Our Channel Surfing TV picks will give you television to be thankful for this holiday week. Get into the Christmas spirit with an all-new Family Guy special. An innocent man gets caught up in a global conspiracy in The Madness. Then, a spy’s romantic past comes to jeopardize is current mission in The Agency.
A Christmas Heist
Family Guy normally airs on Fox, but to celebrate its 25th anniversary, the animated comedy also airs exclusive specials on Hulu. With Christmas coming up, an episode entitled “Gift of the White Guy” will launch on the streaming platform.
Peter mistakenly gifts his wife’s Christmas brooch in a White Elephant exchange. He enlists the help of his friends to retrieve the heirloom from a woman in a nursing home. Meanwhile, Stewie’s attitude towards the holiday changes when he learns he is on Santa’s Naught List.
The Family Guy Holiday Special premieres today, November 25, on Hulu.
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
In The Madness, Muncie Daniels has lost his way. He used to be a political consultant but pivoted into a television talking head. In order to reset, he heads out to the secluded Poconos and focuses on writing his great American novel.
However, things don’t go according to plan when Daniels is the only witness to the grisly murder of a known white supremacist and becomes the prime suspect. He goes on the run to find evidence to prove his innocence and is soon entangled in a global conspiracy.
Stream the entire first season of The Madness beginning Thursday, November 28, on Netflix.
Love Reignited
The Agency is a new take on the French espionage thriller, Le Bureau des Légendes. In this version, a covert CIA agent is forced to leave his mission and return to the London Station. Years later, his girlfriend when he was undercover pops back into his life and they reignite their romance. The relationship comes into conflict with the agent’s career, real identity, and the current mission.
The series stars Michael Fassbender with a star-studded cast of series regulars including Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith, Katherine Waterston, John Magaro, Alex Reznik, Andrew Brooke, Harriet Sansom Harris, India Fowler, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Reza Brojerdi and Richard Gere. It is is executive produced by Keith Cox and Nina L. Diaz (Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios); David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin and Bob Yari (101 Studios), George Clooney and Grant Heslov (Smokehouse Pictures); Alex Berger (TOP – The Originals Productions); and Ashley Stern and Pascal Breton (Federation Studios/Federation Entertainment of America); and Fassbender.
The first two episodes of The Agency launch Friday, November 29, on Paramount+ with Showtime.
