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Acting Good

Ever since Anishinaabe standup comic Paul Rabliauskas first introduced the quirky citizenry of Grouse Lake First Nation, viewers have fallen in love with this heartfelt and hilarious Canadian sitcom. TV Week speaks with the show’s star and creator about what makes Acting Good so special, how it’s evolved over the course of three seasons and what it’s been like to make the transition from standup to television. pg 55

47th Kennedy Center Honors

This year’s Kennedy Center Honors salutes an eclectic list of stars including director Francis Ford Coppola, legendary rock band The Grateful Dead, guitarist Bonnie Raitt and more, while 2023 honouree Queen Latifah serves as host. pg 50

Squid

Game

Achieving some of the highest viewership numbers in Netflix history, this South Korean thriller is back for the anticipated second season. The mystery behind the deadly game deepens as Player 456 seeks answers. pg 5

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Editor’s Note

Back in 2021, the whole television industry took notice when a carefully concocted, brutally executed Korean drama suddenly catapulted to the top of Netflix’s viewership stats. Squid Game went on to become the streamer’s most-watched show in 94 countries (beating Bridgerton, no less), watched in more than 142 million households.

With numbers like that, a second season was immediately greenlit, and finally makes its long-awaited arrival this week.

To recap: 456 desperately indebted people receive a mysterious invitation to participate in a survival competition, risking their lives to play deadly versions of children’s games. A grand prize of nearly US$38 million awaits the winner — while losers are sent on a date with the Grim Reaper.

The second season raises the stakes, with Lee Jung-jae reprising his role as Seong Gi-hun, a.k.a. Player 456. “With a hardened demeanour and the scars of past games, Gi-hun is on a desperate mission to expose the deadly truth of the competition,” divulges a Netflix press release. “Yet, his warnings go unheeded, and tensions rise as fellow players question

his intentions . . . But will his fellow players heed his warnings — or blaze their own dangerous path?”

Also returning are Lee Byung-hun, as the mysterious Front Man (“whose true motivations will remain cloaked in secrecy as the twists and turns of season two unfurl,” notes the release) and Wi Ha-joon as Hwang Jun-ho, relentless detective on a mission.

Series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has promised fans that the second season will have been worth the wait, and offered a brief tease. “Gi-hun’s endeavour to find out who these people are and why they do what they do is the core story of season two,” he told Tudum

BRENT

The WATCH List By BRENT FURDYK

SATURDAY

HAVING A BALL

EARTH & SKY

Filmmaker Lisa Jackson delivers a stunningly original portrait of Cree Elder Wilfred Buck in a documentary that moves between earth and sky, weaving together his often-harrowing past with the present to tell a story spanning generations. Adapted from Buck’s freewheeling memoir I Have Lived Four Lives, Wilfred Buck brings ancient teachings of Indigenous astronomy and cosmology

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WILFRED BUCK

Crave (Stream)

to life. “Seamlessly fusing present-day scenes with cinematic re-enactments and archival footage,” declares the synopsis, “this intimate yet expansive documentary takes us on an inspiring journey to the space beyond, and to the spaces between us all.”

THE HIP AT THE HALL

Journalist and television host Tara Slone interviews members of The Tragically Hip, live on stage at Toronto’s Massey Hall. Recorded in early November to celebrate the official launch of the band’s new book, The Tragically Hip: This is Our Life, the musicians discuss their 40-year career and also weigh in on the legacy of their late frontman, the Irreplaceable Gord Downie.

CBC MUSIC PRESENTS: LIVE AT MASSEY HALL CBC Gem

A CINDERELLA CHRISTMAS BALL

Saturday, 4:58 p.m. & 8 p.m., Super Channel Heart & Home

Seeking her birth family, dance instructor Chelsea (Danica McKellar) makes a Christmas trip to the European nation of Havenshire — and winds up teaching a charming but stubborn prince (Oliver Rice) how to dance in preparation for a big ball.

Alterna Marvel

SUNDAY

WHAT IF...?

Sunday, Disney+

Marvel’s intriguing animated series is back for a third and final season to take viewers on further adventures through the multiverse. As in past seasons, classic comic-book characters make unexpected choices that mutate their worlds into spectacular alternate versions of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. At the centre of it all is the Watcher (voiced by Jeffrey Wright), who guides viewers as the series traverses new genres,

This Week’s MUST-SEE TV

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

YULETIDE GRIDIRON

NFL ON CHRISTMAS

Wednesday, 10 a.m. & 1:30 p.m., Netflix

As Netflix moves increasingly into live sporting events, the streamer is bringing football fans a big ol’ Christmas gift: not one, but two NFL

games streaming live on Christmas Day. First up, 2024 Super Bowl champions the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Pittsburgh Steelers at 10 a.m., followed by the Baltimore Ravens facing the Houston Texans at 1:30 p.m. As a special musical bonus, the latter game features a halftime performance from Beyoncé.

Days Gone By

THE YEAR: 2024

Thursday, 9 p.m., ABC

Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts hosts this special looking back at the most memorable and iconic moments of 2024, from major news events and pop-culture stories to the breakout stars, heroes and changemakers who dominated headlines and social media — while also looking ahead to 2025.

SEASON PREMIERE

FRIDAY

INSIDE MUSIC

GRAMMY GREATS: THE STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS

bigger spectacles and incredible new characters. The swan-song season runs the gamut, ranging from an episode focusing on Soviet superhero Red Guardian (voiced by David Harbour) to an anime-inspired outing in which the Avengers battle a horde of “Mega-Hulk” monsters. Other characters featured are sorceress Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) in an episode that also boasts a musical number, while Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) and Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) team up in the Old West.

Friday, 9 p.m., CBS

Gayle King and Mickey Guyton host this special looking back at the stories behind some unforgettable songs, featuring interviews with Sting, Billie Eilish and Finneas, Brandi Carlile, Alicia Keys, John Mayer, Bonnie Raitt, Lady A and more.

Ask TV Week

JACK IN ACTION

I loved Jack Ryan, but why did they end it after just four seasons?

L.W., Vancouver Prime Video would have been perfectly happy to keep the adventures of Tom Clancy’s hero going had it not been for star John Krasinski’s burgeoning career as a movie director. The good news, however, is that Amazon MGM Studios is in the midst of developing a new standalone Jack Ryan movie, with Krasinski onboard as both star and producer. Wendell Pierce has signed up to reprise the role of CIA deputy director James Greer, while House of Cards alum Michael Kelly (recently seen in Special Ops: Lioness and The Penguin) is reportedly in talks to return as CIA agent Mike November.

Paapa Essiedu may be

way

MAGICAL CASTING

What’s the latest on that new Harry Potter TV series for HBO? (I loved the movies!)

A.G., West Vancouver Casting is reportedly underway for the highly anticipated show that will revisit the magical journey of the titular boy wizard. So far, no official anouncements have been made, but The Hollywood Reporter has it on good authority that British actor Paapa Essiedu (The Lazarus Project) is in

discussions to take over the role of Professor Severus Snape, portrayed by the late Alan Rickman in all eight of the big-screen Harry Potter movies. Also rumoured to be joining the series is Oscar-winner Mark Rylance, who is said to be close to signing on for the role of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore.

Meanwhile, THR also debunked an earlier report that Oppenheimer Oscarwinner Cillian Murphy was in the running to play the series’ antagonist, evil sorceror Lord Voldemort.

making his

to Hogwarts in HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter reboot.

John Krasinski’s return as Jack Ryan is reportedly in the works.

DE NIRO HEADS TO NETFLIX

I remember reading quite some time ago that Robert De Niro was going to be starring in his first TV series for Netflix. What ever happened with that?

J.L., Port Coquitlam That series is Zero Day, and you won’t have to wait long to see it. De Niro, in his first-ever television role, heads the cast as former U.S. President George Mullen. A respected ex-POTUS, Mullen comes out of retirement when he’s asked to head up the Zero Day Commission, which has been tasked with finding out who’s responsible for a devastating cyber attack that created chaos throughout the country, resulting in thousands of fatalities.

“As disinformation runs rampant and the personal ambition of power brokers in technology, Wall Street and government collide, Mullen’s

Robert De Niro is a former U.S. president tasked with handling an unprecedented national emergency in Zero Day

unwavering search for the truth forces him to confront his own dark secrets while risking all he holds dear,” explains Netflx’s official description of the six-episode series. “Zero Day asks the question on everyone’s mind: How do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control? And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?”

In addition to De Niro, the star-studded cast includes Angela Bassett, Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen, Connie Britton, Matthew Modine, Dan Stevens, Bill Camp, Gaby Hoffmann, McKinley Belcher III, Clark Gregg and Mark Ivanir

“As a lifelong fan of American cinema, no actor looms larger for me than Robert De Niro,” series creator Eric Newman (Narcos) told Tudum

Zero Day is set to debut on Thursday, February 20, 2025.

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I grew up with The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, and really miss those old variety shows. I have been told that there was a Canadian on that series? Is it true, and if so, who was it?

J.Z., Victoria

Mirthful musical double act Sonny & Cher had a number of shows on the air throughout the ’70s. The longest-tenured of the bunch was, indeed, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, which ran from 1971-1974. Hourlong variety series were a TV staple for decades, going back to Ed Sullivan, Perry Como, Tennessee Ernie Ford and Carol Burnett, to name just a few. Yet as we moved into the ’80s and beyond, cultural appetite and/or network strategy evolved.

For their variety show, Sonny & Cher relied upon a strong stable of writers and a rotating cast of performers to keep things going, and it’s in both of those two groups that we see a Canadian influence. Winnipeg-born Allan Blye was the head writer; his other, highly impressive credits included creating The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and Bizarre. In front of the camera, Canadian talent included Toronto-born Billy Van, who appeared in 22 episodes; Van is best known for his starring role in The Hilarious House of Frightenstein. Ted Zeigler was a staple of kid’s television in Montreal during the 1960s before moving to the U.S. and booking Sonny & Cher. Finally, Murray Langston from Nova Scotia clocked 60 episodes of the series; his signature bit involved popping a paper bag over his head with the eyeholes cut out, before cracking wise as “The Unknown Comic.”

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Hot Dramas

Ho-Ho-Ho, Who-Who-Who!

DOCTOR WHO: JOY TO THE WORLD

Wednesday, 9:10 a.m., Disney+

Before Ncuti Gatwa returns for his second season at the helm of the TARDIS, he’ll head up his second Christmas special. Here, the time-travelling alien with two hearts of gold gets tangled up in a yuletide adventure alongside a young woman named Joy, who checks in to a London hotel in 2024, only to accidentally open a portal to the Time Hotel, where she encounters “danger, dinosaurs and the Doctor.” The episode was penned by former Doctor Who showrunner/Sherlock creator Steven Moffat. Meanwhile, bringing “Joy” to the world is none other than Nicola Coughlin,

O HOLY PLIGHT!

BEYOND PARADISE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2024

Wednesday, BritBox

The village of Shipton Abbott is full of good cheer as the townsfolk prep for their annual “Christingle.” Alas, there are plenty of creatures and crooks stirring in the night during this breezy U.K. crime drama’s latest holiday romp.

First off, Inspector Humphrey and his team tackle the case of a man who claims to be haunted by the

ghost of his dearly departed wife. Crazy, right? Yet any talk of this chap being completely delusional goes out the window when Humphrey lays eyes on the spectre himself.

In other news, Martha is at a loss trying to connect with her foster teenager, and Kelby is tasked with finding a Virgin Mary statue that’s vanished without a trace from the church.

star of Bridgerton; you can consider her the Doctor’s guest Companion for the day, but don’t expect her to stick around when season two premieres in 2025. That in mind, we do have some exciting news on the Companion front.

Though it was widely speculated that Millie Gibson would retire her character Ruby Sunday after just one season alongside Gatwa’s Doctor, showrunner Russell T. Davies has confirmed Gibson’s return — alongside a second Companion to be played by Varada Sethu, best known for action series Strike Back and Star Wars TV spinoff Andor.

Enemy Within

DUNE: PROPHECY

Sunday, 8 p.m. & 3 a.m., HBO Canada

Revelations and confrontations abound in the final chapter of this sci-fi prequel, as the acolytes uncover a “long-held secret” about the Sisterhood, while Tula is left reeling by Desmond’s shocking true identity. SEASON FINALE

Deadly History

SHETLAND

Wednesday, BritBox

Season nine hits the midway point with a game-changing episode. The investigation into Annie’s murder takes small-town sleuths Tosh and Calder into “uncharted territory” as they struggle to come to terms with their victim’s shocking past. Yet, amidst the turmoil, they manage to pull a “cryptic clue” out of Noah.

CAN I TEMPT YOU?

CULPA TUYA (YOUR FAULT)

Friday, Prime Video

Spanish romantic thriller Culpa Mia (My Fault) gets a tense and steamy sequel. The taboo love affair between stepsiblings Noah (Nicole Wallace) and Nick (Gabriel Guevara) faces new hurdles as Noah heads to college and Nick focuses on his career, opening up perilous new worlds — and new temptations — for both.

Hot Dramas

Stars Sarah Drew & Peter Mooney on mixing love, death & Christmas

Hallmark Homicide

QWhat makes Sam and Emily compelling — both as individuals and as a crime-solving duo?

APETER: For Sam, I love the fact that he is a detective, and encounters this one woman that he cannot solve, that he cannot figure out. She is the greatest mystery for him. The fact that she keeps showing up at these crime scenes, having very good instincts as to what might be going on, is intriguing to him. So, playing a detective who’s encountered his hardest case yet is my favourite thing.

SARAH: I think what jumped off the page for me when I read the first episode is just how much of a mystery there is about Emily. She clearly has a past. We get to see inside of her brain, through the voiceover, this whole other side of her that the rest of the town doesn’t see . . . I think what makes them a really wonderful duo is that she’s used to doing everything on her own. She’s a lone wolf. She has a lot of trauma in her life — and Sam represents a safe space to land. He is a good, good man. It’s very hard for her to allow herself to trust

MISTLETOE MURDERS

Monday, 8 p.m., W Network

that there is somebody like that in the world, but it’s really beautiful watching the two of them come closer together.

QYou wouldn’t necessarily think that murder mystery and heartwarming holiday romance mix well together . . .

ASARAH: They’re two fantastically popular genres, and no one’s ever seen someone marry them in a way that works for both. So, you still kind of feel all the cozy Christmas vibes, but you’re definitely in sleuth mode investigating the murder and getting really, really pumped about it. I’ve shown my kids the first couple episodes and they are all in. They are obsessed. My son is guessing every five minutes who the killer is, and then my daughter wanted to put the Christmas tree up.

PETER: And mistletoe, with the red berries, they look like blood spatter . . . I feel like there’s a lot of overlap.

Hot Comedies

Star Ted McGinley on dramatic comedy and the rise of Derek

Howdy, Neighbour

Q Has your concept of who Derek is evolved over these two seasons?

A

I never thought Derek was going to have more than two lines . . . In the beginning, I thought Derek was going to be the guy on the other side of the fence that would walk through the scene with his dog. And slowly but surely, more and more started to come. And people started to react to Derek . . . Then, we began to discover who Derek was.

Q

Much of Derek’s arc plays out in his relationship with Liz [Christa Miller], which — funny and bickery though it is — really does feel like a complex, mature portrait of a marriage.

A It’s very complicated, super-adult and it’s such a beautiful thing to get to play. I think it’s really real, and I think that’s what people respond to. People see that it’s not a cookiecutter like you see on a sitcom or in so many TV shows where there’s a massive overbearance of things being overplayed. There’s something to it that comes from years of love and understanding and trust.

Q

SEASON FINALE

SEASON FINALE

Tragedy On Set Out With a Bang

INVINCIBLE FIGHT GIRL

Saturday, 9 p.m. 9:30 p.m. (repeating at 11:30 p.m. & Midnight), Adult Swim

Andy’s quest to become the world’s greatest wrestler taps out of season one with two final episodes. In the first, our pint-sized heroine gears up for a rematch with the dreaded Perm Gang, who have a bone to pick. Then, Andy winds up at odds with Rikko after his crusade turns dark.

SHRINKING

Wednesday, Apple TV+

Is it rare to be on a comedy that can really delve into grief, and get “dramatic” when it needs to?

AI think that shows the high quality of the writing — the fact that they understand that. If you and I are driving in a car, we’ve got McDonald’s in our laps and we’re laughing, then out of nowhere, a car smashes into us and changes our lives in a split-second — that’s actually how life happens.

Q You came onto huge shows like Dynasty and Married . . . With Children midway through their runs. When that happens, is there a “Please don’t hate me!” sort of feeling for you?

A I’m like that every day, everywhere I go! Yes, almost every show I’ve ever gone onto — even just as a guest spot — that’s how I walk in: “Please, don’t hate me.” I always assume the hate, and I want to always do the best work I can — and feel like I’m challenged by it.

GLAZING OVER

Having risen to global stardom with her hit series Broad City and films like Babes, Ilana Glazer nonetheless maintains a bustling standup career. Her latest, filmed at Toronto’s Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres, finds Ilana reflecting on the joys, terrors and exhaustions of motherhood.

Hot Comedies

Twist of Nate

YOUR FRIEND, NATE BARGATZE

Tuesday, Netflx

Less than a week after his CBS holiday variety hour, the Tennessee comedian is back with a new Netflix special. Here, Nate quips about the best strategies for ordering pizza on “guys night” and how having a responsible wife is the key to his survival.

It’s Time!Marty

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE

Saturday, 8:29 p.m., Global & NBC; 11:29 p.m., NBC

TSATAN’S ON HIS WAY!

DEAR SANTA Prime Video

Anew holiday flick with a devilish sense of humour opens on an awkward sixth-grader named Liam (Robert Timothy Smith) whose home and school lives are in disarray — due in no small part to a family tragedy. Hoping he can tap into a little Christmas magic and turn his fortunes around, the boy writes an impassioned letter to Old Saint Nick. Unfortunately, Liam has dyslexia, and after misspelling “Santa” ever so

slightly in the mailer info, his letter ends up delivered to the devil himself (Jack Black).

Showing up in our confused young protagonist’s bedroom posing as Mr. Claus, Satan proceeds to wreak havoc — putting both the holidays and Liam’s very soul in jeopardy. The film is directed by Bobby Farrelly, a comedy legend known for helming Dumb and Dumber and previous Black vehicle Shallow Hal with his brother Peter

elevision’s eternal sketch show closes out 2024 by welcoming a true comedy legend back to the stage.

Martin Short has a long history with Saturday Night Live, having served as a cast member for one season in 1984-’85, followed by three solo hosting stints over the years, one occasion when he co-hosted with fellow Three Amigos stars Chevy Chase and Steve Martin, then, most recently, co-hosting again with Martin as the duo experienced a career resurgence courtesy of smash-hit mystery comedy Only Murders in the Building and their popular travelling stage show.

Of course, that’s not even mentioning the man’s early work on SCTV, where he and

Canadian contemporaries such as John Candy, Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara inspired a generation of sketch comics.

All of which is to say: when Martin Short shows up at Studio 8H, it’s never anything less than a night of must-see hilarity. Will Steve Martin drop by for a cameo? Nothing’s been confirmed, but the two funnymen do seem inseparable these days.

Joining Short as musical guest is another artist in the midst of a career renaissance. Irish singersongwriter Hozier plays SNL for the second time, having just scored his first-ever No. 1 Billboard hit with “Too Sweet” — a decade after his breakthrough single “Take Me to Church.”

Hot Reality TV SEASON

Mickey in the Mornin’

By this late point in the yuletide marathon, you’ve no doubt already watched (and rewatched) the classic antics of Santa, Rudolph, Frosty, Charlie Brown, Buddy the Elf and that mean one, Mr. Grinch. Their seasonally specific brand of cheer is a highlight for Christmas lovers the world over. But there’s another group of adorable moppets who don’t require any particular holiday to put a smile on your face and a song in your heart. No, they manage to do it 365 days each and every year.

So, whenever Mickey Mouse and his crew do turn their ever-present “magic” towards celebrating the season, it’s a show like no other. Earlier this month, we had the toe-tappin’ Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular Now, it’s time for the Mouse House’s annual Christmas-morning parade.

Filmed in November at Florida’s Disney World and California’s Disneyland, the vibrant, eclectic pageant will feature a mix of celebrity performances, heartwarming stories of how Disney parks bring

DISNEY PARKS MAGICAL CHRISTMAS DAY PARADE

Wednesday, Disney+

folks together and, of course, the centrepiece: a procession of eyecatching floats down Main Street, USA, helmed by Mickey, Minnie, Goofy et al. — as well as a few surprise guests from stage and screen.

All told, it’s the perfect bit of noncommittal visual fluff to pop on TV while the kids are unwrapping presents and mom and dad get started on the turkey.

At time of press, the only celebrities confirmed to be participating in this year’s parade were the aforementioned cartoon characters. Reports indicate that longtime host Julianne Hough will return to emcee the festivities. But for the first time in four years, she won’t be sharing the mic with her brother Derek, as AFV ’s Alfonso Ribeiro slides into the co-host’s seat.

LIGHTS! CAMERA! CASH!

SECOND CHANCE STAGE

Saturday, 6 p.m. & 9 p.m., Magnolia

After a first season equal parts zany and heartwarming, the talent show that offers another shot at stardom to folks who were forced to give up on their dreams comes to a spectacular end. As the finalists “leave it all on the stage,” judges Taye Diggs, Martina McBride and Heidi Gardner give out a $100,000 ovation.

CHRISTMAS EVE MASS

Tuesday, 11:34 p.m., NBC

After you’ve attended your local house of worship on the night before the big day, NBC invites you along on its annual televisual pilgrimage to St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, where Pope Francis will conduct mass for thousands of in-person congregants, as well as viewers across the globe.

Hot Reality TV

PET TREATS

HOLIDAY WARS

Sunday, 7 p.m. & 10 p.m., Food

One way or another, we all have a “war” to wage over the holiday season — whether it’s fighting through the mob at the shopping mall or the closequarters emotional combat of being stuck in a house with certain family members for just a little too long. Compared to those crucibles, the bakers and sugar artists on Holiday Wars have it easy.

Season six of the yuletide kitchen battle simmers down this week, as host Jeff Mauro tasks the remaining teams with whipping up a treat inspired by the shenanigans that ensue when a family pet decides it doesn’t much like the Christmas tree.

SEASON FINALE

Once they’ve finished that very high-concept assignment, judges Kardea Brown and Shinmin Li will gift the winners with $25,000.

Sounds Divine!

Keep that Christmas spirit alive just a little bit longer with an allnew concert from the historic chapel at King’s College in Cambridge. Streaming on Boxing Day, it features a stirring collection of readings, hymns and carols to sing in the season.

The Finale Round

SCRABBLE

Thursday, 8 p.m., KTLA

TRIVIAL PURSUIT

Thursday, 9 p.m., KTLA

Ever since The CW changed ownership a couple years ago, there’s been a distinct shift in programming strategy, with the cancellation of many existing scripted shows in favour of cheaper-toproduce docuseries and live events, while most “original” comedies and dramas now come in the form of shows that previously aired in other countries.

Another part of this cost-cutting philosophy manifested in the network’s first foray into primetime game shows this past fall, with the debut of two new series inspired by Hasbro board games Scrabble and

Trivial Pursuit. Both shows wrap tonight, and both have proven to be a hit with fans — due largely to their lighthearted yet compelling gameplay and nostalgic disposition, as contestants race to solve word puzzles and demonstrate their mental repertoire of obscure facts. But that success is also a testament to their charismatic hosts: RavenSymoné on Scrabble and LeVar Burton on Trivial Pursuit. Burton, of course, had been a favourite to replace the late Alex Trebek on Jeopardy!, yet as he recently said on The View: “This is the game show I was always meant to host.”

Hot Docs

The Spying Game

This true crime documentary, directed by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Chris Moukarbel (Banksy Does New York, Gaga: Five Foot Two), takes viewers inside a dramatic tale of espionage, propaganda and romance. The Honey Trap follows infamous Berlin rapper Denis Cuspert (a.k.a. Deso Dogg) on his unexpected journey from aspiring rap artist to MMA fighter to ISIS recruiter. When the FBI assigns translator Daniela Greene to monitor Cuspert, her quest to get close to

THE HONEY TRAP: THE TRUE STORY OF LOVE, LIES AND THE FBI

Paramount+

him completely consumes her life. Ultimately, their complex relationship reveals the hidden powers that shape our world and what happens to those who step into the crossfire.

While Moukarbel takes a deep dive into the murky details of this

Yasgur’s Farm

WOODSTOCK: THREE DAYS THAT DEFINED A GENERATION

Thursday, 9 p.m. & Midnight, Knowledge

Take a look back at the 1969 music festival, from the iconic performances to the behind-the-scenes drama to its societal impact, as remembered by those who were there.

unconventional romance, he also touches upon the covert mechanics of espionage, the true power of disinformation and the often bewildering nature of desire, seeking to comprehend how the personal choices of two people can become entangled within the interplay of global events.

“When people hear the story of Daniella and Denis they often ask if it’s fiction,” said Moukarbel in a statement. “In a way, their story lives at the crossroads of military power and entertainment culture.”

GUARDS & PRISONERS

This docuseries examines one of history’s most notorious psychology studies through the firsthand accounts of the original prisoners and guards, many of whom are speaking on camera for the first time. Their stories unravel a narrative that questions the motives of the man in charge, Dr. Philip Zimbardo, while exploring larger questions of human nature and the power of perspective.

THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT: UNLOCKING THE TRUTH

Disney+

NATURE OF THE CRIME Crave (Stream)

Three incarcerated men prepare for upcoming parole interviews after spending decades behind bars, with this documentary reflecting on their crimes, their rehabilitation and the criteria for their potential release, exposing the inner workings of the parole boards that will determine their fates.

Peak Prowess THIS MOUNTAIN LIFE

Tuesday, 9 p.m. & Midnight, Knowledge

Follow Martina Halik and her 60-year-old mother, Tania, as they embark on a six-month ski journey through British Columbia’s treacherous Coast Mountains, travelling 2,300 kilometres from B.C. to Alaska — a feat that had only been accomplished once before.

SEEKING PAROLE SEEING THINGS Hot Documentaries

This inspiring documentary follows Quebec couple Edith Lemay and Sébastien Pelletier as they embark on a globe-spanning journey with their children, Mia, Léo, Colin and Laurent. Mia developed eye problems at the age of three and was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at age seven, a rare, incurable disease that leads to severe visual impairment. When her younger brothers Colin and

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Laurent received the same diagnosis, the family’s world changed forever. In the face of this life-altering news, they decided to set out on a journey around the world to build their children’s visual memories and experience all its beauty while they still can.

