TVWeek December 7 - 13

What’s On THIS WEEK!

HOLIDAY SPECIALS

The holidays are right around the corner, accompanied by an array of festive television programming. As usual, expect to see a mix of beloved old classics like Rudolph and Frosty, musical variety specials (from the likes of Sabrina Carpenter, Little Big Town and more) and a whole new crop of Hallmark Channel romantic comedies. In TV Week’s annual feature, we take a swing through this year’s offerings for a sneak peek at what to watch during the yuletide season. pg 52

Dexter: Original Sin

Television’s most relatable serial killer is back in this new prequel series that takes viewers back to the 1990s, when 20-year-old Dexter Morgan (Patrick Gibson) gives in to his Dark Passenger and begins his inevitable journey toward avenging murderer. pg 50

Holmes vs. Doyle

British historian Lucy Worsley investigates the love-hate relationship between Sherlock Holmes, the greatest detective who never lived, and Arthur Conan Doyle, the complex man who created him. pg 58

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Editor’s Note

Goodbye

Brick Road

The life story of Elton John has been thoroughly detailed in his 2019 memoir, Me, and on film in the big-screen biopic Rocketman. Yet there’s more story to tell that’s unfolded in the years since then, as the legendary singer, songwriter and pianist embarked on his globe-spanning, multicontinent Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, which spanned from 2018 until concluding last year.

Co-directed by acclaimed documentary filmmaker R.J. Cutler and John’s husband, David Furnish, Elton John: Never Too Late finds Sir Elton reflecting on the past as he prepares for his final North American concert at Dodger Stadium. “Elton takes us back in time and recounts the extraordinary highs and heartbreaking lows of his early years and how he overcame adversity, abuse and addiction to become the icon he is today,” declares the synopsis.

Never Too Late also explores the first five years of his career, from 1970 to 1975, an extraordinarily fruitful period in which he released 13 albums, seven of which hit No. 1. As a bonus, the film features a new original song, along with never-before-seen concert footage of John Lennon joining him

onstage for three songs during a 1974 show at Madison Square Garden in New York City — which turned out to be Lennon’s final appearance on a stage.

Also included in the film are John’s handwritten diaries and the audio recordings from his landmark 1976 interview with Rolling Stone, in which he opened up about his sexuality for the first time.

“Most of the footage from the ’70s Elton hasn’t seen before at all,” Furnish told Deadline. “It was really fun to finally be able to unearth all these gems and have a really good comb through everything that we’ve been accumulating for such a long time.”

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By BRENT FURDYK

The WATCH List

SUNDAY

LIVES REBUILT

Back in 2020, the house of Rachael Ray and husband John Cusimano burned to the ground. After going through the experience of losing her home and all her belongings and then rebuilding her home, Ray was inspired to create this new series in which she teams up with contractor Anthony Carrino to help others rebuild the homes that they lost to fire, natural disaster or some other calamity. In the

MONDAY

SERIES PREMIERE

RACHAEL RAY’S REBUILD

Sunday, 8 a.m. & 8:30 a.m., A&E

first of two back-to-back episodes, Ray and Carrino help rebuild the home of a couple that was levelled by a tornado, and then work to reconstruct the abode of a woman who, like Ray and her husband, lost her home to a devastating fire.

SIMPSON-IZING THE NFL

In an admittedly bizarre collaboration between The Simpsons and the NFL, this week’s Monday Night Football game featuring the Cincinnati Bengals taking on the Dallas Cowboys will be transformed in real-time into an animated Simpsons version, taking place at Atoms Stadium in Springfield. Created via Sony’s Beyond Sports AI technology, viewers are promised “a fully immersive fan viewing experience.”

THE SIMPSONS FUNDAY FOOTBALL Monday, 5 p.m., TSN+ (Stream)

MONDAY

NEW & BLUE

BLUEY

Monday, Disney+

Fans of this delightfully bonkers kids’ show about a blue cartoon dog will enjoy the arrival of six new standalone “minisodes,” each between one and three minutes in length. Among the new offerings is one that retells the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears — but from the bears’ point of view.

MONDAY

STRIPPED DOWN

THE REAL FULL MONTY Monday, 8 p.m., CTV2 & Fox

This Week’s MUST-SEE TV

MONDAY THURSDAY

SINGING HER TRUTH

Lost in the annals of music history is Jackie Shane, a charismatic soul singer who opened for the likes of Etta James and Little Richard, ruling Toronto’s nightclub scene during the ’60s. At the height of her fame, Shane mysteriously disappeared from the public eye, and this documentary tells the story of what happened to the trailblazing, openly transgender performer. “Forty years after vanishing from public view,” reads the press release for this critically acclaimed film, “this 20th century icon finally gets her second act.”

ANY OTHER WAY: THE JACKIE SHANE STORY

Monday, 8 p.m., Crave1

Inspired by the beloved 1997 British comedy, this two-hour special features an array of male celebs showing off their stripping skills. Blackish alum Anthony Anderson has gathered a cast (including himself) that includes Taye Diggs, Chris Jones, Tyler Posey, Bruno Tonioli and James Van Der Beek, and viewers follow their efforts as they train and rehearse for the most revealing performance of their careers, culminating with a big strip-tease dance (choreographed by Emmy-winner

Mandy Moore) in which they bare all in front of a live audience. It’s all for a good cause, to encourage men to be screened for testicular and prostate cancer. “Don’t die of embarrassment. Get checked! That’s the message behind The Real Full Monty special,” said Anderson in a statement. “I am honoured to lead the charge of rallying these fearless men to bare it all, in order to provoke, inspire and in this case, beg you to get screened for cancer. That’s our goal . . . so what are you waiting for?”

The Hot List

E! NEWS PRESENTS: NBC’S HOT 10 OF 2024

Thursday, 9:15 p.m., NBC

E! News’ Justin Sylvester and Keltie Knight highlight the year’s most unforgettable moments from the world of entertainment, along with special appearances by Jimmy Fallon, Dolly Parton, Andy Cohen and more, who recount their favourite viral moments of 2024.

FRIDAY

FEMMES ON FIRE

VIOLENT FEMMES 40TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THE MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY

Friday, 7 p.m., WTVS; 10 p.m., KCTS

To mark the band’s 40th anniversary, Violent Femmes took to the stage for this one-time-only concert last year, accompanied by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra to perform their selftitled 1983 debut album in its entirety.

Ask TV Week

ALIENS AMONG US?

We just watched (and loved!) Alien: Romulus. More sequels to come?

J.L., West Vancouver Alien: Romulus hit theatres this past August and proved to be a great success, grossing over $350 million worldwide. While a sequel is in development with director Fede Álvarez, it has not yet been greenlit. However, Fargo creator Noah Hawley will very soon take this iconic sci-fi franchise to a new frontier: TV. An eight-part series dubbed Alien: Earth set to hit Disney+ sometime in 2025 will follow a young woman and a team of soldiers who encounter a crash-landed spaceship filled with monstrous visitors from above. The cast includes Sugar’s Sydney Chandler, as well as Essie Davis and Timothy Olyphant

ANNIE’S GOT A BRAND-NEW BOOK!

I was so totally in love with The Idea of You when it came out. Do you know if they’re doing another one?

V.K., Dawson Creek Prime Video’s romantic dramedy, based on the 2017 novel by Robinne Lee, was a hit with critics and audiences alike when it debuted on the streaming service this past May. The tale of a 40-something single mother

(Anne Hathaway) who sparks an unlikely love affair with a young pop star (Nicholas Galitzine) while taking her teen daughter to his concert proved just the right blend of comfortfood fairy-tale romance and poignant exploration of the double standards faced by women when it comes to dating (and everything else).

Alas, though the film did end on something of a cliffhanger, it does not appear a sequel is in the works. But if it’s any consolation, leading lady Hathaway and her Idea of You director Michael Showalter are both sticking

Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine in Prime Video romance

The Idea of You.

Our first cryptic look at Alien: Earth, a new series coming to streamer Disney+ in 2025.

Queen Latifah as CIA operative turned do-gooding vigilante

Robyn McCall in The Equalizer

with Prime for another very intriguing (albeit considerably less romantic) film based on a bestselling novel. This time, the novel in question was written by Colleen Hoover, whose tome It Ends With Us was recently turned into one of the biggest box-office successes of the summer.

Verity will, per a report by Variety, cast Hathaway as the title character, “a famous author who is unable to finish her thriller novel after a car accident leaves her badly injured and incapacitated. So her husband Jeremy offers a struggling writer named Lowen a huge sum of money to complete the remaining books in the series. Lowen accepts the gig but uncovers dark secrets in the process — including an unfinished manuscript that hints at chilling admissions about Verity and her family’s past — leaving Lowen to determine if Verity is a gifted fictionist or deranged psychopath.”

Hathaway will also serve as an executive producer on the film. Release date is TBD.

THE GREAT EQUALIZER

I wasn’t sold on Queen Latifah in the new Equalizer at first, but I have to say she’s won me over. Which means they’re about to cancel it, given my luck! Am I wrong?

R.E., Victoria

By all accounts, this remake of the iconic ’80s action thriller is still going strong, now in the middle of season five. We likely won’t hear about a renewal until sometime this spring, but in a good sign that CBS still has faith in the brand, the network and the show’s producers are currently casting two characters set to be introduced in episode 16, after the winter hiatus, who — if popular enough — will go on to lead their own Equalizer spinoff.

Per Deadline, those characters are: “a skilled younger female martial artist, weapons expert and criminologist with a secret origin story who turns to McCall for help, and an older male former top CIA operative.”

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Wondering about a long-ago movie or a classic TV show? Send your questions to Rick Forchuk at tvweek@canadawide.com

I remember, as a teenage girl living in North Van, that one of the only TV series that had a great action role model for girls was The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. and I would love to see it again.

G.W., via email

The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. was a 1966 spinoff of The Man From U.N.C.L.E., which starred David McCallum as Soviet spy Illya Kuryakin and Robert Vaughn as American counterpart Napoleon Solo. It ran for two successful seasons before spinning off Stefanie Powers as April Dancer, an agent partnered up with a fellow operative named Mark Slate (played by Noel Harrison, son of the great Rex Harrison).

For the record, “U.N.C.L.E.” is an acronym for “United Network Command for Law and Enforcement,” the international agency by which all the characters are employed. An episode titled “The Moonglow Affair” was used as a backdoor pilot in the winter of 1966, which starred former Miss America Mary Ann Mobley as Dancer. But Mobley was recast with Powers after the pilot was picked up.

Unfortunately, critics and audiences did not warm up to the concept, nor to its new star, and the series was cancelled after just one season, with The Man From U.N.C.L.E. getting the axe the very next year. The last laugh belonged to Powers, however, as she went on to headline the very popular Hart to Hart with Robert Wagner for a five-season run followed by several TV movies.

Unfortunately, The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. is not available on DVD or via streaming service in Canada at this time.

Listen to Rick Forchuk Sundays at 6:45 a.m. on CKNW’s Weekend Mornings with Scott Shantz, and as a contributor to The Jas Johal Show on CKNW on select weekday afternoons.

Hot Dramas

SECRET LEVEL

Tuesday, Prime Video

Times of Our Lives

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE

Wednesday, Netflix

Aprolific journalist and author, Colombian Nobel Prize-winner Gabriel García Márquez is revered among literary aficionados as the godfather of magical realism. Now, the 1967 novel that’s been dubbed his masterpiece comes to TV in a 16-part series, the first half of which premieres on Wednesday.

A story that spans generations starts in the 1820s, as kissing cousins José Arcadio Buendía (Marco González) and Úrsula Iguarán (Susana Morales) get married in defiance of their families and set off with a group of like-minded misfits to found the village of

Macondo, where all are free to choose their own destiny. Alas, this utopian dream is plagued by “madness, impossible loves, a bloody and absurd war, and a terrible curse that condemns them, without hope, to 100 years of solitude.” The story then continues all the way to the heroic yet doomed Colonel Aureliano Buendía, played by Claudio Cataño. Speaking to Netflix, the actor teased: “Macondo and its host of characters, who I truly feel as my own blood, are universal, but at the same time so unique — so from Colombia, so beautifully tragic that it is impossible not to be trapped in this world.”

Having scored an Emmy for their cartoon sci-fi anthology Love, Death + Robots on Netflix, Deadpool director Tim Miller and his groundbreaking Blur Studio offer up another dose of visually dazzling, thoughtprovoking animation. This time, however, they’re doing it at Prime Video, and they’re using video games as inspiration.

Secret Level whisks us away via 15 standalone episodes based on such games as Mega

Man, Unreal Tournament, Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer 40,000 and even the indelible PAC-MAN. More impressive than the list of games is the list of voice talent, which will include Keanu Reeves, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kevin Hart, The Book of Boba Fett’s Temuera Morrison, Barbie’s Ariana Greenblatt and two stars of HBO’s video game hit The Last of Us: Gabriel Luna and Merle Dandridge.

SHETLAND

Wednesday, BritBox

Things get personal for Inspectors Tosh and Calder when a good friend goes missing from the Isles, only for her young son to turn up alone in the wilderness, severely traumatized. What follows is a complex investigation rife with “love, death and betrayal.”

From the Ashes

THE JETTY

Friday, BritBox

Victoria and Doctor Who alum Jenna Coleman anchors this four-part British mystery as widowed detective Ember Manning, who looks into a fire at a Lancashire home and learns it’s connected to an old missing persons case, and an affair between a 20-something man and two underage girls.

SERIES PREMIERE

SERIES FINALE

FADE TO BLUE

BLUE BLOODS

Friday, 10 p.m., CTV & CBS

Despite a push by star Tom Selleck to save it, the gritty family cop drama will end its run tonight, after 293 episodes. In the finale, the Reagans must keep New York from descending into anarchy when the city’s gangs unite to demand certain drastic criminal justice reforms. Edward James Olmos guest-stars.

Hot Dramas

Security Breach!

He’s given acclaimed performances in Elton John biopic Rocketman and Emmywinning true crime drama Black Bird, but Taron Egerton got his start in the blockbuster Kingsman franchise. Now, he returns to those action-packed roots with a Netflix original flick from veteran genre director Jaume ColletSerra (Non-Stop, The Shallows).

Here, he plays Ethan, a young TSA agent who works at the airport alongside his pregnant girlfriend Nora (Descendants breakout Sofia Carlson). As we open, it’s Christmas Eve, which turns LAX into even more of a zoo than usual. But that inherent holiday chaos takes a turn for the nightmarish when Ethan is contacted by a mystery man (Jason Bateman, back on Netflix after four Emmy-winning seasons of Ozark), who tells our bewildered protagonist that he needs to let a dangerous package slip through security or else Nora will be killed.

What ensues is a pulse-pounding chess match, as Ethan tries to save

his true love without sacrificing the lives he’s duty-bound to protect — while facing a cunning adversary who seems to know his every move before he makes it.

Discussing the project with Tudum, Egerton said: “When Jaume first approached me about the role, I told him I didn’t want to do something that felt like an archetypal action hero. Luckily, neither of us thought that’s what was exciting or interesting about Ethan. What we kept our eyes on was making sure that we made him feel as relatable and as normal as possible . . . whatever normal is in the extraordinary situation he’s in.”

Added the director: “Contained environments force us to get to know the movie’s characters very quickly and personally — we’re immediately in the thick of the story with them, which creates a genuine investment in what’s happening onscreen.”

Hot Comedies

SERIES PREMIERE

Buyer Beware!

Buying or selling a home is an invigorating, but uniquely stressful proposition. As much as it may symbolize a fresh start for all involved, there are also endless renovations, inspections, the struggle of leaving behind a place that bore witness to the most meaningful moments of your life . . . and, of course, the bidding wars.

Emmy-nominated Dead to Me creator Liz Feldman looks to mine that fertile dramedic territory, returning to Netflix with another dark comedy sporting an A-list cast.

Looking back on the genesis of this idea in an interview with Tudum, Feldman recalls musing to herself, simply enough: “Why hasn’t there been a show about the buying and selling of one house and all of the people that revolve around that one location?”

On that note, sitcom legends Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano play Lydia and Paul Morgan. She’s a high-strung former musician, he’s a struggling contractor — and now that they’re not only empty-nesting but running low

Tragedy On Set Fairy Christmas

SUGARPLUMMED

Saturday, 8 p.m., W Network

Psych’s Maggie Lawson stars in this new Hallmark flick about Emily, a woman obsessed with planning the perfect Christmas to bring her family together. After making a fateful wish one night, a spritely character from a TV holiday movie (Pretty Little Liars alum Janel Parrish) magically steps off the screen to lend a hand.

SERIES

NO GOOD DEED

Thursday, Netfli

on cash, they’ve reluctantly decided to sell their picturesque suburban home in Los Feliz, Los Angeles. It’s a hot property, to say the least, which attracts myriad eclectic buyers — each highly motivated to close the deal. They include Luke Wilson as an out-of-work soap opera star; Hacks’ Poppy Liu and Broad City’s Abbi Jacobson as a young couple, one of whom has long coveted this particular piece of real estate; Teyonah Parris (They Cloned Tyrone) as an architect/ expectant mother looking for a place to start a family with her strugglingwriter husband (Presumed Innocent’s O-T Fagbenle); and finally, Feldman’s Dead to Me star Linda Cardellini as a “perfectly coiffed status seeker” eager to flip the house and level up both her professional and romantic lives.

Yet as the battle to secure the deed ratchets up, dark secrets will emerge from buyers and sellers alike.

CRY LAUGHING

SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE

Sunday, 9:35 p.m., HBO Canada

Sam and her fellow small-town misfits take a bow after three seasons as heartfelt as they were hilarious. Star Bridget Everett told The Playlist that this may be goodbye, but it doesn’t truly feel like the end: “It’s just a snapshot in time of these people. They’re going to continue to evolve. They’re going to continue to change.”

Hot Comedies

Life Is but a Dream

SERIES

PREMIERE

A TV spinoff of Pixar’s wildly popular Inside Out films plunks us back into the mind of young Riley — this time focusing not on the volatile interplay between the girl’s emotions, but the “filmmakers” tasked with creating her dreams.

DREAM PRODUCTIONS

Wednesday, Disney+

DOUBLIN’ DOWN

BOOKIE

Thursday, Crave (Stream)

The past few years have seen standup comic Sebastian Maniscalco transition from stage to screen with multiple highprofile roles — including an autobiographical theatrical comedy called About My Father opposite Robert De Niro, and the lead in this comedy series from Big Bang Theory co-creator Chuck Lorre. For the uninitiated, Maniscalco plays Danny, a struggling L.A. bookmaker who

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PREMIERE

spends his days placing bets and collecting debts from an array of oddball customers — with a little help from his pal Ray (Omar J. Dorsey), an ex-football player who now works as Danny’s muscle. Season two ups the ante on guest-star power with not only the return of Charlie Sheen and Ray Romano, but the addition of Romano’s old Everybody Loves Raymond co-star Brad Garrett and Scrubs alum Zach Braff

Healthy & Chatty

JAMIE FOXX: WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS . . .

Tuesday, Netflx

In April of 2023, while filming his latest movie in Atlanta, Jamie Foxx, one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, suffered a mysterious health crisis that pushed him to the brink of death.

Details on the particular nature of that crisis have been scant, but a TikTok video posted online over a year later found Foxx informally addressing the issue with a group of people on the street. In it, he says the problem started with a headache, after which he asked a friend for an Advil and then . . . he doesn’t remember a single thing for the next 20 days. The Oscar winner has since made a full recovery, but inquiring minds still want to know: What, precisely, happened?

Luckily for those minds, the actor is finally ready to open up about the physical and emotional fallout by returning to his roots as a comedian — with a Netflix special filmed, appropriately enough, in Atlanta.

Teasing the special on Instagram, Foxx’s team said: “Join us for an unforgettable one-man show as Jamie Foxx takes the stage to share his journey through a serious health scare, filled with humour, heart and inspiration! Experience Jamie Foxx like never before in this intimate and engaging performance, as he opens up about his struggles, triumphs and everything in between. Get ready for a night of laughter, reflection and genuine connection.”

Hot Reality TV

Star Gizelle Bryant on the therapeutic part of being a Real Housewife

Grit & Glamour

Q

One of your fellow original cast members, Robyn Dixon, left under thorny circumstances at the end of season eight. How has it been, making season nine without her?

A Everybody knows Robyn’s my bestie. She’s my other green-eyed bandit. You guys have seen her since “day one,” but before we started day one, we were together. So yeah, it was different. I was always thinking she was going to walk into the room. She never did. But because she and I are good friends, I know that right now she is totally stress-free. The anxiety is way down. I think it’s been good for her personally to have taken some time off.

Q You’ve been living the Housewives life for a decade now. What would you say is the most common misconception people have about that life?

A I think the misconception is that we’re just sitting at home doing nothing. Or that being on television is “easy” — that we just get dressed, get our purse, get our heels, go to lunch

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF POTOMAC

Sunday, Hayu

and just talk. But it’s harder than you think. And nobody really understands unless you have been on television consistently year after year. It’s a grind . . . Nothing could prepare you for this. With the scrutiny of it all, the highs and lows, ups and downs. But I feel like, in totality, I’ve had a lot of fun.

QDo you feel that the presence of the cameras forces you to tackle personal relationship issues head-on in a way you otherwise wouldn’t?

AI would not have had 99.9 per cent of the conversations I have had on the show if cameras weren’t there [laughs]. But to that point, it forces you to look at yourself. It forces you to do some introspection — it forces you to see yourself relate to others and to situations, and say to yourself, “Hey, could I have done that better?” . . . It’s like a therapy session all the time.

HOLLY JOLLY GRUB

RACHAEL RAY’S HOLIDAYS

Sunday, 7 a.m. & 7:30 a.m., A&E

One of the pre-eminent showbiz chefs invites viewers into her own personal kitchen to sample the scrumptious, inventive dishes she preps for loved ones during the Christmas season. That includes: roasted garlic and rosemary prime rib, chestnut and sausage stuffing, and her signature holiday lasagna.

SEASON PREMIERE

Free Love

LOVE AFTER LOCKUP: LIFE AFTER LOCKUP

Tuesday, 6 p.m., Slice

Another 10-part instalment of this spinoff follows seven ex-inmates who, having found true romance on the outside, must now grapple with the harsh realities of building a life with their significant others. Can they avoid backsliding into the habits that landed them behind bars?

Hot Reality TV

VIVA FAB VEGAS!

QUEER EYE

Wednesday, Netflix

Season nine of the heartwarming, Emmywinning makeover series finds food and wine man Antoni Porowski, fashionista Tan France, grooming expert Jonathan Van Ness and culture consultant Karamo Brown welcoming a new guru to their Fab Five after the departure of interior designer Bobby Berk last year. Taking his place is Jeremiah Brent (best known for HGTV’s The Nate & Jeremiah Home

Project), who will add his “finely honed intuition and sophisticated sensibility” to the mix as the gang roadtrips to Las Vegas and lends their particular set of skills to another bunch of “heroes” who desperately need to shake up not only their sense of style, but their sense of self. This season, those heroes will include a “dedicated librarian” as well as a “showgirl struggling to regain her confidence.”

Show Stopper!

THE VOICE

Tuesday, 8 p.m. & 9 p.m., CTV & NBC

Snoop, Gwen, Reba and Bublé preside over one last three-hour sing-off. Next season debuts in February, but only Bublé will return, flanked by Kelsea Ballerini, John Legend and longprodigal O.G. coach Adam Levine.

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Friends to the End

PARIS & NICOLE: THE ENCORE

Thursday, 6 p.m. & 7 p.m., Slice

In December of 2003, Fox debuted The Simple Life, introducing us to a pair of young socialites named Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton. The former was the daughter of pop star Lionel Richie, the latter a scion of the Hilton hotel empire — and together, across five seasons and two networks, they helped define the still-burgeoning reality TV genre. Specifically, the two privileged pals travelled the U.S. to see how the other half lived, trying their impeccably manicured hands at such jobs as farming and camp counselling.

More than just the stars of a hit show, Paris and Nicole became the embodiment of the 2000-era “party girl,” in a swirl of feuds, scandals,

arrests and one infamous sex tape. As Hilton wrote in her 2023 bestseller Paris: The Memoir: “The character I played — part Lucy, part Marilyn — was my steelplated armour. People loved her. Or they loved to hate her, which was just as marketable. I leaned into that character, my ticket to financial freedom and a safe place to hide.”

Now both in their 40s, both married with two kids, the duo are ready to revisit those tumultuous times with a three-part reunion special “full of fun, chaos and epic one-liners.”

It finds Paris and Nicole updating fans on their lives as they mount a very tonguein-cheek opera based on their old Simple Life catchphrase, “Sanasa!”

Hot Docs

Crypto Criminals

Meet Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein and Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan, a married couple who were recently sentenced to prison for laundering stolen Bitcoin that would now be worth in excess of $11 billion. This fascinating documentary from director Chris Smith (Bad Vegan, Fyre) tells the stranger-than-fiction tale of the spouses who came to be nicknamed “the Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde,” recounting how Lichtenstein (a computer hacker) and Morgan (an aspiring rapper) managed to

Backstage Pass

Former rock roadie TJ Hoffmann turns documentary filmmaker to bring viewers behind the scenes to explore the crucial role that roadies play in ensuring that our favourite musicians can deliver the goods when they take to the stage.

BIGGEST HEIST EVER

Netfli

pull off one of the biggest crypto crimes in history when they hacked into the Bitfinex crypto exchange in 2016. After Lichtenstein transferred 119,754 Bitcoin into a digital wallet he controlled, the two then came up with a complex scheme to launder their stolen cryptocurrency. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the couple “employed numerous

ROADIE: MY DOCUMENTARY

sophisticated laundering techniques” to conceal the theft, including using fictitious identities, converting the Bitcoin into other cryptocurrencies, buying gold, and depositing and withdrawing the proceeds at various darknet markets and cryptocurrency exchanges. Ironically, at the same time they were taking efforts to avoid arousing suspicion, Morgan attempted to launch a career as a rapper and social media influencer, thrusting herself in the spotlight and eventually placing them on the radar of the FBI.

