the two to save the school from closing right before Christmas Eve. MOVIES What Ice Airport Alaska Smithsonian Channel, 8 p.m. YOU’LL LOVE to watch Season Finale In “50 Year Storm,” a record day of snowfall threatens to shut down the airport, leaving SUNDAY havoc on the airfi eld. Icy conditions have All times Eastern. Start times can vary based caused a 20,000-pound truck to crash, and on cable/satellite provider. Confi rm times on a billion-dollar aircraft may not be safe your on-screen guide. to fl y. And there’s an invasion from a wild moose while CBP intercepts a consignment of counterfeit goods. ‘Clueless’ College Football Playo PARAMOUNT PICTURES Selection Show Garth & Trisha Live! Clueless (1995, Comedy) Alicia ESPN, noon Live ‘Garth & Trisha Silverstone, Stacey Dash NICK, A Holiday Concert Event 7 p.m. The fi nal College Football Playo rankings Live! A Holiday CBS, 8:30 p.m. Live of the season are revealed today on ESPN, Concert Event’ Following up on the success of their CBS and we’ll know which four teams will be CBS competing in the CFP semifi nal games taking concert special in spring of this year, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood will perform live place Jan. 1. Hoping for a spot in the top four Monday hits, the market crashes, and the by request from their home recording studio, CATCH are Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson, Notre great bull market of the ’80s goes down with Studio G, singing songs of the season for Dame, Texas A&M, Florida and Cincinnati. it. New York and indeed the country as a viewers looking for the comfort and shared A CLASSIC whole are left with a brutal hangover — and joy of music during the holidays. The Sound of Music the party is over for the Emperors of New ABC, 7 p.m. York, as well. Indictments. Prison sentences. Ruinous debt. While some decide to play their Candy Land Celebrate the Rodgers & Hammerstein best hand and escape with what they can, Food Network, 9 p.m. Season Finale cinematic treasure and Oscar-winning classic others continue to feel invincible — digging in Host Kristin Chenoweth tasks the fi nal two with popular favorites “Edelweiss,” “My their heels and getting ready for the fi ght of teams with whipping up one last delectable Favorite Things,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Do- their lives. gift for Candy Land’s King Kandy. Re-Mi,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen,” “The Lonely Goatherd” and “The Sound of Music.” Cross Country Christmas The 22nd Annual Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m. Original Film The Top Ten Revealed A Home for the Holidays EVERETT COLLECTION AXS TV, 8 p.m. Season Finale Former classmates Lina (Rachael Leigh Cook) CBS, 9:30 p.m. and Max (Greyston Holt) are traveling home In “Songs About Your Ride,” whether Inspiring stories of adoption from foster care The Holly and the Ivy for the holidays until a storm hits and they fi guratively or literally, many classic tunes are shared in the Gayle King-hosted special, TCM, 10:15 p.m. have to work together to make it home in have been written and sung about sweet featuring performances by Josh Groban, time, no matter the mode of transportation. Turner Classic Movies’ Classic vehicles. This episode counts down the best of Miranda Lambert, Andrea Bocelli and more. Christmas Marathon continues them, as picked by rock experts Rikki Rockett, all day today, and one of the DJ Damage, Ahmet Zappa and others. American Monster This Is Life With Lisa Ling highlights is The Holly and the Ivy, Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m. CNN, 10 p.m. Season Finale a heartwarming 1952 drama about The Real Housewives In “Out of His Shell,” doting parents Brett In “Psychedelic Healing,” journalist Lisa an English family that is reunited and Mona Wehde live a quiet life in sleepy Ling concludes the seventh season of her during the holidays. With Christmas of Atlanta rural Iowa raising their three children. When docuseries in which she travels across imminent, recently widowed village Bravo, 8 p.m. a new family arrives, relationships fl ourish, America to explore communities that are parson Martin Gregory (Ralph In “Ten Ten, Twenty Twenty,” Porsha returns but behind