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The Family Plan 2

Mark Wahlberg is back with a sequel to his 2023 action comedy about a suburban husband and father whose wife (Michelle Monaghan) and family have no idea he was once a government assassin until his past returns to haunt him with a vengeance. With that cat now out of the bag, the fam is plunged into a whole new mission, and director Simon Cellan Jones tells TV Week why he felt it was necessary to up the ante when it came to the sequel’s eye-popping stunts. pg 54

The First Snow of Fraggle Rock

John Tartaglia, voice of Fraggle Rock’s Gobo, speaks with TV Week about the new holiday movie based on Jim Henson’s beloved series, which brings his character from the Fraggles’ underground world to the streets of Canmore, Alberta.

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Goodbye June

Kate Winslet makes her directorial debut with this holiday drama about a group of fractured siblings who are reluctantly brought together by the illness of their mother (Helen Mirren). pg 20

Adventuring with Whole Foods

Food, at its core, is beautifully simple. Good quality, whole ingredients can be transformed into something wild and magical when flavours collide. It awakens the senses, transports us through space and time, and turns the ordinary into the extraordinary. It taps into our deepest emotions and reminds us of who we are and how we love.

Choosing whole foods doesn’t mean going without. It means leaning in and getting curious. It means trading the processed and predictable for naturally delicious and playful. A chance to explore colour, texture, and flavour at their peak, alive with the taste of season and story.

A cut of meat you’ve never tried, a fruit rind you thought was trash, or a homemade sauce so good, it becomes your new signature. Cooking this way invites play and discovery, and it keeps your mind wildly aware and your connection to the natural world beautifully intact.

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120 STUNNING WHOLE FOOD RECIPES

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Editor’s Note America’s dirty secrets exposed

Few journalists have been more of a thorn in the side of the U.S. government than Seymour Hersh. In 1970, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his work exposing the My Lai massacre, shocking the world by proving the U.S. government had been covering up its own war crimes after American troops attacked a village full of unarmed Vietnamese civilians, cold-bloodedly murdering 400 people — including women, children and the elderly.

Hersh went on expose more government cover-ups, ranging from the Watergate scandal, to secret bombing in Cambodia, to the CIA’s illegal surveillance of American students protesting the Vietnam war, to the unsanctioned torture of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers at the now-notorious Abu Ghraib prison facility. Even today, in his late 80s, Hersh has fended off retirement in order to continue his journalistic crusade, as evidenced with his recent coverage of the Gaza war.

Hersh’s career and journalistic legacy is the focus of Cover-Up, a gripping new documentary from filmmakers Mark Obenhaus and

Laura Poitras, exploring his halfcentury of reporting to uncover what Hersh believes is a consistent pattern of impunity within the U.S. military and intelligence agencies.

The story is told via stacks of Hersh’s own meticulous notes, primary documents and archival footage, focusing not just on his reporting process but on the scandals he uncovered. Meanwhile, the film shines the spotlight on Hersh himself as he comes to terms with becoming the subject of a story, not just reporting on one.

“This is a film I’ve been wanting to make for over two decades, and I’m so grateful that Sy finally relented,” Poitras says. “It is an honour to introduce younger generations — particularly young journalists — to Sy’s outsider muckraking reporting.”

Adds Obenhaus: “Through him, the film speaks to the essential role of investigative journalism in holding the powerful accountable.

The WATCH List

TUESDAY

Honoured To Be There

In his memoir, comedy legend Mel Brooks revealed that he politely declined being honoured by the Kennedy Center during the George W. Bush administration due to political differences, but happily accepted a few years later when Barack Obama was president. Now that the 47th POTUS has put his stamp on the Kennedy Center by firing administrators and appointing loyalists (resulting in numerous artists cancelling scheduled performances and some even boycotting the place entirely) one can only imagine how many

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entertainers turned down an invitation to this year’s soiree. With that in mind, the 2025 Kennedy Center honourees are: country music star George Strait; rock band KISS (the original lineup of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss and the late Ace Frehley); Tony-winning Phantom of the Opera star Michael Crawford; disco pioneer Gloria Gaynor; and Hollywood icon Sylvester Stallone.

KENNEDY CENTER HONORS

Tuesday, 8 p.m., CBS

A VERY SOAPY XMAS

This sinful soap opera celebrates the holidays with two special episodes, the first of which debuts today and the other airing next Wednesday. Fans will be treated to a performance of an original song from series star Clifton Davis, while next week’s episode

features guest star Kenny Lattimore ringing in 2026 with a New Year’s Eve serenade. Storywise, the entire Dupree family is left reeling after an unexpected health crisis.

BEYOND THE GATES

Wednesday, 1 p.m., CBS

WEDNESDAY

HANDEL WITH CARE

Arguably one of the most iconic pieces of music in history, George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” is infused with elements of jazz, R&B, rock and pop in this singularly unique interpretation of the beloved oratorio dating back to 1741.

TOO HOT TO HANDEL — THE GOSPEL MESSIAH

Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. & 10 p.m., WTVS; 9:30 p.m., KCTS

WEDNESDAY

MASS WITH POPE LEO

For the first time, Pope Leo XIV leads Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome for an estimated in-person crowd of 7,000, in addition to millions of viewers in 70 different countries in what’s become one of TV’s most-watched religious broadcasts.

CHRISTMAS EVE MASS

Wednesday, 11:34 p.m., NBC

THURSDAY

Charles’ Rough Year

THE KING’S CHRISTMAS ADDRESS 2025

Thursday, 12:30 p.m., CBC (also streaming on BritBox)

After decades of Queen Elizabeth II beaming into our living rooms each Christmas, the torch has been passed to King Charles as he carries on the royal tradition

FRIDAY

THE POWER OF MONEY

This new Korean drama serves up a superhero saga with a clever twist. Kang Sang-ung (Lee Jun-ho) is a cash-strapped civil servant who dreams of one day owning a home. He suddenly receives superpowers, but there’s a catch: each time he uses his new abilities, cash is drained from his wallet. This becomes problematic when he learns he’s been targeted by a criminal

that his mother began back in 1957. Every once in a while, the queen would use the occasion to comment on the royal family’s travails, such as the death of Princess Diana and, perhaps most memorably, the annus horribilis that was 1992. Will Charles do the same? Looking back at 2025, this annus has certainly had its share of horribilis, what with the king and the Princess of Wales both

organization that hunts down superheroes. To bring down the baddies, he teams with a lawyer whose superpowers increase with each sip of booze, and a woman whose telekinetic powers are tied to her caloric intake.

battling cancer, Prince Harry’s ongoing estrangement from the rest of the royals (although rumour has it he’s been trying to unburn all those bridges he torched with his poison-pen memoir) and, of course, Jeffrey Epstein’s BFF Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor being stripped of all his royal titles due to the latest revelations about his creepy bromance with the notorious pedophile.

FRIDAY

BEST OF THE YEAR

POPSTAR! BEST OF 2025

Friday, 8 p.m., KTLA

Join host Elizabeth Stanton for this onehour celebration of the biggest entertainment events of the year as she presides over a countdown of the greatest and most memorable moments and trends of 2025, based on polls conducted by Popstar! Magazine. Given the magazine’s demographic is girls between the ages of eight and 14, it’s likely Taylor Swift will grab a mention or 50.

Ask TV Week

POWER-FUL PERFORMANCE?

We just burned through Netflix’s The Beast in Me. Great show! As it is a “limited series,” what is Matthew Rhys doing next?

T.C., Victoria

The Emmy-winning Welshman will follow his turn as murderer Nile Jarvis by playing a prosecutor in season two of Apple TV’s Presumed Innocent. What’s more, in a recent appearance on the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast, Rhys divulged that he and Netflix are in early talks to try and secure adaptation rights for The Power Broker, author Robert Caro’s revered 1974 biography of Robert Moses — the ruthless urban planner who cut a swath across New York with expressways and urban development projects that destroyed many of the city’s most storied and disadvantaged communities.

