Daily Reflector What 2 Watch Entertainment Guide / November 25th - December 1st

BY JAY BOBBIN

Dolly Par ton brings a ‘Mountain Magic Christmas’ to NBC

Music has played a big part in Tom Everett Scott’s acting career, and thanks to Dolly Parton, that’s continuing.

Well-known for his first major role, as the drummer for The Wonders, the fictional ‘60s pop group in “ That Thing You Do!” – the 1996 movie written and directed by co-star Tom Hanks – Scott plays Parton’s real-life producing partner Sam Haskell in NBC’s new film “Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas” Thursday, Dec. 1. Clearly inspired by Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” the tale finds the countr y superstar on a journey through her personal past (guided by “ Three Wise Mountain Men”) while making a holiday television special at her Dollywood resort.

“I’ve never played someone who was right there on the set watching me before,” the friendly Scott says, reporting that it ultimately was “a totally positive thing. (Haskell) is the greatest guy. He and I first got to know each other over Zoom, and he could not have been more supportive.”

Jimmy Fallon, Willie Nelson, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jimmie Allen, Zach Williams and Miley Cyrus make guest appearances in the stor y, which also features “Saturday Night Live” alum Ana Gasteyer. An executive producer of the project as well, Parton keeps it a family affair by also including her young grand-nephew Liam Rauhoff, who portrays himself, in the cast.

“I have always loved and been a huge fan of Dolly Parton,” Scott maintains, “and I was honored to be able to work with her She’s everything that everybody wonders and hopes she is, and more. I just had a great experience, and I miss it. I miss my Tennessee ‘family.’ ”

Scott also enjoyed the show-within-a-show concept that “Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas” follows. “ The whole ‘putting on a show’ thing is such a big part of being in show business,” he reasons. “Learning the little things Sam goes through, his mannerisms when he’s stressed out, I liked that. Also, with this being about Christmas, you think of things like ‘ White Christmas’ (which also was, in large part, about the making of a TV special).”

While “ That Thing You Do!” would seem to be a popular film among those in the music business, Scott still isn’t positive she knew him from that: “It never came up, but she probably knows it, if she knows me and knows that was a big movie for me. ”

Besides that picture’s Hanks, Scott has worked with such other icons as Mer yl Streep (in “One True Thing”) and Diane Keaton (“Because I Said So”), and he also was in the Oscar-winning “La La Land.” He reflects, “It’s been a wonderful career, and I certainly hope to keep it going, and to work with more of the greats. ”

Tom Everett Scott is among the stars of “Dolly Par ton’s Mountain Magic Christmas” Thursday on NBC.

sports this week

BASKETBALL

Friday

11:00 a.m. ESPN2 ESPN Events Invitational, First Semifinal: Teams TBA. (Live)

12:00 p.m. FS1 Women’s College DePaul vs Maryland. (Live)

1:00 p.m. ESPN2 Battle 4 Atlan tis, Third-Place Game: Teams TBA. (Live)

FS1 Texas A&M at DePaul. (Live)

3:00 p.m. EESPN2 Phil Knight Legacy, Consolation Semifinal: Teams TBA. (Live)

3:30 p.m. ESPN Phil Knight Legacy, First Semifinal: Teams TBA. (Live)

5:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Live Scoreboard (Live)

5:30 p.m. ESPN Phil Knight Invitational, First Semifinal: Teams TBA. (Live)

6:00 p.m. ESPN2 Women’s Col lege Connecticut vs Duke. (Live)

7:30 p.m. ESPN Battle 4 At lantis, Championship: Teams TBA. (Live)

8:00 p.m. ESPN2 ESPN Events Invitational, Second Semifinal: Teams TBA. (Live)

9:30 p.m. ESPN Phil Knight Invitational, Second Semifinal: Teams TBA. (Live)

10:00 p.m. ESPN2 Battle 4 Atlan tis, Fifth-Place Game: Teams TBA. (Live)

11:30 p.m. ESPN Phil Knight Legacy, Second Semifinal: Teams TBA. (Live)

12:00 a.m. ESPN2 Phil Knight Invitational, Consolation Semifinal: Teams TBA. (Live)

Sunday

1:00 p.m. WCTI Women’s Col lege Phil Knight Legacy, Cham pionship: Teams TBA. (Live)

ESPN2 Women’s College Teams TBA. (Live)

1:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN Events Invitational, Championship: Teams TBA. (Live)

3:00 p.m. ESPN2 Teams TBA. (Live)

3:30 p.m. WCTI ESPN Phil Knight Legacy, Championship: Teams TBA. (Live)

5:00 p.m. ESPN2 ESPN Events Invitational, Third-Place: Teams TBA. (Live)

5:30 p.m. ESPN Teams TBA. (Live)

7:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 Phil Knight Legacy, Third-Place Game: Teams TBA. (Live)