closed doors a wicked plot is often unknown or misunderstood with a look Richardson) is particularly looking home from her second arrest in Kentucky and hatched that soon destroys life as they know at the rising popularity of psychedelic healing. forward to the holiday visit from his also reveals that she and Dennis have called it it forever. three grown children (Celia Johnson, quits. Kenya o ers Cynthia marital advice and Margaret Leighton, Denholm Elliott). Project Christmas Wish However, each has their own piece juggles her fast-track friendship with LaToya. A Christmas Break Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 10 p.m. of di cult news to share — and Drew and Ralph agree to go to marriage Lifetime, 8 p.m. Original Film Original Film counseling, while Cynthia and Mike disagree they don’t know how to break it to a Schoolteacher Addison Tate (Cindy Sampson) For years, Lucy has played Santa to her small over when to host their dream wedding. father they felt gave more attention wants this Christmas to be special for her town’s community by making their holiday to his parishioners than to them. kids, especially since the school board has wishes come true. But when Lucy grants a Empires of New York decided that it will be the last, as the school little girl’s wish for a Christmas like she used CNBC, 8 p.m. will be closing. When Addison meets Danny to have with her mom, she unexpectedly fi nds In “1987-90: Party’s Over,” when something (Steve Byers), a Hollywood actor who is home her own wishes coming true in life and love. From the editors of seems too good to be true, it usually is. Black to reconnect with his roots, sparks fl y, uniting Stars Amanda Schull and Travis Van Winkle. 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 MONDAY All times Eastern. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confi rm times on your on-screen guide. ‘Skyscraper’ Jeopardy! KIMBERLEY FRENCH Syndicated, check local listings Skyscraper (2018, Action) Dwayne In memory of longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Johnson, Neve Campbell FX, 8 p.m. Trebek, who died Nov. 8 at the age of 80, 10 of his best episodes will air across this week and next. ‘Paranormal Declassifi ed’ General Hospital TRAVEL CHANNEL CATCH ABC, 2 p.m. the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Bengals on Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas” (by A CLASSIC Jason (Steve Burton) has trouble reconnecting Monday Night Football. Albert Hague and Dr. Seuss), breathes new with Sonny (Maurice Benard). Carly introduces life into this timeless story. This fun-fi lled two- Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) to baby Donna. neXt hour production will air from the Troubadour Laura (Genie Francis) sco s at the notion FOX, 8 p.m. Theatre in London and stars Matthew that she and Cyrus (Je Kober) have anything Morrison (Glee) as the Grinch. in common. Peter (Wes Ramsey) and Maxie In the new episode “File #8,” neXt continues (Kirsten Storms) fi nd out the sex of their to wreak havoc around the world. LeBlanc (John Slattery) decides to plant a virus on the Cosmos: Possible Worlds unborn child. Finn (Michael Easton) is roped FOX, 9 p.m. Season Finale into a spontaneous poker game with Chase neXt server, but he must break into ZAVA in In the season-fi nale episode “Seven Wonders (Josh Swickard). order to do it. of the New World,” travel to the future and College Football: Spotlight on Christmas the dazzling pavilions of the 2039 New York Lifetime, 8 p.m. Original Film World’s Fair, where problems currently considered intractable may have been solved Myrtle Beach Bowl Dumped two weeks before Christmas, ESPN, 2:30 p.m. Live through public commitment and scientifi c actress Olivia O’Hara (Tori Anderson) secretly imagination. ESPN has coverage of the Myrtle Beach returns to her tiny hometown to hide out, Bowl from Brooks Stadium in Conway, South eat cookies and avoid the press. What she Carolina. doesn’t expect is to be faced with the family Twisted Sisters she left behind, meet a charming new guy, Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m. Season Finale Grandma Got Run Over Casey Rawlins (Victor Zinck Jr.), and have RKO RADIO PICTURES a nosy reporter