THE NEW FACE OF SMILEY

Spy dramas are my favourite, but there are never enough of them! Anything interesting coming up?

S.M., Burnaby

Just recently we reported on the long-awaited revival of The Night Manager via Prime Video this January. We can now confirm that another of John le Carré’s espionage novels will hit screens in 2026 or 2027, on BBC in the U.K. and MGM+ in Canada. And this one features the return of the author’s most iconic character, George Smiley. Previously brought to life by Alec Guinness and Gary Oldman, the understated spy will next be played by Succession Emmy winner Matthew Macfadyen. The show will bear the name of le Carré’s 2017 book A Legacy of Spies, but will also pull from 1963 classic The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, as Smiley works with fellow Brit Alec Leamas (Sons of Anarchy’s Charlie Hunnam) to take down an East German agent at the height of the Cold War, in the 1960s. Per BBC: “The

series begins in the shadow of the newly erected Berlin Wall, as Alec Leamas watches his last agent shot dead by East German sentries. For Leamas, a senior British intelligence officer in Berlin, the Cold War is over. As he faces the prospect of retirement or worse — a desk job — Control [head of U.K. intelligence agency ‘The Circus’] offers him a unique opportunity for revenge. Assuming the guise of an embittered and dissolute ex-agent, Leamas is set up to trap Mundt, the deputy director of the East German Intelligence Service, with himself as the bait. In the background is George Smiley, ready to make the game play out just as Control wants.”

THE FUTURE OF EUPHORIA

Just wondering if/when we can expect to see a new season of Euphoria? Seems it’s been gone forever!

J.L., Victoria

Matthew Rhys plays smirking psychopath Nile Jarvis in Netflix’s acclaimed thriller The Beast in Me

Indeed, HBO’s provocative teen drama was last seen in February of 2022. The lengthy delay between seasons two and three has been chalked up to the fact that the show turned several members of its young cast — including Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney and Jacob Elordi — into genuine, in-demand Hollywood superstars, as well as some disagreement between creator Sam Levinson, leading lady Zendaya and HBO on the creative direction moving forward.

Luckily, that discord seems to have been solved, as it was just recently confirmed the series will return in April 2026. Speaking at a Content London event recently, Levinson previewed what’s to come for Rue and her oversexed, ever-unpredictable friends. Most notably: a five-year time jump.

“The one thing we all agreed on is we can’t go back to high school — although many, many shows have had 30-year-old high school students, we’re not,” Levinson said (via The Hollywood Reporter). “Five years felt like a natural place because if they had gone to college they’d be out of college at that time.”

Those five years have been kinder to some of our heroes than others. While a now-engaged Nate (Elordi) and Cassie (Sweeney) are living boring lives in the suburbs, planning a wedding that Levinson promises “will be an unforgettable night,” struggling addict Rue (Zendaya) finds herself in Mexico, coming up with “innovative ways” to pay off her debt to a drug dealer.

Elsewhere, Jules (Hunter Schafer) is in art school, and budding writer Lexi (Maude Apatow) is working as the assistant to a TV showrunner, played by Sharon Stone.

Ask Rick Q A

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

I am looking for a recommendation for something unusual in a Christmas story. I love A Christmas Carol, even if it stars the Muppets; are there any versions I might have missed?

N.W., Vancouver

You might want to try Carol for Another Christmas, a TV movie from 1964. Although based on Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella, this adaptation comes to us from Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling. It has many elements from the original text, but creates a different motivation for its Scrooge to be such a hater of the yuletide season. Sterling Hayden plays a wealthy man named Daniel Grudge, who’s made a vast fortune as an industrialist. Despite his riches, he’s miserable, having lost his only son in the Second World War during the holiday season. Grudge is selfish, miserly and an isolationist, wanting nothing to do with his fellow man. Then one Christmas Eve, he’s whisked away by three spirits. Steve Lawrence plays the Ghost of Christmas Past, Pat Hingle is the Ghost of Christmas Present and Robert Shaw is the Ghost of Christmas Future. Other cast members include the great Peter Sellers and his then-wife Britt Ekland, and Montreal native Percy Rodriguez After our protagonist visits the First World War in the past, sees the plight of the disadvantaged in the present and tours a desolate future, he resolves to let go of the grudge he’s been holding against the world.

TCM generally runs this one at some point during the holiday season, or you can watch the entire movie on YouTube anytime you wish.

Listen to Rick Forchuk on select weekday afternoons on CKNW Radio on both The Jas Johal Show and The Jill Bennett Show

Rue (Zendaya) and the gang are skippin’ college, with a third season of Euphoria that picks up five years after high school.

Hot Dramas

Tragic Holiday Magic

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SANCTUARY: A WITCH’S TALE

Thursday, AMC+

As ever, there will be plenty of cheer hitting TV screens on Christmas Day. But comin’ to town alongside Santa Claus this year is a show that — while it does deal in magic — isn’t about fairy dust and flying reindeer so much as fear and persecution. Season one of this U.K. drama introduced us to Sarah (Elaine Cassidy) and Harper (Hazel Doupe), a modern-day mother and daughter in the village of Sanctuary, where average folks have lived alongside witches for generations . . . until the death of a local teen sparked a good oldfashioned witch hunt. Season two opens a

year after that hunt to find Sarah and Harper hiding in Scotland, as anti-witch laws have led to hate crimes. When Sarah is drawn back home, another death threatens to rile up another angry mob.

As Doupe mused in a chat with SciFi Vision, the show explores “how easy it is for everyone who is hurting to turn on one particular type of person — in this case, witches — in a place where they’re supposed to be so incredibly accepting and so innovative and revolutionizing the way of the world . . . It’s a little bit of a reflection of society at the moment, and always through the ages.”

This past November, Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul mastermind Vince Gilligan managed to follow those two successes with a third zeitgeist-capturing drama. This one centres on another deeply flawed protagonist — bitter, alcoholic romance novelist Carol (Better Call Saul’s Rhea Seehorn), who finds herself immune to an alien virus that turns nearly every other person on Earth into an infuriatingly pleasant pod person, linked to a hive mind, who seek only to sate her every want and need — while they work on a way to infect her with their happiness bug. Curmudgeon that she is, Carol resisted . . . even though doing so has forced her to face the miserable life she’s led. Tonight brings the ninth and final episode . . . with another season already greenlit, and Gilligan reportedly hoping for two more after that.

PLURIBUS

Friday, Apple TV

The farewell season of Netflix’s monster hit continues its month-long rollout. After the first four episodes dropped November 26, subscribers will find three more under the tree Christmas Day, followed by the finale on New Year’s Eve.

5 p.m.,

Hot Dramas

Love & Carnage

Allison

Williams talks

starring in the latest heartbreaker from the author of It Ends With Us

REGRETTING YOU

Blu-Ray, Digital & On Demand

QLooking at the success of It Ends With Us and now this film, what is it about Colleen Hoover’s novels that clicks with people — these stories of mothers and daughters, people loving and losing, and the general messiness of life?

AMy best guess is it’s a couple things. One is that she very frequently writes in the firstperson, which I find is the easiest way for a reader to really, really resonate with a character, because you’re in their thoughts — for good or bad. She doesn’t shy away from flawed thinking and flawed narratives in those first-person chapters, which I think is also an asset, because it takes away a veil of perfection from the person whose eyes you’re seeing the story through. You’re let in on their flaws.

I also think they’re just readable. She has this way of letting plot unravel and character development unravel at a pace that’s fast enough to keep you wanting to open it again every single day, but slow enough that you can really marinate in whatever the characters are going through at any given moment.

It isn’t written with suspense, but it is as catchy and as sticky as a suspenseful book.

She sees people really clearly. And watching her study in human behaviour through her books is such a joy.

