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Tonight's Best TV

A DAILY GUIDE TO NOTABLE SHOWS by Jessica Shaw

9-10PM
DIRECTV Channel 101, TV-14
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Friday Night Lights

It's Thanksgiving in East Dillon, and the table is set full for the finale of FNL's fourth season (which will begin airing on NBC on April 30). Hearts break, a prodigal son returns, criminals face consequences, families stick together through crises — oh yeah, and the scrappy, underfunded East Dillon Lions finally reckon with the mighty Dillon Panthers on the football field. On another show all that melodrama might taste a little soapy, but not with this cast. As usual, FNL's actors make each subplot's resolution, happy or sad, feel achingly real. Grab a fork and dig in. A- —Simon Vozick-Levinson

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8-9PM
Travel

Samantha Brown Fan-a-thon

Samantha Brown celebrates 10 years at the Travel Channel with this new special, where she counts down her fans' favorite moments. My favorite moment? Brown dressed like a pirate making the patrons at a local pub in the Florida Keys very uncomfortable with her pirate speak. Did I say ''favorite moment''? I meant ''moment I was most glad I am not Samantha Brown.''

8-9PM
NBC

Mercy

Veronica and Sands' official first date is delayed when Veronica finds herself in the middle of a robbery. Something tells me it's just not in the cards for these two. I mean, can you imagine what kind of trouble she'd get into if they tried to get married?

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