following her every move. In “The Patio Door,” sisters Dakota and Sidnee by a Reindeer Completely overwhelmed, Olivia contemplates are very similar, and their similarity creates a The Miracle The CW, 8 p.m. running away from her life once again, but particularly vicious rivalry. The sisters live in Based on the hit song that became a with a newfound confi dence and freedom, she a small town where there’s no getting away of the Bells worldwide holiday phenomenon, this goofy bravely steps up to take the starring role in from one another, which only makes things TCM, 9:45 p.m. and heartwarming adventure features her own life, realizing that home is where the worse. Eventually one of the sisters lures a Based on Russell Janney’s bestseller, young Jake Spankenheimer on the quest of a heart is and that she deserves to be loved for local teenage gang into a plot that leads to this 1948 drama follows Hollywood lifetime to track his missing grandma down exactly who she really is. murder. press agent Bill Dunnigan (Fred on Christmas Eve to prove that Santa Claus is MacMurray) as he tries to carry indeed real. Michele Lee provides the voice of Dr. Seuss’ Paranormal Declassified out a deathbed promise he made Jake’s greedy cousin Mel, and recording artist Travel Channel, 10 p.m. New Series to the only woman he ever loved Elmo Shropshire provides the narration. The Grinch Musical! In the premiere episode of this series that — an aspiring actress named Olga NBC, 8 p.m. explores the unexplained, host Paul Beban Treskovna (Alida Valli), who dies NFL Football: Dr. Seuss’ beloved classic children’s book sets out to bring the truth about sea monsters after completing her fi rst fi lm. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! has become to the surface. After exposing a U.S. Navy Pittsburgh at Cincinnati a Christmas staple for generations. This encounter with an unclassifi ed creature in ESPN, 8 p.m. Live musical version, with book and lyrics by a Caribbean trench, Paul tracks a similar AFC North rivals battle at Cincinnati’s Paul Timothy Mason and music by Mel Marvin and one said to be hiding in the dark depths of From the editors of Brown Stadium as Ben Roethlisberger leads featuring the hit songs “You’re a Mean One, Vermont’s Lake Champlain. TV Weekly and tvinsider.com
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Rowling’s original choice for the Hogwarts Express, Drew Carey hosts this special holiday-themed City Hall an eight-carriage 1940s vintage train primetime edition of the game show as PBS, 8 p.m. shimmering with twinkling lights. Enjoy families come on down to the iconic stage to play for festive prizes. Explore the role of city government, and see illuminated displays at passing stations, a how Boston provides services for its citizens. magical snowfall and views of the timeless Mayor Marty Walsh and his administration landscape of Shropshire in the heart of rural neXt grapple with their policy priorities, which England. FOX, 8 p.m. Series Finale include racial justice, a ordable housing, WARNER BROS. FOX isn’t bringing back neXt for a second climate action and homelessness. General Hospital season, so the series will wrap up tonight Christmas ABC, 2 p.m. with the fi nal two episodes, “File #9” and Let’s Make “File #10.” LeBlanc (John Slattery) and Shea in Connecticut Diane (Carolyn Hennesy) is called to the PCPD TCM, 8 p.m. to help a friend. Nikolas (Marcus Coloma) (Fernanda Andrade) devise one last dangerous a Deal Primetime CBS, 9 p.m. This beloved 1945 holiday farce comforts Ava (Maura West). Finn (Michael ploy to destroy neXt and save their lives, their families and the world. Let’s Make a Deal will be decked out with stars Barbara Stanwyck as single Easton) opens up to Anna (Finola Hughes). New Yorker Elizabeth Lane, who in Robert (Tristan Rogers) catches up with Jackie holiday decorations as well as festively themed The Christmas High Note games and deals. Plus, Christopher Jackson, her job as a food writer has been (Kim Delaney). Obrecht (Kathleen Gati) comes pretending to live the life of a perfect up with a new plan. Lifetime, 8 p.m. Original Film star of Bullon CBS, makes a special guest appearance. Wayne Brady hosts. farmer’s wife and mother, earning