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CHIEFSAHOLIC: A WOLF IN CHIEFS CLOTHING

Tuesday, Prime Video

This true crime documentary with a sports twist tells the wild tale of Kansas City Chiefs superfan Xaviar Babudar, famously known as “ChiefsAholic” when wearing his signature wolf costume at games. Those who watched his antics via social media, however, were unaware that Babudar was concealing a criminal double life, which was revealed when he was arrested for committing a string of unsolved bank robberies throughout the Midwest. ChiefsAHolic: A Wolf in Chiefs Clothing features unprecedented interview footage with Babudar following his initial arrest — right before he removed his ankle monitor and went on the run as a fugitive.

Saturday

MOVIES

Saturday Sunday Monday

It Ends With Us

8:05 p.m., Crave1

Lily Bloom (Blake Lively) has overcome a traumatic childhood in order to embark on a new life in Boston, where she’s been chasing her lifelong dream of opening her own business. A chance meeting with charming neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid (Jane the Virgin alum Justin Baldoni, who also directed) sparks an intense

Happy Howlidays

8 p.m., W Network

This week’s Hallmark Channel rom-com stars Jessica Lowndes as the editor of a Seattle tourism website who’s grown used to celebrating the holidays all alone. An unusual encounter with a stray dog, however, leads her to an animal shelter and its handsome, charming owner — and the possibilty she won’t be spending Christmas solo.

connection. As the two begin to fall deeply in love, Lily begins to see sides of Ryle that remind her of her parents’ dysfunctional relationship. When Lily’s first love, Atlas Corrigan (Brandon Sklenar), suddenly re-enters her life, her relationship with Ryle is upended, and Lily realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future. ★★

Strange Brew

9:45 p.m., Starz2

In their one and only feature film — loosely based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, no less — SCTV fan-favourites Bob and Doug McKenzie (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) land jobs at a brewery, only to stumble upon the nefarious scheme of an evil brewmeister (Max von Sydow). The brothers hatch a plan to make that hoser take off, eh. ★★

The Batman

5 p.m., CTV Sci-Fi Robert Pattinson is the latest actor to don the Dark Knight’s cowl, in this 2022 flick in which he faces off against a deranged killer known as the Riddler (Paul Dano), who’s been systematically killing Gotham’s most powerful political figures to expose the hidden corruption that’s fuelled the city. ★★★

Night Raiders

6 p.m. & 9 p.m., APTN

Set in dystopian 2044, this thriller focuses on Niska (Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers), a Cree woman who joins a resistance movement aiming to take down a totalitarian regime in order to rescue her daughter from a governmentrun military academy — and just maybe fulfil an ancient Cree prophecy.

Desk Set

6:45 p.m., TCM

When an MIT computer expert (Spencer Tracy) is brought in to computerize the research department of a television network, he's met by resistance from Bunny Watson (Katharine Hepburn), who’s long run the department and is dubious about being replaced by a machine. ★★★

White Christmas

11 p.m., AMC

A song-and-dance team (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) team up with two singing sisters (Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen) to attempt to save a failing Vermont inn from going under, all while belting out some beloved Irving Berlin tunes (including “Sisters” and, of course, “White Christmas.” ★★★★

ON TV This week’s TOP FILMS

Defending Your Life

Wednesday

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A Christmas Carol

8 p.m., CHEK & CTV2

The tale of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge has been adapted for the screen many times, but this 1951 version starring Alastair Simm is generally regarded as the best ever, as the ghosts of Christmases past, present and future take him on a harrowing journey to teach him the error of his cheapskate ways. ★★★

It’s a Wonderful Life

8 p.m., NBC

Few movies are more associated with Christmas than this 1946 classic, in which George Bailey (James Stewart) discovers how different the world would be if he weren’t in it, courtesy of a rookie angel trying to earn his wings. ★★★★

Defending Your Life

5 p.m., TCM

Albert Brooks stars as a guy who meets the woman of his dreams (Meryl Streep) — after they’ve both died, unfortunately, while he preps for a trial that will decide whether he ascends to the next level of being or will be sent back to Earth to try again. ★★★

Love Actually

10:15 p.m., Starz2

This beloved holiday classic interweaves several stories of love during Christmastime, boasting an all-star cast that includes Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Andrew Lincoln, Billy Bob Thornton and Rowan Atkinson. ★★★

Dolly Parton’s

Magic Mountain Christmas

9 p.m., NBC

In the midst of starring in a TV Christmas special, Dolly Parton finds herself guided through a journey to her past by three wise mountain men (Willie Nelson, Billy Ray Cyrus and Zach Williams).

The Bodyguard

10 p.m., Starz2

Yellowstone fans missing Kevin Costner can get their fix from this 1992 drama in which he plays a former Secret Service agent haunted by a failure from his past. He’s hired to protect a famous R&B singer and actress (Whitney Houston, making her film debut) who’s threatened by a deadly stalker. ★★

The Holiday

7 p.m., CBC

When two women (Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz), living 6,000 miles apart, meet on a home-exchange website, they impulsively agree to swap homes over the Christmas holidays. Both discover the last thing they’re looking for: new romance. Also starring Jude Law and Jack Black ★★

Blood Simple

9:15 p.m., TCM

Sibling writer-directors Joel and Ethan Coen made a stunning cinematic debut with this 1984 noir thriller about a spurned husband (Dan Hedaya) who hires a private detective (M. Emmet Walsh) to murder his unfaithful wife (Frances McDormand) and her lover. That plan, however, goes off the rails. ★★★

Blood Simple

SATURDAY – GRID 1

2 :00 FIS Freestyle Skiing: World Cup (Taped) N The Past and the Curious

:30 Marc & Mandy N College Basketball: Ohio State vs. Kentucky (Live) N

Engelbert Humperdinck in Hawaii (My Music)

Zameen N

3 :00 CBC News Live N The Short List Chamber Chats N Paid Program The Rifleman MOVIE: “The Christmas Setup” (Rom. ’20) Ben Lewis. Alberta KONTAKT N :30 Hockey Central (Live) N Coll. Football Score. (L) N Wild Kingdom Bold Leaps Property Brothers: Forever Home

4 :00 NHL Hockey: New York Islanders at Toronto Maple Leafs (Live) N SportsCenter (Live) N

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8 :00 Zombie House Flipping (:04) That’s AWSM! The Amanpour Hour N

:30 MOVIE: “Snow Day” ›› (Fam. ’00) Chris Elliott. (:35) Crazy Smart Science

:00 Storage Wars MOVIE: “Searching for Sugar Man” ››› (Doc. ’11) Stephen ‘Sugar’ Segerman.

“Uncle Buck”

(Com. ’89) John Candy.

:00 Storage Wars MOVIE: “Guitar Lessons” (Com.-Dra. ’22) Corb Lund.

:30

Wars (:45) MOVIE: “The Karate Kid” ››› (Dra. ’84) Ralph Macchio.

3 :00 Storage Wars APTN News Weekend N Homicide

:30 Storage Wars (:45) MOVIE: “Groundhog Day” ››› (Rom. ’93) Bill Murray. SPECIAL: The Huron Carole 2023

NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Clippers at Dallas Mavericks (Live) N 6 :00 Storage Wars MOVIE: “ParaNorman” ››› (Ani. ’12) Voice of Kodi Smit-McPhee. Homicide for the Holidays SPECIAL: CNN Special Program

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The Big Bang Theory Naked and Afraid

:30 Storage Wars The Big Bang Theory Diners, DriveIns & Dives House Hunters Int’l N Marketplace

7 :00 (:01) Storage Wars (:15) MOVIE: “Yours, Mine & Ours” ›› (Fam. ’05) Dennis Quaid.

:30 (:34)

9 :00 (:03) Storage Wars (:15) MOVIE: “Annie” ›› (Fam. ’82) Aileen Quinn. MOVIE: “ParaNorman” ››› (Ani. ’12) Voice of Kodi Smit-McPhee.

Diners, DriveIns & Dives N House Hunters Int’l N Yukon Rescue Hope for Wildlife Second Chance Stage (SF) N CBC Newsroom N

to Find Your Channels

6 AM

:00 (4:45) MOVIE: “Deep Blue Sea 3” (Act. ’20)

:30 Daily TV Mass Hotel Transylvania Cloudy, WithMeatballs

Rookie Blue MOVIE: “Tenth Avenue Angel” › (Com.-Dra. ’48) Untold Stories of the E.R. Word for Today MOVIE: “Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story” (Rom. ’24) Hunter King. Supernoobs SPECIAL: Strawberry Shortcake’s Perfect Holi. Best & Bester (5:30) DP World Tour Golf: AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, Third Round

GameDay (Live) N

8 :00

7 :00 MOVIE: “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” ›› (Fan. ’03) Sean Connery. MOVIE: “The Fifth Element” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’97) Bruce Willis.

Untold Stories of the E.R.

:30 MOVIE: “A Christmas Carol” ››› (Fam. ’38) Reginald Owen.

Stories of the E.R.

Reflections on Hinduism Total DramaRama MOVIE: “Spirit Riding Free: Spirit of Christmas” The Loud House

:30 Teen Titans Go!

9 :00 (:15)

MOVIE: “Real Steel” ›› (Act. ’11) Hugh Jackman.

10 :00 MOVIE: “I Am Legend” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’07) Will Smith.

11 :00

MOVIE: “On Moonlight Bay” ›› (Rom. ’51) Doris Day.

Untold Stories of the E.R.

Let the Quran Speak Finding Mr. Christmas Teen Titans Go!

:30 Panorama TV Teen Titans Go!

SpongeBob SquarePants Golf Central Pregame (Live) N

SquarePants

(Live) N

Pregame (Live) N

(Live) N

Pregame (Live) N

12 NOON :00 MOVIE: “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’17) Dane DeHaan.

MOVIE: “Little Women” ›› (Dra. ’49) June Allyson.

1000-lb Sisters Sue Thomas F.B.Eye MOVIE: “Yes, Chef! Christmas” (Com. ’23) Tia MowryHardrict.

1000-lb Sisters MOVIE: “Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas” (Dra. ’14) Eric Mabius.

MOVIE: “Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!” (Ani. ’22) Voice of Jaleel White.

Dorg Van Dango

SPECIAL: The Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus :30 (:50) MOVIE: “Wonder Woman 1984” ›› (Act. ’20) Gal Gadot. (:45) Total DramaRama

MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” ›› (Ani. ’18) Voice of Benedict Cumberbatch. Golf: PNC Championship, Day 1 (Live) N

Football: Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs (Live) N

Football: Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs (Live) N

Football: Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs (Live) N :30

Pokémon Horizons Family Matters

Teen Titans Go! Family Matters

1 PM :00 (:15) MOVIE: “Susan Slept Here” ›› (Com. ’54) Dick Powell.

90 Day: The Last Resort Murdoch Mysteries Teen Titans Go! LEGO Friends

MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” (Ani. ’22)

DP World Tour Golf: AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, Third Round

Coll. Football Pre. (Live) N SC

SC :30

2 :00

1000-lb Sisters MOVIE: “Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle” (Rom. ’24) Rachel Boston.

Teen Titans Go! The Latest Buzz

NFL Pregame (Live) N College Football: Teams TBA (Live) N

SC :30

3 :00 MOVIE: “Aquaman” ›› (Act. ’18) Jason Momoa.

4 :00

MOVIE: “Mortal Engines” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’18) Hera Hilmar.

MOVIE: “Fitzwilly” ››› (Com. ’67) Dick Van Dyke.

MOVIE: “Believe in Christmas” (Rom. ’24) Meghan Ory

Total DramaRama Naturally, Sadie SpongeBob SquarePants

Total DramaRama Life With Derek SpongeBob SquarePants :30

90 Day: The Last Resort Endeavour MOVIE: “Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!” (Ani. ’22) Voice of Jaleel White.

MOVIE: “Annie” › (Fam. ’14) Jamie Foxx.

NFL Football: Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens (Live) N

NFL Pregame (Live) N Golf: PNC Championship, Day 1 (Live) N

NFL Football: Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens (Live) N

College Basketball: Purdue vs. Auburn (Live) N

Kamp KoralGolf Central (Live) N SC :30 The Patrick Star Show Golf: PNC Championship, Day 1 SCSC

90 Day: The Last Resort

5 :00

MOVIE: “Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story” (Rom. ’24) Hunter King.

Hockey: IIHF World Junior PreCompetition – Sweden vs. Canada (Live) N Hockey: IIHF World Junior PreCompetition – Sweden vs. Canada (Live) N :30 (:45) Total DramaRama

6 :00

MOVIE: “The Suicide Squad” ››› (Act. ’21) Margot Robbie.

MOVIE: “2012” ›› (Act. ’09) John Cusack. Say Yes to the Dress

MOVIE: “It Happened on 5th Avenue” ›› (Com. ’47) Don DeFore. Say Yes to the Dress CARPe Diem Teen Titans Go!

MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” ›› (Ani. ’18) Voice of Benedict Cumberbatch.

Coll. Football Pre. (Live) N SCColl. Football Pre. (Live) N

MOVIE: “Christmas Under the Lights” (Rom. ’24) Marco Grazzini.

Teen Titans Go! Family Matters

Teen Titans Go! Family Matters

MOVIE: “The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland” (Ani. ’24) Voice of Gerard Butler. :30 Aikam

8 :00 Say Yes to the Dress Paradise Now

College Football: CFP First Round –Teams TBA (Live) N

NBA Basketball: Golden State Warriors at Minnesota Timberwolves (Live) N

College Football: CFP First Round –Teams TBA (Live) N :30 Sardari Teen Titans Go! Dorg Van Dango

(Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N 7 :00 (:15) MOVIE: “The Man Who Came to Dinner” ››› (Com. ’41) Monty Woolley. Say Yes to the Dress

MOVIE: “Happy Howlidays” (P) (Dra. ’24) Jessica Lowndes.

MOVIE: “Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!” (Ani. ’22) Voice of Jaleel White.

MOVIE: “Annie” › (Fam. ’14) Jamie Foxx. Golf: PNC Championship, Day 1 :30 Waqt 4 U SC

MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” (Ani. ’22)

MOVIE: “The Cannons” (Doc. ’22) :30 (:45) MOVIE: “Mortal Kombat” ›› (Act. ’21) Lewis Tan. Nai Zindagi Ki Aur (:45) Total DramaRama SportsCentre (Live) N

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(Live) N 9 :00 (:15) MOVIE: “We’re No Angels” ››› (Com. ’55) Humphrey Bogart. Say Yes to the Dress Journey of Healing Batman: Animated :30 MOVIE: “The Fifth Element” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’97) Bruce Willis. Dil Diyan Gallan Young Justice Life With

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6 AM :00 (4:00) Best of Detroit Public Television (5:00) “Autumn-Jaguar” Hudson & Rex (5:00) “Aurora Teagarden” Sleeping With a Killer

7 :00

:30 (:45) Grind Now, Shine Later: Chris Boucher Story MOVIE: “Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Real Murders”

Hudson & Rex Hawaii Five-0

Zoo Diaries (5:00) MOVIE: “Goose!”

Zoo Diaries MOVIE: “Curious George” ›› (Ani. ’06) Voice of Will Ferrell.

SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS

9:00 AM

(SCFI) (9:15) MOVIE: “Real Steel” A boxing promoter and his son build a championship contender for the robot ring. ›› (2:35)

(TCM) MOVIE: “On Moonlight Bay” A tomboy teen makes music with a college man. ›› (2:00)

9:30 AM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Snow Day” Students steal a snow plow and fend off its crazy driver in an attempt to keep school closed. ›› (2:00)

10:00 AM

5:00 PM

(TCM) MOVIE: “It Happened on 5th Avenue” A hobo shares a mansion with others in winter. (B&W) ›› (2:15) 6:00 PM

(APTN) MOVIE: “ParaNorman” See 9 pm. (2:00) (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives See 9 pm. N (:30)

8 :00 Michigan Out of Doors

Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog :30 Under-Radar Michigan (:35) MOVIE: “A Christmas Blessing” (Com. ’23) Serilda Goodwin.

9 :00 (:05) MOVIE: “Bringing Christmas Home” (Dra. ’23) Jill Wagner.

Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog MOVIE: “Chicken Run” ››› (Ani. ’00) Voice of Mel Gibson. :30 Best of Detroit Public Television

Hudson & Rex True Crime News

Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Three Bedrooms...” Hawaii Five-0

Hudson & Rex Hawaii Five-0

Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog :30 MOVIE: “Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Julius House” (’16) True Crime News MOVIE: “Jingle All the Way” ›› (Fam. ’96) 10 :00

11 :00

Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog :30 (:35) MOVIE: “’Twas the Text Before Christmas” (Rom. ’23)

Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “The Apollo” (Doc. ’19) MOVIE: “Santa Bootcamp” (Rom. ’22) Emily Kinney

Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog (:10) MOVIE: “Santa Claus: The Movie” ›› (Fam. ’85) Dudley Moore. :30 12 NOON :00 (:05) SPECIAL: Crazy Racing Chicago Med

Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog :30 (:45) MOVIE: “It Will Be Chaos” (Doc. ’18)

1 PM :00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit MOVIE: “A Christmas Spark” (Rom. ’22) Jane Seymour

2 :00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog MOVIE: “Gremlins” ››› (Fan. ’84) Zach Galligan. :30 (:45) MOVIE: “Wonka” ››› (Com. ’23) Timothée Chalamet.

3 :00 PBS News Weekend N Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (:05) Selena + Chef MOVIE: “Merry Textmas” (Rom. ’22) Ariana Ron Pedrique.

4 :00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog :30 (:20) Selena + Chef (:50) MOVIE: “Song of the Sea” ››› (Ani. ’14) Voice of Brendan Gleeson.

Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog :30 SPECIAL: ’70s Soul Superstars (My Music) (:45) MOVIE: “Blue Beetle” ›› (Act. ’23) Xolo Maridueña. (:50) Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays

Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog :30 (:35) Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays (:25) MOVIE: “Nanny McPhee” ›› (Fam. ’05) Emma Thompson

5 :00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit MOVIE: “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder” (Hor. ’22) Cristine Prosperi.

Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog :30 (:20) MOVIE: “8-Bit Christmas” (Com. ’21) Neil Patrick Harris.

(APTN) MOVIE: “Searching for Sugar Man” Two South African fans try to shed light on the fate of a failed musician from Detroit. ››› (2:00) (CRTN) MOVIE: “Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!” See 7 pm. (1:45) (SHO) MOVIE: “I Am Legend” Vampires created by a man-made plague surround a lone survivor as he searches for a cure. ››› (2:00) (W) MOVIE: “Yes, Chef! Christmas” A culinary school instructor tries to win an annual holiday cook-off with help from a fiery mentor. (2:00)

(YTV) MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” See 4 pm. (2:00) 11:00 AM

(TCM) MOVIE: “Little Women” With her husband away at war, a woman raises four daughters in 19th-century New England. ›› (2:15) (V) MOVIE: “Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas” Postal detectives delay their holiday travel plans to help a child who wrote a letter to God. (2:00) 11:30 AM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Uncle Buck” Chicago parents in a pinch have a bachelor uncle babysit their teenage daughter and little ones. ›› (2:15) (SCFI) (11:50) MOVIE: “Wonder Woman 1984” Wonder Woman battles the Cheetah, a villainess who possesses superhuman strength and agility. ›› (3:10) NOON

(APTN) MOVIE: “Guitar Lessons” A 15-year-old Metis boy inherits an old guitar and bonds with a cantankerous oilman over lessons. (2:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” Two special operatives travel to an intergalactic city where a dark force threatens the universe. ›› (3:00)

(W) MOVIE: “Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle” Mrs. Miracle reunites three siblings who must decide who will inherit the family’s empire. (2:00)

(YTV) MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” See 8 pm. (2:00)

1:00 PM

(MAG) Second Chance Stage (SF) See page 14. N (1:00) (SCFI) MOVIE: “The Suicide Squad” Armed supervillains trek through a dangerous jungle on a search-and-destroy mission. ››› (2:45) (SHO) MOVIE: “2012” A man tries to lead his family to safety, as the world collapses around them. ›› (3:30) (W) MOVIE: “Christmas Under the Lights” Emily reluctantly returns home to her family’s rescue ranch to organize the Christmas Carnival. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland” Father Christmas travels to Wonderland to help save Christmas. (2:00) 7:00 PM (AMC) (7:15) MOVIE: “Yours, Mine & Ours” The marriage of two widowed parents creates one large family. ›› (2:00) (CRTN) MOVIE: “Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!” Urkel heads to the North Pole in hopes Santa can help the city rediscover its holiday spirit. (1:45) (FAM) MOVIE: “Annie” A plucky foster child charms her way into a billionaire’s heart. › (2:30) (TCM) (7:15) MOVIE: “The Man Who Came to Dinner” A critic with a broken hip mends at his host’s home. (B&W) ››› (2:00) 8:00 PM (5) (8) (8:29) Saturday Night Live Host Martin Short; musical guest Hozier. (Live) N (1:34) (6) MOVIE: “The Man Who Saved Christmas” Toy inventor A.C. Gilbert rediscovers his holiday spirit. ››› (2:00) (9) MOVIE: “Binti” Binti was born in the Congo but lives in Belgium with her father and wants to become a vlogger. (1:35) (32) MOVIE: “Catch Me if You Claus” An aspiring anchorwoman encounters an intruder in her home who claims to be the son of Santa. (2:00) (KTLA) MOVIE: “The Waltons’ Homecoming” John Boy embarks on a life-changing journey to find his father on Christmas Eve. (2:00) (W) MOVIE: “Happy Howlidays” (P) See page 18. (2:00)

6 :00 SPECIAL: Il Volo in the Valley of the Temples MOVIE: “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” (P) ›› (Fam. ’22) James Marsden.

It’s Always Sunny

7 :00

The Incredible Dr. Pol (:05) MOVIE: “Nanny McPhee Returns” ›› (Fam. ’10) Emma Thompson. :30 It’s Always Sunny

8 :00 (:05) MOVIE: “It Ends With Us” (P) ›› (Rom. ’24) Blake Lively.

It’s Always Sunny MOVIE: “The Great Wall” ›› (Adv. ’16)

It’s Always Sunny

It’s Always Sunny Sex Lives of College Girls

It’s Always Sunny Bookie

MOVIE: “Santa Bootcamp” (Rom. ’22) Emily Kinney

Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom :30 SPECIAL: All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop (My Music Presents)

9 :00 It’s Always Sunny Dune: Prophecy MOVIE: “A Christmas Spark” (Rom. ’22) Jane Seymour

Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog MOVIE: “Reservoir Dogs” ››› (Cri. ’92) Harvey Keitel. :30

(CTV2) MOVIE: “A Christmas… Present” Maggie Larson is determined to give her brother and niece the best Christmas possible. (2:00) (TCM) (1:15) MOVIE: “Susan Slept Here” A screenwriter has custody of a wild teenage girl who is more fun than his girlfriend. ›› (1:45) 1:30 PM

(8) MOVIE: “Three Wise Men and a Baby” Three brothers are forced to work together to care for a baby throughout the holidays. (2:00) (AMC) (1:45) MOVIE: “The Karate Kid” A bullied teen learns karate from a handyman. ››› (3:00)

2:00 PM

(YTV) MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” Jerry and Tuffy make a snow mouse that comes to life. (2:00) 8:30 PM (SCFI) (8:45) MOVIE: “Mortal Kombat” Earth’s greatest warriors take on enemies from Outworld in a high-stakes battle for the universe. ›› (2:15) 9:00 PM

(AMC) (9:15) MOVIE: “Annie” Daddy Warbucks protects little orphan Annie in 1930s New York. ›› (3:00)

The Incredible Dr. Pol :30 Best of Detroit Public Television It’s Always Sunny (:45) MOVIE: “Strange Brew” ›› (Com. ’83) Dave Thomas. 10 :00 It’s Always Sunny (:10) Dune: Prophecy Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom :30 (:20) MOVIE: “John Wick: Chapter 4” ››› (Act. ’23) Keanu Reeves. It’s Always Sunny 11 :00 It’s Always Sunny (:15) Dune: Prophecy MOVIE: “Merry Textmas” (Rom. ’22) Ariana Ron Pedrique.

(W) MOVIE: “Believe in Christmas” Best friends Bea and Emilia travel to Christmasland. (2:00) 3:00 PM

Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog :30 It’s Always Sunny (:20) The Pillars of the Earth

:00 Hudson & Rex

Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog :30 (:20) Dune: Prophecy (:20) Pillars of the Earth

:00 Hudson & Rex

Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog (:10) MOVIE: “Wind River” ››› (Sus. ’17) Jeremy Renner. :30 (:25) Dune: Prophecy

Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog :30 Best of Joy of Painting (:25) Westworld

:00 (:15) MOVIE: “The Equalizer 3” ›› (Act. ’23) Denzel Washington. Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder” (Hor. ’22) Cristine Prosperi.

:00 Joy of Painting (:10) MOVIE: “Dancing Through Christmas” Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Santa Bootcamp” (Rom. ’22) Ice Road Truckers MOVIE: “The Monuments Men”

(CRTN) MOVIE: “Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!” See 7 pm. (1:45) (CTV2) MOVIE: “The Christmas Setup” Hugo and his best friend Madelyn head to Milwaukee to spend the holidays with his family. (2:00) (FAM) MOVIE: “Annie” See 7 pm. (2:30) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Aquaman” Aquaman must retrieve the legendary Trident of Atlan. ›› (3:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “Mortal Engines” A young woman must stop a giant predator city on wheels from devouring everything in its path. ›› (3:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “Fitzwilly” An old woman’s butler leads servants in larceny. ››› (2:00) 4:00 PM

(W) MOVIE: “Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story” Alana tries to win the Fan of the Year Award as a Christmas gift for her family. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” The Grinch hatches a scheme to pose as Santa Claus and steal Christmas from Whoville. ›› (2:00) 4:30 PM

(AMC) (4:45) MOVIE: “Groundhog Day” February 2nd keeps repeating for a TV weatherman. ››› (2:30)

(APTN) MOVIE: “ParaNorman” A boy who can speak with the dead must save his town from a centuries-old curse. ››› (2:00) (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives An Italian joint in San Luis Obispo; vegan comfort food in Indianapolis; funky taco spot in San Antonio.(:30) (KNO) Midsomer Murders A pet detective turns up dead inside a dog kennel. N (1:30) (MAG) Second Chance Stage See page 14. (1:00) (TCM) (9:15) MOVIE: “We’re No Angels” Devil’s Island fugitives help a French family in need. ››› (2:00) 9:30 PM

(SHO) MOVIE: “The Fifth Element” A New York City cabdriver tries to save 2259 Earth from impact with an onrushing anti-life force. ››› (3:00) 10:00 PM

(W) MOVIE: “Trading Up Christmas” Michelle tries to get her sister something and all she has is a Christmas stocking to trade with. (2:00) 11:00 PM

(5) (11:29) Saturday Night Live Host Martin Short; musical guest Hozier. (1:34) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” Batman and Wonder Woman recruit an unprecedented league of heroes to battle a newly awakened enemy. ››› (4:15) (TCM) (11:15) MOVIE: “Miracle on Main Street” A Los Angeles dancer brings home an abandoned baby on Christmas Eve. (B&W) ›› (1:30) 11:30 PM

(APTN) MOVIE: “Inconvenient Indian” Exploring the ongoing cultural colonization of Indigenous peoples in North America. (2:00)

Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each small 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine.

