TV

What to Watch: Wed, November 28

Tonight, grab the family, pop some corn and catch the classic holiday special A Charlie Brown Christmas. It gets better every year

A Charlie Brown Christmas
8 p.m., ABC
Classic moments abound in this 1965 favourite that finds the hapless bald everykid becoming fed up with the commercialism of the holiday and trying to find the true meaning of Christmas.

Winter Wipeout
5 p.m., BBC Canada
If you haven’t seen enough Americans and Canadians being humiliated and dirtied up on TV, you’re in luck; this U.K. version of the popular obstacle-course game show sees everyday Brits pummeled beyond recognition while Top Gear’s Richard Hammond provides his unique brand of amusing commentary.

Arrow
7 p.m., CTV; 8 p.m., The CW
Oliver finally meets a woman he might be able to open up to, only to find out she’s the disgruntled daughter of a mobster who has her own plans for vengeance.

Christmas in Rockefeller Center
8 p.m., NBC
Since 1931, an enormous Christmas tree has been erected in New York City’s Rockefeller Center to celebrate the season, Manhattan-style. This year marks the event’s 80th anniversary, and as ever, musicians and celebrities (including Smash star Megan Hilty) show up to help celebrate the occasion. The Today Show’s Al Roker and Savannah Guthrie co-host this annual holiday tradition.

Survivor: Philippines
8 p.m., Global & CBS
Members of the merged tribe, Dangrayne, dive deep in tonight’s latest marine-based challenge to see who will outwit, outlast and outplay the others — and whose torch will be permanently snuffed out.

Supernatural
9 p.m., CHEK & The CW
Sam and Dean reluctantly agree to accompany Castiel on an investigation to a small town where there have been a series of murders that all curiously resemble cartoon deaths.

Key & Peele (Season Finale)
10:30 p.m., Comedy
Former MADtv regulars Keegan-Michael Key (who created the breakout Coach Hines character) and Jordan Peele (whose impressions of Forest Whitaker and Morgan Freeman are unrivaled) wrap up the second season of their popular sketch comedy series.