After being stood up by her partner Brad the admiration of real housewives College Football (William McNamara), Rachel (Jamie Luner) nationwide under false pretenses. ESPN, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Live soon meets Michael (Johnny Messner) and his A Saturday Night Live But when Elizabeth’s editor (Sydney teenage daughter, Sophia. During Christmas College football bowl season continues on Christmas Special Greenstreet), who is unaware Eve pageant rehearsals, Sophia fi nds herself ESPN with the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl at NBC, 9 p.m. she is lying, insists that she host challenged to hit the high note in her solo of a Christmas dinner for returning Albertsons Stadium in Boise and the Boca Santa brings the laughs as SNL goes into the “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.” Rachel o ers war hero Je erson Jones (Dennis Raton Bowl at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, time capsule for two hours of Christmas- to coach Sophia’s performance and discovers a Morgan), a big fan of Elizabeth’s Florida. themed sketches. new interest in Michael. recipes (which she has been getting from someone else), she needs to NBA Basketball The Voice First Christmas scramble and cobble together both TNT, beginning at 7 p.m. Live OWN, 9 p.m. Original Film a farm and a “family” to pull o The NBA tips o the 2020-21 regular season, Holiday Celebration Given up for adoption and placed in foster care the dinner. Things get even more which has been shortened to 72 games due NBC, 8 p.m. at a young age, writer Halle Downing (Idara complicated when she meets Jones to COVID-19. Opening night has Stephen An array of coaches from The Voice past and Victor) receives the blessing of a lifetime and it’s love at fi rst sight. Curry’s return to the court as his Golden State present, some music superstars, and many when she is invited to spend Christmas in New Warriors visit Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn beloved artists from the competition series’ Orleans with the biological family she never Nets. The nightcap has Kawhi Leonard and family perform holiday classics and popular knew. Halle soon faces the hard reality that the L.A. Clippers vs. LeBron James and the modern favorites. Plus, Season 19 coaches fi nding her place in this close-knit family is From the editors of champion L.A. Lakers. Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, John Legend going to take longer than she thought. TV Weekly and tvinsider.com
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David Oyelowo fragrance, the Heart of the Highlands. But interactive display reminiscent of a mini A CLASSIC and Kyle Chandler also star. when she arrives, she fi nds the dashing Disneyland and much more. Then judge license owner, Alistair McGregor (Dan Carter Oosterhouse will announce the season General Hospital Jeannotte), is a stubborn aristocrat who won’t winner of the coveted Light Fight trophy. ABC, 2 p.m. sell. Thinking on her feet, she poses as a Carly (Laura Wright) hides her concern. documentary fi lmmaker to learn the secret Sistas Michael (Chad Duell) takes Lucas (Matt formula. The more time they spend together, BET, 9 p.m. Trudeau) by surprise. Molly (Haley Pullos) the more sparks fl y. With the scent of romance In “Thinking of You,” Andi (KJ Smith) believes and T.J. (Tajh Bellow) spend Christmas Eve at in the air, will Blaire fi nd love where she least she is being punished for dating a married Jordan (Briana Henry) and Curtis’ (Donnell expected? man, but Danni (Mignon) and Sabrina Turner). Portia (Brook Kerr) gives Curtis (Novi Brown) stand in full support of her COLUMBIA PICTURES advice. Sasha (Sofi a Mattsson) berates Brando Epic Yellowstone as she attempts to make things right with (Johnny Wactor). Smithsonian Channel, beginning at 8 p.m. Gary (Chido Nwokocha). Meanwhile, Calvin Bell, Book It’s a place where snow meets fi ery (Anthony Dalton) and Maurice (Brian Jordan College Football underground forces, where waters travel from Jr.) enter into an agreement. and Candle ESPN, beginning at 3 p.m. Live Rocky Mountain peaks to the Great Plains and TCM, 6 p.m. ESPN airs a pair of college football bowl where age-old battles