What To Watch This Week: Stream Our Top 7 TV and Movie Picks (Nov. 24–30)

The Shuffle | HBO, HBO Max | Documentary

Movie, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 9:00 p.m. ET: What gives, HBO? Why devote only 40 minutes to the cheesy five-minute slice of pop culture heaven created by the 1985 Chicago Bears? Sure, it’s cringe. But this five-and-a-half-minute novelty rap track, with its canned drums and gang-vocal bars, is deliciously fun cringe, which is why this documentary short exists. Now we can laugh together with the guys who made it, which include former Chicago players Willie Gault, Mike Singletary, Jim McMahon, and Gary Fencik. Imagine the interviews: “Looking back, we weren’t there to start no trouble; we were just there to do the Super Bowl Shuffle.” [Cue saxophone solo]

The Beatles Anthology 2025 | Disney+ | Music, documentary

Updated series premiere, Wednesday, Nov. 26: Some 30 years ago, The Beatles’ 30-year musical legacy got the doc treatment in the form of an eight-episode miniseries. Now, the production has been expanded to nine eps, using “new” footage taken from the sessions that produced the first version of The Beatles Anthology. Aside from the recently released “meh” new tracks, that’s the name of the game: Repackage, repackage, repackage. But Beatles fans don’t care, so enjoy the now-longer show.

Stranger Things | Netflix | Drama, horror, science fiction

Season 5 premiere, Wednesday, Nov. 26: Is it really the last season? Yup. Season five is finally here and these are the final eight episodes of Netflix’s massively successful ‘80s-set, sci-fi/horror show. It’s the final battle between Vecna and the crew, which must close the Rifts while the military hunts down Eleven (and maybe, just maybe, find Will Byers). Speaking of maybes, once this show’s done, maybe the Duffer Brothers can get to work on their Netflix adaptation of Stephen King and Peter Straub’s fantasy-horror novel The Talisman. Expect the eight eps to come in three chunks: four episodes today, three more on Christmas, and then the finale on New Year’s Eve. Check out the first five minutes of the first episode.

It’s Florida, Man | HBO, HBO Max | Comedy

Season 2 premiere, Friday, Nov. 28, 9:00 p.m. ET: Ready for more dramatized tales of antics and hijinks committed by the very special men and women of America’s pride, Florida? Personally, when I first started watching the show’s first season, I was a little bummed about the reenactments ‘cause crazy hits best when it’s real. But the show makes it funny, using known actors like Tiffany Haddish, Haley Joel Osment, Juliette Lewis, Bobby Lee, Anna Faris, Adam Devine, Jon Gries—and even Chet Hanks, who seems to be on the wrong side of the dramatizations. New episodes (six, total) come weekly starting today.

Disney’s Hulu’s Family Guy’s Hallmark Channel’s Lifetime’s Familiar Holiday Movie | Hulu | Adult animation, comedy

Movie, Friday, Nov. 28: With this cheekily titled film, Family Guy spoofs the firehose of cheesy holiday movies that the Hallmark Channel and Lifetime aims our way every year. The threadbare plot (a Family Guy and Hallmark Channel hallmark) finds Griffin family matriarch Lois working for “Big Pie” and trying to steal husband Peter’s secret family recipe. And, just like those goofy heartland holiday films, this FG one will feature a sappy country song from guest star Lainey Wilson. It’ll probably also have a heartwarming but hilarious and potentially delightfully kinda crude resolution between Lois and Peter. Here for it. Heh-heh!

Words + Music | MGM+ | Music

Series premiere, Sunday, Nov. 30, 9 p.m. ET: Singer-songwriters Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, John Legend, and Alanis Morrissette each take an episode in this celebration of songwriting, where the artists share the stories behind their storied songs and introduce new ones. The series is based on Audible’s podcast of the same name, which is 40 episodes deep, featuring the likes of George Clinton, James Taylor, Mariah Carey, Eddie Vedder, and Chuck D.