The idea of Go Figure is to arrive at the figures give at the bottom and right-hand columns of the diagram by following the arithmetic signs in the order they are given (that is, from left to right and top to bottom). Use only the numbers below the diagram to complete its blank squares and use each of the nine numbers only once

GO FIGURE! BY LINDA THISTLE

DECEMBER 21-27 SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS

AUTO RACING

WED. 11:30 am (TSN2) Formula 1: Canadian Grand Prix (2:30) 2:15 pm (TSN2) Formula 1: British Grand Prix (2:15)

BASKETBALL

SAT. 9:00 am (13) College: Marquette at Xavier (Live) N (2:00)

9:00 am (KTLA) College: SMU at Boston College (Live) N (2:00)

9:30 am (7) College: Mississippi State at Memphis (Live) N (2:30)

11:00 am (KTLA) College : Louisville at Florida State (Live) N (2:00)

Noon (7) College: UCLA vs. North Carolina (Live) N (2:30)

1:30 pm (TSN5) College: Purdue vs. Auburn (L) N (2:00)

2:30 pm (7) College: Ohio State vs. Kentucky (Live) N (2:00)

5:00 pm (13) Women’s College: USC at Connecticut (Live) N (2:00)

5:00 pm (TSN2) NBA: Golden State at Minnesota (Live) N (2:30)

5:30 pm (KTLA) NBA: LA Clippers at Dallas (L) N (2:30)

SUN. 3:00 pm (TSN4) NBA: Houston at Toronto (Live) N (2:30)

11:00 pm (TSN2) NBA: Houston at Toronto (Taped) N (2:30)

MON. 4:00 am (TSN2) NBA: Houston at Toronto (2:30)

6:30 am (TSN2) NBA: Houston at Toronto (2:30)

7:00 pm (TSN2) NBA: Phoenix at Denver (Live) N (2:30)

WED. 9:00 am (4) (TSN3) (TSN5) NBA: San Antonio at New York (Live) N (2:30)

11:30 am (4) NBA: Minnesota at Dallas (L) N (2:30)

2:00 pm (4) NBA: Philadelphia at Boston (L) N (2:30)

5:00 pm (4) NBA: LA Lakers at Golden State (Live) N (2:30)

7:30 pm (4) NBA: Denver at Phoenix (Live) N (2:30)

FRI. 7:00 pm (TSN3) NBA: Golden State at LA Clippers (Live) N (2:30)

CURLING

MON. 11:00 am (TSN2) 2024 Montana’s Brier: Final (3:00)

WED. 7:00 pm (TSN2) 2024 World Women’s Championship: Canada vs. Switzerland (3:30)

FOOTBALL

SAT. 9:00 am (4) College: FCS Division I – First Semifinal – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:00) 9:00 am (TSN2) College: Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30) 10:00 am (5) (32) (TSN1) (TSN3) (TSN4) NFL: Houston at Kansas City (Live) N (3:00)

12:30 pm (4) College: FCS Division I – Second Semifinal – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:00)

1:00 pm (TSN2) College: Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

1:30 pm (13) (32) (TSN1) (TSN3) NFL: Pittsburgh at Baltimore (Live) N (3:00)

5:00 pm (4) (TSN1) (TSN3) College: CFP First Round –Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

7:30 pm (TSN4) (TSN5) College: CFP First Round – Teams TBA (JiP) (Live) N (1:00)

SUN. 10:00 am (7) NFL: LA Rams at NY Jets (Live) N (3:25)

10:00 am (32) (CTV2) NFL: Teams TBA (Live) N (3:25)

10:00 am (TSN1) (TSN3) NFL: Teams TBA (Live) N (3:00)

1:00 pm (13) NFL: Minnesota at Seattle (Live) N (3:00)

1:00 pm (TSN1) (TSN3) NFL: Teams TBA (Live) N (3:00)

1:25 pm (7) NFL: San Francisco at Miami (L) N (3:05)

1:25 pm (32) NFL: Teams TBA (Live) N (3:05)

1:30 pm (TSN5) NFL: Teams TBA (JiP) (Live) N (2:30)

5:15 pm (5) (32) (TSN1) (TSN3) NFL: Tampa Bay at Dallas (Live) N (3:15)

5:30 pm (TSN4) NFL: Tampa Bay at Dallas (JiP) (Live) N (3:00)

MON. 8:00 am (TSN1) College: Myrtle Beach Bowl – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

11:30 am (TSN1) College: Famous Idaho Potato Bowl –Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

1:30 pm (TSN3) College: Famous Idaho Potato Bowl –Teams TBA (JiP) (Live) N (1:30)

5:15 pm (4) (32) (TSN1) (TSN3) NFL: New Orleans at Green Bay (Live) N (3:15)

7:30 pm (TSN4) (TSN5) NFL: New Orleans at Green Bay (JiP) (Live) N (1:00)

TUE. 11:00 am (TSN2) 2024 Grey Cup: Toronto vs. Winnipeg (3:00)

5:00 pm (TSN3) (TSN5) College: Hawai’i Bowl – South Florida vs. San Jose State (L) N (3:30)

WED. 10:00 am (32) (TSN1) (TSN4) NFL: Kansas City at Pittsburgh (Live) N (3:00)

11:30 am (TSN3) (TSN5) NFL: Kansas City at Pittsburgh (JiP) (Live) N (1:30)

1:30 pm (32) (TSN1) (TSN3) (TSN4) (TSN5) NFL: Baltimore at Houston (Live) N (3:00)

THU. 11:00 am (TSN2) College : GameAbove Sports Bowl –Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

2:30 pm (TSN2) College: Rate Bowl – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

5:15 pm (13) (32) (TSN3) NFL: Seattle at Chicago (Live) N (3:15)

5:15 pm (CTV2) NFL: Seattle at Chicago (LiP) (L) N (2:45)

6:00 pm (TSN2) College: 68 Ventures Bowl – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

FRI. 9:00 am (TSN2) College: Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

12:30 pm (TSN2) College: Birmingham Bowl – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

4:00 pm (TSN2) College: AutoZone Liberty Bowl – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

5:00 pm (13) College: DirecTV Holiday Bowl – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

7:30 pm (TSN2) College: SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30) GOLF

SAT. 10:00 am (GOLF) PNC Championship: Day 1 (Live) N (1:30)

11:30 am (GOLF) DP World: AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, Third Round (3:30)

1:00 pm (5) (TSN4) PNC Championship: Day 1 (L) N (2:00)

3:30 pm (GOLF) PNC Championship: Day 1 (3:30)

7:00 pm (GOLF) PNC Championship: Day 1 (3:00)

10:00 pm (GOLF) DP World: AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, Final Round (Live) N (5:00) SUN. 8:30 am (GOLF) PNC Championship: Final Day (Live) N (1:00)

9:30 am (GOLF) DP World: AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, Final Round (4:00)

10:30 am (5) (TSN5) PNC Championship: Final (L) N (3:00)

2:00 pm (GOLF) PNC Championship: Final Day (4:00)

6:30 pm (GOLF) PNC Championship: Final Day (4:00)

11:00 pm (GOLF) PNC Championship: Final Day (4:00)

MON. 7:00 am (GOLF) PGA: 2024 Sony Open, Final Round (4:00) 11:00 am (GOLF) PGA: 2024 American Express, Final Round (3:00)

2:00 pm (GOLF) PGA: 2024 Farmers Insurance Open, Final Round (5:00)

7:00 pm (GOLF) PGA: 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Final Round (5:00)

TUE. 8:00 am (GOLF) PGA: 2024 The Genesis Invitational, Final Round (5:00)

1:00 pm (GOLF) PGA: 2024 Mexico Open, Final Round (5:00)

6:00 pm (GOLF) PGA : 2024 Cognizant Classic, Final Round (4:30)

10:30 pm (GOLF) PGA : 2024 Puerto Rico Open, Final Round (2:30)

WED. 9:30 am (GOLF) 2024 Augusta National Women’s Amateur: Final Round (3:00)

THU. 8:30 am (GOLF) PGA: 2024 The Players Championship, Final Round (5:00)

1:30 pm (GOLF) PGA: 2024 Valspar Championship, Final Round (5:00)

6:30 pm (GOLF) PGA: 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open, Final Round (5:00)

FRI. 7:00 am (GOLF) PGA: 2024 Corales Puntacana Championship, Final Round (2:00)

9:00 am (GOLF) PGA: 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Final Round (5:00)

2:00 pm (GOLF) PGA: 2024 The CJ Cup Byron Nelson, Final Round (4:00)

6:00 pm (GOLF) PGA: 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic, Final Round (2:00)

8:00 pm (GOLF) PGA: 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge, Final Round (4:00)

SAT. Midnight (GOLF) PGA: 2024 RBC Canadian Open, Final Round (3:00) HOCKEY

SAT. 11:00 am (2) PWHL: Montreal at Toronto (L) N (3:00)

4:00 pm (2) NHL: NY Islanders at Toronto (L) N (3:00)

4:00 pm (10) NHL: Detroit at Montreal (Live) N (3:00)

4:00 pm (TSN4) (TSN5) IIHF World Junior Pre-Competition: Sweden vs. Canada (Live) N (2:30)

7:00 pm (2) (10) NHL: Ottawa at Vancouver (L) N (3:00)

7:00 pm (OMNI) NHL: Ottawa at Vancouver (In Punjabi) (Live) N (3:00)

9:30 pm (TSN2) IIHF World Junior Pre-Competition: Sweden vs. Canada (Taped) N (2:30) SUN. 12:30 am (TSN2) IIHF World Junior Pre-Competition: Sweden vs. Canada (2:30)

6:30 am (TSN2) IIHF World Junior Pre-Competition: Sweden vs. Canada (2:30)

9:00 am (TSN4) PWHL: Minnesota at New York (Live) N (2:30)

11:30 am (TSN4) IIHF World Junior Pre-Competition: Sweden vs. Canada (2:30)

4:00 pm (TSN2) 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship: Gold Medal – Canada vs. Finland (2:30)

5:00 pm (TSN5) NHL: Ottawa at Edmonton (Live) N (2:30)

6:30 pm (TSN2) 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship: Gold Medal – Czechia vs. Canada (2:30)

MON. 11:00 am (TSN3) (TSN4) NHL: Winnipeg at Toronto (Live) N (2:30)

4:00 pm (TSN4) (TSN5) IIHF World Junior Pre-Competition: Czechia vs. Canada (2:30)

4:00 pm (TSN2) NHL: Montreal at Columbus (L) N (2:30) 11:00 pm (TSN2) IIHF World Junior Pre-Competition: Czechia vs. Canada (Taped) N (2:30) TUE. 6:30 am (TSN2) IIHF World Junior Pre-Competition: Czechia vs. Canada (2:30) 9:30 am (TSN3) (TSN5) IIHF World Junior Pre-Competition: Czechia vs. Canada (2:30) 2:00 pm (TSN2) 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship: United States vs. Canada (3:00)

5:00 pm (TSN2) 2009 World Junior Championship: Canada vs. United States (2:30) 7:30 pm (TSN2) 2009 World Junior Championship: Canada vs. Russia (2:30) 10:00 pm (TSN2) Women’s: Rivalry Series – Canada at United States (2:30) WED. 12:30 am (TSN2) Women’s: Rivalry Series – Canada at United States (2:30) 5:30 am (TSN2) 2024 IIHF U-18 World Championship: United States vs. Canada (3:00)

8:30 am (TSN2) Hlinka Gretzky: Czechia vs. Canada (3:00) 6:30 pm (TSN1) (TSN3) (TSN4) (TSN5) 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship: Gold Medal –Czechia vs. Canada(2:30) THU. 12:30 am (TSN2) 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship: Canada vs. Finland (2:30) 5:30 am (TSN2) 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship: United States vs. Sweden (2:30)

6:00 am (TSN3) (TSN4) 2024 Spengler Cup: FribourgGottéron vs. Dynamo Pardubice (2:30) 9:00 am (TSN1) (TSN5) 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship: Slovakia vs. Sweden (Live) N (2:30) 11:00 am (TSN3) 2024 Spengler Cup: HC Davos vs. Canada (Live) N (2:30) 11:30 am (TSN1) (TSN4) 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship: USA vs. Germany (Live) N (2:30)

2:00 pm (TSN1) (TSN5) 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship: Czechia vs. Switzerland (L) N (2:30)

4:30 pm (TSN1) (TSN4) (TSN5) 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship : Finland vs. Canada (Live) N (2:30) 11:00 pm (TSN2) 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship: Finland vs. Canada (Live) N (2:30) FRI. 6:00 am (TSN3) 2024 Spengler Cup: Kärpät Oulu vs. Team TBA (Live) N (2:30)

6:30 am (TSN2) 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship: Finland vs. Canada (2:30)

10:00 am (TSN1) (TSN5) 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship: Switzerland vs. Slovakia (Live) N (2:30) 11:00 am (TSN3) 2024 Spengler Cup: Straubing Tigers vs. Team TBA (Live) N (2:30)

12:30 pm (TSN4) 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship: Germany vs. Finland (Live) N (2:30) 1:30 pm (TSN3) 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship: Germany vs. Finland (JiP) (Live) N (1:30) 2:00 pm (TSN1) (TSN5) 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship: Sweden vs. Kazakhstan (Live) N (2:30)

4:00 pm (TSN3) PWHL: Boston at Toronto (Live) N (2:30) 4:30 pm (TSN1) (TSN4) (TSN5) 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship: Latvia vs. Canada (Live) N (2:30)

6:30 pm (TSN3) 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship: Latvia vs. Canada (JiP) (Live) N (:30) SAT. Midnight (TSN2) 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship: Latvia vs. Canada (Live) N (2:30)

POKER

TUE. 11:00 am (TSN1) (TSN4) PokerStars Big Game on Tour (1:00) THU. 10:00 am (TSN3) PokerStars Big Game on Tour N (1:00) 10:00 pm (TSN2) PokerStars Big Game on Tour (1:00)

SKIING

SAT. 2:00 pm (2) FIS Freestyle: World Cup – Innichen –Ski Cross (Taped) N (1:00) 11:00 pm (2) FIS Freestyle: World Cup – Bakuriani –Dual Moguls (Taped) N (1:00)

SUN. Midnight (2) FIS Alpine: World Cup – Val GardenaMen’s Downhill (Live) N (1:00) MON. Midnight (2) FIS Freestyle: World Cup – Copper Mountain – FS Halfpipe (T) N (1:00) 1:00 am (2) FIS Alpine: World Cup – Alta Badia –Men’s Giant Slalom (Live) N (1:00)

SNOWBOARDING

SUN. 1:30 pm (5) FIS: World Cup – Copper Mountain –Halfpipe Finals (Taped) N (1:30)

SOCCER

SUN. 6:45 am (TSN5) Spanish Primera Division: Real Madrid vs. Sevilla (Live) N (2:30)

SWIMMING

SAT. 10:00 am (2) 2024 World Aquatics Championships: Swimming 25m (1:00)

TENNIS

SAT. 8:00 am (TSN5) Next Gen ATP Finals: Semifinal (Live) N (4:00) SUN. 9:00 am (TSN2) Next Gen ATP Finals: Final (L) N (2:30)

VOLLEYBALL

SUN. Noon (4) (TSN2) Women’s College: NCAA Championship – Teams TBA (Live) N (2:30)

WRESTLING

SAT. 11:00 pm (6) (11) WOW – Women Of Wrestling N (1:00) SUN. Midnight (6) WOW – Women Of Wrestling (1:00) MON. Midnight (11) WOW – Women Of Wrestling (1:00) TUE. 8:00 pm (KTLA) WWE NXT (Live) N (2:00) WED. 5:00 pm (TSN2) All Elite: Dynamite (Live) N (2:00) 10:30 pm (TSN2) All Elite: Dynamite (2:00)

SUNDAY – GRID 1

MOVIE: “Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa” (Ani. ’21) Voice of Elias Harger.

1 PM :00 Big Coast Disability Law Show N Kimball’s Milk Street Storage Wars Paid Program MOVIE: “Snoopy, Come Home” ››› (Ani. ’72) Voice of Chad Webber. NFL Football: Minnesota Vikings at

“A

Pastor Schott

Village” (Dra. ’22) Alison Sweeney. America’s Test Kitchen Storage Wars Paid Program (:25) NFL Football: Teams TBA (Live) N (:25) Cash Cab Paid Program

2 :00 Cookin’ on the Coast Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece Storage Wars Paid Program Question Period N Paid Program Women in Focus :30 MOVIE: “Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol” ›› Seattle Refined Kaeshammer’s Kitchen Storage Wars Paid Program Faith to Live By Pasargad Today N

3 :00 Hearts of Heroes The Immortals MOVIE: “The Christmas Cabin” (Rom. ’19) Peyton McDavitt.

Jack Hanna’s Passport Harlem Globetrotters Wall of Chefs 2 Broke GirlsPaid Program

4 :00 KOMO 4 News Sunday 4:00pm N Football Night in America (Live) N (3:52) Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece Hudson & Rex The Conners Gameday on

(2:56) Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece Impractical Jokers Paid Program MOVIE: “A Boy Named Charlie Brown” ››› (Ani. ’69) Voice of Peter Robbins. Canada’s Worst Driver

TruthNikkei TV N :30 MOVIE: “The Santa Clause 2” ›› (Fam. ’02) Tim Allen.

3

The First 48

(Ani. ’12) Voice of Kodi Smit-McPhee.

2 :00 The First 48 MOVIE: “All I Want for Christmas” ›› (Fam. ’91) Ethan Embry. The Other Side The

Mysteries Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild Design Down Under Rosemary Barton Live :30 Skindigenous The Big Bang Theory Jack

(Ani.

6 AM :00 (4:30) MOVIE: “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” ›› (Act. ’05) Private Eyes (5:00) MOVIE: “Our Vines Have Tender Grapes” ›› Dr. Pimple Popper Creflo Dollar MOVIE: “Happy Howlidays” (Dra. ’24) Jessica Lowndes.

7 :00 MOVIE: “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” ››› (Adv. ’17) Dwayne Johnson.

Supernoobs SPECIAL: Arthur’s Perfect Christmas Best & Bester (3:00) Golf: PNC Championship, Day 1 SportsCentre(4:00) IIHF World Jr. SportsCentreSportsCentreSportsCentre :30 Faytene Hotel Transylvania Cloudy, WithMeatballs Hockey: IIHF World Junior PreCompetition – Sweden vs. Canada (:45) Spanish Primera Division Soccer: Real Madrid vs. Sevilla (Live) N

MOVIE: “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’17) Dane DeHaan.

MOVIE: “Lady in the Lake” ›› (Cri. ’46) Robert Montgomery.

Dr. Pimple Popper Kenneth Copeland

:30 Amazing Facts World of Gumball LEGO Friends

8 :00 Dr. Pimple Popper James Robison Mistletoe Murders World of Gumball SPECIAL: The Secrets of Christmas: Revealed

SquarePants Golf Central Pregame (Live) N

:30 Hour of Power With Bobby Schuller Teen Titans Go! The Loud House Golf: PNC Championship, Final Day (Live) N 9 :00

:30 MOVIE: “Shazam!” ››› (Act. ’19) Zachary Levi.

10 :00 MOVIE: “Battleship” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’12) Taylor Kitsch.

MOVIE: “3 Godfathers” ››› (Wes. ’48) John Wayne.

1000-Lb. Best Friends Holidazed Teen Titans Go!

Prophetic Connection Teen Titans Go!

11 :00 MOVIE: “The Holly and the Ivy” ››› (Dra. ’52) Ralph Richardson.

12 NOON :00 (:15) MOVIE: “Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)” ››› (Act. ’20) Margot Robbie.

PWHL Hockey:

1000-Lb. Best Friends Living Truth MOVIE: “Jingle Around the Clock” (Rom. ’18) Brooke Nevin.

MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” (Ani. ’22)

MOVIE: “SuperKlaus” (Ani. ’24) Voice of Harland Williams.

SpongeBob SquarePants 2024 Next Gen ATP Tennis: Finals (Live) N

SpongeBob SquarePants DP World Tour Golf: AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, Final Round

MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” (Ani. ’22)

(Live) N

Football: Teams TBA (Live) N :30 Prophecy USA

1000-Lb. Best Friends Faith to Live By :30 Made for Health (:45) Total DramaRama SC Hockey: IIHF World Junior PreCompetition – Sweden vs. Canada

1 PM :00 MOVIE: “2012” ›› (Act. ’09) John Cusack.

ship, Final Day (Live) N

Sister WivesPower to Achieve MOVIE: “Deck the Walls” (Rom. ’24) Ashley Greene.

Leading the Way Teen Titans Go! Family Matters

Beyblade XFamily Matters MOVIE: “A Loud House Christmas” (Fam. ’21)

Women’s College Volleyball: NCAA Championship –Teams TBA (Live) N :30 MOVIE: “Going My Way” ›››› (Mus. ’44) Bing Crosby.

NFL Football: Teams TBA (Live) N

NFL Football: Teams TBA (Live) N :30 The Key of David Teen Titans Go! The Loud House Golf Central (Live) N

2 :00

3 :00

Sister WivesPeter Youngren Teen Titans Go! SPECIAL: The Malory Towers Christmas

Sister WivesArise MOVIE: “The Christmas Quest” (Act. ’24) Lacey Chabert.

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days

Total DramaRama Miraculous: Ladybug-Cat SpongeBob SquarePants Golf: PNC Championship, Final Day

SC :30 MOVIE: “Black Adam” ›› (Act. ’22) Dwayne Johnson. (:45) MOVIE: “The Bells of St. Mary’s” ››› (Dra. ’45) Bing Crosby.

Tomorrow’s World Total DramaRama Miraculous: Ladybug-Cat SpongeBob SquarePants MOVIE: “The Cannons” (Doc. ’22) Raptors Game Day (Live) N

Beyond Today MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” (Ani. ’22)

4 :00 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days Jim Cantelon Today MOVIE: “Christmas in Notting Hill” (Rom. ’23) Sarah Ramos.

(Live) N

SPECIAL: The Secrets of Christmas: Revealed Kamp Koral

NBA Basketball: Houston Rockets at Toronto Raptors (Live) N :30 Door of Hope The Patrick Star Show

5 :00 MOVIE: “The Batman” ››› (Act. ’22) Robert Pattinson.

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days N David Jeremiah Teen Titans Go!

6 :00

SPECIAL: The Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus (:15)

MOVIE: “The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland” (Ani. ’24) Voice of Gerard Butler.

SC :30 MOVIE: “Battle: Los Angeles” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’11) Aaron Eckhart. John Ankerberg (:45) Total DramaRama

MOVIE: “Christmas in Connecticut” ›› (Com. ’45) Barbara Stanwyck.

Football Night in America (Live) N 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship: Gold Medal Game –Canada vs. Finland Football Night in America (Live) N

SC

NHL Hockey: Ottawa Senators at Edmonton Oilers (Live) N :30 Amazing Facts Teen Titans Go!

Golf Central :30 Word for Today N Teen Titans Go! Family Matters

7 :00 Saturday Night Live MOVIE: “Remember the Night” ››› (Rom. ’40) Barbara Stanwyck. (:02) 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days N Joel Osteen

Prophetic Connection MOVIE: “Happy Howlidays” (Dra. ’24) Jessica Lowndes. Teen Titans Go! Family Matters MOVIE: “A Loud House Christmas” (Fam. ’21)

NFL Football: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys (Live) N (:15)

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SPECIAL: The Secrets of Christmas: Revealed :30 Peter Youngren The Loud House

8 :00 90 Day: The Last Resort Paid Program MOVIE: “North By North Pole” (P) (Rom.-Dra. ’24) Laura Mitchell.

MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” (Ani. ’22)

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MOVIE: “The Transporter” ›› (Act. ’02) Jason Statham.

MOVIE: “Pacific Rim Uprising” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’18) John Boyega. Prophecy USA (:45) Total DramaRama

9 :00 SPECIAL: Christmas Past 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days Faith to Live By Batman: Animated MOVIE: “SuperKlaus” (Ani. ’24) Voice of Harland Williams.

MOVIE: “A Loud House Christmas” (Fam. ’21)

:30 In Touch Young Justice The Loud House 10 :00 It’s Supernatural! MOVIE: “Three Wiser Men and a Boy: Extended Cut” (P) (Com. ’24) Adventures w/ Superman

:30 (:45) MOVIE: “DC League of Super-Pets” ›› (Ani. ’22) Voice of Dwayne Johnson.

Golf: PNC Championship, Final Day 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship: Gold Medal Game –Czechia vs. Canada

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8:00 AM

5:30 PM

(2) MOVIE: “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” Kevin battles the two burglars he faced before. ›› (2:30) 6:00 PM

7 :00 Best of Detroit Public Television Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “A Christmas Spark” (Rom. ’22) Jane Seymour

Zoo Diaries :30 Zoo Diaries

8 :00

9 :00

“Spider-Man: Far From Home” ››› (Act. ’19) Tom Holland. (:35) MOVIE: “Subjects of Desire” (Doc. ’21)

Hudson & Rex

Zoo Diaries(:40) MOVIE: “Switching Goals” ›› (Fam. ’99) Mary-Kate Olsen.