between predator and Garth & Trisha Live! Magic and mirth abound in this 1958 games with the R+L Carriers New Orleans prey take place. This is Yellowstone, home A Holiday Concert Event romantic comedy. It all seems like Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and to some of the most spectacular landscapes good fun when Greenwich Village CBS, 9 p.m. the Montgomery Bowl at Alabama’s Cramton and wildlife in America. Join host Bill Pullman witch Gillian “Gil” Holroyd (Kim Bowl. on an exploration of its colorful springs and CBS airs an encore of this special featuring Novak) casts a spell on publisher raging waters, its glittering winters and lush Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood Shepherd “Shep” Henderson A Holly Dolly Christmas summers, and its returning packs of predators performing songs of the season for viewers (James Stewart) in a plot to get CBS, 8 p.m. and vast array of winged creatures. looking for the comfort and shared joy of back at his fi ancee, a snooty former music during the holidays. Christmas is Dolly Parton’s favorite time of schoolmate. However, complications year, and the beloved entertainer is excited The Mothman Sightings arise when Gil begins to have actual feelings for her human plaything, to share some much-needed joy and holiday Travel Channel, 8 p.m. Tra cked cheer. Performing from an intimate, candlelit along with the fact that her reckless A new Shock Doc documentary special looks With Mariana van Zeller warlock brother Nicky (Jack set, Dolly brings both powerful, faith-led into the mysterious Mothman. Nat Geo, 9 p.m. hymns and lighthearted holiday classics to Lemmon) is planning on exposing In “Pimps,” an eye-opening journey through viewers, sharing personal Christmas stories their witchy world by writing a book her home state of California, journalist and faith-based recollections of the season, The Great on magic with egomaniacal author Mariana van Zeller embeds with pimps, interspersed with songs from her new holiday Sidney Redlitch (Ernie Kovacs) for Christmas Light Fight victims, undercover cops and private Shep’s publishing company. album, A Holly Dolly Christmas. ABC, 9 p.m. Season Finale investigators to understand the ugly business In the season’s fi nal two back-to-back of illicit sex in America. How do pimps recruit? Christmas at the Castle episodes, festive families will showcase their How do they think? Where do they get their Lifetime, 8 p.m. Original Film awe-inspiring holiday displays, competing to power? And just how far will they go to grab From the editors of This Christmas, Blaire Henderson (Brooke win the $50,000 prize. We’ll be treated to a their share of this billion-dollar black market? TV Weekly and tvinsider.com
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Every year, the King’s College Chapel Choir performs a carol service that ‘The Greatest Showman’ CATCH always opens with “Once in Royal David’s NIKO TAVERNISE City” followed later on by a new, specially commissioned carol for each year. family, IFC makes you a holiday o er you can’t a visionary who rose from nothing to create A CLASSIC refuse with nearly 24 hours of classic drama the “Greatest Show on Earth,” a spectacle and Shadow Lines and comedy related to mob families. Enjoy celebration of his larger-than-life imagination Sundance Now New Series Goodfellas (1990), The Godfather (1972), The that captivated audiences around the globe. Godfather Part II (1974) and My Cousin Vinny This is the U.S. premiere of a 10-episode (1992; airs twice today). drama set in the 1950s in which the hottest Greek Island spot of the Cold War is not Washington or General Hospital Odyssey Marathon Moscow but Helsinki, where the KGB and the Smithsonian Channel, beginning at 9 p.m. CIA vie for control of Finland, a small Nordic ABC, 2 p.m. Historian Bettany Hughes has embarked on country wedged between East and West In this repeat from Sept. 16, 2020, Stella an epic, personal journey. Inspired by Homer’s powers. Helena (Emmi Parviainen), a student (Vernee Watson) is sympathetic, Sonny The Odyssey, she will sail the unpredictable freshly returned from the United States, is (Maurice Benard) reminisces about what Mediterranean seas, tracing Odysseus’s long