What MOVIES to watch YOU’LL LOVE SUNDAY All times Eastern. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confi rm times on your on-screen guide. The Masked Dancer FOX, 8 p.m.  New Series Comedian Craig Robinson hosts this twist on The Masked Singer where, instead, celebrities compete on the dance fl oor in elaborate costumes and are unmasked every week in front of a panel of judges, including Ken Jeong, Brian Austin Green, Paula Abdul and ‘The Masked Ashley Tisdale. Dancer’ ‘Cinderella’ FOX The Outpost DISNEY The CW, 9 p.m. preview their new FOX series plus returning must uncover when she was last seen, where Cinderella (2015, Children) Cate In “Where Death Lives,” Talon (Jessica Green) shows from Prodigal Son to the 9-1-1s. Sounds she might have been going and who would Blanchett, Lily James Disney, and Zed (Reece Ritchie) learn painful truths winter-ful! have wanted her dead. 8 p.m. about their relatives. Tobin (Aaron Fontaine) makes a heroic rescue, and Yavalla’s (Jaye Restaurant Hustle 2020: Your Honor Christmas in Evergreen (2017, Gri ths) horde grows as the Outpost prepares Showtime, 10 p.m. Romance) Ashley Williams, All on the Line Teddy Sears Hallmark Movies & for battle. When Emmy-winning character actress Food Network, 9 p.m. Mysteries, 8 p.m. Margo Martindale shows up in a series, you Executive produced by Guy Fieri and shot American Monster know there’s going to be a shake-up. Tonight Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle in part by chefs Maneet Chauhan, Antonia Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m. she debuts as tough Sen. Elizabeth Guthrie, (2017, Adventure) Dwayne Johnson, Lofaso, Christian Petroni and Marcus In “Plus-One,” when Melissa and Rob fi nd love who’s helping her widowed son-in-law, Judge Kevin Hart FX, 8 p.m. Samuelsson, this fascinating doc explores at a birthday barbecue, everything seems Michael Desiato (Bryan Cranston), protect his COVID’s crippling e ect on the restaurant Mean Girls (2004, Comedy) teen son (Hunter Doohan) from a dangerous to have fallen into place. But as Rob works biz and how the foodie community has come Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams longer hours, Melissa is left with an uneasy together to weather the pandemic. crime family. Lifetime, 8 p.m. feeling. When tensions fl are, not even the happiest of proposals can save them from On the Case Modern Family Ocean’s Eleven (1960, Comedy- devastation. USA Network, 11 p.m. drama) Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin TCM, 8 p.m. With Paula Zahn Before 2020 winds down, enjoy three A Winter Preview-Land Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m. episodes’ worth of wintry and New Year’s Olympus Has Fallen (2013, Action) FOX, 9 p.m. In “When, Where and Who?” when a 15-year- antics with guest stars Kelsey Grammer, Fred Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart A&E, Hosts Mayim Bialik and Craig Robinson old girl vanishes from her front porch, police Willard, Faith Prince and Billy Dee Williams. 8 p.m. National Lampoon’s Vacation come up with $25,000 to prove he’s worthy (1983, Comedy) Chevy Chase, CATCH A CLASSIC of her hand. But after he falls in love with Beverly D’Angelo AMC, 8:15 p.m. a dance instructor (Ginger Rogers), Lucky Speed (1994, Action) Keanu Swing Time will do anything to keep from earning the Reeves, Dennis Hopper SYFY, TCM, 1:15 p.m. bucks. Along with great dance numbers, 8:30 p.m. the fi lm also boasts a memorable score The famously fancy footwork of Fred Astaire The Godfather, Part II (1974, and Ginger Rogers — choreographed by by composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Crime drama) Al Pacino, Robert the legendary Hermes Pan — highlights Dorothy Fields, including the classic tunes Duvall Sundance, 8:30 p.m. this fun 1936 musical directed by George “A Fine Romance,” “Never Gonna Dance,” Stevens. Astaire plays “Lucky” Garnett, a “Pick Yourself Up” and “The Way You Look roguish gambler/dancer who is challenged Tonight,” which won an Oscar for Best by his fi ancee’s (Betty Furness) father to Original Song. RKO RADIO PICTURES From the editors of TV Weekly and tvinsider.com PREFER The Most Comprehesive TV GRIDS? TV Grids ANYWHERE! SUBSCRIBE TO TV WEEKLY 1-855-524-6304 I tvweekly.com/bestof with severe keloids on the back of his head ‘Dr. Pimple and scalp; and an incredibly rare case of Popper’ nevus sebaceous that covers much of a MOVIES What woman’s face. YOU’LL LOVE Kids Baking Championship to watch Food Network, 9 p.m.  Season Premiere A dozen young chefs with mad cooking skills MONDAY (and, most likely, curfews) compete for $25,000 All times Eastern. Start times can vary based in the latest 10-week competition chaperoned on cable/satellite provider. Confi rm times on by hosting judges Valerie Bertinelli and Du your on-screen guide. Goldman. That is one hefty allowance! TLC His Dark Materials NFL Football: ‘The Wizard of Oz’ HBO, 9 p.m.  Season Finale Bu alo at New England L.A.’s Finest EVERETT COLLECTION In Season 2’s fantastical conclusion, aeronaut ESPN, 8 p.m. Live FOX, 9 p.m. Lee Scoresby (Lin-Manuel Miranda) wants to The Greatest Showman (2017, The season fi nale of Monday Night Football As Syd (Gabrielle Union) and McKenna Musical) Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron (Jessica Alba) fi nally close in on Gabriel fulfi ll his quest and help young adventurer has a Week 16 AFC East rivalry game between Lyra (Dafne Keen) — no matter what. FX, 6 p.m. the Bu alo Bills and the New England Knox, a shocking revelation makes their fi ght She’s All That (1999, Romance- Patriots at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, more personal than ever in the new episode World’s Most Unexplained comedy) Freddie Prinze Jr., Rachael Massachusetts. “Armageddon.” Travel Channel, 9 p.m. Leigh Cook POP, 7 p.m. Dolly Parton’s Dr. Pimple Popper In “Supernatural Sightings,” experts The Fixer Uppers (1935, Comedy) TLC, 9 p.m.  Season Premiere investigate reports of moving Virgin Mary Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy TCM, Christmas of Many Colors: This new season features Dr. Lee’s most statues in Ireland and question whether the 7:05 p.m. stigmata phenomenon is a miracle or hoax. Circle of Love challenging cases to date, which were A Little Christmas Charm (2020, introduced in Before the Pop, which aired NBC, 8 p.m. Drama) Ashley Greene, Brendan earlier this year and focused on telemedicine Vernon Jordan: This 2016 TV fi lm followed 2015’s Coat of Penny Hallmark Movies & appointments due to the pandemic. Some Mysteries, 8 p.m. Many Colors and is the next chapter in the of the cases are so extreme, Dr. Lee teams Make It Plain life of young Dolly Parton. The fi lm delivers up with specialists in order to provide the PBS, 10 p.m. Elf (2003, Children) Will Ferrell, Christmas joy and peril as an unexpected best outcome possible, including for an This fi lm chronicles Jordan’s modest origins James Caan AMC, 8 p.m. blizzard threatens the Parton family, while adorable 8-year-old girl — the youngest through his rise to national renown as a Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again at the same time Dolly’s father (and his kids) patient yet on the series — with an extreme pioneering attorney, businessman, civil rights (2018, Musical comedy) Amanda make sacrifi ces to raise enough money to case of psoriasis who would like to be a leader and counselor to presidents spanning Seyfried, Lily James FX, 8 p.m. fi nally buy his loving wife the wedding ring he dermatologist when she grows up; a man the eras from LBJ to Barack Obama. could never a ord to give her. Meanwhile, an Notorious (2009, Biography) important person in little Dolly’s life begins Angela Bassett, Derek Luke BET, to see that her amazing voice and musical 8 p.m. gift might just be made for something bigger CATCH A The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, than rural Tennessee. Jennifer Nettles, Ricky CLASSIC Part 2 (2015, Science fi ction) Schroder, Alyvia Alyn Lind and Gerald McRaney Jennifer Lawrence, Josh star in the fi lm, which also features a special Hutcherson Freeform, 8 p.m. appearance from Parton as the Painted Lady. Morning Fables TCM, beginning at 7 a.m. The Wizard of Oz (1939, Children) Atlanta Justice This morning, Turner Classic Movies Judy Garland, Frank Morgan TNT, 8 p.m. Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.  transports you into the realm of fairy tales New Series courtesy of some terrifi c fantasy fi lms. The Holiday for Heroes (2019, lineup will include a few short fi lms, plus two Romance) Melissa Claire Egan, The Atlanta Homicide Unit consistently has memorable feature-length titles. One of the MGM one of the highest clearance rates in the Marc Blucas Hallmark Movies & latter is Jean Cocteau’s surreal, dreamlike co-directed by fantasy fi lm master Mysteries, 10 p.m. country, but no one solves a murder by 1946 feature Beauty and the Beast, based George Pal. This movie not only o ers a themselves — it takes a skilled and devoted on the famous tale, with Josette Day playing biographical drama about famous fairy- Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas team to identify, catch and prosecute killers. Belle and Jean Marais as the Beast. This tale-collecting brothers Wilhelm and Jacob Sweater (2020, Romance-comedy) Members of this elite and dedicated team classic of French cinema features English Grimm (portrayed by Laurence Harvey and Ashley Williams, Niall Matter include Detectives Nicole Redlinger and J.D. subtitles, if you aren’t too engrossed with Karlheinz Bohm) but also brings to life some Hallmark, 10 p.m. Stephens, and prosecutors Leif Howard and the gorgeous images to read them. The of their legendary tales, like “The Cobbler Tanya Miller. This series immerses viewers other feature-length fairy-tale fi lm airing and the Elves,” “The Singing Bone” and “The into the world of these big-city detectives and this morning is 1962’s The Wonderful Dancing Princess,” sometimes through the prosecutors as they work to solve some of World of the Brothers Grimm (pictured), use of stop-motion animation e ects. From the editors of Atlanta’s most ba ing crimes. TV Weekly and tvinsider.com PREFER The Most Comprehesive TV GRIDS? TV Grids ANYWHERE! SUBSCRIBE TO TV WEEKLY 1-855-524-6304 I tvweekly.com/bestof dancing to spice things up! American Masters: ‘Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page’ Nurses MOVIES What NBC, 9 p.m. YOU’LL LOVE In “Incoming/Undisclosed Conditions,” to watch if you missed them in previews that NBC aired earlier this month, check out the fi rst two episodes of this Canadian medical TUESDAY drama before it picks up with new episodes All times Eastern. Start times can vary based beginning Jan. 5, in its regular Tuesday night on cable/satellite provider. Confi rm times on time slot following This Is Us. your on-screen guide. Streets of Dreams ‘13 Going on 30’ A Teacher With Marcus Lemonis TRACY BENNETT FX on Hulu  Series Finale CNBC, 10 p.m.  New Series 2012 (2009, Action) John Cusack, In “Episode 10,” Claire (Kate Mara) and Eric The host travels to the most iconic streets in Chiwetel Ejiofor SYFY, 6 p.m. (Nick Robinson) have seemingly moved on the U.S. to explore the businesses that made with their lives, but a chance encounter brings Jumanji (1995, Children) Robin them destinations. This week, we meet the new truths to light. Williams, Bonnie Hunt Freeform, jewelers of New York’s Diamond District. 6:30 p.m. College Football Lone Star Law: 13 Going on 30 (2004, Romance- ESPN, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Live comedy) Jennifer Garner, Mark College football bowl game action on ESPN Patrol and Protect Ru alo Bravo, 7 p.m. continues with Oklahoma State vs. Miami in PBS Discovery Channel, 10 p.m.  