MAN OF STEEL

Christopher Reeve was best known for playing the Man of Steel in the movies, until a near-fatal 1995 horseback-riding accident left him paralyzed from the neck down. This film recounts the late actor’s life story — particularly his second act as a quadriplegic activist for disability rights, dedicated to finding a cure for spinal cord injuries while continuing his Hollywood career against all odds.

INTO THE WOODS

SANDI’S WOOD BritBox

This three-part series follows British TV personality Sandi Toksvig (The Great British Bake Off) and her wife as they fulfil a dream by buying a 40-acre woodland dating from 1600, and then attempt to restore the seriously distressed area to pristine condition — despite their lack of forestry experience.

Mass Shooting

FRONTLINE

Tuesday, 7 p.m., WTVS; 10 p.m., KCTS

The new documentary Breakdown in Maine examines how the October 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine was not only the year’s deadliest, but may also have been the most preventable, exploring the various breakdowns with police, military and mental health care organizations.

EXPOSING CRIME

Tupelo maintenance worker Paul Kevin Curtis made a shocking discovery in a morgue, sending him careening down an internet rabbit hole into a world of startling conspiracy. The more he discovered, the more compelled he became to embark on a mission to expose the dark criminal underbelly of Tupelo. His efforts, however, wound up sparking a rivalry that started locally but climbed to the

PONY UP

POLO

Tuesday, Netfli

The latest from exec producers Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, this five-episode docuseries takes viewers inside the fast-paced and glamorous world of polo, following elite global players on and off the field as they compete in the high-stakes U.S. Open Polo Championship. “Through fierce rivalries and intense training, viewers will get an unprecedented glimpse into the dedication and skill required to compete at the sport’s highest level,” states the synopsis for the series, which profiles a young rising star pushed by

THE KINGS OF TUPELO: A SOUTHERN CRIME SAGA

Wednesday, Netflix

highest office in Washington, D.C. When several government officials receive mail laced with deadly ricin, Curtis has to prove that he’s not the devil in disguise — or go to prison for the rest of his life.

his demanding father, a former pro golfer striving to make his mark on polo and a father-son duo widely regarded as the greatest polo players in the sport’s history.

MOVIES

Saturday

Saturday Sunday Monday Beetlejuice,

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

8 p.m., Crave1

In director Tim Burton’s longawaited sequel to his 1988 comedy Beetlejuice, grown-up Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) has parlayed her ability to speak with the dead into a gig as a TV psychic. When she returns home to comfort her stepmother (Catherine O’Hara)

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

8 p.m., Starz2

A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar (Andy Serkis) is threatened by the human survivors of a devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier, throwing the fragile peace between apes and humans into turmoil as war looms. ★★★

after a family tragedy, Lydia’s daughter (Wednesday ’s Jenna Ortega) winds up in a sticky situation in the afterlife. With the clock ticking and nowhere else to turn, Lydia reluctantly enlists the services of the titular bio-exorcist (Michael Keaton) to come to the rescue. Complicating matters are Beet’s vengeful ex (Monica Bellucci) and a deceased cop-show detective (Willem Dafoe). ★★

One Delicious Christmas

9 p.m., CTV

After Abby (Vanessa Marano) inherits the Haven Restaurant and Inn, but finds herself unable to manage both the restaurant and the hotel, she teams up with a hot-shot chef to shake up the holiday menu and hopefully receive an investment from a restaurant mogul.

Back to the Future

7:45 a.m., CTV Sci-Fi

Spend Sunday morning with Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) courtesy of this Back to the Future trilogy marathon, with the 1985 classic followed immediately by its two sequels (airing at 10:15 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.) ★★★

The Lion King

8:31 p.m., CTV2 & ABC

Live action and CGI blend in this 2019 remake of Disney’s animated classic, the tale of lion cub Simba (Donald Glover), who flees after his father, King Mufasa (James Earl Jones), is murdered by brother Scar (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Seth Rogen voices warthog Pumbaa, and Billy Eichner is meerkat Timon. ★★

Home Alone

8 p.m., CBC

After eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) is inadvertently left behind when his family flies to Europe on vacation, he must devise a cunning plan to outwit a pair of dimwitted burglars (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) who are planning to rob his house on Christmas Eve. ★★★

The Magnificent Ambersons

8:30 p.m., TCM

Orson Welles’ 1942 followup to his magnum opus Citizen Kane follows two generations in a well-to-do Indianapolis family, with the spoiled heir to the dwindling Amberson fortune coming between his widowed mother and the man she’s always loved. ★★★★

ON TV This week’s TOP FILMS

Sunday

Miracle on 34th Street

6:05 p.m., Starz2

In this 1994 remake of the 1947 holiday favourite, a lawyer (Dylan McDermott) and a young girl (Mara Wilson) attempt to prove that a grey-bearded gent claiming to be Santa Claus (Richard Attenborough) is actually the real deal. ★★★

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

7 p.m., TCM

Maggie Smith won an Oscar for her portrayal of an eccentric Scottish schoolteacher whose freewheeling ideas impress her students, but lead her into conflict with her school’s conservative headmistress (Celia Johnson). ★★★

Monday

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Jingle All the Way

6:25 p.m., Starz2

A harried family man (Arnold Schwarzenegger) runs all over town trying to find a coveted Turbo Man action figure for his son’s Christmas present — only to find himself in competition for the very last one with another dad (Sinbad) who’s just as adamant about obtaining the toy as he is. ★★

Car Wash

9:15 p.m., TCM

With a dance-heavy soundtrack (yielding three top 10 singles) capitalizing on the disco craze of the era, this 1976 comedy follows a group of employees at a Los Angeles car wash. In small roles are legendary standups Richard Pryor (as pimp Daddy Rich) and George Carlin (as a beleaguered cab driver). ★★★

Arthur Christmas

8 p.m., CBC

When Santa misses one child on Christmas Eve, St. Nick’s son, Arthur Christmas (voiced by James McAvoy) takes it upon himself to deliver that last remaining gift, aided by retired Grandsanta, a rebellious young elf, a rickety old sleigh and some untrained reindeer in this animated holiday adventure. ★★★

Eyes Wide Shut

10 p.m., Starz2

The final film from auteur director Stanley Kubrick is described as an “erotic mystery psychological drama,” starring then-spouses Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as a married couple who confront the spectre of infidelity, leading him to a masked orgy held by a creepy secret society. ★★★

Labyrinth

4:35 p.m., Starz2

Directed by Jim Henson and produced by George Lucas, this musical fantasy follows a teenage girl (Jennifer Connelly) as she tries to rescue her infant brother from the clutches of the goblin king (rock icon David Bowie) and becomes trapped in an elaborate, mystical maze. ★★

Darkness of Man

10 p.m., Crave1

Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as Interpol operative Russell Hatch, who witnesses the death of an informant when a seemingly routine raid goes horribly wrong. Years later, he finds himself protecting that informant’s son from a group of merciless gangs involved in an all-out turf war.

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Lion King

2 :00 FIS Alpine Skiing: World Cup (Live) N FIS Alpine Skiing: World Cup (Live) N The Past and the Curious Impractical Jokers Paid Program Bonanza MOVIE: “A Unicorn for Christmas” (Fam. ’21) Charlene Tilton. Paid Program Lehen Malti N :30 Marc & Mandy N

SPECIAL: Engelbert Humperdinck in Hawaii (My Music)

Hudson & Rex Paid Program SardariIran Zameen N

3 :00 CBC News Live N The Short List Chamber Chats N CBS College Football Kickoff (Live) N Paid Program The Rifleman MOVIE: “A Christmas Treasure” (Rom. ’21) Jordin Sparks.

Alberta KONTAKT N :30 Hockey Central (Live) N Pure Outdoor Bold Leaps Sarah’s Mountain Escape Hockey Central (Live) N Paid Program The RiflemanHoops TipOff (Live) N Waqt 4 U

4 :00 NHL Hockey: Toronto Maple Leafs at Pittsburgh Penguins (Live) N InvincibleThis Is VanColour College Football Today (Live) N SPECIAL: The Very Best of Mossback’s Northwest NHL Hockey: Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens (Live) N Funny You Should Ask RawhideWomen’s College Basketball: Tennessee vs. Iowa (Live) N Seinfeld AikamOMNI News: Italian Ed. N :30 Coll. Scoreboard (L) N Laura

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My 600-Lb. Life Reflections on Hinduism Total DramaRama The Loud House SportsCentre :30 Paradise Now World of Gumball SpongeBob SquarePants

MOVIE: “Inferno” ›› (Sus. ’16) Tom Hanks. (:10) MOVIE: “Bomba, the Jungle Boy” ›› (Adv. ’49)

8 :00 SardariFinding Mr. Christmas World of Gumball MOVIE: “SuperKlaus” ›› (Ani. ’24) Voice of Harland Williams

9 :00 MOVIE: “Taken” ››› (Act. ’08) Liam Neeson. MOVIE: “Ski Party” ›› (Mus. ’65) Frankie Avalon.

:30 MOVIE: “The Da Vinci Code” ›› (Mys. ’06) Tom Hanks.

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My 600-Lb. Life Let the Quran Speak Finding Mr. Christmas Teen Titans Go! SpongeBob SquarePants PGA Tour Golf: Hero World Challenge, Third Round (Live) N

SpongeBob SquarePants 2025 Formula E Racing: Sao Paulo – Round 1 (Live) N

Panorama TV Teen Titans Go! (:50) Denis and Me SpongeBob SquarePants

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11 :00 MOVIE: “Taken 2” ›› (Act. ’12) Liam Neeson.

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MOVIE: “LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain” (Ani. ’17)

Miraculous: Ladybug-Cat SC

1000-Lb. Best Friends Lost Letter Mysteries LEGO DreamZzz

Open Season MOVIE: “A Loud House Christmas” (Fam. ’21) Wolfgang Schaeffer.

College Football: Big 12 Championship –Teams TBA (Live) N

College Basketball: Clemson at Miami (Live) N (:15) College Basketball: Clemson at Miami (JiP) (Live) N

30 for 30

NBA Basketball: Cleveland Cavaliers at Charlotte Hornets (Live) N :30 (:45) MOVIE: “From Here to Eternity” ››› (Dra. ’53) Burt Lancaster.

:30 (:45) Total DramaRama LEGO Friends The Loud House DP World Tour Golf: Nedbank Golf Challenge, Third Round PGA Tour Golf: Hero World Challenge, Third Round (Live) N

:30 MOVIE: “Angels & Demons” ›› (Act. ’09) Tom Hanks.

1 PM :00 MOVIE: “Unstoppable” ››› (Act. ’10) Denzel Washington. MOVIE: “It Happened on 5th Avenue” ›› (Com. ’47) Don DeFore.

1000-Lb. Best Friends MOVIE: “A Reason for the Season” (Dra. ’24) Taylor Cole.

2 :00

Teen Titans Go! Family Matters Coll. Scoreboard (L) N Jets Pregame (Live) N MLS Pregame (Live) N SC

1000-Lb. Best Friends MOVIE: “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors” ››› (Doc.-Dra. ’15) Alyvia Alyn Lind.

Pokémon Horizons Family Matters MOVIE: “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” ›› (Ani. ’80) Voice of Red Buttons.

Teen Titans Go! Sabrina, Witch College Football: SEC Championship –Teams TBA (Live) N NHL Hockey: Winnipeg Jets at Chicago Blackhawks (Live) N 2024 MLS Cup: Teams TBA (Live) N SC :30

Teen Titans Go! Life With Derek SC

Total DramaRama SpongeBob SquarePants

Total DramaRama Domino Masters SpongeBob SquarePants Golf Central (Live) N NLL Lacrosse: Calgary Roughnecks at Halifax Thunderbirds (Live) N NLL Lacrosse: Calgary Roughnecks at Halifax Thunderbirds (Live) N :30

3 :00 MOVIE: “The Matrix Resurrections” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’21) Keanu Reeves. (:15) MOVIE: “Holiday Affair” ››› (Rom. ’49) Robert Mitchum.

1000-lb Sisters MOVIE: “Jingle Bell Run” (Com. ’24) Ashley Williams.

4 :00

1000-lb Sisters Endeavour MOVIE: “LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain” (Ani. ’17)

Kamp Koral PGA Tour Golf: Hero World Challenge, Third Round :30 MOVIE: “Inferno” ›› (Sus. ’16) Tom Hanks.

5 :00

6 :00

MOVIE: “Christmas With the Andersons” (Dra. ’16) Christy Carlson Romano.

The Patrick Star Show SC N SC

1000-lb Sisters MOVIE: “Christmas With a Kiss” (Rom. ’23) Mishael Morgan.

90 Day: The Last Resort N

Raptors Game Day (Live) N Raptors Game Day (Live) N :30 (:45) Total DramaRama NBA Basketball: Dallas Mavericks at Toronto Raptors (Live) N Coll. Scoreboard (L) N NBA Basketball: Dallas Mavericks at Toronto Raptors (Live) N NBA Basketball: Dallas Mavericks at Toronto Raptors (Live) N

CARPe Diem Teen Titans Go! Domino Masters

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

College Football: ACC Championship –Teams TBA (Live) N :30 Sardari Teen Titans Go!

7 :00

MOVIE: “Die Hard With a Vengeance”

››› (Act. ’95) Bruce Willis.

MOVIE: “Kill Bill: Vol. 2” ››› (Act. ’04) Uma Thurman.

MOVIE: “Central Station” ››› (Dra. ’98) Fernanda Montenegro.

NBA Basketball: Dallas Mavericks at Toronto Raptors (Live) N

MOVIE: “Private Princess Christmas” (Dra. ’24) Ali Skovbye.

Teen Titans Go! Family Matters

MOVIE: “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” ›› (Ani. ’80) Voice of Red Buttons. :30 Aikam Teen Titans Go! Family Matters

:30 (:45)

MOVIE: “Fruitvale Station” ››› (Doc.-Dra. ’13) Michael B. Jordan. Sister Wives

:30 Waqt 4 U

8 :00 Sister WivesParadise Now MOVIE: “Sugarplummed” (P) (Dra. ’24) Maggie Lawson.

9 :00

MOVIE: “Live Free or Die Hard” ››› (Act. ’07)

MOVIE: “LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain” (Ani. ’17)

Bruce Willis. Nai Zindagi Ki Aur (:45) Total DramaRama

MOVIE: “The Da Vinci Code” ›› (Mys. ’06) Tom Hanks.

MOVIE: “Act of Violence” ›› (Cri. ’49) Van Heflin.

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Day: The Last Resort Journey of Healing

Diyan

“The Finnish Line” (Dra. ’24) Nichole Sakura.

MOVIE: “Christmas With the Andersons” (Dra. ’16) Christy Carlson Romano.

MOVIE: “Happy Feet” ››› (Ani. ’06) Voice of Elijah Wood.

PGA Tour Golf: Hero World Challenge, Third Round

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(32) MOVIE: “Christmas at the Amish Bakery”

STATION PBS-WTVS (56) Crave 1 (CRV1) $

6 AM :00 (5:30) SPECIAL: Memory Makeover With Daniel Amen, MD (5:00) “C’mas at-Drive-In” Hudson & Rex (5:00) “Glad It’s C’mas” Sleeping With a Killer

7 :00 Hudson & Rex Hawaii Five-0 Europe From Above :30 Under-Radar Michigan

Zoo Diaries (:35) MOVIE: “The Smurfs” › (Fam. ’11) Hank Azaria.

Zoo Diaries (5:00) MOVIE: “Racetime” :30 MOVIE: “Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Bone to Pick” (Mys. ’15) MOVIE: “When Morning Comes” (Dra. ’22)

8 :00 Michigan Out of Doors MOVIE: “Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Real Murders” Hudson & Rex (:05) MOVIE: “And Still I Sing” (Doc. ’22) Hawaii Five-0 Europe From Above :30 SPECIAL: America’s Home Cooking: Gadgets & Gizmos

10 :00

9 :00 Hudson & Rex True Crime News Europe From Above :30 MOVIE: “Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Three Bedrooms...” (:40) Menudo: Forever Young True Crime News

Hudson & Rex Hawaii Five-0

:30 SPECIAL: Exploring Ireland With Michael Menudo: Forever Young

11 :00 MOVIE: “Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Julius House” (’16)

:30 SPECIAL: Detroit Rem. (:20) Menudo: Forever

Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Mistletoe in Montana” (Rom. ’21) Melissa Joan Hart.

12 NOON :00 SPECIAL: Classical Rewind (My Music Presents) Chicago Med(:10) Menudo: Forever Young

1 PM :00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (12:55) MOVIE: “It Will Be Chaos” (Doc. ’18) MOVIE: “Santa Bootcamp” (Rom. ’22) Emily Kinney

Critter Fixers: Country Vets

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

Critter Fixers: Country Vets (:10) MOVIE: “The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking” › (Fam. ’88) Tami Erin.

Critter Fixers: Country Vets (11:55) MOVIE: “The Pirates! Band of Misfits” ››› (Ani. ’12) :30 (:25) Women Who Rock

2 :00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Critter Fixers: Country Vets :30 SPECIAL: Showstoppers! Great Women of TV Variety (:20) MOVIE: “Cloudy With a Chance of Christmas” (:25) MOVIE: “Spies in Disguise” ››› (Ani. ’19)

3 :00 PBS News Weekend N Law & Order: Special Victims Unit MOVIE: “A Christmas Spark” (Rom. ’22) Jane Seymour

4 :00

Critter Fixers: Country Vets :30 (:50) MOVIE: “A Harvest Homecoming” (Rom. ’23) Trevor Donovan. (:35) SPECIAL: André the Giant

Critter Fixers: Country Vets (:10) MOVIE: “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” ››› (Ani. ’19) :30 SPECIAL: Il Volo in the Valley of the Temples

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (:05) SPEC.: What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali (Part 1 of 2)

5 :00 MOVIE: “Concert for George” ››› (Doc. ’03) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit MOVIE: “The Ex Obsession” (P) (Sus. ’22) Chaley Rose.

6 :00 MOVIE: “Wonka” ››› (Com. ’23) Timothée Chalamet.

Critter Fixers: Country Vets :30 (:20) MOVIE: “Elf” ››› (Fam. ’03) Will Ferrell. (:45) MOVIE: “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2” ›› (Ani. ’13) Voice of Bill Hader.

Critter Fixers: Country Vets :30 (:35) SPEC.: What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali (Part 2 of 2)

7 :00 SPECIAL: Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert In Central Park

A book editor works with a handsome outsider to save her family’s Amish bakery. (2:00) (APTN) MOVIE: “Angelique’s Isle” Newlyweds are left stranded on Lake Superior’s Isle Royale and struggle to survive a brutal winter. (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) (YTV) MOVIE: “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” See 6 pm. (2:00) 12:30 PM (SHO) MOVIE: “Angels & Demons” Robert Langdon confronts the Illuminati. ›› (3:00) 1:00 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “National Lampoon’s Vacation” The Griswolds head by station wagon for the California fun park Walley World. ›› (2:00) (CTV2) MOVIE: “A Brush With Christmas” Charlotte discovers her latest painting has been anonymously submitted to an art festival. (2:00) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Unstoppable” Two men must stop an unmanned, runaway train before it crashes and spills its toxic cargo. ››› (2:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “It Happened on 5th Avenue” A hobo shares a mansion with a veteran and others in wintertime. (B&W) ›› (2:15) (V) MOVIE: “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors” A tryst with tragedy familiarizes Dolly and her family with the healing power of faith and love. ››› (2:00) 1:30 PM

(8) MOVIE: “Must Love Christmas” A snowbound novelist finds herself in a love triangle. (2:00) 2:00 PM

(32) MOVIE: “A Unicorn for Christmas” A young girl discovers a real-life unicorn at a Christmas carnival. (2:00) (W) MOVIE: “Jingle Bell Run” Avery is paired with Wes to compete in a holiday race across America. (2:00) 3:00 PM

(W) MOVIE: “Private Princess Christmas” Princess Violet of Wingravia must complete a tough leadership boot camp in Colorado. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” Santa must save the snowman and the red-nosed reindeer from a bad wizard. ›› (2:00) 6:30 PM

(6) Kaeshammer’s Kitchen Tom Lavin whips up a shrimp etouffee before performing “Cookin’ With the Blues” and “Blame It on the Blues.” N (:30) (HGTV) House Hunters International See 9:30 pm. N (:30) 7:00 PM

(32) MOVIE: “Christmas on Candy Cane Lane” Ivy Donaldson struggles with her mom’s shadow, Muriel, the Christmas darling of Icicle Falls. (2:00) (CRTN) MOVIE: “LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain” The Super Hero Girls have no recollection of a series of wrongdoings. (1:45) (FAM) MOVIE: “Christmas With the Andersons” Michael and Caroline decide to host a very different kind of Christmas party. (1:50) (HGTV) House Hunters International A couple seeks to buy their first house in Australia. N (:30) (TCM) MOVIE: “Fruitvale Station” Flashbacks reveal the final day in the life of Oscar Grant, a young man shot dead by police. ››› (2:00) 7:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Mr. Deeds” A small-town pizzeria owner inherits $40 billion. › (2:00) (HGTV) House Hunters International A couple relocates from Reno to France. N (:30) 8:00 PM (5) (8) (8:29) Saturday Night Live Host Paul Mescal; musical guest Shaboozey. (Live) N (1:34) (6) MOVIE: “Christmas 9 to 5” A reporter gets the assignment of her life. (2:00) (KTLA) MOVIE: “A California Christmas” A wealthy charmer poses as a ranch hand to get a farmer to sell her family’s land. (2:00) (W) MOVIE: “Sugarplummed” (P) See page 12. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Happy Feet” A penguin who cannot sing expresses himself, instead, through tap-dancing. ››› (2:00)

8:30 PM

(SCFI) (8:45) MOVIE: “Live Free or Die Hard” A digital villain attacks the computer infrastructure of the United States. ››› (2:45)

9:00 PM

It’s Always Sunny The Incredible Dr. Pol :30 It’s Always Sunny (:25) MOVIE: “Shrek” ››› (Ani. ’01) Voice of Mike Myers.

(AMC) MOVIE: “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” See 9:30 pm. (2:00) (CRTN) MOVIE: “LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain” See 7 pm. (1:45) (CTV2) MOVIE: “A Christmas Treasure” A writer opens a 100-year-old time capsule. (2:00) (FAM) MOVIE: “Christmas With the Andersons” See 7 pm. (1:50) (KTLA) Celebration of Service to America Awards See 5 pm, KSTW-11. N (1:00) (SCFI) MOVIE: “The Matrix Resurrections” Neo finds himself back inside the Matrix. ›› (3:00) (TCM) (3:15) MOVIE: “Holiday Affair” Two men want to marry a war widow for Christmas. (B&W) ››› (1:45) 3:30 PM

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

8 :00 MOVIE: “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (P) ›› (Com. ’24)

It’s Always Sunny SPECIAL: The Forbidden Forest MOVIE: “Mistletoe in Montana” (Rom. ’21) Melissa Joan Hart.

It’s Always Sunny

It’s Always Sunny MOVIE: “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” (P) (Doc. ’24)

Critter Fixers: Country Vets MOVIE: “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’14) Andy Serkis. :30 SPECIAL: This Land Is Your Land (My Music Presents)

9 :00 It’s Always Sunny MOVIE: “The Ex Obsession” (Sus. ’22) Chaley Rose. The Incredible Dr. Pol :30 (:45) MOVIE: “Beetlejuice” ››› (Com. ’88) Michael Keaton.

:00 SPECIAL: Blessed Solanus Casey’s Journey to Sainthood

(SHO) MOVIE: “Inferno” Robert Langdon must stop a madman from unleashing a deadly virus. ›› (2:30) 4:00 PM

(KTLA) Sullivan’s Crossing Sully is convinced he needs to make amends with Lola. N (1:00) (W) MOVIE: “Christmas With a Kiss” A woman returns home to help with her family’s Christmas Carnival, and romance ignites. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!” Steve Urkel heads to the North Pole in hopes Santa can help the city rediscover its holiday spirit. (2:00) 5:00 PM

(32) MOVIE: “One Delicious Christmas” See page 18. (2:00) (APTN) MOVIE: “The Bourne Identity” A woman helps an amnesiac dodge assassins as he tries to learn about himself.››› (2:30) (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Mexican eats in Minneapolis; a pizza spot in Missoula. (:30) (HGTV) House Hunters International A family relocates to Munich, Germany. (:30) (KNO) Midsomer Murders (SP) The demise of the Shirewell patriarch sparks a vicious inheritance dispute. N (1:30) (SHO) MOVIE: “The Da Vinci Code” A murder and clues in paintings lead to the discovery of a closely guarded religious mystery. ›› (3:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “Act of Violence” A crippled World War II veteran stalks a contractor whose prison-camp betrayal caused a massacre. (B&W) ›› (1:45) 9:30 PM

It’s Always Sunny (:50) Sex Lives of College Girls

It’s Always Sunny

Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom (:15) MOVIE: “War for the Planet of the Apes” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’17) Andy Serkis. :30 It’s Always Sunny (:20) CurbEnthusiasm 11 :00 It’s Always Sunny (10:55) Veep MOVIE: “Santa Bootcamp” (Rom. ’22) Emily Kinney

Europe From Above

(11) Celebration of Service to America Awards Honouring excellence in community service from local radio and television stations. N (1:00) (AMC) MOVIE: “Trading Places” Tycoon brothers switch a rich man and a poor man, for sport.

