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We Break Down The Month’s Biggest And Best Programming So Dec. You Never Miss A Must-See Minute. 1 10 23 Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., ABC Revenge Body With Khloé Kardashian, College Basketball: CBS Sports — Season Premiere E! — Season Premiere Classic, CBS Figure Skating: ISU Grand Prix Final, NFL Football: Minnesota at Green 2 NBC Bay, NBC Christmas in Evergreen, Outlander, Starz — Season Finale Hallmark Channel — Original Film 24 Four Christmases and a Wedding, 11 It’s a Wonderful Life, NBC Lifetime — Original Film A Gray State, A&E — Original Film 24 Hours of “A Christmas Story,” NFL Football: New England at Miami, TNT & TBS 3 ESPN The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Man Among Cheetahs, Nat Geo Wild 25 Special, CBS NBA Basketball, ABC, ESPN & TNT College Football Playoff Selection 13 Doctor Who: “Twice Upon a Time,” Show, ESPN BBC America 4 26 The Great Christmas Light Fight, ABC The 40th Annual Kennedy Center — Season Premiere Honors, CBS 95th Annual National Christmas Tree Lighting From President’s Park, 27 Hallmark Channel NOVA: “Day the Dinosaurs Died,” PBS

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ON THE COVER 10 Best & Worst of 2017 12 Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special 14 Psych: The Movie 16 Knightfall 18 Big Cat Week 20 A Christmas Story Live! 21 Holiday Calendar In one of TV’s most graphically 17 bizarre, dark yet FAVORITES hilarious series (that’s deﬁ nitely 4 News & Views not for children), 6 Hype a blue horse named Happy 7 5 Questions With ... clippity clops in and out of the 7 Renewed Shows life of a hardened 12 What’s New ex-cop, played by Christopher 23 Sports Meloni 24 On Demand Premieres Ratings Report Remembrances NEXT MONTH 6 What were some of 8 Mary Tyler Moore. It’s midseason in the TV RESOURCES the top-watched TV Jerry Lewis. Adam world, so a whole new crop 27 Best Bets shows of the year? West. A look at of shows is on the horizon. We detail out the some of the Find out what’s new and 36 Streaming rankings. entertainers we what’s worth watching. 40 Program Listings lost this year. THE SOURCE 184 Series 186 Premium Profiler CHANNEL GUIDE’S 188 Movies, Specials, Sports & More READER REWARDS Cozy up on the couch this winter

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Editor’s Note Meet Oh, The Fun Of The Holidays ... THE CREW I’ve never seen our executive art director get giddy over an upcoming TV show, but when I showed him the gallery photos BARB for FOX’s A Christmas Story Live! he was like a kid all over again. First on my list to “Oh, they got the lamp! Maya Rudolph is in it?! When’s this on?” DVR: Happy! on Syfy (outrageously dark and He was hooked, as I’m sure many of you will be. FOX’s three- bloody-violent, but oh hour live event is based, of course, on the so bizarre) beloved 1983 film that shared the humorous holiday recollections of growing up in 1940s I still laugh every holiday Indiana. Read more about it in our special watching: Elf and A Christmas holiday section beginning on page 20. Story And speaking of classics, inside is our exclusive interview with the legendary Carol JEFF Burnett, who brings together a slew of First on my list to DVR: comedy’s best for The Carol Burnett 50th Happy! on Syfy Anniversary Special. “Funny is funny,” Carol Childhood Christmas tells us about her show’s lasting appeal, and gift I wanted but never we couldn’t agree more. got: Talking View-Master While on the topic of funny, PBS’ American Masters takes a long and loving look at another legend in This Is Bob Hope… (see our PBS page), and Christopher Meloni stars in Syfy’s dark comedy Happy! (page LORI First on my list to DVR: 17). The Carol Burnett 50th Lastly, History introduces the riveting new period drama Anniversary Special Knightfall, which follows the bloody story of the Holy Grail and on CBS. More Carol. the men — the Knights Templar — who devoted their lives to Always more Carol. protecting it. Lots to enjoy this month! On behalf of the entire staff here, we wish you the happiest Favorite Carol Burnett of holidays and blessings for 2018. Show sketch: “Went With the Wind!” “I saw it in the window and I just couldn’t resist …”

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If I Were A Programmer Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter, I For A Day ... was petrifi ed. It was so real and bone- If I could program a network for a day, it chilling. He personifi ed pure evil. Reruns would be my favorite network, TCM, and still give me shivers! It was the fi rst time my favorite fi lms: The Divorcee (1930), that Charles Laughton directed a movie, Night Nurse (1931), The Women which, unfortunately, was not received (1939), Double Indemnity (1944), well by the public. He vowed never All About Eve (1950) and The Killing again to direct. It’s a shame, as he was (1956). That’s my idea of heaven. terrifi c. — Lela — Karen The creature feature that was on a local channel back in the ’70s and early QUESTION OF THE MONTH: ’80s. And the movie about [conjoined] twin sisters scares the hell out of me. Have you ever That was back in the late ’60s. And the Stephen King miniseries It, The Stand met anyone and Storm of the Century. And my all- famous? If so, tell time favorite is Sleepy Hollow. — Anne us your story. We’re thinking the twin sister movie might be the 1973 psychological horror Email us at [email protected] fi lm “Sisters.” You asked the question on what movie If I could program a network for a day, still scares you today. My answer is The I’d opt for a bunch of foreign fi lms with Order. Heath Ledger (God bless him) subtitles, particularly those released in played a priest who is forced to “eat” recent years. TV is sadly lacking in such the sins of other people. Speaking of options. — Herman scares, Rick Springfi eld did a great job What’s With The as a rock star possessed by the devil in Marathons Of Old TV Shows? the TV series Supernatural. He also did This is not your magazine’s a 1989 TV movie called Nick Knight. responsibility, but don’t others fi nd it Will that be on TV again? — Clemens frustrating to have so many channels This hasn’t been on TV in some time, continuously running the same thing? Is nor do we see this showing up in the it really necessary for a fi lm channel like future. P.S. We’re sending a free issue SundanceTV to run marathons of The of “ReMIND”, our puzzle and nostalgia Andy Griffi th Show, M*A*S*H or Law magazine, to everyone who wrote in & Order? Or for Hallmark, Logo TV and this month. TV Land to regularly run The Golden Girls episodes, especially when there are networks devoted to old shows, Include your address when you write like MeTV and Decades? What’s more, or email us and we’ll most likely send the Africa, Ovation and Smithsonian you something. We’re not promising, channels may have newer programs, but we’re just saying. Also, if you didn’t know alas, these too are repeated constantly. this, the letters and opinions above refl ect the views of our readers, so don’t — Chery go crazy on us because you don’t like Still Scared Watching what someone else said. Regarding the scariest movie for Send your thoughts to: me — not your myriad Frankensteins, [email protected] or write to Random Draculas, Wolfmen, etc., as they are Rants & Raves, Channel Guide, 9275 strictly fantasy and oftentimes hilarious N. 49th St., Suite 100, Brown Deer, WI to watch. The fi rst time I saw Robert 53223-1495. HYPE

