BY CLIF GARBODEN

THANKSGIVING 27

9:00 a.m. (12) Parade! They’re calling this the "All American" Thanksgiving Day parade, so we assume they’ll be hopping around the nation intercepting marches. (Until noon.)

9:00 a.m. (10) Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. All the others are but imitations. (Until noon.)

4:00 (12) Football. The Miami Dolphins versus the Dallas Cowboys.

7:30 (2) Basic Black: A Conversation with Mel Miller. Host Darren Duarte talks with the editor and publisher of the Bay State Banner. (Until 8 p.m.)

7:30 (6) Thanksgiving Day Heroes. Channel 5’s annual tribute to the local high-school footballers who played today. One of the few things that actually tie local media to their audience. (Until 8 p.m.)

9:00 (2) Farm Aid 2003. The first time they held a Farm Aid concert, it was to raise money to help independent farmers fight off big agri-business. Years later, it’s not clear that there are enough small independent farmers left to fill the audience. But the country motif partly survived, and this time out we have music from Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Brooks & Dunn, and Sheryl Crow. Taped this past September in Columbus, Ohio. To be repeated tonight at 1 a.m., and on Channel 44 at 1 and 4 a.m. (Until 11 p.m.)

10:00 (10) Harry for the Holidays. That’s Harry Connick Jr., folks. Celebrate. (Until 11 p.m.)

FRIDAY 28

Noon (6) Football. Nebraska versus Colorado.

3:30 (6) Football. Texas versus Texas A&M.

SATURDAY 29

11:30 a.m. (44) At the Drive-In. Fabian Forte (long-ago first-name-only pop star) hosts a fall 2003 oldies showcase featuring Jan and Dean, Bobby Vee, the Surfaris, the Rip Chords, and Ray "Tell Laura I Love Her" Peterson. Not a fabulous era in rock, we’re bound to say. (Until 1:30 p.m.)

Noon (2) A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming. A little of both . . . actually a lot of both from Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, Ricky Skaggs, the Del McCoury Band, Vestal Goodman, the Isaacs, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. To be repeated on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. on Channel 44. (Until 2 p.m.)

2:00 (2) American Soundtrack: This Land Is Our Land: The Folk-Rock Years 2. A follow-up concert featuring the legends of folk rock (i.e., songs with rock instrumentation and lyrics that use a post-grad vocabulary). Judy Collins, Michelle Phillips, and Denny Doherty host the Serendipity Singers, the Sandpipers, Trini Lopez, the Seekers, the Hillside Singers, and the Lovin’ Spoonful. Lest you get too excited, please note that the likes of the Byrds and Dylan are not represented here and that the Hillside Singers’ contribution to the American soundtrack was the Coke commercial "I’d Like To Teach the World To Sing." Trini Lopez did indeed sing "If I Had a Hammer," which is an urban folk song, but he wasn’t a rocker or a folkster so much as a Latin singer working out of his genre. The Serendipity Singers were pre-folk-rock and actually had a 1964 hit on the charts with "Beans in My Ears." To be repeated tonight at 10 p.m., and on Channel 44 on Monday at 7:30 p.m., and back on Channel 2 on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. (Until 4 p.m.)

2:00 (10) Football. Grambling versus Southern University. Fun fact: Grambling was started in 1896 by the North Louisiana Colored Agriculture Relief Association as a school to educate rural African-Americans.

3:30 (12) Football. Florida State versus Florida.

4:00 (2) Neil Diamond: Special Moments from Ireland. Ignoring such Irish special moments as the Rising, the Great Famine, and the invention of Guinness, Neil treats Dublin concertgoers to "Sweet Caroline" and "Cracklin’ Rosie" — the latter being noted for its surreal logic and lyrics. To be repeated on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. on Channel 44. (Until 5:30 p.m.)

4:30 (44) Harry Chapin in Concert: You Are the Only Song. The 1980 Chapin concert that alerted the rest of us to Harry’s huge below-the-radar following. To be repeated on Sunday at 6 p.m. on Channel 44. (Until 7 p.m.)

7:00 (2) American Soundtrack: Rock at 50 (1955-1965). They appear to be working up to a 1995 finale concert 10 years at a time. Performing survivors for this include Darlene Love, Jerry Butler and Betty Everett, Paul & Paula (real names: Ray Hildebrand and Jill Jackson; who knew?), Brian Hyland, Lesley Gore, and the Avalons. To be repeated on Sunday at 9:30 p.m. on Channel 44. (Until 10 p.m.)

7:00 (44) Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music. Actually, it was always someone else’s music. A 1967 TV special with Frankie and Ella Fitzgerald and Antonio Carlos Jobim. (Until 8:30 p.m.)

8:00 (6) Football. Notre Dame versus Stanford.

8:00 (64) The Spy Who Shagged Me (movie). The 1999 Austin Powers sequel starring Mike Myers and Heather Graham. With Rob Lowe, Robert Wagner, Michael York, Mindy Sterling, and Verne Troyer (as Mini-Me). (Until 10 p.m.)

8:30 (44) James Taylor: Pull Over. James does cuts from his overlooked 2002 album October Road, plus the old songs people still want to hear from the Sweet Baby James era. To be repeated on Sunday at 8 p.m., and on Channel 2 on Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. (Until 10 p.m.)

