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Monday, Dec. 25
NBA Basketball
ABC & ESPN, beginning at 12pm Live
The NBA’s Christmas Day tradition continues with the Milwaukee Bucks at the N.Y. Knicks (ESPN), the Golden State Warriors at the Denver Nuggets (ABC & ESPN), the Boston Celtics at the L.A. Lakers (ABC & ESPN), the Philadelphia 76ers at the Miami Heat (ESPN) and the Dallas Mavericks at the Phoenix Suns (ESPN).
The Madame Blanc Mysteries Christmas Special
Acorn TV
In this special installment of the British mystery series, it’s coming up on Christmas, and eccentric married couple Judith (Sue Holderness) and Jeremy (Robin Askwith) have arranged for Jean (Sally Lindsay), Dom (Steve Edge), Caron (Alex Gaumond) and Gloria (Sue Vincent) to attend a murder mystery night at an old friend’s hotel that has a spooky history. However, it turns into an actual night of murder when someone is killed. With several suspects trapped there by a storm, can Jean discover who the killer is? New Season 3 episodes of The Madame Blanc Mysteries will pick back up in February.
“Doctor Who” Christmas Special: “The Church on Ruby Road”
Disney+
Ncuti Gatwa makes his debut as the Fifteenth Doctor in this special holiday installment of the long-running British sci-fi series, with Millie Gibson also making her first appearance as Ruby Sunday, the Doctor’s companion. Long ago on Christmas Eve, a baby was abandoned in the snow. Today, Ruby meets the Doctor, stolen babies, goblins and perhaps the secret of her birth.
The Original Yule Log
Antenna TV, beginning at 5am
Enjoy the crackling sounds of a cozy fireplace, accompanied by delightful tunes celebrating the season, in this five-hour broadcast of the original televised Yule Log, which originally aired on New York’s WPIX beginning in 1966.
Christmas Marathon Concludes
TCM, beginning at 6:30am
Catch Several Christmas Classics!
Have a merry classic Christmas with a day full of beloved holiday-related films on MOVIES! and Turner Classic Movies.
The lineup on MOVIES! begins early with O. Henry’s Full House (1952), an anthology of O. Henry short story adaptations, including his famous Christmas tale, “The Gift of the Magi.” The lineup continues with the Rat Pack flick Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964); Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1991), with Richard Thomas, Edward Asner and Charles Bronson; The Night They Saved Christmas (1984), starring Jaclyn Smith and Art Carney; Mrs. Santa Claus (1996), featuring Angela Lansbury in the title role; Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), the famed Judy Garland musical; A Christmas Carol (1951), led by Alastair Sim as Scrooge; An American Christmas Carol (1979), starring Henry Winkler; A Christmas Memory (1997), with Patty Duke; The Twelve Days of Christmas Eve (2004), led by Steven Weber and Molly Shannon; and Christmas Comes to Willow Creek (1987), with John Schneider, Tom Wopat and Kim Delaney.
TCM’s weeklong Christmas movie marathon wraps up today with a lineup featuring Bachelor Mother (1939), All Mine to Give (1957), Never Say Goodbye (1946), Holiday Affair (1949), The Apartment (1960), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) and In the Good Old Summertime (1949). The day concludes with the James Stewart-led Hitchcock classics Vertigo (1958), Rear Window (1954), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) and Rope (1948).
Christmas Through the Years Marathons
Rewind TV, beginning at 6am
Antenna TV, beginning at 10am
Today, Rewind TV and Antenna TV, networks devoted to classic television, fill your stocking with several hours of holiday episodes from beloved sitcoms.
Rewind’s lineup runs 22 hours and includes episodes from Head of the Class, 227, The Hogan Family, Mork & Mindy, NewsRadio, The Drew Carey Show, Becker, Dear John, Murphy Brown, Caroline in the City, Suddenly Susan, Growing Pains, Who’s the Boss?, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, My Two Dads, The Facts of Life, Family Ties, Diff’rent Strokes and Wings.
Antenna TV’s lineup runs 20 hours, with titles including Father Knows Best, The Burns and Allen Show, Dennis the Menace, Hazel, McHale’s Navy, Bewitched, That Girl, The Partridge Family, Maude, Barney Miller, Alice, Three’s Company, The Jeffersons, One Day at a Time, Archie Bunker’s Place, Family Ties, Too Close for Comfort, Benson, Silver Spoons and Welcome Back, Kotter.