10:00 p.m. ESPN Phil Knight Invitational, Championship: Teams TBA. (Live) ESPN2 Teams TBA. (Live)

Monday

7:00 p.m. ESPN2 Minnesota at Virginia Tech. (Live)

9:00 p.m. ESPN2 Pittsburgh at Northwestern. (Live)

Tuesday

6:30 p.m. FS1 LIU at St. John’s. (Live)

7:00 p.m. ESPN2 Teams TBA. (Live)

TNT NBA Tip-Off (Live)

7:30 p.m. ESPN College Basket ball (Live)

TNT Golden State Warriors at Dallas Mavericks. (Live)

8:30 p.m. FS1 Baylor at Marquette. (Live)

9:00 p.m. ESPN2 Wake Forest at Wisconsin. (Live)

9:30 p.m. ESPN Virginia at Michigan. (Live)

10:00 p.m. TNT Los Angeles Clippers at Portland Trail Blaz ers. (Live)

Wednesday

6:30 p.m. FS1 Kansas State at Butler. (Live)

7:00 p.m. ESPN2 Teams TBA. (Live)

7:15 p.m. ESPN Ohio State at Duke. (Live)

8:30 p.m. FS1 Southeastern Louisiana at Xavier. (Live)

9:15 p.m. ESPN North Carolina at Indiana. (Live)

ESPN2 Michigan State at Notre Dame. (Live)

Thursday

6:30 p.m. FS1 Oklahoma State at Connecticut. (Live)

7:00 p.m. ESPN Creighton at Texas. (Live)

8:30 p.m. FS1 Arizona State at Colorado. (Live)

9:00 p.m. ESPN Seton Hall at Kansas. (Live)

10:30 p.m. ESPN2 UCLA at Stan ford. (Live)

FOOTBALL

Friday

12:00 p.m. WNCT Utah State at Boise State. (Live)

WCTI Teams TBA. (Live)

ESPN College Football (Live)

3:00 p.m. FS1 Arizona State at Arizona. (Live)

3:30 p.m. WNCT Arkansas at Missouri. (Live)

WCTI NC State at North Caro lina. (Live)

4:30 p.m. WYDO UCLA at Cali fornia. (Live)

6:30 p.m. FS1 FS1 College Football Extra (Live)

7:30 p.m. WCTI Florida at Flori da State. (Live)

10:00 p.m. FS1 Wyoming at Fresno State. (Live)

Saturday

9:00 a.m. WYDO Big Noon Kickoff (Live)

ESPN College GameDay (Live)

12:00 p.m. WCTI Teams TBA. (Live)

WYDO Michigan at Ohio State. (Live)

ESPN Georgia Tech at Geor gia. (Live)

ESPN2 West Virginia at Okla homa State. (Live)

2:00 p.m. WITN Grambling State vs Southern. (Live)

3:00 p.m. WNCT College Foot ball Today (Live)

ESPN2 College Football Score board (Live)

3:30 p.m. WNCT Auburn at Al abama or LSU at Texas A&M. (Live)

WCTI Teams TBA. (Live)

ESPN College Football (Live)

ESPN2 Teams TBA. (Live)

4:00 p.m. WYDO FS1 Teams TBA. (Live)

7:00 p.m. WCTI College Foot ball Scoreboard (Live)

ESPN LSU at Texas A&M. (Live)

ESPN2 Teams TBA. (Live)

7:30 p.m. WCTI Teams TBA. (Live)

WYDO FOX College Football Extra (Live)

BSCR Syracuse at Boston Col lege. (Live)

FS1 Teams TBA. (Live)

8:00 p.m. WYDO Kansas at Kansas State. (Live)

10:00 p.m. ESPN Teams TBA. (Live)

ESPN2 College Football Scoreboard (Live)

10:30 p.m. ESPN Teams TBA. (Live)

Sunday

10:00 a.m. ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown (Live)

ESPN2 Fantasy Football Now (Live)

12:00 p.m. CNBC Fantasy Foot ball Pregame with Matthew Berry (Live)

1:00 p.m. WNCT NFL Football (Live)

WYDO Denver Broncos at Car olina Panthers. (Live)

4:00 p.m. WNCT NFL Today Postgame (Live)

4:25 p.m. WYDO New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers. (Live)

7:30 p.m. WYDO The OT (Live)

8:15 p.m. WITN Green Bay Packers at Philadelphia Ea gles. (Live)

Monday

3:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Rewind (Live)

4:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (Live)

6:00 p.m. ESPN Monday Night Countdown (Live)

8:00 p.m. ESPN Pittsburgh Steelers at Indianapolis Colts. (Live)

Tuesday

4:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (Live)

7:00 p.m. ESPN College Foot ball Playoff: Top 25 (Live)

