“Baking All the Way” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.) is about a pastry chef who goes to a small town bakery. “A Wesley Christmas” (BET, 9 p.m.) follows the holiday celebrations by Chris, Todd and Cydney Wesley. The latter comes after “BET Her Presents: David & Tamela Mann’s Holiday Music Celebration” (BET, 8 p.m.).
On the other hand, there is the true crime lineup of “The Last Thanksgiving” (Oxygen, 8 p.m.), “Thanksgiving Terror” (Oxygen, 9 p.m.) and “Thankskilling” (Oxygen, 10 p.m.).
From Japan comes a romantic series “First Love” (Netflix, streaming), spanning more than 20 years based on a couple of songs by a J-pop star Hikaru Utada.
The pop star’s life over a three period is documented in the film “Love, Lizzo” (HBO Max, streaming).
“Good Rivals” (Amazon Prime, streaming) is a three part sports documentary series about the rivalry between the Mexican and United States men’s soccer team.
Speaking of which, today’s World Cup matches have Switzerland vs. Cameroon (Fox Sports 1, 5 a.m.), Uruguay vs. South Korea (Fox Sports 1, 8 a.m.), Portugal vs. Ghana (Fox, 11 a.m.) and Brazil vs. Serbia (Fox, 2 p.m.).
In a lesser battle, “The Masked Singer” (Fox, 8 p.m.) reaches semifinals; last night, they unmasked Linda Blair and Ray Parker Jr.
“LEGO Masters” (Fox, 9 p.m.) have to make scenes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
August must make some hard choices about his future on “Alaska: The Last Frontier” (Animal Planet, 10 p.m.).
“Hip Hop Homicides” (WEtv, 9 p.m.) remembers the 2015 death of the rapper Chinx.
Prime time has “Back to the Future” (Bravo, 730 p.m.) and “Back to the Future Part II” (Bravo, 10 p.m.). And there is “The Godfather” (AMC, 6 p.m.) and “The Godfather: Part II” (10 p.m.).
The month-long Thursday Night spotlight on James Mason concludes with “North by Northwest” (8 p.m.), “A Star is Born” (10:30 p.m.), “Odd Man Out” (1:45 a.m.), “The Prisoner of Zenda” (4 a.m.) and “Julius Caesar” (6 a.m.).
During the day TCM has family classics, with “Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book” (6 a.m.), “The Secret Garden” (8 a.m.), “Little Women” (10 a.m.), “The Incredible Mr. Limpet” (12:15 p.m.), “National Velvet” (2:15 p.m.), “Lassie Come Home” (4:30 p.m.) and “The Muppets Take Manhattan” (6:15 p.m.).
Men’s college hoops has Wisconsin at Kansas (ESPN, 11 a.m.), Florida State at Siena (ESPN2, 11 a.m.), North Carolina at Portland (ESPN, 1 p.m.), Tennessee at USC (ESPN2, 1:30 p.m.), Ole Miss at Stanford (ESPNU, 1:30 p.m.), Duke at Oregon State (ESPN, 3 p.m.), Iowa State at Villanova (ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.), Dayton at NC State (ESPNews, 4 p.m.), Oklahoma at Nebraska (ESPN, 5 p.m.), Florida at Xavier (ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.), Memphis at Seton Hall (ESPNews, 7:30 p.m.), UConn at Oregon (ESPN2, 8 p.m.), Purdue at West Virginia (ESPN2, 10 p.m.) and Alabama at Michigan State (ESPN, 10:30 p.m.).
Women’s games include North Carolina at Oregon (ESPNU, 5 p.m.) and Iowa State at Michigan State (ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.).
College football includes Mississipi State vs. Ole Miss (ESPN, 7 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
All reruns: Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest: Matthew Modine, Jeremy Allen White. The View: Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Sean Patrick Thomas, Chinonye Chukka, Amber Tamblyn. Drew Barrymore: Nicole Richie, Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil, Nate Burleson. Kelly Clarkson: Khloe Kardashian, Michael Ray. Jennifer Hudson: Laverne Cox, Jacob Collier. Tamron Hall: Lolo Jones, Meghan King, Dr. Meena Singh.
Late Talk
Jimmy Kimmel: Kumail Nanjiani, Pink (rerun). Jimmy Fallon: Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Devine, Bruce Springsteen. Seth Meyers: The Meyers Family. James Corden: Luke Evans, Dr. Phil McGraw, the Interrupters (rerun).