Snakes in the City (:05) MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat” ›› (Fam. ’03) Mike Myers. :30 (:50)

10 :00

MOVIE: “Barbie” ››› (Com. ’23) Margot Robbie. (:20) MOVIE: “Snowglobe Christmas” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’11) Michael Hogan.

Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Merry Textmas” (Rom. ’22) Ariana Ron Pedrique.

Snakes in the City :30 MOVIE: “The Star” ›› (Ani. ’17) Voice of Steven Yeun.

11 :00

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Hudson & Rex (9:55) MOVIE: “The Christmas Retreat” (Fam. ’22)

(FOOD) Girl Meets Farm (SF) Molly Yeh makes a Midwestern lunch inspired by her Jewish and Chinese heritage. N (:30) 11:00 AM (10) MOVIE: “Destination Christmas” A woman finds unexpected romance when she mistakenly winds up in Alaska during Christmastime. (2:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “The Holly and the Ivy” A British vicar’s Christmas with his family finally brings him closer to his children. (B&W) ››› (1:30) NOON

(APTN) MOVIE: “Night Raiders” See page 18. (2:30) (FOOD) The Big Bake (SF) See 9 pm. N (1:00) (W) MOVIE: “Happy Howlidays” Mia finds a stray dog while navigating the holidays alone. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “A Loud House Christmas” See 8 pm. (1:30) 6:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Christmas With the Kranks” A couple scramble to assemble a holiday celebration. ›› (2:00) 7:00 PM

Snakes in the City :30 (:50) MOVIE: “A Big Fat Family Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Shannon Chan-Kent.

(AMC) MOVIE: “Christmas With the Kranks” See 6:30 pm. (2:00) (APTN) MOVIE: “ParaNorman” A boy who can speak with the dead must save his town from a centuries-old curse. ››› (2:00) (SCFI) (12:15) MOVIE: “Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)” Harley Quinn, Huntress, Black Canary and Renee Montoya battle Gotham crime boss Black Mask. ››› (2:15) (W) MOVIE: “Deck the Walls” Rose DeMonte uses her skills to renovate a Christmas Charity Home for her brother, Sal. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “A Loud House Christmas” See 8 pm. (1:30) 12:30 PM

Snakes in the City MOVIE: “The Wizard of Oz” ›››› (Fam. ’39) Judy Garland. :30 Selena + Chef

1 PM :00 SPECIAL: Rick Steves’ European Christmas

Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder” (Hor. ’22) Cristine Prosperi.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit His Dark Materials Snakes in the City :30 (:20) MOVIE: “Harold and the Purple Crayon” ›› (Ani. ’24) Zachary Levi.

2 :00 (1:55) MOVIE: “Christmas in The Spotlight” (Rom. ’24)

(2) MOVIE: “Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa” A retired sailor, a parrot and a cat help a boy search for his missing father. (2:00)

(TCM) MOVIE: “Going My Way” A singing Irish priest bails out a crusty curate. (B&W) ›››› (2:15) 1:00 PM

(CRTN) MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” Jerry and his nephew, Tuffy, make a snow mouse that miraculously comes to life. (1:45) (FAM) The Secrets of Christmas: Revealed The confidential inner-workings and mysteries of Santa’s entire Christmas operation. (2:00) (FOOD) Holiday Wars (SF) See page 15. N (1:00) (KTLA) MOVIE: “Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas” Madea dishes out her own brand of Christmas spirit in a small, rural town. › (2:30) (TCM) MOVIE: “Remember the Night” A prosecutor and a shoplifter fall in love at Christmas. (B&W) ››› (2:00) 8:00 PM

(:45) MOVIE: “Island of Lemurs: Madagascar”

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (12:55) His Dark Materials MOVIE: “Ladies of the ’80s: A Divas Christmas” (Rom. ’23) Loni Anderson. Snakes in the City :30 MOVIE: “The Smurfs” › (Fam. ’11) Hank Azaria.

(12) MOVIE: “Snoopy, Come Home” Snoopy searches for his original owner after she writes him a letter from the hospital. ››› (2:00)

(SHO) MOVIE: “2012” A man tries to lead his family to safety as the world collapses. ›› (3:30)

1:30 PM

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1:55) His Dark Materials Defending Europe :30

3 :00 PBS News Weekend N Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2:55) His Dark Materials MOVIE: “Laughing All the Way” (Com. ’23) Paniz Zade. Defending Europe :30 SPECIAL: Il Volo in the Valley of the Temples MOVIE: “A Royal Date for Christmas” (Rom.-Com. ’23)

(8) MOVIE: “A Magical Christmas Village” A woman tells her granddaughter that her miniature Christmas village can magically grant wishes. (2:00)

2:00 PM

4 :00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (3:55) His Dark Materials Defending Europe :30

5 :00 Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle (SRF) N MOVIE: “A ’90s Christmas” (Rom. ’24) Eva Bourne.

6 :00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece

(:20) MOVIE: “The Smurfs 2” › (Fam. ’13) Neil Patrick Harris.

(AMC) MOVIE: “All I Want for Christmas” Siblings scheme to reunite their parents. ›› (2:00)

(W) MOVIE: “The Christmas Quest” An archaeologist and her ex-husband are sent to Iceland at Christmastime. (2:00) 2:30 PM

(2) MOVIE: “Home Alone” A left-behind boy battles two burglars in the house. ››› (2:00) (4) (CTV2) MOVIE: “The Santa Clause” An adman takes over for Santa after a rooftop mishap on Christmas Eve. ››› (2:00) (7) The 47th Annual Kennedy Center Honors See page 50. N (2:30) (9) Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle (SRF) How Sherlock found a life beyond his author on the stage and screen. N (:55) (W) MOVIE: “North By North Pole” (P) When a town’s Christmas festival is threatened, Dalton and Zoey must team up to find the culprit. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “A Loud House Christmas” Lincoln Loud tries to make sure that his entire family celebrate the holidays together. (1:30) 8:30 PM

Defending Europe (:10) MOVIE: “The Powerpuff Girls Movie” ›› (Ani. ’02) :30

7 :00 (:15) All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (4:55) His Dark Materials MOVIE: “You Better Watch Out” (Sus. ’24) Monaye Moyes.

What We Do in-Shadows

What We Do in-Shadows His Dark Materials Disaster Autopsy :30 MOVIE: “BeBe Winan’s We Three Kings” (Dra. ’24) BeBe Winans.

What We Do in-Shadows (6:55) His Dark Materials

MOVIE: “Ladies of the ’80s: A Divas Christmas” (Rom. ’23) Loni Anderson. Lost Cities Revealed With Albert Lin N :30 What We Do in-Shadows 8 :00 Reservation Dogs What We Do in-Shadows Dune: Prophecy (Season Finale) N

Reservation Dogs What We Do in-Shadows 9 :00 Sex Lives Girls What We Do in-Shadows MOVIE: “Laughing All the Way” (Com. ’23) Paniz Zade. Disaster Autopsy :30 BookieWhat We Do in-Shadows (:25) MOVIE: “Dune: Part Two” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’24) Timothée Chalamet.

(:35) MOVIE: “Yogi Bear” › (Fam. ’10) Voice of Dan Aykroyd.

Defending Europe MOVIE: “New Jack City” ››› (Cri. ’91) Wesley Snipes. :30 Best of Detroit Public Television

:00 (9:55) Fast Friends What We Do in-Shadows

(:45) MOVIE: “Sunrise” (Hor. ’24) Guy Pearce.

Lost Cities Revealed With Albert Lin :30 (:50) MOVIE: “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” ›› (Com. ’24) Michael Keaton. What We Do in-Shadows 11 :00 What We Do in-Shadows MOVIE: “You Better Watch Out” (Sus. ’24) Monaye Moyes. Snakes in the City :30 What We Do in-Shadows (:20) The Pillars of the Earth

:00 Hudson & Rex (:15) Succession Snakes in the City :30 (:35) MOVIE: “Titane” (Hor. ’21) Vincent Lindon. (:20) Pillars of the Earth

Succession

:00 Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Ladies of the ’80s: A Divas Christmas” (Rom. ’23) Loni Anderson. Snakes in the City (:15) MOVIE: “Total Recall” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’90) Arnold Schwarzenegger.

:00 Hudson & Rex Snakes in the City :30 American Black Journal MOVIE: “Love Again”› (Rom. ’23) Priyanka Chopra.

(:15) MOVIE: “Empire of Dirt”

(Dra. ’13)

(2) MOVIE: “Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol” Mr. Magoo plays Ebenezer Scrooge and learns (SCFI) MOVIE: “Black Adam” Black Adam’s form of justice is challenged by modern-day heroes who form the Justice Society. ›› (2:30) (TCM) (2:45) MOVIE: “The Bells of St. Mary’s” A carefree singing priest clashes with a nononsense nun. (B&W) ››› (2:15)

3:00 PM

(6) MOVIE: “The Christmas Cabin” Seth unknowingly interrupts Sammi’s quiet holiday getaway at her family cabin. (2:00) (12) MOVIE: “A Boy Named Charlie Brown” See 8:30 pm, AMC. (2:00) (CRTN) MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” See 7 pm. (1:45) (FAM) The Secrets of Christmas: Revealed See 7 pm. (1:50) 3:30 PM

(2) MOVIE: “The Santa Clause 2” Santa must get married by Christmas Eve in order to keep his job. ›› (2:00) 4:00 PM (AMC) MOVIE: “Trading Places” Tycoon brothers switch a rich man and a poor man. ››› (2:30) (W) MOVIE: “Christmas in Notting Hill” During the holidays, a famous soccer star falls for a visiting American. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland” Father Christmas travels to Wonderland to help save Christmas. (2:00) 4:30 PM

(SHO) MOVIE: “Battle: Los Angeles” A Marine officer and his platoon make a daring stand against alien invaders. ›› (2:30) 5:00 PM

(DIS) Homestead Rescue The Raneys share memorable, unseen moments from nearly a decade of rescuing homesteads. N (1:00) (SCFI) MOVIE: “The Batman” See page 18. (3:45) (TCM) MOVIE: “Christmas in Connecticut” The publisher of a women’s magazine has his best columnist play holiday host to a Navy hero. (B&W) ›› (2:00)

(6) MOVIE: “Jack Frost” A dead man returns in the form of a snowman. ›› (2:00) (AMC) MOVIE: “A Boy Named Charlie Brown” Woeful Chuck sees a chance to shine in the national elimination spelling bee. ››› (2:00) (SCFI) (8:45) MOVIE: “The Transporter” A mercenary changes his mindset after meeting a woman. ›› (2:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “Pacific Rim Uprising” A new generation of pilots unite to battle otherworldly monsters that want to destroy humanity. ›› (2:30) 9:00 PM (8) Accused A widow gets mixed up in a dance instructor’s shady dealings. N (1:00) (10) MOVIE: “Snowcoming” A famous NFL quarterback returns to his hometown and rekindles an old romance. (2:00) (APTN) MOVIE: “Night Raiders” See page 18. (2:30) (FAM) MOVIE: “SuperKlaus” Santa’s wish comes true when he accidentally bumps his head and starts believing he’s SuperKlaus. (2:00) (FOOD) The Big Bake The teams create cakes of reindeer enjoying their golden years. (1:00) (HIST) Mysteries Unearthed With Danny Trejo Exploring some of the most valuable treasures found in the most unlikely of ways. N (1:00) (TCM) Christmas Past A compilation of silent film shorts about Christmas. (2:15) 10:00 PM (FOOD) Holiday Wars See page 15. (1:00) (HIST) The Curse of Oak Island The team hits more wood deep in the Money Pit area where GPR results detected an offset chamber. N (1:00) (KNO) Negotiator Menck is called in to work on a kidnapping case involving a very wealthy family in Sao Paulo. N (1:00) (W) MOVIE: “Three Wiser Men and a Boy: Extended Cut” (P) The Brenner brothers put on a holiday pageant for young Thomas. (2:00) 10:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Heaven Is for Real” A little boy says that he visited heaven during a near-death experience. ›› (2:00) (SCFI) (10:45) MOVIE: “DC League of SuperPets” A ragtag group of animals must save Superman and the Justice League. ›› (2:15)

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BenchThe RiflemanJudge JudyThe Conners Life Outreach International The Vipin Kapoor 4 :00 The Great British Baking Show KOMO 4 News N SPECIAL: Unsolved KIRO

“Night Raiders” (Sci.-Fi. ’21) Elle-Maija Tailfeathers.

MOVIE: “Fred Claus” ›› (Com. ’07) Vince Vaughn.

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KTLA 5 News at 3 N Barnwood Builders Power and Politics With David Cochrane :30 Storage Wars APTN Investigates The Big Bang Theory

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Rose Vets Below Deck Sailing Yacht Anderson Cooper 360 (Live) N

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6 AM :00 (5:00) MOVIE: “I Am Number Four” ›› (5:50) MOVIE: “Terminator Salvation” ›› (Act. ’09) Christian Bale. (5:30) MOVIE: “I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes” (’48)

7 :00 (:15) MOVIE: “Pokémon Detective Pikachu” ›› (Fam. ’19) Voice of Ryan Reynolds. MOVIE: “My Reputation” ›› (Rom. ’46) Barbara Stanwyck.

:30 Kenneth Copeland Hotel Transylvania Cloudy, WithMeatballs SportsCentreNBA Basketball: Houston Rockets at Toronto Raptors SportsCentre

My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding Joyce MeyerEveryday Life MOVIE: “Friends & Family Christmas” (Rom. ’23) Humberly González.

700 Club Canada Teen Titans Go! Dorg Van Dango SpongeBob SquarePants SportsCentre SportsCentre

Craig of the Creek LEGO Friends Scaredy Squirrel PGA Tour Golf: 2024 Sony Open, Final Round SC With Jay Onrait

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:30 MOVIE: “Battleship” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’12) Taylor Kitsch.

8 :00 My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding It’s Supernatural! Teen Titans Go! MOVIE: “Christmas With the Andersons” (Dra. ’16) Christy Romano. SpongeBob SquarePants College Football: Myrtle Beach Bowl –Teams TBA (Live) N SC With Jay Onrait

With Jay Onrait :30 First Century Foundations Teen Titans Go! The Loud House SportsCentre

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:30 MOVIE: “The LEGO Movie 2” ››› (Ani. ’19) Voice of Chris Pratt.

MOVIE: “The Man I Love” ›› (Dra. ’46) Ida Lupino.

11 :00 MOVIE: “Larceny, Inc.” ›› (Com. ’42) Edward G. Robinson.

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Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant Life Outreach International (:50) Total DramaRama SportsCentre

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Miraculous: Ladybug-Cat :30 MOVIE: “Pacific Rim Uprising” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’18) John Boyega.

1 PM :00 MOVIE: “After Earth” › (Sci.-Fi. ’13) Jaden Smith. MOVIE: “Backfire” ›› (Mys. ’50) Virginia Mayo.

Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant Daily TV Mass MOVIE: “My Southern Family Christmas” (Com.-Dra. ’22) Jaicy Elliot.

Tiny Toons Looniversity MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” (Ani. ’22)

Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant Keeping Up Appearances (:40) Craig of the Creek

Miraculous: Ladybug-Cat (:40) MOVIE: “A Loud House Christmas” (Fam. ’21)

Sister Wives Father Brown (:20) Tiny Toons Loon. Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse SpongeBob SquarePants

:30 (:45) 6teen LEGO Friends The Loud House

:30 (:45) MOVIE: “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” ›› (Fam. ’10) Logan Lerman. Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant Animaniacs College Football: Famous Idaho Potato Bowl –Teams TBA (Live) N

The Pat McAfee Show (Live) N MOVIE: “The Cannons” (Doc. ’22) First Take N

Pregame (Live) N

Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant The Waltons MOVIE: “A Season for Family” (Rom. ’23) Brendan Penny (:05) Adventure Time SPECIAL: The Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus PGA Tour Golf: 2024 The American Express, Final Round 2024 Montana’s Brier: Final –Saskatchewan (McEwen) vs. Canada (Gushue)

Sister WivesNew TricksDays of our Lives N (:10) Hotel Transylvania MOVIE: “Spirit Riding Free: Spirit of Christmas” MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” (Ani. ’22) :30 (:35) Craig of the Creek

2 :00 (:15) MOVIE: “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters” ›› (Fam. ’13) Logan Lerman. Sister WivesMagnum, P.I. MOVIE: “Three Wise Men and a Baby: Extended Cut” (Com. ’22)

:30 (:25) 6teen (:45) Best & Bester

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3 :00 MOVIE: “Period of Adjustment” ›› (Com.-Dra. ’62) Anthony Franciosa.

90 Day: The Last Resort Murdoch Mysteries

Total DramaRama SPECIAL: The Malory Towers Christmas PGA Tour Golf: 2024 Farmers Insurance Open, Final Round

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:30 MOVIE: “Night at the Museum” ›› (Fam. ’06) Ben Stiller.

5 :00 MOVIE: “Holiday Affair” ››› (Rom. ’49) Robert Mitchum.

90 Day: The Last Resort N Sister Boniface Mysteries

90 Day: The Last Resort Murder, She Wrote MOVIE: “Three Wiser Men and a Boy: Extended Cut” (Com. ’24) Adventure Time: F&Ce The Latest Buzz

6 :00 MOVIE: “Men in Black: International” ›› (Act. ’19) Chris Hemsworth. (:08) 90 Day: The Last Resort N

AnimaniacsLife With Derek

Tiny Toons Looniversity Dorg Van Dango MOVIE: “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” ›› (Ani. ’79) Voice of Red Buttons.

Max and the Midknights (:15)

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NHL Hockey: Montreal Canadiens at Columbus Blue Jackets (Live) N Hockey: IIHF World Junior PreCompetition – Czechia at Canada (Live) N Hockey: IIHF World Junior PreCompetition – Czechia at Canada (Live) N

NFL Football: New Orleans Saints at Green Bay Packers (Live) N :30 Teen Titans Go! Rock Paper Scissors

Radical Age MOVIE: “North By North Pole” (Rom.-Dra. ’24) Laura Mitchell.

Teen Titans Go! MOVIE: “Christmas With the Andersons” (Dra. ’16) Christy Romano.

Pokémon Horizons

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MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” (Ani. ’22)

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:30 (:45) MOVIE: “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian” ›› (Fam. ’09) Ben Stiller. (:45) MOVIE: “Desk Set” ››› (Rom. ’57) Spencer Tracy.

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Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan :30 MOVIE: “Men in Black” ››› (Act. ’97) Tommy Lee Jones (:45) MOVIE: “Meet John Doe” ››› (Dra. ’41) Gary Cooper.

90 Day: The Last Resort MOVIE: “Once Upon a Murdoch Christmas” (Mys. ’16) Yannick Bisson.

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MOVIE: “SuperKlaus” (Ani. ’24) Voice of Harland Williams.

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With Jay Onrait (Live) N 9 :00 MOVIE: “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb” ›› (Fam. ’14) Ben Stiller.

Batman: Animated MOVIE: “The Cannons” (Doc. ’22) 10 :00 (:08) 90 Day: The Last Resort

Batman: Animated 11 :00 MOVIE: “Stuber” ›› (Com. ’19) Dave Bautista. MOVIE: “Evelyn Prentice” ›› (Mys. ’34) Myrna Loy. (:08) 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days Time to Sing

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6 AM :00 Daniel Tiger(5:50) Transplant Hudson & Rex (5:00) “C’mas at-Drive-In” (5:00) MOVIE: To Be Announced Canadian Pickers (5:00) “Long Life, Happi.” :30

7 :00 Sesame Street N (6:55) MOVIE: “I’m Glad It’s Christmas” (Rom. ’22)

Hudson & Rex MOVIE: To Be Announced Ice Pilots NWT :30 Work It Out Wombats!

Rosie’s Rules (:40) MOVIE: “H.appiness” MOVIE: “Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer” (Ani. ’18) (:35) MOVIE: “Anthropocene: The Human Epoch” (Doc. ’18)

8 :00 Donkey Hodie

9 :00 Elinor Wonders Why

Hudson & Rex (:05) MOVIE: “A Gingerbread Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Tiya Sircar.

Border Security (:05) MOVIE: “Singin’ in the Rain” ›››› (Mus. ’52) Gene Kelly. :30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific MOVIE: “’Twas the Text Before Christmas” (Rom. ’23)

Hudson & Rex MOVIE: To Be Announced

Border Security

9:00 AM

(TCM) MOVIE: “The Man I Love” A nightclub singer picks a piano player over a mobster. (B&W) ›› (2:00) (W) MOVIE: “My Southern Family Christmas” A journalist gets the chance to meet her biological father without him knowing. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” See 6 pm. (1:40) 9:30 AM

(SCFI) MOVIE: “The LEGO Movie 2” Emmet, Lucy and Batman must defend Bricksburg from LEGO DUPLO invaders from space. ››› (2:15) 10:30 AM

(AMC) MOVIE: “All I Want for Christmas” Siblings scheme to reunite their parents. ›› (2:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “Pacific Rim Uprising” A new generation of pilots unite to battle otherworldly monsters. ›› (2:30)

(TCM) MOVIE: “Holiday Affair” Two men want to marry a war widow for Christmas. (B&W) ››› (1:45) 6:00 PM (FOOD) Holiday Baking Championship (SF) See 9 pm. N (2:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “Men in Black: International” The MIB tackle a mole in their organization. ›› (2:30) (W) MOVIE: “North By North Pole” When a town’s Christmas festival is threatened, Dalton and Zoey must team up to find the culprit. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” Jerry and Tuffy make a snow mouse that comes to life. (2:00) 6:30 PM

10 :00 Wild Kratts MOVIE: “This Time Each Year” (Rom. ’24) Alison Sweeney.

Hudson & Rex To Catch a Smuggler :30 Molly of Denali

Border Security :30 Nature Cat (:35) MOVIE: “A Royal Christmas Match” (Rom. ’22)

Border Security (:50) MOVIE: “Window Horses” (Ani. ’16) Voice of Sandra Oh.

12 NOON :00 Agatha Christie: The Mystery Queen Law & Order: Special Victims Unit To Catch a Smuggler :30 (:45) Selena + Chef

11 :00 Inside the Mind of Agatha Christie Hudson & Rex (:10) MOVIE: “Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer” (Ani. ’18) MOVIE: To Be Announced To Catch a Smuggler :30 MOVIE: “One Delicious Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Vanessa Marano. (:25) MOVIE: “Batman” ››› (Act. ’89) Jack Nicholson.

2 :00 Agatha Christie: The Mystery Queen Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 12 Dates of Christmas To Catch a Smuggler :30 (:45) 12 Dates of Christmas

1 PM :00 Agatha Christie: The Mystery Queen Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (:15) 12 Dates of Christmas MOVIE: To Be Announced To Catch a Smuggler :30 (:35) MOVIE: “Batman Returns” ›› (Act. ’92) Michael Keaton.

3 :00 PBS News Hour N Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking Law & Order: Special Victims Unit MOVIE: To Be Announced To Catch a Smuggler :30 12 Dates of Christmas (:45) MOVIE: “Batman Forever” ›› (Act. ’95) Val Kilmer. 4 :00 BBC News The Context Diagon AlleyChicago P.D.(:15) 12 Dates of Christmas To Catch a Smuggler :30 Great Lakes Now

6 :00 Antiques Roadshow Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking It’s Always Sunny Witches: Truth Behind the Trials N :30 It’s Always Sunny 12 Dates of Christmas

5 :00 Antiques Roadshow SPECIAL: The Forbidden Forest Chicago P.D.12 Dates of Christmas MOVIE: To Be Announced To Catch a Smuggler :30 (:45) 12 Dates of Christmas (:50) MOVIE: “Batman & Robin” › (Act. ’97) Arnold Schwarzenegger.

7 :00 SPECIAL: Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas MOVIE: “The Great Wall” ›› (Adv. ’16) It’s Always Sunny (:15) 12 Dates of Christmas MOVIE: To Be Announced Lawless Island :30 It’s Always Sunny

8 :00 SPECIAL: A Classic Christmas With Bach MOVIE: “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” ››› (Act. ’21) Ben Affleck. It’s Always Sunny Get Millie Black (Season Finale) N

To Catch a Smuggler MOVIE: “The Matrix” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’99) Keanu Reeves. :30 It’s Always Sunny 9 :00 Amanpour and Company N It’s Always Sunny (:05) MOVIE: “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” (Doc. ’24)

MOVIE: To Be Announced Witches: Truth Behind the Trials :30 It’s Always Sunny 10 :00 Best of Detroit Public Television It’s Always Sunny Lawless Island :30 It’s Always Sunny (:20) MOVIE: “Crank” ›› (Act. ’06) 11 :00 It’s Always Sunny (10:55) SPECIAL: Euphoria: Trouble Don’t

MOVIE: To Be Announced To Catch a Smuggler :30 It’s Always Sunny (:50) The Pillars of the Earth 12 MID :00 (:05) MOVIE: “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’24) Rebecca Hall. Hudson & Rex (11:55) Get Millie Black To Catch a Smuggler :30 (:50) The Pillars of the Earth 1 AM :00 Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “A Royal Christmas Match” (Rom. ’22)

MOVIE: To Be Announced To Catch a Smuggler :30 (:50) MOVIE: “When Night Is Falling” ›› (Dra. ’95) Pascale Bussières. 2 :00 (:05) MOVIE: “Expend4bles” › (Act. ’23) Jason Statham. Chicago P.D. To Catch a Smuggler :30 Great Getaways (:35) MOVIE: “Crisis” (Sus. ’21) Gary Oldman.