New Series My Cousin Vinny (1992, Comedy) the Cheez-It Bowl in Orlando, Florida, and never-before-published letters, photographs In this series, get a front-row seat as Texas Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei AMC, Texas vs. Colorado in the Valero Alamo Bowl and family artifacts, this fi lm explores the game wardens encounter perilous situations 7 p.m. in San Antonio. context in which Wilder lived and wrote as that a ect citizens and wildlife alike as they The A-Team (2010, Action) well as the true nature of her personality. oversee more than 250,000 square miles of Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper American Masters: Historians, scholars and fans provide deserts, lakes, piney woods, bayous, plains Paramount, 7:30 p.m. additional perspectives on Wilder’s life and and coasts. ‘Laura Ingalls Wilder: legacy, and actors from the beloved TV series A Homecoming for the Holidays Prairie to Page’ Little House on the Prairie — Melissa Gilbert, Supermarket Stakeout (2019, Romance) Stephen Huszar, Laura Osnes Hallmark Movies & PBS, 8 p.m. Alison Arngrim and Dean Butler — also o er Food Network, 10 p.m.  insights. Mysteries, 8 p.m. This documentary presents an unvarnished Season Premiere look at Laura Ingalls Wilder, whose Alex Guarnaschelli, one of our favorite I Used to Go Here (2020, Comedy) autobiographical fi ction helped shape 7 Little Johnstons Chopped judges, puts more chefs through Gillian Jacobs, Jemaine Clement American ideas of the frontier and self- TLC, 8 p.m.  Season Premiere mystery challenges as four foodies are dared HBO, 8 p.m. reliance. A Midwestern farm woman who Dad Trent, mom Amber and their fi ve kids ride to create perfect plates using whatever Kingsman: The Secret Service published her fi rst novel at age 65, Wilder out 2020’s stay-at-home orders in Season 8. ingredients they can acquire from shoppers (2014, Action) Colin Firth, Michael turned her frontier childhood into the All the family togetherness puts a damper on leaving a grocery store. The fear of Spam is Caine FX, 8 p.m. bestselling Little House series. Featuring the parents’ alone time, so they turn to pole real! The Graduate (1967, Comedy- drama) Dustin Ho man, Anne others remembered in this tribute: actress Bancroft TCM, 8 p.m. CATCH A CLASSIC Shirley Knight, with her Best Supporting Shrek (2001, Children) Mike Myers, Actress Oscar-nominated role in the drama Eddie Murphy Freeform, 9 p.m. In Memoriam Sweet Bird of Youth (pictured) (1962); actor Tootsie (1982, Comedy) Dustin TCM, beginning at 8 p.m. Fred Willard, with his small but hilarious role in the comedy This Is Spinal Tap (1984); Ho man, Jessica Lange Encore, Throughout this evening and into late 9 p.m. tomorrow afternoon, Turner Classic Movies actor Brian Dennehy, with the drama The will air movies starring notable actors and Belly of an Architect (1987); composer The Intern (2015, Comedy-drama) other fi lm personalities who have passed Ennio Morricone, with the Italian war fi lm Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway away this year and who have not already The Battle of Algiers (1966); actress Honor AMC, 9:30 p.m. been honored by the network with separate Blackman, with the 1958 British war comedy 40 Years a Prisoner (2020, fi lm tributes (as Kirk Douglas has been, for The Square Peg; actress Diana Rigg, with Documentary) HBO, 10:20 p.m. example). First up is the iconic 1967 comedy the Agatha Christie mystery Evil Under the The Graduate in honor of Buck Henry, who Sun (1982); and actor Wilford Brimley, with co-wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay the drama The China Syndrome (1979); and also appeared in a role. Among the among others. MGM From the editors of TV Weekly and tvinsider.com PREFER The Most Comprehesive TV GRIDS? TV Grids ANYWHERE! SUBSCRIBE TO TV WEEKLY 1-855-524-6304 I tvweekly.com/bestof What MOVIES to watch YOU’LL LOVE WEDNESDAY All times Eastern. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confi rm times on your on-screen guide. ‘Insurgent’ Best Leftovers Ever! ANDREW COOPER Netfl ix  New Series Flipper (1963, Children) Chuck Home cooks compete to fi nd ways of giving Connors, Luke Halpin TCM, old leftovers new life in hopes of winning a 6:15 p.m. $10,000 prize. Divergent (2014, Science fi ction) ‘The Big Bang Theory’ Shailene Woodley, Theo James Vikings GREG GAYNE POP, 7 p.m. Amazon Prime Video  Series Finale Night at the Museum: Battle of Prior to their rollouts on the show’s usual the apartment building’s broken elevator; The Godfather Marathon the Smithsonian (2009, Children) linear home on History, the fi nal 10 episodes the inability of their shy friend Raj (Kunal AMC, 5:30 p.m. Ben Stiller, Robin Williams Starz, of this historical drama’s sixth and fi nal Nayyar) to talk to girls without being drunk A marathon of Francis Ford Coppola’s 7:12 p.m. season, including the series fi nale, will be (until Season 6). It also references the Nobel Godfather trilogy? That’s an o er we can’t made available all at once on Prime. Prize, which Sheldon would go on to win in Bad Boys (1995, Action) Martin refuse. Settle in for Al Pacino in his brilliant the series fi nale (sharing it with his then-wife, Lawrence, Will Smith Paramount, rise and fall as Michael Corleone in the 1972 Mayim Bialik’s Amy). Perhaps most telling, 7:30 p.m. Yearly Departed original, 1974’s Part II and 1990’s Part III. though, is one of Sheldon’s fi nal lines to his Amazon Prime Video smitten roommate about Penny. “You’re not Deadpool 2 (2018, Action) Ryan A female-led lineup of comedians and actors The Big Bang Theory done with her, are you?” he asks Leonard, Reynolds, Josh Brolin FX, 8 p.m. including Rachel Brosnahan, Ti any Haddish TBS, 7 p.m. setting up one of broadcast TV’s best, and Five Star Christmas (2020, and more deliver “eulogies” for 2020. funniest, romances. Relive the 2007 premiere of the series that Romance-comedy) Bethany Joy signed o 12 years later as TV’s No. 1 sitcom. Lenz, Victor Webster Hallmark, College Football The episode’s premise is simple — geeky Married at First Sight: 8 p.m. ESPN, beginning at noon Live roommates and socially awkward physicists Season 12 Matchmaking Rio 2 (2014, Children) Anne ESPN has coverage of Wisconsin vs. Wake Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) and Leonard Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg Forest in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl in Charlotte, Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki) befriend their Special Freeform, 9 p.m. North Carolina; Iowa vs. Missouri in the hot new neighbor, Penny (Kaley Cuoco) — but Lifetime, 8 p.m. TransPerfect Music City Bowl in Nashville, the jokes are sharp. The pilot sets up many Ahead of the reality hit’s Jan. 13 return, learn Dying for a Daughter (2020, Tennessee; and Florida vs. Oklahoma in the of the bits that recur throughout the show’s how the fi ve new couples — including the Suspense) Brittany Underwood, Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic in Arlington, run: Sheldon sharing random facts and always show’s oldest (38) and fi rst divorced grooms Melanie Nelson LMN, 10 p.m. Texas. needing to sit in “his spot” on the couch; — were cast. Gladiator (2000, Historical drama) Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix TNT, 10 p.m. as well as the composer’s work on other CATCH A CLASSIC thrillers. The evening begins with Hitchcock’s Insurgent (2015, Science fi ction) The Birds (pictured) (1963), which did not Shailene Woodley, Theo James TCM Spotlight: Bernard have a conventional score but on which POP, 10 p.m. Herrmann was a sound consultant who helped Passenger 57 (1992, Action) Wesley Herrmann: ‘More guide the electronic creation of the eerie Snipes, Bruce