THAT’S A WRAP (Well, Almost) A Look At The Top TV Shows Of 2017. Here’s a look at the top-watched shows of the year — well, almost the whole year. Our friends TOP CABLE AGES 50+ at Nielsen Media Research compiled this list to meet our press deadline, so it doesn’t reflect what was watched in November or December. But who are we kidding? We know you all 1 Game of Thrones (HBO) ...... 4.7 watch football, NCIS, The Big Bang Theory, This Is Us and The Walking Dead religiously. 2 The Walking Dead (AMC) ...... 3.7 3 Major Crimes (TNT) ...... 3.3 Percent of 4 The O’Reilly Factor (Fox News) . . . . . 3.1 TOP BROADCAST Viewing TOP BROADCAST AGES 50+ Audience AGES 18-49 5 Fixer Upper (HGTV) ...... 2.7 6 The Kelly File ...... 2.4 Excludes Live Sports Events (Fox News) 7 The Curse of Oak Island (History) . . 2.3 1 NCIS (CBS) ...... 12.9 1 This Is Us (NBC) ...... 5.1 8 Gold Rush (Discovery) ...... 2.2 2 The Big Bang Theory (CBS) . . . . 10.5 2 The Big Bang Theory (CBS) . . . . . 4.6 9 Good Witch (Hallmark) ...... 2.2 3 The Good Doctor (ABC) ...... 10.3 3 The OT (FOX) ...... 4.3 10 4 Bull (CBS) ...... 10.3 4 The Good Doctor (ABC) ...... 3.9 Tucker Carlson Tonight (Fox News) .2.2 5 Blue Bloods (CBS) ...... 10.1 5 Will & Grace (NBC) ...... 3.6 11 Vikings (History) ...... 2.2 6 NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) ...... 9.5 6 America’s Got Talent-Tue (NBC) . 3.5 12 The Sinner (USA) ...... 2.2 7 America’s Got Talent-Tue (NBC) . 9.0 7 Empire (FOX) ...... 3.4 13 When Calls the Heart (Hallmark) . . . . 2.2 8 America’s Got Talent-Wed (NBC) 8.8 8 Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) ...... 3.4 14 Hallmark Original Movie (Hallmark) . 2.1 9 NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) ...... 8.4 9 Modern Family (ABC) ...... 3.4 15 Hannity (Fox News) ...... 2.1 10 Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) ...... 8.4 10 The Bachelor (ABC) ...... 3.1 16 Alaska: Last Frontier (Discovery) . . . 2.1 11 This Is Us (NBC) ...... 8.1 11 The Voice (NBC) ...... 2.9 17 Alaskan Bush People (Discovery) . . 2.1 12 60 Minutes (CBS) ...... 8.0 12 America’s Got Talent-Wed (NBC) 2.9 18 Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) . . 1.9 13 Dancing With the Stars (ABC) . . . 8.0 13 The Voice-Tue (NBC) ...... 2.6 14 Madam Secretary (CBS) ...... 7. 8 14 World of Dance (NBC) ...... 2.6 19 The Last Ship (TNT) ...... 1.9 15 SEAL Team (CBS) ...... 7. 7 15 Scandal (ABC) ...... 2.5 20 The Five (Fox News) ...... 1.9 16 The Voice (NBC) ...... 7. 2 16 Big Brother-Wed (CBS) ...... 2.5 17 The Voice-Tue (NBC) ...... 7. 0 17 The Orville (FOX) ...... 2.5 TOP CABLE AGES 18-49 18 Wisdom of the Crowd (CBS) . . . . 6.6 18 Big Brother-Thu (CBS) ...... 2.5 19 Criminal Minds (CBS) ...... 6.5 19 Big Brother-Sun (CBS) ...... 2.5 1 The Walking Dead (AMC) ...... 6.7 20 Scorpion (CBS) ...... 6.4 20 Survivor (CBS) ...... 2.4 2 Game of Thrones (HBO) ...... 6.2 21 Little Big Shots (NBC) ...... 6.4 21 How Get Away W/Murder (ABC) 2.4 3 American Horror Story (FX) ...... 2.6 22 Designated Survivor (ABC) ...... 6.4 22 Chicago Fire (NBC) ...... 2.3 4 Talking Dead (AMC) ...... 2.2 23 23 Chicago Fire (NBC) ...... 6.3 The Goldbergs (ABC) ...... 2.3 5 Love & Hip Hop Atlanta (VH1) . . . . . 1.9 24 Code Black (CBS) ...... 6.3 24 Designated Survivor (ABC) ...... 2.3 6 Love & Hip Hop (VH1) ...... 1.7 25 Chicago P.D. (NBC) ...... 6.3 25 Chicago P.D. (NBC) ...... 2.3 7 Fear the Walking Dead (AMC) . . . . . 1.6 26 Chicago Med (NBC) ...... 6.2 26 NCIS (CBS) ...... 2.3 8 27 MacGyver (CBS) ...... 6.1 27 The Bachelorette (ABC) ...... 2.3 Better Call Saul (AMC) ...... 1.6 28 Mom (CBS) ...... 6.1 28 Law and Order: SVU (NBC) . . . . . 2.3 9 Real Housewives Atlanta (Bravo) . . 1.6 29 Survivor (CBS) ...... 5.9 29 Criminal Minds (CBS) ...... 2.2 10 Gold Rush (Discovery) ...... 1.6 30 The Blacklist (NBC) ...... 5.8 30 The Gifted (FOX) ...... 2.2 11 Teen Mom 2 Sn7b (MTV) ...... 1.6 31 Will & Grace (NBC) ...... 5.7 31 black-ish (ABC) ...... 2.2 12 Love & Hip Hop Hollywood (VH1) . 1.5 32 Chicago Justice (NBC) ...... 5.5 32 American Housewife (ABC) . . . . . 2.0 13 Teen Mom 2 Sn8 (MTV) ...... 1.5 33 Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) ...... 5.5 33 The Middle (ABC) ...... 2.0 14 Street Outlaws (Discovery) ...... 1.4 34 The OT (FOX) ...... 5.4 34 Star (FOX) ...... 2.0 15 Vikings (History) ...... 1.4 35 Last Man Standing (ABC) ...... 5.3 35 Hunted (CBS) ...... 2.0 16 36 World of Dance (NBC) ...... 5.2 36 Chicago Med (NBC) ...... 2.0 The Sinner (USA) ...... 1.4 37 Pure Genius (CBS) ...... 5.2 37 Lethal Weapon (FOX) ...... 2.0 17 South Park (Comedy Central) ...... 1.4 38 Elementary (CBS) ...... 5.2 38 Bull (CBS) ...... 2.0 18 Ballers (HBO) ...... 1.4 39 Kevin Can Wait (CBS) ...... 5.1 39 Bachelor in Paradise (ABC) . . . . . 2.0 19 The Curse of Oak Island (History) . . 1.3 40 The Brave (NBC) ...... 5.0 40 SEAL Team (CBS) ...... 2.0 20 Into the Badlands (AMC) ...... 1.3

6 Channel Guide Magazine Source: Nielsen NNTV Program Report. Ranked 1/01/2017 - 10/31/2017. Live+7 Blend. Returning Favorites “Call the Midwife” Holiday Special PBS (Dec. 25) Questions Cash Cab Discovery Channel (Dec. 4) With … Chloe Bennet Of ABC’s The Crown Netflix (Dec. 8) “Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Doctor Who: “Twice Upon a By Gerry Strauss Time” (Christmas Special) BBC America (Dec. 25) A lot has changed for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. since the show’s debut The Great American Baking 5four years ago. After blasting through every earthbound superpowered challenge Show ABC (Dec. 7) imaginable, the show’s landmark ﬁ fth season (premiering Dec. 1 on ABC) will The Great Christmas Light Fight take us to an entirely new frontier: space. Luckily, sweeping changes are nothing ABC (Dec. 4) new for one of the show’s major players, Chloe Bennet. Since she debuted “Last Tango in Halifax” Holiday as the wisecracking, computer-hacking Skye, change has been nothing short Special PBS (Dec. 17 & 24) of constant, as her character evolved from a young rebel to the superpowered The Librarians TNT (Dec. 20) authority ﬁ gure known as Quake. Away from the cameras, however, she’s still the Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. coolest girl in the room, and we were happy to ask her our “5 Questions.” ABC (Dec. 1) If your TV only carried three shows or networks, what Revenge Body With E! (Dec. 10) would you be watching? Khloé Kardashian I feel like everything’s so dark right now that I like really Shut Eye Hulu (Dec. 6) 1 Top Chef Bravo (Dec. 7) light, happy family shows ... Shark Tank, and I’m going to throw in something to bring back, like The Wire. They’re Back, What are three things you have to have in your fridge or pantry? Baby!: Recently I always have smartwater bottles with a sports Renewed Shows 2 CBS is bringing back its cap in my refrigerator because that’s just my thing. And then I would say apples and tequila. drama series Ransom for a 13-episode second season, Tell us about a time when you were which will be filmed in completely starstruck. Hungary for broadcast in I saw Mark Cuban the other day, and I was 2018. … HBO’s James Franco 3 and Maggie Gyllenhaal- like, “Oh my God, I @#$%ing love Mark Cuban.” I get starstruck by non-celebrity celebrities, if that headlined series The Deuce makes any sense. And then maybe athletes? I’m has been renewed for from Chicago, so I was a Bulls fan, so if I see Season 2. … NBC’s Marlon will return for Season 2. any athletes I kind of get excited. … Disney Channel has If you weren’t an actor, what do you ordered a second season think you’d be doing for a living? of its That’s So Raven 4 God, I’d just be homeless, I think. I spinoff Raven’s Home. don’t know what I would be doing. ... I feel like maybe I’d be an activist dog-walker. YANKED!: Yes, an activist interior design dog-walker. Recently And very, very basic baker. A baker who Canceled Shows only can do boxed things. I can elevate a CBS closed the cage door boxed cake, but do I want to make it from on summer sci-fi series Zoo after three seasons. scratch? No. … Medical drama The Night What’s a movie you can watch over and Shift won’t see another day over and never get tired of? on NBC. … Comedy Odd Mom I would say either Step Brothers or Breakfast at Out is out of Bravo’s lineup. 5 … Starz passed on another Tiffany’s. I used Breakfast at Tiffany’s to learn Mandarin when I was in China. ... I bought this bootleg Breakfast at season of sports drama Survivor’s Remorse. … BET’s Tiffany’s that was in Mandarin, and I would watch it over Being Mary Jane will end with and over again, and then I watched the English version so a two-hour movie in 2018. I knew what they were saying, and then I would rewatch it

