What's on TV this week: 'Tenet' and 'The Expanse'

This week Christopher Nolan’s Tenet makes its debut at home, via video on-demand at midnight ET, as well as on Ultra HD Blu-ray. On Amazon Prime, season five of The Expanse starts streaming, while CBS Access premieres its suddenly-relevant series The Stand, based on Stephen King’s book.

Sports fans can check out college football championships, while gamers gave new DLC for Gears 5 to look forward to. Netflix has Ma Rainey's Black Bottom starring Chadwick Boseman and a new comedy special from Vir Das.

Look below to check out each day's highlights, and let us know what you think (or what we missed).

Blu-ray, video on-demand & Games

• Tenet (4K)

• Spirited Away (Steelbook)

• Tremors (4K)

• Ip Man: The Complete Collection (4K)

• Vigilante (4K)

• The Expanse (S4)

• MXGP 2020 (Xbox One, PC, PS4)

• Gears 5: Hivebusters DLC (12/15 - PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)

• Synthetik: Ultimate (Xbox One, PS4)

• Cattch (Xbox One)

• Double Dragon Neon (Switch)

Tuesday

• Song Exploder (Vol. 2), Netflix, 3 AM

• A Teacher, Hulu, 3 AM

• 30 for 30: The Infinite Race, ESPN, 8 PM

• Moonshiners, Discovery, 8 PM

• Play On: Celebrating the Power of Music to Make Change, CBS, 8 PM

• Inside the NFL, Showtime, 9 PM

• The Voice (season finale), NBC, 9 PM

• Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, HBO, 10 PM

• Big Sky (season finale), ABC, 10 PM

Wednesday

• The Expanse (season premiere), Amazon Prime,

• How to Ruin Christmas (S1), Netflix, 3 AM

• Vir Das: Outside In, Netflix, 3 AM

• The Ripper, Netflix, 3 AM

• Run On (series premiere), Netflix, 3 AM

• Break it All: The History of Rock in Latin America, Netflix, 3 AM

• The Amazing Race (season finale), CBS, 8 PM

• House of Payne, BET, 8 PM

• The Great Christmas Light Fight, ABC, 8 PM

• WWE NXT, USA, 8 PM

• Devils (season finale), CW, 8 PM

• The Masked Singer (season finale), Fox, 8 PM

• Assisted Living, BET, 8:30 PM

• The Art of Political Murder, HBO, 9 PM

• Sistas, BET, 9 PM

• Seal Team (fall finale), CBS, 9 PM

• S.W.A.T. (fall finale), CBS, 10 PM

• For Life (fall finale), ABC, 10 PM

Thursday

• Star Trek: Discovery, CBS All Access, 3 AM

• The Stand (series premiere), CBS All Access, 3 AM

• 12 Dates of Christmas: Unwrapped, HBO Max, 3 AM

• The Flight Attendant (season finale), HBO Max, 3 AM

• Homeschool Musical Class of 2020, HBO Max, 3 AM

• An Unremarkable Christmas, Netflix, 3 AM

• 4 Blocks (series premiere), HBO Max, 3 AM

• Texas 6, CBS All Access, 3 AM

• Chargers/Raiders, Fox, 8:20 PM

• Dogs of the Year, CW, 8 PM

• Battlebots, Discovery, 8 PM

• Station 19 (fall finale), ABC, 8 PM

• Grey's Anatomy (fall finale), ABC, 9 PM

• Mom (fall finale), CBS, 9 PM

• The Unicorn (fall finale), CBS, 9:30 PM

• Time Person of the Year, NBC, 10 PM

• A Million Little Things (fall finale), ABC, 10 PM

• The Movie Show, Syfy, 11 PM

• Cari & Jemele Won't Stick to Sports, Vice, 11:30 PM

Friday

• The Mandalorian (season finale), Disney+, 3 AM

• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Netflix, 3 AM

• The Grand Tour (season premiere), Amazon Prime, 3 AM

• Sweet Home (S1), Netflix, 3 AM

• On Pointe (S1), Disney+, 3 AM

• El Cid (S1), Amazon Prime, 3 AM

• The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, Disney+, 3 AM

• MAC CFB Championship: Ball State vs. Buffalo, ESPN, 7:30 PM

• PAC-12 CFB Championship: Oregon vs. USC, Fox, 8 PM

• Christmas on the Menu, Lifetime, 8 PM

• MacGyver (fall finale), CBS, 8 PM

• WWE Smackdown, Fox, 8 PM

• Magnum P.I. (fall finale), CBS, 9 PM

• ELeague, TBS, 12 AM

Saturday

• Uncanny Counter, Netflix, 3 AM

• Michigan/Iowa college football, ESPN, 7 PM

• SEC CFB Championship: Alabama vs. Florida, CBS, 8 PM

• Baby Chimp Rescue, BBC America, 8 PM

• A Christmas Exchange, Lifetime, 8 PM

• Stolen in Plain Sight, Lifetime Movie Network, 8 PM

• Global Citizen Prize, NBC, 8 PM

• Panthers/Packers, NFL Network, 8:15 PM

• Letters to Santa Claus, Syfy, 10 PM

• Stanford/UCLA college football, ESPN2, 8 PM

• Saturday Night Live: Kristen Wiig / Dua Lipa, NBC, 11:30 PM

Sunday

• Supermarket Sweep, ABC, 8 PM

• A Christmas Break, Lifetime, 8 PM

• Power Book II, Starz, 8 PM

• 49ers/Cowboys, NBC, 8:20 PM

• Garth & Trisha Live! A Holiday Concert Event, CBS, 8:30 PM

• The Outpost, CW, 9 PM

• Pennyworth, Epix, 9 PM

• 22nd Annual A Home for the Holidays, CBS, 9:30 PM

• Card Sharks, ABC, 10 PM

All times listed are ET.