(AMC) MOVIE: “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” A stranded ad executive and a salesman make unlikely co-travelers. ››› (2:00) (HGTV) House Hunters International A couple and their kids look for a home in Perth. (:30) 10:00 PM

MID :00 Hudson & Rex (:15) The Righteous Gemstones

:30 SPECIAL: America’s Home Cooking: Gadgets & Gizmos (:20) MOVIE: “Poor Things” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’23) Emma Stone. It’s Always Sunny (:25) The Sopranos

Europe From Above :30 (:40) MOVIE: “The Night Before” ›› (Com. ’15) Joseph GordonLevitt. 1 AM :00 Hudson & Rex (12:55) MOVIE: “Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind” (Doc. ’18) MOVIE: “A Christmas Spark” (Rom. ’22) Jane Seymour

Hudson & Rex

Europe From Above :30 SPECIAL: Aging Backwards 3: Fast Track (:45) MOVIE: “One Day as a Lion” (Sus. ’23) Scott Caan.

Critter Fixers: Country Vets :30 Best of Joy of Painting (:25) MOVIE: “Krampus” ›› (Hor. ’15) Emjay Anthony. 3 :00 Joy of Painting (:15) MOVIE: “Hey, Viktor!” (Com. ’23)

Hudson & Rex (2:55) MOVIE: “Super/Man: Christopher Reeve” (’24) MOVIE: “Mistletoe in Montana” (Rom. ’21) Ice Road Truckers :30 SPEC.: Young Forever

(CRV1)

››› (2:30)

(TCM) MOVIE: “Central Station” A jaded letterwriter reluctantly protects an orphan. ››› (2:00) 6:00 PM

(6) IEOA Holiday Truck Parade IEOA’s annual parade of lighted trucks from Victoria. N (:30) (APTN) MOVIE: “The Bourne Identity” See 9 pm. (2:30) (FOOD) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Mexican eats in Minneapolis; a pizza spot in Missoula. N (:30) (HGTV) House Hunters International A family relocates to Munich, Germany. N (:30) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Die Hard With a Vengeance” John McClane enlists a Harlem shopkeeper to help stop a terrorist bomber. ››› (2:45) (SHO) MOVIE: “Kill Bill: Vol. 2” An assassin confronts her former boss and his gang. ››› (3:00)

(7) Celebration of Service to America Awards See 5 pm, KSTW-11. N (1:00) (HGTV) House Hunters International A couple seeks to buy their first house in Australia. (:30) (W) MOVIE: “The Finnish Line” Anya follows in her father’s footsteps in sled dog racing in Finland. (2:00) 10:30 PM

(HGTV) House Hunters International A couple relocates from Reno to France. (:30) (KNO) MOVIE: “Highway to Heaven: A Mosaic in One Mile” Examining the houses of worship along a single stretch of road in Richmond, British Columbia. (:30) (TCM) (10:45) MOVIE: “The Legend of Lylah Clare” A director puts an actress in the role of his dead movie-queen wife. ›› (2:15) 11:00 PM

(5) (11:29) Saturday Night Live Host Paul Mescal; musical guest Shaboozey. (1:34)

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.

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 7-13 SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS

AUTO RACING

SAT. 8:00 am (TSN1) 2025 Formula E Racing: Sao Paolo –Round 1 (Live) N (2:30)

SUN. 3:30 am (TSN1) (TSN5) Formula 1 Grand Prix Sunday: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Live) N (1:25)

4:55 am (TSN1) (TSN5) Formula 1 Racing: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Live) N (2:05)

7:00 am (TSN1) (TSN5) Formula 1 Racing: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Chequered Flag (Live) N (1:00)

10:30 am (TSN1) (TSN5) Formula 1 Racing: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (2:30)

SAT. 8:30 am (13)

BASKETBALL

College Basketball: Kansas State at St. John’s (Live) N (2:00)

9:00 am (KTLA) College Basketball: Syracuse at Notre Dame (Live) N (2:15)

9:00 am (TSN3) College Basketball: Clemson at Miami (Live) N (2:00)

9:15 am (TSN4) College Basketball: Clemson at Miami (JiP) (Live) N (1:45)

10:00 am (TSN5) NBA Basketball: Cleveland Cavaliers at Charlotte Hornets (Live) N (2:30)

10:30 am (13) College Basketball: Wisconsin at Marquette (Live) N (2:00)

11:15 am (KTLA) College Basketball: Virginia at SMU (Live) N (2:15)

1:00 pm (7) College Basketball: Washington State vs. Boise State (Live) N (2:00)

4:00 pm (13) Women’s College Basketball: Tennessee vs. Iowa (Live) N (2:00)

4:30 pm (TSN1) (TSN3) (TSN4) (TSN5) NBA Basketball : Dallas Mavericks at Toronto Raptors (Live) N (2:30)

6:00 pm (13) Women’s College Basketball: Louisville vs. Connecticut (Live) N (2:00)

11:30 pm (TSN2) NBA Basketball: Dallas Mavericks at Toronto Raptors (Taped) N (2:30)

SUN. 4:30 am (TSN2) NBA Basketball: Dallas Mavericks at Toronto Raptors (2:30)

5:30 pm (TSN5) NBA Basketball: Minnesota Timberwolves at Golden State Warriors (Live) N (2:30)

MON. 4:30 pm (TSN4) (TSN5) NBA Basketball: New York Knicks at Toronto Raptors (Live) N (2:30)

11:00 pm (TSN2) NBA Basketball: New York Knicks at Toronto Raptors (Taped) N (2:30)

TUE. 1:30 am (TSN2) NBA Basketball: New York Knicks at Toronto Raptors (2:30)

4:00 am (TSN2) NBA Basketball: New York Knicks at Toronto Raptors (2:30)

6:30 am (TSN2) NBA Basketball: New York Knicks at Toronto Raptors (2:30)

4:00 pm (TSN2) College Basketball: Teams TBA (Live) N (2:00)

4:30 pm (TSN1) (TSN5) NBA Basketball: Teams TBA (Live) N (2:30)

WED. 4:30 pm (TSN1) (TSN3) (TSN4) (TSN5) NBA Basketball : Teams TBA (Live) N (2:30)

FRI. 4:00 pm (TSN3) (TSN4) NBA Basketball: Teams TBA (Live) N (2:30)

5:00 pm (13) College Basketball: Indiana at Nebraska (Live) N (2:00)

FIGURE SKATING

SUN. 1:30 pm (5) ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Grand Prix Final – Highlights (Taped) N (1:30)

FOOTBALL

SAT. 9:00 am (4) (TSN2) College Football: Big 12 Championship – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

1:00 pm (4) (TSN2) College Football: SEC Championship – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

5:00 pm (4) (TSN2) College Football: ACC Championship – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

5:00 pm (7) College Football: Big Ten Championship – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

SUN. 7:00 am (TSN2) Championship Drive: Rankings Countdown (Live) N (2:00)

9:00 am (TSN2) College Football Playoff Selection Show (Live) N (4:00)

10:00 am (13) NFL Football: Carolina Panthers at Philadelphia Eagles (Live) N (3:25)

10:00 am (32) (CTV2) (TSN4) NFL Football: Teams TBA (Live) N (3:25)

1:00 pm (7) NFL Football: Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals (Live) N (3:00)

1:00 pm (TSN2) Championship Drive: Ranking Reactions (Live) N (1:00)

1:00 pm (TSN4) NFL Football: Teams TBA (Live) N (3:00)

1:25 pm (13) NFL Football: Chicago Bears at San Francisco 49ers (Live) N (3:05)

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

2:00 pm (TSN2) Championship Drive: Ranking Reactions (Live) N (2:00)

5:15 pm (5) (32) (TSN1) (TSN4) NFL Football: Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs (Live) N (3:15)

5:30 pm (TSN3) NFL Football: Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs (JiP) (Live) N (3:00)

5:30 pm (TSN2) Championship Drive: Bowl Breakdowns (Live) N (2:30)

8:00 pm (TSN5) NFL Football: Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs (JiP) (Live) N (:30)

MON. 5:15 pm (4) (TSN1) (TSN3) NFL Football: Cincinnati Bengals at Dallas Cowboys (Live) N (3:15)

7:30 pm (TSN4) (TSN5) NFL Football: Cincinnati Bengals at Dallas Cowboys (JiP) (Live) N (1:00)

THU. 5:15 pm (CTV2) (TSN1) (TSN4) (TSN5) NFL Football: Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers (Live) N (3:15)

8:00 pm (TSN3) NFL Football: Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers (JiP) (Live) N (:30)

FRI. 4:00 pm (TSN2) Top Ten Heisman Trophy Finalists Show (Live) N (:30)

4:30 pm (TSN2) The Herbies (Live) N (:30)

GOLF

SAT. 9:00 am (GOLF) PGA Tour Golf: Hero World Challenge, Third Round (Live) N (2:30)

11:30 am (5) (TSN1) PGA Tour Golf: Hero World Challenge, Third Round (Live) N (2:30)

11:30 am (GOLF) DP World Tour Golf: Nedbank Golf Challenge, Third Round (2:30)

3:00 pm (GOLF) PGA Tour Golf: Hero World Challenge, Third Round (4:30)

7:30 pm (GOLF) PGA Tour Golf: Hero World Challenge, Third Round (4:30)

SUN. 1:00 am (GOLF) DP World Tour Golf: Nedbank Golf Challenge, Final Round (Live) N (5:30)

8:30 am (GOLF) PGA Tour Golf: Hero World Challenge, Final Round (Live) N (2:00)

10:30 am (5) (TSN3) PGA Tour Golf: Hero World Challenge, Final Round (Live) N (3:00)

10:30 am (GOLF) DP World Tour Golf: Nedbank Golf Challenge, Final Round (3:00)

2:30 pm (GOLF) PGA Tour Golf: Hero World Challenge, Final Round (5:00)

8:30 pm (GOLF) PGA Tour Golf: Hero World Challenge, Final Round (5:00)

MON. 4:00 am (GOLF) PGA Tour Golf: Hero World Challenge, Final Round (5:00)

6:00 pm (GOLF) PGA Tour Golf: Hero World Challenge, Final Round (5:00)

THU. 2:00 am (GOLF) DP World Tour Golf: Alfred Dunhill Championship, First Round (Live) N (5:00)

7:00 am (GOLF) DP World Tour Golf: Alfred Dunhill Championship, First Round (2:00)

7:00 pm (GOLF) 2024 The 152nd Open: Final Round (6:00)

FRI. 2:00 am (GOLF) DP World Tour Golf: Alfred Dunhill Championship, Second Round (Live) N (5:00)

7:00 am (GOLF) DP World Tour Golf: Alfred Dunhill Championship, Second Round (2:00)

10:00 am (GOLF) PGA Tour Golf: Grant Thornton Invitational, First Round (Live) N (3:00)

2:00 pm (GOLF) PGA Tour Golf: Grant Thornton Invitational, First Round (3:00)

6:00 pm (GOLF) PGA Tour Golf: Grant Thornton Invitational, First Round (3:00)

10:00 pm (GOLF) PGA Tour Golf: Grant Thornton Invitational, First Round (2:30)

SAT. 1:30 am (GOLF) DP World Tour Golf: Alfred Dunhill Championship, Third Round (Live) N (5:00)

HOCKEY

SAT. 11:00 am (2) PWHL Hockey: Minnesota Frost at Toronto Sceptres (Live) N (3:00) 1:00 pm (TSN3) NHL Hockey: Winnipeg Jets at Chicago Blackhawks (Live) N (2:30) 4:00 pm (2) NHL Hockey: Toronto Maple Leafs at Pittsburgh Penguins (Live) N (3:00) 4:00 pm (10) NHL Hockey: Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens (Live) N (3:00)

7:00 pm (2) (10) NHL Hockey: St. Louis Blues at Edmonton Oilers (Live) N (3:00)

7:00 pm (OMNI) NHL Hockey: St. Louis Blues at Edmonton Oilers (In Punjabi) (Live) N (3:00)

SUN. 1:00 pm (TSN1) PWHL Hockey : New York Sirens at Boston Fleet (Live) N (2:30) 2:00 pm (TSN5) NHL Hockey: New York Islanders at Ottawa Senators (Live) N (2:30) 3:00 pm (TSN3) NHL Hockey: Columbus Blue Jackets at Winnipeg Jets (Live) N (2:30)

TUE. 4:00 pm (TSN4) NHL Hockey: Toronto Maple Leafs at New Jersey Devils (Live) N (2:30)

5:00 pm (TSN3) NHL Hockey: Boston Bruins at Winnipeg Jets (Live) N (2:30)

THU. 4:00 pm (TSN2) NHL Hockey: Pittsburgh Penguins at Montreal Canadiens (Live) N (2:30) 5:00 pm (TSN3) NHL Hockey: Vegas Golden Knights at Winnipeg Jets (Live) N (2:30) FRI. 4:00 pm (TSN5) NHL Hockey: Ottawa Senators at Carolina Hurricanes (Live) N (2:30) 6:00 pm (TSN2) College Hockey: Denver at Colorado College (Live) N (2:30)

LACROSSE

SAT. 2:00 pm (TSN1) (TSN5) NLL Lacrosse: Calgary Roughnecks at Halifax Thunderbirds (Live) N (2:30) 9:00 pm (TSN2) NLL Lacrosse: Calgary Roughnecks at Halifax Thunderbirds (Taped) N (2:30) SUN. 2:00 am (TSN2) NLL Lacrosse: Calgary Roughnecks at Halifax Thunderbirds (2:30)

FRI. 4:00 pm (TSN1) NLL Lacrosse: Buffalo Bandits at Ottawa Black Bears (Live) N (2:30)

POKER

WED. 11:00 am (TSN1) (TSN4) Pokerstars Big Game on Tour (1:00)

THU. 10:00 am (TSN5) Pokerstars Big Game on Tour (1:00) 9:00 pm (TSN2) Pokerstars Big Game on Tour (1:00)

SAILING

SAT. 11:30 am (7) Sail Grand Prix: Emirates Dubai N (1:00)

SKIING

SAT. 10:00 am (2) FIS Freestyle Skiing: World Cup – Idre Fjäll – Men’s & Women’s Dual Moguls (Taped) N (1:00) 2:00 pm (2) FIS Alpine Skiing: World Cup – Tremblant – Women’s Giant Slalom (Live) N (1:00) 2:00 pm (5) FIS Alpine Skiing: World Cup – Beaver Creek – Men’s Super G (Live) N (1:00) 11:00 pm (2) FIS Alpine Skiing: World Cup – Beaver Creek – Men’s Downhill (Taped) N (1:00)

SUN. Midnight (2) FIS Alpine Skiing: World Cup – Beaver Creek – Men’s Super G (1:00) 2:00 pm (2) FIS Alpine Skiing: World Cup – Tremblant – Women’s Giant Slalom (Live) N (1:00)

SOCCER

SAT. 6:45 am (TSN4) Spanish Primera Division Soccer: Real Betis vs. Barcelona (Live) N (2:30) 9:00 am (7) Italian Serie A Soccer: Juventus vs. Bologna (Live) N (2:00) 9:30 am (5) Premier League Soccer: Manchester United vs. Nottingham Forest (Live) N (2:00) 1:00 pm (13) (TSN4) 2024 MLS Cup: Teams TBA (Live) N (2:30)

MON. 4:00 pm (TSN2) Women’s College Soccer: NCAA Tournament – Championship – Teams TBA (Live) N (2:00)

SWIMMING

SUN. 9:00 am (5) Swimming: U.S. Open (Live) N (1:30)

VOLLEYBALL

SUN. 1:00 pm (2) Beach Volleyball (1:00)

WRESTLING

SAT. 2:35 pm (HBO) André the Giant (1:30) 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 Wrestling: Dynamite (Live) N (2:00) 11:00 pm (TSN2) All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (2:00)

THU. 8:55 am (HBO) André the Giant (1:30)

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’20) Lacey Chabert.

3 :00 SPEC.: First Snow-Winter Hearts of Heroes The Immortals MOVIE: “Christmas Princess” (Dra. ’17) Nicole Muñoz. SPECIAL: 60s and 70s Soul Celebration (My Music Presents) Impractical Jokers Paid Program Gilligan’s Island Canada’s Worst Driver Living TruthNikkei TV N :30 SPEC.: Forgotten Toys Jack Hanna’s Passport Harlem Globetrotters Wall of Chefs 2 Broke GirlsPaid Program Gilligan’s Island Faytene

4 :00 MOVIE: “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” ››› (Adv. ’17) Dwayne Johnson. KOMO 4 News Sunday 4:00pm N Football Night in America (Live) N

TV Premieres

Rachael Ray’s Meals (4:00) “White Christmas” Kiuna, plus qu’une école (5:00)

Rachael

Our APTN listings are now exclusively in High Definition (HD).

As of September 1st, APTN has discontinued their Standard Definition (SD) feed and is now broadcasting exclusively in High Definition (HD). You can now find the channel’s HD cable selection numbers for your cable or satellite provider at the top of the APTN column. For more specific locations, please download the HDTV Converter Guide from our website at www.tvweekonline.ca

6 AM :00 (5:35) MOVIE: “The Witches” ›› (Fan. ’20) Anne Hathaway. (5:30) Private Eyes (5:00) MOVIE: “Good News” ››› (Mus. ’47) 90 Day: The Last Resort Creflo Dollar MOVIE: “Sugarplummed” (Dra. ’24) Maggie Lawson.

:30 MOVIE: “Beetlejuice” ››› (Com. ’88) Michael Keaton.

:30 (:45) MOVIE: “Back to the Future” ››› (Com. ’85) Michael J. Fox.

Faytene Hotel Transylvania Cloudy, WithMeatballs GOLF Films

Supernoobs MOVIE: “Spirit Riding Free: Spirit of Christmas”

Amazing Facts World of Gumball

7 :00 MOVIE: “Act of Violence” ›› (Cri. ’49) Van Heflin. Kenneth Copeland Total DramaRama

:30 MOVIE: “Ghost Rider” ›› (Act. ’07) Nicolas Cage. (:45) MOVIE: “A Christmas Carol” ››› (Fam. ’38) Reginald Owen.

9 :00 1000-Lb. Best Friends

With Bobby Schuller

HolidazedTeen Titans Go! SpongeBob SquarePants SCCollege Football Playoff Selection

10 :00 (:15)

:30 Prophecy USA

11 :00 MOVIE: “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” › (Act. ’11) Nicolas Cage.

MOVIE: “Back to the Future Part II” ››› (Com. ’89) Michael J. Fox. MOVIE: “Ben-Hur” ›››› (Hist. ’59) Charlton Heston.

Sister WivesFaith to Live By

Sister WivesLiving Truth MOVIE: “Crashing Through the Snow” (Rom. ’21) Amy Acker

MOVIE: “LEGO Scooby Doo: Haunted Hollywood” (Ani. ’16)

SPECIAL: Miraculous World London :30 Made for Health (:45) Total DramaRama 12

1 PM :00 NCIS

Miraculous: Ladybug-Cat DP World Tour Golf: Nedbank Golf Challenge, Final Round

Open Season MOVIE: “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” ›› (Ani. ’80) Voice of Red Buttons. SC

:30 MOVIE: “Back to the Future Part III” ››› (Com. ’90) Michael J. Fox.

2 :00 NCIS: Origins MOVIE: “King of Kings” ››› (Hist. ’61) Jeffrey Hunter.

Sister WivesPower to Achieve MOVIE: “Christmas with the Singhs” (Rom. ’24) Anuja Joshi.

Leading the Way Teen Titans Go! Family Matters

Sister WivesPeter Youngren Teen Titans Go! Sabrina, Witch

Beyblade X Family Matters MOVIE: “Happy Feet” ››› (Ani. ’06) Voice of Elijah Wood.

Championship Drive: Ranking Reactions (L) N NFL Football: Teams TBA (Live) N SPECIAL: Ottawa Senators Telethon (Live) N :30 The Key of David Teen Titans Go! Life With Derek Golf Central (Live) N SC

Sister WivesArise MOVIE: “Confessions of a Christmas Letter” (Rom. ’24) Angela Kinsey.

Total DramaRama Domino Masters SpongeBob SquarePants

PWHL Hockey: New York Sirens at Boston Fleet (Live) N

NHL Hockey: New York Islanders at Ottawa Senators (Live) N :30 Tomorrow’s World Total DramaRama SpongeBob SquarePants PGA Tour Golf: Hero World Challenge, Final Round Jets Pregame (Live) N

4 :00 NCIS: Origins 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days Jim Cantelon Today MOVIE: “The Santa Summit” (Rom. ’23) Hunter King.

3 :00 MOVIE: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” ››› (Fan. ’10) Daniel Radcliffe. NCIS: Origins 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days Beyond Today MOVIE: “LEGO Scooby Doo: Haunted Hollywood” (Ani. ’16)

MOVIE: “A Holiday Wish Come True” (Dra. ’18) Schuyler Fisk. The Patrick Star Show

Championship Drive: Ranking Reactions (Live) N SC

NHL Hockey: Columbus Blue Jackets at Winnipeg Jets (Live) N :30 Door of Hope Kamp Koral SC

5 :00 NCIS: Origins MOVIE: “Born to Be Bad” ›› (Dra. ’50) Joan Fontaine. 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days N

David Jeremiah

6 :00 MOVIE: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” ››› (Fan. ’11) Daniel Radcliffe. NCIS: Origins Prophetic Connection MOVIE: “Sugaplummed” (Dra. ’24) Maggie Lawson.

MOVIE: “Happy Feet” ››› (Ani. ’06) Voice of Elijah Wood.

Teen Titans Go! Family Matters

Football Night in America (Live) N

30 for 30

Football Night in America (Live) N :30 John Ankerberg (:45) Total DramaRama SC

NFL Football: Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs (Live) N SC :30 Amazing Facts Teen Titans Go! Championship Drive: Bowl Breakdowns (Live) N

MOVIE: “Tiny Christmas” (Adv. ’17) Jonathan A. Rosenbaum. :30 Word for Today N Teen Titans Go! Family Matters

7 :00 Saturday Night Live MOVIE: “Torch Song” ›› (Dra. ’53) Joan Crawford. (:02) Sister Wives N Joel Osteen

8 :00 (:02) 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days N Paid Program MOVIE: “Leah’s Perfect Gift” (P) (Dra. ’24) Emily Arlook.

Teen Titans Go! Domino Masters (:15) NFL Football: Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs (Live) N SC (:15)

MOVIE: “LEGO Scooby Doo: Haunted Hollywood” (Ani. ’16)

MOVIE: “A Holiday Wish Come True” (Dra. ’18) Schuyler Fisk. :30 Peter Youngren SpongeBob SquarePants

Golf Central

NFL Football: Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs (JiP) (Live) N

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

(JiP) (Live) N :30 (:45)

MOVIE: “Déjà Vu” ››› (Sus. ’06) Denzel Washington.

MOVIE: “Ghost Rider” ›› (Act. ’07) Nicolas Cage. Prophecy USA (:45) Total DramaRama PGA Tour Golf: Hero World Challenge, Final Round SC With Jay Onrait (Live) N SCSC With Jay Onrait (Live) N SC With Jay

:00 MOVIE: “The Life of the Party” (Com. 1920)

Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days

to Live By

(Dra. ’24)

MOVIE: “Tiny Christmas” (Adv. ’17) Jonathan A. Rosenbaum. SC NFL

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6 AM :00 One Detroit(5:00) “Warrior Strong” Hudson & Rex (5:00) “Royal C’mas Match” See No EvilZoo Diaries(5:00) “Year Dolly Parton” :30 American Black Journal (:45) MOVIE: “All Light, Everywhere” (Doc. ’21) (:35) MOVIE: “Dancing Through Christmas” (Dra. ’21)

7 :00 SPECIAL: Blessed Solanus Casey’s Journey to Sainthood

SUNDAY HIGHLIGHTS

7:00 AM

(A&E) Rachael Ray’s Holidays (SRP) See page 14. N (:30) 7:30 AM

(A&E) Rachael Ray’s Holidays See page 14. N (:30) (SCFI) (7:45) MOVIE: “Back to the Future” See page 18. (2:30) 8:00 AM

(A&E) Rachael Ray’s Rebuild (SRP) See page 6. N (:30) 8:30 AM

7:00 PM

(A&E) Rachael Ray’s Rebuild See page 6. N (:30) NOON

Zoo Diaries :30 Zoo Diaries

8 :00

9 :00

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

Hudson & Rex (:10) MOVIE: “Momentum Generation” (Doc. ’18) Tom DeLonge.

Zoo Diaries (:40) MOVIE: “Power Rangers” ›› (Act. ’17) Dacre Montgomery.

The Rise and Fall of the Maya :30 SPECIAL: Young Forever With Mark Hyman, MD (:40) MOVIE: “Dancing Through Christmas” (Dra. ’21) (:50)

10 :00 (:15) MOVIE: “The Addams Family 2” › (Ani. ’21) Voice of Oscar Isaac.

(2) Heartland Heartland hosts an open house to bring the community together. N (1:00) (CRTN) MOVIE: “LEGO Scooby Doo: Haunted Hollywood” The gang tries to rescue a movie studio that is threatened by developers and haunted by monsters. (1:45) (FAM) MOVIE: “A Holiday Wish Come True” Recently separated parents spend Christmas together at the request of their children. (1:50) (FOOD) Holiday Wars The teams imagine what hijinks unfold when another holiday icon fills in for Santa on Christmas Eve. N (1:00) (KTLA) Lights, Camera, Take Action: A Telethon Benefiting MPTF Hosted by Tom Bergeron, Yvette Nicole Brown, and Dayna Devon. N (2:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “Torch Song” A Broadway star becomes attracted to a blind pianist. ›› (2:00) 8:00 PM

The Rise and Fall of the Maya :30

Hudson & Rex SPEC.: Taking on Taylor

Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “A Christmas Spark” (Rom. ’22) Jane Seymour

11 :00 Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “The Ex Obsession” (Sus. ’22) Chaley Rose.

12 NOON :00 SPECIAL: All Creatures Great and Small: Christmas in the Dales (11:55) MOVIE: “Barbie” ››› (Com. ’23) Margot Robbie.

