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Tuesday, Dec. 6

This Is Us: “Last Christmas”
NBC, 9pm
The Pearson family finds themselves at the hospital on Christmas Eve after little Kate comes down with appendicitis. When they run into Dr. K. (Gerald McRaney), who is alone at the hospital, they realize they need to be there for him as much as he was once there for them. Presently, Kevin (Justin Hartley) celebrates Hanukkah with Olivia (Janet Montgomery) and her family, Kate (Chrissy Metz) continues to pursue her big surgery and someone from William’s (Ron Cephas Jones) past reappears in his life.

Reggie Watts: Spatial
Netflix
Comedian/musician Reggie Watts brings viewers along on a one-of-a-kind surrealist experimental comedy adventure. The completely improvised show, filmed live on a soundstage in Los Angeles, weaves together sketches, short stories and dream sequences for a unique experience.

The Middle: “Trip and Fall”
ABC, 8pm
Guest Star Alert!
The Hecks’ trashy neighbor Rita Glossner (guest star Brooke Shields) talks an apprehensive Frankie (Patricia Heaton) into a road trip. Meanwhile Mike (Neil Flynn) takes an embarrassing fall at the quarry and is even more humiliated when OSHA is called in to investigate. Sue (Eden Sher) tries to mend fences between Axl (Charlie McDermott) and the family, after her brother learns their true feelings about April (Greer Grammer).

NCIS: “Pay to Play”
CBS, 8pm
Guest Star Alert!
The NCIS team investigates a series of escalating threats against a congresswoman (guest star Mary Stuart Masterson), while Director Vance (Rocky Carroll) oversees temporary protection detail, in the new episode “Pay to Play.”

The Voice: “Live Semifinal Results”
NBC, 8pm Live
America votes to keep the top three artists in the competition following last night’s performances. After these finalists are revealed, the bottom two artists will be sent home immediately, while the middle three compete in the Instant Save for the last spot in the finale.

New Girl: “Es Good”
FOX, 8:30pm
Guest Star Alert!
Former Mike & Molly star Billy Gardell plays a difficult house contractor whose respect is one thing Schmidt (Max Greenfield) can’t nail down, so Schmidt enlists his buddy Nick (Jake Johnson) for help.

Fresh Off the Boat: “The Taming of the Dads”
ABC, 9pm
To celebrate their one-year anniversary, Eddie (Hudson Yang) reluctantly agrees to take Alison (Isabella Alexander) to the see a modern remake of Romeo and Juliet. But when the young couple’s dads bond over their love of Shakespeare and crash their kids’ date, Alison wonders if Eddie’s and her romance has lost its spark. Meanwhile, Jessica (Constance Wu) gets called for jury duty and campaigns to be the “Jury Boss.”

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Bravo, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The lovely L.A. ladies are back! Erika Girardi, Lisa Vanderpump, Kyle Richards, Lisa Rinna and Eileen Davidson return for Season 7 and are joined by new housewife Dorit Kemsley — whose husband is a powerful celebrity manager — and friend Eden Sassoon, daughter of the hair-care king Vidal Sassoon. Expect tons of drama and the franchise’s trademark trips: This year the show heads to Mexico, Hong Kong, Georgia and Mykonos.

Bull: “Too Perfect”
CBS, 9pm
In the new episode “Too Perfect,” Bull’s (Michael Weatherly) efforts to assist with his ex-wife Isabella’s (guest star Yara Martinez) defense in a wrongful death lawsuit are hindered by unresolved issues from their marriage and her longstanding rift with her brother, Benny (Freddy Rodriguez).

No Tomorrow: “No Truer Words”
The CW, 9pm
Evie (Tori Anderson) must enlist Timothy’s (Jesse Rath) help after a hurtful secret shatters Xavier’s (Joshua Sasse) world.

Scream Queens: “Rapunzel, Rapunzel”
FOX, 9pm
Scream Queens’ own Jamie Lee Curtis directs this episode. A man from Dean Munsch’s (Curtis) past checks in to the C.U.R.E. Institute with plans to win her back.

Gangsters: America’s Most Evil
Reelz, 9pm
Season Premiere!
A new season of hourlong episodes looks at the sinister side of celebrity, with profiles on the lethal beauties, outlaws and kingpins who inspire nightmarish Hollywood crime dramas.

NCIS: New Orleans: “Music to My Ears”
CBS, 10pm
After a member of the prestigious United States Navy Band is murdered in her home, Pride (Scott Bakula) takes temporary custody of the victim’s nephew — the sole witness to the crime — in the new episode “Music to My Ears.”