(YTV) (10:40) MOVIE: “A Loud House Christmas” Lincoln Loud tries to make sure that his entire family celebrate the holidays together. (1:10)

11:00 AM

(APTN) MOVIE: “Night Raiders” A mother joins a band of vigilantes to try and rescue her daughter from a state-run institution. (2:30) (TCM) MOVIE: “Larceny, Inc.” An ex-convict’s niece runs a shop over his bank-vault tunnel. (B&W) ›› (2:00)

(W) MOVIE: “A Season for Family” Maddy’s adopted son has just one Christmas wish – to meet his brother. (2:00)

11:30 AM

(SCFI) (11:45) MOVIE: “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” Poseidon’s son must prevent a war among the gods and rescue his mother from Hades. ›› (2:30)

12:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Fred Claus” Santa’s ne’er-dowell brother puts Christmas in jeopardy. ›› (2:30) 1:00 PM

(FAM) MOVIE: “Spirit Riding Free: The Spirit of Christmas” Lucky and her friends embark on a Christmas Eve adventure into the city. (1:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “After Earth” When his father is injured, a youth traverses hostile terrain to recover a rescue beacon. › (2:30)

(TCM) MOVIE: “Backfire” When his friend disappears, a war veteran sets out to track him down. (B&W) ›› (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” See 6 pm. (1:45) 2:00 PM

(2) MOVIE: “Jingle Bell Love” Jack and his daughter spend their first Christmas since his wife’s passing in her hometown. (2:00) (SCFI) (2:15) MOVIE: “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters” Percy and his demigod friends must retrieve the Golden Fleece. ›› (2:15) (W) MOVIE: “Three Wise Men and a Baby: Extended Cut” Three brothers find themselves forced to care for a baby during the holidays. (2:00) 3:00 PM

(6) MOVIE: “Christmas Crush” Addie wishes for her neighbour to fall in love with her. (2:00) (AMC) MOVIE: “Snow Day” See 9 pm. (2:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “Period of Adjustment” As two newlyweds face failure, another couple face in-laws. (B&W) ›› (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” See 9 pm. (2:00)

3:00 PM

(SHO) MOVIE: “Terminator Salvation” As the machines prepare for a final attack, John Connor and a stranger delve into the heart of Skynet. ›› (2:30) 4:00 PM

(W) MOVIE: “Three Wiser Men and a Boy: Extended Cut” The Brenner brothers put on a holiday pageant for young Thomas. (2:00) 4:30 PM

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Night at the Museum” A night watchman at a museum of natural history makes a startling discovery. ›› (2:15) 5:00 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Christmas With the Kranks” See 7 pm. (2:00) (DIS) The Last Woodsmen Jared enlists Dave to navigate $200,000 of wood down the deadly Grizzly River. N (1:00) (FAM) MOVIE: “Christmas With the Andersons” Michael and Caroline decide to host a very different kind of Christmas party. (2:00)

(SCFI) (6:45) MOVIE: “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian” Four of history’s most nefarious villains plan to conquer the Smithsonian, and then the world. ›› (2:15) (TCM) (6:45) MOVIE: “Desk Set” See page 18. (2:00) 7:00 PM

(2) Coronation Street Leanne sabotages Nick and Toyah’s holiday. N (:30) (AMC) MOVIE: “Christmas With the Kranks” A couple scramble to assemble a holiday celebration. ›› (2:00) 8:00 PM

(2) MOVIE: “The Santa Clause” An adman takes over for Santa after a rooftop mishap on Christmas Eve. ››› (2:00) (6) MOVIE: “Four Christmases” A couple must fit in four holiday visits with family. ›› (2:00) (10) MOVIE: “Hearts of Winter” An interior designer brings new life to the house of a widower and his daughter. (2:00) (CTV2) MOVIE: “Bringing Christmas Home” A professor teams with a store owner to help track down the original owner of a World War II uniform. (2:00) (FAM) MOVIE: “SuperKlaus” Santa’s wish comes true when he accidentally bumps his head and starts believing he’s SuperKlaus. (2:00) (W) Mistletoe Murders (SF) Emily continues to solve the scavenger hunt and grapples with her past. N (1:00) 8:30 PM

(SHO) MOVIE: “Men in Black” Agents K and J must recover an item that has been stolen by an intergalactic villain. ››› (2:00) (TCM) (8:45) MOVIE: “Meet John Doe” After a fictitious interviewee gains fame, a reporter hires a bum to pose as her made-up spokesman. (B&W) ››› (2:15) 9:00 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Snow Day” Students steal a snow plow and fend off its crazy driver in an attempt to keep school closed. ›› (2:00) (FOOD) Holiday Baking Championship The finalists construct gingerbread house cakes in unique architectural styles. (2:00) (KNO) Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger Behind the actor’s public image was his very private life. (1:00) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb” Larry goes to London to find a way to restore the Tablet of Ahkmenrah. ›› (2:00) (V) MOVIE: “Once Upon a Murdoch Christmas” Murdoch investigates a series of brazen robberies just days before Christmas. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” Santa Claus must save the snowman and the red-nosed reindeer from a bad wizard. ›› (2:00) 10:00 PM

(APTN) MOVIE: “The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open” A woman encourages a domestic abuse victim to seek help. (2:00) (HIST) Forged in Fire Four teams of expert builders must create siege weapons. N (2:00) (FAM) MOVIE: “Christmas With the Andersons” See 5 pm. (2:00) (W) (10:20) MOVIE: “Christmas Lost and Found” A woman goes on a scavenger hunt to find her grandmother’s Christmas ornaments. (1:55) 10:30 PM

(SHO) MOVIE: “Men in Black II” Agent J is sent to find Agent K and restore his memory after the re-appearance of a case from K’s past. ›› (2:00) 11:00 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “White Christmas” See page 18. (2:45) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Stuber” A cop who’s recovering from eye surgery recruits an Uber driver to help him catch a heroin dealer. ›› (2:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “Evelyn Prentice” A lawyer defends another woman for a crime of passion committed by his wife. (B&W) ›› (1:45)

TUESDAY – GRID 1

“Home Alone” ››› (Fam. ’90) Macaulay Culkin. MOVIE: “It’s a Wonderful Life” ›››› (Com.-Dra. ’46) James Stewart. MOVIE: “A Christmas Carol” ››› (Fan. ’51) Alastair Sim.

“Round and Round” (Rom. ’23) Vic Michaelis.

Too Hot to Handel –The Gospel Messiah

“Six Degrees of Santa”

DECEMBER

“Home Alone” ››› (Fam. ’90) Macaulay Culkin.

“A Christmas Carol” ››› (Fan. ’51) Alastair Sim.

Robison

News: Filipino Ed.

ROGERS CABLE CUSTOMERS ON VANCOUVER ISLAND & SALTSPRING ISLAND

For your convenience, your cable selection numbers are listed on the third row of each of our grids.

Just follow the ROGERS Island row, and select one of the following numbers:

• FIRST number on the ROGERS Island row is for residents in Victoria, Sidney, Langford, Sooke, Saanich and Saltspring Island.

• SECOND number on the ROGERS Island row is for residents in Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Parksville, Duncan, Qualicum and Lake Cowichan.

›› (Com. ’07) Vince Vaughn.

Tim Allen.

TV WEEK LISTINGS for COMEDY, HISTORY, W NETWORK, FAMILY and

Please note that all the listings provided in TV Week are in Pacific tim. However, some systems may provide a different feed for some channels we list

• For COMEDY on Telus HD, HISTORY and W NETWORK on Bell/Telus Satellite and Telus HD, as well as FAMILY and YTV on Xfinit HD, Rogers HD and Telus HD, please subtract three hours from the listings as these systems carry the East Feed. Grid selection numbers appear in italic to denote an East Feed.

6 AM :00 MOVIE: “Reign of Fire” ›› (Fan. ’02) Christian Bale. (5:00) MOVIE: “Men in Black: International” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’19) (5:45) MOVIE: “Christmas Eve” ›› (Com.-Dra. ’47) George Raft.

7 :00

8 :00 MOVIE: “Star Wars: Episode I –The Phantom Menace” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’99) Liam Neeson.

With

Onrait :30 Kenneth Copeland Hotel Transylvania Miraculous: Ladybug-Cat Cloudy, WithMeatballs

MOVIE: “Bundle of Joy” ›› (Mus. ’56) Eddie Fisher.

Untold Stories of the E.R. James Robison Good Witch Total DramaRama MolangBest & Bester (3:00) PGA Tour Golf: 2024 WM Phoenix Open, Final Round (5:30) SportsCentre (4:00) Hockey (5:30) SportsCentre

Untold Stories of the E.R. Joyce MeyerEveryday Life MOVIE: “Christmas at the Golden Dragon” (Dra. ’22) Kara Wong.

World of Gumball SPECIAL: Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus Scaredy Squirrel

SportsCentreHockey: IIHF World Junior PreCompetition: Czechia vs. Canada SportsCentre

With Jay Onrait

700 Club Canada Teen Titans Go! SpongeBob SquarePants SportsCentre SportsCentre

With

Onrait :30 MOVIE: “Men in Black” ››› (Act. ’97) Tommy Lee Jones.

9 :00 (:15) MOVIE: “Meet Me in St. Louis” ››› (Mus. ’44) Judy Garland.

:30 MOVIE: “Men in Black II” ›› (Act. ’02) Tommy Lee Jones.

Untold Stories of the E.R. It’s Supernatural! Teen Titans Go! MOVIE: “A Holiday Wish Come True” (Dra. ’18) Schuyler Fisk.

Sex Sent Me to the E.R. Daily TV Mass MOVIE: “Letters to Santa” (Rom. ’23) Katie Leclerc.

SpongeBob SquarePants PGA Tour Golf: 2024: The Genesis Invitational, Final Round

With Jay Onrait

With Jay Onrait :30 House of David Teen Titans Go! The Loud House SportsCentre SportsCentre

Nations Hour (:50) Total DramaRama (:50) Denis and Me (:50) The Loud House

SP.: Powerpuff Girls MOVIE: “Albert” (’16) The Pat McAfee Show (Live)

10 :00 Sex Sent Me to the E.R. Tribal Trails (:15) 6teen MOVIE: “Spirit Riding Free: Spirit of Christmas” (:15) SpongeBob :30 Keeping Up Appearances (:40) World of Gumball (:40) MOVIE: “The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland” (Ani. ’24) SC

11 :00 MOVIE: “Star Wars: Episode II –Attack of the Clones” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’02) Ewan McGregor. (:15) MOVIE: “It Happened on 5th Avenue” ›› (Com. ’47) Don DeFore.

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days

The Waltons MOVIE: “Christmas with the Singhs” (Fam. ’24) Anuja Joshi. (:05) Looney Tunes Malory Towers

12 NOON :00 Father Brown (11:55) SP.: Powerpuff... The Goldbergs SpongeBob SquarePants

PokerStars Big Game on Tour :30 MOVIE: “Men in Black 3” ›› (Act. ’12) Will Smith. Jellystone!

NBA Today: Christmas Special (Live) N NBA Today: Christmas Special (Live) N NBA Today: Christmas Special (Live) N

PokerStars Big Game on Tour 2024 Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Today: Christmas Special (Live) N :30 (:45) 6teen The Goldbergs The Loud House

1 PM :00 (:15) MOVIE: “Christmas in Connecticut” ›› (Com. ’45) Barbara Stanwyck. 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days New TricksDays of our Lives N (:10) Hotel Transylvania The Latest Buzz MOVIE: “Albert” (’16) PGA Tour Golf: 2024 –Mexico Open, Final Round Golf Talk Canada: 2024 Year in Review Golf Talk Canada: 2024 Year in Review Overdrive (Live) N Breaking Down :30 MOVIE: “Men in Black: International” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’19) Chris Hemsworth. (:35) World of Gumball Life With Derek (:50) The Loud House SC

2 :00 MOVIE: “Star Wars: Episode III –Revenge of the Sith” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’05) Ewan McGregor. Magnum, P.I.HolidazedTotal DramaRama Dorg Van Dango (:15) SpongeBob Around the Horn (Live) N 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship: United States vs. Canada Around the Horn (Live) N Around the Horn (Live) N :30 (:25) 6teen LEGO Friends (:45) Best & Bester Pardon the Interruption N Pardon the Interruption N Pardon the Interruption N

3 :00 (:15) MOVIE: “The Shop Around the Corner” ››› (Rom. ’40) Margaret Sullavan.

4 :00 Saturday Night Live: A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special

1000-lb Sisters Murdoch Mysteries Holidazed Looney Tunes Miraculous: Ladybug-Cat MOVIE: “The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland” (Ani. ’24) Voice of Gerard Butler. SportsCentre (Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N :30 Jellystone!Miraculous: Ladybug-Cat

1000-lb Sisters Murder, She Wrote Holidazed SP.: Powerpuff Girls: ‘Twas the Fight Before SPECIAL: Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus

N :30

5 :00 MOVIE: “Solo: A Star Wars Story” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’18) Alden Ehrenreich.

6 :00 MOVIE: “Step Brothers” ›› (Com. ’08) Will Ferrell.

MOVIE: “The Bishop’s Wife” ››› (Fan. ’47) Cary Grant.

1000-lb Sisters N Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators

SpongeBob SquarePants

Teen Titans Go! The Loud House

N :30

1000-lb Sisters N ShetlandHolidazedTeen Titans Go!

HolidazedTeen Titans Go! MOVIE: “A Holiday Wish Come True” (Dra. ’18) Schuyler Fisk.

:30 Teen Titans Go!

7 :00

8 :00

:30 (:45) MOVIE: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’15) Harrison Ford.

MOVIE: “Without Reservations” ›› (Rom. ’46) Claudette Colbert.

Sisters N Silent Witness HolidazedLooney Tunes The Goldbergs

MOVIE: “Albert” (Ani. ’16) Voice of Bobby Moynihan. PGA Tour Golf: 2024 –Cognizant Classic, Final Round

Jellystone!The Goldbergs SpongeBob SquarePants

Holidazed N Teen Titans Go! Family Matters SpongeBob SquarePants

:30 Teen Titans Go! Family Matters The Loud House

9 :00 MOVIE: “A Christmas Carol” ››› (Fam. ’38) Reginald Owen. 1000-lb Sisters MOVIE: “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” ››› (Dra. ’08) Henry Winkler.

:30 Adventures w/ Superman Family Matters

MOVIE: “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” ›› (Com. ’06) Will Ferrell. 90 Day: The Last Resort Murdoch Mysteries

:00 1000-lb Sisters MOVIE: “Scouting for Christmas” (Com. ’24) Tamera MowryHousley. Adventures w/ Superman MOVIE: “A Holiday Wish Come True” (Dra. ’18) Schuyler Fisk.

Holidazed N Adventures w/ Superman Family Matters MOVIE: “The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland” (Ani. ’24) Voice of Gerard Butler.

:30 MOVIE: “Life” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’17) Jake Gyllenhaal. MOVIE: “Step Brothers” ›› (Com. ’08) Will Ferrell. MOVIE: “Beyond Tomorrow” ›› (Fan. ’40) Richard Carlson. Adventures w/ Superman PGA Tour Golf: 2024 –Puerto Rico Open,

HOLIDAY PROGRAMMING:

Team Canada Rewind: 2009 World Junior Hockey Championship –Canada vs. Russia

Regular programming by the stations may be interrupted due to special holiday programming this time of year. Your favourite programs should be back after the holidays. To confirm, please call the station directl. For your convenience, our TV Station Directory is located at www.tvweekonline.ca, under “Downloads and Resources.”

Premium TUESDAY – GRID 4

(56) Crave

6 AM :00 MOVIE: “Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About C’mas” (5:50) Transplant Hudson & Rex (5:00) “Merry Swissmas” (5:00) MOVIE: To Be Announced Canadian Pickers (5:00) Journey Home” :30 (:40) MOVIE: “Gunda” (Doc. ’20) Selena + Chef (:40) MOVIE: “Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer” (Ani. ’18)

7 :00 Sesame Street Hudson & Rex (:05) Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking MOVIE: To Be Announced Ice Pilots NWT :30 SPECIAL: Peg + Cat + Holidays 8 :00 (:15) MOVIE: “B&B Merry” (Rom. ’22) Jesse Hutch. Hudson & Rex Border Security (:15) MOVIE: “Jack Frost” ›› (Fam. ’98) Michael Keaton. :30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific Border Security

9 :00 SP.: Let’s Go Luna: C’mas Around the World Hudson & Rex (:05) Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking True Crime News Border Security :30 (:40) MOVIE: “Dancing Through Christmas” (Dra. ’21) True Crime News Border Security

10 :00 SPECIAL: Arthur’s Perfect Christmas Hudson & Rex (:05) Diagon Alley Hawaii Five-0 Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller MOVIE: “Breakaway” (Com. ’11) Russell Peters. :30

11 :00 Samantha Brown’s (:15) MOVIE: “Elf” ››› (Fam. ’03) Will Ferrell.

12 NOON :00 SPECIAL: A Chef’s Life Holiday Special

TUESDAY HIGHLIGHTS

8:00 AM (10) (8:05) MOVIE: “A Christmas to Savour” A chef falls for a handsome rival while on a holiday cooking getaway to regain her Christmas spirit. (1:55) (FAM) MOVIE: “A Holiday Wish Come True” See 5 pm. (1:50) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” Young Anakin Skywalker comes under the tutelage of Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Jedi master, Qui-Gon Jinn. ›› (3:00)

9:00 AM

(AMC) MOVIE: “All I Want for Christmas” A boy and a girl scheme to reunite their parents. ›› (2:00) (CRTN) Powerpuff Girls: ’Twas the Fight Before Christmas See 4 pm. (:50) (TCM) (9:15) MOVIE: “Meet Me in St. Louis” A lawyer’s family attends the 1904 World’s Fair. ››› (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Albert” See 6 pm. (:50)

9:30 AM

(SHO) MOVIE: “Men in Black II” Interstellar agents fight an alien who is in disguise. ›› (2:00)

10:30 AM (YTV) (10:40) MOVIE: “The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland” See 9 pm. (1:20)

(TCM) MOVIE: “The Bishop’s Wife” An angel saves a cleric and his wife from woe. (B&W) ››› (2:00) (TLC) 1000-lb Sisters See 9 pm. N (1:00) 5:30 PM (AMC) (5:45) MOVIE: “March of the Wooden Soldiers” Stan and Ollie rescue Bo-Peep and Tom-Tom in Toyland. (B&W) ››› (1:45) 6:00 PM

(DIS) Gold Rush Rick risks flooding Rally Valley to haul in big gold nuggets; Cousin Mike attempts a risky move. N (1:00)

(SHO) MOVIE: “Step Brothers” Two lazy and immature men become rivals when their parents marry. ›› (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Albert” Albert, a little tree who loves Christmas, goes on a road trip from his nursery to the city. (1:30) 7:00 PM

(2) Coronation Street Tensions flare between Daniel and Debbie; Shona has a secret meeting in a hotel room. N (:30) (TCM) MOVIE: “Without Reservations” Marines meet a woman writer on a train to Hollywood. (B&W) ›› (2:00)

7:30 PM

Hudson & Rex (:05) SPEC.: The Forbidden Forest Sleeping With a Killer Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30 A Wider World (:45) MOVIE: “Curious George” ›› (Ani. ’06) Voice of Will Ferrell.

11:00 AM

Chicago P.D.(:05) Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking Sleeping With a Killer Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30

1 PM :00 SPECIAL: Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas (12:55) MOVIE: “The Addams Family” ›› (Ani. ’19)

Chicago P.D.(:05) MOVIE: “The Great Wall” ›› (Adv. ’16) NCIS: New Orleans Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller (:15) MOVIE: “Superman” ››› (Adv. ’78) Christopher Reeve. :30

2 :00 SPECIAL: Mary Berry’s Highland Christmas

3 :00 PBS News Hour N

Chicago P.D.(:05) MOVIE: “Merry Swissmas” (Rom. ’22) Jodie Sweetin.

Hawaii Five-0 Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30 (:25) MOVIE: “The Addams Family 2” › (Ani. ’21)

Chicago P.D. S.W.A.T.Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30 (:35) SPEC.: My Gift: Carrie Underwood (:40) MOVIE: “Superman II” ››› (Adv. ’80) Christopher Reeve.

4 :00 BBC News The Context MOVIE: “Wonka” ››› (Com. ’23) Timothée Chalamet.

Chicago P.D. True Crime News N Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30 American Black Journal (:35) MOVIE: “A Christmas Story Christmas” ›› (Fam. ’22) True Crime News

5 :00 SPECIAL: Joy –Christmas With the Tabernacle Choir

Chicago P.D. NCIS: New Orleans Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30 (:50) MOVIE: “Superman III” ›› (Adv. ’83) Christopher Reeve.

(AMC) MOVIE: “Christmas With the Kranks” See 7:30 pm. (2:00) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones” Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, protect the former queen. ›› (3:00) (TCM) (11:15) MOVIE: “It Happened on 5th Avenue” A hobo shares a mansion with a GI and others in winter. (B&W) ›› (2:00) 11:30 AM

(CRTN) (11:55) Powerpuff Girls: ’Twas the Fight Before Christmas See 4 pm. (:50) (SHO) MOVIE: “Men in Black 3” Agent J must go back to the past to save mankind’s future. ›› (2:00) 1:00 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Christmas With the Kranks” A couple scramble to assemble a holiday celebration. ›› (2:00) (SCFI) (7:45) MOVIE: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Han Solo and his young allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and the First Order. ››› (2:45) 8:00 PM

(2) MOVIE: “A Christmas Carol” Scrooge receives visits from three Christmas spirits. ›› (2:00) (4) (32) MOVIE: “Home Alone” A left-behind boy battles two burglars in the house. ››› (2:00) (5) MOVIE: “It’s a Wonderful Life” See page 19. (3:00) (6) (CTV2) MOVIE: “A Christmas Carol” See page 19. (2:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” Jealousy inflames a NASCAR driver when a French rival arrives on the scene. ›› (2:30) 9:00 PM (8) MOVIE: “Round and Round” Rachel’s stuck in a time loop, reliving the night of her parents’ Hanukkah party. (2:00) (10) MOVIE: “Six Degrees of Santa” An internet entrepreneur searches for the mystery woman whose Christmas gift wound up in his hands. (2:00)

6 :00 MOVIE: “E.T. the ExtraTerrestrial” ›››› (Fam. ’82) Henry Thomas. It’s Always Sunny (:20) MOVIE: “8-Bit Christmas” (Com. ’21) Neil Patrick Harris.

Married at First Sight N Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30 SPECIAL: Too Hot to Handel –The Gospel Messiah It’s Always Sunny

7 :00 It’s Always Sunny Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom :30 It’s Always Sunny

8 :00 SPECIAL: Crane Candlelight Concert (:05) MOVIE: “Jaws” ›››› (Sus. ’75) Roy Scheider. It’s Always Sunny House of the Dragon S.W.A.T.Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller

MOVIE: “The Matrix Reloaded” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’03) Keanu Reeves. :30 It’s Always Sunny 9 :00 Amanpour and Company N It’s Always Sunny (:10) House of the Dragon Married at First Sight Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30 It’s Always Sunny 10 :00 Call the Midwife (:10) MOVIE: “Dune: Part Two” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’24) Timothée Chalamet. It’s Always Sunny (:05) House of the Dragon Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom (:20) MOVIE: “Mad Max: Fury Road” ››› (Act. ’15) Tom Hardy. :30 It’s Always Sunny

:00 It’s Always Sunny (:10) House of the Dragon Sleeping With a Killer Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30 Call the Midwife It’s Always Sunny

:00 Chicago P.D.(:15) House of the Dragon S.W.A.T.Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30 (:25) MOVIE: “Conan the Barbarian” ›› (Adv. ’11) Jason Momoa. 1 AM :00 Call the Midwife MOVIE: “Bringing Christmas Home” (Dra. ’23) Jill Wagner. Chicago P.D.(:15) House of the Dragon NCIS: New Orleans Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30

:00 Chicago P.D. True Crime News Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller (:20) MOVIE: “Batman: Mask of the Phantasm” ›› (Ani. ’93) :30 Just Ask N MOVIE: “’Twas the Text Before Christmas” (’23) Merritt Patterson. (:25) House of the Dragon True Crime News

(6) MOVIE: “A Christmas Letter” Leslie has done everything right in her life except find Mr. Right. (2:00) (AMC) MOVIE: “Yours, Mine & Ours” The marriage of two widowed parents creates one large family. ›› (2:00) (TCM) (1:15) MOVIE: “Christmas in Connecticut” The publisher of a women’s magazine has his best columnist play holiday host to a Navy hero. (B&W) ›› (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Albert” See 6 pm. (:50) 1:30 PM

(SHO) MOVIE: “Men in Black: International” Agent H and Agent M use high-tech weaponry to battle aliens that can take the form of any human. ›› (2:30) 2:00 PM

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Star Wars: Episode III –Revenge of the Sith” Anakin Skywalker joins the dark side and becomes Darth Vader. ››› (3:00)

3:00 PM

(6) MOVIE: “Jack Frost” A dead man returns in the form of a snowman. ›› (2:00)

(AMC) MOVIE: “White Christmas” Ex- Army pals do a show with a sister act. ›››› (2:45) (TCM) (3:15) MOVIE: “The Shop Around the Corner” Bickering Budapest co-workers fall in love as secret pen pals. ››› (1:45)

(YTV) MOVIE: “The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland” See 9 pm. (2:00) 4:00 PM

(5) Happy Holidays America 2024 Exploring holiday celebrations from coast to coast; featuring celebrities and Hollywood stars. N (2:00) (CRTN) Powerpuff Girls: ’Twas the Fight Before Christmas Princess switches Santa’s naughty and nice lists. (1:00) 5:00 PM

(2) Jamie’s Night Before Christmas Jamie Oliver offers tips on how to make Christmas dinner classics taste better than ever. (1:00) (FAM) MOVIE: “A Holiday Wish Come True” Recently separated parents spend Christmas together at the request of their children. (2:00) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Solo: A Star Wars Story” Young Han Solo and his gang of smugglers devise a plan to steal coaxium from the planet Kessel. ›› (2:45)

(KNO) MOVIE: “This Mountain Life” See page 17. (1:30) (TCM) MOVIE: “A Christmas Carol” Dickens’ London miser Scrooge meets Christmas ghosts. (B&W) ››› (1:30) (TLC) 1000-lb Sisters The family deals with the aftermath of Amy’s meltdown; Chris gets skin removal surgery. (1:00) (V) MOVIE: “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” A snowbound stranger brightens the holidays for a family. ››› (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland” Father Christmas travels to Wonderland to help save Christmas. (2:00) 9:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Trading Places” Tycoon brothers switch a rich man and a poor man for a sport. ››› (2:30) 10:00 PM

(FAM) MOVIE: “A Holiday Wish Come True” See 5 pm. (2:00) 10:30 PM

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Life” Astronauts aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life-form from Mars. ›› (2:15) (SHO) MOVIE: “Step Brothers” See 6 pm. (2:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “Beyond Tomorrow” Doomed tycoons play Cupid for a couple on Christmas Eve. (B&W) ›› (1:30) 11:30 PM

(5) (11:34) Christmas Eve Mass See page 14. (Taped) N (1:26) MIDNIGHT

(2) Coronation Street See 7 pm. (:30) (AMC) MOVIE: “Miracle on 34th Street” An adwoman’s lawyer boyfriend tries to defend a Macy’s Santa in court. (B&W) ›››› (2:15) (KNO) MOVIE: “This Mountain Life” See page 17. (1:30)

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3 :00 Inside Edition N MOVIE: “Christmas Princess” (Dra. ’17) Nicole Muñoz. Drew Barrymore N The Jennifer Hudson Show N

4 :00 The Great British Baking Show SPECIAL: An American Christmas N KIRO 7 News N The Young and

(Live)

:00 SP.: Grinch Stole C’mas N MOVIE: “Mistletoe & Menorahs” (Rom. ’19) Damien Doepping.