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
ABC, 10am
Disney’s annual celebration returns Christmas morning with endearing stories and magical celebrity performances as the parade celebrates its 40th year.
NFL Football
CBS, FOX & ABC, beginning at 1pm Live
A Christmas Day NFL tripleheader has the Las Vegas Raiders at the Kansas City Chiefs (CBS), the N.Y. Giants at the Philadelphia Eagles (FOX) and the Baltimore Ravens at the San Francisco 49ers (ABC).
The Floor
FOX, 8pm
Sneak Preview!
Rob Lowe hosts this quiz show in which 81 players who proclaim to be experts in a unique category occupy a space on a grid. A player is chosen at random to challenge another contestant in a fast-paced duel of knowledge, with the winner claiming the loser’s space. Over 10 weeks, the player who conquers all the spaces on The Floor wins $250,000. The series premieres Jan. 2.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
NBC, 8pm
In this original 1966 animated TV special based on Dr. Seuss’ classic story, Boris Karloff narrates and voices the title Grinch, who schemes to steal every material vestige of Christmas from the Whos of Whoville. But the Grinch ultimately discovers he can’t remove the spirit of Christmas from the Whos’ hearts.
“Call the Midwife” 2023 Holiday Special
PBS, 8pm
Two weeks before Christmas, delicate situations cause uncertainty for the midwives. With the upcoming Apollo 8 launch and the festivity preparations starting, a treacherous heavy snowfall may complicate the holiday celebrations for everyone.
90 Day Fiancé Pillow Talk
TLC, 8pm
Before the new year begins, don’t miss fan-favorite pillow talkers watch and comment on the Top 20 surprising, dramatic, fun and shocking moments of the 90 Day universe this past year!
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
NBC, 8:30pm
Jim Carrey plays Dr. Seuss’ titular meanie in this 2000 live-action adaptation directed by Ron Howard.
Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!
CBS, 9pm
Filmed at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, this two-hour concert special from 2022 features Mariah Carey performing a repertoire of her festive holiday hits, including perennial favorite “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”
Tuesday, Dec. 26
College Football
ESPN, beginning at 2pm Live
Three games are on ESPN’s college football bowl game slate today with Bowling Green vs. Minnesota in the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit, Texas State vs. Rice in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl in Dallas and Kansas vs. UNLV in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl in Phoenix.
Building Outside the Lines
Magnolia Network, 8pm
New Series!
Out-of-the-box designer and builder Jared “Cappie” Capp and his daughter, Alex, transform ordinary preexisting structures into one-of-a-kind fantasy retreats.
TCM Spotlight: Cool in the Movies: “The Trendsetters”
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Sometimes a person is so cool that they can start an entire fashion trend, which is the focus of tonight’s schedule. First up is the critically acclaimed Frank Capra romantic comedy about a socialite who falls for a mischievous reporter, It Happened One Night (1934). In addition to being known as one of the greatest films of all time and the first of only three films to win all five major Academy Awards, it also supposedly caused a catastrophic decline in undershirt sales when one scene found Clark Gable unbuttoning a dress shirt to reveal a bare chest. Next up, Audrey Hepburn popularizes the “little black dress” in the 1961 Truman Capote rom-com Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and berets become all the rage after the biographical crime drama Bonnie and Clyde (1967), starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. Finally, Jean Harlow’s nearly white hair strikes a chord in the rom-com Platinum Blonde (1931), and Katharine Hepburn’s insistence on wearing pants changes women’s fashion forever in the comedy The Philadelphia Story (1940), costarring Cary Grant and James Stewart.
Why the Heck Did I Buy This House?
HGTV, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Former Survivor winner Kim Wolfe continues to bring her tenacity to rescue homeowners dealing with major buyer’s remorse in the new season of the series. In the season premiere, “Relaxed Rancher,” a couple fell in love with the exterior of their new home, but unfortunately, that love stopped at the front door. With a dysfunction that’s too much to bear, Wolfe and her team face the challenge of turning their confusing home into a relaxing rancher.
Wednesday, Dec. 27
College Football
ESPN & FOX, beginning at 2pm Live
College football bowl game season continues today with Virginia Tech vs. Tulane in the Military Bowl (ESPN), North Carolina vs. West Virginia in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl (ESPN), Louisville vs. USC in the DirecTV Holiday Bowl (FOX) and Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma State in the TaxAct Texas Bowl (ESPN).