GOLF

Saturday

9:30 p.m. GOLF DP World Tour Golf Fortinet Australian PGA Championship, Final Round. (Live)

HOCKEY Friday

5:30 p.m. TNT Pittsburgh Pen guins at Philadelphia Flyers. (Live)

8:00 p.m. TNT St. Louis Blues at Tampa Bay Lightning. (Live)

10:30 p.m. TNT NHL on TNT Postgame (Live)

Wednesday

7:00 p.m. TNT Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings. (Live)

9:30 p.m. TNT Edmonton Oilers at Chicago Blackhawks. (Live)

SOCCER Friday

1:30 p.m. TELE Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2022 Inglaterra vs Estados Unidos. (Live)

2:00 p.m. WYDO FIFA World Cup 2022 England vs United States. (Live)

4:00 p.m. TELE Debate Mundial (Live)

Saturday

1:00 p.m. FS1 FIFA World Cup 2022 Today (Live)

1:30 p.m. TELE Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2022 Argentina vs México. (Live)

2:00 p.m. FS1 FIFA World Cup 2022 Argentina vs Mexico. (Live)

4:00 p.m. TELE Debate Mundial (Live)

5:00 p.m. TELE Zona mixta: Edición mundial (Live)

Sunday

1:00 p.m. FS1 FIFA World Cup 2022 Today (Live)

2:00 p.m. FS1 FIFA World Cup 2022 Spain vs Germany. (Live)

4:00 p.m. TELE Debate Mundial (Live)

FS1 FIFA World Cup 2022 To day (Live)

5:00 p.m. TELE Zona mixta: Edición mundial (Live)

Monday

2:00 p.m. WYDO FIFA World Cup 2022 Portugal vs Uruguay. (Live)

4:00 p.m. TELE Debate Mundial (Live)

FS1 FIFA World Cup 2022 To day (Live)

Tuesday

1:00 p.m. TELE Hoy en la Copa Mundial (Live)

1:30 p.m. TELE Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2022 Irán vs Estados Unidos. (Live)

2:00 p.m. WYDO FIFA World Cup 2022 Iran vs United States. (Live)

FS1 FIFA World Cup 2022 Wales vs England. (Live)

4:00 p.m. TELE Debate Mundial (Live)

Wednesday

1:00 p.m. TELE Hoy en la Copa Mundial (Live)

1:30 p.m. TELE Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2022 Arabia Saudita vs México. (Live)

2:00 p.m. WYDO FIFA World Cup 2022 Poland vs Argentina. (Live)

FS1 FIFA World Cup 2022 Sau di Arabia vs Mexico. (Live)

4:00 p.m. TELE Debate Mundial (Live)

FS1 FIFA World Cup 2022 To day (Live)

Thursday

1:00 p.m. TELE Hoy en la Copa Mundial (Live)

1:30 p.m. TELE Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2022 Japón vs Es paña. (Live)

2:00 p.m. WYDO FIFA World Cup 2022 Japan vs Spain. (Live)

FS1 FIFA World Cup 2022 Cos ta Rica vs Germany. (Live)

4:00 p.m. TELE Debate Mundial (Live)

FS1 FIFA World Cup 2022 To day (Live)

What’s Available NOW On

“Willow” (Nov. 30)

This sequel series picks up years after the events of George Lucas’ 1988 fantasyadventure feature with the Nelwyn sorcerer returning to lead a group of misfit heroes on a perilous rescue mission through a world beyond imagination. War wick Davis reprises his titular role in a cast with Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Jonathan Kasdan and Tommy Harper (ORIGINAL)

“ The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special” (Available now)

From Mar vel Studios comes this seasonal offering that finds the Guardians, who are on a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, head to Earth in search of the perfect present. The impressive cast includes Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker and Kevin Bacon. (ORIGINAL)

“Mickey Saves Christmas” (Available now)

This stop-motion holiday special finds Mickey, Minnie and the gang attempting to celebrate the perfect Christmas at their snowy cabin. But when Pluto causes Santa to lose all the presents on his sleigh, the friends venture to the North Pole on a mission to save Christmas and find its true meaning. (ORIGINAL)

“ The Hip Hop Nutcracker” (Available now)

Rev Run brings audiences on a hip-hop reimagining of “ The Nutcracker” ballet, which is set in New York City and follows Maria-Clara’s (Caché Melvin) holiday adventure to bring her parents back together, finding help along the way Allison Holker Boss, Stephen “Twitch” Boss and Comfort Fedoke also star; dancers Mikhail Bar yshnikov, Tiler Peck and KidaTheGreat are also featured.

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8 p.m. on CW

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer

A familiar holiday tune and one that’s more off-color than most is translated into an animated show as this special sets visuals to the long-popular Elmo and Patsy song. A young ster has his suspicions about why his grandmother is missing on Christmas Eve. His quest to find her involves his not-as-pureminded cousin (voice of Michele Lee, “Knots Landing”).

