D-Mac safe while Jenard tries repairing fences with Shanti. Criminal empire life: it’s all fun and games until someone needs a new alibi.

🎉 9:00 PM ET — Nostalgia Hour

🏡 Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Celebration — CBS (Encore)

The Barone clan reunites! Ray Romano, Brad Garrett, Patricia Heaton, Monica Horan, the Sweeten siblings, and Phil Rosenthal gather on a recreated living room set to reminisce about the sitcom that lives rent-free in our hearts. It’s warm, funny, and the perfect comfort-watch.

🚤 10:00 PM ET — Crime, Florida Style

🌴 It’s Florida, Man — HBO (Season 2 Premiere)

The legendary chaos magnet returns. This season kicks off with the state seizing his dog, which pushes him into planning the biggest heist of his career: stealing an entire casino boat. Yes, the whole boat. Full Florida energy. No notes.

🎬 That’s Today’s Lineup, Cave Crew!

Whether you’re craving holiday cheer, true crime revelations, comedy nostalgia, or a deranged Florida caper, today’s TV slate is stacked. Grab a blanket, grab a snack, and let The TV Cave guide your binge.