recruited by her godfather to join a top-secret might have been and Brando (Johnny Wactor) REPUBLIC PICTURES journey home. Her mission: to experience Finnish task force in its ongoing missions: has a moment with Josslyn (Eden McCoy). what the Greek hero experienced and to preventing the two global powerhouses It’s a Wonderful Life uncover truths behind the myths and legends, meddling in the presidential election and NBC, 8 p.m. College Football: all while enjoying the delights of ancient keeping their homeland independent. But as Greece today. Follow her 1,700-mile adventure If you missed its airings on USA she begins to discover the truth about her New Mexico Bowl as it takes her to over a dozen islands and 22 Network earlier this month or past, her personal and professional life collide. ESPN, 3:30 p.m. Live just want to see it again, you can historic sites and puts her through two hair- With long-kept secrets and political agendas ESPN has coverage of the New Mexico watch James Stewart, Donna raising storms and even an earthquake. coming to a head, the team must overcome Bowl, which has traditionally taken place in Reed, Henry Travers and Lionel the lies and distrust if they have any chance of Albuquerque but will take place at Toyota Barrymore in Frank Capra’s beloved succeeding. All episodes are available today. Stadium in Frisco, Texas, this year due to New 24 Hours of A Christmas 1946 masterpiece It’s a Wonderful Mexico’s COVID-19 restrictions. Story Marathon Life in its annual NBC broadcast. Doctor Who Christmas TNT, 9 p.m. Stewart stars as George Bailey, a discouraged and despairing Yuletide Yeti “You’ll shoot your eye out!” All 9-year-old Specials Marathon Travel Channel, 8 p.m. building-and-loan manager who BBC America, beginning at 6:15 a.m. Ralphie Parker wanted for the holidays was a contemplates suicide before a In “Yeti in America,” shocking new evidence Red Ryder air rifl e, but the days leading up to Spend Christmas with the Doctor as BBC guardian angel named Clarence suggests that the yeti, one of the world’s most Christmas where he is surrounded by his less- America presents a marathon of Doctor Who (Travers) intervenes and allows him elusive and dangerous monsters, not only than-perfect family and all sorts of setbacks Christmas specials throughout the day and to see what George’s small town of may come from an otherworldly source but make this one of the most memorable and continuing Friday. Bedford Falls would be without him also resides in America. funny holiday classics of all time. — and all that is right in his world. Christmas Eve The Greatest Showman Christmas Eve Mass With the Family ABC, 8 p.m. NBC, 11:30 p.m. IFC, beginning at 7:05 a.m. In the network broadcast premiere of this 2017 Watch the Pope Francis-led Mass from St. From the editors of If you can’t spend Christmas with your own musical, Hugh Jackman stars as P.T. Barnum, Peter’s Basilica in Rome. 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 FRIDAY All times Eastern. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confi rm times on your on-screen guide. ‘Soul’ ‘Jumanji’ Sylvie’s Love DISNEY+ COLUMBIA TRISTAR PICTURES INC. Amazon Prime Video Original Film her hometown, only to fi nd out they’ve sold Jumanji (1995, Children) Robin Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha play Disney Parks Magical the family’s beloved chocolate store to a Williams, Bonnie Hunt VICE, 7 p.m. a couple who reconnect years after a summer stranger who knows nothing about chocolate. romance and discover their feelings remain. Christmas Day Celebration ABC, 10 a.m. Begrudgingly, her father convinces her that Disney’s annual Christmas celebration airs on she’d be the obvious choice to help teach Bridgerton the new owner everything she knows about Netfl ix New Series ABC and features heartwarming stories and CATCH amazing celebrity performances. chocolate. In the middle of planning the From Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland comes perfect retirement party for her parents, A CLASSIC this quick-witted and romantic period drama she discovers that not everything has to be inspired by Julia Quinn’s bestselling novels. NBA Basketball perfect. And sometimes, when you least The