8 p.m. on SHOW

Movie: Mr. Malcolm’s List When she fails to meet an item on his list of requirements for a bride, Julia (Zawe Ashton) is jilted by London’s most eligible bachelor, Mr. Malcolm (Sope Dirisu). Feeling humiliated and determined to exact revenge, she convinces her friend Selina (Freida Pinto) to play the role of his ideal match. Soon, Mr. Malcolm wonders whether he’s found the perfect woman or the perfect hoax in this 2022 ro mantic comedy.

8 p.m. on HALL

Movie: A Royal Corgi Christ mas

Reluctant Prince Edmond (Jor dan Renzo) returns home just before Christmas in anticipation of being named successor to the throne. To ingratiate himself to his mother the Queen (Su sannah De Wrixon), he gifts her with “Mistletoe,” a rambunctious Corgi in need of some serious training. He turns to Cecily (Hunter King), a canine behavior expert from America for help but sparks fly between them as the pair work together to get

Mistletoe ready to present at the annual Christmas Ball in this 2022 romance.

9 p.m. on WUNK Great Performances

It only seems like Josh Groban has been around forever. The 41-year-old crooner returns to New York City for the new special “Josh Groban’s Great Big Radio City Show.” The “You Raise Me Up” singer will perform many of his greatest hits and be joined on stage by special guests.

9:01 p.m. on WNCT Movie: A Christmas Proposal Down-on-her-luck chef Maria Winters (Jessica Camacho, “All Rise”) is running low on cash, so she agrees to pose as the girlfriend of Julian Diaz (Adam Rodriguez), an ambitious Seattle attorney who plans to use a Christmas visit with his relatives to position himself as the ideal candidate to take over the family law firm. Complications ensue when the magic of the season strikes some real-life sparks be tween these faux lovers.

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6 p.m. on HALL

Movie: A Tale of Two Christmases

Thanks to some Christmas magic, Emma (Katherine Bar rell) gets to experience two different Christmases one where she stays in the city and celebrates with a new crush (Evan Roderick) and his friends, and one where she re turns home for all the traditions with her family and Drew (Chandler Massey), a longtime friend who may have feelings for her. Emma’s double holiday

ultimately helps her discover what will truly make her happy in life as well as in love in this 2022 holiday romance.

8 p.m. on CW

Silent Night: A Song for the World

Hugh Bonneville (“Downton Abbey”) narrates this two-hour documentary that explores the creation and cultural impact of the song widely considered to be the world’s most famous Christmas carol. Composed in 1818 in Salzburg, Austria,

the song has been translat ed into 140 languages and contributed to an impromptu cease fire during World War I. Kelly Clarkson, Joss Stone, John Rhys-Davies, Katharine McPhee, Randy Jackson, Josh Groban and the Vienna Boys Choir are among the artists who appear.

8 p.m. on LIFE Movie: The 12 Days of Christ mas Eve Brian (Kelsey Grammer) is a successful businessman who’s

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let relationships with those around him suffer. While Christ mastime has been the most successful for his business, he’s divorced, his relationship with his daughter Michelle (Spencer Grammer) is strained and he doesn’t have a mean ingful connection with his only granddaughter. After Brian gets into a car accident on Christ mas Eve, Santa gives him 12 chances to re-do the day and repair the relationships in his life to find the true meaning of Christmas in this 2022 fantasy.

8 p.m. on BET

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Soul Train Awards

There’s a great battle for Album of the Year honors as everyone from Chris Brown to Beyonce to Bruno Mars and Lizzo are in the running at this year’s Soul Train Awards. In addition, 1980’s funk band Morris Day & The Time will receive the Leg end Award. The group known for hits such as “Jungle Love,” “Jerk-Out” and “777-9311” amassed five Top 10 R&B/HipHop hits during their career.

Kelsey Grammer

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What’s Available NOW On

“Ghislaine

Maxwell: Filthy Rich”

From directors Maiken Baird (“ Venus and Serena”) and Lisa Br yant (“Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich”) comes this featurelength documentar y that goes beyond the headlines of the Ghislaine Maxwell case to tell the stor y of Jeffrey Epstein’s mysterious accomplice, illuminating how her class and privilege concealed her predatory nature.

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“Movie: My Name Is Vendetta”

From Italy and director Cosimo Gomez (“Ugly Nasty People”) comes this crime actioner about a a former mafia enforcer and his feisty daughter who flee to Milan, where they plot their revenge against the thugs who killed their family. Alessandro Gassmann (“ Transporter 2”), Remo Girone (“Heaven”), Marcello Mazzarella (“Biagio”) and Ginevra Francesconi (“ The Nest”) head the cast.