QA few years ago, I watched a series on Netflix called The Haunting of Hill House, which had one of the most staggeringly talented casts of child actors I’ve ever seen. You have worked with two of those actors very closely — Violet McGraw on the M3GAN films and now Mckenna Grace on Regretting You — playing mother figures to both of them. Are you just making your way through that entire, pint-sized ensemble?

AI hope so, because if the first two are any indication . . . I remember thinking the same exact thing watching Haunting of Hill House — which I did through my fingers, because it was so scary, but so beautiful and heartbreaking — I remember thinking how talented they both were. I can’t say enough good things about either of their talent, or their character as human beings.

QThey were both a little older when you worked with them, but it’s still mind-blowing how these young actors have the sophistication to tackle these complex themes and emotions . . .

AYou know, what they both have is this incredible access to depth of feeling that . . . I think it must be a gift, because it exceeds the amount of years and experiences they’ve lived on this planet. It’s an uncanny ability to channel this human experience that I know for a fact they haven’t actually lived yet. And that is extraordinary. I don’t know where that’s coming from.

The bad version of it is, like, doing high school plays about really high-stakes life situations where it’s a bunch of high-schoolers talking about the Great Depression, trying to summon what it felt like at that point in the U.S.

But they are able to breathe life and truth into these big, big feelings and these big moments. Dave [Franco, adult co-star] and I watching Mckenna and Mason [Thames, teen co-star] were just kind of like, “That’s how you do it. We’re gonna do our best to keep up, but they’re the pros.”

Hot Comedies

A Song of Ice & Satire

SHORESY

Thursday, Crave (Stream)

Something of a modern holiday tradition that’s arisen north of the border over the past decade is the arrival of a new season of Canadian small-town comedy Letterkenny on Christmas Day.

Now that Letterkenny is cancelled, and therefore no longer able to “get at ’er,” the torch has been passed to its hockey-centric spinoff, Shoresy, which debuts the first two episodes of season five this December 25.

Reportedly, the new season finds Shoresy (creator Jared Keeso) and his fellow Sudbury Bulldogs fighting to protect the Canadian style of puck amidst an incursion of soft, finesseheavy European play.

Per usual, expect the show to honour our home and native love of the game — while also mercilessly, lovingly satirizing it.

As star Tasya Teles, who plays team owner and general manager Nat, told TV Week in an interview last year, the distinctly Canadian series “touches upon community, it touches upon what a family is, and how people create family in different ways. It touches upon identity and achieving greatness within the

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PICTURESQUE ROMANCE

A FIREFIGHTER’S CHRISTMAS CALENDAR

Sunday, 8 p.m., W

Network

context of your own life. It’s about people being flawed and clumsy — and all of the comedy that comes from those mistakes that people make. That’s where a lot of the comedy lives — just the simplicity of a person going through the world, trying to do their best.

“One of the other things that I love is the male camaraderie. We get a lot of messages from the fanbase about how the show has revived their love of hockey, and the importance of getting out there and getting together . . . You hear a lot about how the mental health crisis is affecting men because they don’t have avenues to process their feelings. This show offers this really sweet, silly mirror into the male experience and the comedy of it. What I’ve heard from the audience is that they feel seen, and there’s something about it that’s relaxing.”

Rookie firefighter Dani (Holly Deveaux) is inspired to rekindle her late mother’s “Holiday Heroes” fundraiser, the centrepiece of which is a calendar. This brings local photographer Sasha (Kyana Teresa) into the picture — and sparks unexpectedly fly.

Seizing the Stage

HAPPINESS

Sunday, 5 p.m. & 5:30 p.m., WTVS; 8 p.m. & 8:30 p.m., KCTS

The saga of disgraced Broadway golden boy Charlie Summers continues with another two episodes. Still toiling away on his mother’s New Zealand community theatre project, this week Charlie steps up to champion Gloria’s vision of the show — leading to a dust-up with director Adrian, as the rest of the cast and crew start to see Chuck as the man in charge.

Hot Comedies

I LOVE NEW YORK?

The brainchild of Shiva Baby star Rachel Sennott wraps season one, bringing to a close the misadventures of wannabe talent manager Maia, her estranged influencer pal Tallulah and the rest of their newly reunited, deeply codependent friend group.

As Vulture’s Nicholas Quah summed up in his review, I Love LA is “both precise and unhinged, absurdly funny yet emotionally true — a portrait of youthful ambition and friendship that makes someone slightly older both grateful to not be that

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young anymore and just a little envious of those who are.”

Tonight’s finale finds the girls not in L.A. but New York City, for a fashion event. Here, Maia is determined to enjoy herself, as Tallulah struggles through some style issues. Meanwhile, Alani plans to surprise her parents for their anniversary, only to get some surprises of her own.

HBO has already greenlit the show for a second season.

I LOVE LA Sunday, 9:35 p.m., HBO Canada

Live, Laugh & Learn

Over the past decade, Tom Segura has ascended to the peaks of the standup world on the strength of his indelible deadpan. The Ohio native has released five specials on Netflix to date; his sixth arrives this Christmas Eve. Per the synopsis, Teacher covers: “Parenting fails. Blackout bar stories. Career regrets . . . Tom Segura explores the darkly funny side of life’s most unpredictable lessons.”

In an interview last year with Esquire Middle East, Segura

A Twist to Die For?

PALM ROYALE

Wednesday, Apple TV

The queen bees of Palm Beach are abuzz after the apparent death of one of their own. But if you’re only “playing dead,” death can be a great way to find out who your friends really are — and to ensnare your enemies — as long as you can handle a little cabin fever.

offered some musings on his career, and the hard-won lessons it’s taught him. “The main thing is that you really do want to keep dreaming,” he said. “I moved to Los Angeles in 2002 solely because I just wanted to do movies. I became successful in this other lane of entertainment but I’ve never really deviated from wanting to do movies . . .

“There comes a point where you almost feel shame to express that you want to do that, because you’re not doing it. People say,

‘Well, that’s not for you . . . ’ But I’ve continued to just keep saying it. Now I at least have multiple movies in the pipeline . . . Part of it is that you have to remain humble. You have to accept that it is its own process and you have to go through all the steps. I don’t really get to skip any step because I’ve done well in standup. It’s the same thing for me as anybody else.”

TOM SEGURA: TEACHER Wednesday, Netflix

Hot Reality TV

Mickey on the March!

DISNEY PARKS MAGICAL CHRISTMAS DAY PARADE

Thursday, 5 a.m., ABC & Disney+

From early morning straight through till bedtime, Christmas Day is a swirl of cheerful chaos, as the frenzied evisceration of wrapping paper and painstaking assembly of toys gives way to the all-day, all-consuming prep of that turkey dinner (and then, of course, the dreaded cleanup!).

Not exactly prime TV viewing conditions. But if there’s one program tailor-made for a day when you can only periodically glance at the screen, it’s this Magical Christmas Day Parade.

The parade itself was filmed in early November, primarily in the cozy Floridian confines of Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. Trotting down Main Street, U.S.A., Mickey, Minnie et

al. led a procession of stunning floats, including toy soldiers, Toy Story, Disney Princesses and more, with Old Saint Nick and his reindeer bringing up the rear.

As ever, expect plenty of celebrities to get in on the merry-making, with special appearances and performances. The guest list wasn’t confirmed at time of press, but the Christmas Day Parade was filmed in close proximity to the already-aired Disney Holiday Spectacular — that one shot at parks all across the globe — which featured the likes of Gwen Stefani, Nicole Scherzinger, Bebe Rexha, Aloe Blacc, Good Charlotte and Trisha Yearwood, some of whom you can likely expect to appear on this broadcast as well.

Meanwhile, Dancing With the Stars’ Alfonso Ribeiro resumes his emcee duties from last year — but he’ll be flanked by new co-host Ginnifer Goodwin, who, beyond her inherent bona-fides from playing Snow White on Once Upon a Time, is also the star of Disney’s just-released Zootopia 2. (Word has it, she also takes centre stage in a dazzling dance number today.)