MOVIE: “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” ›› (Fam. ’00) Jim Carrey.

MOVIE: “To All a

6 AM :00 (5:30) MOVIE: “Mile 22” ›› (Act. ’18) Mark Wahlberg. (5:15)

W/o

:30 MOVIE: “Jack Frost” ›› (Fam. ’98) Michael Keaton.

(Sus. ’18) Liam Neeson.

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3 :00 The Rookie The Beachcombers The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City SPECIAL: CNN Special Program The Big Bang Theory Highway Thru Hell Chicago P.D.Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown

With Morgan Freeman

Celebrity IOU Hist. Greatest Escapes With Morgan Freeman Gus the Itsy Bitsy Knight N FriendsRestoring Galveston The Nature of Things :30 APTN Investigates The Big Bang Theory (:40) PAW Patrol Friends

Blue’s Clues & You! FriendsRestoring Galveston The Nature of Things :30 MOVIE: “Ghostbusters II” ›› (Com. ’89) Bill Murray. The Beachcombers The Big Bang Theory Abby Hatcher Friends

4 :00 The Rookie MOVIE: “A Beachcombers’ Christmas” (Com. ’04) Dave Thomas. Sold on

Celebrity IOU Hist. Greatest Escapes With Morgan Freeman Isadora Moon FriendsRestoring Galveston The Nature of Things :30 The

Bang

5 :00 The Rookie MOVIE: “Christmas With the Kranks” ›› (Com. ’04) Tim Allen.

:00 The Rookie MOVIE: “The New Beachcombers” (Com.-Dra. ’02) Jackson Davies.

7 :00 (:01) The Rookie MOVIE: “Trading Places” ››› (Com. ’83) Dan Aykroyd.

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6 AM :00 (4:45) MOVIE: “Taken 2” (5:30) MOVIE: “Batman Begins” ››› (Act. ’05) Christian Bale. (5:30) MOVIE: “All Mine to Give” ›› (Dra. ’57) My 600-Lb. Life: Where Are They Now?

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:30 (:45) MOVIE: “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’17) Mark Hamill.

7 :00 (:15) MOVIE: “The Great Rupert” ›› (Com. ’50) Jimmy Durante.

Kenneth Copeland Hotel Transylvania Naturally, Sadie Cloudy, WithMeatballs Drive, Chip & Putt: 2024 National Finals

:30 700 Club Canada Teen Titans Go! Life With Derek SpongeBob SquarePants

:00 My 600-Lb. Life It’s Supernatural! Teen Titans Go! MOVIE: “All I Want for Christmas” ›› (Fam. ’91) Ethan Embry.

:30 MOVIE: “The Dark Knight” ›››› (Act. ’08) Christian Bale.

10 :00 MOVIE: “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’19) Carrie Fisher.

Joyce MeyerEveryday Life MOVIE: “Operation Nutcracker” (Rom. ’24) Ashley Newbrough. Looney Tunes The Latest Buzz Scaredy Squirrel

9 :00 MOVIE: “Little Women” ››› (Dra. ’33) Katharine Hepburn. My 600-Lb. Life Daily TV Mass MOVIE: “Trading Up Christmas” (Dra. ’24) Italia Ricci. MOVIE: “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” ›› (Ani. ’79)

My 600-Lb. Life Tribal Trails Family Matters

“Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” ›› (Ani. ’18)

:30 Devotions TV (:50) Denis and Me 2024 Augusta National Women’s Amateur: Final Round

11 :00 (:15) MOVIE: “In the Good Old Summertime” ››› (Mus. ’49) Judy Garland. The Waltons MOVIE: “A Reason for the Season” (Dra. ’24) Taylor Cole. (:05) Tiny Toons Loon. Family Matters :30 MOVIE: “The Dark Knight Rises” ››› (Act. ’12) Christian Bale.

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Football: Kansas City Chiefs at Pittsburgh Steelers (Live) N :30 Keeping Up Appearances (:40) Looney Tunes Family Matters (:40) MOVIE: “A Fairly Odd Christmas” (Fam. ’12)

Tiny Toons Looniversity Family Matters SpongeBob SquarePants

12 NOON :00 My 600-Lb. Life Father Brown (11:55) MOVIE: “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” ›› MOVIE: To Be Announced SpongeBob SquarePants :30 The Loud House School of Golf

NFL Football: Kansas City Chiefs at Pittsburgh Steelers (Live) N

1 PM :00 MOVIE: “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’16) Felicity Jones. (:15) MOVIE: “Holiday Affair” ››› (Rom. ’49) Robert Mitchum.

My 600-Lb. Life New TricksDays of our Lives N MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” ›› (Ani. ’18)

School of Golf NFL Pregame (Live) N NFL Pregame (Live) N

Pregame (Live) N

Pregame (Live) N :30 (:35) Looney Tunes

2 :00

My 600-Lb. Life Magnum, P.I. Finding Mr. Christmas Tiny Toons Looniversity SPECIAL: Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus School of Golf (:15) Formula 1 Racing: British Grand Prix :30 (:25) Tiny Toons Loon. (:45) Best & Bester School of Golf

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3 :00 MOVIE: “Batman Begins” ››› (Act. ’05) Christian Bale.

Murdoch Mysteries (:15) Finding Mr. Christmas

4 :00 Dr. Pimple Popper Murder, She Wrote (:10) Finding Mr. Christmas Family Matters

:30

MOVIE: “The Man Who Came to Dinner” ››› (Com. ’41) Monty Woolley.

5 :00 MOVIE: “Defending Your Life” ››› (Com. ’91) Albert Brooks.

MOVIE: “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” ›› (Ani. ’79) Voice of Red Buttons.

MOVIE: “Spirit Riding Free: Spirit of Christmas” MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” ›› (Ani. ’18) Voice of Benedict Cumberbatch. School of Golf :30 (:45) MOVIE: “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope: Trailer”

of Golf :30 Family Matters School of

Dr. Pimple Popper Heartbeat(:05) Finding Mr. Christmas Teen Titans Go! Family Matters SpongeBob SquarePants School of Golf SCAll

Titans

7 :00

6 :00 MOVIE: “The Dark Knight” ›››› (Act. ’08) Christian Bale.

Dr. Pimple Popper Peak Practice Finding Mr. Christmas Teen Titans Go! Malory Towers MOVIE: “A Fairly Odd Christmas” (Fam. ’12) Drake Bell. School of Golf :30 MOVIE: “Star Wars: Episode V –The Empire Strikes Back”

8 :00

(Sci.-Fi. ’80) Mark Hamill.

MOVIE: “Dream Wife” ›› (Rom. ’53) Cary Grant.

Dr. Pimple Popper

Dr. Pimple Popper

UnforgottenFinding Mr. Christmas

Tiny Toons Looniversity

Murdoch Mysteries Finding Mr. Christmas Teen Titans Go!

SpongeBob SquarePants Breaking

SpongeBob SquarePants Breaking :30 Teen Titans Go! The Loud House Playing Lessons

9 :00 (:15)

Tiny Toons Looniversity MOVIE: “All I Want for Christmas” ›› (Fam. ’91) Ethan Embry.

Build a Better Game 2024 World Women’s Curling Championship: Canada vs. Switzerland :30

Hockey: 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship: Gold Medal Game –Canada vs. Czechia Hockey: 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship: Gold Medal Game –Canada vs. Czechia Hockey: 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship: Gold Medal Game –Canada vs. Czechia

MOVIE: “Star Wars: Episode VI –Return of the Jedi” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’83) Mark Hamill.

MOVIE: “The Dark Knight Rises” ››› (Act. ’12) Christian Bale.

MOVIE: “Cabin in the Sky” ›› (Mus. ’43) Ethel Waters.

Dr. Pimple Popper

:30 Batman: Animated

MOVIE: “Miracle of the Heart” ››› (Dra. ’05) Neil Patrick Harris. Finding Mr. Christmas

:00 Dr. Pimple Popper MOVIE: “Happy Howlidays” (Dra. ’24) Jessica Lowndes.

:00 MOVIE: “Blithe Spirit” ››› (Fan. ’45) Rex Harrison.

Pimple Popper It’s Supernatural!

Batman: Animated MOVIE: To Be Announced MOVIE: “A Fairly Odd Christmas” (Fam. ’12) Drake Bell.

Animated

Animated SpongeBob SquarePants

Animated MOVIE: “All I Want for Christmas” ›› (Fam. ’91) Ethan Embry.

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:00 Daniel Tiger(5:50) Transplant Hudson & Rex (5:00) “I’m Glad-C’mas” (5:00) MOVIE: To Be Announced Canadian Pickers (5:00) MOVIE: “Blizzard”

7 :00 (6:55) MOVIE: “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” ››› (Ani. ’22)

:30 SPECIAL: Peg + Cat + Holidays (:40) MOVIE: “H.appiness” MOVIE: “A Hollywood Christmas” (Com. ’22) Jessika Van. (:45) MOVIE: “Miracle on 34th Street” ››› (Fam. ’94) Richard Attenborough.

Hudson & Rex MOVIE: To Be Announced Ice Pilots NWT :30 SP.: Let’s Go Luna: C’mas Around the World 8 :00

9 :00 SPECIAL: Nature Cat: A Nature Carol

Hudson & Rex (:05) SPEC.: Fantastic Beasts: A Natural Hist. Border Security :30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific (:40) MOVIE: “Blue Beetle” ›› (Act. ’23) Xolo Maridueña. Border Security (:40) MOVIE: “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” ››› (Ani. ’09)

Hudson & Rex (:10) MOVIE: “B&B Merry” (Rom. ’22) Jesse Hutch. True Crime News Border Security :30 True Crime News Border Security

10 :00 SPECIAL: Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas

11 :00 SPECIAL: Rick Steves’ European Christmas Hudson & Rex Sleeping With a Killer Lost Treasures of Egypt :30

Hudson & Rex Hawaii Five-0 Lost Treasures of Egypt (:15) MOVIE: “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2” ›› (Ani. ’13) Voice of Bill Hader. :30 (:50) MOVIE: “A Gingerbread Christmas” (Rom. ’22) (:40) MOVIE: “I’m Glad It’s Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Jessica Lowndes.

12 NOON :00 Call the Midwife (:20) MOVIE: “Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer” (Ani. ’18) Voice of Josh Hutcherson.

1 PM :00

Chicago P.D.(:10) MOVIE: “A Christmas Story Christmas” ›› (Fam. ’22) Peter Billingsley. Sleeping With a Killer Lost Treasures of Egypt (11:55) MOVIE: “How to Train Your Dragon” ››› (’10) :30

2 :00 (1:55) MOVIE: “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” ››› (Ani. ’23)

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6:00 AM

(5) The 2024 Magnificent Mile Lights Festival The holiday celebration from Chicago’s Michigan Avenue features floats, music, celebrities and more. N (1:00) 11:00 AM

(2) Merry Madagascar Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria must deliver Santa’s presents to save Christmas. (:30) (TCM) (11:15) MOVIE: “In the Good Old Summertime” Bickering co-workers fall in love as secret pen pals. ››› (2:00)

(W) MOVIE: “A Reason for the Season” Evie is tasked with granting Christmas wishes to the people who saved her life. (2:00)

11:30 AM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Annie” Daddy Warbucks protects little orphan Annie in 1930s New York. ›› (3:00) (CRTN) (11:55) MOVIE: “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” See 3 pm. (1:40) (SHO) MOVIE: “The Dark Knight Rises” See 9 pm. (3:30) NOON

(5) Mark Milovats’ Christmas Wonderland

Mark Milovats’ Christmas Concert promises a variety of Christmas classics, as well as guests. N (1:00)

(9) A Classic Christmas With the Bach Festival Society: Joyful Sounds The Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra presents custom arrangements of holiday classics. (1:00)

12:30 PM

(APTN) MOVIE: “A Beachcombers’ Christmas” See 4 pm. (2:00) 1:00 PM

(TCM) MOVIE: “Defending Your Life” See page 19. (2:00) 5:30 PM

(2) A Very Royal Christmas: Sandringham Secrets A special look at how the British Royal family enjoys the festive period in all its magical detail. (1:00) 6:00 PM

(APTN) MOVIE: “The New Beachcombers” Based on the TV series. Friends try to save their favourite restaurant from demolition. (2:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “The Dark Knight” Batman battles a vicious criminal known as the Joker. ›››› (3:00)

(YTV) MOVIE: “A Fairly Odd Christmas” See 9 pm. (1:30) 6:30 PM

(2) Coronation Street Tensions flare between Daniel and Debbie; Dee-Dee fails to show up to her scan. N (:30)

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back” Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia face Darth Vader’s wrath. ›››› (2:45) 7:00 PM

Chicago P.D. NCIS: New Orleans Lost Treasures of Egypt :30 Call the Midwife (:35) MOVIE: “How to Train Your Dragon 2” ››› (Ani. ’14)

Chicago P.D. (1:55) MOVIE: “A Hollywood Christmas” (Com. ’22) Jessika Van.

Hawaii Five-0 Lost Treasures of Egypt :30

3 :00 PBS News Hour N Chicago P.D. S.W.A.T.Lost Treasures of Egypt (:20) MOVIE: “Shrek” ››› (Ani. ’01) Voice of Mike Myers. :30 MOVIE: “A Christmas Mystery” (Fam. ’22) Violet McGraw

4 :00 BBC News The Context (:20) MOVIE: “Elf” ››› (Fam. ’03) Will Ferrell.

Chicago Med True Crime News N Lost Treasures of Egypt :30 Detroit Performs True Crime News

5 :00 Call the Midwife N Chicago Med Selena + Chef: Home NCIS: New Orleans Lost Treasures of Egypt (4:55) MOVIE: “Shrek 2” ››› (Ani. ’04) Voice of Mike Myers. :30 (:45) Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays

6 :00 MOVIE: “Jurassic Park” ››› (Adv. ’93) Sam Neill.

What We Do In-Shadows See No EvilLost Treasures of Egypt :30 What We Do In-Shadows Selena + Chef: Home

7 :00 Call the Midwife

What We Do In-Shadows (:15) Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays New York Homicide N Lost Treasures of Egypt :30 What We Do In-Shadows 8 :00 (:05) MOVIE: “Top Gun: Maverick” ››› (Act. ’22) Tom Cruise. What We Do In-Shadows House of the Dragon S.W.A.T.Lost Treasures of Egypt

MOVIE: “Shrek the Third” ›› (Ani. ’07) Voice of Mike Myers.

MOVIE: “The Matrix Revolutions” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’03) Keanu Reeves. :30 What We Do In-Shadows 9 :00 Amanpour and Company N What We Do In-Shadows House of the Dragon See No EvilLost Treasures of Egypt :30 What We Do In-Shadows 10 :00 Best of Detroit Public Television (:20) MOVIE: “The Equalizer 3” ›› (Act. ’23) Denzel Washington. What We Do In-Shadows House of the Dragon New York Homicide Lost Treasures of Egypt (:15) MOVIE: “Love Actually” ››› (Rom. ’03) Hugh Grant. :30 What We Do In-Shadows

:00 What We Do In-Shadows (:05) House of the Dragon Sleeping With a Killer Lost Treasures of Egypt :30 What We Do In-Shadows

:00 (:15) MOVIE: “Meg 2: The Trench” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’23) Jason Statham. Chicago Med(:15) House of the Dragon S.W.A.T.Lost Treasures of Egypt :30 (:35) MOVIE: “Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas” › (Com. ’13)

AM :00 Chicago Med NCIS: New Orleans Lost Treasures of Egypt :30 (:25) House of the Dragon

:00 (:15) The Trades Chicago P.D. True Crime News Lost Treasures of Egypt (:20) MOVIE: “Happiest Season” (Rom. ’20) Kristen Stewart. :30 Detroit Performs (:45) The Trades (:25) House of the Dragon True Crime News 3 :00

(6) MOVIE: “Christmas List” Isobel tries to complete a bucket list of traditions, but a new romance turns her life upside down. (2:00) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” Resistance fighters embark on a daring mission to steal the Empire’s plans for the Death Star. ››› (2:45) (TCM) (1:15) MOVIE: “Holiday Affair” Two men want to marry a war widow for Christmas. (B&W) ››› (1:45) (YTV) MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” See 3 pm. (1:45) 1:30 PM

(2) Frosty Returns A snow- removal spray threatens magic Frosty; narrator Jonathan Winters. (:30) 2:00 PM

(2) Frosty the Snowman An animated adaptation of Romeo Muller’s story. Narrated by Jimmy Durante. (:30) 2:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Ghostbusters II” Parapsychologists fight New York’s pink slime. ›› (2:30) 3:00 PM

(6) MOVIE: “Christmas Princess” A high school girl overcomes her traumatic past to become a pageant princess. (1:45) (CRTN) MOVIE: “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” Santa Claus must save the snowman and the red-nosed reindeer from a bad wizard. ›› (2:00)

(SHO) MOVIE: “Batman Begins” Bruce Wayne becomes Gotham City’s Dark Knight. ››› (3:00)

(TCM) MOVIE: “The Man Who Came to Dinner” A critic with a broken hip mends at his host’s home. (B&W) ››› (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” The Grinch hatches a scheme to pose as Santa Claus and steal Christmas from Whoville. ›› (2:00) 3:30 PM (SCFI) (3:45) MOVIE: “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope: Trailer” Luke Skywalker attempts to rescue Princess Leia. (2:45) 4:00 PM

(5) An American Christmas With PJ Rasmussen and the Boardwalk Jazz Band Classic Christmas music along with new holiday tunes are performed in the heart of New York City. N (1:00) (APTN) MOVIE: “A Beachcombers’ Christmas” The new owner of Molly’s Reach organizes a celebrity hockey game as a fundraiser. (2:00) 5:00 PM

(5) Traveling with Denella Ri’chard: Tis the 2024 Season for Travel Travel expert Denella Ri’chard showcases an array of destinations and cruises. N (1:00) (AMC) MOVIE: “Christmas With the Kranks” A couple scramble to assemble a holiday celebration. ›› (2:00)

(2) MOVIE: “Little Women” Jo March and her two sisters return home when shy sibling Beth develops a devastating illness. ››› (3:00) (9) A Christmas With Sir John Rutter at Preston Hollow John Rutter conducts a selection of his most popular works and familiar carols. (1:00) (10) MOVIE: “Christmas Plus One” Sisters Cara and Amy make a pact to find their soulmates by next Christmas. (2:00) (AMC) MOVIE: “Trading Places” Tycoon brothers switch a rich man and a poor man for a sport. ››› (2:30) (FAM) MOVIE: “All I Want for Christmas” A boy and a girl scheme to reunite their parents. ›› (2:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “Dream Wife” A man woos an Arab princess in front of his girlfriend. (B&W) ›› (2:00) 8:00 PM

(5) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Boris Karloff narrates an animated tale about a curmudgeon and merry Whoville. N (:30) (6) MOVIE: “Mistletoe & Menorahs” A determined toy company executive must learn about Hanukkah in order to land a big account. (2:00) 8:30 PM

(5) MOVIE: “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” A curmudgeon hates the Christmas- loving Whos of Whoville. ›› (2:30) 9:00 PM

(8) MOVIE: “To All a Good Night” A photographer saves the life of a mysterious man who may just be here to buy her family’s parkland. (2:00) (10) MOVIE: “Under the Christmas Sky” Sparks fly between astronaut Kat and by-the-book David when they work on a planetarium exhibit. (2:00) (CTV2) MOVIE: “Menorah in the Middle” Sarah is headed back to her hometown, when she finds out that her father had a heart attack. (2:00) (KNO) A Merry Tudor Christmas with Lucy Worsley Historian Lucy Worsley explores the extravaganza that is the 12 days of Tudor Christmas. (1:00) (SCFI) (9:15) MOVIE: “Star Wars: Episode VI –Return of the Jedi” Jedi knight Luke Skywalker tries to identify Darth Vader. ››› (3:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “The Dark Knight Rises” Batman re-emerges from his self-imposed exile to battle a merciless terrorist named Bane. ››› (3:30) (TCM) MOVIE: “Cabin in the Sky” Agents of heaven and hell fight for Little Joe’s soul. (B&W) ›› (2:00) (V) MOVIE: “Miracle of the Heart” A medical resident falls in love with a young teacher. ››› (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “A Fairly Odd Christmas” Timmy Turner tries to restore children’s faith in Santa Claus. (1:30) 9:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Fred Claus” Santa’s ne’er-dowell brother puts Christmas in jeopardy. ›› (2:30) 10:00 PM

(KNO) Christmas Carols With Lucy Worsley The history and hidden stories of Christmas carols, including why carols were invented. (1:00) (W) MOVIE: “Happy Howlidays” A lonely webpage editor is drawn into an unusual encounter with a stray dog. (2:00) 11:00 PM

(FAM) MOVIE: “All I Want for Christmas” See 7 pm. (2:00)

THURSDAY – GRID 1

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:30 (:45) MOVIE: “The Addams Family” ›› (Com. ’91) Anjelica Huston.

Blitzer (Live) N

Big Bang Theory Highway Thru Hell

4 :00 The First 48 MOVIE: “The New Beachcombers” (Com.-Dra. ’02) Jackson Davies. Summer House Erin Burnett OutFront (Live) N The Big Bang Theory Highway Thru Hell Chicago P.D.Bobby’s Triple Threat Ugliest House in America The UnBelievable With Dan Aykroyd Isadora Moon KTLA 5 News at 4 N Stone House Revival Canada Tonight N :30 The Big Bang Theory Ugliest House in America (:40) Work It Out Wombats Stone House Revival Canada Tonight

5 :00 The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes N Southern Charm Anderson Cooper 360 (Live) N The Big Bang Theory Expedition Unknown N 9-1-1

6 :00 Alaska PD N

:30 (:45) MOVIE: “Addams Family Values” ›› (Com. ’93) Anjelica Huston.

“Corner Gas: The Movie” ›› (Com. ’14) Brent Butt.

Triple Threat Ugliest House in America

Kangaroo Beach KTLA 5 News at 5 N Building Off

5 News at 7 N

National N :30 (:45) MOVIE: “Christmas With the Kranks” ›› (Com. ’04) Tim Allen.

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6 AM :00 (4:30) MOVIE: “The Incredible Hulk” ››› (5:00) MOVIE: “The Dark Knight” ›››› (Act. ’08) Christian Bale. (5:45) MOVIE: “Judge Hardy’s Children” (’38)

7 :00 MOVIE: “Captain Marvel” ›› (Act. ’19) Brie Larson.

Kenneth Copeland Hotel Transylvania SP.: Timmy’s Christmas Cloudy, WithMeatballs SC

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8 :00 MOVIE: “The Bourne Identity” ››› (Act. ’02) Matt Damon.

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(:15) MOVIE: “Love Finds Andy Hardy” ›› (Com.-Dra. ’38) Lewis Stone.

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days James Robison Good WitchSupernoobs SPEC.: Sonic Xmas Blast Best & Bester (3:00) PGA Tour Golf: 2024: Arnold Palmer Invitational, Final Round SC(5:30) 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship: United States vs. Sweden 2024 Spengler Cup: FribourgGotteron vs. Dynamo Pardubice 2024 Spengler Cup: FribourgGotteron vs. Dynamo Pardubice

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days

9 :00 MOVIE: “Out West With the Hardys” ›› (Com. ’38) Lewis Stone.

:30 MOVIE: “Iron Man” ››› (Act. ’08) Robert Downey Jr.

12 NOON :00 (:15) MOVIE: “Thor” ››› (Act. ’11) Chris Hemsworth.

Joyce MeyerEveryday Life MOVIE: “The Royal Nanny” (Rom. ’22) Rachel Skarsten.

World of Gumball SP.: Xtreme Xploits of the Xplosive Xmas Scaredy Squirrel

:30 700 Club Canada Teen Titans Go! SpongeBob SquarePants

Extreme Couponing It’s Supernatural! Teen Titans Go!

MOVIE: “The Smurfs” › (Fam. ’11) Hank Azaria. SpongeBob SquarePants

Extreme Couponing Peter Popoff Ministries Teen Titans Go! The Loud House PGA Tour Golf: 2024 –The Players Championship, Final Round

Extreme Couponing Daily TV Mass MOVIE: “A Royal Corgi Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Hunter King.

MOVIE: “The LEGO Batman Movie” ››› (Ani. ’17) MOVIE: “Abominable” ››› (Ani. ’19) Voice of Chloe Bennet.

:30 MOVIE: “The Bourne Supremacy” ››› (Act. ’04) Matt Damon. MOVIE: “The Hardys Ride High” ›› (Com. ’38) Lewis Stone. Keeping Up Appearances (:50) Total DramaRama SPEC.: Sonic Xmas Blast (:40) Scaredy Squirrel

Championship: Slovakia vs. Sweden (Live) N

(Live) N

Waltons MOVIE: “Royal New Year’s Eve” (Rom. ’17) Jessy Schram. (:05) Looney Tunes SP.: Inspector Gadget-Xmas (:05) Three Amigonauts

:30 Scooby-Doo -Guess Who? SP.: Timmy’s Christmas Ollie’s Pack 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship: United States vs. Germany (Live) N

MOVIE: “Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever” ›› (Com. ’39) Lewis Stone.

Lottery Changed My Life Father Brown (11:55) MOVIE: “The LEGO Batman Movie” ››› (Ani. ’17)

SP.: Xtreme Xploits of the Xplosive Xmas SpongeBob SquarePants :30 MOVIE: “The Bourne Ultimatum” ››› (Act. ’07) Matt Damon. The Loud House

2 :00 Magnum, P.I.Mistletoe Murders World of Gumball Johnny Test

IIHF World Junior Championship: United States vs. Germany (Live) N

1 PM :00 90 Day: The Last Resort New TricksDays of our Lives N She-Ra & the Princesses MOVIE: “Happy Feet” ››› (Ani. ’06) Voice of Elijah Wood. :30 MOVIE: “Judge Hardy and Son” ››› (Com. ’39) Lewis Stone. (:45) Total DramaRama She-Ra & the Princesses PGA Tour Golf: 2024 –Valspar Championship, Final Round SC SC

3 :00 MOVIE: “Jason Bourne” ›› (Act. ’16) Matt Damon. (:15) MOVIE: “Andy Hardy Meets Debutante” ›› (Com. ’40) Lewis Stone.