Payne Showtime, sounds made by the titular threats. After 10:05 p.m. Hitchcock & Thrillers’ that is perhaps Herrmann’s most famous TCM, beginning at 8 p.m. teaming with Hitch — 1960’s Psycho, with the Noah (2014, Historical drama) After a break for Christmas last week, Turner composer’s slicing strings still remaining an Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly Classic Movies returns to its Wednesday instant shorthand for murder and madness. SYFY, 11 p.m. spotlight on legendary fi lm composer The rest of the evening features Herrmann’s Bernard Herrmann for its fi nal installment. exemplary work in non-Hitchcock thrillers: Tonight’s fi lms feature more of Herrmann’s Cape Fear (1962), Sisters (1972), It’s Alive collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock (1974) and The Bride Wore Black (1968). UNIVERSAL PICTURES From the editors of TV Weekly and tvinsider.com PREFER The Most Comprehesive TV GRIDS? TV Grids ANYWHERE! SUBSCRIBE TO TV WEEKLY 1-855-524-6304 I tvweekly.com/bestof What MOVIES to watch YOU’LL LOVE THURSDAY All times Eastern. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confi rm times on your on-screen guide. ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ WARNER BROS.

College Football 1917 (2019, War) George MacKay, ESPN & CBS, beginning at noon Live Dean-Charles Chapman Showtime, New Year’s Eve college football bowl games 7 p.m. are Tulsa vs. Mississippi State in the Lockheed Charlie and the Chocolate Martin Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Factory (2005, Children) Johnny Texas (ESPN); West Virginia vs. Tennessee Depp, Freddie Highmore AMC, in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, ‘FOX’s New Year’s Eve 7 p.m. Tennessee (ESPN); Ball State vs. San Jose Toast & Roast 2021’ State in the Arizona Bowl in Tucson (CBS); and John Wick (2014, Action) FOX Arkansas vs. TCU in the Texas Bowl in Houston Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist (ESPN). Paramount, 7 p.m. Venom (2018, Action) Tom Hardy, FOX’s New Year’s Eve CATCH A Michelle Williams FX, 7 p.m. Toast & Roast 2021 CLASSIC Black Panther (2018, Action) FOX, 8 p.m. Live Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Ken Jeong and Joel McHale are teaming up ‘Thin Man’ Marathon Jordan TNT, 7:30 p.m. to kiss 2020 goodbye in this New Year’s Eve TCM, beginning at 9:15 a.m. Ford v Ferrari (2019, Historical special. drama) Matt Damon, Christian Bale Spend part of your New Year’s Eve with HBO, 8 p.m. Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell and Stalked by My Myrna Loy) — the witty, hard-drinking, fun- Love, Lights, Hanukkah! (2020, Husband’s Ex loving, high-society couple who often fi nd Romance) Mia Kirshner, Ben Savage LMN, 8 p.m.  Original Film themselves embroiled in solving mysteries Hallmark, 8 p.m. — and their lovable dog Asta for a day of all Mean Girls (2004, Comedy) After accepting his proposal, hospitality six of the comedy/mystery Thin Man fi lms, Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams queen Kristen Carter couldn’t be more excited beginning with the 1934 original, The Thin Lifetime, 8 p.m. to marry Ryan Munson and to become a Man (pictured). The marathon also includes mother to his 10-year-old daughter, Lisa. After the Thin Man (1936), Another Thin That’s Entertainment! (1974, But when strange and deadly things start to Man (1939), Shadow of the Thin Man Documentary) Fred Astaire, Bing happen around her, Kristen starts to worry (1941), The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) Crosby TCM, 8 p.m. whether she’ll ever see her wedding day at all. and Song of the Thin Man (1947). MGM Alex McKenna, Juliana Dever, Adam Huss, Joey National Treasure: Book of Rae Blair and Melissa Ordway star. Secrets (2007, Action) Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight Freeform, Holt, Matt Iseman, Sheinelle Jones, Carson country by AJR, Busta Rhymes