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look back at the notable entertainment personalities 2017we lost this year, but whom we will never forget. Mary Tyler Moore (80) (actress/producer) Born: Dec. 29, 1936; Died: Jan. 25, 2017 Although the Emmy-winning Moore is largely remembered for her eponymous The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-77), she introduced herself to TV fans in the previous decade with her role as wife Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show, which ran from 1961 to 1966. Moore beat out more than two dozen actresses for this breakout role, and earned many admirers who followed Martin Landau the actress to her own show in the (89) (actor) ’70s. There, Moore’s Mary Richards Born: June 20, 1928 character — as a strong, single associate Died: July 15, 2017 producer working for WJM-TV Minneapolis — Landau was among the crop became a feminist icon during a decade where of actors who appeared career women had yet to become the norm. live on Studio One and Playhouse 90 in television’s fi rst golden age before his (91) (actor/director) breakout fi lm role in Alfred Jerry Lewis Hitchcock’s North by Born: March 16, 1926 Northwest. Fame hit when Died: Aug. 20, 2017 he played Rollin Hand on For 44 years, Lewis famously Mission: Impossible. Landau helmed the Muscular Dystrophy won an Oscar for his Bela Association Labor Day Telethon. Lugosi role in Ed Wood The comedian had originally (1994), and he was also dropped out of high school to turn nominated for Crimes and pro. A chance encounter put him on Misdemeanors (1989) and the same bill as a sexy crooner: Dean Tucker: The Man and His Martin. Until their famous breakup, Martin and Lewis Dream (1988). His TV work made 16 fi lms together, and Lewis used his skinny frame, brought him six Emmy nods, seemingly made of rubber, for the sort of slapstick few from Mission: Impossible in pull off with such aplomb. Lewis’ favorite of his movies the late ’60s all the way to that he made after branching out on his own was 1963’s 2007’s Entourage. The Nutty Professor, which he also directed. Jerry Lewis: Credit: Evening Standard/Getty Images Martin Landau: © 2004 Getty Images Credit: Paramount Television Mary Tyler Moore: Credit: 2011 Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images Moore: Credit: 2011 Jerry Standard/Getty Lewis: Credit: Evening Mary Tyler Images Martin Landau: © 2004 Getty Television Images Credit: Paramount

8 Channel Guide Magazine N (89) (actor) RogerBorn: Oct. Moore14, 1927; Died: May 23, 2017 Sir Roger Moore is, of course, best remembered for ALSO being the third, and currently the longest-serving REMEMBERING (seven fi lms between 1973 and 1985), actor to Actors portray James Bond in the offi cial big-screen Richard Anderson, 91 (b. 1926) 007 fi lm franchise. Moore brought a breezier Shelley Berman, 92 (b. 1925) and quippier approach to the spy. Prior to Powers Boothe, 68 (b. 1948) playing Bond, Moore was a television star, Bernie Casey, 78 (b. 1939) portraying gentleman thief Simon Templar in Mike Connors, 91 (b. 1925) the British series The Saint (1962-69). Miguel Ferrer, 61 (b. 1955) June Foray, 99 (b. 1917) Warren Frost, 91 (b. 1925) Stephen Furst, 63 (b. 1954)

Robert Guillaume, 89 (b. 1927) Bill Paxton (90)Don (comedian/actor) Rickles (61) (actor) Barbara Hale, 94 (b. 1922) Born: May 8, 1926 Born: May Richard Hatch, 71 (b. 1945) Died: April 6, 2017 17, 1955 Famous for his insult comedy, Glenne Headly, 62 (b. 1955) Died: Feb. Rickles was sarcastically given John Heard, 71 (b. 1946) 25, 2017 the nickname “Mr. Warmth.” The Mike Hodge, 70 (b. 1947) Whether actor and comedian made regular John Hurt, 77 (b. 1940) you knew appearances on late-night talk Clifton James, 96 (b. 1920) him from shows. Among his acting roles, Erin Moran, 56 (b. 1960) crowd-pleasing Rickles played the title character Charlie Murphy, 57 (b. 1959) blockbusters like Titanic, in the 1976-78 NBC sitcom CPO Michael Parks, 77 (b. 1940) Twister, Aliens and Apollo Sharkey, which gave him an outlet Harry Dean Stanton, 91 (b. 1926) 13 or from his memorable for his politically incorrect humor. Jay Thomas, 69 (b. 1948) TV turns in HBO’s Big Love He toned things down to a more Frank Vincent, 80 (b. 1937) and History’s Emmy-winning family- miniseries Hatﬁ elds & McCoys, friendly Athletes Paxton’s everyman mug was Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, level as the instantly recognizable as a voice of 72 (b. 1944) virtual guarantee of good Mr. Potato Jake LaMotta, 95 (b. 1922) entertainment. He had his ﬁ rst Head in George “The Animal” Steele, broadcast network starring role the Toy 79 (b. 1937) in CBS’ Training Day earlier Story this year. Directors/Writers movies. Jonathan Demme, 73 (b. 1944) Tobe Hooper, 74 (b. 1943) George A. Romero, 77 (b. 1940) Sam Shepard, 73 (b. 1943) (88) (actor) Born:Adam Sept. West 19, 1928; Died: June 9, 2017 Hosts/Celebrities Chuck Barris, 87 (b. 1929) West did not seem to be bothered by people’s Dick Gregory, 84 (b. 1932) everlasting association of him with Batman. He famously played DC Comics’ Caped Monty Hall, 96 (b. 1921) Crusader in the iconic 1966-68 Hugh Hefner, 91 (b. 1926) series Batman. The series was Robert Osborne, 84 (b. 1932) campy, and West carried over that Musicians sense of good-natured fun to Gregg Allman, 69 (b. 1947) other projects in ensuing years, Chuck Berry, 90 (b. 1926) especially when playing himself, Glen Campbell, 81 (b. 1936) as he did in guest appearances Chris Cornell, 52 (b. 1964) on series like 30 Rock, The Big Fats Domino, 89 (b. 1928) Bang Theory, The Simpsons Tom Petty, 66 (b. 1950) and Family Guy. Don Rickles: © 2006Don Rickles: Getty Images Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty © Getty Credit: Robert Bill Paxton: Credit: Silver Screen Collection/Getty Mora Roger Moore: © Movies Stills Database Images for Caesars Palace Adam West: Images