(AMC) MOVIE: “Christmas With the Kranks” See 6 pm. (2:00) (APTN) MOVIE: “The Bourne Identity” (Act. ’02) Matt Damon. An amnesiac with a dangerous past dodges assassins. ››› (2:30) (W) MOVIE: “Christmas with the Singhs” Asha Singh and Jake O’Brien’s relationship is tested when their families’ traditions clash. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Happy Feet” See 4 pm. (2:00) 12:30 PM

The Rise and Fall of the Maya :30 SPECIAL: All Creatures Great and Small: Tricki & Friends (:50) SPEC.: My Gift: Carrie Underwood

MOVIE: “A League of Their Own” ››› (Com.-Dra. ’92) Tom Hanks.

The Rise and Fall of the Maya

MOVIE: “Funny Girl” ›››› (Mus. ’68) Barbra Streisand. :30 (:50) His Dark Materials

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Great Rhino Robbery :30 (:50) His Dark Materials

1 PM :00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit MOVIE: “Merry Textmas” (Rom. ’22) Ariana Ron Pedrique.

2 :00 (1:55) MOVIE: “Operation Mistletoe” (Rom. ’24) Jen Lilley

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1:55) His Dark Materials The Great Rhino Robbery :30

The Great Rhino Robbery :30 SPECIAL: This Land Is Your Land MOVIE: “Santa Claus: The Movie” ›› (Fam. ’85) Dudley Moore.

4 :00

3 :00 PBS News Weekend N Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2:55) His Dark Materials MOVIE: “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder” (Hor. ’22) Cristine Prosperi.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (3:55) His Dark Materials

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Back to the Future Part III” A young man and an inventor visit the Old West. ››› (2:30) 1:30 PM

(8) MOVIE: “Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas” Five guests are mysteriously invited to an inn to celebrate Christmas. (2:00) 2:00 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “The Addams Family” Gomez, Morticia and their household are prey to a scam involving long-lost Uncle Fester. ›› (2:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “King of Kings” Filmmaker Nicholas Ray’s account of the life of Jesus Christ and the birth of Christianity. ››› (3:00) (W) MOVIE: “Confessions of a Christmas Letter” Settie Rose hires Juan, a novelist, to depict her dysfunctional family in the best possible light. (2:00) 3:00 PM

(2) The Great British Baking Show The bakers take part in Christmas competitions. N (1:00) (6) MOVIE: “Mistletoe & Menorahs” A determined toy company executive must learn about Hanukkah in order to land a big account. (2:00) (9) Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle (SRP) See page 58. N (1:30) (10) (13) Universal Basic Guys After feeling slighted by a Navy recruiter, Mark sets out to join an elite unit of the Marines. N (:30) (AMC) MOVIE: “Fred Claus” Santa’s ne’er-dowell brother puts Christmas in jeopardy. ›› (2:30)

(CNN) CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute The 18th annual salute to the year’s Top 5 CNN Heroes, Young Wonders and Legacy honouree. (1:00) (W) MOVIE: “Leah’s Perfect Gift” (P) See page 54. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Tiny Christmas” Two kids have to navigate holiday hazards after an elf accidentally shrinks them down. (1:30) 8:30 PM

Cursed Gold: A Shipwreck Scandal :30

Cursed Gold: A Shipwreck Scandal :30 SPECIAL: Shamrock Tenors: Live From Belfast MOVIE: “Christmas in Pine Valley” (Rom. ’22) Kristina Cole. (:25) MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax” ›› (Ani. ’12)

5 :00 Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle (Series Premiere) N MOVIE: “Christmas With the Foxes” (Dra. ’23) Andrea Lee Davis.

6 :00 What We Do In-Shadows (5:55) His Dark Materials

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (4:55) His Dark Materials MOVIE: “Blending Christmas” (Com. ’21) Haylie Duff.

Cursed Gold: A Shipwreck Scandal (4:55) MOVIE: “Shrek 2” ››› (Ani. ’04) Voice of Mike Myers. :30

Extraordinary Australia :30 SPECIAL: Vienna Blood: Analyzing the Hidden Truths MOVIE: “High Holiday” (Com. ’21) Tom Arnold.

7 :00 What We Do In-Shadows (6:55) His Dark Materials MOVIE: “Merry Textmas” (Rom. ’22) Ariana Ron Pedrique.

What We Do In-Shadows MOVIE: “Shrek the Third” ›› (Ani. ’07) Voice of Mike Myers.

(2) The First Snow of Winter A young duck must fend for itself after missing the migration south. (:30)

(6) MOVIE: “Christmas Princess” A high school girl overcomes her traumatic past to become a pageant princess. (2:00) (CRTN) MOVIE: “LEGO Scooby Doo: Haunted Hollywood” See 7 pm. (1:45) (FAM) MOVIE: “A Holiday Wish Come True” See 7 pm. (1:50) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” Harry, Ron and Hermione set out to destroy the Horcruxes, the secrets to Voldemort’s power. ››› (3:00)

3:30 PM

(4) (CTV2) (8:31) MOVIE: “The Lion King” See page 18. (2:29) (7) (8) The Equalizer McCall, Dante and Miles are held hostage in a hospital that’s been taken over by a cartel. N (1:00) (10) (13) The Simpsons The Simpsons are trapped on a flight with the most unruly passengers in America. N (:30) (SCFI) (8:45) MOVIE: “Déjà Vu” A time-folding federal agent falls in love with a future murder victim. ››› (2:45) (SHO) MOVIE: “Ghost Rider” A motorcycle stuntman who sold his soul becomes a supernatural agent of vengeance. ›› (2:30) 9:00 PM

Extraordinary Australia :30 SPECIAL: Young Forever With Mark Hyman, MD What We Do In-Shadows 8 :00 Reservation Dogs What We Do In-Shadows Dune: Prophecy N

(2) The Forgotten Toys Two discarded toys search for a new home the day after Christmas. (:30) 4:00 PM

Cursed Gold: A Shipwreck Scandal

Extraordinary Australia :30 SPECIAL: 60s and 70s Soul Celebration (My Music Presents) MOVIE: “The Voyeurs” (Sus. ’21) Sydney Sweeney. What We Do In-Shadows (:35) Somebody (SRF) N 10 :00 What We Do In-Shadows (:10) MOVIE: “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” ›› (Com. ’24) Paul Rudd.

MOVIE: “Blindness” ›› (Sus. ’08) Julianne Moore. :30 Reservation Dogs What We Do In-Shadows 9 :00 Sex Lives of College Girls What We Do In-Shadows (:05) Somebody Some. MOVIE: “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder” (Hor. ’22) Cristine Prosperi.

The Rise and Fall of the Maya (:05) MOVIE: “Polytechnique” (Hist. ’09) Maxim Gaudette. :30 What We Do In-Shadows 11 :00 What We Do In-Shadows MOVIE: “Blending Christmas” (Com. ’21) Haylie Duff.

MID :00 Hudson & Rex (:10) Succession

The Rise and Fall of the Maya :30 SPECIAL: Memory Makeover With Daniel Amen, MD 1 AM :00

The Rise and Fall of the Maya :30 MOVIE: “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” ›› (Act. ’24) Will Smith. What We Do In-Shadows (:25) MOVIE: “Lemonade” (Dra. ’18) Malina Manovici.

Hudson & Rex (:10) Succession MOVIE: “Merry Textmas” (Rom. ’22) Ariana Ron Pedrique.

The Rise and Fall of the Maya (12:55) MOVIE: “Queen & Slim” ››› (Rom. ’19) Daniel Kaluuya. :30 MOVIE: “This Time Each Year” (Rom. ’24) Alison Sweeney. 2 :00

Hudson & Rex (:15) Succession The Great Rhino Robbery :30 American Black Journal 3 :00 BBC News N MOVIE: “Saw X” ›› (Hor. ’23) Tobin Bell. Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Mistletoe & Menorahs” (Rom. ’19) Border Security (:10) MOVIE: “Poor

(2) MOVIE: “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” Four teens find adventure as adults inside a jungle video game. ››› (3:00) (AMC) MOVIE: “Addams Family Values” The Addams’ new nanny targets Uncle Fester’s fortune. ›› (2:00)

(W) MOVIE: “The Santa Summit” Three teachers get their groove back, strengthen their friendship and unexpectedly find love. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Happy Feet” A penguin who cannot sing expresses himself, instead, through tap-dancing. ››› (2:00)

5:00 PM

(CNN) CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute See 8 pm. N (1:00) (DIS) Homestead Rescue See 9 pm. N (2:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “Born to Be Bad” A woman milks an affair with a writer and marriage to a rich businessman. (B&W) ›› (2:00)

6:00 PM

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

(APTN) MOVIE: “Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams” See 9 pm. (2:00) (FOOD) The Big Bake See 9 pm. N (1:00) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” Harry’s showdown with Lord Voldemort nears. ››› (2:45) (W) MOVIE: “Sugarplummed” Emily’s wish for a picture-perfect Christmas comes true when a movie character steps off the screen. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Tiny Christmas” See 8 pm. (1:30)

(2) Crime Scene Kitchen (SF) The finalists have five hours to master the final mystery dessert of the season. N (1:00) (10) (13) Bob’s Burgers Tina and Louise get into an argument. N (:30) (APTN) MOVIE: “Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams” A girl and her brother search for a destructive device. ››› (2:00) (DIS) Homestead Rescue The Raneys find inventive ways to protect a homestead. (2:00) (FOOD) The Big Bake The teams create cakes of the North Pole crew getting up to no good. (1:00) (HIST) The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch (SF) After the team’s final experiment of the year, revelations are made. N (1:00)

(TCM) MOVIE: “The Life of the Party” A mayoral candidate creates chaos when he bumbles around town dressed as a toddler. (B&W) (1:00) 9:30 PM (10) (13) Krapopolis Shlub is sick, so the family uses Hippocampus’ new invention to save him. N (:30) 10:00 PM

(FOOD) Holiday Wars See 7 pm. (1:00) (HIST) The Curse of Oak Island Fellowship finds evidence at Smith’s Cove that may lead to flood tunnels and Money Pit. N (1:00) (KNO) Maternal (SF) Maryam and Catherine speak up at the investigation panel. N (1:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “Fatty’s Tintype Tangle” A henpecked man is photographed in the park with someone else’s wife. (B&W) (1:00) (W) MOVIE: “A Dance in the Snow” Melanie wants to create an inclusive holiday dance for her daughter Jenny. (2:00) 10:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Christmas With the Kranks” See 6 pm. (2:00)

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Clues & You! Off The Clock

Cabin Masters Power and Politics With David Cochrane N :30 The Beachcombers Children Ruin Everything Abby Hatcher

3 :00 The First 48 APTN National News N Below DeckThe Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer (Live) N Children Ruin Everything Highway Thru Hell Chicago FireHoliday Baking Championship

IOUHistory’s Greatest Mysteries Gus the Itsy Bitsy Knight KTLA 5 News at 3 N Maine Cabin Masters :30 APTN Investigates Children Ruin Everything Let’s Go Luna!

4 :00 The First 48 MOVIE: “White Christmas” ›››› (Mus. ’54) Bing Crosby. Moosemeat & Marmalade Below DeckErin Burnett OutFront (Live) N Children Ruin Everything MaydayChicago Fire Celebrity IOUHistory’s

5 :00 The First 48 Wild Rose Vets Below Deck Sailing Yacht Anderson Cooper 360 (Live) N

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Cheapskates Joyce MeyerEveryday Life MOVIE: “Candy Cane Christmas” (Dra. ’20) Beverley Mitchell.

Daily TV Mass MOVIE: “Fit for Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Amanda Kloots.

11 :00 Stargate SG-1 FBI Lottery Changed My Life The Waltons MOVIE: “A Gift Wrapped Christmas” (Com.-Dra. ’15) Meredith Hagner

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2 :00 CastleFBI Sister WivesMagnum, P.I. MOVIE: “A Godwink Christmas: Second Chance, First Love” (Dra. ’20) Sam Page.

:00 Stargate SG-1 FBI Sister Wives New TricksDays of our Lives N The Three Amigonauts Sabrina, the Teen. Witch N MOVIE: “Tiny Christmas” (Adv. ’17) Jonathan A. Rosenbaum. Golf

:30 (:45) MOVIE: “Something of Value” ››› (Dra. ’57) Rock Hudson.

Detentionaire Summer Memories U.S. Open Golf Highlights Around the Horn (Live) N SCAround the Horn (Live) N Around the Horn (Live) N :30 SupernoobsLEGO Friends SpongeBob SquarePants Pardon the Interruption N SCPardon the Interruption N Pardon the Interruption N

3 :00 CastleFBI MOVIE: “Tarzan, the Ape Man” ›› (Adv. ’81) Bo Derek.

Sister WivesMurdoch Mysteries Total DramaRama SuperKlausSponge BobGolf CentralNFL Monday Night Countdown (Live) N Overdrive (Live) N NFL Monday Night Countdown (Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N :30 Pokémon Horizons SuperKlausSpongeBob SquarePants

4 :00 Star TrekFBI 90 Day: The Last Resort Murder, She Wrote MOVIE: “Sleigh Bells Ring” (Rom. ’16) Erin Cahill.

5 :00 Star TrekAccused MOVIE: “Father of the Bride” ›››› (Com. ’50)

Hotel Transylvania Shasha & Milo The Loud House PGA TOUR: The CUT N Women’s College Soccer: NCAA Tournament –Championship – Teams TBA (Live) N Raptors Game Day (Live) N Raptors Game Day (Live) N :30 Beyblade XMiraculous: Ladybug-Cat The Loud House Playing Lessons NBA Basketball: New York Knicks at Toronto Raptors (Live) N NBA Basketball: New York Knicks at Toronto Raptors (Live) N

90 Day: The Last Resort N Sister Boniface Mysteries Teen Titans Go! MOVIE: “Life With Luca” (Fam. ’23) Michael Seater

Max and the Midknights PGA Tour Golf: 2014 FedExCup Playoffs (:15) NFL Football: Cincinnati Bengals at Dallas Cowboys (Live) N (:15) NFL Football: Cincinnati Bengals at Dallas Cowboys (Live) N :30 Teen Titans Go! Rock Paper Scissors

6 :00 Star TrekFBI SPECIAL: Organic Panic Christmas MOVIE: “Leah’s Perfect Gift” (Dra ’24) Emily Arlook.

Pokémon Horizons (:50) Summer Memories

7 :00 Star TrekFBI (:01) Last Resort: Between the Sheets N theZoomer Looney Tunes

Teen Titans Go! MOVIE: “Daddy Day Care” ›› (Fam. ’03) Eddie Murphy. PGA Tour Golf: Hero World Challenge, Final Round

Miraculous: Ladybug-Cat

:30 (:45) MOVIE: “All Night Long” ››› (Dra. ’62) Patrick McGoohan.

:00 CastleFBI (:01) Sister Wives Murdoch Mysteries Mistletoe Murders N Teen Titans Go! We Are Family The Really Loud House

:30 MOVIE: “The Magnificent Ambersons” ›››› (Dra. ’42) Teen Titans Go! The Really Loud House

90 Day: The Last Resort MOVIE: “Miracle of the Heart” ››› (Dra. ’05) Neil Patrick Harris.

Rebuild: Inside the Montreal Canadiens

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TrekFBI(:15) MOVIE: “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” ››› (Mus. ’54) Howard Keel. Batman: Animated MOVIE: “Life With Luca” (Fam. ’23) Michael Seater

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(:20) MOVIE: “Fit for Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Amanda Kloots.

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7 :00 Sesame Street N (6:55) MOVIE: “A Snowy Christmas” (Rom. ’21)

6 AM :00 Daniel Tiger(5:50) Transplant Hudson & Rex (5:00) “Subjects-Desire” (5:00) MOVIE: “Poinsettias for Christmas” Restoration Garage (5:00) “Stone of Destiny” :30 Rosie’s Rules (:40) “Gem & Shaz” (:45) MOVIE: “The Christmas Retreat” (Fam. ’22) Rhiannon Fish. (:40) MOVIE: “Watermark” ›› (Doc. ’13) Edward Burtynsky.

9:00 AM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Jack Frost” (Fam. ’98) Michael Keaton. A dead man returns in the form of a snowman. ›› (2:30)

(TCM) MOVIE: “Sanders of the River” (Adv. ’36) Paul Robeson. A Congo chief helps a British official keep order in Africa. (B&W) ›› (1:45) (W) MOVIE: “Fit for Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Amanda Kloots. A fitness instructor begins a holiday romance with a businessman. (2:00)

10:00 AM

(YTV) MOVIE: “Daddy Day Care” See 9 pm. (2:00) 6:30 PM

(AMC) (6:45) MOVIE: “Eight Crazy Nights” (Ani. ’02) Voice of Adam Sandler. During Hanukkah, a temperamental lout drinks and gets in trouble with the law. ›› (1:45) (HGTV) House Hunters See 9:30 pm. N (:30) (TCM) (6:45) MOVIE: “All Night Long” (Dra. ’62) Patrick McGoohan. A jealous jazz drummer at a party tries to make his bandleader think his wife is unfaithful. (B&W) ››› (1:45) 7:00 PM

History Erased :30 Work It Out Wombats!

8 :00 Donkey Hodie

Hudson & Rex

Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Record Breaking Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Michelle Argyris.

Border Security

Border Security (:15) SPECIAL: Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun :30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific (:25) MOVIE: “Under the Christmas Tree” (Rom. ’21) Elise Bauman. (:20) MOVIE: “Snowglobe Christmas” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’11)

9 :00 SPECIAL: Peg + Cat + Holidays Hudson & Rex Hawaii Five-0 Border Security :30 Border Security (:25) MOVIE: “Ella and the Little Sorcerer” (Ani. ’21)

10 :00 Wild Kratts MOVIE: “My Mother’s Men” (Dra. ’23) Colm Feore.

Hudson & Rex (9:55) MOVIE: “Tina” (Doc. ’21) Tina Turner.

Hawaii Five-0 To Catch a Smuggler :30 Molly of Denali 11 :00 SPECIAL: America’s Home Cooking: Gadgets & Gizmos

Hudson & Rex

Hawaii Five-0 To Catch a Smuggler MOVIE: “Goose!” (Com. ’07) Chevy Chase. :30

12 NOON :00 (:10) MOVIE: “Butterfly Tale” (Ani. ’23) Voice of Tatiana Maslany.

1 PM :00 SPECIAL: Memory Makeover With Daniel Amen, MD

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (11:55) MOVIE: “Subjects of Desire” (Doc. ’21)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Hawaii Five-0 To Catch a Smuggler :30 MOVIE: “The Games Maker” (Fam. ’14) Joseph Fiennes.

2 :00

Hawaii Five-0 To Catch a Smuggler :30 (:40) MOVIE: “A Big Fat Family Christmas” (Rom. ’22) (:45) MOVIE: “Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer” (Ani. ’18) Voice of Geri CourtneyAustein.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

3 :00 PBS News Hour N (:05) Harry Potter: Tourn. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Hawaii Five-0 To Catch a Smuggler :30 (:25) MOVIE: “The Grand Seduction” ›› (Com. ’13) Brendan Gleeson.

Hawaii Five-0 To Catch a Smuggler :30 (:50) Harry Potter: Hogwart’s Tournament (:20) MOVIE: “The Christmas Retreat” (Fam. ’22)

4 :00 BBC News The Context Chicago P.D. True Crime News N To Catch a Smuggler :30 Great Lakes Now (:35) Harry Potter: Hogwart’s Tournament True Crime News (:20) MOVIE: “You’ve Got Mail” ›› (Rom. ’98) Tom Hanks.

5 :00 SPECIAL: Classical Rewind (My Music Presents) Chicago P.D.(4:55) MOVIE: “Snowglobe Christmas” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’11)

Hawaii Five-0 To Catch a Smuggler :30 (:20) Harry Potter: Tourn.

7 :00 What We DoShadows N Hawaii Five-0

6 :00 (:05) MOVIE: “The Pod Generation” (Rom. ’23) Emilia Clarke. It’s Always Sunny Hawaii Five-0 Witches: Truth Behind the Trials N :30 SPECIAL: Peter Bence: Pianosphere in Paris It’s Always Sunny SPECIAL: Black Art: In the Absence of Light (:25) MOVIE: “Serendipity” ›› (Rom. ’01) John Cusack.

Lawless Island :30 It’s Always Sunny 8 :00 MOVIE: “Concert for George” ››› (Doc. ’03) MOVIE: “Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story” (P) (Doc. ’24)

What We Do In-Shadows Get Millie Black N Hawaii Five-0

To Catch a Smuggler MOVIE: “Notting Hill” ›› (Rom. ’99) Julia Roberts. :30 It’s Always Sunny 9 :00 It’s Always Sunny EuphoriaHawaii Five-0 Witches: Truth Behind the Trials :30 (:40) MOVIE: “Wilfred Buck” (Doc. ’24) It’s Always Sunny 10 :00 SPECIAL: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: The Fabric of America What We Do In-Shadows Game of Thrones Hawaii Five-0 Lawless Island (:05) MOVIE: “Sex and the City” ›› (Rom. ’08) Sarah Jessica Parker. :30 It’s Always Sunny 11 :00 It’s Always Sunny Game of Thrones Hawaii Five-0 To Catch a Smuggler :30 SPECIAL: Mexico Made With Love (:20) MOVIE: “Tár” ››› (Dra. ’22) Cate Blanchett. It’s Always Sunny 12 MID :00 Hudson & Rex Get Millie Black Hawaii Five-0 To Catch a Smuggler :30 (:35) MOVIE: “Sex and the City 2” ›› (Rom. ’10) Sarah Jessica Parker. 1 AM :00 SPECIAL: America’s Test Kitchen Celebrates 25 Years Hudson & Rex Somebody Somewhere Hawaii Five-0 To Catch a Smuggler :30 (:35) MOVIE: “Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer” (Ani. ’18)

:00 Reservation Dogs Chicago P.D. True Crime News To

(FAM) MOVIE: “A Holiday Wish Come True” (Dra. ’18) Schuyler Fisk. Recently separated parents spend Christmas together at the request of their children. (1:50)

10:30 AM

(TCM) (10:45) MOVIE: “Homecoming” (War ’48) Clark Gable. A doctor married to a socialite falls in love with a battlefield nurse. (B&W) ›› (2:00)

11:00 AM

(APTN) MOVIE: “Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams” (Fam. ’02) Antonio Banderas. A girl and her brother search for a destructive device. ››› (2:00)

(W) MOVIE: “A Gift Wrapped Christmas” (Com.-Dra. ’15) Meredith Hagner. A woman tries to make her new client get into the holiday spirit and spend more time with his son. (2:00)

11:30 AM

(AMC) MOVIE: “All I Want for Christmas” (Fam. ’91) Ethan Embry. A boy and a girl scheme to reunite their parents. ›› (2:00) 12:30 PM (TCM) (12:45) MOVIE: “Something of Value” (Dra. ’57) Rock Hudson. A Kenyan native is torn between his tribe and his British friend during the Mau Mau crisis. (B&W) ››› (2:15)

1:00 PM

(2) Chateau DIY Nick and Nicole push to finish opening up their hallway. N (1:00) (FAM) Sabrina, the Teenage Witch See 9 pm. N (:30) (YTV) MOVIE: “Tiny Christmas” (Adv. ’17) Jonathan A. Rosenbaum. Two kids have to navigate holiday hazards after an elf accidentally shrinks them down. (1:30)

1:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Fred Claus” (Com. ’07) Vince Vaughn. Santa’s ne’er- do- well brother puts Christmas in jeopardy ›› (2:30) 2:00 PM

(2) MOVIE: “The Man Who Invented Christmas” (Hist. ’17) Dan Stevens. Author Charles Dickens brings classic characters to life in A Christmas Carol in 1843. ›› (2:00)

(W) MOVIE: “A Godwink Christmas: Second Chance, First Love” (Dra. ’20) Sam Page. A single father moves home after 15 years and encounters a former sweetheart. (2:00)

3:00 PM

(TCM) MOVIE: “Tarzan, the Ape Man” (Adv. ’81) Bo Derek. Jane seeks her British father in Africa and meets Tarzan, who shows her around. ›› (2:00)

4:00 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “White Christmas” (Mus. ’54) Bing Crosby. Ex-Army pals do a show with a sister act. ›››› (2:45)

(W) MOVIE: “Sleigh Bells Ring” (Rom. ’16) Erin Cahill. A magic sleigh nudges a single mother back to an old flame. (2:00) 5:00 PM

(DIS) The Last Woodsmen Drowning in debt, Jared is doing everything he can to keep his business afloat. N (1:00)

(FAM) MOVIE: “Life With Luca” (Fam. ’23) Michael Seater. Two teenage cousins clash when their parents reunite during a family visit. (1:50) (FOOD) Kids Baking Championship: Holiday Special See 8 pm. N (1:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “Father of the Bride” (Com. ’50) Spencer Tracy. A man sums up his daughter’s trying wedding. (B&W) ›››› (1:45) 6:00 PM

(FOOD) Holiday Baking Championship See 9 pm. N (1:00) (HGTV) House Hunters See 9 pm. N (:30) (W) MOVIE: “Leah’s Perfect Gift” (Dra. 24)

Emily Arlook. Though her family celebrates Hanukkah, Leah has longed to experience a traditional Christmas. (2:00)

(2) Coronation Street Nick and Toyah fear they are about to be exposed. N (:30) 7:30 PM

(FAM) Sailor Moon Crystal Usagi and others are still trying to find Ami and Rei. N (:30) 8:00 PM

(2) MOVIE: “Home Alone” See page 18. (2:00) (5) (32) The Voice The top five artists perform a ballad and an up-tempo song. (Taped) N (2:00) (10) MOVIE: “Fixing Up Christmas” (Rom. ’21) Marshall Williams. Party planner Holly must persuade architect Theo that a festive event will build his business. (2:00) (13) (CTV2) The Real Full Monty See page 6. N (2:00)

(FOOD) Kids Baking Championship: Holiday Special Four kid bakers create handmade gifts of appreciation for the “North Polers.” (1:00) (HGTV) House Hunters Newlyweds hunt for their first home in North Padre Island, Texas. N (:30) (KNO) WWII: Women on the Front Line From bombing squadrons to South African pilots and Jamaican anti-aircraft gunners, women delivered key breakthroughs in the war in the air. N (1:00) (KTLA) Best Christmas Movies Ever! See page 55. N (2:00) (W) Mistletoe Murders When the attacks escalate, Emily and Sam work together to find the culprit. N (1:00) 8:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Daddy Day Camp” (Fam. ’07) Cuba Gooding Jr. Clueless fathers take charge of a children’s summer camp. › (2:00) (HGTV) House Hunters A couple hunt for a home in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. N (:30) (TCM) MOVIE: “The Magnificent Ambersons” See page 18. (B&W) (1:45) 9:00 PM

(7) (8) NCIS NCIS investigates a murder related to a car that begins driving on its own. N (1:00) (FAM) Sabrina, the Teenage Witch The witches create a dream date to take Sabrina to the school dance; guest Brian Austin Green. (:30) (FOOD) Holiday Baking Championship The remaining seven bakers team up and make caramel and chocolate desserts. (1:00) (HGTV) House Hunters A couple is hunting for a home in Ocean Park, Washington. (:30) (V) MOVIE: “Miracle of the Heart” (Dra. ’05) Neil Patrick Harris. A medical resident falls in love with a young teacher. ››› (2:00) (W) Outlander Claire turns to John Grey for comfort as they process difficult news. N (1:20) (YTV) MOVIE: “Daddy Day Care” (Fam. ’03) Eddie Murphy. Two former executives open a day-care centre. ›› (2:00) 9:30 PM

(HGTV) House Hunters A woman looks for an oasis to de-stress in Gulfport, Mississippi. (:30) 10:00 PM

(5) (10) Brilliant Minds Dr. Pierce treats a patient in crisis, presenting an ethical dilemma. N (1:00) (APTN) MOVIE: “Rhymes for Young Ghouls” (Dra. ’13) Devery Jacobs. A Mi’gMaq teen plots revenge on the sadistic Indian agent who imprisoned her in an abusive facility. (2:00) (DIS) The Last Woodsmen See 5 pm. (1:00) (FAM) MOVIE: “Life With Luca” See 5 pm. (1:50) (HIST) Forged in Fire Two champions are tasked with making the legendary Tizona of El Cid in eight hours. N (1:00) (TCM) (10:15) MOVIE: “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” (Mus. ’54) Howard Keel. When an Oregon trapper decides to marry, his six rowdy brothers aim to follow suit. ››› (1:45) (W) (10:20) MOVIE: “Fit for Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Amanda Kloots. A fitness instructor begins a holiday romance with a businessman. (1:55) 10:30 PM

(COM) Acting Good To finish high school, Paul must go undercover and bust a rubber boot bootlegging ring. N (:30)

TUESDAY – GRID 1

ROGERS CABLE CUSTOMERS IN THE VANCOUVER / LOWER MAINLAND AREA

For your convenience, your cable selection numbers are listed at the top of each of our grids. Just follow the ROGERS Main. row, and select one of the following numbers:

• FIRST number on the ROGERS Main. row is for residents in Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey, White Rock, Langley, New Westminster, Burnaby, Tri-Cities, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, Mission, Abbotsford, North Shore , Lions Bay, Whistler, Pemberton, Squamish and Bowen Island.