featuring 8:30 p.m. New Year’s Eve: Kressley, Preacher Lawson, John Legend, Anderson .Paak, Chloe x Halle, CNCO, Jason Escape From 2020 Jane Levy, Loni Love, Howie Mandel, Josh Derulo, Goo Goo Dolls, Kylie Minogue, Sixteen Candles (1984, Comedy) Mankiewicz, Chris Mann, Craig Melvin, Natalie Pentatonix, Bebe Rexha featuring Doja Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael NBC, 8 p.m. Morales, Keith Morrison, Dennis Murphy, Alex Cat, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and Sting Hall CMT, 8:30 p.m. TODAY’s Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager featuring Shirazee. Carson Daly will return Newell, Al Roker, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate host this NBC News end-of-year special to host live from the heart of Times Square. Chris Sullivan, Johnny Weir and more. Factory (1971, Children) Gene highlighting 2020’s most entertaining and Joining Daly as cohosts will be Amber Ru n Wilder, Jack Albertson AMC, talked-about videos and trends as well as the and Stephen “tWitch” Boss. After breaking 9:30 p.m. year’s most extraordinary and inspirational NBC New Year’s Eve for local news, the special will resume in Part moments. The two-hour special features NBC, 10 p.m. (Part 1); 11:30 p.m. (Part 2) 2 for the fi nal countdown to Times Square’s interviews with Lauren Ash, Skylar Astin, NBC kicks o the new year with a star-studded iconic ball-drop; due to the pandemic, there Andrea Canning, Carson Daly, Dylan Dreyer, lineup of musical guests for an evening of will be no public access to this event, so Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, Kelly Clarkson, Willie holiday fun airing in two parts. The broadcast watching at home will be everyone’s best From the editors of Geist, Brad Goreski, Savannah Guthrie, Lester will feature performances from across the option. TV Weekly and tvinsider.com PREFER The Most Comprehesive TV GRIDS? TV Grids ANYWHERE! SUBSCRIBE TO TV WEEKLY 1-855-524-6304 I tvweekly.com/bestof Crimson Tide have the No. 1 spot in the CFP ranking and will take on the No. 4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, MOVIES What Texas. The game has been relocated from its traditional home in Pasadena, California, YOU’LL LOVE due to COVID-19 concerns. In the Allstate to watch Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes take on the No. 2 Clemson Tigers. The winners move on to the national FRIDAY championship game Jan. 11. All times Eastern. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confi rm times on HGTV Dream Home 2021 your on-screen guide. ‘HGTV Dream Home 2021’ HGTV, 8 p.m. The HGTV Dream Home 2021 o ers an ROBERT PETERSON, RUSTIC WHITE What Happened exclusive window into the design minds of to Mr. Cha? death. There can only be one winner, and hosts Brian Patrick Flynn and Ti any Brooks Netfl ix  Original Film time is of the essence — injected with a poison as they infuse this three-story, Cape Cod- This Korean comedy follows Cha In-pyo, a that will stop their heart if they fall asleep, style home with classic coastal fl air. Located megastar past his prime, as he struggles to contestants must kill or be killed for the in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, just 10 miles restore the glory of his heyday as an actor. antidote and a new life. from downtown Newport, the design of this In the fi lm, the eponymous star plays himself waterfront haven draws upon the region’s in a transformative role the likes of which he The Rose Parade’s rich maritime history and culture to create a has never before attempted. In doing so, he look that Flynn has dubbed “Americana with New Year’s Celebration a twist.” crosses the boundaries between his real self ABC/Hallmark Channel/NBC/RFD-TV, ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ and the fi ctional character in the fi lm. 11 a.m. Live Mystery BARRY WETCHER Headspace Guide The longtime annual New Year’s Day at Blind Frog Ranch Zombies (2018, Adventure) Milo favorite Tournament of Roses Parade has Manheim, Meg Donnelly Disney, Discovery Channel, 10 p.m.  