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The Young Pope: © HBO Credit: Gianni Fiorito/HBO Guest Book: TM & © 2016 Turner Entertainment Networks, Inc. A Time Warner Company. Credit DOUG HYUN The Long Road Home: © National Geographic Credit: Van Redin Ozark: © Netfl ix SUPER STUNNER The New England Patriots’ 34-28 4 win over the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI was the fi rst Super Bowl to go to overtime and included the biggest comeback in the game’s history. FOX’s broadcast reached a total audience of 172 million, more than any other program in U.S. TV history. WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR? WINTER HAS COME 8 Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s 10- Neither winter’s arrival nor a part documentary epic The Vietnam 3 questionable Ed Sheeran cameo War on PBS was at times terrifying, could cool down HBO’s Game of disturbing, infuriating and heartbreaking Thrones, which commanded a series- YOU’RE TERMINATED! as the human costs of the war were record 12.1 million viewers for its NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice vividly presented. At the same time, season fi nale. 5 reboot fl opped with Arnold the stories of valor and mercy in an Schwarzenegger in charge. A unimaginable situation were inspiring. statement issued on Twitter by President Trump cited the show’s THROWING SHADE “bad (pathetic) ratings.” FX’s FEUD: Bette and Joan was 7 a darkly funny account of the OUT OF LINE legendary rivalry between CBS reality staple Survivor sank past-their-prime silver- 4 to a new low when contestant screen stars Joan Jeff Varner maliciously outed Crawford (Jessica castmate Zeke Smith as transgender Lange) and Bette SPICY’S GOTTA GO BYE-BYE on Survivor: Game Changers. Davis (Susan NBC’s Saturday Night Live Fortunately, the ploy backfi red. Sarandon). But the 2 was hot this year with Melissa real scene stealer McCarthy’s masterful mimicry of former TROUBLE IN PARADISE was Crawford’s White House press secretary Sean A sexual misconduct scandal stoic German Spicer, complete with open hostility and 3 rocked ABC’s summer sleazefest housekeeper, aggressive gum chewing. Bachelor in Paradise, or so viewers Mamacita, played were led to believe. The show’s ham- with deadpan UNDER HIS EYE fi sted handling of the incident stunk of brilliance by Jackie Elisabeth Moss’ haunting a publicity stunt. Hoffman. 1 performance as Offred in Hulu’s dystopian drama The Handmaid’s Tale THE WRONG ENVELOPE, A VICTORY FOR DIVERSITY won her an Emmy for Outstanding PLEASE There’s still lots of work ahead, Lead Actress. The chilling vision of a 2 You had one job! Confusion stole 6 but the Emmys made inroads totalitarian future won eight Emmys, the show at the Oscars as La La Land by nominating a record number of including Outstanding Drama Series. was mistakenly announced as the performers from diverse backgrounds. Best Picture winner. After sorting out Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us), Donald the mess, Moonlight was declared the Glover (Atlanta), Riz Ahmed (The Night true winner. The embarrassment was Of) and Lena Waithe (Master of None) saved only by the grace in which the broke new ground with Emmy wins. recipients handled the fi asco.

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Channel Guide Magazine 11 WHAT’S NEW

Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway and Carol Burnett

“Tim was always trying to crack me up with a line “I loved doing Eunice [in ‘The that he hadn’t had in rehearsal, and I realized that I can’t Family’ sketches]. She just spoke laugh as Mrs. Wiggins, because she’s just so stupid and to me, because she was such a people who are that dumb don’t have a sense of humor.” pitiful character.”

12 Channel Guide Magazine We Talk Five Decades Of Funny With How quickly did you know the cast was something special? By Lori Acken I never thought we were anything particularly special. [Laughs] The Comedy Queen Herself! I thought we were good, but I guess when I realized we were n 1967, Carol Burnett stepped onto CBS Television City’s doing something right was when we got picked up for another Stage 33, chatted up her audience, performed sidesplitting season. They wanted us for a 12th, but I missed Harvey — he left Iskits, tugged her left ear — and made history. us after the 10th season to do a show of his own — and I felt it The 34-year-old stage and TV actress honed her knack was time to move on to other things. I wanted to go out before for physical comedy as a regular on The Garry Moore Show, CBS fl icked the lights on and off and said, “Leave.” parlaying her popularity into a variety show of her own. What did Bob Mackie mean to you and the show? Surrounded by a crack ensemble of laugh-getters — Vicki You do the math: 276 shows over 11 years — that’s a little over Lawrence, Harvey Korman and Lyle Waggoner, plus frequent 17,000 costumes he designed. Nobody can claim that record. guest star Tim Conway — Burnett made The Carol Burnett Sometimes I didn’t know how I was going to do a character Show must-watch, feel-good TV that earned the weekly series until I knew what he was going to dress me in. It was like where 25 Emmy awards. Fifty years later, it lives on in reruns and DVD a little boy puts on a pirate outfi t or a cowboy outfi t, and they box sets. To honor the show’s timeless good humor, CBS become that. That’s what Bob did for me. presents The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special, returning Burnett (84), Lawrence (68) and Waggoner (82) to Stage 33 Give me your thoughts on the show’s lasting appeal. alongside a host of actors, singers and comedians who share Funny is funny. I dare anybody to look at the dentist sketch with what the show meant to them. “We have 18 guest stars on Harvey and Tim and not double over with laughter — and it’s 45 the show! Eighteen!” Burnett exclaims. “It was just years old! What happened — and it wasn’t on purpose — is we a plethora of goodies. Martin Short and were never topical, so what was funny then is holding up now. Jim Carrey, they’re in the salute Was cracking each other up part of the fun? to Tim Conway, so they We didn’t break up as often as people think; it’s just that they talk about some of the remember it so much! I averaged out how much we broke up sketches that Tim and it comes to 7 percent of the time we did the show. Usually it did that made them was Conway that caused it — and Tim wasn’t a regular until the laugh and we show ninth season! those clips. We have a salute to Harvey that Jay Whatever became of the singing Bea Arthur lookalike? Leno and Bill Hader are a part I got a letter a few months ago from someone who knew her! of. We have a little musical segment She died recently at age 100, and they played that clip at her around the piano with Bernadette Peters, memorial. … People think she was a plant. I’d never seen her Kristin Chenoweth, me — and then a surprise before in my life. We just happened to know the same song! entrance!” Rumor is you’re a big Vince Gilligan fan. You and Bob Burnett shares more about her 50 years of funny. Odenkirk together on Better Call Saul is a bigger dream What were your hopes and expectations on Day 1? than I dare to dream. Would you do it? Carol Burnett: We were backstage, and we had this I would love it! … Vince came to our show! We have the same kumbaya moment. I got with Harvey and Lyle and Vicki — driver — his name is Jason, he’s a great guy, and he drives Vince Tim wasn’t a regular at that time — and we did a group to events. So, I said, “Please tell him how much I just so admire hug. We were going to do 30 one-hour shows. CBS him.” Next time I saw Jason, he said, “He’s crazy about you, too!” had a contract that we could do that, and I said, I got his email from Jason, emailed Vince and said, “Can you “OK, we’ve got 30 shows. We don’t know what’s come to our 50th?” I got to meet him at the party afterward. I’m going to happen after that. Let’s just go out and going to try to fi gure out when we can have dinner.

have fun.” And that’s what we did. Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special > CBS > Dec. 3 CBS Credit: CBS Photo Archive CBS via Getty Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved Images; (Nora Desmond) Photo by CBS Carol Burnett Show (Mrs. Wiggins): © 1977 Carol Burnett 50th The Anniversary Photo Archive/Getty Special: ©2017 Courtesy Collection Everett Images; (Stellar Toddler) (Eunice): 2014 NBCUniversalMama’s Family Media, LLC via Getty Images Credit: Gary Null

“It was like a cartoon with the physical “I was raised going to movies with my grandmother. comedy. I got beat up all the time It was a given when we got the show I would want doing this poor old lady, but I loved to do a takeoff on Double Indemnity or The physical comedy so I enjoyed her.” Postman Always Rings Twice.”