• SECOND number on the ROGERS Main. row is for residents in Chilliwack, Agassiz, Harrison Hot Springs and Hope.

• THIRD number on the ROGERS Main. row is for residents in Powell River.

DECEMBER

ROGERS Main. Xfinity HD/SD ROGERS Island DELTA/COAST TELUS/NOVUS Bell/Telus Sat. Shaw Dir. A/C/N HD: Rog./Tel. STATION 3, 2, 3 102 2, 3 3, 2 9100, 100 251 3, 308, 213 209, 100 CBC-CBUT (2) $ 2, 17, 47 111 16, 47 28, 4 9131, 113 288 83, 380, 237 200, 131 ABC-KOMO (4) 16, 15, 50 114 18, 46 29, 5 9135, 115 287 82, 379, 240 202, 135 NBC-KING (5)

3

Michael

Blue 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days

“Sex and the Single Girl”

MeyerEveryday Life MOVIE: “The Sweetest Christmas” (Rom. ’17) Lacey Chabert.

Blue It’s Supernatural! Teen Titans Go! Abominable & Invisible City SpongeBob SquarePants

:30 House of David Teen Titans Go! Tara DuncanThe Loud House

(Com. ’64) Anthony Curtis. 700 Club Canada Teen Titans Go! Jade ArmorSpongeBob SquarePants

Rookie Blue 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days Daily TV Mass MOVIE: “Sugarplummed” (Dra. ’24) Maggie Lawson.

:30 MOVIE: “Panama Hattie” ›› (Mus. ’42) Ann Sothern.

MOVIE: “Du Barry Was a Lady” ››› (Mus. ’43) Red Skelton.

Day: The Last Resort The Waltons MOVIE: “Take Me Back for Christmas” (Rom. ’23) Vanessa Lengies.

:00 Stargate SG-1 NCIS 1000-Lb. Best Friends Father Brown World of Gumball Family Matters Ollie’s PackAsk NathalieNBA

1 PM :00 Stargate SG-1 NCIS 1000-Lb. Best Friends New TricksDays of our Lives N The Three Amigonauts Sabrina, the Teen. Witch N MOVIE: “Fireheart” (Ani. ’22) Voice of Alice Pol.

:30 GrossologyBackyard Blowout

:30 (:45) MOVIE: “Kiss Me Kate” ››› (Mus. ’53) Kathryn Grayson. Total DramaRama The Goldbergs The Patrick Star Show Ask Nathalie SC

2 :00 CastleNCIS 1000-Lb. Best Friends Magnum, P.I. MOVIE: “A Nashville Christmas Carol” (Rom. ’20) Jessy Schram.

3 :00 CastleNCIS

4 :00 Star Trek: The Next Generation NCIS 1000-lb Sisters Murder, She Wrote MOVIE: “Sealed With a List” (Rom. ’23) Katie Findlay

SupernoobsLEGO Friends Playing Lessons Pardon the Interruption N College Football Live N Pardon the Interruption N Pardon the Interruption N

1000-lb Sisters Murdoch Mysteries Total DramaRama Abominable & Invisible City SpongeBob SquarePants Build a Better Game SportsCentre (Live) N Overdrive (Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N :30 Pokémon Horizons Open Season SpongeBob SquarePants

Detentionaire Summer Memories PGA TOUR: The CUT Around the Horn (Live) N SCAround the Horn (Live) N Around the Horn (Live) N :30 (:45) MOVIE: “The Fortune Cookie” ››› (Rom. ’66) Jack Lemmon.

Hotel Transylvania MOVIE: “The Baby-Sitters Club” ›› (Fam. ’95) Schuyler Fisk. The Loud House Masters Highlights College Basketball: Teams TBA (Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N NHL Hockey: Toronto Maple Leafs at New Jersey Devils (Live) N :30 World of Gumball The Loud House NBA Basketball: Teams TBA (Live) N Jets Pregame (Live) N NBA Basketball: Teams TBA (Live) N

5 :00 Star Trek: The Next Generation NCIS MOVIE: “Nowhere to Go” ›› (Cri. ’58) George Nader. 1000-lb Sisters N Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Teen Titans Go! SpongeBob SquarePants PGA Championship Highlights N NHL Hockey: Boston Bruins at Winnipeg Jets (Live) N :30 Teen Titans Go! SpongeBob SquarePants

6 :00 Star Trek: The Next Generation Hysteria! N 1000-lb Sisters N Shetland MOVIE: “The Sweetest Christmas” (Rom. ’17) Lacey Chabert.

Teen Titans Go! LEGO DreamZzz MOVIE: “Fireheart” (Ani. ’22) Voice of Alice Pol. U.S. Open Golf Highlights N SC :30 Teen Titans Go! Boss Baby: Back SC SportsCentre (Live)

Tunes

Ladybug-Cat

:30 Scooby-Doo & Guess Who Sailor Moon Crystal N

8 :00 Castle(:05) NCIS (:10) 90 Day: The Last Resort

7 :00 Star Trek: The Next Generation (:10) NCIS MOVIE: “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” ››› (Dra. ’69) Maggie Smith. (:05) 1000-Lb. Best Friends N Silent Witness

“Flight of the Reindeer” (Fam. ’00) Richard Thomas.

Murders

“Sugarplummed” (Dra. ’24) Maggie Lawson.

N

Titans

w/ Superman

the Teen. Witch

“Fireheart” (Ani. ’22) Voice of Alice Pol.

w/ Superman

“The

Club” ›› (Fam. ’95) Schuyler Fisk.

(Live)

(Live)

Premium TUESDAY – GRID 4

Xfinity HD/SD 145473443472406429478

ROGERS Island 875515658103,

STATION PBS-WTVS (56) Crave 1 (CRV1) $

6 AM :00 Daniel Tiger(5:50) Transplant Hudson & Rex (5:00) “C’mas Icetastrophe” (5:00) MOVIE: “Well Suited for Christmas” Restoration Garage (5:00) MOVIE: “Blizzard”

7 :00 Sesame Street Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Christmas on Wheels” (Dra. ’20) Tiya Sircar.

History Erased :30 SPECIAL: Nature Cat: A Nature Carol 8 :00

:30 Rosie’s Rules (:40) MOVIE: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” ››› (Fan. ’10) Daniel Radcliffe. MOVIE: “A Snowy Christmas” (Rom. ’21) Elysia Rotaru. (:45) MOVIE: “Alpha & Omega” ›› (Ani. ’10) Voice of Justin Long.

9 :00 Elinor Wonders Why (:10) Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays

Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Christmas in Washington” (Rom. ’21) Natalie Lisinska.

Border Security (:15) MOVIE: “Father of the Bride” ››› (Com. ’91) Steve Martin. :30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific Border Security

Hudson & Rex True Crime News Border Security :30 Nature Cat (:35) MOVIE: “It Will Be Chaos” (Doc. ’18) True Crime News Border Security

11 :00

10 :00 Wild Kratts(9:55) MOVIE: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” ››› (Fan. ’11)

Hudson & Rex Hawaii Five-0 Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller (:05) MOVIE: “Breakaway” (Com. ’11) Russell Peters. :30 SPECIAL: Just One Thing With Steven Gundry, MD

12 NOON :00 SPECIAL: 60s and 70s Soul Celebration (My Music Presents) (:10) MOVIE: “Storm Seekers” (Act. ’09) Daryl Hannah.

Hudson & Rex (:10) MOVIE: “Christmas Icetastrophe” (Sci.-Fi. ’14) Victor Webster.

Sleeping With a Killer Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30 (:50) MOVIE: “Annie” › (Fam. ’14) Jamie Foxx.

1 PM :00

Chicago P.D. Sleeping With a Killer Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30 (:40) MOVIE: “A Snowy Christmas” (Rom. ’21) Elysia Rotaru.

2 :00

Chicago P.D. NCIS: New Orleans Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30 (:40) SPECIAL: I Am Jackie O

Chicago P.D.(:10) SPECIAL: A Dangerous Son

Hawaii Five-0 Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller (1:55) MOVIE: “The Karate Kid” ›› (Fam. ’10) Jaden Smith. :30

TUESDAY

9:00 AM

(W) MOVIE: “Sugarplummed” (Dra. ’24) Maggie Lawson. A magical movie character helps Emily’s wish for a picture-perfect Christmas come true. (2:00) 9:30 AM

(TCM) MOVIE: “Panama Hattie” (Mus. ’42) Ann Sothern. Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie’s nightclub in the Canal Zone. (B&W) ›› (1:30) 10:00 AM

(FAM) MOVIE: “The Baby-Sitters Club” See 4 pm. (2:00) 10:30 AM

(AMC) (10:45) MOVIE: “Nanny McPhee” (Fam. ’05) Emma Thompson. A woman uses magic to control a widower’s unruly children. ›› (2:00) 11:00 AM

(TCM) MOVIE: “Du Barry Was a Lady” (Mus. ’43) Red Skelton. A nightclub guy dreams he is Louis XV, and a singer is Madame Du Barry. ››› (1:45)

(W) MOVIE: “Take Me Back for Christmas” (Rom. ’23) Vanessa Lengies. A woman tries to win back her beloved husband after a Christmas wish leaves her no longer married. (2:00) 12:30 PM

(AMC) (12:45) MOVIE: “Eight Crazy Nights” (Ani. ’02) Voice of Adam Sandler. During Hanukkah, a temperamental lout drinks and gets in trouble with the law. ›› (1:45) (TCM) (12:45) MOVIE: “Kiss Me Kate” (Mus. ’53) Kathryn Grayson. Taming of the Shrew stars act same way offstage. ››› (2:00) 1:00 PM

(2) Chateau DIY Sasha struggles to understand Tim’s idea for a bamboo water feature; a chateau-sized birthday bash. N (1:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Fireheart” See 9 pm. (2:00) 2:00 PM

(W) MOVIE: “A Nashville Christmas Carol” (Rom. ’20) Jessy Schram. A workaholic producer receives a visit from her deceased mentor, who warns her about her path. (2:00)

6:30 PM

(A&E) Road Wars A guard fights a driver in Pennsylvania; a Texas crash ends in stabbing; a Thai manhole flings biker. N (:31)

7:00 PM

(2) Coronation Street Chesney fights back at a fellow motorist; Carla interrupts a robbery at the factory. N (:30)

(A&E) (7:01) Extreme Road Ragers NYC delivery driver Angel struggles with composure amid intense city traffic pressures. N (1:03) (AMC) MOVIE: “Christmas With the Kranks” (Com. ’04) Tim Allen. A couple scramble to assemble a holiday celebration. ›› (2:00) (DIS) Gold Rush Rick sinks an excavator trying to get down to Rally Valley pay. N (1:00) (HGTV) 100 Day Dream Home (SF) Brian and Mika help a hairstylist renovate her mom’s home, all while her mom is overseas in Germany. N (1:00)

(TCM) MOVIE: “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” See page 19. (2:00) (TLC) (7:05) 1000-Lb. Best Friends Scott books a mountain vacation for the BFFs in hopes of snapping Tina out of her post-surgery funk. N (1:05) 7:30 PM

(2) MOVIE: “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” (Fam. ’92) Macaulay Culkin. A left-behind boy battles two burglars he faced before. ›› (2:30) 8:00 PM

(4) MOVIE: “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure” (Ani. ’17) Voice of Josh Gad. Olaf sets out on a merry mission to bring home the best holiday traditions and save Christmas. (:30) (5) (32) The Voice See page 15. (Taped) N (1:00) (10) MOVIE: “Christmas Plus One” (Rom. ’22) Emily Alatalo. Sisters Cara and Amy make a pact to find their soulmates by next Christmas. (2:00) (W) Holidazed Linda brings home her boyfriend Evan, to Robert’s surprise; Robert and Evan have lots in common. N (1:00)

4 :00 BBC News The Context

3 :00 PBS News Hour N (:10) MOVIE: “8-Bit Christmas” (Com. ’21) Neil Patrick Harris.

Chicago P.D. S.W.A.T.Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30 (:40) MOVIE: “Christmas in Washington” (Rom. ’21) Natalie Lisinska.

Chicago P.D. True Crime News N Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30 American Black Journal True Crime News (:20) MOVIE: “The Family Stone” ›› (Rom. ’05) Dermot Mulroney.

5 :00 SPECIAL: Amadeus: Silent Night Concert (4:55) MOVIE: “A Furry Little Christmas” (Rom. ’21) Chicago P.D.(:15) SPEC.: The Forbidden Forest NCIS: New Orleans Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30

6 :00 SPECIAL: Detroit: Remember When It’s Always Sunny (:15) SPECIAL: Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Married at First Sight N Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller (:05) MOVIE: “Miracle on 34th Street” ››› (Fam. ’94) Richard Attenborough. :30 (:25) MOVIE: “Candy Cane Candidate” (Rom. ’21) Jacky Lai. It’s Always Sunny

7 :00 Frontline N It’s Always Sunny To Catch a Smuggler :30 It’s Always Sunny 8 :00 SPECIAL: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: The Fabric of America Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking It’s Always Sunny McMillion$S.W.A.T.Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller MOVIE: “Before Sunrise” ››› (Rom. ’95) Ethan Hawke. :30 It’s Always Sunny 9 :00 Sex Lives of College Girls It’s Always Sunny MOVIE: “Faye” (Hor. ’22) Sarah Zanotti. Married at First Sight Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30 SPECIAL: Just One Thing With Steven Gundry, MD

MOVIE: “Riceboy Sleeps” (Dra. ’22) Choi Seungyoon. It’s Always Sunny (:45) MOVIE: “Before Sunset” ››› (Rom. ’04) Ethan Hawke.

:00 It’s Always Sunny To Catch a Smuggler :30 It’s Always Sunny (:35) Game of Thrones

:00 SPECIAL: Memory Makeover With Daniel Amen, MD It’s Always Sunny Sleeping With a Killer Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller (:10) MOVIE: “Before Midnight” ››› (Rom. ’13) Ethan Hawke. :30 MOVIE: “Never Goin’ Back” ››› (Com. ’18) Maia Mitchell. It’s Always Sunny (:35) Game of Thrones

MID :00 Chicago P.D. S.W.A.T.Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30 Westworld 1 AM :00 SPECIAL: Just One Thing With Steven Gundry, MD MOVIE: “Decision to Leave” ››› (Rom. ’22) Wei Tang. Chicago P.D. NCIS: New Orleans Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller (:05) MOVIE: “The Trotsky” ›› (Com. ’09) Jay Baruchel. :30 (:25) Westworld

:00 Chicago P.D. True Crime News Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller :30 Just Ask (:25) MOVIE: “Christmas Icetastrophe” (Sci.-Fi. ’14) Victor Webster. True Crime News 3 :00 BBC News N Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Family for Christmas” (Com. ’15) Border Security MOVIE: “The Body Remembers When the...” :30 Classical Stretch (:25) “Daniel’s

2:30 PM

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

(TCM) (2:45) MOVIE: “The Fortune Cookie” (Rom. ’66) Jack Lemmon. A litigious brother-inlaw urges an injured TV cameraman to sue. (B&W) ››› (2:15) 4:00 PM

(FAM) MOVIE: “The Baby-Sitters Club” (Fam. ’95) Schuyler Fisk. Seven girls running a summer day- care camp cope with puberty and familial problems. ›› (2:00)

(W) MOVIE: “Sealed With a List” (Rom. ’23) Katie Findlay. Aided by a co-worker, a woman finds love and the confidence to chase her dreams. (2:00) 4:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Trading Places” (Com. ’83) Dan Aykroyd. Tycoon brothers switch a rich and poor man for a sport. ››› (2:30) 5:00 PM

(DIS) Yellowstone Wardens The waterfowl season opener brings out the hunters in full force. N (1:00)

(TCM) MOVIE: “Nowhere to Go” (Cri. ’58) George Nader. An escaped swindler in England is soon double-crossed and wanted for murder. (B&W) ›› (2:00) 6:00 PM

(A&E) Road Wars A motorcyclist engages in a pursuit of a suspect who allegedly committed a hit-and-run. N (:30)

(DIS) Gold Rush Rick Ness considers whether to keep mining after devastating news; the crew splits an excavator. N (1:00)

(HGTV) My Lottery Dream Home See 9 pm. N (:30)

(MAG) Beachfront Bargain Hunt (SF) See 9 pm. N (:30)

(SHO) Hysteria! Tracy gathers the town to cast evil from Happy Hollow; Chief Dandridge closes in on the Reverend. N (1:10) (TLC) 1000-lb Sisters The family arrives in London for their first international vacation. N (1:05)

(W) MOVIE: “The Sweetest Christmas” (Rom. ’17) Lacey Chabert. Distractions threaten a pastry chef’s chances of winning the American Gingerbread Competition. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Fireheart” See 9 pm. (2:00)

8:30 PM

(4) Toy Story That Time Forgot Trixie must save the day when the gang finds itself in uncharted territory. (:30) 9:00 PM

(4) Disney Prep & Landing An elite unit of elves ensures homes are prepared for Santa Claus. (:30) (5) (32) The Voice (SF) See page 15. (Taped) N (2:00) (AMC) MOVIE: “National Lampoon’s Vacation” (Com. ’83) Chevy Chase. The Griswolds aim the station wagon at California fun park. ›› (2:00) (HGTV) My Lottery Dream Home After winning two million dollars, a couple is on the hunt for a big and flashy forever family home. (:30) (HIST) The Food That Built America Ray Kroc is inspired by McDonald’s; he creates the modern model of franchising. N (1:00) (KNO) Transplant Stories Doctors implant an artificial pump in a man with sudden heart failure. N (1:00)

(MAG) Beachfront Bargain Hunt A Washington family is ready to purchase their forever home by the water. (:30)

(TCM) MOVIE: “Travels With My Aunt” (Com. ’72) Maggie Smith. An English banker escorts an eccentric who claims to be his aunt. ››› (2:00)

(V) MOVIE: “Flight of the Reindeer” (Fam. ’00) Richard Thomas. Villager Nick rescues a zoologist near the North Pole. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Fireheart” (Ani. ’22) Voice of Alice Pol. Georgia Nolan disguises herself as Joe and joins a team of improvised firemen in NYC. (2:00) 9:30 PM

(4) Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice Lanny and Wayne race to recover classified North Pole technology. (:30) 10:00 PM

(9) Frontline See page 17. N (1:00) (A&E) (10:03) Road Wars See 6 pm. (:30) (DIS) Yellowstone Wardens See 5 pm. (1:00) (FAM) MOVIE: “The Baby-Sitters Club” See 4 pm. (2:00) (HGTV) 100 Day Dream Home See 7 pm. (1:00) (HIST) Tales From Oak Island Brothers Rick and Marty Lagina are closer than ever to solving the mystery. N (1:00) (TLC) 1000-lb Sisters See 6 pm. (1:05) (W) MOVIE: “Sugarplummed” See 9 am. (2:00)

WEDNESDAY – GRID 1

ROGERS

SHAW DIRECT SATELLITE

is currently in the process of combining their Advanced and Classic feeds to create one National HD feed. These revisions are being phased in by region. If you’ve noticed your selection numbers have recently changed, that may mean you’ve been switched over to the National HD system. To find your new National HD channel number, simply select the third number in the Shaw Dir. A/C/N row: For current Shaw Direct Advanced customers, continue to select the first number in the Shaw Dir. A/C/N row: For current Shaw Direct Classic customers, continue to select the second number in the Shaw Dir. A/C/N row: For more information regarding the implementation of the National HD feed in your region, please contact Shaw Direct

ROGERS Main. Xfinity HD/SD ROGERS Island DELTA/COAST TELUS/NOVUS Bell/Telus Sat. Shaw Dir. A/C/N HD: Rog./Tel. STATION 3, 2, 3 102 2, 3 3, 2 9100, 100 251 3, 308, 213 209, 100 CBC-CBUT (2) $ 2, 17, 47 111 16, 47 28, 4 9131, 113 288 83, 380, 237 200, 131 ABC-KOMO (4) 16, 15, 50 114 18, 46 29, 5 9135, 115 287 82, 379, 240 202, 135 NBC-KING (5)

Clues & You! Off The Clock Restoring Galveston Power and Politics With David Cochrane N :30 Court Cam The Beachcombers

3 :00 Court Cam MOVIE: “Mr. Deeds” › (Com. ’02) Adam Sandler. APTN National News N The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer (Live) N FriendsHighway Thru Hell 9-1-1 The Big Bake Don’t Hate Your House w/-Property Brothers Gangland Chronicles Gus the Itsy Bitsy Knight KTLA 5 News at 3 N Restoring Galveston :30 Court Cam APTN Investigates Georgie & Mandy’s Gangland Chronicles Let’s Go Luna! 4 :00 Court Cam Back to Roots Sold on SLCErin Burnett OutFront (Live) N Children Ruin Everything Mayday 9-1-1 The Big Bake Don’t Hate Your House w/-Property Brothers Hist. Greatest Escapes With Morgan Freeman Isadora Moon KTLA 5 News at 4 N Restoring Galveston Canada Tonight With Travis Dhanraj N :30 Court Cam Corner Gas The Big Bang Theory MOVIE: “The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About C’mas”

5 :00 Court Cam N MOVIE: “Christmas With the Kranks” ›› (Com. ’04) Tim Allen. The Other Side The Real Housewives of Salt

WEDNESDAY

CastleSaving Hope(5:00) MOVIE: “The Master of Ballantrae” Dr. Pimple Popper James Robison Good WitchSupernoobsRadio Free Roscoe

CastleSaving Hope MOVIE: “The Crimson Pirate” ››› (Adv. ’52) Burt Lancaster.

Dr. Pimple Popper Joyce MeyerEveryday Life MOVIE: “Christmas Bedtime Stories” (Dra. ’22) Erin Cahill.

:30 GrossologyCreate the Escape School of Golf SC

2 :00 CastleNCIS Sex Sent Me to the E.R. Magnum, P.I. MOVIE: “Family for Christmas” (Com. ’15) Lacey Chabert.

:00 Stargate SG-1 NCIS (:15) MOVIE: “Treasure Island” ››› (Adv. ’34) Wallace Beery. Sex Sent Me to the E.R. New TricksDays of our Lives N The Three Amigonauts Sabrina, the Teen. Witch N MOVIE: “Paddington” ››› (Fam. ’14) Hugh Bonneville.