NHL Hockey: Boston at Buffalo
TNT, 7:30pm Live
David Pastrnak and the Boston Bruins skate against Casey Mittelstadt and the Sabres at Buffalo’s KeyBank Center.
WOW — Women of Wrestling
The CW, 8pm
Lakers boss Jeanie Buss is on a mission to make women’s wrestling a movement.
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Tonight, the focus of TCM’s lineup is something you cannot always focus on: characters who have become translucent. To begin, sci-fi author H.G. Wells’ classic tale of a science experiment gone wrong comes to the screen in the 1933 adaptation of The Invisible Man. Next, two bumbling private detectives help an invisible man accused of murder in Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951). Then, in The Body Disappears (1941), a wealthy businessman wakes up from his bachelor party having been turned invisible by an eccentric professor. Finally, a 10-year-old boy and a robot team up to prevent a world catastrophe in The Invisible Boy (1957), invisible aliens from the moon invade Earth in Invisible Invaders (1959), and a scientist invents a formula to create an army of invisible zombies in The Amazing Transparent Man (1960).
The Year: 2023
ABC, 9pm
A look back at the top stories, trends and entertainment obsessions that defined the last 12 months.
The 46th Kennedy Center Honors
CBS, 9pm
Gloria Estefan returns to host this annual national celebration of the arts held in Washington, D.C. The five honorees are actor and comedian Billy Crystal; acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming; British singer-songwriter Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees; rapper, singer and actress Queen Latifah; and singer Dionne Warwick.
American Pickers
History, beginning at 9pm
Season Premiere!
Season 25 begins with back-to-back hourlong episodes. In “Classic Car Cemetery,” the Wolfe brothers are in South Carolina, where they pick a main street grocery that’s frozen in time and pay a visit to Sammy’s classic car paradise. Then, in “Hidden Cash Stash,” Mike and Jersey go hog wild over a West Virginia honey hole, and Danielle uncovers a stash of cash in a hidden compartment.
Thursday, Dec. 28
College Football
ESPN, beginning at 11am Live
Four college football bowl games are on ESPN’s schedule today: SMU vs. Boston College in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl in Boston; Rutgers vs. Miami in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl in the Bronx, N.Y.; NC State vs. Kansas State in the Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando, Florida; and Arizona vs. Oklahoma in the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio.
Son of a Critch: “Old Friends, New Friends”
The CW, 8pm
Mark (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) and Ritchie (Mark Ezekiel Rivera) pretend to be Protestant to fit in with a group of kids from another school.
In Memoriam
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies offers an evening of films starring or produced by great talents we lost in 2023 (who have not already been honored with stand-alone tributes on the network). Remembered during this night will be Paul Reubens, with Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985); Melinda Dillon, with her Best Supporting Actress Oscar-nominated performance in Absence of Malice (1981); Glenda Jackson, with her Best Actress Oscar-nominated performance in Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971); Treat Williams, with Hair (1979); Jane Birkin, with Blow-Up (1966); and producer Bert I. Gordon, with Village of the Giants (1965).
NFL Football: N.Y. Jets at Cleveland
Prime Video, 8:15pm Live
The N.Y. Jets are at the Cleveland Browns for a Week 17 Thursday Night Football clash on Prime Video.
Children Ruin Everything: “Momentum”
The CW, 8:30pm
With potential buyers coming, Astrid (Meaghan Rath) and James (Aaron Abrams) rally the kids to clean and get to the park.
Ghosts UK
CBS, 9pm
The BBC comedy that inspired the CBS series Ghosts continues with two episodes tonight. In “Redding Weddy,” Alison (Charlotte Ritchie) and Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe) grapple with the latest obstacle to booking an event at the house. Then in “The Thomas Thorne Affair,” a discovery in the house leads Thomas (Mathew Baynton) to go down memory lane.
Married to Real Estate
HGTV, 9pm
Season Premiere!
In “Home Sweet Om,” a multigenerational family has outgrown their home and want to find a bigger property with some character. Egypt Sherrod and Mike Jackson find the right place in Roswell, Georgia, and hope to turn the sterile house into a Japandi dream with a new kitchen and yoga studio.
SEAL Team: “Conspicuous Gallantry”
CBS, 10pm
After an op gone sideways lands the whole team in the hospital, Bravo Team creates chaos to stay calm in the new episode “Conspicuous Gallantry.”
Friday, Dec. 29
Berlin
Netflix
New Series!