Lending a hand as “parade correspondent” is Maia Kealoha, pint-sized breakout star of the live-action Lilo & Stitch.

HOLLYWOOD SQUARES

Sunday, 8 p.m., Global & CBS

Centre Square Drew Barrymore and quippy celebrity “elves” like Meghan Trainor, Pete Holmes and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog challenge a pair of Christmaslovin’ players to a special holiday game of tic-tac-toe.

QUIP TO BE SQUARE Stars & Sprinkles!

THE

GREAT AMERICAN

BAKING SHOW: CELEBRITY HOLIDAY

Sunday, 6 p.m. & 9 p.m., Flavour Network

This seasonal one-off invites NBA great Baron Davis, A Merry Little Ex-Mas star Oliver Hudson, SNL alum Cheri Oteri and Abbott Elementary’s Janelle James to test their culinary mettle in three yuletide challenges doled out by Great British Baking Show judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith.

Hot Reality TV

Christmas Studs

The search for Hallmark’s next leading man may be at an end, but the dramatics certainly are not. In the tradition of such venerable reality series as Real Housewives and Southern Charm, Finding Mr. Christmas caps off season two with a reunion special that brings back all the “Holly Jolly Hunks” who’ve spent the past couple months showing off their “acting chops and holiday spirit” in hopes of landing a role in Hallmark’s next wintry romance flick.

Host Jonathan Bennett — himself a Hallmark star of some repute — leads the as-yet-unknown winner and the also-rans in a look back on the ups, downs and outlandish challenges. Given that this is Hallmark and not Bravo, we expect things to be more wholesome than trashy — but here’s hoping for at least a few fireworks.

FINDING MR. CHRISTMAS: REUNION

Saturday, 10 p.m., W Network

Carols With Kate

Spend Christmas Day with the Windsors, as Princess of Wales Kate Middleton emcees a day of choral music, live performances and seasonal readings attended by the Royal Family, alongside an array of special guests who will be fêted for enriching their communities.

ROYAL CAROLS: TOGETHER AT CHRISTMAS

Wednesday, BritBox

A New Avenue

KING

OF COLLECTIBLES: THE GOLDIN TOUCH

Tuesday, Netfli

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eason three of this Peyton Manningproduced hit follows Ken Goldin and the team at his US$2 billion memorabilia auction house as they branch further than ever before outside the world of sports — pushing headlong into the geeky niche of pop culture. Specifically, the entrepreneur plans to lay his “Goldin Touch” on some rare comic books — including, rumour has it, the first-ever issues of Batman and Fantastic Four, and several titles signed by late Marvel godfather Stan Lee himself.

During a recent chat with online sports auction hub Beckett, Goldin explained his reasons for expanding now, after so many years focused on athletics. In short, it comes down to raw ambition.

“The show, it’s opening up other avenues of business, so . . . I want to be as strong in as many areas as possible,” he said. “Literally, right now you go on ChatGPT and if you ask, who is the most well-known person in the collectible business? It’s Ken Goldin. Who is the most knowledgeable person in the collectible business? It’s Ken Goldin. Where’s the best place to sell a trading card? It’s Goldin. OK, I want that to apply to all categories. I want to be No. 1 in comic books. I want to be No. 1 in TCG [trading card games]. I want to be No. 1 in Hollywood, rock ’n’ roll and entertainment as well.”

Hot Docs

COUNTING CROWS: HAVE YOU SEEN ME LATELY?

Crave (Stream)

With the 1993 release of their debut album, August and Everything After, and the massive success of hit single “Mr. Jones,” Counting Crows became overnight sensations. Yet behind the soaring choruses and poetic lyrics was a band — and a frontman — navigating the dizzying highs and heavy costs of fame. That’s the focus of this “vibrant and deeply personal documentary” that “dives into the legacy of Counting Crows and their enigmatic lead singer Adam Duritz, not as a nostalgia play, but as a raw and revealing look at identity, artistry, and the fine line between performance and reality.”

Director Amy Scott was given unprecedented access to the band and its archives, following Counting Crows’ rise from San Francisco coffeehouses to headlining arenas — and

A Band’s Journey

the emotional turbulence that accompanied it.

“Told with wit, warmth, and the lyrical spirit that defines the Crows’ greatest hits — from ‘A Long December’ to ‘Round Here’ — the film mixes electric live footage, intimate interviews,

For Art’s Sake

Afounding member and leader of Canada’s famed Group of Seven, artist Lawren Harris is the subject of this revealing and comprehensive film about one of our nation’s most celebrated artists, who redefined Canadian art and its focus on how our attitudes are shaped in connection with the land.

WHERE THE UNIVERSE SINGS: THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OF LAWREN HARRIS

Tuesday, 11 p.m., Knowledge

and never-before-seen moments to create a portrait as layered and compelling as the music itself,” notes the synopsis of the documentary, which also includes footage of the band recording its most recent album, Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets!

THE QUEEN OF DISCO

Dubbed the Queen of Disco, Donna Summer sold more than 100 million records, bringing countless booties to shake on the dance floor during her 1970s heyday. Directed by filmmaker Roger Ross Williams and Summers’ daughter, Brooklyn Sudano, this documentary explores the highs and lows of fame, offering an intimate glimpse at her life on- and off the stage.

LOVE TO LOVE YOU DONNA SUMMER Friday, 3 p.m., HBO Canada

A Star’s Legacy

Sporting Life Hot Documentaries

NATALIE WOOD: WHAT REMAINS BEHIND

Monday, 6:15 p.m., HBO Canada

Actress Natalie Wood’s remarkable life and career are often overshadowed by the circumstances surrounding her tragic death at age 43, and this doc seeks to shine the spotlight on the legacy she left behind.

HOLIDAY HISTORY

CHRISTMAS CAROLS WITH LUCY WORSLEY

Wednesday, 10 p.m., Knowledge

Our ears have been full of Christmas carols in recent weeks, but have you ever wondered about how those iconic songs came to be? Historian Lucy Worsley has, and shares what she’s learned by delving into the fascinating history behind some of our most beloved carols.

ELWAY

One of the most celebrated players in NFL history, John Elway is the focus of this documentary that takes a deep dive into this elite athlete’s life, both on and off the field. Originally a baseball superstar who was drafted by the New York Yankees, his now-iconic performance in college football took him from the major leagues and paved the way for a legendary NFL career that included two Super Bowl wins as a player and a third as an executive with the Denver Broncos. “John Elway’s career isn’t just iconic, it’s darn near mythological,” says the film’s director, Ken Rodgers. “His physical abilities, mental toughness, and raw determination are the stuff of legend.”

Alanis Alive

Monday, Netfli WORDS + MUSIC Sunday,

SEASON

After episodes focusing on John Legend, Sheryl Crow and Elvis Costello, the final instalment of this new series’ four-episode debut season features Canada’s own Alanis Morissette. She takes to Amazon MGM Studios’ immersive volume stage for an intimate performance that fans won’t want to miss. In addition to some of her biggest hits and new offerings, Morissette delivers a spinechilling, stripped-down version of her signature Jagged Little Pill classic “You Oughta Know,” while also sharing her own personal reflections on the anger that fuelled the song, and the personal healing that she’s undergone in the years since.

MOVIES

Saturday Sunday Monday

A Make or Break Holiday

8 p.m., W Network

Liv and Daniel (Hunter King and Evan Roderick) are hosting their families for the first time this Christmas and stress is at an all-time high. When unspoken irritations within their relationship finally reach a boiling point, they decide to take a break from

We’re No Angels

7 p.m., TCM

A trio of convicts (Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov and Aldo Ray) escape from Devil’s Island at Christmas and hide out in a small town. Intending to rob a local store, they wind up being befriended by the family who runs it, and decide to help them out instead. ★★★

each other. However, relaying this news to their families will ruin Christmas, so they keep their plans in place while pretending to be a happy couple. As they navigate the complexities of their respective families under one roof, the two begin to rediscover what they love about each other — and may not have to pretend much longer.