10:00 (44) The Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland. That San Francisco rock ballroom closed on New Year’s Eve 1978, and the Dead were there in full force. A historic moment or two. To be repeated on Channel 2 on Monday at 9:30 p.m., and back on 44 on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. (Until midnight.)

Midnight (2) Austin City Limits. Featuring music from Robert Earl Keen and Charlie Robinson. Keen is seldom seen in these parts, but he’s worth some attention. (Until 1 a.m.)

SUNDAY 30

2:30 (44) A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming. Repeated from Saturday at noon.

1:00 (12) Football. The Pats versus the Indianapolis Colts.

4:00 (12) Football. The Kansas City Chiefs versus the San Diego Chargers.

4:00 (64) Football. The New Orleans Saints versus the Washington Redskins.

4:30 (44) Neil Diamond: Special Moments from Ireland. Repeated from Saturday at 4 p.m.

6:00 (44) Harry Chapin in Concert: You Are the Only Song. Repeated from Saturday at 4:30 p.m.

8:00 (44) James Taylor: Pull Over. Repeated from Saturday at 8:30 p.m.

9:30 (44) American Soundtrack: Rock at 50 (1955-1956). Repeated from Saturday at 7 p.m.

7:00 (2) Great Performances: Oklahoma! Repeated from last week. Trevor Nunn directs this Royal National Theatre re-production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 1943 all-American Broadway smash. Starring Hugh Jackman, Josefina Gabrielle, Shuler Hensley, and the rest of the original London cast. Choreography by the multi-Tony-winning Susan Stroman. (Until 11 p.m.)

8:00 (44) James Taylor: Pull Over. Repeated from Saturday at 8:30 p.m.

9:00 (12) Finding John Christmas (movie). A "heartwarming holiday movie" starring Valerie Bertinelli and Peter Falk. It’s also a sequel to 2001’s A Town Without a Christmas, and Falk is reprising his role as an angel named Max. And John Christmas? Played by William Russ, he’s Bertinelli’s long-lost fireman brother, who’s catapulted to fame when a newspaper photographer catches him wrapping an American flag around a freezing dog. Who writes this stuff? (Until 11 p.m.)

MONDAY 1

9:30 (2) The Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland. Repeated from Saturday at 10 p.m.

7:30 (44) American Soundtrack: This Land Is Our Land: The Folk-Rock Years 2. Repeated from Saturday at 2 p.m.

8:00 (64) America’s Sweethearts (movie). A 2001 comedy about a Hollywood publicist who runs interference between the public and the divorcing stars of the film she’s promoting. Starring Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cusack, Christopher Walken, and Hank Azaria. (Until 10 p.m.)

9:00 (6) Football. The Tennessee Titans versus the New York Jets.

9:30 (44) Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghost of Christmas Eve. Sounds peculiar. Ossie Davis narrates a "trip through the magic of Christmas" accompanied by Jewel, Michael Crawford, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. To be repeated on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. on Channel 2. (Until 11 p.m.)

5:30 a.m. (2) Fiesta in the Sky. Balloons over the Southwest. We haven’t been counting, but by rough estimate, we figure this is the 1000th airing of the colorful 1998 documentary on WGBH. (Until 6 a.m.)

TUESDAY 2

7:30 (44) The Cantors: A Faith Song. Like the Three Tenors, except they don’t do "Danny Boy" (we hope and assume). A mix of secular and cantorial tunes from Naftali Hershtick, Benzion Miller, and Alberto Mizrahi. (Until 9 p.m.)

8:00 (6) A Charlie Brown Christmas. Same old same old. (Until 9 p.m.

8:30 (2) James Taylor: Pull Over. Repeated from Saturday at 8:30 p.m.

9:00 (44) André Rieu: Live from Dublin. Those poor Dubliners. First Neil Diamond and now this. The hairy show-off violinist/"conductor" brings his Johann Strauss Orchestra to the banks of the Liffey. (Until 11 p.m.)

10:00 (2) Johnny Cash: The Anthology. It’s all been said — before and after Cash’s death this fall. He was indeed the walkin’ one and only Man in Black. This show collects some classic performances of some classic Cash songs ("I Walk the Line," "A Boy Named Sue") and adds interview time with Cash and his admirers. (Until 11:30 p.m.)

WEDNESDAY 3

7:30 (2) Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghost of Christmas Eve. Repeated from Monday at 9:30 p.m.

7:30 (44) The Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland. Repeated from Saturday at 10 p.m.

9:00 (2) Sarah Brightman: Harem. Sarah flees Andrew Lloyd Webber and releases an album called Harem. This special — shot in Morocco and Egypt — promotes that effort. And yes, she does do "Stranger in Paradise" on the album. And she further promotes enlightened understanding of Muslim cultures on her Web site. See www.sarah-brightman.com/frame.html (Until 10:30 p.m.)

THURSDAY 4

7:30 (2) American Soundtrack: This Land Is Our Land: The Folk-Rock Years 2. Repeated from Saturday at 2 p.m.

10:30 (44) Fiesta in the Sky. One more time. And if you scour the Web a bit, you discover that other PBS affiliates run it a lot as well. How mysterious. Kodak paid for it; does the giant of Rochester bribe PBS station execs to keep showing it? Is there some sort of corporate matching-funds bounty on this film? (Until 11 p.m.)