This latest entry in the Money Heist franchise is centered around the character Berlin (Pedro Alonso) and takes place long before he found out about his terminal diagnosis and took the Royal Mint of Spain hostage in the original series. This spinoff follows him in his earlier, golden period as he attempts one of his most extraordinary heists: stealing $44 million worth of jewels.
College Football
ESPN & CBS, beginning at 12pm Live
Catch college football bowl game action today with Clemson vs. Kentucky in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (ESPN), Oregon State vs. Notre Dame in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl (CBS), Memphis vs. Iowa State in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl (ESPN) and Missouri vs. Ohio State in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (ESPN).
Star of the Month: Cary Grant
TCM, beginning at 3:30pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Friday salute to Hollywood icon Cary Grant concludes tonight with seven titles, starting with None but the Lonely Heart (1944), a romantic drama in which Grant costars with Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner Ethel Barrymore and for which he earned the second of his two Best Actor nods. Next, Grant stars as famed composer/songwriter Cole Porter in the musical biopic Night and Day (1946). Following that are two of Grant’s most famous romantic comedies: Houseboat (1958), which pairs him with Sophia Loren, and Father Goose (1964), which costars Leslie Caron and was Grant’s second-to-last film. Next, Grant teams with Myrna Loy in the comedy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948). The lineup finishes up early tomorrow with the 1950 film noir Crisis and the 1937 drama The Toast of New York.
Must Love Christmas
CBS, 9pm
Original Film!
In this 2022 movie, Liza Lapira (The Equalizer) stars as a renowned romance novelist who finds herself snowbound in the charming town of Cranberry Falls. There, she unexpectedly becomes torn between her childhood crush (Nathan Witte) and a reporter (Neal Bledsoe) determined to interview her to save his dying magazine.
Craft in America: “Play” & “Miniatures”
PBS, beginning at 9pm
The Peabody Award-winning docuseries Craft in America, which discovers the beauty and relevance of handmade objects and the artists who make them, returns with two new hourlong episodes. First, “Play” explores how artists use the tools of childhood to inspire imagination, celebration and wonder, from puppets to piñatas to unicorns. Then, in “Miniatures,” artists who make small objects ranging from marionettes to tiny furniture reveal what motivates them to work at a scale that demands masterful attention to detail.
Saturday, Dec. 30
College Football
ESPN, ABC & The CW, beginning at 12pm Live
Catch Ole Miss vs. Penn State in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta (ESPN), Auburn vs. Maryland in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl in Nashville (ABC), Georgia vs. Florida State the Capital One Orange Bowl in South Florida (ESPN) and Toledo vs. Wyoming in the Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl (The CW).
A Home Away
Magnolia Network, 1pm
New Series!
Design duo Bryan and Catherine Williamson take on their biggest project yet: renovating and operating a Queen Anne bed-and-breakfast in Columbus, Ohio.
College Basketball
ESPN2, beginning at 2pm Live
College hoops action today on ESPN2 has Virginia Tech at Wake Forest, followed by Wichita State vs. Kansas at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
The Birds
TCM, 4pm
Catch a Classic!
This 1963 Alfred Hitchcock thriller based on Daphne Du Maurier’s short story is one of the most amazing examples of a film that shows just how at Mother Nature’s mercy human beings really are, and how utterly screwed we would be if another animal species somehow just decided to take things over. In this case, it’s our fine feathered friends of the title that suddenly begin deadly attacks on people along the Northern California coast. The human cast, led by Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright, are all great, but the real stars are Hitchcock’s direction, and the film’s editing, Oscar-nominated visual effects and, especially, its sound. The Birds does not feature a conventional music score to heighten scenes; much of the film uses calculated silences that are suddenly interrupted by bursts of electronically created bird sounds, to terrifying effect. Hitchcock’s frequent musical collaborator, Bernard Herrmann, is credited as the film’s “sound consultant.”
NFL Football: Detroit at Dallas
ABC & ESPN, 8pm Live
A Saturday Week 17 primetime matchup has Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions on the road against Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys.
I Am Burt Reynolds
The CW, 8pm
Interviews and archival footage provide insight into the life of movie star Burt Reynolds.
Sunday, Dec. 31
’70s, ’80s & ’90s Comedies
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Classic movie fans can send off 2023 and welcome in 2024 with music, dance and laughs this afternoon and evening with lineups on MOVIES! and Turner Classic Movies.