N Channel Guide Magazine 13 WHAT’S NEW

Dulé Hill and James Roday pick up three years after the series ﬁ nale

THE PSYCH: MOVIE TV’s Fake Psychic Detective Returns In The Film Fans Have Been Waiting For. By Kellie Freeze Christmas comes early this year and Detective Carlton Lassiter (Timothy Julianna Guill (who’ll appear in a new for fans of TV’s Psych. The series Omundson), come together during role) and Kurt Fuller as returning faces. ended in early 2014 but returns for an the holidays after a mystery assailant Actors new to the Psych franchise all-new caper in the form of a two-hour targets one of their own. include Zachary Levi as the fi lm’s villain, movie. And after talking to series stars But the fi lm reunion faced a major Hill’s real-life fi ancée Jazmyn Simon as James Roday (who also cowrote the setback when, shortly before shooting Gus’ possible love interest and, making fi lm) and Dulé Hill, it’s hard to decide was set to begin, Omundson suffered her acting debut, WWE Superstar a stroke. “We were all very taken Charlotte Flair. “As you can imagine, aback and shocked and scared,” Hill she kicks some ass,” Roday reports. says. “Our whole world turned upside Over its eight-season run, As we did with the show, down.” A major rewrite was needed to Psych offered fans ’80s pop culture allow the beloved actor to focus on his references and a plethora of Easter there were kind of no rules. We health and recuperate. “We set out to eggs, both of which became hallmarks sort of bounced around and did tell one story, and then got a pretty big of the franchise. This tradition continues curveball thrown our way,” says Roday. in the movie. The new offi ce resembles whatever we wanted. “When it comes to anything in life, the pawn shop seen in the ’80s classic www.remindmagazine.com — James Roday when you’re faced with great adversity Gremlins, and Hill sets up another and incredible challenge … you really surprise: “You can’t really have a Psych 1-855-773-6463 sort of rise to the occasion and pull out special without some singing,” he who is more excited — the actors or the your best stuff. And in many ways, I sort says, hinting, “When the voice starts to series’ loyal fans, who call themselves of think that’s what happened. Here, croon, pay very close attention.” Roday “Psych-Os.” we sort of used it as a rallying cry, and also teases, “Without giving any real The fi lm picks up three years after we all came together and elevated the spoilers, I can tell you that there’s a the events of the series fi nale, with material in honor of Tim and as a tribute pretty fun Easter egg in there that may fake psychic detective Shawn Spencer to him, really.” or may not take place in waking life that (Roday) and his best friend, Burton Not only does the series’ main cast was more fun than you can shake a “Gus” Guster (Hill), about to open their reunite for the fi lm, but cast regulars stick at to shoot.” new offi ce in San Francisco, cleverly and several guest stars also return. “If These cryptic clues may not make named “psychphrancisco.” They and we’d had our druthers, we would’ve sense quite yet, so fans will just have to, their usual cohorts, including Shawn’s had every single one of our favorite in the words of Shawn Spencer, “Wait fi ancée Juliet (Maggie Lawson), his guest stars come back and populate for iiiiiiiiiiit.” father Henry (Corbin Bernsen), the San this fi lm,” says Roday, but he lists Ralph Psych: The Movie > USA Network >

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Landry (Tom Cullen) becomes the reluctant leader of the Knights Templar

16 Channel Guide Magazine N Knightfall: © History Credit: Larry Horricks Happy!: Credit: Syfy but rather the Knights Templar of Europe in the but rathertheKnightsTemplarofEuropein watch, andit’sahellofjourney to play.” to fi gure outwhoheis.It’sahellofjourneyto constantly battlingwithhimselfback andforthtrying who’s reallypolarized.Throughout theseries,he’s headstrong, yethe’safraidofdying.He’ssomebody humanity. He’ssomebodywho’sfi ercely braveand is exercisinghislackoffaithandexploring who’s incrediblypious,yethe’ssomebodywho having anaffairwithawoman.He’ssomebody yet he’slyingtothemallaboutthefactthat kind ofguywho’sincrediblyloyaltohisbrothers, is thrownintoquestion,”Cullensays.“He’sthe endanger hislifeandtheTemplars’existence. chaste idealsandanillicitromanticaffairthatcould And Landry’sownheartistornbetweenhisorder’s the churchthreatenstosplitTemplars’loyalties. A growingfeudbetweentheFrenchmonarchyand Grail, thoughttobelostforever,mayinFrance. for theTemplars.ThereisevidencethatHoly 16 yearsafterhislastbattle,he’sthiscagedanimal.” sort ofallheknows.AndwhenwemeethiminParis been awarriorsincetheageof12yearsold.It’s maverick,” CullensaysofLandry.“Heisaguywho’s crucial pointinitshistory. who becomestheunlikelyleaderoforderata ( action dramaKnightfall,starringTomCullen of theirownstoryinHistory’snew10-episode Monty PythonandtheHolyGrail. Wars, old ArthurianlegendstomoderntaleslikeStar mythologies forcenturies,inspiringeverythingfrom sacred relicsliketheHolyGrail. Land. Somelegendshavethemalsoprotecting Crusades anddefendingpilgrimagestotheHoly 12th, 13thandearly14thcenturies,fi ghting inthe order ofCatholicwarriorswhowereactiveinthe Middle Ages.TheTemplarswereamysterious but rathertheKnightsTemplarofEuropein Dec. 6 ) as Landry, a disgruntled Templar Downton Abbey)asLandry,adisgruntledTemplar Knightfall “When Landry’s made leader, his entire life “When Landry’smadeleader,hisentirelife That cagedanimalisreleasedatacriticaltime “I thinkhe’salwaysbeenkindofaheadstrong Now theTemplarsgettobetragicheroes Stories oftheTemplarshavespawnednew They’re not the Jedi of a galaxy far, far away, They’re nottheJediofagalaxyfar,faraway, and the epically hilarious The DaVinciCodeandtheepicallyhilarious > History > Wednesdays beginning Wednesdaysbeginning HAPPY! Syfy Series. Christopher MeloniInAWild New beginning Dec.6 > that, likeHappyhimself, holiday phantasmagoria colorful Tarantino-esque At itsbest,it’sadarkly else currentlyontelevision. and isn’tquitelikeanything down asoneparticulargenre winningly voicedbycomedian manifestation ofHappyis disappeared (theCGI-created friend ofalittlegirlwhohas who isthe“imaginary” positive, blue-wingedhorse Happy —atiny,relentlessly himself communicatingwith episode, Saxsuddenlyfi nds After ahitgonebadinthepilot fi nd somethingtolivefor. disappointed atthatprospect. Sax answersthevillain.“Idon’tthinkIcandie.”Hesounds believed. must beseento that, likeHappyhimself, holiday phantasmagoria colorful Tarantino-esque At itsbest,it’sadarkly else currentlyontelevision. and isn’tquitelikeanything down asoneparticulargenre Patton Oswalt). winningly voicedbycomedian manifestation ofHappyis disappeared (theCGI-created friend ofalittlegirlwhohas who isthe“imaginary” positive, blue-wingedhorse Happy —atiny,relentlessly himself communicatingwith episode, Saxsuddenlyfi nds After ahitgonebadinthepilot fi nd somethingtolivefor. disappointed atthatprospect. Sax answersthevillain.“Idon’tthinkIcandie.”Hesounds wish.” as anopportunitytofulfi ll somehalf-acknowledgeddeath him earlyonintheseries,seems“tolookateachnewjob he hallucinatesacolorfulsuicidefantasysequence. is vomitingintotheurinalofaseedybarrestroombefore washed-up drunkwhomoonlightsasahitman—whilehe unique tonerightoffthebat,aswefi rst meetSax—nowa Grant MorrisonandDarickRobertson,Happy!setsthis sardonic humorofaworld-wearyandreluctantactionhero. for Melonitoplay—acombinationofthepatheticnessand as invigoratingfortheviewertowatchitlikelyhasbeen unlike anythingyou’veseentheactordobefore,anditis In fact,hischaracterhere,themorallydubiousNickSax,is thing evenremotelysimilartohispreviouswell-knownrole. Meloni playsanex-NewYorkCitycop,butthatistheonly former Happy! Wednesdays Wednesdays is hard to nail Happy! ishardtonail But hemayeventually “My lifeisanever-swirlingtoiletthatjustwon’tfl ush,” It turnsoutthatSax,asoneperceptivebadguytells Based onthegraphicnovelofsamenameby In Syfy’snew,nearlyunclassifi able seriesHappy!, But he may eventually But hemayeventually “My lifeisanever-swirlingtoiletthatjustwon’tfl ush,” star Christopher Law &Order:SpecialVictimsUnitstarChristopher > is hard to nail ishardtonail Syfy Syfy By Jeff Pfeiffer By Jeff Channel Guide Magazine