Knocked Up
Lifetime, 10pm
New Series!
This new docuseries, created in partnership with the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, follows three smart, ambitious — and decidedly not teenage — women who, after one unguarded moment, find themselves on the road to motherhood.

Chicago Fire: “One Hundred”
NBC, 10pm
Lt. Casey (Jesse Spencer) and Dawson (Monica Raymund) apply for permanent adoption of Louie, but quickly discover a hurdle. Firefighter-turned-medical-student Jeff Clarke (guest star Jeff Hephner) approaches Lt. Severide (Taylor Kinney) with an interesting proposition. With hopes of reinvigorating business at the bar, Otis convinces a skeptical Herrmann to throw a bash in celebration of the milestone 100th anniversary of Molly’s, but not without complications.

Aftermath: “Where the Dead Men Lost Their Bones”
Syfy, 10pm
With a family member on the verge of death, the Copelands resort to desperate measures.

Shooter: “Overwatch”
USA Network, 10pm
In a flashback to their time serving in Afghanistan, Bob Lee (Ryan Phillippe) and Isaac (Omar Epps) clash with opposing ideologies. Nadine (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) investigates the Ukrainian connection, putting herself on the conspirators’ radar.

Drunk History
Comedy Central, 10:30pm
Season Finale!
In the Season 4 finale “S**t Shows,” DJ Steve Dahl sparks an anti-disco riot, the Cherry Sisters emerge as the worst vaudeville act of all time, and a rivalry between two actors turns violent. Colin Hanks, Jack McBrayer, David Koechner, Allison Tolman, Ben Folds and Patton Oswalt guest-star.

The Battle of the Ex-Besties
Oxygen, 11pm
New Series!
E! News’ Sibley Scoles hosts this reality competition where former BFFs compete together for a life-changing cash prize. Each pair of frenemies must decide whether to give their relationship a fighting chance, or let the pressure of competition push them apart forever.

Wednesday, Dec. 7

Shut Eye
Hulu
New Series!
Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice) stars as Charlie Haverford, a scammer with a small chain of fortune-telling storefronts in Los Angeles. A blow to the head from a client’s angry boyfriend intersects with a hypnosis session while auditioning a new “clairvoyant,” and suddenly, Charlie actually begins to see and feel some very real and fundamental truths. KaDee Strickland, Angus Sampson, Isabella Rossellini and Emmanuelle Chriqui also star in this 10-episode series that streams weekly.

NBA Basketball
ESPN, beginning at 8pm Live
LeBron James and the 2016 NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers head to New York City’s Madison Square Garden for a matchup against Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks. ESPN’s second game features Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and the Golden State Warriors going south to face Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and the L.A. Clippers.

Lethal Weapon: “Jingle Bell Glock”
FOX, 8pm
Murtaugh’s (Damon Wayans) family Christmas takes an unexpected turn when a hit is put out on Riggs (Clayne Crawford). When Murtaugh’s family starts receiving threats, he puts Trish (Keesha Sharp) and the kids in protective custody so that he and Riggs can get to the bottom of the warnings.

Hairspray Live!
NBC, 8pm Live
Harvey Fierstein, Ephraim Sykes, Jennifer Hudson, Kristin Chenoweth, Martin Short, Derek Hough, Ariana Grande and delightful newcomer Maddie Baillio headline NBC’s newest live-theater spectacle. Broadway icon Fierstein adapted the stage production of avant-garde auteur John Waters’ quirky 1988 film — a playground for Waters’ equally avant-garde troupe of favored actors — into a lively, family-friendly evening that celebrates self-esteem, racial equality and the power of a good set of dance moves.

Speechless: “S-L-E—SLED HOCKEY”
ABC, 8:30pm
JJ (Micah Flowler) desperately wants to join a sled hockey team for people with disabilities, but Jimmy (John Ross Bowie) thinks it’s too dangerous. Meanwhile, Maya (Minnie Driver) takes a CPR class with Kenneth (Cedric Yarbrough) and, seeing how popular he is, realizes that she needs to be nicer if she’s going to keep him as JJ’s aide.

Criminal Minds: “Scarecrow”
CBS, 9pm
Every episode of Criminal Minds has fresh blood. Tonight it just happens to be of the walking, talking variety. Actor Damon Gupton (Prime Suspect) joins the show as the Behavior Analysis Unit’s latest recruit, agent Stephen Walker, a former G-man trained in using criminal profiling (the BAU’s stock-in-trade) to catch spooks. Walker is also an ex-colleague of BAU boss Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster). Just don’t expect the pair to do much reminiscing while there is a serial killer (nicknamed Mr. Scratch) on the loose.