series follows Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe ABC & ESPN, beginning at noon Live expect it, you fi nd love. Also stars Jason Dynevor), the eldest daughter of the powerful The NBA leaves a full Christmas Day of Burkey. Bridgerton family, as she makes her debut marquee matchups under the tree. Zion onto Regency London’s competitive marriage Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans visit How the Grinch market. Daphne fi nds herself in an increasing the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat attraction to, and battle of wits with, the Duke (ESPN), Stephen Curry and the Golden State Stole Christmas! of Hastings (Rege-Jean Page), the catch of the Warriors battle Giannis Antetokounmpo and NBC, 8 p.m. season. Julie Andrews lends her voice to the the Milwaukee Bucks (ABC), Kevin Durant In this original 1966 TV special based on Dr. mysterious Lady Whistledown, author of a leads the Brooklyn Nets against Jayson Tatum Seuss’ classic story, Boris Karlo narrates PARAMOUNT PICTURES high-society scandal sheet. and the Boston Celtics (ABC), Luka Doncic and voices the title Grinch, who schemes to and the Dallas Mavericks visit LeBron James steal every material vestige of Christmas Holidays With Queen’s Christmas and the champion L.A. Lakers (ABC & ESPN), from the Whos of Whoville. But the Grinch and Kawhi Leonard’s L.A. Clippers clash with ultimately discovers he can’t remove the spirit the Hepburns Message 2020 Nikola Jokic’s Denver Nuggets (ESPN). of Christmas from the Whos’ hearts. TCM, beginning at 8 p.m. BritBox While legendary actresses Every year on Christmas Day, Queen Elizabeth College Football: How the Grinch Katharine Hepburn and Audrey addresses the public in a broadcast in which Camellia Bowl Hepburn were not related, they she shares a chronicle of the year’s major Stole Christmas ESPN, 2:30 p.m. Live certainly did share a charisma and events and personal milestones. NBC, 8:30 p.m. acting talent that established them Christmas Day college football bowl game Jim Carrey plays Dr. Seuss’ titular meanie in a as towering and enduring fi gures action features the Camellia Bowl in live-action adaptation directed by Ron Howard. in Hollywood history. The evening Soul Montgomery, Alabama. Disney+ Feature Film Premiere begins with Audrey in Billy Wilder’s Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey lend their voices to Call the Midwife romantic comedy Sabrina (above) NFL Football: (1954). Audrey also appears in Pixar’s latest animated feature, which asks the My Holiday Special Fair Lady (1964) and Two for the question: What is it that makes you ... YOU? Minnesota at New Orleans PBS, 9 p.m. FOX & NFL Network, 4:30 p.m. Live Road (1967). As for Katharine, see It is December 1965. Everyone at Nonnatus her in John Huston’s 1951 classic Wonder Woman 1984 A special Christmas Day Friday edition of House is looking forward to traditional The African Queen; the 1938 HBO Max Feature Film Premiere Thursday Night Football has the Minnesota celebrations with all the trimmings, but romantic comedy Holiday; and in DC’s eagerly awaited and COVID-delayed Vikings in the Big Easy for a Week 16 clash nothing goes quite to plan. Sister Monica Joan her Best Actress Oscar-winning role follow-up to its 2017 blockbuster fi nally hits against the New Orleans Saints. is rushed to hospital, and Trixie is incensed to in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner theaters and HBO Max. Jumping from World receive a subscription to a Marriage Bureau (1967). War I to the 1980s, the fi lm pits Diana (Gal My Sweet Holiday as a Christmas gift. Meanwhile, a surprise Gadot) against new foes Max Lord (Pedro Lifetime, 8 p.m. Original Film reunion for Shelagh involves her in a deeply Pascal) and Cheetah (Kristen Wiig). Available When Sadie’s (Malone Thomas) boyfriend moving birth, and the circus arrives in Poplar, for one month on HBO Max starting today, at cancels their holiday plans, she decides to bringing new friendships, new experiences From the editors of no additional cost to subscribers. spend Christmas with her parents back in and an exciting adventure for Nurse Crane! TV Weekly and tvinsider.com
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