Detentionaire Summer Memories The Swing Gym Around the Horn (Live) N SCAround the

:30 SupernoobsLEGO Friends PGA

3 :00 CastleNCIS MOVIE: “The Pirate” ››› (Mus. ’48) Judy Garland. SPECIAL: Paralyzed and Pregnant Murdoch Mysteries Total DramaRama Abominable & Invisible City SpongeBob SquarePants U.S. Open Golf Highlights SportsCentre (Live) N Overdrive (Live)

:30 Pokémon Horizons Open Season SpongeBob SquarePants

4 :00 Star Trek: The Next Generation NCIS SPECIAL: Paralyzed and Pregnant With Twins Murder, She Wrote MOVIE: “Christmas With the Darlings” (Rom. ’20) Katrina Law Hotel Transylvania Shasha & Milo The Loud House PGA TOUR Classics N SC :30 World of Gumball Miraculous: Ladybug-Cat The Loud House NBA Basketball: Teams TBA (Live)

5 :00 Star Trek: The Next Generation NCIS MOVIE: “The Fallen Idol” ››› (Sus. ’48) Ralph Richardson. My 600-Lb. Life Heartbeat Teen Titans Go! Jade ArmorSpongeBob SquarePants

N :30 Teen Titans Go! Tara DuncanSpongeBob SquarePants

6 :00 Star Trek: The Next Generation NCIS

:30 Teen Titans Go! Boss Baby: Back in Bus.

Practice MOVIE: “Christmas Bedtime Stories” (Dra. ’22) Erin Cahill.

MOVIE: “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” ››› (Dra. ’69) Jane Fonda. My 600-Lb. Life Unforgotten Looney Tunes Miraculous: Ladybug-Cat

“Paddington” ››› (Fam. ’14) Hugh Bonneville.

(Com. ’76) Richard Pryor.

MOVIE: “Secret Santa” ›› (Dra. ’03) Jennie Garth.

Premium WEDNESDAY – GRID 4

STATION PBS-WTVS (56) Crave 1 (CRV1) $

(STZ2)

6 AM :00 Daniel Tiger(5:50) Transplant Hudson & Rex (5:00) MOVIE: “King in the Wilderness” (5:00) MOVIE: “Ghosts of Christmas Past” ’(21) Restoration Garage (5:00) “Eve & -Fire Horse” :30 Rosie’s Rules (:40) MOVIE: “Sweet Navidad” (Rom. ’21) Camila Banus. (:35) MOVIE: “The Journey Home” (Adv. ’14) Dakota Goyo.

7 :00 Sesame Street Hudson & Rex (6:55) MOVIE: “A Royal Christmas Match” (Rom. ’22) MOVIE: “Ice Sculpture Christmas” (Rom. ’15) Rachel Boston. History Erased :30 Work It Out Wombats!

8 :00 Donkey Hodie (:10) MOVIE: “Designing Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Jessica Szohr Hudson & Rex Border Security (:15) MOVIE: “Fred Claus” ›› (Com. ’07) Vince Vaughn. :30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific MOVIE: “When Morning Comes” (Dra. ’22) Border Security

9 :00 Elinor Wonders Why Hudson & Rex True Crime News Border Security :30 Nature Cat(:40) MOVIE: “A Royal Christmas Match” (Rom. ’22) True Crime News Border Security

10 :00 Wild Kratts Hudson & Rex (:05) MOVIE: “Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper” ››› (’16) Hawaii Five-0 Life Below Zero: First Alaskans (:15) MOVIE: “Racetime” (Ani. ’18) Voice of Lucinda Davis. :30 SPECIAL: Young Forever With Mark Hyman, MD 11 :00 (:15) SPEC.: My Gift: Carrie Underwood Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Mistletoe in Montana” (Rom. ’21) Melissa Joan Hart.

12 NOON :00 (:15) MOVIE: “Blue Beetle” ›› (Act. ’23) Xolo Maridueña.

Life Below Zero: First Alaskans :30 (:50) MOVIE: “Window Horses” (Ani. ’16) Voice of Sandra Oh.

Chicago P.D.(11:55) MOVIE: “The Apollo” (Doc. ’19)

Life Below Zero: First Alaskans :30 SPECIAL: This Land Is Your Land (My Music Presents) 1 PM :00

2 :00 SPECIAL: Detroit: Remember When

WEDNESDAY

6:30 AM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Daddy Day Camp” (Fam. ’07)

Cuba Gooding Jr. Clueless fathers take charge of a children’s summer camp. › (2:00)

7:00 AM

(TCM) MOVIE: “The Crimson Pirate” (Adv. ’52) Burt Lancaster. Pirate and sidekick help rebels fight Spain. ››› (2:00) (W) MOVIE: “Christmas Bedtime Stories” See 6 pm. (2:00)

8:30 AM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Yours, Mine & Ours” (Fam. ’05) Dennis Quaid. The marriage of two widowed parents creates one large family. ›› (2:00)

9:00 AM

(TCM) MOVIE: “Captain Blood” (Adv. ’35) Errol Flynn. An enslaved British doctor turns Caribbean pirate. ››› (2:00)

(W) MOVIE: “Private Princess Christmas” (Dra. ’24) Ali Skovbye. A princess is sent to an American leadership training program where she makes an unexpected connection. (2:00)

10:30 AM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Liar Liar” (Com. ’97) Jim Carrey. A boy’s wish comes true that his neglectful father cannot tell a lie for 24 hours. ›› (2:00)

11:00 AM

(TCM) MOVIE: “The Sea Hawk” (Adv. ’40) Errol Flynn. British privateer raids Spanish ships with queen’s OK. (B&W) ›››› (2:15)

6:00 PM

(HGTV) Hoarder House Flippers See 9 pm. N (1:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Paddington” See 9 pm. (2:00) 7:00 PM

(2) Coronation Street Lauren worries for Frankie’s future. N (:30)

(A&E) (7:01) Fugitives Caught on Tape Police and Highway Patrol pull a suspect to safety after he hangs from a highway overpass. N (:31) (AMC) MOVIE: “Trading Places” (Com. ’83) Dan Aykroyd. Tycoon brothers switch rich man and poor man, for sport. ››› (2:30) (HGTV) Divided by Design A real estate investor challenges Eilyn to maximize his condo’s value in a high-rise. N (1:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” (Dra. ’69) Jane Fonda. Desperate people enter a 1930s dance marathon. ››› (2:15) 7:30 PM

(A&E) (7:32) Fugitives Caught on Tape Officers chase fugitives; a woman rams a police car and leads a dangerous pursuit. N (:32) (FAM) Sailor Moon Crystal Usagi and the gang visit the 30th century, where guardian Sailor Pluto is waiting for them. N (:30)

8:00 PM

Chicago P.D. Hawaii Five-0 Life Below Zero: First Alaskans :30 SPECIAL: Crazy Racing

Chicago P.D. NCIS: New Orleans Life Below Zero: First Alaskans :30 (:40) SPECIAL: John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls (:25) MOVIE: “The LEGO NINJAGO Movie” ›› (Ani. ’17)

3 :00 PBS News Hour N Chicago P.D. S.W.A.T.Life Below Zero: First Alaskans (:10) MOVIE: “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” ››› (Com.-Dra. ’23) :30 MOVIE: “When Morning Comes” (Dra. ’22)

4 :00 BBC News The Context (:10) MOVIE: “A Gingerbread Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Tiya Sircar.

Chicago Med True Crime News N Life Below Zero: First Alaskans :30 Detroit Performs True Crime News

5 :00 MOVIE: “The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses” (Doc. ’21)

6 :00

Chicago Med (:10) MOVIE: “Icebox” (Dra. ’18) Anthony Gonzalez. NCIS: New Orleans Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

MOVIE: “How the Gringo Stole Christmas” (Dra. ’23) George Lopez. :30 (:40) MOVIE: “The Taste of Things” (Dra. ’23) Juliette Binoche.

It’s Always Sunny See No EvilSnakes SOS: Goa’s Wild. N :30 It’s Always Sunny (:40) SPECIAL: Wild Card: The Downfall of a Radio Loudmouth Snakes SOS: Goa’s Wild. N (:25) MOVIE: “Jingle All the Way” ›› (Fam. ’96)

7 :00 SPECIAL: Memory Makeover With Daniel Amen, MD

It’s Always Sunny New York Homicide N Snakes in the City N :30 It’s Always Sunny 8 :00 MOVIE: “Elf” ››› (Fam. ’03) Will Ferrell.

It’s Always Sunny Ren FaireS.W.A.T.Life Below Zero: First Alaskans MOVIE: “Magic Mike” ››› (Com.-Dra. ’12) Channing Tatum. :30 It’s Always Sunny

9 :00 SPECIAL: Classical Rewind (My Music Presents) It’s Always Sunny Dune: Prophecy See No EvilSnakes SOS: Goa’s Wildest :30 (:40) MOVIE: “The Promised Land” (Dra. ’23) Mads Mikkelsen. It’s Always Sunny Snakes SOS: Goa’s Wildest 10 :00 It’s Always Sunny (:05) Game of Thrones New York Homicide Snakes in the City (9:55) MOVIE: “Magic Mike XXL” ›› (Com.-Dra. ’15) Channing Tatum.

:30 SPECIAL: Young Forever With Mark Hyman, MD It’s Always Sunny 11 :00 It’s Always Sunny (:05) Game of Thrones Hawaii Five-0 Life Below Zero: First Alaskans :30 (:50) MOVIE: “Delia’s Gone” (Sus. ’22) Stephan James. It’s Always Sunny 12 MID :00 Chicago Med(:05) CurbEnthusiasm S.W.A.T.Life Below Zero: First Alaskans (11:55) MOVIE: “Moving Day” ›› (Com. ’12) Will Sasso. :30 SPECIAL: Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Celebration (:50) Curb Your Enthusiasm 1 AM :00 Chicago Med NCIS: New Orleans Life Below Zero: First Alaskans :30 (:25) MOVIE: “Brother” (Dra. ’22) Lamar Johnson. Curb Your Enthusiasm MOVIE: “Booksmart” ››› (Com. ’19) Kaitlyn Dever.

(W) MOVIE: “Rocky Mountain Christmas” (Rom. ’17) Kristoffer Polaha. Sarah heads to her uncle’s ranch to escape New York and the spotlight from a breakup. (2:00) 12:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Click” (Com. ’06) Adam Sandler. An architect obtains a universal remote that allows him to control his world. ›› (2:30)

1:00 PM

(2) Chateau DIY At Chateau Du Doux, the family turn a room in to an accessible bedroom; pool and terrace projects. N (1:00) (FAM) Sabrina, the Teenage Witch See 9 pm. N (:30) (TCM) (1:15) MOVIE: “Treasure Island” (Adv. ’34) Wallace Beery. Pirate Long John Silver wants Jim Hawkins’ map. (B&W) ››› (1:45) (YTV) MOVIE: “Paddington” See 9 pm. (2:00)

2:00 PM

(2) The Christmas Checklist Emily’s confusion grows after hearing that Dave wants to give their relationship another chance. (2:00)

(W) MOVIE: “Family for Christmas” (Com. ’15) Lacey Chabert. After an offhand wish, a woman wakes up to find herself married to her college sweetheart. (2:00)

3:00 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Mr. Deeds” (Com. ’02) Adam Sandler. A small-town pizzeria owner inherits $40 billion. › (2:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “The Pirate” (Mus. ’48) Judy Garland. An actor woos an islander by posing as the pirate of her dreams. ››› (2:00)

4:00 PM

(W) MOVIE: “Christmas With the Darlings” (Rom. ’20) Katrina Law. A woman helps a charming man look after his orphaned nieces and nephew during the holidays. (2:00)

4:30 PM

(KNO) MOVIE: “The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas!” (Ani. ’12) Voice of Martin Short. The Cat in the Hat, Sally, Nick and Fish help a baby reindeer find its way home for Christmas. (1:00)

5:00 PM

(2) Jamie Oliver’s Christmas Cookbook Jamie Oliver pulls together his knowledge and experience to bring the very best of Christmas. (1:00) (AMC) MOVIE: “Christmas With the Kranks” (Com. ’04) Tim Allen. A couple scramble to assemble a holiday celebration. ›› (2:00) (DIS) Outback Opal Hunters Sam smashes valuable opal with a jackhammer in the Bushmen’s mine; Rod and Les make a wager. N (1:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “The Fallen Idol” (Sus. ’48) Ralph Richardson. An ambassador’s son implicates a butler in murder. (B&W) ››› (2:00) (W) MOVIE: “Christmas Bedtime Stories” (Dra. ’22) Erin Cahill. Left to raise her daughter on her own, a woman begins to tell her bedtime stories about her father. (2:00)

(2) MOVIE: “The Polar Express” (Ani. ’04) Voice of Tom Hanks. The conductor of a train to the North Pole guides a boy who questions the existence of Santa Claus. ››› (2:00) (5) Frosty the Snowman See page 55. N (:30) (10) MOVIE: “The Picture of Christmas” (Rom. ’21) Chelsea Hobbs. A storybook illustrator learns that she has inherited her grandmother’s Christmas tree farm. (2:00) (CTV2) (KTLA) Sullivan’s Crossing (SF) Cal works with Maggie as she fights to save the Crossing; a mistake may cost someone their life. N (1:00) 8:30 PM

(5) Shrek the Halls The ogre’s holiday plans go awry when Donkey and the gang join festivities. (:30) 9:00 PM

(5) A Motown Christmas See page 55. N (2:00) (FAM) Sabrina, the Teenage Witch A fledgling magician selects Sabrina to be his assistant, but she accidentally makes him disappear. (:30) (HGTV) Hoarder House Flippers Mactar’s flip in L’Île Perrot, Quebec, is a needle found in a realestate haystack. (1:00)

(HIST) Pawn Stars: Best Of It’s game-time for Rick and the guys when some of the most collectible NBA items are brought in. N (1:00) (TCM) (9:15) MOVIE: “Car Wash” See page 19. (1:45)

(V) MOVIE: “Secret Santa” (Dra. ’03) Jennie Garth. A journalist investigates a mysterious philanthropist. ›› (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Paddington” (Fam. ’14) Hugh Bonneville. A kindly family comes to the rescue of a Peruvian bear who became lost in a London train station. ››› (2:00) 9:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “National Lampoon’s European Vacation” (Com. ’85) Chevy Chase. A Chicago family wins an Old World tour. ›› (2:00) 10:00 PM

(DIS) Outback Opal Hunters See 5 pm. (1:00) (HGTV) Divided by Design See 7 pm. (1:00) (HIST) Gangland Chronicles MS-13 attempts to take over U.S. suburbs, but the authorities fight back. N (:30) (W) MOVIE: “Private Princess Christmas” See 9 am. (2:00) 10:30 PM

(HIST) Gangland Chronicles The Bloods will stop at nothing to fight back against their archnemesis, the Crips. N (:30) 11:00 PM

(A&E) (11:04) Fugitives Caught on Tape See 7:01 pm. (:30) (TCM) MOVIE: “A Fistful of Dollars” (Wes. ’64) Clint Eastwood. A wandering gunfighter gets caught up in a feud between two rival families in a small frontier town. ››› (1:45) 11:30 PM

(A&E) (11:34) Fugitives Caught on Tape See 7:32 pm. (:31) (AMC) MOVIE: “The American President” (Rom. ’95) Michael Douglas. A rival exploits the president’s romance with a lobbyist. ››› (2:45)

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AM :00 CastleBoardwalk Empire (4:45) “Capts. Courageous” 1000-Lb. Best Friends James Robison Good Witch SupernoobsRadio Free Roscoe Best & Bester (2:00)

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:30 (:45) MOVIE: “Live, Love and Learn” ›› (Rom. ’37)

Eyes 1000-Lb. Best Friends Joyce MeyerEveryday Life MOVIE: “When Christmas Was Young” (Rom. ’22) Karen David.

:30 700 Club Canada Teen Titans Go! Jade ArmorSpongeBob

World of Gumball Miraculous: Ladybug-Cat Scaredy Squirrel DP World Tour Golf: Alfred Dunhill Championship, First Round

8 :00 Stargate SG-1 Private Eyes (:15) MOVIE: “Love Is a Headache” ›› (Com. ’38) 1000-Lb. Best Friends It’s Supernatural! Teen

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:30 GrossologyCreate the Escape

2 :00 CastleFBI: Most Wanted Sister WivesMagnum, P.I. MOVIE: “Angel Falls: A Novel Holiday” (Rom. ’19) Jen Lilley

Most Wanted MOVIE: “Summer Holiday” ›› (Mus. ’48) Mickey Rooney. Sister WivesNew TricksDays of our Lives N The Three Amigonauts Sabrina, the Teen. Witch N MOVIE: “Mission Yeti” (Ani. ’17) Voice of Sylvie Moreau.

Summer Memories

N :30 SupernoobsLEGO Friends

3 :00 CastleFBI: Most Wanted MOVIE: “The Big Wheel” ›› (Adv. ’49) Mickey Rooney. Taken at Birth Murdoch Mysteries Total DramaRama Abominable & Invisible City SpongeBob SquarePants School of Golf SportsCentre (Live) N Overdrive (Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N

(Live) N :30 Pokémon Horizons Open Season SpongeBob SquarePants School of

4 :00 Star Trek: Voyager FBI: Most Wanted Taken at Birth Murder, She Wrote MOVIE: “Record Breaking Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Michelle Argyris.

Hotel Transylvania Shasha & Milo The Loud House School of Golf TNF Tonight (Live) N NHL Hockey: Pittsburgh Penguins at Montreal Canadiens (Live) N TNF Tonight (Live) N TNF Tonight (Live) N :30 World of Gumball Miraculous: Ladybug-Cat The Loud House School of Golf Jets Pregame (Live) N

6 :00 Star Trek: Voyager The Day of the Jackal N

5 :00 Star Trek: Voyager FBI: Most Wanted MOVIE: “Rhapsody” ›› (Rom. ’54) Elizabeth Taylor. Taken at Birth Columbo Teen Titans Go! Jade ArmorSpongeBob SquarePants Lessons W/ a Champ (:15) NFL Football: Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers (Live) N

Teen Titans Go! Tara DuncanSpongeBob SquarePants Lessons W/ a Champ

NHL Hockey: Vegas Golden Knights at Winnipeg Jets (Live) N (:15) NFL Football: Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers (Live) N (:15) NFL Football: Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers (Live) N :30

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7 :00 Star Trek: Lower N (:10) FBI: Most Wanted (:15) MOVIE: “The Human Comedy” ››› (Com.-Dra. ’43) Mickey Rooney

MOVIE: “When Christmas Was Young” (Rom. ’22) Karen David.

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Teen Titans Go! Boss Baby: Back SC

Taken at Birth Doc Martin Looney Tunes

Teen Titans Go! LEGO DreamZzz MOVIE: “Mission Yeti” (Ani. ’17) Voice of Sylvie Moreau.

Miraculous: Ladybug-Cat 2024 The 152nd Open: Final Round

The Rebuild: Inside the Montreal Canadiens

:30 (:35) Castle Scooby-Doo & Guess Who Sailor Moon Crystal N SportsCentre (Live) N

8 :00 (:05) FBI: Most Wanted

Teen Titans Go! Family Matters The Next Step SCNFL Football (JiP) (Live) N :30 Star Trek: Voyager Teen Titans Go! The Goldbergs The Next Step SC With Jay Onrait (Live) N SCSC With Jay Onrait (Live) N

:30 Star Trek: Voyager Young Justice Create the Escape

Murdoch Mysteries MOVIE: “All I Need for Christmas” (P) (Dra. ’24) Mallory Jansen.

Young Justice Sabrina, the Teen. Witch MOVIE: “Mission Yeti” (Ani. ’17) Voice of Sylvie Moreau.

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With Jay Onrait (Live) N 9 :00 FBI: Most Wanted (:15) MOVIE: “Boys Town” ››› (Dra. ’38) Spencer Tracy. Taken at Birth MOVIE: “Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas” (Dra. ’14) Eric Mabius.

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6 AM :00 Daniel Tiger(5:50) “Fever Dream” (’21) Hudson & Rex (5:30) MOVIE: “Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” (5:00) MOVIE: “Mistletoe & Menorahs” (Rom. ’19) Restoration Garage (5:00) “Score: Hockey Mus.”

:30 Rosie’s Rules (:40) MOVIE: “You Can Live Forever” (Dra. ’22) Anwen O’Driscoll. (:35) MOVIE: “Meditation Park” (Dra. ’17) Sandra Oh.

7 :00 Sesame Street Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Poinsettias for Christmas” (Dra. ’18) Bethany Joy Lenz. History Erased :30 Work It Out Wombats! (:25) MOVIE: “Merry Swissmas” çJodie Sweetin.

8 :00 Donkey Hodie Hudson & Rex Border Security (:15) MOVIE: “Anthropocene: The Human Epoch” (Doc. ’18) :30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific (:20) MOVIE: “Gunda” (Doc. ’20) Border Security

9 :00 Elinor Wonders Why Hudson & Rex (8:55) SPECIAL: André the Giant True Crime News Border Security :30 Nature Cat True Crime News Border Security (:45) MOVIE: “The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom” ›› (Com.-Dra. ’11) Gil Bellows.

10 :00 Wild Kratts (9:55) Selena + Chef: Home Hudson & Rex Hawaii Five-0 Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet :30 Molly of Denali (:40) MOVIE: “One Delicious Christmas” (Rom. ’22) (:25) MOVIE: “And Still I Sing” (Doc. ’22)

11 :00 MOVIE: “The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses” (Doc. ’21) Hudson & Rex Sleeping With a Killer Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet :30 (:25) MOVIE: “Kayak to Klemtu” (Adv. ’18) Evan Adams.

12 NOON :00 (:10) MOVIE: “This Time Each Year” (Rom. ’24) Alison Sweeney. Chicago P.D. SPECIAL: Student Athlete Sleeping With a Killer Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet :30

1 PM :00 SPECIAL: Memory Makeover With Daniel Amen, MD

2 :00 Chicago Med Hawaii Five-0 Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet :30 MOVIE: “Tina” (Doc. ’21) Tina Turner.

3 :00 PBS News Hour N Chicago Med S.W.A.T.Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet :30 (:45) MOVIE: “The Curious Case of Dolphin Bay” (Fam. ’22) Izabela Rose.

Chicago Med NCIS: New Orleans Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet MOVIE: “Surf’s Up” ››› (Ani. ’07) Voice of Shia LaBeouf. :30 (:40) MOVIE: “The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan” (Adv. ’23) François Civil. SPECIAL: My Gift: Carrie Underwood

MOVIE: “Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird” ››

4 :00 BBC News The Context Chicago Med True Crime News N Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet (:05) MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” ›› (Ani. ’18) :30 One Detroit N MOVIE: “And Still I Sing” (Doc. ’22) True Crime News

8:00 AM (TCM) (8:15) MOVIE: “Love Is a Headache” (Com. ’38) Franchot Tone. An actress tries a columnist and PR stunt. (B&W) ›› (1:15)

9:00 AM

(W) MOVIE: “Leah’s Perfect Gift” (Dra. ’24) Emily Arlook. A Christmas lover has admired the holiday from afar because she’s Jewish. (2:00)

9:30 AM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Ghostbusters” (Com. ’84) Bill Murray. Armed with proton packs, four paranormal investigators battle mischievous ghouls in New York. ››› (2:30)

(TCM) MOVIE: “Hold That Kiss” (Com. ’38) Maureen O’Sullivan. Party-crashers court after mistaking each other for rich. (B&W) ›› (1:30)

11:00 AM

(TCM) MOVIE: “Killer McCoy” (Dra. ’47) Mickey Rooney. Dancer tries boxing, kills buddy, becomes gambler’s pawn. (B&W) ››› (2:00) (W) MOVIE: “Christmas CEO” (Rom. ’21) Marisol Nichols. A toy CEO needs her estranged exbusiness partner’s signature to seal the deal on a merger. (2:00) NOON

(AMC) MOVIE: “Ghostbusters II” (Com. ’89) Bill Murray. Parapsychologists fight New York’s pink slime. ›› (2:30)

1:00 PM

(2) Chateau DIY Tim and Sasha battle heat to host a wedding; Christina and Sassan overhaul the grand salon. N (1:00)

(TCM) MOVIE: “Summer Holiday” (Mus. ’48) Mickey Rooney. Publisher’s son courts girl in Connecticut. ›› (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Mission Yeti” See 9 pm. (2:00)

2:00 PM

(2) MOVIE: “The Holiday Fix Up” (Rom. ’21) Jana Kramer. A woman who is renovating an inn gets paired with a contractor who once broke her heart. (2:00)

(W) MOVIE: “Angel Falls: A Novel Holiday” (Rom. ’19) Jen Lilley. Book editor Hannah must work with former rival Ryan to help a potential writer find her way. (2:00)

2:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Trading Places” (Com. ’83) Dan Aykroyd. Tycoon brothers switch rich man and poor man, for sport. ››› (2:30)

3:00 PM

7:00 PM

(2) Coronation Street Matty riles Lisa while under interrogation; Leanne’s kind gesture touches Toyah. N (:30) (A&E) (7:01) Interrogation Raw A Kentucky family is killed after church; the son survives, claiming self-defense. N (1:03) (DIS) Aussie Gold Hunters Gold prospectors risk their dreams and futures in pursuit of the ultimate golden reward. N (1:00) (TCM) (7:15) MOVIE: “The Human Comedy” (Com.-Dra. ’43) Mickey Rooney. A teenager heads his California family during World War II. (B&W) ››› (2:00)

7:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Mr. Deeds” (Com. ’02) Adam Sandler. A small-town pizzeria owner inherits $40 billion. › (2:00)

8:00 PM

(2) MOVIE: “Arthur Christmas” See page 19. (2:00)

(4) The Great Christmas Light Fight The Laakso, McCarty-Williams, Hetherington, Kittell, Richards, Kraklow, Clark and Bell families. N (2:00) (7) (32) Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage Mandy and Audrey struggle to decorate CeeCee’s nursery without fighting. N (:31) (10) MOVIE: “Snowed in for Christmas” (Rom. ’21) Jeremy Guilbaut. An au pair becomes determined to teach the girls she watches about the magic of Christmas. (2:00) (W) MOVIE: “All I Need for Christmas” (P) (Rom. ’24) Mallory Jansen. Struggling singer/ songwriter Maggie is worried she’s unable to compete with such a tech-savvy world. (2:00) 8:30 PM

(7) (8) (8:31) Ghosts Sam accidentally creates a rift between Sam and Jay’s neighbours. N (:30) (32) (8:31) Children Ruin Everything Astrid realizes how hard she was on Nisha during her teenage years and tries to make up for it. N (:29) (COM) Mark McKinney Needs a Hobby (SF) After being humiliated on the dance floor, Mark McKinney is determined to learn how to dance. N (:30) 9:00 PM

6 :00 MOVIE: “Detroit: The City of Chefs” (Doc. ’24)

5 :00 Michigan Out of Doors N (:15) MOVIE: “Autumn and the Black Jaguar” (Fam. ’24) Emily Bett Rickards. Chicago Med NCIS: New Orleans The Incredible Dr. Pol :30 Under-Radar Michigan (:35) MOVIE: “Hook” ››› (Fam. ’91) Dustin Hoffman.

