The architect of the 1963 March on Washington, Bayard Rustin, is celebrated in the recent theatrical release “Rustin” (Netflix, streaming), with Colman Domingo in the title role, and a cast that includes Jeffrey Wright, Audra McDonald, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, CCH Pounder, Bill Irwin and Aml Ameen.
Many of the new movies tonight are of the Christmas variety, with Leighton Meester and Robbie Amell in “EXmas” (Amazon FreeVee, streaming), and Lil Red Howery, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges and Teyonah Parris in “Dashing Through the Snow” (Disney+, streaming).
And of course, there’s a Hallmark entry as well, with Chelsea Hobbs and Stephen Huszar in “Navigating Christmas” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.).
The trio of young “SNL” writers whose films are often the best part of that show lately now star in their own new feature “Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain” (Peacock, streaming), produced by Judd Apatow. In it the three — Martin Herlihy, John Higgins and Ben Marshall find a compass that leads to a treasure, but plenty of adventure first. Bowen Yang and Conan O’Brien pop up alongtheu way.
The 2010 film becomes animated (with some of the voices from the original film) in the series “Scott Pilgrim Takes Off” (Netflix, streaming), with the participation of Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Brie Larson, Alison Pill, Aubrey Plaza and Kieran Culkin.
“Believer 2” (Netflix, streaming) is a new sequel to the 2018 South Korean action crime thriller.
Julien Hollande, the French director behind “The Misadventures of Hedi and Cokeman,” is back again with the new “All-Time High” (Netflix, streaming), described as a romantic action comedy about a con man who tries to squeeze a crypto millionaire after a poker game goes sour.
“The Secret Life of Dancing Dogs” (Hulu, streaming) is a series that follows dogs and their handlers preparing for the Crufts dog show in England.
Not to be confused with the Twin Flame cult documentary series, the new “Twin Love” (Prime Video, streaming) is a dating series in which 10 sets of identical twins are split up and meet romantic partners who are also twins — will they be the same ones their sibling chooses? Another pair of twins, Brie and Nikki Garcia, the Bella Twins, host.
Coincidentally, two teams of other identical twins compete tonight on “Raid the Cage” (CBS, 9 p.m.). Siblings also compete on “The Wall” (NBC, 8 p.m.).
A new documentary “Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story” (Prime Video, streaming) profiles the maker of so many TV shows and movies (that also have his name on them).
“Great Performances” (PBS, 9 p.m.) marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio.
Unpublished works of George Romero are found by a bookstore owner on “Creepshow” (AMC, 10 p.m.).
“Bering Sea Gold” (Discovery, 9 p.m.) has a bail-out after a potential disaster.
High tech ski goggles are pitched on “Shark Tank” (ABC, 8 p.m.).
“20.20” (ABC, 9 p.m.) reports on the hunt for a Texas serial killer.
Cupcakes go missing on “FBoy Island” (CW, 9 p.m.).
“The UnXplained with William Shatner” (History, 9 p.m.) looks at mystery ailments.
Parker goes ditch-digging on a claim on “Gold Rush” (Discovery, 8 p.m.).
“Ready to Love: Make a Move” (OWN, 8 p.m.) throws a mixer that leaves a woman in tears.
Latrice and Lateshia’s rift divides the “Belle Collective” (OWN, 9 p.m.).
“The Crusades” (Showtime, 7:15 p.m.), the comedy about three private high school buddies on a wild weekend, makes its premium cable debut. Rudy Pankow stars.
Turner Classic movies’ month-long Friday night series of films about night continues with “Between Midnight and Dawn” (8 p.m.), “After Hours” (9:45 p.m.), “Taxi Driver” (11:45 p.m.), “The Incident” (2 a.m.) and “Alphabet City” (4 a.m.).
During the day are films with noir heavies: “Decoy” (6 a.m.), “Too Late for Tears” (7:30 a.m.), “The Narrow Margin” (9:15 a.m.), “Tension” (10:30 a.m.), “Detour” (12:15 p.m.), “The Maltese Falcon” (1:30 p.m.), “Born to Kill” (3:15 p.m.), “The Set-Up” (5 p.m.) and “The Naked City” (6:15 p.m.).
NBA action includes Sacramento at San Antonio (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.) and Phoenix at Utah (ESPN, 10 p.m.).
Hockey has Toronto at Detroit (NHL, 2 p.m.) and Buffalo at Winnipeg (NHL, 8 p.m.).
College football has South Florida at UTSA (ESPN2, 9 p.m.) and Colorado at Washington State (Fox Sports 1, 10:30 p.m.).
Men’s college basketball has North Texas at LSU (ESPNU, 11:30 a.m.), Vermont at Saint Louis (ESPN2, noon), St. John’s at Dayton (ESPN2, 2 p.m.), Charleston at Wyoming (ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.), Georgia at Miami (CBS Sports, 3:30 p.m.), Houston at Utah (ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.), Notre Dame at Oklahoma State (ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.), Kansas State at Providence (CBS Sports, 6 p.m.), Butler at Michigan State (Fox Sports 1, 6:30 p.m.), Moorehead State at Penn State (Peacock, 7 p.m.), Auburn at St. Bonaventure (ESPN2, 7 p.m.), Towson at Wake Forest (ESPNU, 7 p.m.), Maryland at Villanova (Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.), Grand Canyon at San Francisco (CBSSports, 9 p.m.), Wichita State at Liberty (ESPNU, 9 p.m.), DePaul at South Carolina (CBS Sports, 11:30 p.m.) and Washington at Xavier (ESPN2, midnight).
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa and Mar Consuelos: Mikey Day, Monica Mangin. The View: Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Robert Smigel. The Talk: Nikki and Brie Garcia, Goo Goo Dolls, Maria Baltazzi. Drew Barrymore: Dr. Suzane Gilberg-Lenz. Kelly Clarkson: Rachel Ziegler, Hunter Schafer, Tom Blyth, Josh Andres Rivera, Francis Lawrence, Nina Jacobson. Jennifer Hudson: Blake Shelton. Tamron Hall: Patti Labelle, Ruben Stoddard, Kristen Moore-Studdard.
Late Talk
Jimmy Kimmel: Magic Johnson, Jose Andres, Jordan Davis (rerun). Jimmy Fallon: Scarlett Johansson, Hunter Schafer, Tina Friml. Seth Meyers: Leslie Jones, Judd Apatow, Rett Madison (rerun).