Frequency: “Gray Line”
The CW, 9pm
In the winter finale of the time-traveling drama, Raimy (Peyton List) and Frank (Riley Smith) make a startling discovery about the Nightingale killer.

Vikings: “The Vision”
History, 9pm
The Kattegat locals chide Ragnar that the gods have deserted him as he struggles to crew his voyage to Wessex. Bjorn prepares to fulfill his dream of exploring the Mediterranean.

black-ish: “Nothing But Nepotism”
ABC, 9:30pm

Bow (Tracee Ellis-Ross) urges Dre (Anthony Anderson) to use his connections to secure Zoey (Yara Sahidi) a fellowship, but Dre wants his girl to earn the position on her own. Meanwhile, Junior (Marcus Scribner) gets fired from the twins’ favorite pizza and arcade joint after he reports the eatery’s unclean practices to corporate and they shut the place down.

Designated Survivor: “The Blueprint”
ABC, 10pm
When classified government documents are leaked online, President Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland) searches for the party responsible, only to find that they have taken refuge inside a foreign embassy. Meanwhile, Agent Hannah Wells (Maggie Q) races to gather evidence of MacLeish’s (Ashley Zuckerman) involvement in the conspiracy before he is confirmed as the next Vice President.

Code Black: “Ave Maria”
CBS, 10pm
Guest Star Alert!
The doctors at Angels Memorial are shocked to learn the connection that a 13-year-old patient has to one of their one. Also, Marlee Matlin guest-stars as a workaholic deaf patient in the new episode “Ave Maria.”

South Park
Comedy Central, 10pm
Season Finale!
Season 20 of South Park comes to an end tonight after a politically scathing season that gave us “member berries” and SkankHunt42.

Incorporated: “Downsizing”
Syfy, 10pm
Ben (Sean Teale) scrambles to deflect suspicion after the Spiga data breach, Laura (Allison Miller) offers to help when her mother’s policies evict an innocent family, and Theo (Eddie Ramos) is forced into an important cage fight.

Thursday, Dec. 8

SuperMansion: War on Christmas
Crackle
Crackle’s stop-motion animated series presents a half-hour holiday special. The series’ dysfunctional group of superheroes must band together to save Christmas when an interstellar imp unleashes a real-life Santa Claus who experiences an existential crisis. Returning to the seasonal special are voice-over stars Bryan Cranston, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Green, Jillian Bell and Anton Yelchin. Joining the cast for the special are Jim Parsons and Gary Anthony Williams.

Holiday Joy
Freeform, 3pm
Joy Hockstatter (Bailee Madison) tries to help her widower dad hold the family together, and at age 15, she’s become a surrogate mom to her brothers. But after a freak accident, Joy wakes up as a member of the Wellmans — her neighborhood’s “picture-perfect” family. Her new life seems to have changed for the better, but life for her dad and brothers has taken a turn for the worse and the only one who recognizes Joy from her previous life is her old dog, Levi.

Toy Story That Time Forgot
ABC, 8pm
The Toy Story gang finds out that a set of super-cool action figures are as scary as they look. Now it’s up to Trixie the triceratops to get everyone safely back to Bonnie’s room.

Taraji’s White Hot Holidays
FOX, 8pm
Empire star Taraji P. Henson hosts her second annual holiday special featuring musical performances and holiday cheer. Celebs including Jussie Smollett, Taye Diggs, Pharrell Williams, Missy Elliott, Alicia Keys, Darryl McDaniels of Run-D.M.C., Snoop Dogg and TLC will perform renditions of classic holiday songs. Tyler Perry (as his character Madea) and Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine star and host of the CW’s Terry Crews Saves Christmas) will also make cameos.

NFL Football: Oakland at Kansas City
NBC & NFL Network, 8:20pm Live
This Week 14 Thursday Night Football game could have big implications for the AFC playoffs as Derek Carr leads the Oakland Raiders into Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium for a meeting with the division rival Chiefs.

Shrek the Halls
ABC, 8:30pm
Everyone’s favorite ogre just wants a cozy Christmas at home, but he’s having trouble getting into the holiday spirit. Can Shrek’s beloved family and friends help him feel the magic of the holiday?

The Great Indoors: “@Emma”
CBS, 8:30pm
In the new episode “@Emma,” Emma (Christine Ko) quits after being turned down for a raise. Things don’t go so well when Jack (Joel McHale) and Roland (Stephen Fry) step in as the magazine’s new social media managers.