Hawaii Five-0 Critter Fixers: Country Vets N :30 It’s Always Sunny

7 :00 Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking N It’s Always Sunny

It’s Always Sunny (:05) MOVIE: “King in the Wilderness” (Doc. ’18)

Hawaii Five-0 Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog :30 It’s Always Sunny 8 :00 SPECIAL: Churches of Detroit Sex Lives of Coll. Girls N It’s Always Sunny Chimp CrazyS.W.A.T.The Incredible Dr. Pol Nurse Jackie :30 Bookie (SP) N It’s Always Sunny Nurse Jackie 9 :00 (8:55) MOVIE: “Poor Things” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’23) Emma Stone. It’s Always Sunny Chimp Crazy Hawaii Five-0 Critter Fixers: Country Vets Weeds :30 It’s Always Sunny Weeds 10 :00 MOVIE: “The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses” (Doc. ’21)

It’s Always Sunny Game of Thrones Hawaii Five-0 Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog MOVIE: “Eyes Wide Shut” ››› (Dra. ’99) Tom Cruise. :30 It’s Always Sunny 11 :00 It’s Always Sunny Game of Thrones Sleeping With a Killer Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet :30 (:25) MOVIE: “Hey, Viktor!” (Com. ’23) Cody Lightning. It’s Always Sunny 12 MID :00 SPECIAL: Memory Makeover With Daniel Amen, MD Chicago Med(:10) SPECIAL: Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery

S.W.A.T.Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet :30 (:40) MOVIE: “The Weapon” (Act. ’23) Tony Schiena. 1 AM :00 (:10) MOVIE: “Titane” (Hor. ’21) Vincent Lindon. Chicago Med NCIS: New Orleans Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet :30 SPECIAL: Aging Backwards 3: Fast Track 2 :00 Chicago Med(1:55) MOVIE: “Obsessed to Death” (Sus. ’22)

(TCM) MOVIE: “The Big Wheel” (Adv. ’49) Mickey Rooney. The son of a race-car driver who died on the track decides to follow in his father’s footsteps. (B&W) ›› (2:00)

4:00 PM

(W) MOVIE: “Record Breaking Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Michelle Argyris. Residents of a small town try to break multiple holiday world records just before Christmas. (2:00)

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) (A&E) The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes See 9:03 pm. N (1:00)

(AMC) MOVIE: “Real Genius” (Com. ’85) Val Kilmer. Prodigies learn laser work is for death beam. ›› (2:30)

(DIS) Expedition Unknown Josh tracks down the legend and treasure of an outlaw posse, who terrorized the Midwest’s railroads. N (1:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “National Velvet” (Dra. ’44) Mickey Rooney. An ex- jockey coaches an English girl to the Grand National. ›››› (2:15)

6:00 PM

(5) (9:15) E! News Presents NBC’s Hot 10 of 2024 See page 7. N (:45) (A&E) (9:03) The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes A vengeful shooting spree in Tulsa leaves two slain. (1:00) (FOOD) Christmas Cookie Challenge The cookie makers build 3D Christmas sandcastles, complete with crushed cookie sand. (1:00) (HGTV) Windy City Rehab Alison takes on a first-floor renovation for a client who’s losing her vision. (1:00)

(HIST) Mountain Men Marty runs his wildfire ravaged trapline; Mike reclaims an abandoned set of solar panels. N (1:00) (KNO) MOVIE: “Subjects of Desire” (Doc. ’21) Exploring the cultural shift in North American beauty standards while exposing dangerous media. (2:00) (TCM) (9:15) MOVIE: “Boys Town” (Dra. ’38) Spencer Tracy. Father Flanagan reforms a pool shark. (B&W) ››› (1:45) (V) MOVIE: “Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas” (Dra. ’14) Eric Mabius. Postal detectives delay their holiday travel plans to help a child who wrote a letter to God. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Mission Yeti” (Ani. ’17) Voice of Sylvie Moreau. A private eye and a research assistant search for the abominable snowman. (2:00) 9:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Vegas Vacation” (Com. ’97) Chevy Chase. Clark and Ellen Griswold’s disastrous family outing includes a visit with boorish Cousin Eddie. › (2:00) 10:00 PM

:00 BBC News N MOVIE: “Turtles

Crime News Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet (:10) MOVIE: “Open Water” ››› (Sus. ’03) Blanchard Ryan. :30 One Detroit True Crime News

(A&E) Alaska PD Despite its isolation, Alaska is still affected by winds of changes blowing in from the Lower 48. N (1:01) (DIS) Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch Chad and Eric encounter a disaster while attempting to breach the void in the South Cave. N (1:00) (FOOD) Christmas Cookie Challenge See 9 pm. N (1:00) (HGTV) Windy City Rehab See 9 pm. N (1:00) (SHO) The Day of the Jackal The Jackal visits Norman with a special commission for his next job, but Bianca starts closing in. N (1:10) (W) MOVIE: “When Christmas Was Young” (Rom. ’22) Karen David. A music manager falls for a gifted singer-songwriter who abandoned her dreams of making it big. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Mission Yeti” See 9 pm. (2:00)

(A&E) (10:03) Alaska PD See 6 pm. (1:01) (DIS) Expedition Unknown See 5 pm. (1:00) (HIST) Yukon Rescue The Dawson City Fire Department races to protect the town from devastating flash floods. N (1:00) (W) MOVIE: “Leah’s Perfect Gift” See 9 am. (2:00) 11:00 PM

(A&E) (11:04) Interrogation Raw See 7:01 pm. (1:01) (DIS) Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch See 6 pm. (1:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “Men of Boys Town” (Dra. ’41) Spencer Tracy. Father Flanagan saves boy from reform school. (B&W) ››› (2:00)

FRIDAY – GRID 1

DECEMBER

2 :00 The First 48

ChefThe Lead With Jake Tapper (Live) N The ConnersHighway Thru Hell Chicago P.D.Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown Love It or List It Vancouver S.W.A.T.Blue’s Clues & You! N Off The Clock Stone House Revival Power and Politics With David Cochrane N :30 (:45) SPEC.: Frosty’s Won. The Beachcombers

How I Met Your Mother Abby Hatcher Stone House Revival

3 :00 The First 48 (:15) SPEC.: ’Twas-Night APTN National News N Top ChefThe Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer (Live) N

How I Met Your Mother Highway Thru Hell Chicago P.D.Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown

4 :00 The First 48 premiers peuples Top ChefErin Burnett OutFront (Live) N Mark McKinney MaydayChicago P.D.Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown

Love It or List It Vancouver Ancient Aliens Isadora Moon KTLA 5 News at 4 N Stone House Revival Canada Tonight With Travis Dhanraj N :30 La terre en nous

The Big Bang Theory The Cat in the Hat Knows Stone House Revival

Love It or List It Vancouver The UnXplained Gus the Itsy Bitsy Knight KTLA 5 News at 3 N Stone House Revival :30 (:45) MOVIE: “The Year Without a Santa Claus” › (Fam. ’06) Nouvelles Nationales St. Denis Medical Let’s Go Luna! Stone House Revival

5 :00 The First 48: Tracking a Killer N MOVIE: “Snoopy, Come Home” ››› (Ani. ’72) Voice of Chad Webber. Belles, fières et mohawks Top ChefAnderson Cooper 360 (Live) N The Big Bang Theory Crimes Gone Viral 9-1-1: Lone Star Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown House Hunters N M*A*S*HAliens Love Underpants KTLA 5 News at 5

6 :00 Cold Case Files N MOVIE: “Broken Angel” (Sus. ’23) Sera-Lys McArthur.

:00 (:01) Killer Cases

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

ChefThe Source With Kaitlan Collins (Live) N The ConnersDeadly Women N

Polar Sea KTLA 5 News at 6 N Human vs Hamster (Season

FRIDAY – GRID 3

:30 MOVIE: “Playing Around” › (Cri. ’30) My Crazy Obsession Kenneth Copeland Hotel Transylvania Create

7 :00 CastleRansom Hoarding: Buried Alive Joyce MeyerEveryday Life MOVIE: “All I Need for Christmas” (Dra. ’24) Mallory Jansen. World of Gumball SuperKlausScaredy Squirrel

8 :00 Stargate SG-1 Ransom Hoarding: Buried Alive It’s Supernatural! Teen Titans Go! Abominable & Invisible City SpongeBob SquarePants

:30 Handling Money Teen Titans Go! Tara DuncanThe Loud

:30 (:45) MOVIE: “Night Waitress” › (Cri. ’36) Margot Grahame. 700 Club Canada Teen Titans Go! SuperKlausSpongeBob SquarePants

9 :00 Stargate SG-1

Ransom MOVIE: “Paid” ›› (Cri. ’31) Joan Crawford. Hoarding: Buried Alive Daily TV Mass MOVIE: “Round and Round” (Rom. ’23) Victoria Michaelis. The Three Amigonauts MOVIE: “Spirit Riding Free: Spirit of Christmas” The Three Amigonauts Golf Central Pregame (Live) N

Stargate SG-1 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

“The Widow From Chicago” › (Cri. ’30)

:30 (:45) MOVIE: “Alias French Gertie” › (Cri. ’30) Bebe Daniels.

Sisters The Waltons MOVIE: “Mingle All the Way” (Rom. ’18) Jen Lilley.

:30 Total DramaRama The Goldbergs The Patrick Star Show

1 PM :00 Stargate SG-1

:30 GrossologyCreate the Escape

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit MOVIE: “The Woman Racket” › (Cri. ’30) Tom Moore.

2 :00 Castle Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1000-lb Sisters Magnum, P.I. MOVIE: “Christmas at Graceland” (Rom. ’18) Kellie Pickler.

:30 MOVIE: “Framed” ›› (Cri. ’30) Evelyn Brent.

Sisters New TricksDays of our Lives N The Three Amigonauts Sabrina, the Teen. Witch N MOVIE: “A Loud House Christmas” (Fam. ’21)

Detentionaire Summer Memories

SupernoobsLEGO Friends The Loud House Pardon the Interruption N

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3 :00 Castle Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 90 Day: The Last Resort Murdoch Mysteries Total DramaRama Abominable & Invisible City SpongeBob SquarePants SportsCentre (Live) N Overdrive (Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N :30 (:45) MOVIE: “Three on a Match” ››› (Dra. ’32) Warren William.

4 :00 The Librarians Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days Murder, She Wrote MOVIE: “Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays” (Rom. ’19) Kaitlin Doubleday Hotel Transylvania Shasha & Milo The Loud House NLL Lacrosse: Buffalo Bandits at Ottawa Black Bears (Live) N

5 :00 The Librarians Law & Order: Special Victims Unit MOVIE: “MacArthur” ››› (Bio. ’77) Gregory Peck.

Heisman Finalists (Live) N NBA Basketball: Teams TBA (Live) N

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Teen Titans Go! Jade ArmorSpongeBob SquarePants Golf Central SC :30 Classic Hit Parade Teen Titans Go! Tara DuncanSpongeBob SquarePants SC

6 :00 The Librarians MOVIE: “Nobody” ››› (Act. ’21) Bob Odenkirk.

7 :00 The Librarians

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days N As Time Goes By

Gaither Gospel Hour MOVIE: “All I Need for Christmas” (Dra. ’24) Mallory Jansen.

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Teen Titans Go! MOVIE: “The Karate Kid” ››› (Dra. ’84) Ralph Macchio.

90 Day: The Last Resort People Who Sing Together

MOVIE: “Tiny Christmas” (Adv. ’17) Jonathan A. Rosenbaum.

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:00 Castle MOVIE: “Old” ›› (Hor. ’21) Gael García Bernal.

90 Day Fiancé N Time to Sing Tiny Toons Looniversity :30 MOVIE: “To Kill a Mockingbird” ›››› (Dra. ’62) Gregory Peck.

theZoomer MOVIE: “Hanukkah on the Rocks” (P) (Dra. ’24) Stacey Farber.

Teen Titans Go! Danger Force :30 90 Day Fiancé Teen Titans Go! (:40) The Goldbergs Danger Force

:00 Castle 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days MOVIE: “A Dog Named Christmas” (Dra. ’09) Bruce Greenwood.

:30 (:45) MOVIE: “Cape Fear” ››› (Sus. ’62) Gregory Peck.

:00 Star Trek: Voyager MOVIE: “Nobody” ››› (Act. ’21) Bob Odenkirk. MOVIE: “Round and Round” (Rom. ’23) Victoria Michaelis.

:30 (:45) MOVIE: “Captain Horatio Hornblower” ››› (Adv. ’51)

Day: The Last Resort Peter Popoff Ministries

MOVIE: “Catwoman: Hunted” (Ani. ’22)

Sabrina, the Teen. Witch MOVIE: “Tiny Christmas” (Adv. ’17) Jonathan A. Rosenbaum.

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

Tour Golf: Grant Thornton Invitational, First Round

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FRIDAY HIGHLIGHTS

1:00 PM

(2) Chateau DIY Janet and Philip work on their largest suite yet. N (1:00)

(TCM) MOVIE: “The Woman Racket” (Cri. ’30) Tom Moore. A nightclub hostess leaves her policeman husband for a gangster who involves her in murder. (B&W) › (1:30)

1:30 PM

7:30 PM

(STZ2) $ 6 AM :00

Daniel Tiger (5:30) MOVIE: “A Big Fat Family Christmas” Hudson & Rex (5:35) MOVIE: “Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer” (5:00) MOVIE: “Record Breaking Christmas” Restoration Garage (5:10) MOVIE: “The Games Maker” (’14) :30 Rosie’s Rules

7 :00 Sesame Street MOVIE: “You Can Live Forever” (Dra. ’22) Anwen O’Driscoll.

(AMC) MOVIE: “Jack Frost” (Fan. ’79) Voice of Robert Morse. A winter sprite trades his immortality to become human and win the heart of a mortal woman. (1:15)

(2) Coronation Street Leanne receives news of her father’s death; Matty accuses Lisa of harassment. N (:30) (HGTV) House Hunters International A couple seek a home in Okazaki. N (:30) (TCM) MOVIE: “To Kill a Mockingbird” (Dra. ’62) Gregory Peck. A lawyer defends an innocent black man for rape in 1930s Alabama. (B&W) ›››› (2:15) 8:00 PM

History Erased (:05) MOVIE: “Goose!” (Com. ’07) Chevy Chase. :30 Work It Out Wombats!

9 :00 Elinor Wonders Why

Hudson & Rex (:10) MOVIE: “Dancing Through Christmas” (Dra. ’21) MOVIE: “The Christmas Pact” (Rom. ’18) Kyla Pratt.

2:00 PM

(2) MOVIE: “Happiest Season” (Rom. ’20) Kristen Stewart. A young woman learns that her girlfriend hasn’t come out to her conservative parents. (2:00)

8 :00 SPECIAL: Arthur’s Perfect Christmas Hudson & Rex Border Security :30 (:40) MOVIE: “Christmas at the Greenbrier” (Rom. ’22) (:45) MOVIE: “Tina” (Doc. ’21) Tina Turner.

Hudson & Rex True Crime News Border Security :30 Nature Cat True Crime News Border Security

10 :00 Wild Kratts(:10) MOVIE: “A Snowy Christmas” (Rom. ’21) Elysia Rotaru.

Border Security (:35) MOVIE: “Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer” (Ani. ’18)

Hudson & Rex Hawaii Five-0 Lost Treasures of Egypt (:10) MOVIE: “Watermark” ›› (Doc. ’13) Edward Burtynsky. :30 SPECIAL: Aging Backwards 3: Fast Track (:50) MOVIE: “Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer” (Ani. ’18) Voice of Josh Hutcherson.

(2) MOVIE: “12 Pups of Christmas” (Rom. ’19) Charlotte Sullivan. Martin expects his new hire, Erin, to help him save his company and find homes for 12 puppies. (2:00) (W) MOVIE: “Christmas at Graceland” (Rom. ’18) Kellie Pickler. A mom is thrown for a loop when she bumps into an old flame from her days as a singer in college. (2:00)

2:30 PM

(TCM) MOVIE: “Framed” (Cri. ’30) Evelyn Brent. A racketeer’s daughter loves the son of the policeman who killed her father. (B&W) ›› (1:15)

3:30 PM

(4) (32) Shark Tank Entrepreneurs present business opportunities that celebrate the magic of the holiday season. N (1:01) (5) Happy’s Place Bobbie convinces Isabella to send a Dear John letter to her long-distance boyfriend. N (:30)

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11 :00 Hudson & Rex Sleeping With a Killer Lost Treasures of Egypt :30 SPECIAL: Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Celebration (:40) SPECIAL: I Am Burt Reynolds (:45) MOVIE: “Stone of Destiny” ›› (Adv. ’08) Charlie Cox.

Chicago Med Sleeping With a Killer Lost Treasures of Egypt :30 (:25) MOVIE: “Dancing Through Christmas” (Dra. ’21)

1 PM :00 (:15) MOVIE: “Toxic Skies” ›››› (Sus. ’08) Anne Heche.

2 :00

Chicago Med NCIS: New Orleans Lost Treasures of Egypt :30 SPECIAL: The Highwaymen Live at Nassau Coliseum (:25) MOVIE: “The Dark Crystal” ››› (Fam. ’82)

(AMC) (3:45) MOVIE: “The Year Without a Santa Claus” (Fam. ’06) John Goodman. Two elves try to save Christmas after Santa takes time off. › (1:15)

(TCM) (3:45) MOVIE: “Three on a Match” (Dra. ’32) Warren William. Bad luck happens to a rich man’s wife and her two girlfriends. (B&W) ››› (1:15)

4:00 PM

(6) MOVIE: “A Christmas Letter” (Rom. ’21) David Lipper. Leslie has done everything right in her life except find Mr. Right. (2:00) (CTV2) MOVIE: “Hotel for the Holidays” (Rom. ’22) Madelaine Petsch. Georgia’s work and personal life become entangled at the hotel during the holidays. (2:00) (KNO) Maryland (SF) Everything comes to a head as Richard and Jim descend on Bayview. N (1:00)

(SHO) MOVIE: “Old” (Hor. ’21) Gael García Bernal. Terror strikes when a family visits a secluded beach that somehow causes them to age rapidly. ›› (2:00) (W) MOVIE: “Hanukkah on the Rocks” (P) (Dra. ’24) Stacey Farber. A recently unemployed lawyer embarks on a journey to find Hanukkah candles. (2:00) 8:30 PM

Chicago Med SPECIAL: U2: Innocence and Experience Live in Paris Hawaii Five-0 Lost Treasures of Egypt :30 (:50) MOVIE: “A Harvest Homecoming” (Rom. ’23) Trevor Donovan.

(W) MOVIE: “Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays” (Rom. ’19) Kaitlin Doubleday. A former tour guide agrees to be a nanny for a single father during the holidays. (2:00)

5:00 PM

3 :00 PBS News Hour N Chicago Med S.W.A.T.Lost Treasures of Egypt MOVIE: “The Neverending Story” ››› (Fam. ’84) Barret Oliver. :30

4 :00 BBC News The Context Law & Order: Special Victims Unit True Crime News N Lost Treasures of Egypt :30 Off the Record N (:20) MOVIE: “A Unicorn for Christmas” (Fan. ’21) MOVIE: “Christmas at the Drive-In” (Rom. ’22) Danica McKellar

6 :00 What We Do In-Shadows MOVIE: “Tina” (Doc. ’21) Tina Turner.

True Crime News (:35) MOVIE: “Labyrinth” ›› (Fan. ’86) David Bowie.

5 :00 SPECIAL: Brit Floyd Law & Order: Special Victims Unit NCIS: New Orleans America’s Funniest Home Videos: Animal Ed. :30 (:50) MOVIE: “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” ›› (Act. ’23) Jason Momoa.

7 :00 SPECIAL: Violent Femmes 40th Anniv. N

(A&E) The First 48: Tracking a Killer See 9:03 pm. N (1:00) (AMC) MOVIE: “Snoopy, Come Home” (Ani. ’72) Voice of Chad Webber. Snoopy searches for his original owner after she writes him a letter from the hospital. ››› (2:00)

(TCM) MOVIE: “MacArthur” (Bio. ’77) Gregory Peck. Gen. Douglas MacArthur returns to the Philippines, manages postwar Japan and defies the president. ››› (2:30)

6:00 PM

(5) Lopez vs Lopez When George’s controversial new appliance turns up dead, he mounts a true-crime investigation. N (:30) 9:00 PM

(7) (8) Fire Country When a series of dangerous underground zombie fires emerge, the team must protect the town. N (1:00) (A&E) (9:03) The First 48: Tracking a Killer A shootout in an Atlanta rap studio leaves two men dead. (1:00)

What We Do In-Shadows

Hawaii Five-0 Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom :30 What We Do In-Shadows

Hawaii Five-0 Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet :30 SPECIAL: Detroit Rem. What We Do In-Shadows (:20) MOVIE: “The Princess Bride” ››› (Fam. ’87) Cary Elwes.

8 :00 SPECIAL: Leonard Cohen: Live in Dublin MOVIE: “Jurassic Park” ››› (Adv. ’93) Sam Neill. What We Do In-Shadows White House Plumbers S.W.A.T.America’s Funniest Home Videos: Animal Ed.

MOVIE: “Spider-Man” ››› (Act. ’02) Tobey Maguire. :30 What We Do In-Shadows 9 :00 What We Do In-Shadows The White Lotus Hawaii Five-0 Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet :30 What We Do In-Shadows 10 :00 SPECIAL: 60s and 70s Soul Celebration (My Music Presents) (:05) MOVIE: “Darkness of Man” (P) (Act. ’24) Jean-Claude Van Damme.

What We Do In-Shadows (:05) Santa Inc. Hawaii Five-0 Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom (:05) MOVIE: “Spider-Man 2” ››› (Act. ’04) Tobey Maguire. :30 What We Do In-Shadows Santa Inc.

:00 What We Do In-Shadows (10:55) Santa Inc. Sleeping With a Killer Lost Treasures of Egypt :30 What We Do In-Shadows (:25) Santa Inc.

:00 MOVIE: “Coming 2 America” ›› (Com. ’21) Eddie Murphy. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (11:55) Santa Inc. S.W.A.T.Lost Treasures of Egypt (:15) MOVIE: “Stage Fright” ›› (Hor. ’14) Allie MacDonald. :30 (:25) MOVIE: “Christmas at the Drive-In” (Rom. ’22) Danica McKellar

1 AM :00 SPECIAL: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: The Fabric of America Hudson & Rex NCIS: New Orleans Lost Treasures of Egypt :30 (:45) MOVIE: “The Art of Woo” › (Rom. ’01) Adam Beach. 2 :00 (1:55) MOVIE: “Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia” (Dra. ’24) Chicago Med(1:55) MOVIE: “Stellar” (Dra. ’22) Elle-Maija Tailfeathers. True Crime News Lost Treasures of Egypt :30 Fit 2 Stitch True Crime News

:00 Love of Quilting Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “The Christmas Pact” (Rom. ’18) Ice Road Truckers :30 Best of Sewing (:45) SPEC.: Chris Redd (:25) “Dancing-C’mas”

(A&E) Cold Case Files A detective reopens the investigation into the brutal killing of Audrey Giannotti in Pennsylvania. N (1:01) (APTN) MOVIE: “Broken Angel” (Sus. ’23) SeraLys McArthur. A once vibrant Cree woman becomes weary and spiritless after enduring abuse from her partner, Earl. (2:00) (DIS) Deadly Women Killing comes easily to those with hearts of ice. N (1:00) (FAM) MOVIE: “The Karate Kid” (Dra. ’84) Ralph Macchio. A bullied teen learns karate from handyman Mr. Miyagi. ››› (2:40) (FOOD) Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown See 9 pm. N (1:00) (HGTV) House Hunters See 9 pm. N (1:00) (MAG) Human vs Hamster (SF) See 9 pm. N (1:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “Nobody” (Act. ’21) Bob Odenkirk. In a barrage of fists and gunfire, an enraged man must save his family from a dangerous adversary. ››› (2:00) (W) MOVIE: “All I Need for Christmas” (Dra. ’24) Mallory Jansen. Struggling singer/songwriter Maggie is worried she’s unable to compete with such a tech-savvy world. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Tiny Christmas” See 9 pm. (1:30) 7:00 PM (2) Coronation Street David’s lack of sympathy for her desire to see her son upsets Shona. N (:30) (A&E) (7:01) Killer Cases Rap musician Martell DeRouen, known as “Kardone,” is shot to death in his luxury apartment. N (1:03) (AMC) MOVIE: “Fred Claus” (Com. ’07) Vince Vaughn. Santa’s ne’er- do- well brother puts Christmas in jeopardy ›› (2:30) (DIS) Body Cam: On the Scene Officers in Ohio meet a hail of bullets during a dangerous chase; in Detroit, suspects flee. N (1:00) (KNO) World’s Most Scenic River Journeys Drifting along the mighty Hudson River through a winding 315 miles of New York. N (1:00)

(CRTN) MOVIE: “Catwoman: Hunted” (Ani. ’22) Voice of Elizabeth Gillies. Catwoman attempts to steal a priceless jewel. (1:45) (FOOD) Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown Michael Symon ridicules Bobby Flay with his friends; the insults shine. (1:00) (HGTV) House Hunters Evan Thomas and Keith Bynum as homebuyers want to go tiny and custom build the house themselves. (1:00) (HIST) The UnXplained Special Presentation Looking at what else could be uncovered from ancient sites. N (1:00) (KNO) Unforgotten Cassie and Sunny interview two of the suspects again and get closer to the truth. N (1:00)

(KTLA) Children Ruin Everything When James finds an old game console, he and Astrid attempt to find free time to play. N (:30) (MAG) Human vs Hamster The Caroling Elves and Christmas Candy Clerks hope to prove species superiority once and for all. (1:00) (V) MOVIE: “A Dog Named Christmas” (Dra. ’09) Bruce Greenwood. A man finds homes for dogs during the holidays. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Tiny Christmas” (Adv. ’17) Jonathan A. Rosenbaum. Two kids have to navigate holiday hazards after an elf accidentally shrinks them down. (1:30) 9:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Jack Frost” (Fam. ’98) Michael Keaton. A dead man returns in the form of a snowman. ›› (2:30) (TCM) (9:45) MOVIE: “Cape Fear” (Sus. ’62) Gregory Peck. A Southern lawyer sets a trap on a houseboat for a twisted ex-convict terrorizing his family. (B&W) ››› (2:00) 10:00 PM

(7) (32) Blue Bloods (SRF) See page 11. N (1:00) (9) Violent Femmes 40th Anniversary With the Milwaukee Symphony See page 7. N (1:00) (A&E) (10:03) Cold Case Files See 6 pm. (1:01) (APTN) MOVIE: “Broken Angel” See 6 pm. (2:00) (FAM) MOVIE: “The Karate Kid” See 6 pm. (2:50) (KNO) Persona Agâh explores his struggle with telling the truth. N (1:10) (SHO) MOVIE: “Nobody” See 6 pm. (2:00)

The serial-killing journey of Dexter Morgan begins in this new prequel

DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN

Friday, Paramount+

very so often, a story comes along that grips a generation. For many, one such story follows a vigilante serial killer named Dexter Morgan. A semi-sympathetic figure, Michael C. Hall’s iconic character from the 2006-’13 series Dexter walked a razor’s edge between chilling and likable. The Dexter fans know and love is getting a different treatment this time around, as viewers are transported back to a simpler, less criminal time for the budding moral avenger in Dexter: Original Sin.