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MAN AMONG CHEETAHS

We Ride Along With Filmmaker Bob Poole To Spot grueling, but so much fun. We’d take turns sleeping under the car in the middle Nat Geo Wild’s “Big Cat Week” Stars. By Lori Acken of the day just to catch up. When the cheetahs laid down to sleep, we did, n a brilliant early September day, “We’re gonna be late for lunch!” too.” acclaimed wildlife fi lmmakers the Kenya-raised Bob grins as we speed The effort, Bob says, was well worth Bob and Gina Poole await off across his beloved Conservancy, it — especially when the sleek, creamy- visitors on a tiny airstrip in Kenya’s Mara a remarkable private partnership of coated beauty delights all of us with an Naboisho Conservancy. When we — fi ve ecotourism businesses and 500 ultra-rare appearance that assures the 10 international journalists primed for Maasai homesteads created to preserve Pooles she’s faring just fi ne. “She never adventure — land, there’s time for quick a thriving home for the cattle-farming ceased to amaze me,” Bob sighs. “She hellos before everyone leaps into waiting Maasai and the endangered wildlife wasn’t wasting energy chasing animals safari vehicles. There is somebody that roam the Mara. The statistics she couldn’t catch. She almost never else we need to meet. And he’s a bit are harrowing. As poachers raid the missed a kill. We saw her go through a unpredictable. savannah and the Maasai battle to really hard time when it got so dry here In their specially outfi tted Land protect livestock from predators, Africa’s that all the animals left and she became Rover, the Pooles lead the caravan to lion population has dipped some 90 more desperate in terms of her hunting. I a nearby stand percent in the last 70 years. Only 3,800 watched her do amazing things.” of acacia trees. tigers live in the wild, and cheetahs have Bob hopes watching her efforts The twitch of a disappeared from three-quarters of their and the other Big Cat Week specials tail under one known habitats. With the partnership’s — an extension of National Geographic draws our eyes ongoing efforts, Naboisho boasts one Society’s Big Cats Initiative — inspires to magnifi cent of the largest lion concentrations in the viewers to do amazing things, too. cheetah Forester, world and is also an elephant haven. “Donating to your favorite African a star of the Bob — an Emmy-winning conservation group or wildlife group, or Pooles’ latest cinematographer whose resumé includes just coming here as a tourist is the best Nat Geo fi lm — one of four new projects featured more than 35 National Geographic thing you can do,” he says, noting that fi lmmaker Bob in Nat Geo Wild’s popular Big Cat projects — realized that cheetahs were responsible tourism is life-changing for Poole tracks Week. Called Man Among Cheetahs, perhaps the most mysterious and elusive endangered more than just the traveler. “When you the fi lm follows Bob and his team as they of the Mara’s big cats. He decided to cheetahs for come here, your money goes towards track Forester’s mate Naborr, whose share their plight via Naborr, a savvy, months, living employing people, which helps those out of his tireless devotion to her two cubs’ survival instinctive survivor who gave the group people lease this land to preserve it for vehicle gives viewers a front-row seat to the a literal run for its money. “We followed conservation.” beauty and brutality of life in the African her for two months,” Bob grins, relaxing wilderness. The same wilderness the on the deck of Conservancy partner Man Among Cheetahs > Pooles are eager to show us now. Asilia’s rustic Naboisho Camp. “It was Nat Geo Wild > Dec. 11 Man Among Cheetahs: Credit: Gina Poole

18 Channel Guide Magazine Bob Hope: © 2003 Getty Images. Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Eric Idle’s The Entire Universe: © BBC. Credit: Guy Levy. N WHAT’S NEW C THIS IS THIS IS Hope Masters: ThisIsBob > Lori Acken By Luminaries HonorThe Funnyman’s Life. HOPE… BOB AMERICAN MASTERS: song. beloved theme become Hope’s duo thatwould expressly forthe wistful balladwritten the Memory,” the crooning “Thanks for ShirleyRoss costar Big Broadcastof1938 of theiconandhisThe mightbeaclip to start demonstrates, afineplace Hope… Hope inyourlife.” toputmore Bob Do whateverittakes Nose” to“Googlehim.YouTube him.… might notknowthelegendary“OldSki show, advisesyoungerviewerswho Frog. Kermit, whofrequentlystealsthe Chase, ConanO’BrienandKermit the Brooke Shields,MargaretCho,Chevy some famousfans,includingWoody Allen, from historians,Hope’sdaughterLindaand readingexcerptsof Hope’s writings,pluscommentary Billy Crystal history. andonwardintoentertainment his heroicdevotiontotheUSO Pepsodent-sponsored radioshowthatmadehimahouseholdnameto Hope’s storiedlifeandcareer, fromhisearlydaysinvaudevilletothe outinacrowd. him stand mother’s encouragement,alreadyhoningthecomedyskillsthatmade time hewas5,HopelivinginClevelandwithhisfamilyand, BB HOPE… BOB American American Dec. 29 Dec.29 As thetwo-hourepisodefeatures In additiontorarelyseenfootage, alongandlovinglookat This month,AmericanMasterstakes programming variesregionally.PBS ... “That’s howIlearnedtodance:waitingforthebathroom”).By seven brothers,inapoor, suburbanLondonfamily(helaterjoked, Hopewasborn LeslieTownesomic geniusBob Hope,thefifthof > This Is Bob This IsBob happily happily PBS PBS ON PBS

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A Christmas Story Live: Credit: Tommy Garcia/FOX. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Eloise at Christmas in Christmastime Evergreen Freeform, 7:30am Hallmark Channel, 8pm Jack1 Frost (1979) Tiny2 Christmas Freeform, 1pm Nickelodeon, 8pm Grandma Got Run Over Christmas in Angel December’s by a Reindeer Falls The CW, 8pm Hallmark Movies & Holiday Masters of Illusion: Mysteries, 9pm Christmas Magic The Ugly Christmas The CW, 9pm Sweater BestProgramming Lifetime, 10pm Miss Me This 95th Annual The Mistle-Tones Snowglobe Snow Day The Little Rudolph the Red- Christmas National Freeform, 7:30am Freeform, 7:30am Freeform, 11am Drummer Boy Nosed Reindeer TV One, 7pm Christmas Tree Perry Como’s The Polar Express A Christmas Story 2 Freeform, 7am CBS, 8pm 312 Days of Giving Lighting4 Christmas5 in Austria Freeform,6 6:45pm CMT,7 8pm A8 Christmas Carol 9Christmas Encore Hallmark Channel, 7pm UP TV, 7pm getTV, 8pm A Song for the Season A Nashville Christmas TCM, 8pm Hallmark Channel, 8pm Christmas at Holly The Great Christmas “Will & Grace” getTV, 8pm getTV, 8pm Scrooge (1935) Christmas in Lodge Light Fight Season Christmas Episode TCM, 9:45pm Mississippi Premiere A Very Pentatonix Psych: The Movie Hallmark Channel, 8pm NBC, 9pm Yes, Virginia, There Is Lifetime, 8pm ABC, 8pm Christmas (Encore) USA Network, 8pm My Christmas Prince “Superstore” NBC, 8pm The Great American a Santa Claus Frosty the Snowman Lifetime, 8pm “The Wall” Holiday Christmas Episode getTV, 10pm CBS, 9pm Special Elf Baking Show Season NBC, 9:30pm Toy Story That Time The Christmas Cottage The Spruces & the NBC, 10pm Freeform, 8:50pm Premiere Pines ABC, 9pm Forgot Hallmark Movies & ION, 9pm Freeform, 11:30pm Mysteries, 9pm

