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The Thanksgiving TV Streaming Guide

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Thanksgiving isn’t just about food, friends, and family. It’s also a big TV day as well with The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Football, the National Dog Show, and quite a few TV shows and movie marathons. This article will tell you how to stream all of these events free to your TV and some other big TV events this Thursday.

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How To Stream The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

This year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade starts at 9 am eastern time on November 26. However, it will air at 9 am in each time zone on NBC. People in the eastern time zone will see it live on NBC, and the other time zones will see a taped delay at 9 am. Anyone can watch it live through Verizon’s YouTube page at 9 am eastern regardless of where you live. The YouTube app is available on nearly every streaming device and smart TV so that you can watch on the Big screen. If you want to watch NBC’s coverage, you can check out our guide to watching NBC without cable. The best options and free trials to each are below.

How To Watch Thanksgiving Day Football

As shown in our guide to watching the NFL, the following three games are on this Thanksgiving:

  • Houston Texans at Detroit Lions, 12:30 p.m. on CBS
  • The Washington Football Team at Dallas Cowboys, 4:30 p.m. on Fox
  • Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers 8:20 p.m. on NBC

These three networks are available through the following streaming services:

How To Watch the National Dog Show

After the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade concludes, the 2020 National Dog Show airs on NBC on Thursday, Nov. 26 at 12 p.m. local time in each time zone. The same options for watching NBC for the parade will work for the dog show.

Thanksgiving Day Marathons

The following TV and movie marathons will be running this Thanksgiving.

Friends

TBS is running a Friends Thanksgiving Day Marathon starting at 1 pm eastern until 6 pm. The best options from our guide to watching TBS are:

Harry Potter

USA Network is airing 3 Harry Potter films starting just before noon.

  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (11:53 a.m. – 3:20 p.m.)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (3:20 p.m. – 7 p.m.)
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (7 p.m. – 10 p.m.)

The best options from our guide to watching USA Network are:

The Godfather

All three of Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather movies are airing on BBC America starting at 11:30 a.m. We cover all the ways to watch BBC America, but Philo is our favorite. They offer a seven-day free trial and only cost $25 per month after that. You can learn more in our review of Philo.

Below is the schedule of BBC America’s Godfather marathon:

  • The Godfather (11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.)
  • The Godfather, Part II(3:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.)
  • The Godfather, Part III (8 p.m. – 12 a.m.)

DC Comics Superhero Movies

TNT is airing 4 DC Comics superhero films starting at 11 am and running all day. Here is the schedule from TNT:

  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (11 a.m. – 2 p.m.)
  • Man of Steel (2 p.m. – 5 p.m.)
  • Wonder Woman (5 p.m. – 8 p.m.)
  • Aquaman (8 p.m. – 11 p.m.)

The best options from our guide to watching TNT are:

The Office and Schitt’s Creek

On Thanksgiving, Comedy Central is airing The Office from 9 am to 8 pm. After that, a Schitt’s Creek marathon will run until 10:30 pm. There are a few ways to watch Comedy Central without cable, but Philo is our favorite. They offer a seven-day free trial and only cost $25 per month after that. You can learn more in our review of Philo.

Home Alone

Freeform is airing Home Alone and Home Alone 2 back to back starting at 6 pm on Thanksgiving. The best options from our guide to watching Freeform are:

Holiday Baking Championship

The Holiday Baking Championship will kick off on Food Network at 1 pm and run until 8 pm. We cover all the ways to watch Food Network, but Philo is our favorite. They offer a seven-day free trial and only cost $25 per month after that. You can learn more in our review of Philo.

Top Chef

Bravo in running a Top Chef marathon on Thanksgiving from 6:30 am until noon. There are many ways to watch Bravo, our favorites are:

Jersey Shore Family Vacation

MTV is going with a Jersey Shore Family Vacation Marathon. Out of all the ways to watch MTV without cable, but Philo is our favorite. They offer a seven-day free trial and only cost $25 per month after that. You can learn more in our review of Philo.

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