(:25) Teen Titans Go! Johnny Test(:45) Best & Bester College Football: Rate Bowl –Teams TBA (Live) N

IIHF World Junior Championship: Czechia vs. Switzerland (Live) N

SportsCentre (Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N :30 Scooby-Doo -Guess Who? Harvey Girls Forever!

IIHF World Junior Championship: Czechia vs. Switzerland (Live) N :30 (:45) MOVIE: “Thor: The Dark World” ›› (Act. ’13) Chris Hemsworth.

90 Day: The Last Resort Murdoch Mysteries Mistletoe Murders Looney Tunes Harvey Girls Forever! MOVIE: “Abominable” ››› (Ani. ’19) Voice of Chloe Bennet.

4 :00 90 Day: The Last Resort Murder, She Wrote Mistletoe Murders World of Gumball SPEC.: Sonic Xmas Blast TNF Tonight (Live) N IIHF World (Live) N :30 Teen Titans Go! SP.: Timmy’s Christmas

5 :00 (:15)

6 :00 The Day of the Jackal N

MOVIE: “Thor: Ragnarok” ››› (Act. ’17) Chris Hemsworth.

To Be Announced Mistletoe Murders Teen Titans Go!

MOVIE: “The Smurfs” › (Fam. ’11) Hank Azaria.

IIHF World Junior Championship: Finland vs. Canada (Live) N

SpongeBob SquarePants (:15) NFL Football: Seattle Seahawks at Chicago Bears (Live) N :30 Teen Titans Go! The Loud House

MOVIE: “Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary” ›› (Com. ’41) Lewis Stone. To Be Announced ColumboMistletoe Murders Teen Titans Go!

Keeping Up Appearances

MOVIE: “Abominable” ››› (Ani. ’19) Voice of Chloe Bennet. College Football: 68 Ventures Bowl –Teams TBA (Live) N :30

IIHF World Junior Championship: Finland vs. Canada (Live) N

IIHF World Junior Championship: Finland vs. Canada (Live) N

7 :00 MOVIE: “The Bourne Legacy” ››› (Act. ’12) Jeremy Renner.

8 :00

MOVIE: “Life Begins for Andy Hardy” ›› (Com.-Dra. ’41) Lewis Stone.

To Be Announced Doc MartinMistletoe Murders Johnny Test

N :30 Johnny Test

MOVIE: “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” ››› (Act. ’21) Simu Liu.

9 :00 MOVIE: “The Courtship of Andy Hardy” ›› (Com. ’42) To Be Announced MOVIE: “The Secret Garden” ››› (Fam. ’93) Kate Maberly.

To Be Announced Murdoch Mysteries MOVIE: “Private Princess Christmas” (Dra. ’24) Ali Skovbye.

MOVIE: “The LEGO Batman Movie” ››› (Ani. ’17) Voice of Will Arnett.

The SmurfsThe Next Step

:30 (:45) Total DramaRama SP.: Timmy’s Christmas The Next Step

:30 Young Justice Slug Terra

10 :00 MOVIE: “The Bourne Supremacy” ››› (Act. ’04) Matt Damon. To Be Announced MOVIE: “A Royal Christmas Crush” (Rom. ’23) Katie Cassidy

(:45) MOVIE: “Spider-Man: Homecoming”

(Act. ’17)

PGA Tour Golf: 2024 –Texas Children’s Houston Open, Final Round

Young Justice Slug Terra MOVIE: “Happy Feet” ››› (Ani. ’06) Voice of Elijah Wood.

Young Justice MOVIE: “The Smurfs” › (Fam. ’11) Hank Azaria.

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7 :00 Sesame Street Hudson & Rex MOVIE: To Be Announced Ice Pilots NWT :30 Work It Out Wombats!

11:00 AM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Fred Claus” Santa’s ne’er-do-well brother puts Christmas in jeopardy. ›› (2:30) (W) MOVIE: “Royal New Year’s Eve” An aspiring fashion designer meets a prince while designing a socialite’s gown. (2:00)

11:30 AM

6:30 PM

(CRTN) MOVIE: “The LEGO Batman Movie” Batman must save Gotham City from the Joker’s hostile takeover. ››› (2:15)

7:00 PM

6 AM :00 Daniel Tiger(5:50) Transplant Hudson & Rex (5:00) “Cmas Icetastrophe” (5:00) MOVIE: To Be Announced Canadian Pickers (5:00) “Eve & the Fire...” :30 Rosie’s Rules (:40) MOVIE: “Autumn and the Black Jaguar” (Fam. ’24) Lumi Pollack. MOVIE: “A Snowy Christmas” (Rom. ’21) Elysia Rotaru.

8 :00 Donkey Hodie What We Do In-Shadows MOVIE: “Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson...”

:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific (:25) MOVIE: “Under the Christmas Tree” (Rom. ’21) Elise Bauman.

10 :00 Wild Kratts (9:55) MOVIE: “How the Gringo Stole Christmas”

What We Do In-Shadows Border Security

9 :00 Elinor Wonders Why What We Do In-Shadows True Crime News Border Security :30 Nature Cat What We Do In-Shadows (:50) MOVIE: “Holiday Harmony” (Rom. ’22) Annelise Cepero. True Crime News Border Security

(:35) MOVIE: “Racetime” (Ani. ’18) Voice of Lucinda Davis.

Border Security (:10) MOVIE: “You’ve Got Mail” ›› (Rom. ’98) Tom Hanks.

What We Do In-Shadows Hawaii Five-0 Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet (:15) MOVIE: “Score: A Hockey Musical” (Mus. ’10) :30 Molly of Denali What We Do In-Shadows

(CRTN) (11:55) MOVIE: “The LEGO Batman Movie” See 6:30 pm. (1:50) NOON

(SCFI) (12:15) MOVIE: “Thor” After his reckless actions reignite an ancient war, the Norse god is banished to Earth. ››› (2:30)

(TCM) MOVIE: “Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever” Judge hears Andy wants to quit school to wed his teacher. (B&W) ›› (1:30)

12:30 PM

(APTN) MOVIE: “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2” Flint Lockwood learns that his most-famous invention is now creating animal/ vegetable hybrids. ›› (2:00)

(SHO) MOVIE: “The Bourne Ultimatum” Jason Bourne continues to look for clues to unravel his true identity. ››› (2:30)

1:00 PM

(YTV) MOVIE: “Happy Feet” See 9 pm. (1:45) 1:30 PM

(2) Coronation Street Gail and Jesse make an announcement; Max introduces Joel’s parents to their grandson. N (:30) (A&E) (7:01) Interrogation Raw Celebrities have to sit in the hot seat and provide on-camera testimony N (1:03) (DIS) Aussie Gold Hunters Gold prospectors risk their dreams and futures in pursuit of the ultimate golden reward. N (1:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “The Bourne Legacy” A specially enhanced government agent goes on the run when his life may be forfeit. ››› (3:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “Life Begins for Andy Hardy” Judge lets his college-bound son seek a New York summer job. (B&W) ›› (2:00)

7:30 PM

(2) Coronation Street Kit warns Craig not to meddle in his investigation; David finds Shona’s torn coat. N (:30) (AMC) (7:45) MOVIE: “Christmas With the Kranks” A couple scramble to assemble a holiday celebration. ›› (2:00)

8:00 PM

12 NOON :00 Nature(:05) Harry Potter

What We Do In-Shadows

11 :00 Rick Steves’ Europe (:20) Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking What We Do In-Shadows Sleeping With a Killer Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet :30 Weathered: Earth’s What We Do In-Shadows (:45) MOVIE: “Christmas Icetastrophe” (Sci.-Fi. ’14) Victor Webster. (:50) MOVIE: “Goose!” (Com. ’07) Chevy Chase.

Sleeping With a Killer

Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet :30 (:50) Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking

What We Do In-Shadows

1 PM :00 SPECIAL: Monadnock: The Mountain That Stands

What We Do In-Shadows (:15) MOVIE: “A Snowy Christmas” (Rom. ’21) Elysia Rotaru. NCIS: New Orleans Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet (:20) MOVIE: “Spider-Man” ››› (Act. ’02) Tobey Maguire. :30 (:35) Harry Potter What We Do In-Shadows

2 :00 America’s Forests (:20) MOVIE: “A Big Fat Family Christmas” (Rom. ’22) What We Do In-Shadows Hawaii Five-0 Lost Beasts: Unearthed :30 America’s Forests What We Do In-Shadows (:45) MOVIE: “Dancing Through Christmas” (Dra. ’21)

4 :00 BBC News The Context What We Do In-Shadows (:15) MOVIE: “Father of the Bride” (Rom. ’22) Andy Garcia.

True Crime News N Lost Beasts: Unearthed :30 One Detroit N What We Do In-Shadows True Crime News

3 :00 PBS News Hour N What We Do In-Shadows S.W.A.T.Lost Beasts: Unearthed :30 (:50) MOVIE: “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” ›› (Act. ’23) Jason Momoa. What We Do In-Shadows (:25) MOVIE: “Spider-Man 2” ››› (Act. ’04) Tobey Maguire.

5 :00 Michigan Out of Doors N What We Do In-Shadows NCIS: New Orleans Lost Beasts: Unearthed :30 Under-Radar Michigan N What We Do In-Shadows (:35) MOVIE: “Spider-Man 3” ›› (Act. ’07) Tobey Maguire.

6 :00 The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

(AMC) MOVIE: “Mr. Mom” An engineer’s wife gets a job and he stays home. ›› (2:15) (TCM) MOVIE: “Judge Hardy and Son” Judge sees Andy through girls, money woes and an essay contest. (B&W) ››› (1:45)

2:30 PM

(SCFI) (2:45) MOVIE: “Thor: The Dark World” Thor must save Earth and the Nine Realms from an ancient enemy that predates the universe itself. ›› (2:30)

3:00 PM

Hawaii Five-0 Lost Beasts: Unearthed :30 It’s Always Sunny

7 :00 It’s Always Sunny

MOVIE: “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” ›› (Adv. ’97) Jeff Goldblum. It’s Always Sunny (:15) MOVIE: “Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes” (Doc. ’24)

Hawaii Five-0 Lost Beasts: Unearthed :30 It’s Always Sunny 8 :00 SPECIAL: Cultural Expressions: Kwanzaa (:05) Sex Lives Girls N It’s Always Sunny House of the Dragon

S.W.A.T.Lost Beasts: Unearthed Nurse Jackie :30 (:40) Bookie N It’s Always Sunny Nurse Jackie

9 :00 Amanpour and Company N (:05) Fast Friends N It’s Always Sunny (:05) House of the Dragon

Hawaii Five-0 Lost Beasts: Unearthed Weeds :30 It’s Always Sunny Weeds 10 :00 Best of Detroit Public Television MOVIE: “Juror #2” ››› (Sus. ’24) Nicholas Hoult. It’s Always Sunny (:20) The Last of Us

Hawaii Five-0 Lost Beasts: Unearthed MOVIE: “The Bodyguard” ›› (Dra. ’92) Kevin Costner. :30 It’s Always Sunny 11 :00 It’s Always Sunny Sleeping With a Killer Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet :30 It’s Always Sunny (:45) The Last of Us

(TCM) (3:15) MOVIE: “Andy Hardy Meets Debutante” Andy chases a debutante while in New York with the judge. (B&W) ›› (1:45) (SHO) MOVIE: “Jason Bourne” Former CIA operative Jason Bourne battles a sinister network that utilizes terror and technology. ›› (3:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Abominable” See 6 pm. (2:00) 3:30 PM (AMC) (3:45) MOVIE: “The Addams Family” Gomez, Morticia and their ghoulish household are prey to a scam involving long-lost Uncle Fester ›› (2:00) 4:00 PM (APTN) MOVIE: “The New Beachcombers” Based on the TV series. Friends try to save their favourite restaurant from demolition. (2:00) 5:00 PM

(A&E) The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes See 9:03 pm. N (1:00) (DIS) Expedition Unknown Josh chases the history of St. Nicholas, the real-life saint who has become known as Santa Claus. N (1:00) (FAM) MOVIE: “The Smurfs” A portal carries little blue people to Manhattan after Gargamel chases them out of their village. › (2:00) (SCFI) (5:15) MOVIE: “Thor: Ragnarok” Thor must battle the Hulk in a gladiatorial duel and save his home world from the all- powerful Hela. ››› (2:45)

(TCM) MOVIE: “Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary” Andy’s so busy with his secretary, he flunks a final. (B&W) ›› (2:00) 5:30 PM (AMC) (5:45) MOVIE: “Addams Family Values” The Addams’ new nanny targets Uncle Fester’s fortune. ›› (2:00) 6:00 PM

(7) Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage Georgie struggles to balance life, work and family; Mandy worries for Georgie’s wellbeing. N (:31) (10) MOVIE: “A Whirlwind Wedding” A charming caterer helps an event planner who has returned home to arrange her mother’s wedding. (2:00) (CTV2) MOVIE: “Christmas in the Spotlight” (P) A popular singer and a pro football player try to survive romance in the public eye. (2:00) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” Martial-arts master Shang-Chi gets drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization. ››› (2:45)

(W) MOVIE: “Private Princess Christmas” After failing in her duties, Princess Violet is sent to an American leadership training program. (2:00) 9:00 PM

(4) The Year: 2024 See page 7. N (2:00) (5) MOVIE: “Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas” See page 19. (2:00) (A&E) (9:03) The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes Surveillance captures a group of people en route to a deadly shooting; a turf war heats up. (1:00) (HIST) Mountain Men Mike braves icy waters to catch snow crabs living on the seafloor. N (1:00)

(KNO) MOVIE: “Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation” See page 16. (1:40) (TCM) MOVIE: “The Courtship of Andy Hardy” Judge orders Andy to date a shy teen. (B&W) ›› (1:45) (V) MOVIE: “The Secret Garden” An English orphan discovers her uncle’s magic garden. ››› (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Happy Feet” A penguin who cannot sing expresses himself, instead, through tap-dancing. ››› (2:00) 9:30 PM

(AMC) (9:45) MOVIE: “Snoopy, Come Home” Snoopy searches for his original owner after she writes him a letter from the hospital. ››› (2:00) 10:00 PM

:00 (11:55) MOVIE: “It Ends With Us” ›› (Rom. ’24) Blake Lively.

AM :00 Chicago Med NCIS: New Orleans Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet :30 2 :00 (:10) MOVIE: “Love Again” › (Rom. ’23) Priyanka Chopra.

Chicago Med S.W.A.T.Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet (:15) MOVIE: “Inception” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’10) Leonardo DiCaprio. :30 (:40) The Last of Us

Chicago MedThe Last of Us True Crime News Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet :30 One Detroit (:50) MOVIE: “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” (Doc. ’24) True Crime News (:45) MOVIE: “Incendies” ››› (Dra. ’10) Lubna Azabal.

(A&E) Alaska PD Fairbanks officers begin to have doubts about their chosen profession. N (1:01) (APTN) MOVIE: “Corner Gas: The Movie” The residents of Dog River make a last-ditch effort to save the town after it goes bankrupt. ›› (2:00) (DIS) Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch Chad and Eric find signs of gold at the abandoned mine, but nightfall brings an unwanted stalker. N (1:00)

(SHO) The Day of the Jackal With Bianca closing in, the Jackal must use all his wiles as he prepares to take his shot. N (1:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Abominable” A teen and her two friends embark on an epic quest to reunite a Yeti with his family. ››› (2:00)

(SCFI) (10:45) MOVIE: “Spider-Man: Homecoming” High school student Peter Parker embraces his new identity as Spider-Man to battle the evil Vulture. ››› (2:45) (TCM) (10:45) MOVIE: “Andy Hardy’s Double Life” Andy proposes to his girlfriend and her swimmer friend. (B&W) ›› (1:45) THURSDAY

(A&E) (10:03) Alaska PD See 6 pm. (1:01) (APTN) MOVIE: “The New Beachcombers” See 4 pm. (2:00) (FAM) MOVIE: “The Smurfs” See 5 pm. (2:00) (HIST) Yukon Rescue (SF) When a bear charges a group of researchers, an officer deals with the life-threatening situation. N (1:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “The Bourne Supremacy” Ex-CIA agent Jason Bourne fights back when the CIA tries to kill him. ››› (2:00) (W) MOVIE: “A Royal Christmas Crush” A new employee at the Royal Ice Hotel has a surprise whirlwind romance with the prince himself. (2:00) 10:30 PM

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DECEMBER

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:30 Road Wars(:45) MOVIE: “Zookeeper” › (Com. ’11) Kevin

APTN National News N Top ChefThe Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer (Live) N The Big Bang Theory Highway Thru Hell Chicago P.D.Beat

Chevy Chase. premiers peuples Top ChefErin Burnett OutFront (Live) N

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7 :00 MOVIE: “Spider-Man: Far From Home” ››› (Act. ’19) Tom Holland. MOVIE: “XXX” ›› (Act. ’02) Vin Diesel. (:15) MOVIE: “The Maltese Falcon” ›››› (Cri. ’41) Humphrey Bogart.

& Bester (3:00) PGA Tour Golf (5:30) SportsCentre (4:00) IIHF World Jr. 2024 Spengler Cup: Karpat Oulu vs. Team TBA (Live) N SC With Jay Onrait SportsCentre :30 Kenneth Copeland Hotel Transylvania Cloudy, WithMeatballs SportsCentre2025 IIHF World Junior Championship: Finland vs. Canada

Joyce MeyerEveryday Life MOVIE: “Christmas at Castle Hart” (Rom. ’21) Lacey Chabert.

:30 700 Club Canada Teen Titans Go! Abominable & Invisible City SpongeBob SquarePants SportsCentre

World of Gumball Abominable & Invisible City Scaredy Squirrel PGA Tour Golf: 2024 –Corales Puntacana Championship, Final Round SC With Jay Onrait

:30 Handling Money Teen Titans Go! The Loud House

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Hoarding: Buried Alive Father Brown (11:55) MOVIE: “The LEGO NINJAGO Movie” ›› (Ani. ’17)

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Hoarding: Buried Alive The Waltons MOVIE: “A Merry Scottish Christmas” (Dra. ’23) Lacey Chabert. (:05) Looney Tunes Domino Masters (:05) Three Amigonauts

Shasha & Milo The Loud House SCCollege

Sister WivesNew TricksDays of our Lives N Boss Baby: Back-Crib MOVIE: “Minions” ›› (Ani. ’15) Voice of Sandra Bullock.

Why We Love Sports Why We Love Sports :30 (:45) MOVIE: “Three Strangers” ››› (Mys. ’46) Sydney Greenstreet. (:45) Total DramaRama Boss Baby: Back-Crib

Sister WivesMagnum, P.I. MOVIE: “My Norwegian Holiday” (Rom. ’23) Rhiannon Fish.

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ship: Sweden vs. Kazakhstan (Live) N :30 (:25) Teen Titans Go! Summer Memories (:45) Best & Bester

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MOVIE: “The Verdict” ›› (Cri. ’46) Sydney Greenstreet.

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Scooby-Doo -Guess Who?

:30 MOVIE: “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’17) Chris Pratt.

6 :00 MOVIE: “Jurassic World” ›› (Adv. ’15) Chris Pratt.

MOVIE: “Le Samouraï” ››› (Cri. ’67) Alain Delon.

7 :00 MOVIE: “3 Women” ››› (Dra. ’77) Sissy Spacek.

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days Murder, She Wrote MOVIE: “The Christmas Quest” (Act. ’24) Lacey Chabert.

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PWHL Hockey: Boston Fleet at Toronto Sceptres (Live) N IIHF World (Live) N :30 Teen Titans Go! (:40) Tara Duncan

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PGA Tour Golf: 2024 –Myrtle Beach Classic, Final Round :30

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:30 Rosie’s Rules MOVIE: “Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Real Murders” (:35) MOVIE: “The Lord of the Rings” ››› (Ani. ’78) Voice of Christopher Guard.

7 :00 Sesame Street Hudson & Rex MOVIE: To Be Announced Ice Pilots NWT :30 Work It Out Wombats! (:35) MOVIE: “Christmas at the DriveIn” (Rom. ’22) Danica McKellar.

8 :00 Donkey Hodie MOVIE: “Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Three Bedrooms...” Hudson & Rex Border Security :30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific Border Security (:50) MOVIE: “Anthropocene: The Human Epoch” (Doc. ’18)

9 :00 Elinor Wonders Why Hudson & Rex (:05) André the Giant True Crime News Border Security :30 Nature Cat MOVIE: “Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Julius House” (’16) True Crime News Border Security

10 :00 Wild Kratts Hudson & Rex Hawaii Five-0 Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge (:20) MOVIE: “Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity” ›› (Com.Dra. ’02) Sandra Oh. :30 Molly of Denali (:35) MOVIE: “Snowglobe Christmas” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’11) Michael Hogan.

11 :00 Rick Steves’ Europe Selena + Chef: Home Hudson & Rex Sleeping With a Killer Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge :30 Pati’s Mexican Table (:45) MOVIE: “A Furry Little Christmas” (Rom. ’21)

12 NOON :00 NOVA Chicago Med(:10) MOVIE: “The Christmas Retreat” (Fam. ’22)

Sleeping With a Killer Running Wild With Bear Grylls (11:55) MOVIE: “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” :30 1 PM :00 Secrets of the Dead (:15) MOVIE: “Candy Cane Candidate” (Rom. ’21) Jacky Lai.

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3 :00 PBS News Hour N Chicago Med(:15) MOVIE: “The Christmas Retreat” (Fam. ’22)

Chicago Med NCIS: New Orleans Running Wild With Bear Grylls :30 (:45) MOVIE: “Christmas at the Drive-In” (’22) Danica McKellar (:45) MOVIE: “Steel Magnolias” ››› (Com.-Dra. ’89) Sally Field.

Chicago Med Hawaii Five-0 Running Wild With Bear Grylls :30 (:50) MOVIE: “Dancing Through Christmas” (Dra. ’21) AnnaLynne McCord.

S.W.A.T.Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge :30 (:45) MOVIE: “Catwoman” › (Act. ’04) Halle Berry.

4 :00 BBC News The Context Law & Order: Special Victims Unit True Crime News N SPECIAL: The Hidden Holocaust :30 Off the Record N (:25) MOVIE: “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” ›› (Fam. ’22) James Marsden. (:50) MOVIE: “Snowglobe Christmas” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’11) Michael Hogan. True Crime News

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Hawaii Five-0 Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet :30 MOVIE: “Jurassic Park 3” ›› (Adv. ’01) Sam Neill.

What We Do In-Shadows (:25) Student Athlete

7 :00 Craft in America (Season Premiere) N What We Do In-Shadows

Hawaii Five-0 Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom :30 What We Do In-Shadows

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S.W.A.T.America’s Funniest Home Videos: Animal Ed.

