The Layover
If you had only 24 hours to spend in Singapore, where would you go? Anthony Bourdain provides detailed advice in the premiere of this brisk new travel series. The chef and author is as entertainingly irreverent as ever, and his recommendations are as informed as they are opinionated. His destinations in upcoming episodes include New York, Hong Kong, and Montreal. Monday, Nov. 21, at 9 p.m., Travel Channel
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Real Sports reports on troubling allegations about tennis champion Bob Hewitt, who was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1992 but is now accused of molesting various girls he coached during the 1970s and ’80s. Other segments include profiles of Butler University men’s basketball coach Brad Stevens, the New York Jets’ Marcus Dixon, and the aerialist family the Flying Wallendas. Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 10 p.m., HBO
The Sound of Mumbai: A Musical
This documentary follows a group of Indian street children given an opportunity to perform a choral version of The Sound of Music while sharing a stage with the famed Bombay Chamber Orchestra. As this inspiring film follows a charismatic 11-year-old and other children on their path to the big event, it becomes a celebration of the power of both music and optimism. Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 8 p.m., HBO2
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
NBC morning anchors Matt Lauer, Ann Curry, and Al Roker host the official broadcast of the 85th parade, whose performers will include the Big Apple Circus, Cee Lo Green, and the casts of several Broadway musicals. A rival simultaneous broadcast, The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS, will feature songs performed by rocker John Fogerty. Thursday, Nov. 24, at 9 a.m.
Great Performances: Il Postino From LA Opera
When the hit 1994 movie Il Postino was adapted into an opera last year, the world premiere featured Plácido Domingo as the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who in the opera’s story convinces a shy Italian postman (tenor Charles Castronovo) to pursue his dreams. This broadcast of the premiere was filmed at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Friday, Nov. 25, at 9 p.m., PBS; check local listings
Other highlights
Enlightened
Laura Dern’s Amy Jellicoe plays matchmaker for a co-worker on the rise. Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme directed this episode of the offbeat new comedy-drama about a female executive recovering from a flameout. Monday, Nov. 21, at 9:30 p.m., HBO
The Martha Stewart Show
On her “Thanksgiving Hotline Show,” America’s domestic doyenne will respond to viewers’ last-minute turkey dilemmas sent in via email, Facebook, Skype, and Twitter. Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 10 a.m., Hallmark Channel
Punkin Chunkin
Live coverage of an annual event in which backyard inventors vie to see whose contraption can hurl a pumpkin the farthest. Thursday, Nov. 24, at 8 p.m., Science/Discovery