While Hall returns to the project — which should come as no surprise given his ongoing ties to the franchise, reprising the role in 2021's Dexter: New Blood — his involvement is limited to narration duties as the actor passes the baton to The OA’s Patrick Gibson Gibson, who also appeared in the 2019 film Tolkien and the Netflix fantasy series Shadow and Bone, takes young Dexter back to a place of uncertainty while he grapples with strange urges bubbling to the surface as he begins work as a forensics intern at the Miami Metro Police Department.

“Set in 1991 Miami, Dexter: Original

Sin follows Dexter . . . as he transitions from student to avenging serial killer,” reads the official Paramount+ press description. “When his bloodthirsty urges can’t be ignored any longer, Dexter must learn to channel his inner darkness. With the guidance of his father, Harry [Christian Slater, Dr. Death], he adopts a code designed to help him find and kill people who deserve to be eliminated from society without getting on law enforcement’s radar.”

The series focuses on Dexter’s descent into the dark world that surrounds his everyday life, from his personal troubles at home to the onslaught of cases coming through the door during his first foray into the professional world at the MMPD. In the trailer, Dexter, voiced by Hall, explains how his unique predilections came to fruition.

“I am a killer, but I wasn’t born this way,” Hall says as Dexter’s conscience, over a series of establishing shots. “I was made — by my history, by the people around me. They say it takes a village to raise a killer.”

Joining Gibson and Slater in the new series are several other big names in cinema and television, including former Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey, Christina Milian (Meet Me Next Christmas), Evil’s Molly Brown and Reno Wilson of Good Girls.

Sarah Michelle Gellar as Tanya Martin

Molly Brown as Debra Morgan

Some fans, however, are most excited for the return of another recognizable figure to television: none other than Buffy Summers herself, Sarah Michelle Gellar. While the former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star will, understandably, not be portraying the snarky, vampire-fighting high schooler of 1990s cable in Original Sin, Gellar’s return to series television remains highly anticipated.

Announced as a guest star, Gellar plays young Dexter’s boss, crime scene investigation chief Tanya Martin. And although Gellar hasn’t been completely absent from television in recent years — the actress has voice-starred in everything from The Simpsons to Masters of the Universe: Revelation and appeared in streaming-only series such as Paramount+’s Wolfpack — her casting announcement sent a wave of excitement through the ranks of the diehard Buffy fanbase. Gellar, too, has shown much excitement for the role she referred to as her “dream job” at San Diego Comic-Con in July.

“We’re playing in the ’90s,” says Gellar, who shot to fame in Joss Whedon’s cult classic series in 1997. “I’m used to playing these formidable women and [Tanya Martin] is no exception . . . because women didn’t run departments in those jobs. They certainly didn’t run the science departments, and they certainly didn’t do it in Miami.

“She’s gotta be pretty tough to be able to hang with the guys,” Gellar continued while appearing at Comic Con’s Variety booth. “I’m on set all day long and I’m the only girl.”

Following the San Diego-based convention this past summer, Variety also announced that another sequel series, Dexter: Resurrection, set to take place in the present day, will debut some time in the summer of 2025.

Meanwhile, it’s worth noting that the Dexter franchise has seen a resurgence in popular culture as of late, with the original series ranking second for overall streams in late June of this year. ■

L-R: Patrick Gibson as Dexter Morgan and Christian Slater as Harry Morgan

Patrick Gibson as Dexter Morgan

Alex Shimizu as Vince

Patrick Dempsey as Captain Aaron Spencer

An Almost Christmas Story

Jeff Dunham’s Scrooged-Up Holiday Special

Jingle Bell Love

The Merry Gentlemen

’Tis

the season to sit back and enjoy some TV holiday programming. From Hallmark Christmas films to new variety specials to old favourites, TV Week delivers our annual yuletide roundup.

Meet Me Next

Christmas

In pursuit of a fairytale romance with the man of her dreams, Layla (Christina Milian) must race through New York City to get her hands on the hottest ticket in town: the sold-out Pentatonix Christmas Eve concert. Netflix (Stream)

An Almost Christmas Story

Moon, a curious young owl, unexpectedly finds himself stuck in a Christmas tree destined for NYC’s Rockefeller Plaza in this animated adventure. Disney+ (Stream)

The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland

Emilia Clarke, Gerard Butler and Simone Ashley lend their voices to this animated feature that mashes up ’Twas the Night Before Christmas and Alice in Wonderland Prime Video (Stream)

Jeff Dunham’s Scrooged-Up Holiday Special

The comedy ventriloquist puts his own spin on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in this new special. Prime Video (Stream)

Jingle Bell Love

New Kids on the Block’s Joey McIntyre and Heartland’s Michelle Morgan star in this feel-good holiday rom-com about a widower who’s matched up with a small-town shopkeeper by his 10-year-old daughter. The Roku Channel (Stream)

The Merry Gentlemen

To save her parents’ small-town nightclub, a Broadway dancer (Britt Robertson) stages an all-male, Christmas-themed revue — which leads her to meet a guy with all the right moves (Chad Michael Murray). Netflix (Stream)

Family Guy: Gift of the White Guy

In this standalone Family Guy holiday special, Peter must recover Lois’ Christmas brooch after gifting it away in a White Elephant exchange. Disney+ (Stream)

Our Little Secret

After discovering their significant others are siblings, two resentful exes (Lindsay Lohan and Ian Harding) must spend Christmas under one roof — while hiding their romantic history. Netflix (Stream)

Is it Cake? Holiday

Nine all-star bakers from past seasons face off in the ultimate holiday showdown to create the ultimate in festive cake creations. Netflix (Stream)

Hot Frosty

Two years after losing her husband, Kathy (Lacey Chabert) magically brings a

handsome snowman (Dustin Milligan) to life. Netflix (Stream)

Jack in Time for Christmas

Stranded in the U.S., British comedian Jack Whitehall embarks on an incredible — and, some would say, completely implausible — journey involving planes, trains, huskies and bobsleds in order to make it back to the U.K. in time for Christmas. Prime Video (Stream)

A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter

In her first holiday special, Sabrina Carpenter welcomes guests Chappell Roan, Shania Twain, Quinta Brunson, Cara Delevingne, Kyle Mooney, Nico Hiraga, Megan Stalter, Sean Astin, Owen Thiele and Jillian Bell. Netflix (Stream)

That Christmas

Co-written by Love Actually scribe Richard Curtis, this animated feature tells a series

of entwined tales about family, friends, love and loneliness — and Santa Claus making a big mistake. The star-studded voice cast includes Brian Cox, Jodie Whittaker, Fiona Shaw and more. Netflix (Stream)

Sugarplummed

When Emily (Maggie Lawson) wishes her Christmas will be as perfect as the one she sees in a holiday rom-com, her wish comes true when the movie’s relentlessly cheery protagonist, Sugarplum (Janel Parrish), magically steps off the screen and into her life. Sugarplum’s magical holiday fixes initially work wonders, but then backfire spectacularly. December 7, W Network

Leah’s Perfect Gift

Leah (Emily Arlook) may be Jewish, but she’s has always romanticized Christmas. When her boyfriend (Evan Roderick) invites her to spend the holidays with family in Connecticut, she’s chagrined to discover their Christmas festivities are far from the storybook version she imagined. December 8, W Network

Our Little Secret

Hot Frosty

That Christmas

Is it Cake? Holiday

A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter

Rachael Ray’s Holidays

This six-episode series brings viewers into Rachael Ray’s kitchen, where she shares favourite holiday dishes. December 8, A&E

Best Christmas Movies Ever!

Join 59 stars, athletes, writers, directors and critics as they discuss such beloved classics as It’s a Wonderful Life, Home Alone, Elf and more. December 9, KTLA

Frosty the Snowman

An enchanted top hat transforms a snowman into a singing, dancing sensation in this animated classic. December 11, NBC

A Motown Christmas

Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey co-host this musical spectacular featuring performances from Ashanti, Andra Day, BeBe Winans, Jamie Foxx, JoJo, October London, mgk, Pentatonix, Jordin Sparks and the cast of the Broadway show MJ The Musical, along with Motown legends

Gladys Knight, the Temptations and Martha Reeves and the Vandellas December 11, NBC

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

This beloved holiday favourite first aired in 1964, teling the tale of how a plucky little reindeer’s glowing red nose saved Santa on Christmas Eve. December 12, NBC

Hanukkah on the Rocks

When recently unemployed attorney Tory (Stacey Farber) goes in search of the perfect Hanukkah candles, she winds up at a Chicago tavern where she finds the true spirit of the holidays. December 13, W Network

A Novel Christmas

Yuletide love blooms when a children’s book author meets a single dad and his daughter at a book signing. December 13, Super Channel Heart & Home

The 92nd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade

Holiday-themed floats cruise through the streets of Los Angeles in a Christmas parade with a distinctly California flavour. December 14, KTLA

Christmas with the

Chosen: Holy Night

Experience a dramatization of the birth of Jesus in this special that also features a performance from world-renowned performer Andrea Bocelli, with his son Matteo Bocelli. December 15, KTLA

Little Big Town’s Christmas at the Opry

This new special starring country music quartet Little Big Town welcomes guests Dan + Shay, Kelsea Ballerini, Sheryl Crow, Kirk Franklin, Kate Hudson, Orville Peck and more. December 16, NBC

A Motown Christmas

Leah’s Perfect Gift

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Hanukkah on the Rocks

Sugarplummed

Little Big Town’s Christmas at the Opry

The Simpsons: O C’mon

All Ye Faithful

Homer, Marge and the family embark on a new holiday adventure in this standalone Simpsons special. December 17, Disney+

Sister Boniface Mysteries

Christmas Special 2024: Once Upon a Time

Great Slaughter’s pantomime rehearsals get a shocking twist when a cast member ends up mysteriously dead. Can Sister Boniface (Lorna Watson) unravel the plot before death strikes again? December 17, BritBox

A Christmas Less Traveled

Forced to sell her late father’s beloved truck, Desi (Candace Cameron Bure) discovers a recorded message from him that spurs her to take the vehicle on a road trip to revisit her family’s past. December 17, Super Channel Heart & Home

iHeartRadio Jingle Ball

This year’s lineup for the annual holiday pop event includes Katy Perry, SZA, Tate McRae, Jack Harlow, twenty one pilots, Teddy Swims, Meghan Trainor, Camila Cabello, Kane Brown, Jason Derulo, Benson Boone, Gracie Abrams and more. December 18, ABC

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer

Inspired by the wacky novelty holiday hit, this animated special follows the quest of Jake Spankenheimer as he tries to track down his missing grandmother on Christmas Eve. December 18, KTLA

Nate Bargatze’s Nashville Christmas

Recorded at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, comic Nate Bargatze serves as emcee, guiding viewers through a mix of standup comedy, pre-taped

comedy shorts, sketches and musical performances. December 19, CBS

Christmas Under the Northern Lights

Erin (Jill Wagner) joins her dad (Bruce Boxleitner) to celebrate Christmas in her former hometown of Aurora, in order to sell the family home and watch the Aurora Borealis light up the Northern sky. Romance sparks when she meets a local guide (Jesse Hutch). December 19, Super Channel Heart & Home

National Christmas Tree Lighting

An annual holiday tradition continues for the 102nd consecutive year, held at the Ellipse in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. This year’s performers include James Taylor, Trombone Shorty, Mickey Guyton, Trisha Yearwood and others. December 20, CBS

Nate Bargatze’s Nashville Christmas

Sister Boniface Mysteries Christmas Special 2024: Once Upon a Time

Josh Groban and Friends Go Home for the Holidays

A Christmas Less Traveled

A Royal Christmas Ballet

Josh Groban and Friends Go Home for the Holidays

This annual special celebrating the joys of adoption features host Josh Groban and performances from James Bay, Jennifer Hudson, Tori Kelly and The War and Treaty December 20, CBS

The Waltons’ Homecoming

Inspired by the beloved 1970s TV hit, this made-for-TV movie follows the lifechanging journey of 17-year-old John Boy Walton (Logan Shroyer), who sets out into the night to find his father when he doesn’t return home for Christmas as planned. Meanwhile, a bitter winter storm rages. December 21, KTLA

Happy Howlidays

Jessica Lowndes stars in this Hallmark Channel rom-com as Mia, a webpage editor for the Seattle Tourism Board who finds herself unexpectedly alone at Christmas when she encounters a stray

dog. Unsure how to handle the situation, she crosses paths with Max, who owns a local dog shelter. Love blooms when Mia agrees to let Max’s ailing dog find solace with her newfound companion, in exchange for Max showing her around the city to reveals some of Seattle’s hidden gems. December 21, W Network

A Royal Christmas Ballet

A retired ballerina is pressed into service working with a visiting team of royal ambassadors to put on the season’s performance of The Nutcracker, but finds herself centre stage in an unexpected Christmas romance. December 22, Super Channel Heart & Home

Home Sweet Christmas

Sophie (Candace Cameron Bure) returns to her small hometown after inheriting part of a maple forest. She reconnects with Sam (Cameron Mathison), her childhood friend who co-owns the property, sparking some exciting new possibilities. December 23, Super Channel Heart & Home

Christmas Eve Mass

Tune in for coverage of Pope Francis leading midnight mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. December 24, NBC

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade

Expect special guests galore as Disney’s annual Christmas celebration presents the traditional parade, endearing stories and magical celebrity performances from Walt Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in California. December 25, ABC

Doctor Who: Joy to the World

A longstanding Christmas Day tradition continues with a new edition of the annual Doctor Who Christmas special. This time out, the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) encounters a woman named Joy (Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan) and a seriously angry Tyrannosaurus rex, all courtesy of a mysterious time-travelling hotel. December 25, Disney+ ■

The Waltons’ Homecoming

Christmas Under the Northern Lights

Happy Howlidays

Doctor Who: Joy to the World

LUCY WORSLEY’S HOLMES VS. DOYLE

Sunday, 5 p.m., WTVS; 8 p.m., KCTS

hick tweed fabrics, cozy closed-door home libraries and leather-bound books are all trending on social media this winter. The aesthetic — now often referred to as “dark academia” — hearkens back to a simpler time, one in which low lighting, wingback chairs and rich, luscious textiles are key for setting the mood. Some might say that the only thing missing is a deerstalker cap and a good mystery novel — and they would be right.

Fictional detective Sherlock Holmes has undoubtedly had an impact on the readers of the world (and in the realms of fashion and home decor, too, it would seem), but perhaps no one has been more affected by the sleuth than his own author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

In the new three-part docuseries Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle, the titular television host does some investigating of her own, uncovering how the lives of the man and his most popular creation came to echo one another in an uncanny harmony, often to the author’s detriment.

Throughout his 137 years on the page, Sherlock Holmes has solved 60 separate cases across 56 short stories and four novels, but the biggest mystery of them all has been lying just beneath the surface of the fiction. For years, it appeared that Doyle — a private detective in his own right — despised his most prized creation, but why he grew to dislike the fictional character was never quite clear . . . until now.

“[Worsley] explores Doyle’s desire to distance himself from Sherlock after the detective’s apparent death at the Reichenbach Falls,” the description reads. “From the delights of the ski slopes to the horrors of the Boer War, she reveals how far Doyle went to make himself the hero of his own story. He even took on the role of detective himself in one of the most important legal cases of the 20th century.”

By the time viewers arrive at the conclusion of the PBS docuseries on December 22, Worsley investigates the parallel timelines of both author and authored. By analyzing Doyle’s decision to bring his most iconic character back from the dead, the presenter illustrates where Doyle’s and Holmes’ personalities, decisions and life events began to converge before dovetailing, ultimately resulting in the character eclipsing the now-aging crime novelist.

“In the finale, ‘Shadows and Sleuths’ [Worsley] investigates the return of Sherlock,” says PBS. “Doyle began the Edwardian age delighting in all it had to offer, but as the First World War approached, the darkness of the later stories mirrored the reality of Doyle’s life. After losing his eldest son, he became an evangelist for spiritualism, and his star declined after a public spat with a famous magician. Sherlock Holmes, in contrast, found a life beyond his author on stage and screen.”

Historian Lucy Worsley delves into the complicated relationship between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his most famous fictional creation, Sherlock Holmes

In the first episode of Holmes vs. Doyle, Worsley travels back in time to the British author’s not-so-humble beginnings as a medical student in the lowland Scottish city of Edinburgh before diving into the cultural movements of the Victorian era in what is now the United Kingdom.

According to the PBS press release, Worsley “unpacks the early stories, revealing the dark underbelly of late Victorian Britain, from drug use to true crime. She explores how Doyle infused his stories with cutting-edge technological developments and traces the author’s growing disenchantment with his detective, heading to Switzerland to visit the site of one of the most famous deaths in literature.”

Moving through Doyle’s life and ever-growing oeuvre, the second episode (airing December 15) is heavily based upon the writer’s decision to kill off his beloved case cracker in his 1893 work The Final Problem, set two years earlier, in 1891.

According to writer and editor Ronald B. De Waal in his 1995 fourvolume compilation, The Universal Sherlock Holmes, the character has now been adapted into more than 25,000 forms, including works translated into 63 languages worldwide. From the written form to visual mediums such as film and television, Holmes’ reach extends far beyond that of the vast majority of living (or once living) people, something which continued to baffle Doyle long into his life and career.

“The curious thing is,” Doyle mused aloud to a camera in a 1928 interview with William Fox, “how many people around the world who are perfectly convinced that he is a living human being. I get letters addressed to him. I get letters asking for his autograph. I get letters addressed to his other stupid friend, Watson,” Doyle chuckles with a glimmer in his eye. “I even had ladies writing that they would be glad to act as his housekeeper.” (The latter portion being a clear, if moderately bemusing, sign of the times.)

And while this notable interview is available on YouTube for those who wish to seek it out, Sherlock Holmes fans truly need look no further than Worsley and her in-depth research. A self-proclaimed lifelong fan of Holmes in her own right — and Doyle, of course, by extension — Worsley “explores the parallel lives of Doyle and Holmes in the historical context of their times.” ■

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Nightbitch

STARRING: Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Jessica Harper, Zoë Chao, Mary Holland

Director Marielle Heller’s adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s novel stars Amy Adams as Mother, a former urbanite artist and gallery curator who is now a stay-athome mom in the suburbs, looking after her toddler son. Left alone with her child while her husband (Scoot McNairy) travels frequently for business, she’s come to realize that while she loves her son dearly, he’s also sucking the life out of her. Isolated and exhausted, Mother begins to see and hear things in the night that beckon to her. Soon, something primal and feral rises up within, allowing her to unleash — and return to — her inner power and identity in a boldly original film that explores motherhood by combining drama, comedy, horror and magical realism.

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Billy

Based on a true story, an alarming surge in violent bombings and bank robberies in the Pacific Northwest leads weathered FBI agent Terry Husk (Jude Law) to suspect it’s not the work of traditional organized crime, but white supremacists. His investigation pulls Terry into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a charismatic domestic terrorist (Nicholas Hoult) planning to overthrow the U.S. government.

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Spinning off from Trailer Park Boys, this new movie finds Bubbles (Mike Smith) and his band hired as opening act for Billy Bob Thornton’s group, The Boxmasters, on a tour of Europe. Enlisting burger-loving, shirt-hating Randy (Patrick Roach) as roadie, Bubbles and the band are kicked off the tour and stranded. It’s up to Ricky (Robb Wells) and Julian (John Paul Tremblay) to save the day. Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties

STARRING: Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Marc Maron

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SEASON

FINALE

Laysla De Oliveira

BY MATT CURRIE

SPECIAL OPS: LIONESS

Sunday, Paramount+

QCruz ended season one on a very uncertain note. Was it always made clear to you that she’d be coming back?

AI’m going to be honest with you. We sign the contracts that we sign going into the show, so I had no idea that I wouldn’t be coming back for season two until I got a call from Taylor [Sheridan] at the end of the strike, and he explained the new storyline — which completely made sense. It makes for a much more interesting show to watch when it is a different mission and recruit every year. Of course, Laysla the actress was a little bit devastated, but Laysla the artist understood. And it was a very beautiful conversation with Taylor, because he changed my life with this job.

But after he was done writing the third episode, about six weeks later, he called me back and he was like, “You’re not goin’ anywhere.” [Laughs] Which was a great call to have, as well.

QWhy did Taylor struggle with writing this character back into the mix?

AAt the time, he didn’t know how he could bring Cruz back in a meaningful way, and he didn’t want me to miss out on opportunities. He said, “I’m going to let you go, because I don’t want you to just be a side character. I don’t want to do that to you.”

QIt’s a very intriguing way to enter the story, halfway through a season . . .

AAnd I think, also, the way things ended for Cruz, she does need that time off. So, yes, she’s deployed off the coast of Somalia. She’s also doing a lot of soul-searching, she’s trying to understand this geopolitical world and how she fits into it. With last season’s mission and how she fell in love and how all that ended, I don’t know if she completely agreed with what she did. But at the end of the day, her country is her biggest love. So, she’s really trying to understand the intricacies of that. She’s become a lot more, I would say, “book smart” this year. I was like, “Ooh, Cruz has been studying! I need to catch up to Cruz.” It’s a beautiful thing to see. I also think she starts to understand Joe [Zoe Saldaña] a lot more, which is a really beautiful thing in her journey.

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Following guest spots on iZombie and X-Men spinoff The Gifted, this Toronto-born actress got her break in 2020 on yet another comic book series — Netflix’s Nova Scotia-shot Locke &Key, where she played duplicitous underworld fiend Dodge for parts of three seasons.

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In 2023, De Oliveira landed her biggest role to date with this military thriller from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan. Flanked by the likes of Zoe Saldaña, Nicole Kidman and Morgan Freeman, she plays Cruz Manuelos — a patriotic but troubled U.S. soldier tapped by the CIA for a shady undercover mission. Season two opened to find her character in the wind, with Lioness boss Joe (Saldaña) getting her claws in another recruit (Genesis Rodriguez). But midway through the year, Cruz made a surprise return to the pride.

QThe entertainment world can be such a rollercoaster of near-constant rejection. How do you, personally, cope?

A I wish I had a great tip for that. The only thing I keep thinking of is . . . you know in Finding Nemo, where Dory’s like, “Just keep swimming, just keep swimming?” That’s what I think of when I think of acting. The highs are so high and the lows are so low. You really need to find ways to ground yourself — whatever that means for you. Find the people that you love and hold them close so that your happiness is not just dependent upon if you’re working or not, or if people think you’re popular right now. Because that will always be a rollercoaster.

Q

On that note, do you have any really horrifying audition stories?

A Horrifying? Gosh, I probably have blocked those out . . . I think my favourite audition story is for Lioness It’s not horrifying, it’s exciting because I ended up getting the part. But they flew me out to the set of Yellowstone while [Sheridan] was directing an episode, and I had to perform the entire first episode [of Lioness] for him on the set of Yellowstone, in between him directing. Like, two chairs, out on the field, in front of everybody [laughs]. If you could get through that, you could get through anything . . . But it was electrifying. That scene where I’m running from my abusive boyfriend in the first episode of season one — performing that live on the set of Yellowstone really gets your heart racing. I felt like it contributed to a good performance.

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They are like very tiny powerplants that produce energy in every living cell in our bodies. On average, every cell has 1,500 mitochondria. Can you imagine that for their extremely small size, it’s been said that they produce, gram for gram, 10,000–50,000 times more energy than the sun?

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