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Hawaii Five-0 Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom

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AM :00 Hudson & Rex NCIS: New Orleans Running Wild With Bear Grylls (:05) MOVIE: “Borderlands” › (Sci.-Fi. ’24) Cate Blanchett. :30 2 :00 Chicago Med(:20) MOVIE: “Stellar” (Dra. ’22) Elle-Maija Tailfeathers. True Crime News Running Wild With Bear Grylls :30 Fit 2 Stitch(:25) Bookie True Crime News (:50) MOVIE: “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” (Fan. ’09) 3 :00 Love of Quilting (2:55) MOVIE: “Brother” (Dra. ’22) Hudson & Rex MOVIE: To Be Announced Ice Road Truckers :30 Best of

FRIDAY HIGHLIGHTS

9:30 AM

(SCFI) (9:45) MOVIE: “Doctor Strange” Dr. Stephen Strange discovers the world of magic after meeting the Ancient One. ››› (2:30) (SHO) MOVIE: “Jason Bourne” Former CIA operative Jason Bourne battles a sinister network that utilizes terror and technology. ›› (3:00)

10:30 AM (TCM) MOVIE: “Conflict” An architect kills his wife and woos her sister. (B&W) ››› (1:30) 11:00 AM (AMC) (11:15) MOVIE: “Jumanji” A magic board-game summons perils and a missing guy ›› (2:30) (W) MOVIE: “A Merry Scottish Christmas” A family secret is revealed when estranged siblings travel to Scotland to reunite with their mother. (2:00) 11:30 AM (CRTN) (11:55) MOVIE: “The LEGO NINJAGO Movie” See 6:30 pm. (1:50) NOON (SCFI) (12:15) MOVIE: “Black Panther” Black Panther must save his nation and the rest of the world from a powerful old enemy. ››› (2:45) (TCM) MOVIE: “The Mask of Dimitrios” A smuggler and a writer trace a criminal’s life. (B&W) ››› (1:45) 12:30 PM

(SHO) MOVIE: “The Bourne Legacy” A specially enhanced government agent goes on the run when his life may be forfeit. ››› (3:00)

1:00 PM

(YTV) MOVIE: “Minions” See 3 pm. (1:45) 1:30 PM (AMC) (1:45) MOVIE: “Zookeeper” Talking animals teach their shy caretaker how to woo a woman. › (2:15) (TCM) (1:45) MOVIE: “Three Strangers” Three strangers share disaster after splitting a winning sweepstakes ticket. (B&W) ››› (1:45)

2:00 PM

(W) MOVIE: “My Norwegian Holiday” A grieving woman travels to Norway to uncover the origins of a troll figurine during the holidays. (2:00)

3:00 PM

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Guardians of the Galaxy” An adventurer must unite four disparate misfits against a cosmic threat. ››› (2:30)

(YTV) MOVIE: “Minions” A clever Minion hatches a plan to find his masterless brethren someone new to serve. ›› (2:00)

3:30 PM

(SHO) MOVIE: “XXX” A government agent recruits an athlete to stop an anarchist from using chemical weapons. ›› (2:30)

(TCM) MOVIE: “The Verdict” An outcast Scotland Yard inspector shows his replacement “the perfect crime.” (B&W) ›› (1:30)

4:00 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “National Lampoon’s Vacation” The Griswolds aim the station wagon at California fun park. ›› (2:00)

(W) MOVIE: “The Christmas Quest” An archeologist and her ex-husband are sent to Iceland at Christmastime. (2:00)

5:00 PM

(A&E) The First 48 See 9:03 pm. N (1:00) (FAM) MOVIE: “The Boss Baby” A wildly imaginative boy discovers that his new brother is actually a spy on a secret mission. ›› (2:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “Le Samouraï” A killer lives like a samurai, aloof from his mistress. ››› (2:00)

5:30 PM

(2) Coronation Street Max leaves Frankie alone with Gus and Anthea; Evelyn joins Alya at a law lecture. N (:30) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” The team unravels the mystery of Peter Quill’s true parentage in the outer reaches of the galaxy. ››› (3:00)

6:00 PM

(A&E) Cold Case Files A massive search unfolds when two women and a child go missing from a Walmart parking lot in 1992. N (1:01) (AMC) MOVIE: “Vegas Vacation” Clark and Ellen Griswold’s disastrous family outing includes a visit with boorish Cousin Eddie. › (2:00) (APTN) MOVIE: “8:37 Rebirth” Jared and Sergei become linked in an instant with the trigger pull of a snub-nosed revolver. (2:00)

(SHO) MOVIE: “Jurassic World” An animal expert must save tourists on an island from rampaging, genetically engineered dinosaurs. ›› (3:00) (W) MOVIE: “’Tis the Season to Be Irish” Rose tries to flip a house in Ireland but is blocked by Sean, a handsome local. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Despicable Me” See 9 pm. (2:00) 6:30 PM

(CRTN) MOVIE: “The LEGO NINJAGO Movie” Wise- cracking Master Wu and his team of secret ninja warriors battle the evil Garmadon. ›› (2:15) 7:00 PM

(2) MOVIE: “The Holiday” See page 19. (3:00) (10) MOVIE: “For the Love of Chocolate” Sparks fly between a chocolatier and her new partner as they prepare for an annual competition. (2:00) (A&E) (7:01) Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou (SRP) The supposed great- niece of Marilyn Monroe, Kr ystal Jean Baker, 13, appears dead beneath a bridge. N (1:03) (KNO) World’s Most Scenic River Journeys A magical journey in the Norfolk Broads along England’s holiday river, the River Bure. N (1:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “3 Women” Roommates meet a stuntman’s pregnant, artistic wife. ››› (2:15) 8:00 PM

(7) The Greatest @HomeVideos A holiday special featuring a delightful mix of cute, hilarious and incredibly heartfelt videos. N (1:00) (AMC) MOVIE: “National Lampoon’s European Vacation” A Chicago family wins an Old World tour. ›› (2:00) (CTV2) MOVIE: “Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver” A well-known magician drops dead in front of a packed audience and, shockingly, it’s a murder. (2:00) 8:30 PM

(SCFI) MOVIE: “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” Ian Malcolm ventures onto a second island to save his girlfriend from becoming dinosaur bait. ›› (2:45) 9:00 PM

(7) Grammy Greats: The Stories Behind the Songs See page 7. N (2:00) (A&E) (9:03) The First 48 A father of two is shot dead while driving; detectives retrace his steps to find out who killed him. (1:00) (CRTN) MOVIE: “Justice League X Rwby: Super Heroes and Huntsmen: Part Two” The Justice League emerge in their own world to discover that Grimm have overtaken Earth. (1:45) (HIST) The UnXplained Special Presentation World War II was a large and deadly conflict; plenty of mysteries emerged from the rubble. N (1:00)

(SHO) MOVIE: “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” Owen and Claire return to Isla Nublar to save the remaining dinosaurs from an erupting volcano. ›› (3:00)

(TCM) (9:15) MOVIE: “Blood Simple” See page 19. (2:00) (V) MOVIE: “The Black Stallion” A shipwrecked 1940s boy bonds with an Arabian horse. ››› (2:00)

(YTV) MOVIE: “Despicable Me” One of the world’s greatest villains meets his match in three little orphans. ››› (2:00) 10:00 PM

(9) Craft in America (SP) Investigating the unexpected intersection between art and the sciences. N (1:00)

(A&E) (10:03) Cold Case Files See 6 pm. (1:01) (AMC) MOVIE: “National Lampoon’s Vacation” See 4 pm. (2:00)

(APTN) MOVIE: “8:37 Rebirth” See 6 pm. (2:00) (FAM) MOVIE: “The Boss Baby” See 5 pm. (2:00) (HIST) The UnBelievable With Dan Aykroyd Exploring the world of strange games; toe wrestling, a competition between ugly pets. N (1:00) (KNO) Persona An unreliable confession complicates the case as another body is discovered. N (1:10)

(W) MOVIE: “The Finnish Line” Anya, inspired by her father’s legacy, competes in Finland’s Joulurauha race. (2:00) 11:00 PM

(9) Craft in America A look at the essential role that craft collectors play in the community. N (1:00)

(A&E) (11:04) Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou See 7:01 pm. (1:01) (CRTN) MOVIE: “Justice League X Rwby: Super Heroes and Huntsmen: Part Two” See 9 pm. (1:45)

THIS YEAR’S ANNUAL AWARD

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THE 47TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS

Sunday, 8 p.m., CBS

ch year since 1978, the Kennedy Center Honors has singled out five individuals who’ve left their mark on America. “The Kennedy Center Honors recognizes artists who have made an extraordinary impact on the cultural life of our nation and continue to have an immeasurable influence on new generations,” explained Kennedy Center .

D.C., to offer related tributes and performances. , who was one of last year’s honourees, returns to host the 2024 festivities. This year’s honourees include a famed director, a legendary rock band, an acclaimed blues guitarist, a jazz great and, for the first time, a

, director of such The Godfather, The Conversation . Through his American George Lucas), ho also received the Motion Picture Academy’s honourary Irving G. Thalberg Award in 2011 — will become the 50th recipient of the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award in April. “I consider myself very fortunate to have been able to collaborate with great artists and wonderful people throughout my career, and I have never stopped learning,” said Coppola in a statement. “There is no greater honour than

Francis Ford Coppola

Host Queen Latifah

LA HONOURS AN ECLECTIC LIST OF SHOWBIZ VETERANS

to be included along with those who inspired me, who I looked up to, and who gave me encouragement when times were dim.”

THE GRATEFUL DEAD started as The Warlocks in the mid-1960s, and guitarist Jerry Garcia reportedly proposed the name that stuck with the band. He died in 1995, and his surviving colleagues being recognized at The Kennedy Center Honors are Mickey Hart, Billy Kreutzmann, Bobby Weir and the recently deceased Phil Lesh. “It goes without saying that the Kennedy Center Honors represents the highest of reaches for artistic achievement,” said the four in a statement. “To be recognized alongside the artists who have in the past received this honour is beyond humbling. The Grateful Dead has always been about community, creativity and exploration in music and presentation. We’ve always felt that the music we make embodies

and imparts something beyond the notes and phrases being played — and that is something we are privileged to share with all who are drawn to what we do — so it also must be said that our music belongs as much to our fans, the Dead Heads, as it does to us.”

BONNIE RAITT has won 13 Grammys plus a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for her unique brand of blues-rock. Also a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, she released her first album in 1971, and over the course of her career, she has had such hit singles as “Something to Talk About,” “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” “Nick of Time,” “Thing Called Love,” “Have a Heart” and “Rock Steady” (the latter a duet with Bryan Adams). “I am deeply honoured and thrilled to have been chosen to receive one of this year’s Kennedy Center Honors,” stated Raitt. “I have long been an admirer of the awards and have been so blessed to be able to participate in several shows honouring others . . . I look forward to the upcoming ceremony and festivities, which I know will be one of my life’s peak experiences.”

ARTURO

SANDOVAL is a 10-time Grammy winner, and the CubanAmerican trumpeter, pianist and composer was mentored by fellow jazz great Dizzy Gillespie, who facilitated his defection from Cuba while Sandoval was touring in the United Nations Orchestra. His life was dramatized in the 2000 HBO movie For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval , in which he was portrayed by

Andy Garcia. “I am profoundly humbled and deeply honoured to be selected as a recipient of the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors,” said Sandoval. “This recognition is an extraordinary milestone in my career and a testament to the support and encouragement I have received from my family, friends, colleagues, and fans.”

THE APOLLO THEATER opened its 125th Street location in New York City to Black performers in 1934, with talents ranging from Billie Holiday and Sammy Davis, Jr. to Aretha Franklin and B.B. King among countless performers who’ve graced its stage. The site has also been famous over the years for Showtime at the Apollo, initially staged as a live show and later filmed as a TV series. “We are thrilled to be the first organization honoured in the history of the Kennedy Center Awards, emphasizing the Apollo’s impact on the past, present, and future of American culture and the performing arts,” said Michelle Ebanks, president and CEO of the Apollo. ■

Bonnie Raitt

Arturo Sandoval

The Grateful Dead

GET MILLIE BLACK

Monday, 8 p.m. & 11:55 p.m.,

HBO Canada

When Scotland Yard officer

Millie-Jean Black (Tamara Lawrance) finds out about the death of her mother, she returns to her native Jamaica determined to reunite with her estranged sibling, Hibiscus (Chyna McQueen). There, she joins the Kingston police force where she advocates for missing persons in a city where most that disappear are never sought after. But for the Londoner, the island she once called home now presents challenges, both personal and professional, that push Millie to limits she rarely has the patience for.

Millie’s homecoming is set against the backdrop of a capital city that has both evolved and not at all since both the fictional series protagonist and its real-life player last saw the country. For Lawrance, the return to Kingston, Jamaica, awakened new thoughts about her heritage. “I wasn’t raised there, but I had to form a relationship with the country that I thought I knew,” she says. “Having to reckon with how Jamaicans perceive me as a British Jamaican — not growing up with privilege but recognizing that it is a relative privilege to grow up in Britain, as much as I wanted to back against that stereotype — I learned a lot of things about myself through this.”

COP IN KINGSTON

A Scotland Yard cop returns to her homeland of Jamaica in gritty crime drama Get Millie Black

The series’ creator, Jamaican book author Marlon James, compares Millie’s return to his own, having moved to the United States in the mid-aughts due to anti-gay violence in his home country. “To be confronted with the past and the present and the future at the same time, you can go dizzy,” explains James, who marks his first foray into television, having authored five novels exploring identity struggles within Jamaican culture. “I realized pretty early in my writing career that when you’re telling these personal stories, particularly about Jamaican women, you’re kind of telling

the story about Jamaica, and that’s what happened [here],” says James. “Even though it’s primarily a story about Millie and Millie’s relationships, it also ended up being a story about where we are now as a country, in terms of queer rights, patriarchy and sexism.”

In the case of Millie, finding a young schoolgirl that has gone missing becomes an unhealthy obsession that soon puts others, including her partner on the police force (Gershwyn Eustache Jnr), in danger. But what subconsciously possesses the main

KINGSTON

character is something even she has yet to fully face. “Millie’s driving event is already behind her, but you never know if you ask Millie,” says James. Adds Lawrance, “I think Millie hasn’t really processed her subconscious motivations to come back, which is to make up for a past that she can never change.”

For Lawrance, both her character’s resolve and her blind spots were on the page, ready for her to dive into. “The moments of her vulnerability and wanting to re-establish a

Tamara Lawrance stars as the titular police officer in HBO crime drama Get Millie Black.

relationship with a bereft sibling gave me a lens into her inner world and her deeper motivations,” she says. “But also, the overarching sense of justice, linked to the fact that she came from an abusive home, creates a belligerence in Millie where she’s like, ‘I don’t have time to play.’” As Millie makes moves that are equal parts bold and questionable, Lawrance says the only choice she had, as an actor, was to lean in and not judge the character. “It’s not the kind of character you can play by halves,” she says. “For me, it’s seeing somebody put her instincts and her work first. There is much to be admired about her and about that.”

While Millie’s character arc is a full meal in itself, having a propulsive mystery drive the story forward allows for an even broader cultural dive. “One of the things that first drew me to Marlon’s story, and Millie as a character, is that she’s willing to tear down everything in the pursuit of this singular goal,” says exec producer Simon Maxwell. “That obsession allows us a means of working through Jamaican, and particularly Kingston, society – from the slums and the gullies to middle class homes and ordinary lives that have been

“It’s not the kind of character you can play by halves. For me, it’s seeing somebody put her instincts and her work first. There is much to be admired about her and about that.”

overturned by crime and corruption, all the way to the former plantation owners. You get this full sweep of society through the eyes of that character, and therefore you get to reassess everything that we thought we knew about Jamaica.”

What makes Get Millie Black even more unique is that it shares its

perspective among its main characters throughout its five episodes. “It is about Millie Black, but she’s not the only one in the spotlight,” says exec producer Jami O’Brien. “I really love that each character gets their day. Our point of view on Millie shifts from episode to episode. Our point of view on Hibiscus shifts from episode to episode. What their relationship is shifts from episode to episode. This sibling relationship is really at the heart of the show. It’s not often that we see that on TV.” ■

Above: Millie (Tamara Lawrance) tries to track down a teenage girl who’s gone missing.

Left: Chyna McQueen is Millie’s estranged sibling, Hibiscus.

Below: Gershwyn Eustache Jnr is Millie’s new partner, Curtis.

Acting Good star and creator Paul Rabliauskas on his hit made-in-

Canada comedy

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hile other series creators speak of character evolution, Acting Good star and creator Paul Rabliauskas feels there is no need to mess with a good thing.

“There really isn’t much that’s changed,” he says of how the show has evolved over the course of three seasons. “It’s funny because you watch a lot of shows and

you see the gradual build of the characters — but I feel like every character has basically been themselves since episode one of season one. And I think that’s a testament to how strong these characters are. It’s probably one of my favourite things about the show.” TV Week spoke to the standup comedian about his transition to television and the challenges of maintaining the funny.

Was there a learning curve for you, transitioning from standup to making and starring in your own TV show?

Oh man, yeah. Compare season one, where everybody was sort of learning, and now you see them come in in season three with this new confidence. I remember Michael Greyeyes directed the first-ever episode of season one, and he was like, “Here’s your mark and here’s your eyeline.” I’m like “OK!” And I had no idea what he was talking about [laughs]. I ruined the first shot. He was like, “OK, we’ve got some learning to do.” And now I come in and I know what to do. I know how to prep even more. I know how to give myself more time. And that goes for the writing room, too, because we’re familiar with the world, we’re familiar with the characters.

fights everything. I’ll even pitch an idea and 10 seconds later, I’ll be like, “Scrap it! I don’t think it’s funny anymore.”

own, but when the three of us are in the same room, I definitely feel like there’s “Acting Good Magic” that happens.

At this stage of the show, what is your role in the writing process? How do you interact with the showrunners? I always say I’m the worst in the writing room, because I’m the one that always

Because the world was based on my own reserve, Poplar River, I feel like I can be the most difficult. But it is a fun process, and you do have to have trust with the showrunners. Tim Fontaine and Eric Toth are the showrunners and are in the writing room, which is very important, so I can go worry about the acting stuff and the producing stuff. We all have a very immature, silly sense of humour. We all know how to get in the pocket of the silliness of the show. We’re good on our

Playing a version of yourself was probably the best possible way to get started on an acting career. But how do you get into the mindset of yourself? Because it’s kind of you, but not really you.

You have to have sort of an interesting cadence about you. If I go there and I’m talking with no emotion like, “Hey, I’m Paul, this story’s about me,” nobody’s going to want to watch that. And I think I learned that, doing standup for 15 years. You just exaggerate the little things a little bit more. I was able to take that into the acting. And it’s been fun. Playing myself, it’s definitely a lot of me, but I think the acting part for me comes in the exaggeration, amplifying it just enough for the audience at home.

I’ve heard a surprising number of standups say that their first time onstage went really well, and their second time up was a disaster.

You’re scaring me, because that’s the exact experience I had getting into standup. I remember Rumors — we have this beautiful club in Winnipeg which is world-renowned — and the first time, I was so nervous I threw up before I went out onstage, and I killed. I was like, “This is what I want to do for the rest of my life.” I brought my family [to my next show] and I bombed. It was the worst feeling. I moved to the reserve and didn’t come back for about a year after that. Bombing

Paul Rabliauskas with Kids in the Hall alum Kevin McDonald.

The Acting Good crew gathers for a meal.

“I feel like every character has basically been themselves since episode one of season one. And I think that’s a testament to how strong these characters are.”

in comedy is tough, but it adds character, and it prepares you for something like this where you get to a bigger scale.

l’ve heard that corporate gigs can also be a unique challenge.

In the last five years, I’ve probably done 300 hotel shows. A lot of Indigenous companies, they have meetings, and they just have a budget for entertainment. There’s usually 90 people lining up for their food and you just hear my voice echoing, “Hey, I’m overweight!” “It’s crazy being Native, right?” while you’re trying to eat your food and enjoy a day with your work friends. [Laughs] It’s a hard life, but it pays the bills.

When you were making the jump to Acting Good, did you take your standup persona and translate it into a new medium? It was scary. I had no idea, even leading up. We had written the pilot and we had it for a very long time, and then we started writing [the rest] and I was like, “My character really isn’t anything.” When you

start writing, you’re like, “What is the thing that separates my character?” And for me, it was being able to be a mama’s boy. That’s who I am in real life, so it was easy for me to write. It literally became the identity of my character. I was like, “OK, I’m going to do what I do onstage. I’m going to be the mama’s boy.” And it was easy for me to do, because I had literally done it for 15 years onstage. It was kind of rolling the dice, and it was scary because I didn’t know if it was going to work — and it did. Thank God it did.

When you’re making something that is so autobiographical, do you end up gaining a few insights about yourself?

That’s the thing about [standup] comedy, I kind of know who I am. I think it’s more my mom. I shine a magnifying glass [on us] and my mom’s kind of weirded out about our relationship. Now she sees the show and she’s like, “I’m not like that. I don’t baby you like that.” I’m like, “Obviously you do, Ma.” But for me, I’ve been like this since I was a kid. People have been telling me I’m a cartoon character all my life, so it was just a natural transition.

What do you most remember about the show’s early days?

It was so weird, even when the show got greenlit, when we officially said we’re doing 10 episodes,

I was like, “Am I still the lead?” When we got into our first pre-production, I put on the wall as a joke, “Paul needs acting lessons.” Michael Greyeyes came in, and he didn’t know it was a joke. He was like, “What’s this all about?” It was scary, but now that I’m three years into it, it’s fun that I can look back and be like, it was fun to learn and have people around me who were able to help.

What’s the thing about season three that excited you the most?

I think always the main theme is my character trying to grow up a little bit. Last season, he got the girl back, finally. And now he has to maintain that relationship — and part of that relationship is growing up, which is something, obviously, the character struggles with. Three seasons in, I think the writing is at its peak, I think our comedy is as funny as it’s been, and it’s so fun to have that confidence. We’re hitting the comedy on all fronts, and we’re letting the characters, the fanfavourites, shine this year. We feel like we have this Acting Good formula, there’s a big audience for it, and we’re just in the pocket now. ■

Chickadee (Avery Sutherland) and mom Jo (Roseanne Supernault).

Jo (Roseanne Supernault) and Greg (Erik Athavale).

Radio deejay and “voice of the rez” Billy Laughingstick (Billy Merasty).

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Exec producer Malala Yousafzai and director Sahra Mani connect with TV Week to discuss their new documentary about women in Afghanistan who are bravely fighting to claw back their freedoms from the oppressive rule of the Taliban

A former government employee now denied the right to work by the Taliban, Sharifa Movahidzadeh boldly documents a protest.

BREAD & ROSES

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n August 2021, after U.S. forces officially pulled out of Afghanistan, the Taliban seized the capital city of Kabul and retook the control they’d lost at the outset of the War on Terror two decades earlier. Life changed instantly and horrifically — especially for women. Yet the fight is far from over. Female-led activist groups within the country are still pushing to regain what they’ve lost. Now streaming on Apple TV+, documentary feature Bread & Roses shines a light on both their ordeal and their resolve, following various Afghan women as they do what they can to fight back via protests and other bold, perilous initiatives.

The project was produced by Oscarwinning actress Jennifer Lawrence via her company Excellent Cadaver. “It all just collapsed, and [in] a matter of days,” Lawrence told Variety of seeing the situation in Afghanistan unfold on the news back in 2021. “I was watching this from America, where Roe v. Wade was about to be overturned. We felt helpless and frustrated with how to get these stories off of the news cycle and into people’s psyches — to help people be galvanized and care about the plight of these women.”

That impulse led Lawrence to partner with Sahra Mani, an Afghan director now in exile from her home country — forced for this project to rely on footage shot, guerrilla-style, by the subjects themselves. The final member of the team arrived

in Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girls’ education advocate who, in 2014, at age 17, became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner. Yousafzai, of course, knows all about standing up to the Taliban, given that her own activism led to a near-fatal assassination attempt in 2012. Now, she spreads her message globally, meeting with world leaders and lending her voice to projects like Bread & Roses. “I remember when I was 11 years old and we were living under the Taliban regime in our hometown in the north of Pakistan, and they had issued a ban on girls’ education,” Yousafzai tells TV Week.

“And to an 11-year-old, it does not make any sense why she can’t go to school while her brothers can. This is the exact same question that Afghan women and girls ask today: ‘Why can women not have these basic human rights that the men can have?’ . . . I think it’s their own misogyny and patriarchy that’s stuck in their head. They just cannot see women as equal humans. They really have to cleanse their minds, I would say.”

Director Mani, meanwhile, is struck by the hypocrisy of it all: “We know the heads of the Taliban send their own daughters abroad to get education, but

they ban school for Afghan women. They understand that education could give power to women. That’s why they want this power for their own daughters, but they don’t want it for the Afghan people. They are trying to destroy a nation.”

One of the goals activists are working towards is to have “gender apartheid” recognized as a crime against humanity by the international community. As Yousafzai explains: “It’s beyond just gender ‘persecution.’ The Taliban are trying to control women in every possible way, and punish them for simply not meeting their dress code, or singing, or speaking out, or stepping outside their home to see a doctor. That’s why we need more accountability in international law against perpetrators like the Taliban . . . If we cannot protect Afghan women in such dire situations, I don’t know how we can give any hope to women in other parts of the world that they could also be protected against such horrors.” Yet amidst those horrors, it’s hope that emerges from Bread & Roses. “It’s truly the resilience of Afghan women that we need to talk about right now,” Yousafzai reflects. “This is a harsh reality under which Afghan women are living, and the Taliban are using every excuse to try to justify it — from culture to religion — but there is no backing for that. It’s the women, it’s the local people who define their culture. We are the true representation of our culture . . .” ■

Activist Taranom Seyedi, now exiled in Pakistan, strives to open the world’s eyes to the plight of women in Afghanistan.

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: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Stacy Martin Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Tóth (Adrien Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work and his marriage to wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) after being forced apart during wartime. Wealthy industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce) recognizes László’s talent,

Last Word... The Vella Lovell & Cobie Smulders

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QYou’ve both been on long-running shows. Was it a fun change of pace creatively to do an anthology-style gig?

ACOBIE: It was really interesting showing up to a set where the crew were the ones who knew everybody and we were the newbies. It’s like shooting a movie in a very short amount of time, and there’s obviously an intensity that comes with that . . . but normally to do something like this, you’re like, “OK, I’m going to do a whole season — and that’s eight months of my life.” [Here] you get to pop in and play a character without committing to a huge chunk of time.

VELLA: It is kind of crazy that, at the end, you finally feel, “OK, I’ve got my footing, I know the crew, I know the stages, I know where to get my coffee in Toronto . . . and then you’re like, ‘Bye!’” [Laughs]

QWhat exactly is your episode exploring about the justice system?

ACOBIE: I think that this kind of case, when you’re dealing with an abuse

situation — it is so [about] everybody’s point of view, everybody’s talking about their own experience, and it’s hard to put evidence to that. What they do really well on Accused is show the grey areas of the law. And especially in this episode, it becomes more a plight of the personal

VELLA: Yeah, there are so many grey areas that let people get away with things because they’re technically doing things within the confines of the law. At the top of the episode, Val has partial custody of her son. Even though she’s been in an abusive relationship, the father has partial custody. It didn’t really matter. The law worked for him. COBIE: The show, what it’s doing each episode is . . . these are just normal people living their lives. Never in a million years would they expect to find themselves in the courtroom. It’s always interesting to see how humans react to that. It is a show that makes you go, “God, that could happen to me!”

QVella, was it fun to try and pull off a Jack McCoy-style cross-examination?

AVELLA: Yeah. Big shoes to fill . . . Lawyers are really performers. They’re actors, in a way. They’re telling a story on

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A native of Vancouver, Cobie Smulders made her first Hollywood splash in 2005, when she landed the role of Robin on soon-to-be-iconic sitcom How I Met Your Mother. On film, the actress is revered by comic book fans for her turn as steely S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill — trusted lieutenant of Samuel L. Jackson’s super-spy Nick Fury — in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Meanwhile, Vella Lovell spent four seasons as charmingly aimless college student Heather on musical rom-com Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and these days can be found quipping it up opposite Joel McHale on Fox’s Animal Control

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In the latest episode of Toronto-shot anthology Accused, Smulders portrays Val, a struggling single mom implicated in the death of her abusive ex. Lovell plays Marta, her savvy young lawyer.

this “stage.” It was a very meta experience. I’ve never done a courtroom scene before, so it was really exciting as an actor to step into that kind of iconic space and feel the performing — and then the performing of the performing. [Co-star] Dina Shihabi is an old friend, which was a huge treat to get to do that scene specifically with someone that I knew . . . It was a fun challenge to try and figure out how do we not just do the [usual thing], shouting and bullying the person into the reveal . . .

QOn that note, the most interesting part of Val’s story may actually be her evolving bond with her husband’s new wife, Jordan [played by Shihabi] . . .

ACOBIE: It is really the arc of the show — this relationship. And at the beginning, it’s quite contentious. Personally, I had a mom and I had a stepmom, so I know that dynamic quite well as a child, and looking at it from a different perspective is fascinating — these two women who are both mothers to this child, and who were and are married to this man, who has a huge presence. The way that they see that presence is in conflict with each other at the beginning, and then we see this sisterhood develop over the course of the episode. And it really is about points of views. From Val’s point of view, it’s about survival and it’s about trying to win and it’s mostly about protecting her son, and creating the most emotionally normal environment for him to thrive. So, selfishly, she doesn’t want another mother to raise her child. Then, I think she grows to see, “Oh, this is a person that really does love my son — and that can only benefit him.” FOX

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