CBS ‘Country’ Crossover, PBS Salute to Service, the JonBenét Investigation, Jamie Visits ‘Boston Blue’

Sheriff Country

It’s all hands on deck in Edgewater for the police and first responders in a two-hour crossover thriller. The action begins on Sheriff Country when a prison break during a windstorm and wildfire leads to a hostage crisis, continuing on Fire Country (9/8c) when Bode (Max Thieriot) and the Station 42 crew assist in the dangerous manhunt. While the situation is tense, expect some levity when Sheriff Mickey Fox (Morena Baccarin) and Battalion Chief Manny (Kevin Alejandro) relive the time her stepsister Sharon (Diane Farr) set them up on a disastrous date.

Salute to Service: A Veterans Day Celebration

The NFL’s Jason Kelce hosts the annual tribute to military men and women, joining fellow former football pro Alejandro Villanueva, an Army veteran and West Point grad, on a tour of the military academy. They experience a helicopter ride, a water obstacle course including a 25-foot drop, and an “ambush” by cadets. Musical guest Jon Batiste performs with the Six String Soldiers, and Kelce shows off his own musical gifts by playing sax with the U.S. Army Field Band. He also goes all in on athletic drills with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment and gets a lesson in carrying the flag from the Continental Color Guard. Sounds like the perfect curtain-raiser for next Wednesday’s holiday.

20/20

Diane Sawyer has been covering this most infamous of unsolved mysteries, the 1996 murder of 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey, for nearly 30 years, including an exclusive 1997 tour of the Ramsey home. In a new 20/20 special, titled JonBenét Ramsey: Race Against Time, Who Is ‘Unknown Male 1’? – A New Diane Sawyer Investigation, she and ABC‘s chief investigative correspondent Aaron Katersky explore new DNA evidence that could help identify an alleged “Unknown Male 1” intruder. The report features new interviews with family members, including JonBenét’s brother, and people closely associated with this high-profile case.

Boston Blue

Oh, brother! It took long enough, but Jamie Reagan (Blue Bloods’ Will Estes) finally makes the trek from New York to Boston to visit his sibling Danny (Donnie Wahlberg), but their reunion takes a backseat to police business when they get caught up in a family feud connected to a diamond heist. In other activity, Danny’s partner, Lena (Sonequa Martin-Green), investigates deaths connected to one of her grandfather Rev. Peters’ (Ernie Hudson) congregants, and Sarah (Maggie Lawson) takes a step closer toward her nuptials with Seth (Mike Vogel).

Outlander: Blood of My Blood

England’s King George I has descended upon a Scottish estate to honor Loyalists, including Lord Lovat (Tony Curran), giving Julia (Hermione Corfield) and Henry (Jeremy Irvine) — otherwise known as Outlander heroine Claire’s time-traveling parents — a chance to compare notes and plot a way back home in the 20th century, despite considerable hurdles. Meanwhile at the MacKenzie’s Castle Leoch, Ellen (Harriet Slater) proves her cunning while negotiating with Redcoats who’ve come for her rebel brother, Dougal (Sam Retford).

INSIDE FRIDAY TV:

• The Last Cowboy (8/7c, CMT): Taylor Sheridan‘s docuseries returns for a seventh season, following elite riders as they prepare for the $1 million “Run For A Million.”
• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (8/7c, ABC): DJ Steve Aoki, Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights), and Dulé Hill (Psych) spin the wheel and play for charity.
• Happy’s Place (8/7c, NBC): Jane Lynch returns as Gabby’s (Melissa Peterman) hypercritical mother, Val, who gets a talking-to from Bobbie (Reba McEntire). Followed by Newlyweds (8:30/7:30c), where Jeanie (Téa Leoni) and James (Tim Daly) try in vain to get privacy during their stay-at-home mini honeymoon.
• Merry Memories (8/7c, Hallmark Channel), control freak Michaela (Lindura) loosens up when she collaborates with a free-spirited substitute teacher (Brendan Morgan) on her nephew’s holiday scrapbook. UPtv‘s bonbon, Chocolate for Christmas (8/7c), stars Angela Cole as Penny, who finds romance when she returns home to help save her family’s chocolate shop.
• Wolves Up Close with Bertie Gregory (9/8c, National Geographic): Explorer Bertie Gregory heads to the Canadian Arctic to capture footage of a pack of wolves stalking a bull moose, among other wildlife adventures.
• Dateline NBC (9/8c, NBC): Lester Holt reports on the 2018 murder in Baltimore of Jacquelyn Smith, initially thought to have been committed by panhandlers. The truth was much more personal.
• S.W.A.T. Exiles (10/9c, Starz): While the team goes undercover to root out a dangerous new drug targeting teens through donut deliveries, there’s more to the transfer of Malik (Adain Bradley) than meets the eye.

ON THE STREAM:

• Possible Love (streaming on Netflix): Lee Chang-dong’s acclaimed film, South Korea’s official selection for the Oscars’ International Feature Film category, makes its streaming debut.
• The Uprising (streaming on Peacock): Also new to streaming: director Paul Greengrass‘ historical drama starring Andrew Garfield as a real-life rebel who inspired the legend of Robin Hood.
• Making Marie Antoinette (streaming on MUBI): A documentary culled from footage shot by the late Eleanor Coppola during the filming of her daughter Sofia Coppola‘s lavish 2006 period piece Marie Antoinette features the voice of Diane Lane reading passages from Eleanor’s journals.
• Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook (streaming on Apple TV): The comic actress, aka Nora Lum, gets a crash course in Chinese cuisine in an eight-part docuseries road trip, with the ultimate goal of reviving her family’s renowned Cantonese restaurant in Flushing, Queens.
• It Gets Worse (streaming on Paramount+): For fans of FX‘s Adults, a raunchy British comedy follows three aimless college-age best friends who live together. Guest stars include Fleabag‘s Andrew Scott and Girls‘ Lena Dunham.
• Dexter: Resurrection (streaming on Paramount+): Uma Thurman returns as the enigmatic Charley, who has an intriguing proposition for Dexter (Michael C. Hall), while his son, Harrison (Jack Alcott), is surprised to learn he’s been assigned to the Homicide unit on his first day on the police beat. How convenient.
• MobLand (streaming on Paramount+): The mental decline of mob family boss Conrad (Pierce Brosnan) is becoming more noticeable. Not a good time for a new enemy to emerge, when the vengeful “Mad Dog,” son of the assassinated “Medusa,” is released from prison. A new episode of Sylvester Stallone‘s Tulsa King is also streaming.
• Motor City (streaming on AMC+): Reacher‘s Alan Ritchson stars in an action film as an ex-con seeking revenge against the gangster (Ben Foster) who framed him and stole his girlfriend (Paradise Emmy winner Shailene Woodley).
• Silver Screamers (streaming on BloodStream): An upbeat documentary follows a group of senior citizens who come together to make a low-budget horror movie.