Kicking off New Year’s Eve afternoon on MOVIES! and running until well past the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Day, enjoy a toe-tapping six-film marathon of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers’ classic big-screen pairings, starting with the duo’s quintessential pairing in Top Hat (1935). Following that are Carefree (1938); Flying Down to Rio (1933), the first time Astaire and Rogers danced together onscreen; The Gay Divorcee (1934); Shall We Dance (1937); and a re-airing of Top Hat.
This evening’s lineup on TCM, which continues well into early New Year’s Day, features several comedies from the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, some lesser-seen but all hilarious. The lineup begins with Spaceballs (1987), cowriter/director Mel Brooks’ beloved parody of Star Wars and other sci-fi classics. Brooks also has a couple of roles in the film, starring alongside Bill Pullman, John Candy, Daphne Zuniga, Rick Moranis and Joan Rivers. After that comes Top Secret! (1984), a follow-up to the 1980 comedy hit Airplane! from cowriters/directors Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker (ZAZ). Like the ZAZ’s previous film, this one throws everything at the wall for laughs as it combines and parodies the disparate film genres of Elvis Presley musicals and Cold War/World War II spy movies. Val Kilmer, in his feature film debut, leads the cast as Nick Rivers with not only great comic timing, but also terrific singing and dancing. Next come two music mockumentaries: This Is Spinal Tap (1984), cowriter/director Rob Reiner’s legendary and uproariously funny look at the fictional heavy metal band of the title, followed by the likely lesser-known Fear of a Black Hat (1993), a mockumentary about a fictional hardcore gangsta rap group written and directed by Rusty Cundieff. The lineup concludes in the early hours of 2024 with The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), an anthology of comedy sketches written by the ZAZ team and directed by John Landis, and Murder by Death (1976), a comedic mystery written by Neil Simon and with a heavy-hitting cast including Peter Sellers, David Niven, Alec Guinness, Truman Capote, Peter Falk, Eileen Brennan and Elsa Lanchester.
Party With “The Partridge Family” Marathon
Antenna TV, beginning at 7pm
Come on, get happy as Antenna TV ushers in 2024 with 10 hours of episodes from The Partridge Family, the 1970-74 musical sitcom led by Shirley Jones, David Cassidy, Susan Dey, Danny Bonaduce and Dave Madden.
New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash
CBS, 7:30pm
Ring in the new year with this celebration featuring live, high-energy performances from country music’s hottest superstars. Thomas Rhett, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Lainey Wilson are among the first artists announced to appear in downtown Nashville to ring in 2024.
Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2024
ABC, 8pm Live
Ryan Seacrest, Rita Ora and Jeannie Mai host New Year’s Eve festivities in New York and Los Angeles, with performances from Post Malone, Ivy Queen and K-pop group NewJeans.
Drew Carey’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve Marathon
Rewind TV, beginning at 8pm
Straight from Cleveland, you’re invited to wrap up the year and party like it’s 1995 with an eight-hour marathon of episodes from the 1995-2004 sitcom The Drew Carey Show.
NFL Football: Green Bay at Minnesota
NBC, 8:15pm Live
A New Year’s Eve edition of Sunday Night Football has the Green Bay Packers at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis for an NFC North clash with the Minnesota Vikings. (Subject to flexible scheduling.)
Who Can Forget?: 2023
FOX News Channel, 10pm
In this New Year’s Eve special, FOX News Channel personalities like America’s Newsroom’s Bill Hemmer, FOX & Friends Weekend’s Pete Hegseth, FOX Across America’s Jimmy Failla, Kennedy Saves the World’s Kennedy, FOX & Friends First’s Todd Piro, Senior Meteorologist Janice Dean, FOX News Live’s Eric Shawn, FOX Business Network’s correspondents Gerri Willis and Madison Alworth, and others will look back at 2023’s most memorable moments from Barbenheimer to ChatGPT to the fight for Speaker of the House.
A New Year With Tyrus
FOX News Channel, 11pm
Gutfeld! cohost, legendary wrestler and New York Times bestselling author Tyrus will headline his first New Year’s Eve special. Joined by Michele Tafoya, Sean Duffy (cohost of FOX Business Network’s The Bottom Line), and comedian Tyler Fischer, Tyrus will take viewers through the most viral trends, the most downloaded songs and more 2023 favorites. The special will also include an appearance by wrestler Ric Flair, as he provides advice on how to turn things around in 2024. Additionally, Zach Greig, a plant operator for the Australian Antarctic Division, will join the special to discuss the unique aspects of ringing in the new year from Antarctica.