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Hoda Kotb of “Today” on NBC, on being joined by colleague Al Roker at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade “He’s on some kind of contraption going down the parade route, high-fiving ever y single person, and he brings all that energy to us. The game changes as soon as he arrives.”

“Movie: Scrooge: A Christmas Carol”

From director Stephen Donnelly (“Monster High: Welcome to Monster High”) comes this supernatural, timetraveling, musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic holiday tale that boasts a talented cast headed by Jessie Buckley, Luke Evans, Olivia Colman and Jonathan Pr yce. (ORIGINAL)

“Firefly Lane”

The issue that ended the 30-year friendship of Tully and Kate (Katherine Heigl, Sarah Chalke) is revealed in this dramedy series’ sophomore round, which also finds Kate grappling with the painful aftermath of Johnny’s (Ben Lawson) ill-fated trip to Iraq and Tully facing a lawsuit after walking away from her talk show (ORIGINAL)

Richard Thomas, seen recently in “A Waltons Thanksgiving” on The CW, about possible “Waltons” holiday movies to come “Well, you know, there are a lot of holidays. I’m looking for ward to (doing movie about) Arbor Day!”

Kelsey Grammer, seen recently in “The 12 Days of Christmas Eve” on Lifetime, on having played Scrooge in a previous holiday-season project “Ebenezer Scrooge is the greatest of that genre, but I like doing dif ferent roles these days.”

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“Movie: Angr y Angel”

“Riches”

“Animal Kingdom”

In the sixth and final season of this family crime drama, the Cody boys discover that they can’t outrun their past. With their empire expanding, a cold case investigation sets off a series of events that puts the entire family in jeopardy Shawn Hatosy, Ben Robson, Jake Wear y and Finn Cole are among cast returnees.

“A grito herido”

From Colombia comes this romantic comedy about a group of friends of different ages and relationship situations who come together seven years after they broke up their band and wind up singing on stage, a reunion that will change their lives. Jeimy Osorio, Veronica Orozco, Diana Angel, Maria Camargo and Yolanda Rayo star (ORIGINAL)

Allison (Brenda Song, “Dads”), a young New Yorker turned angel, is eager to begin her afterlife, but can’t seem to manage the process that will allow her to pass through the Pearly Gates. Further complications ensue when Patrick (Ricky Mabe, “Preacher”), the love of Allison’s life, shows up in New York, a development that annoys her heavenly mentor (Jason Biggs) to no end in Will Gluck’s 2017 fantasy

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Lifestyle expert Carter Oosterhouse and famed interior de signer Taniya Nayak host as four families face off in each one-hour episode to compete for the coveted trophy and to win $50,000 (which they may need to then pay their elec tric bill) in Season 10 of “The Great Christmas Light Fight,” dropping Monday on ABC. Find inspiration at https://abc. com/shows/the-great-christmas-light-fight

The lives of resident boss-lady Leva Bonaparte (“Southern Charm”) and her larger-than-life staff are featured in the new series “Southern Hospitality” premiering Monday on Bravo. Get your first look at what’s ahead at www.bravotv. com/southern-hospitality

Abby Ajayi (“How to Get Away With Murder,” “Inventing Anna”) is the writer and creator of this British drama about an uber-successful family whose world comes crashing down when the patriarch dies and his heirs fight for control of the family business. Deborah Ayorinde (“ Them”), Hugh Quarshie (“Absentia”), Sarah Niles (“ Ted Lasso”), Adeyinka Akinrinade (“ Top Boy”) and Ola Orebiyi (“Cherr y”) head the cast. (ORIGINAL)

(2022) Clare Bowen. A woman enters a design contest with help from a friend.

Out the Holly (2022, Romance-Comedy) Lacey Chabert, Wes Brown, Ellen Travolta.

8 p.m. on WCTI

The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration

What do you get when you mix the happiest place on earth with the most wonderful time of the year? You get the Magic King dom’s perfect interpretation of the season. The ABC holiday season staple returns for its sev enth year with a dazzling array of all-new musical performances from top musicians providing their renditions of Christmas car ols and holiday favorites.

8 p.m. on HALL

Movie: A Holiday Spectacular

In 1958, Maggie (Ginna Claire Mason) is an heiress from Phil adelphia who puts her high-so ciety wedding plans on hold in order to sneak up to New York City and make her secret dream come true: dancing live on stage in the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall in this holiday premiere. Derek Klena, Eve Plumb, Ann-Margret also star alongside the Radio City Rockettes.

8 p.m. on HGTV

Home Town

Nothing says the holidays like a quality home renovation. And few people embody the Christ mas spirit like Ben and Erin Napier. In this special yuletide episode, the remodeling duo will prepare their favorite Southern holiday dishes and look back at their most memorable home renovations. You can bet there’ll be some pound cake to go with those original hardwood floors.