Pitch
FOX, 9pm
In the fall finale, as Ginny (Kylie Bunbury) nears her season’s end, Ross (guest star Josh Peck) warns the Padres that she is close to her pitching limit, but management is reluctant to bench their first female star. Let’s hope FOX feels the same way about their ratings-deprived drama.

Mom: “Cornbread and a Cashmere Onesie”
CBS, 9pm
In the new episode “Cornbread and a Cashmere Onesie,” Christy (Anna Faris) and Bonnie (Allison Janney) worry about Jill (Jaime Pressly) after her cry for help on the anniversary of her mother’s suicide.

Alone
History, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The hit survival series returns for Season 3, putting its 10 contestants — male and female hardcore survivalists — in a new location: Patagonia, South America. Equipped with limited gear and cameras to self-document their journeys, each person must find a way to survive. And that’s no easy task; the network says this is the most dangerous season yet, with the harsh Patagonian conditions forcing the urgent medical evacuation of many individuals over the course of the season.

Life in Pieces: “Swim Survivor Zen Talk”
CBS, 9:30pm
Guest Star Alert!
When John (James Brolin) decides to try out for Survivor, Tim (Dan Bakkedahl) gets jealous and attempts to undermine his audition tape. Jeff Probst guest-stars in the new episode “Swim Survivor Zen Talk.”

Pure Genius: “A Bunker Hill Christmas”
CBS, 10pm
When a young leukemia patient comes to Bunker Hill in need of a miracle, James (Augustus Prew) hopes a new cancer treatment will save her life in the new episode “A Bunker Hill Christmas.”

The Selection: Special Operations Experiment
History, 10pm
New Series!
From executive producer Peter Berg (Lone Survivor) comes this series that puts 30 men and women with no military background through an immersive, authentic experience led by veterans of the Navy SEALs, Green Berets and Army Rangers, while offering insight into the origins of these physical and mental challenges.

Friday, Dec. 9

Mozart in the Jungle
Amazon
Season Premiere!
In Season 3, Rodrigo (Gael García Bernal) takes on a brand-new artistic challenge: conducting the great opera diva Alessandra (Monica Bellucci) in her long-awaited return concert in Venice. He’s swept up in the city, communing with its rich musical history, as Alessandra pulls him into a passionate collaboration that quickly becomes operatic in its own right.

Captive
Netflix
New Series!
Doug Liman (the Bourne films) is an executive producer on this docuseries that looks at the most challenging hostage negotiations of our time, revealing how hostage-taking, and the efforts to resolve it, has evolved to address an escalating international trend.

Fuller House
Netflix
Season Premiere!
D.J. Tanner-Fuller (Candace Cameron Bure), Stephanie Tanner (Jodie Sweetin), Kimmy Gibbler (Andrea Barber) and the rest of the gang are back for Season 2 of this follow-up to the hit ’80s sitcom.

White Rabbit Project
Netflix
New Series!
Former MythBusters Kari Byron, Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara head down the rabbit hole to investigate weird and wonderful events from pop culture, science and history. Under their microscope are topics as diverse as jailbreaks, superpower technology, heists and crazy World War II weapons. In each episode, the hosts immerse themselves in experiments, builds and tests as they sleuth the truth behind these and other well-Googled themes.

Albert
Nickelodeon, 7pm
Original Film!
This all-new animated adventure tells the tale of a tiny Douglas fir who goes on a journey to become Empire City’s most famous Christmas tree ever. This 60-minute family flick stars the voices of Bobby Moynihan (Saturday Night Live) in the title role, plus Sasheer Zamata (Saturday Night Live), Judah Friedlander (30 Rock) and Rob Riggle (21 Jump Street).

MacGyver: “Pliers”
CBS, 8pm
On a visit to his hometown, Mac (Lucas Till) has no time to reminisce as his skills are needed in the search for a kidnapped prodigy who attends his old middle school in the new episode “Pliers.”

Hawaii Five-0: “Ka Luhi (The Burden)”
CBS, 9pm
Guest Star Alert!
Five-0 investigates the 10-year-old cold case of a missing teen when a boy suffering from PTSD undergoes hypnosis and realizes he may have witnessed her murder. Missy Peregrym (Rookie Blue) guest-stars in the new episode “Ka Luhi (The Burden).”

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: “Who’s the Cool Girl Josh Is Dating?”
The CW, 9pm
Guest Star Alert!
Brittany Snow guest stars as Josh’s (Vincent Rodriguez III) new love interest. And when Rebecca (Rachel Bloom) and Valencia (Gabrielle Ruiz) decide to investigate her, they discover way more than they bargained for.

Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
Showtime, 9pm
Madonna remains a pop diva best seen live in an amphitheater, but if you weren’t able to score a ticket to her most recent world tour, don’t worry. You’ll get a second chance with the Queen of Pop’s latest concert documentary. “This film has everything,” says director Nathan Rissman. “It’s full of humor, drama and a unique take on how she puts on such an amazing show.” The tour, in support of Madonna’s 2015 album, Rebel Heart, features classics like “Who’s That Girl?” and “Music” alongside new songs. Longtime collaborators Rissman and codirector Danny B. Tull captured footage from gigs performed all over the globe. “There’s a mixture that really gives the audience a multilayered perspective,” Rissman says. “We have cameras from every angle you could imagine.”

Z Nation: “Duel”
Syfy, 9pm
Addy (Anastasia Baranova) is being pummeled by whatever The Man (Joseph Gatt) can throw at her, while Lucy (Madelyn Grace) does the same to The Man.

Blue Bloods: “Unbearable Loss”
CBS, 10pm
After his son is killed, Rev. Darnell Potter (Ato Essandoh) must put aside his differences with Frank (Tom Selleck) and the Reagan family in order to get justice in the new episode “Unbearable Loss.”

Van Helsing: “It Begins”
Syfy, 10pm
Season Finale!
Now in the clutches of Dmitri (Paul Johansson) and Rebecca (Laura Mennell), Vanessa (Kelly Overton) learns secrets from her past and finds herself at a crossroads — is she a vampire or a human? Flesh (Vincent Gale) and the Resistance accelerate their timeline to rescue Vanessa, while Mohamad (Trezzo Mahoro) and Sheema (Naika Toussaint) finally come to blows over their allegiances.

Saturday, Dec. 10

College Basketball: Never Forget Tribute Classic
CBS & CBS Sports Network, beginning at 12pm Live
The Never Forget Tribute Classic at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., is a college basketball doubleheader to benefit the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund, which helps support education for children of Sept. 11 terrorist attack victims. The 2016 NCAA champion Villanova Wildcats play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on CBS, followed by the Pittsburgh Panthers vs. the Penn State Nittany Lions on CBS Sports Network.

Mary Poppins
ABC, 8pm
The 1964 Oscar winner, set in Edwardian London, tells the tale of transportationally gifted nanny Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews), who, with the help of a chimney sweep named Bert (Dick Van Dyke), teaches the wealthy but miserable Banks family lessons about life, love and how to pronounce “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.”

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
CBS, 8pm
The longest-running holiday special in television history returns as Rudolph and his friends — Hermey the elf, Yukon Cornelius and others — save Christmas in this classic Rankin/Bass special featuring the voice of legendary performer Burl Ives.

2016 Heisman Trophy Presentation
ESPN, 8pm Live
The Heisman Trophy is awarded to the year’s most outstanding college football player in this ceremony on ESPN, with Louisville QB Lamar Jackson, Washington QB Jake Browning, Clemson QB Deshaun Watson, San Diego State RB Donnel Pumphrey and Michigan LB Jabrill Peppers hoping for invites to New York City.

A Nutcracker Christmas
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Lilly James (Amy Acker) lives and breathes ballet, and her devotion pays off when she lands the lead role of Clara in the New York City Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker. But when her beloved sister dies, she is removed from the production and vows to never dance again. Years later, Lilly’s niece earns the same prestigious role in the Philadelphia Nutcracker Ballet and Lilly discovers that the ballet director is her long-ago love (Sascha Radetsky). Lilly must learn to let go of the past and give love and dance a second chance.

Merry Ex-Mas
TV One, 8pm
Original Film!
A scorned single parent seeks revenge on her child’s father when he decides to marry another woman. Stars London Brown, Angell Conwell, Sean Patrick Thomas, Faune Watkins and Clifton Powell.

Frosty the Snowman
CBS, 9pm
The classic animated musical special returns, narrated by Jimmy Durante. Jackie Vernon provides the voice of the “jolly, happy soul” whose old silk hat full of magic brings him to life. The special is followed by the 1992 sequel, Frosty Returns.

30 for 30: “Catholics vs. Convicts”
ESPN, 9pm
This new episode of the 30 for 30 documentary series looks at the 1988 football game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Miami Hurricanes, and how their contrasting reputations led to the clash being dubbed “Catholics vs. Convicts.”

Christmas With the Andersons
ION, 9pm
Original Film!
Drowning in tinsel and lights every Christmas, Michael and Caroline Anderson throw the year’s biggest party at their house. But this year, with Michael jobless and Caroline’s store struggling, that tradition may end. The Andersons decide to host a very different kind of party, and rediscover what’s most important about the holiday.