Bad Teacher

8 p.m., Starz 2

Cameron Diaz stars as a selfish, foul-mouthed schoolteacher forced back into the classroom when her wealthy boyfriend dumps her after discovering she’s a gold-digger. She sets her sights on a substitute teacher (Justin Timberlake) when she learns he’s heir to a fortune. ★★

Ladies of the ’80s: A Divas Christmas

1 p.m. & 7 p.m., Lifetime

A group of 1980s soap stars (Morgan Fairchild, Linda Gray, Donna Mills, Nicollette Sheridan and the late Loni Anderson, in her final role) must set aside their epic rivalries when they wind up working together.

The Sound of Music

7 p.m., CTV2 & ABC

Prepare to be delighted all over again with this classic about a novice nun (Julie Andrews) who becomes governess for the seven Von Trapp children and their widowed dad (Christopher Plummer). ★★★★

A Christmas Story

8 p.m., CBC

The word “beloved” is often attached to this holiday favourite about a kid named Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) who really wants a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun for Christmas, even though everyone warns him he’ll shoot his eye out, kid. ★★★★

Fitzwilly

9:15 p.m., TCM

Dick Van Dyke stars as the butler to an elderly heiress who doesn’t know she’s broke. For years, he’s led her household staff on various robberies and swindles to preserve the illusion of wealth — a scheme that threatens to unravel when she hires a new assistant. ★★★

ON TV

Thursday

This week’s TOP FILMS

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Scrooge

8 p.m., CBC

Arguably the most iconic of the multiple screen versions of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, this 1951 British production stars Alastair Simms as miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who’s taken on a ghostly journey through his past, present and future. ★★★

Bad Santa

9:45 p.m., Starz 2

While Billy Bob Thornton burns up the screen in Landman, here’s an opportunity to enjoy his funnier side in this comedy about a petty thief who becomes a mall Santa in order to rob stores. Stay tuned for the sequel, airing immediately after at 11:20 p.m. ★★★ Friday

It’s a Wonderful Life

8 p.m., NBC

Frank Capra’s Christmas classic follows despondent

George Bailey (James Stewart) as a rookie angel named Clarence (Henry Travers) earns his wings by showing him what his small town would be like if he wasn’t alive and living there. ★★★★

Cocaine Bear

8 p.m., Crave1

Director Elizabeth Banks takes things over the top in this horror-comedy about a shipment of cocaine that falls from an airplane and lands in a forest. The drugs are ingested by a black bear that proceeds to go completely berserk in a series of cocainefuelled attacks. ★★

Angels in the Outfield

7 p.m., TCM

In the midst of a massive losing streak, the mean and obnoxious manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates (Paul Douglas) is visited by an angel, who offers to help him win games — but only if he promises to change his boorish behaviour. ★★★

The Matrix

8 p.m., Starz 2

Take the red pill and join Neo (Keanu Reeves) as he battles the machines that have enslaved humanity in a computer-generated illusion. Make it a marathon by staying up late for the sequels, Reloaded at 10:20 p.m. and Revolutions at 12:20 a.m.. ★★★

Kramer vs. Kramer

5 p.m., TCM

When Ted Kramer (Dustin Hoffman) is left by his wife (Meryl Streep), he struggles as a single father. When she returns, more than a year later, demanding full custody of their son, he learns the deck is stacked against him in their legal battle. ★★★★

Bumblebee

8:30 p.m., CTV Sci-Fi

This 2018 entry in the Transformers franchise follows the titular Volkswagen Beetle/robot (Dylan O’Brien) as he teams up with a teenage girl (Hailee Steinfeld) to save the world from the Decepticons while on the run from a shadowy government agency. ★★★

Bumblebee

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GOODBYE JUNE

Wednesday, Netflix

Kate Winslet has accomplished a lot during a Hollywood career that began when she was still in her teens, ranging from her devastating performance in mega-hit Titanic to winning her first Academy Award for The Reader, to her recent move to television with the critically acclaimed crime drama Mare of Easttown.

The one thing that she hadn’t done was direct, something that she’s adding to her resume with Goodbye June, making her directorial debut with this new Netflix drama that features a screenplay from burgeoning 21-year-old writer Joe Anders, who also happens to be her son.

Per Netflix, Goodbye June “takes place just before Christmas, when an unexpected turn in their mother’s

health thrusts four adult siblings and their exasperating father into chaos as they navigate messy family dynamics in the face of potential loss.”

The family’s titular matriarch June is played by Oscar winner Helen Mirren, who, aware of her worsening situation, resolves to “orchestrate her decline on her own terms,” thus “bringing the family closer together through humour and blunt honesty.”

June’s three daughters — played by Toni Collette, Andrea Riseborough and Winslet — have a complicated relationship, and reunite during the holidays to process devastating news about their mother, all while managing their own hectic lives and families. And although their mother does appear to have made peace with her approaching demise — even asking for a touch of mascara on her lashes because she has “never died before” and wants “to look nice when it happens” — they have a long way to go as they struggle to accept the inevitable.

The story was inspired by Anders’ experience of watching his grandmother — Winslet’s mother — slowly wither away in a hospital room during a long battle with cancer. “The majority of the people in that room were from that one woman, and all of the people in that room were there for that one woman at that one period in time,” he said when interviewed by The

L to R: Johnny Flynn as Connor, Andrea Riseborough as Molly, Timothy Spall as Bernie and Kate Winslet as Julia.

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ith the deeply personal drama Goodbye June

Hollywood Reporter. “And that was the only thing that mattered.”

At the time, Anders was in the midst of a screenwriting course at Britain’s National Film and Television School, with the screenplay for Goodbye June emerging as one of his assignments. Seeking feedback, he shared the unfinished draft with his movie star mom to see if she could offer any notes.

“I wasn’t pitching it, I wasn’t doing anything like that — I didn’t have it in my mind to make a movie of it at all,” he explained, revealing she was so impressed that she felt it needed to become a film. “I was like, ‘Mum, no, you don’t need to do that — you don’t need to pretend just because you’re my mum.’ ”

“He never believed me — even now, he still doesn’t believe me,” Winslet added. “Joe definitely did feel like, ‘But will people just think that this only happened because you are my mother?’ I kept saying

to him, ‘If the script was a piece of s***, then yes. But it’s not.’ ”

Once Winslet decided this would be the project to mark her directorial debut, they began working together to complete the screenplay. “It is interesting to try and figure that out when, your whole life, the dynamic has been mother and son — and then all of a sudden it’s director and writer,” Anders — whose father is Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes — observed of how their relationship evolved while bringing the story to the screen. “But I never thought I’d be in a position where I’d work with one of my parents, who have been in the industry for so long, but feel like we were just starting out together.”

As for Winslet’s decision to take on a role in the film, playing one of the siblings. As she pointed out, she was eager to play a role that didn’t require her to master an accent. “I so often play Americans, and actually rarely do I get to play English people,” she said. “In [Goodbye June] I was playing versions of all of my friends — the guilty-busy mother syndrome, being part of a large family and learning how to love and communicate with completely different sets of personalities all

“I

so often play Americans, and actually rarely do I get to play English people. In [Goodbye June] I was playing versions of all of my friends — the guiltybusy mother syndrome, being part of a large family and learning how to love and communicate with completely different sets of personalities all coming from the same woman.”

coming from the same woman,” she says. “There was so much about the story that reminded me of all the great films that I love — like Secrets and Lies, Happy-Go-Lucky, Life Is Sweet — and that have stayed with me. Very rarely have I gotten to play roles that feel like they exist right now in this world.”

Given the nature of the subject matter — and the mother and son’s personal connection to it — filming the project was emotional for both of them. “We did cry quite a lot,” Anders admitted. “Making this movie with my mom, and watching that dynamic play out on screen, was quite emotional in strange ways.” n

Above: June (Helen Mirren) is comforted by daughter Julia (Kate Winslet).