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8 p.m. on LIFE

Movie: A Christmas Spark Recently widowed Molly (Jane Seymour) has lost her zest for life and given up on ever find ing love again. But when she decides to visit her daughter for Christmas, the former drama teacher reluctantly takes on the job of directing the town’s Christmas pageant. She soon finds herself falling for her lead ing man, Hank (Joe Lando), the town’s most eligible bachelor in this 2022 holiday romance.

9 p.m. on CW

Coroner

Sometimes you need to rec ognize when you are bringing work home with you. In the new episode “LJND,” the second half of a two-part story, suspi cious deaths lead to uncomfort able truths as Jenny (Serinda Swan), Donovan (Roger Cross) and Malik (Andy McQueen) come face to face with a mon ster in their midst. Kiley May also stars.

“The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration”

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8 p.m. on CW

All American Working to manage the fallout after some stunning news, Spencer (Daniel Ezra) reaches out to Billy (Taye Diggs) for help while Jordan (Michael Evans Behling) contemplates where his priorities are. Then Olivia (Samantha Logan) feels conflicted about how to balance work and family. And Layla (Greta Onieogou) helps Pa tience (Chelsea Tavares) with a professional crisis after hitting a major social media landmark.

Meanwhile, Coop’s (Bre-Z) first day of auditing law classes doesn’t go as she thought it would in the new episode “Hate It or Love It.”

8 p.m. on WCTI

The Great Christmas Light Fight Season 10 premieres with back-to-back episodes as the “lit” series showcases Ameri ca’s brightest houses with the help of celebrity judges and Christmas décor aficionados. Lifestyle expert Carter Oos

terhouse and famed interior designer Taniya Nayak take viewers across the country to the most elaborate and awe-inspiring holiday displays in the nation as viewers will once again see four fantas tic families compete to win $50,000 and the coveted Light Fight Trophy.

9 p.m. on BRAVO Southern Hospitality Leva Bonaparte manages Charleston’s very own “it” crowd better known as her

larger-than-life staff at Republic Garden & Lounge. Leva and husband, Lamar, own four restaurants along the city’s famous King Street, but Repub lic is the crown jewel of their kingdom. It’s the place to go for pleasure, business or both. The team a fiery group of best friends driven by their work hard/play hard mentality are forced to compete for prime positions and the best tips the city’s nightlife has to offer in this new series.

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10 p.m. on AMC

Movie: White Christmas Some purists may sniff that 1942’s “Holiday Inn,” of which this 1954 musical is a partial remake, is a superior piece of work. The fact remains that this latter vehicle for Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen has become a compulsory part of the yuletide celebration for millions around the world. The classic title tune is just one of several memorable Irving Berlin melodies performed here with style, heart and pa nache.

A skydiving trip goes wrong.

Bones “Death in the Saddle” Bones “The Secret in the Soil” Bones A Halloween killer. Bones Remains in the incinerator.

Farmville (Time Warner) Williamston (Suddenlink) Windsor (Mediacom) Bethel/Parmele/Robersonville (Suddenlink) Grifton/Snow Hill (Falcon) Ayden/Greenville/Pitt County (Suddenlink) Grimesland/Simpson (Suddenlink) Washington (Suddenlink)

Carter Oosterhouse and Taniya Nayak

Greenv. Farm. Will. Winds. Bethel Wash. Grifton Grimes.

8 p.m. on WCTI

Love Actually: 20 Years Later — A Diane Sawyer/ABC News Special

It’s hard to believe but it has been two decades since the cultural phenomenon of “Love Actually” hit theaters. With heavy hitters such as Hugh Grant, Col in Firth, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson and Keira Knightley, it immediately became a holiday classic for its portrayal of love and inclusion. ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer hosts this special marking the 20th anniversary of the 2003 classic.

8 p.m. on OWN Queen Sugar

After seven seasons, the se ries finale episode “For They Existed,” brings to a close the legacy of the Bordelon family as it faces off against the Landrys in the final fight for their land with the help of their ancestors, loved ones and their fierce family bond. From filmmaker Ava DuVernay and executive producer Oprah Winfrey, the series stars Rutina Wesley, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Kofi Siriboe and Tina Lifford.

8 p.m. on MAGN

The Story of Home Jersey Ice Cream Co. found ers Tara Mangini and Percy Bright are interior designers with a passion for old homes. After years of designing for others, they bought an old house in Upstate New York and are finally creating a dream home of their own. As seen in this new series, living in a house they’re renovating has its challenges, but the re sults are beautiful.