New Series to Meditation been canceled due to the pandemic, but 6:50 p.m. Netfl ix  New Series organizers have planned this two-hour special Duane Ollinger’s 160-acre Blind Frog Ranch airing across various networks. It features a in Utah’s Uintah Basin sits nearly adjacent Christmas Getaway (2017, Take a deep breath, and start the new reimagined New Year’s celebration, including to Skinwalker Ranch in Utah — an area Romance) Bridget Regan, Travis year by being kind to your mind with this live-to-tape musical and marching-band notorious for paranormal sightings and other Van Winkle Hallmark, 7 p.m. series. Over the course of eight 20-minute performances, heartwarming segments mysterious activity — and has drawn treasure animated episodes, Andy Puddicombe — Rocky IV (1985, Drama) Sylvester related to the Rose Parade, celebrity guest seekers for hundreds of years. Ollinger has former Buddhist monk and cofounder of the Stallone, Talia Shire AMC, appearances, special Rose Bowl game football sunk everything he has into hunting for what Headspace meditation app — takes viewers 7:30 p.m. highlights, equestrians, spectacular fl oats he believes is a vast fortune of gold in the through the benefi ts and science behind from years past, a behind-the-scenes look ground. This series follows Ollinger as he goes Ant-Man and The Wasp (2018, meditation. into the making of a fl oat and more. Specifi c all-in and brings on a team to help him: his Action) Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly Insomnia details on performances and celebrities were son, Chad Ollinger; friend and retired sheri ’s TNT, 7:45 p.m. not announced at press time. Start time varies deputy Charlie Snider; and Eric Drummond, Pretty Woman (1990, Romance- Crackle  New Series by network. a renowned geologist who will help him map comedy) Richard Gere, Julia Free streaming platform Crackle o ers the the faulted land. Duane and his crew will pull Roberts Lifetime, 8 p.m. U.S. premiere of this eight-part sci-fi /action College Football out all the stops to fi nd the treasure buried series from Russia. Set in the streets of beneath Blind Frog Ranch. This series will also The Brady Bunch Movie (1995, Moscow, Insomnia chronicles the story of 20 Playo Semifinals be available on Discovery’s new streaming Comedy) Shelley Long, Gary Cole strangers from around the globe who are ESPN, beginning at 5 p.m. Live service, discovery+, starting at its launch on IFC, 8 p.m. forced to play the ultimate game of life and Quarterback Mac Jones and the Alabama Jan. 4. The Equalizer 2 (2018, Action) Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal A Night at the Opera (pictured) (1935), FX, 8 p.m. CATCH A CLASSIC and continues with John Barrymore and The Devil Wears Prada (2006, Carole Lombard in Howard Hawks’ screwball Comedy-drama) Meryl Streep, Anne comedy Twentieth Century (1934); Irene Hathaway Freeform, 8:30 p.m. New Year Comedies Dunne and Cary Grant in Best Director Oscar TCM, beginning at 6 a.m. winner Leo McCarey’s screwball comedy The The Godfather, Part II (1974, After the 2020 we just had, everyone could Awful Truth (1937), which was nominated Crime drama) Al Pacino, Robert use a little laugh. You can start 2021 with a for fi ve other Oscars, including Best Picture Duvall Paramount, 10 p.m. smile thanks to TCM’s lineup today, which and Best Actress for Dunne; and, fi nally, Zero features some terrifi c comedies this morning Mostel and Gene Wilder in writer/director Mel and into the early afternoon. The schedule Brooks’ The Producers (1967), which earned begins with the Marx Brothers’ funniest fi lm, Brooks an Oscar for his screenplay. MGM From the editors of TV Weekly and tvinsider.com

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