Left: A family meeting with Molly (Andrea Riseborough), Connor (Johnny Flynn), Julia (Kate Winslet) and Bernie (Timothy Spall).

COMING SOON YOUR WEEKLY SCOOP on

Actor, filmmaker and advocate

Daniel Dae

Kim (Hawaii

Five-0) is teaming up with CNN to deliver one of the most promising CNN Originals on the 2026 slate. Billed as a “host-led, multi-platform travel series,” K-Everything will send Kim on a quest to discover how South Korea has sparked a global pop culture movement and came to be viewed as a cultural powerhouse in recent years.

SEOUL POWER

Across four episodes, Kim will travel from Busan — his birthplace before moving to the United States with his family as a young child — to Seoul, exploring the roots of Korean culture, while also meeting some of the Korean celebrities who have helped launch recent global trends, in everything from K-pop music to K-dramas on TV.

“I’ve been lucky enough to watch Korea over the years take centre stage as a cultural and economic powerhouse,” Kim explained in a statement. “It’s a genuine joy teaming up with CNN to explore the many qualities that make the country and its culture so special.”

Kim, who first came to prominence in ABC’s Lost (for which he had to relearn Korean) and starred in CBS’s Hawaii-Five 0, continues to be one of the most well-known Korean American actor-producers. He’s had a busy year, having earned a Best Lead Actor in a Play nomination (the first for an AAPI

actor) at the 2025 Tony Awards. His most recent work was the Prime Video spy series Butterfly, which landed on the streamer in August and was filmed entirely in South Korea. He was also featured in the animated hit KPop Demon Hunters, an international phenomenon and now Netflix’s most-watched film of all time.

“Daniel brings an exceptional blend of curiosity and thoughtfulness to everything he does, making him the ideal guide for our audiences, who are eager to explore how Korean culture has become a global cultural phenomenon,” added Amy Entelis, executive vice-president of talent at CNN Originals and creative development for CNN Worldwide.

From K-pop to K-dramas, Daniel Dae Kim will be exploring the sudden explosion of South Korean culture in his new CNN series K-Everything.

NEW TV projects in the works

MAKING THE CUT

Prime Video’s TV adaptation of the Barbershop movie franchise has found its main cast. Ordered to series back in May, upcoming streaming series Barbershop revolves around the character Travis “Trav” Porter, played by Jermaine Fowler (Coming 2 America), who is following in the footsteps of his grandfather, a legendary barber at the iconic Calvin’s barbershop in Chicago. According to the logline, “the barbers are new, the shop remains just as lively, the customers just as argumentative and the fades are still the dopest in the city — because at Calvin’s, the community comes together for way more than just a haircut.”

Fowler’s involvement in the comedy series, based on the hit film franchise, was announced at the same time as the series order, but more recent castings include Roy Wood, Jr. (The Daily Show), Punkie Johnson (Saturday Night Live), Brett Gray (On My Block) and E.J. Bonilla (The Old Man). All have been cast as series regulars.

Wood will play Robert, an ex-conturned-barber; Johnson will play Stella, who is skeptical of Travis’ return; Gray will play the outspoken Kofi; and Bonilla will play Fernan,

a Bronx-born barber who becomes Travis’ ally. The new Barbershop series is the second TV adaptation — the first was a short-lived Showtime sitcom that aired in 2005 and starred Omar Gooding.

LEAP OF FAITH

Netflix’s planned Assassin’s Creed live-action series has officially found its first series regular: Euphoria alum Toby Wallace

The live-action series, which was picked up in June, is based on Ubisoft’s popular video game franchise. Like the game, the series is “centred on the secret war between two shadowy factions — one set on determining mankind’s future through control and manipulation, while the other fights to preserve free will,” as the Assassins and Templars use advanced machines to access genetic memories from different eras to track down artifacts known as Pieces of Eden. The official logline adds: “The series follows its characters across pivotal historical events as they battle to shape humanity’s destiny.” The Australian-born Wallace, who previously starred in the Netflix YA drama The Society and recently wrapped shooting Euphoria as a series regular in the third season, is the first actor officially cast in Assassin’s Creed. Few details have been released about his character, but Wallace is said to be playing the co-lead.

Production on the anticipated new series is expected to begin next year in Italy, which will also serve as the setting — at least for the first season.

Jermaine Fowler heads the cast of the new Barbershop series.

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News Live (Live) N The Short List Chamber Chats Paid Program The Rifleman MOVIE: “B&B Merry” (Rom. ’22) Jesse Hutch. Alberta KONTAKT N :30 Hockey Central (Live) N InvincibleThe Dome Cooking N Great Chocolate Showdown Miss Scarlet on Masterpiece

4 :00 NHL Hockey: Toronto Maple Leafs at Nashville Predators (Live) N KOMO 4 News Saturday 4:00pm N Raw TravelThis is VanColour

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:30 Storage Wars (:45) MOVIE: “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” ››› (Com. ’87) Steve Martin.

“Escape Plan” ›› (Act. ’13) Sylvester Stallone.

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“Jumanji” ›› (Fam. ’95) Robin Williams.

“Escape Plan” ›› (Act. ’13) Sylvester Stallone.

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7 :00 MOVIE: “On Moonlight Bay” ›› (Rom. ’51) Doris Day.

Dr. Pimple Popper Reflections of Hinduism (:07) Total DramaRama Max & RubyPiñata Smashlings

SportsCentreSportsCentreSportsCentre :30 Panorama TV Total DramaRama PAW PatrolWeird World of Gumball

Dr. Pimple Popper Tomorrow’s World MOVIE: “A Carol for Two” (Rom. ’24) Ginna Claire Mason. Sidekick(:10) Vida the Vet Ollie’s Pack (2:00) DP World (L) N College GameDay (Live) N NLL Lacrosse: Vancouver Warriors at Oshawa FireWolves SportsCentreSportsCentreSportsCentre :30 Daily TV Mass (:45) Mysticons (:35) Barney’s World Scaredy Squirrel PGA Tour Golf: PNC Championship, Pro-Am

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Dr. Pimple Popper SardariTwelve Dates ’Til Christmas

Adventure Time (:20) Thomas & Friends Teen Titans Go!

:30 MOVIE: “2012” ›› (Act. ’09) John Cusack. Adventure Time (:45) Batwheels Teen Titans Go!

9 :00 MOVIE: “Prancer” ›› (Fam. ’89) Sam Elliott. Hoarding for the Holidays Let the Quran Speak Twelve Dates ’Til Christmas Steven Universe (:10) Hamsterdale Weird World of Gumball Golf Central Pregame (Live) N

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11 :00 MOVIE: “Three Godfathers” ››› (Wes. ’48) John Wayne.

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Hoarding for the Holidays MOVIE: “Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas” (Dra. ’14) Eric Mabius.

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We Baby Bears (:35) Max & Ruby

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Hoarding for the Holidays MOVIE: “Operation Nutcracker” (Rom. ’24) Ashley Newbrough.

Pokémon: Horizons (:10) Tea Town Teddy MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” ›› (Ani. ’18)

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Sister Wives MOVIE: “A Grand Ole Opry Christmas” (Dra. ’25) Nikki Deloach.

Adventure Time (:15) Rubble & Crew Weird World of Gumball

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Heroic QuestValiant Prince Gabby’s Dollhouse Scooby-DooGuess Who?

Total DramaRama (:50) Vida the Vet Scooby-DooGuess Who?

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5 :00 MOVIE: “2012” ›› (Act. ’09) John Cusack. MOVIE: “Remember the Night” ››› (Rom. ’40) Barbara Stanwyck.

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:30 MOVIE: “Battle: Los Angeles” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’11) Aaron Eckhart. Nai Zindagi Ki Aur

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7 :00 Start Up Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Designing Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Jessica Szohr

911 Crisis Center Critter Fixers: Country Vets

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(FLAV) Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen (SP) Salad with roasted squid, fennel, cherry tomatoes and endive in a lemon dressing. N (:30)

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(AMC) (9:15) MOVIE: “Trading Places” Sporting brothers reverse the roles of a Wall Street commodities broker and a street hustler. ››› (2:30)

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:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Mary J. Blige’s Strength of a Woman” (Dra. ’23) Ajiona Alexus.