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9 p.m. on HGTV

Fixer to Fabulous In the Season 4 premiere ep isode, Jenny and Dave Marrs help a local business owner and her husband, an Olympic athlete, modernize their dated 1980s ranch home to better accommodate their family. The renovation will include a spa cious new kitchen and a serene new main suite. Dave and Jenny will also liven up the home’s exterior with an expanded porch, fresh paint and a custom water feature for some much-needed curb appeal.

9:01 p.m.

on WNCT Reindeer in Here

This new animated special from author Adam Reed tells the story of how Blizzard (Blizz), a young reindeer at the North Pole, has a unique trait one antler is significantly smaller than the other. Despite this, he and his group of friends band together to save the future of Christmas and unknowingly create a magical holiday tradition. Blizz just wants to show Santa that his original inventions can make Christmas even better you just have to believe in yourself.

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Movie: A Hip Hop Family Christmas

With the kids jingle belling and everyone telling you be of good cheer, Hip Hop’s most famous family, the Nixons, are forced to address negative press and soft en their image in a live Christ mas television special in this 2021 drama. Stars include Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Jonathan Kite, Keri Hilson, Serayah, Valarie Petti ford, Ne-Yo, Terrence Jenkins, MC Lyte, Redman, Bun B, Lil Mama and Vanessa Simmons.

8 p.m. on CW DC’s Stargirl

As the team devises a plan to deal with yet another threat, Sylvester (Joel McHale) takes matters into his own hands and leaves Courtney (Brec Bassing er), Pat (Luke Wilson) and the JSA fearing for what comes next in the new episode “Frenemies Chapter Twelve: The Last Will and Testament of Sylvester Pemberton.” Amy Smart, Yvette Monreal, Anjelika Washington, Cameron Gellman and Hunter Sansone also star.

8 p.m. on WITN

90th Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center

Grab your eggnog and a piece of pie as NBC heralds the arriv al of everything seasonal with a dazzling display of musical talents, star-studded surprises and the lighting of the world’s most famous Christmas tree. This year’s 82-foot tall Norway Spruce hailing from Queens bury, New York will glow with 50,000 led lights and a gleaming Swarovski star. “Today” co-an chors Savannah Guthrie, Hoda

Kotb, Al Roker and Craig Melvin will host.

9 p.m. on BRAVO

Love Without Borders

This series premiere follows American singles who have struck out at love in the U.S. We watch as they travel to un known overseas destinations to be paired with their “perfect” life partner, all while saying goodbye to their jobs, homes, and families just to see if global matchmakers can find their person.

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Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around

Kelly Clarkson freely admits she’s a complete Christmas junkie, going so far as to fea ture a recurring segment called “Ambush Christmas” on her syndicated daytime talk show.

The Grammy- and Emmy-win ning music superstar celebrates the release of her 2021 holiday album with this festive special featuring new original songs as well as iconic yuletide classics Hoda Kotb

8 p.m. on WITN

Movie: Dolly Parton’s Moun tain Magic Christmas

This modern-day movie mu sical about the making of a network TV holiday special follows the frenetic backstage story and charming on-camera results of Dolly Parton’s desire to uplift the world’s spirits by sharing the “mountain magic” she has always found in and around Dollywood at Christ mas. Through production num bers and rehearsal chaos, Dol ly finds herself taking a private

journey into her past, guided by the mysterious appearances of her personal Three Wise Men in this new special. Willie Nelson, Miley Cyrus and Jimmy Fallon guest star.

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Movie: Frozen II Exactly why was Elsa (voice of Idina Menzel) born with magical powers? What truths about the past await Elsa as she ventures into the unknown to the enchanted forests and dark seas beyond Arendelle?

The answers are calling her but also threatening her kingdom. Together with Anna (voice of Kristen Bell), Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff), Olaf (voice of Josh Gad) and Sven (voice of Frank Welker), she’ll face a dangerous but remarkable jour ney in this 2019 computer-ani mated adventure.

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Luxe for Less

Many of us are looking for ways to have high-end design, while protecting our pocket

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books. In this series premiere, designer Michel Smith Boyd, who counts celebrities among his client base, uses clever bud get hacks to help homeowners create luxurious homes without stretching the limits of their bank accounts. Fortified by his creative team, Michel maximizes his clients’ cash by repurposing furniture, purchasing easily repairable “scratch and dent” appliances, and employing sav vy shopping techniques to bring upscale design within reach and deliver beautifully overhauled spaces.

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Branson

The premiere of this four-part docuseries is an expansive and intimate journey examining the life of billionaire Richard Branson, from his upbringing as the son of a spirited, toughlove mother in Britain, to his pursuits of extreme, personal daredevilry that serve both to grow his businesses’ brands and feed his insatiable, lifelong thirst for high-stakes adven ture.