You Can’t Fight The Bells of Nestor, the The Nightmare Deck the Halls Christmas With Miracle on Christmas Fraggle Rock Long-Eared Before AMC, 8pm the Mormon 34th Street TV One, 7pm Freeform, 7am Christmas Donkey Christmas I’ll Be Home for Tabernacle Choir AMC, 8pm Christmas10 Princess The11 Great Christmas Freeform,12 7am Freeform,13 12:10pm Christmas14 Featuring15 Rolando 16Christmas Next Door UP TV, 7pm Light Fight Scrooged AMC, 8pm This Christmas CMT, 8pm Villazón Hallmark Channel, 8pm PBS, 9pm Sharing Christmas ABC, 8pm Greatest Holiday AMC, 8pm iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Snowed-Inn Christmas Hallmark Channel, 8pm Disney’s Fairy Tale Commercials The Santa Clause 3 The CW, 8pm Holiday Affair (1949) Lifetime, 8pm TCM, 10pm Karen Kingsbury’s Weddings: Holiday Countdown 2017 Freeform, 8:50pm The Great American Rocky Mountain Maggie’s Christmas Magic The CW, 8pm The Christmas Wish Baking Show It Happened on Fifth Christmas Miracle Freeform, 8pm Gwen Stefani’s You getTV, 9pm ABC, 9pm Avenue Hallmark Movies & TCM, 11:45pm Hallmark Movies & The Christmas Gift Make It Feel Like A Christmas Carol “A Chef’s Life” Holiday Mysteries, 9pm Mysteries, 9pm getTV, 8pm Christmas (1999) Special A Christmas Cruise NBC, 9pm TNT, 10:45pm PBS, 9pm ION, 9pm

A Christmas The Great Frosty’s Winter Angry Angel A Christmas Dr. Seuss’ Christmas Story Live! Christmas Wonderland Freeform, Carol (1984) How the Movie FOX, 7pm Light Fight Season Freeform, 7am 10:30am AMC, 5:30pm Grinch Stole Christmas! Marathon AMC, 6am Romance17 at Reindeer Finale18 The19 Year Without a Santa20 Claus Is The21 Great American (1966)22 23Christmas on the Lodge ABC, 8pm Santa Claus Comin’ to Town Baking Show Season TNT, 7pm Set Holiday Episode Hallmark Channel, 8pm Faith Hill, Joy to the Freeform, 3:30pm Freeform, 3:30pm Finale “I Love Lucy” Marathon Last Tango in Halifax: World (2008) Christmas With the National Lampoon’s ABC, 9pm Christmas Special SundanceTV, 6am “Holiday Special AXS TV, 8pm Kranks Christmas Vacation A Saturday Night Live CBS, 8pm “Friends” Christmas (Pt. 1)” Decorating Disney: Freeform, 6:40pm Freeform, 6:40pm Christmas Special Christmas at Belmont Marathon TBS, 2pm PBS, 8pm Holiday Magic Jessica Simpson: Michael McDonald: NBC, 9pm 2017 “Seinfeld” Festivus Christmas Connection Freeform, 8pm Happy Christmas This Christmas (2009) White Christmas PBS, 9pm Marathon TBS, 6pm Hallmark Movies & New Year’s Eve (2010) AXS TV, 8pm (1954) Christmas Getaway Mysteries, 9pm TNT, 10:15pm AXS TV, 8pm AMC, 10:15pm Hallmark Channel, 8pm

“Love Actually” When Calls the Heart: Marathon “The Christmas Wishing CMT, 12pm Tree” It’s24 a Wonderful Life Hallmark Channel, 8pm NBC, 8pm Christmas With the Doctor Who: “Twice Last Tango in Halifax: Duke Marathon Upon a Time” 25AMC, 9am “Holiday Special (Pt. 2)” BBC America, 9pm PBS, 8pm Disney Parks Magical “Call the Midwife” 24 Hours of “A Christmas Celebration Holiday Special Christmas Story” ABC, 10am PBS, 9pm Marathon Winter Wedding There’s plenty more holiday programming available; TBS and TNT, 8pm UP TV, 7pm Frosty The Snowman: © ABC Family. Elf: © 2003 Alan Markﬁ eld/New Red Nosed Reindeer: © Classic Media. Rudolph The Line Productions. Snowman: © ABCFrosty The Elf: © 2003 Alan Markﬁ Family. look for the present icon in your daily programming listings.

N All times Eastern. PBS programming varies regionally. Channel Guide Magazine 21 CountingChristmas ChristmasDuring the holidays, we often think of the 12 days of Christmas or the three wise men, but we’re o ering up a few other numbers to help you see this season in a whole new light … By Kellie Freeze FIRST 3 Years1/2 The Christmas programming on getTV 236 usually consists of rebroadcasts of Psych hasn’t Out of 236 episodes of Friends, classic holiday specials. But this year, premiered a TBS has selected eight the digital network offers its fi rst original new episode with holiday themes for a holiday special, A Nashville Christmas. since the series marathon on Dec. 23. The hourlong event airs on Dec. 7 and ended in 2014, features performances from country but the gang TNT and TBS stars including Wynonna, Emmylou reunites on Dec. begin their annual Harris (and the two women’s fi rst ever 7 for Psych: The marathon “24 Hours duet together), Lorrie Morgan, Pam Movie, an original of A Christmas Tillis, Ashley Cleveland and Dailey & fl ick featuring a Story” on Dec. 24. Vincent. Christmas caper. Hours

ABC’s The Great Televised coverage Christmas Light Fight of the 95th Annual presents six all-new National Christmas episodes this year, airing 95 Tree Lighting as back-to-back episodes From President’s Park will air Dec. 4 over three consecutive on Hallmark Channel and feature Monday nights performances by Boys II Bow Ties, (beginning Dec. 4). Mannheim Steamroller and more.

This year, Freeform’s In celebration annual “25 Days of of the 70th 25 Christmas” will expand anniversary of across all platforms Miracle on 34th It’s a Wonderful Life5X is a holiday in the Disney|ABC Street, AMC staple in many homes, and the Frank Days Television Group, presents a special 10 MINUTES Capra masterpiece airs Christmas Eve so viewers can expect extra holiday broadcast of the on NBC and four times this month on merriment on ABC, Freeform, Disney winter classic on If you’re USA Network. Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior. Dec. 16. short on time, Lifetime offers ABC’s The Great American Baking 10-minute Show is a three-week-long holiday movies after its full-length competition (premiering Dec. 7) inspired Over by its U.K. relative, The Great British Bake ﬂ icks, with cute Off. TV personality and original judge of titles like The 28 Ugly Christmas the British series Paul Hollywood and pastry chef Johnny Iuzzini serve as judges, new holiday Sweater and th My Christmas with hosts Ayesha Curry and Anthony movie premieres 70

Weeks Miracle on 34th Street: © 20th Century Courtesy NBC Fox. of AMC. It’s A Wonderful Life: © 2010 Universal, Inc. A Christmas Story: Brothers Int’l Television. A Nashville Christmas: Credit: getTV. © Warner “Spice” Adams adding to the merriment. this month. Anniversary Grandpa. 22 Channel Guide Magazine N SPORTS

Will the Alabama Crimson Tide roll to a fourth straight College Football Playoff appearance?

College Football FOOTBALL’S Postseason Highlights Dec. 3 — Playoff Selection Show, ESPN FINAL Dec. 9 — 2017 Heisman Trophy Presentation, ESPN Dec. 28 — Valero Alamo Bowl, FOUR ESPN Dec. 29 — Hyundai Sun Bowl, CBS Tough Choices Await The College Football Playo Selection Goodyear Cotton Bowl Committee. By Ryan A. Berenz Classic, ESPN Dec. 30 — PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, The past two College Football Playoff and Miami could also be in the discussion. ESPN National Championship Games were thrilling The Heisman Trophy is awarded to the Capital One Orange clashes between two great powerhouses. The year’s most outstanding player in a ceremony Bowl, ESPN Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Clemson Dec. 9 on ESPN, with Penn State RB Saquon Jan. 1 — Outback Bowl, ESPN2 Tigers 45-40 in an epic shootout for the title Barkley, Stanford RB Bryce Love, Oklahoma QB in 2016. In the 2017 rematch, Clemson got Baker Mayfi eld, Notre Dame RB Josh Adams, Chick-fi l-A Peach Bowl, ESPN revenge with a last-second (literally) go-ahead and Louisville QB and 2016 Heisman winner touchdown to upset Alabama 35-31. Lamar Jackson all hoping for invites to New York Citrus Bowl, ABC At the time of this writing, the third matchup City. in an Alabama-Clemson trilogy was a long shot. There are 41 bowl games this season, College Football Playoff Alabama was undefeated and seemingly a lock but you’ll have to wait until 2018 for the only Jan. 1 — Semifi nal: Rose Bowl, for the four-team playoffs when the matchups ones that really matter. The Rose Bowl and ESPN are announced Dec. 3. An upset loss to the Allstate Sugar Bowl serve as the College Semifi nal: Allstate Syracuse in October may have cost Clemson Football Playoff semifi nals, both played on New Sugar Bowl, ESPN the c hance to repeat, but they’ll still be worth a Year’s Day. The National Championship game Jan. 8 — National Championship look from the committee. Georgia, Ohio State, is Jan. 8 at the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in (Atlanta), ESPN Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Penn State, Oklahoma Atlanta.