Law & Order

Critter Fixers: Country Vets :30 Kimball’s Milk Street (:40) MOVIE: “Christmas at the Amish Bakery” (Rom. ’23) (:40) MOVIE: “The Lionheart” (Doc. ’23) Michael Andretti.

1 PM :00 This Old House (:10) MOVIE: “A Paris Christmas Waltz” (Rom. ’23) Jen Lilley. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit MOVIE: “Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love” (Rom. ’24)

(:50) MOVIE: “Ever After: A Cinderella Story” ››› (Rom. ’98) Drew Barrymore.

Critter Fixers: Country Vets (11:55) MOVIE: “The Amazing Spider-Man” ››› (Act. ’12) Andrew Garfield. :30 Cook’s Country

2 :00 Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Critter Fixers: Country Vets :30 Ask This Old House MOVIE: “The Christmas Retreat” (Fam. ’22) Rhiannon Fish.

Law & Order

3 :00 PBS News Weekend N Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (:05) MOVIE: “The Commandant’s Shadow” (Doc. ’24)

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” Indy and a deadly Soviet agent vie for possession of a powerful artifact. ›› (2:30)

11:00 AM

(TCM) MOVIE: “Three Godfathers” Three Old West outlaws adopt a baby. ››› (2:00) (V) MOVIE: “Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas” Postal detectives delay their holiday travel plans to help a child who wrote a letter to God. (2:00) 11:30 AM (AMC) (11:45) MOVIE: “Scrooged” A ruthless TV-network chief meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come. ››› (2:00) NOON

(6) Cookin’ on the Coast Chef Bryan from Refire Kitchen shares the secret to their legendary lasagna, then we visit Sea Dog Farm. N (:30) (APTN) MOVIE: “Escape Plan” See 9 pm. (2:30) (W) MOVIE: “A Carol for Two” Talented singer Violette takes a job as a singing waitress. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” The Grinch hatches a scheme to pose as Santa Claus and steal Christmas from Whoville. ›› (1:45)

6:30 PM

(9) Fork & Hammer Celebrating pairings – food with beer, wine and cocktails. N (:30) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” Jones and his father race Nazis to the Holy Grail. ››› (2:30)

7:00 PM

(32) (CTV2) MasterChef Canada (SF) Three finalists have three hours to plate their dream three-course menus but only one will claim the MasterChef Canada title and prize. N (1:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “We’re No Angels” See page 18. (2:00) 7:30 PM (AMC) (7:45) MOVIE: “Jumanji” Siblings Peter and Judy find a magical, jungle-themed game called Jumanji in the attic. ›› (2:30) 8:00 PM

Critter Fixers: Country Vets (:15) MOVIE: “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” ›› (Act. ’14) Andrew Garfield. :30 (:40) MOVIE: “All I Want For Christmas” (Com. ’22)

Critter Fixers: Country Vets :30 Death in Paradise

4 :00 (:10) MOVIE: “A Minecraft Movie” ›› (Fam. ’25) Jason Momoa.

Law & Order

5 :00

MOVIE: “Terry McMillan Presents: Forever” (Rom. ’24) Taye Diggs.

Critter Fixers: Country Vets :30 Father Brown (:40) MOVIE: “Despicable Me” ››› (Ani. ’10) Voice of Steve Carell.

(APTN) MOVIE: “The Beehive” A girl, her brother and father are forced to face a pandemic alien invasion. (2:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “Battle: Los Angeles” See 8:30 pm. (2:30) (W) MOVIE: “Operation Nutcracker” An antique nutcracker goes missing. An event planner and the Warby heir try to track it down. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” See 6 pm. (1:45) 1:00 PM

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” Indiana Jones races against time to find a legendary artifact that can change the course of history. ›› (3:00)

(5) (5) (8:29) Saturday Night Live Host Ariana Grande; musical guest Cher. (Live) N (1:34) (6) MOVIE: “Christmas List” When Isobel’s boyfriend goes AWOL, a tempting new romance turns her life upside down. (2:00) (32) MOVIE: “Joy to the World” (P) A lifestyle writer must maintain her carefully crafted image when TV cameras arrive for Christmas. (2:00) (W) MOVIE: “A Make or Break Holiday” (P) See page 18. (2:00) 8:30 PM

6 :00 (5:55) MOVIE: “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” ›› (Fam. ’22) James Marsden. It’s Always Sunny

Critter Fixers: Country Vets :30 Midsomer Murders (:40) Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (4:55) Harry Potter MOVIE: “Terry McMillan Presents: His, Hers & Ours” (Dra. ’25) Taye Diggs.

7 :00 It’s Always Sunny (:10) Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournamen

Critter Fixers: Country Vets :30 It’s Always Sunny (:25) Harry Potter (:20) MOVIE: “Despicable Me 2” ››› (Ani. ’13) Voice of Steve Carell.

(TCM) MOVIE: “Love Crazy” An old flame and a mother-in-law make a couple’s fourth anniversary wacky. (B&W) ››› (1:45) 1:30 PM

MOVIE: “Mary J. Blige’s Strength of a Woman” (Dra. ’23) Ajiona Alexus.

Critter Fixers: Country Vets

Critter Fixers: Country Vets :30 (:25) Sherlock on Masterpiece It’s Always Sunny 8 :00 To Be Announced It’s Always Sunny The Seduction

MOVIE: “Bad Teacher” ›› (Com. ’11) Cameron Diaz. :30 It’s Always Sunny (:50) Mare of Easttown 9 :00 SPECIAL: The Story of Mackinac National Park It’s Always Sunny MOVIE: “Terry McMillan Presents: His, Hers & Ours” (Dra. ’25) Taye Diggs.

Critter Fixers: Country Vets :30 It’s Always Sunny (:50) Mare of Easttown (:35) MOVIE: “Monsterin-Law” ›› (Rom. ’05) Jennifer Lopez. 10 :00 SPECIAL: The Calling It’s Always Sunny

Critter Fixers: Country Vets :30 (:45) MOVIE: “Gunslingers” (P) (Wes. ’25) Stephen Dorff. It’s Always Sunny (:50) Mare of Easttown 11 :00 It’s Always Sunny MOVIE: “Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love” (Rom. ’24)

:00 PBS Books Readers Club: Best of 2025 (11:50) Social Studies (11:55) Mare of Easttown

Critter Fixers: Country Vets :30 (:35) MOVIE: “Batman Begins” ››› (Act. ’05) Christian Bale. 1 AM :00 SPECIAL: Rick Steves’ European Christmas (12:55) Social Studies (12:55) Mare of Easttown MOVIE: “Terry McMillan Presents: Forever” (Rom. ’24) Taye Diggs.

Critter Fixers: Country Vets :30 (:25) It’s Always Sunny (:20) MOVIE: “Hector and the Search for Happiness” ›› (Adv. ’14) Simon Pegg.