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“Welcome

to Chippendales”

This limited true-crime series tells the outrageous stor y of Somen “Steve” Banerjee, an Indian immigrant who became the unlikely founder of the world’s greatest male-stripping empire — and let nothing stand in the way of his success. Kumail Nanjiani (“ The Big Sick”), Murray Bartlett (“ The White Lotus”), Juliette Lewis (“Yellowjackets”) and Annaleigh Ashford (“B Positive”) head a talented cast. (ORIGINAL)

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“Movie: Johnny English Strikes Again”

Bumbling ex-spy Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) is summoned out of retirement when MI-7 confronts a desperate shortage in field agents after a massive cyber attack launched from the south of France exposes the identities of all personnel currently working for the agency, in this 2018 sequel to Atkinson’s two earlier Johnny English films. Ben Miller, Adrian James, Emma Thompson and Jake Lacy also star.

“Planet Sex With Cara Delevingne”

Actress, singer and model Cara Delevingne (“Carnival Row,” “Suicide Squad”) is executive producer and host of this joint U.S./U.K. documentar y series in which she explores the big questions surrounding human sexuality, examining issues including relationships, sex appeal and the popularity of pornography (ORIGINAL)

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Christmas at the Drive-In”

From Great American Family comes this holiday romancer that stars Danica McKellar as a property lawyer tr ying to defend a local landmark, a drivein theater, from being closed down and razed by a man (Neal Bledsoe, “Shameless”) to whom she is attracted.

Jennifer Wigmore also stars.

BEST BURT LANCASTER MOVIES

“The Killers” (1946) Lancaster made his screen debut in this tough thriller about hit men.

“Sorr y, Wrong Number” (1948) Lancaster stars with Barbara Stanwyck in this melodrama of a woman who hears a homicide being plotted on the phone.

“Jim Thorpe – All-American” (1951) Lancaster has the title role as the celebrated athlete.

“Come Back, Little Sheba” (1952) The relationship of an alcoholic and his wife (Lancaster, Shirley Booth) is strained further by their new tenant (Terr y Moore).

“From Here to Eternity” (1953) The beach love scene between Lancaster and Deborah Kerr is a defining image of the James

Jones stor y about relationships at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

“Vera Cruz” (1954) Lancaster and Gar y Cooper play adventurers escor ting a countess in director Robert Aldrich’s Western.

“The Rainmaker” (1956) A Depressionera con artist (Lancaster) brings hope to a drought-plagued Kansas town, and one resident (Katharine Hepburn) in particular “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” (1957) There’s star power to spare as Lancaster and Kirk Douglas play Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday in this re-creation of an Old West legend. “Sweet Smell of Success” (1957) Lancaster gives a memorably icy performance as J.J. Hunsecker, a powerful and cruel New

York columnist whose favor – and stor y space –is sought by a hustling press agent (Tony Cur tis).

“Separate Tables” (1958) Lancaster and Oscar winners David Niven and Wendy Hiller play guests at a British resort.

“Run Silent Run Deep” (1958) Lancaster and Clark Gable are superb as officers at odds aboard a submarine.

“Elmer Gantry” (1960) Lancaster earned an Oscar for his title portrayal of a hugely charismatic salesman turned preacher.

“Judgment at Nuremberg” (1961) An all-star cast including Lancaster and Oscar winner Maximilian Schell fuels director Stanley Kramer’s drama of a war-crimes trial.

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Home renovation and design experts Dave and Jenny Marrs return for another round of transforming homes while also raising five kids and managing their family farm in Sea son 4 of “Fixer to Fabulous,” launching Tues day on HGTV. Learn more about the couple at www.hgtv.com/shows/fixer-to-fabulous

A new series follows Jersey Ice Cream Co. founders Tara Mangini and Percy Bright as they take their passion and experience of redesigning old homes for others and now work to make their own dreams come true in “The Story of Home” Tuesday on Magnolia Network. Find this and more at https://magnolia.com/network/

In this bold social experiment, six American singles who have struck out at love on their home turf risk everything and step blindly onto a plane to an unknown overseas des tination to be paired with their “perfect” life partner in “Love Without Borders,” premiering Wednesday on Bravo. Watch this and other relationship-driven shows at www.bravotv. com/

Former spouses Tarek El Moussa and Chris tina Hall have one final house to flip before going their separate ways their most ex pensive and challenging flips ever in “Flip or Flop: The Final Flip” Thursday on HGTV. Binge on past episodes at www.discoveryplus.com/

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“Fit for Christmas” (CBS — TV movie premiere, Dec. 4)

An enthusiastic Christmas-obsessed fitness instructor named Audrey (Amanda Kloots) is teaching classes at her beloved, but financial ly beleaguered, community center in quaint Mistletoe, Mont. But she suddenly begins a

h oliday romance with a charming, mysterious businessman (Paul Greene), complicating his plans to turn the center into a more financially profitable resort property in this 2022 holiday romance. Kloots co-wrote the film and serves as executive producer.

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