The DEPTH CHART NFL Football ISU Grand Prix of Top NFL games that could impact the playoffs Figure Skating include New Orleans at Atlanta (NBC & NFL NBC airs a recap show with featured Network, Dec. 7), New England at Miami performances from the ISU Grand Prix of Villanova (ESPN, Dec. 11), L.A. Chargers at Kansas City Figure Skating Final in Nagoya, junior guard Jalen Brunson (NFL Network, Dec. 16) and Minnesota at Japan, Dec. 10. Green Bay (NBC, Dec. 23). College Basketball Christmas Day NBA The CBS Sports Classic in New Orleans How about a nice … basketball? NBA games on Dec. 23 on CBS has Ohio State vs. North Dec. 25 are Philadelphia at New York (ESPN); Carolina and UCLA vs. Kentucky. CBS also Cleveland at Golden State, Washington at has a college hoops tripleheader Dec. 30 Boston and Houston at Oklahoma City (ABC); with Wichita State at UConn, Florida State and Minnesota at L.A. Lakers (TNT). at Duke and Villanova at Butler. Alabama Crimson Tide: Credit: Streeter Lecka/GettyAlabama Crimson Tide: Leff/Getty Images. Jalen Brunson: Credit: Mitchell Images.

Channel Guide Magazine 23 MOVIES ON DEMAND NEW RELEASES © 2017 Universal Pictures. All Rights Reserved. © 2017 TM & © 2017 Twentieth Century Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Fox Not for sale or duplication. Twentieth TM & © 2017 © Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved.© Warner © Annapurna Distribution. All Right Reserved. Detroit Despicable Me 3 Dunkirk Kingsman: The (Drama) In July 1967, one of (Comedy) Gru and Lucy (Action) The fi erce World Golden Circle the largest race riots in U.S. are now in the business of War II battle is brought to the (Action) The world is held history took place in Detroit. catching bad guys, but their screen in this fi lm from director hostage, and the Kingsman During the racially charged new foil Balthazar Bratt may Christopher Nolan. When headquarters is in shambles. It 12th Street Riot, an incident have something to say about Allied soldiers from Belgium, is in this time of crisis that the at the Algiers Motel led to that. Gru joins his twin brother the British Empire, Canada Kingsman discover an allied multiple deaths and brutal Dru to plan one more heist. and France are surrounded spy organization in the United beatings. John Boyega, Will With the whole cavalcade of by the German army, those States. Time for the Kingsman Poulter, Algee Smith (R, 2:23) Minions back, will Gru re-enter at home must help bring and the Statesman to team (HD) Premieres Dec. 12 a life of crime? Voices of Steve their loved ones back. Fionn up to save the world. Colin Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Whitehead, Kenneth Branagh, Firth, Julianne Moore, Taron Parker (PG, 1:30) (HD) Tom Hardy (PG-13, 1:46) Egerton (R, 2:21) (HD) Premieres Dec. 5 (HD) Premieres Dec. 19 Premieres Dec. 12 © Open Road Films. All Rights Reserved. © CBS Films. All Rights Reserved. © Focus Features. All Rights Reserved. Features. © Focus © Columbia Pictures. All Rights Reserved. American Flatliners Home Again Victoria & Abdul Assassin (Drama) Five medical students (Comedy) After splitting (Drama) During Queen (Action) Mitch Rapp lost his are truly obsessed by what from her husband, Alice Victoria’s jubilee celebration, parents at age 14 and later comes after death. Together decides to move back home a young Indian clerk named lost his girlfriend to a terrorist they work to stop one to Los Angeles with her Abdul arrives to deliver a attack. Enlisted by the CIA another’s hearts to trigger two daughters. It is in being ceremonial coin. Abdul begins as a black ops recruit, Rapp fi rsthand knowledge of what home that she hopes to a friendship with the monarch trains under veteran Stan comes after that moment when rediscover herself. But when that defi es all norms — and Hurley and may just be one the beating stops. But can this three young men move into teaches the long-standing of the best agents the CIA reckless behavior carry a larger her guest house, things get queen more than anyone could has ever produced. Michael cost? Ellen Page, Diego Luna, a bit complicated. Reese imagine. Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Keaton, Dylan O’Brien, Sanaa Nina Dobrev (PG-13, 1:50) Witherspoon, Nat Wolff, Eddie Izzard (PG-13, 1:51) Lathan (R, 1:52) (HD) (HD) Premieres Dec. 26 Michael Sheen (PG-13, 1:37) (HD) Premieres Dec. 19 Premieres Dec. 5 (HD) Premieres Dec. 12

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At-A-Glance December Movies On Demand

PREMIERES BEGINS Once Upon a Time at Christmas 12/12 The Adventurers 12/5 People You May Know 12/1 All Saints 12/12 Permanent 12/15 American Assassin 12/5 Playground 12/8 American Fango: Love Italian Style 12/5 Post Truth Times: We the Media 12/5 Angry Inuk 12/5 Ribbons 12/5 A Bad Idea Gone Wrong 12/1 Santa Stole Our Dog 12/5 Sasq-Watch! 12/12 © Warner Bros. © Warner Bitch 12/10 The Lego Body Electric 12/5 School Life 12/12 Ninjago Movie A Christmas Carol 12/5 Shattered 12/5 (Comedy) Led by Master Wu, Christmas Dreams 12/1 Shot 12/5 Lloyd and a group of teens are Cops and Robbers 12/12 Slumber 12/1 called to defend Ninjago from David’s Dinosaur 12/12 Spaceship 12/12 the warlord Garmadon — who Dawning of the Dead 12/5 Stronger 12/19 happens to be Lloyd’s dad. Sundowners 12/12 Can the team stand up to the Despicable Me 3 12/5 Tam Cam: The Untold Story 12/5 evil they are facing? Voices Detroit 12/12 of Jackie Chan, Dave Franco, Digimon Adventure t ri.: The Teacher 12/5 Fred Armisen (PG, 1:41) (HD) Confession 12/5 Thirst Street 12/12 Premieres Dec. 19 Dunkirk 12/19 Trophy 12/5 Everything Beautiful Is Far Away 12/5 Troy: The Odyssey 12/12 F the Prom 12/5 Valley of Bones 12/5 Faith Filled Christmas 12/5 Victoria & Abdul 12/19 Fits and Starts 12/5 The White King 12/5 Flashburn 12/5 Wolf Warrior 2 12/12 Flatliners 12/26 WWE: 30 Years of For Ahkeem 12/12 Survivor Series 12/14 Gangster Land 12/1 ALSO AVAILABLE ENDS The Girl Who Invented Kissing 12/12 Amityville: The Awakening 11/13 Gook 12/5 Atomic Blonde 3/28 Gotti 12/15 Baby Driver 4/30 Hedgehogs 12/15 The Big Sick 6/22 Hidden Kisses 12/5 Birth of the Dragon 4/25 Hollow in the Land 12/8 The Glass Castle 4/23 Home Again 12/12 Leap! 8/24 Howard Lovecraft and the Tulip Fever 8/31 © 2017 - Paramount Pictures - Paramount © 2017 Undersea Kingdom 12/5 mother! Valerian and the City of a Jeepers Creepers 3 12/26 Thousand Planets 11/20 (Drama) A young woman and K-Shop 12/12 her husband have a loving, Wind River 8/10 The King’s Choice 12/19 tranquil existence. When two uninvited guests show up, Kingsman: The Golden Circle 12/12 their peaceful home is about The Lego Ninjago Movie (3-D) 12/19 to be turned upside down — Living on Soul 12/5 but why? Jennifer Lawrence, Love Beats Rhymes 12/1 Javier Bardem, Ed Harris Man in Red Bandana 12/1 (R, 2:01) (HD) mother! 12/19 Premieres Dec. 19

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