Critter Fixers: Country Vets :30 (:20) MOVIE: “The Journals of Knud Rasmussen” ›› (Dra. ’06) 2 :00 Hudson & Rex Mare of Easttown

Critter Fixers: Country Vets :30 Joy of Painting 3 :00 Best of Joy of Painting MOVIE: “Longing” (Com.-Dra. ’24) Hudson & Rex (:05) Mare of Easttown MOVIE: “Murder on Maple Drive” (Sus. ’21)

Road Truckers (:15) MOVIE: “Diamond Tongues” (’15)

(8) MOVIE: “Three Wiser Men and a Boy” (P) The Brenner brothers put on a holiday pageant for Thomas, while trying to cope with life’s issues. (2:00) (AMC) (1:45) MOVIE: “Yours, Mine & Ours” The marriage of two widowed parents creates one large family. ›› (2:00) 2:00 PM

(W) MOVIE: “A Grand Ole Opry Christmas” A magical twist of fate sends a woman back in time to discover love and hope. (2:00) 2:30 PM

(SHO) MOVIE: “Pacific Rim Uprising” A new generation of pilots unite to battle otherworldly monsters that want to destroy humanity. ›› (2:30)

(TCM) (2:45) MOVIE: “The Apartment” A corporate climber lets his boss and others use his home. (B&W) ›››› (2:15)

3:00 PM

(CTV2) MOVIE: “B&B Merry” Graham invites travel blogger Tracey on a Christmas getaway to review his family’s bed & breakfast. (2:00) 3:30 PM

(6) The Dome Cooking Show Chef Duran brings the heat with his jerk faves from his island travels. N (:30) (AMC) (3:45) MOVIE: “Daddy Day Care” After getting fired, Charlie and Phil start a daycare facility to make ends meet. ›› (2:00)

4:00 PM

(APTN) MOVIE: “Ailo’s Journey” Ailo, a newborn reindeer, embarks on an incredible odyssey with the help of his mother. (2:00) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Raiders of the Lost Ark” Indiana Jones braves snakes and Nazis to find the biblical ark of the covenant. ›››› (2:30)

(W) MOVIE: “Falling Like Snowflakes” A photographer enlists help from a childhood friend to capture a photo of a 12-sided snowflake. (2:00)

(SHO) MOVIE: “Battle: Los Angeles” A squad of U.S. Marines becomes the last line of defense against a global invasion. ›› (2:30) 9:00 PM

(APTN) MOVIE: “Escape Plan” A security expert and an inmate must break out of the world’s toughest prison. ›› (2:30) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Jones, a singer and a Chinese orphan look for missing stones. ››› (2:30) (TCM) MOVIE: “Lady in the Lake” Philip Marlowe searches for a publisher’s missing wife. (B&W) ›› (2:00) 10:00 PM

(32) Project Runway Canada The designers visit Toronto’s Bata Shoe Museum. N (1:00) (AMC) (10:15) MOVIE: “Scrooged” See 11:45 am. (2:00) (W) Finding Mr. Christmas: Reunion See page 15. N (1:00) 11:00 PM

(5) (11:29) Saturday Night Live Host Ariana Grande; musical guest Cher. (1:34) (SHO) MOVIE: “Battleship” American sailors fight an army of alien invaders. ›› (3:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “Alias Boston Blackie” Detective Blackie is there when a magician convict escapes from prison. (B&W) ›› (1:30) (W) MOVIE: “Happy Howlidays” A web editor finds herself unexpectedly navigating the holidays alone. (2:00) 11:30 PM

(APTN) MOVIE: “Ailo’s Journey” See 4 pm. (2:00) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” See 10:30 am. (2:30) MIDNIGHT

(32) MOVIE: “Die Hard With a Vengeance” John McClane enlists a Harlem shopkeeper to help stop a terrorist bomber. ››› (3:00) (AMC) (12:15) MOVIE: “Stripes” A lazy cabby convinces his buddy they should join the Army. ›› (2:30) 12:30 AM (KTLA) (12:35) MOVIE: “Ordinary Girl in a Tiara” (P) Two women help each other become their best selves. (1:56)

Puzzles

CROSSWORD

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

The idea of Go Figure is to arrive at the fi gures given at the bottom and right-hand columns of the diagram by following the arithmetic signs in the order the 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 20-26 SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS

AUTO RACING

MON. 11:00 am (TSN2) F1: 2025 Australian Grand Prix (2:00)

1:00 pm (TSN2) F1: 2025 Canadian Grand Prix (2:00)

3:00 pm (TSN2) F1: 2025 British Grand Prix (2:00)

5:00 pm (TSN2) F1: 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (2:00)

SAT. 7:30 am (13)

BASKETBALL

Women’s College: Louisville vs. Tennessee (Live) N (2:00)

9:30 am (7) College: St. John’s vs. Kentucky (Live) N (2:30)

10:00 am (13) Women’s College: Iowa vs. Connecticut (Live) N (2:00)

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

2:30 pm (7) College: Houston vs. Arkansas (Live) N (2:30)

4:00 pm (TSN4) NBA: Boston at Toronto (Live) N (2:30)

7:00 pm (11) NBA: Portland at Sacramento (Live) N (2:30)

7:30 pm (KTLA) NBA: LA Lakers at LA Clippers (Live) N (2:30)

SUN. 3:00 pm (TSN4) NBA: Toronto at Brooklyn (Live) N (2:30) 9:00 pm (TSN2) NBA: Toronto at Brooklyn (Taped) N (2:30)

MON. Midnight (TSN2) NBA: Toronto at Brooklyn (2:30)

6:00 am (TSN2) NBA: Toronto at Brooklyn (2:30)

7:00 pm (TSN2) NBA: Orlando at Golden State (Live) N (2:30)

TUE. 5:30 pm (TSN3) (TSN4) NBA: Oklahoma City at San Antonio (Live) N (2:30)

7:00 pm (11) NBA: Portland at Orlando (Live) N (2:30)

8:00 pm (5) (TSN3) (TSN4) NBA: Houston at LA Clippers (Live) N (2:30)

THU. 9:00 am (4) (TSN4) (TSN5) NBA: Cleveland at New York (Live) N (2:30)

11:30 am (4) (TSN4) (TSN5) NBA: San Antonio at Oklahoma City (Live) N (2:30)

2:00 pm (4) NBA: Dallas at Golden State (L) N (2:30) 5:00 pm (4) NBA: Houston at LA Lakers (L) N (2:30) 7:30 pm (4) NBA: Minnesota at Denver (L) N (2:30)

CURLING

WED. Noon (TSN2) 2025 Montana’s Brier: Final (3:00)

THU. 5:00 pm (TSN2) 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Final – Manitoba (Einarson) vs. Canada (Homan) (3:00)

8:00 pm (TSN2) 2025 Montana’s Brier: Final – Alberta (Jacobs) vs. Manitoba (Dunstone) (3:00)

FOOTBALL

SAT. 9:00 am (4) (TSN1) College: CFP First Round – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

12:30 pm (TSN2) College: CFP First Round – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

1:00 pm (4) College: FCS Division I Championship – Semifinal – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:00)

2:00 pm (13) (32) (TSN1) (TSN3) NFL: Philadelphia at Washington (Live) N (3:20)

4:30 pm (TSN2) College: CFP First Round – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

5:20 pm (13) (TSN1) (TSN3) NFL: Green Bay at Chicago (Live) N (3:10)

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

SUN. 10:00 am (7) NFL: Kansas City at Tennessee (Live) N (3:25)

10:00 am (13) NFL: LA Chargers at Dallas (L) N (3:00)

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

10:00 am (TSN1) (TSN4) NFL: Teams TBA (Live) N (3:00)

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

1:25 pm (7) NFL: Pittsburgh at Detroit (Live) N (3:05)

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

5:15 pm (5) (32) (TSN1) NFL: Cincinnati at Miami (Live) N (3:15)

5:30 pm (TSN4) NFL: Cincinnati at Miami (JiP) (Live) N (3:00)

7:30 pm (TSN3) (TSN5) NFL: Cincinnati at Miami (JiP) (Live) N (1:00)

MON. 11:00 am (TSN1) (TSN5) College: Famous Idaho Potato Bowl – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

5:15 pm (4) (TSN1) (TSN3) (TSN4) (TSN5) NFL: San Francisco at Indianapolis (Live) N (3:15)

TUE. 11:00 am (TSN1) College: Boca Raton Bowl – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

2:30 pm (TSN1) College: New Orleans Bowl – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

6:00 pm (TSN1) College: Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl

– Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

WED. 9:00 am (TSN3) CFL: 2025 Eastern Final – Montreal at Hamilton (3:00) Noon (TSN3) CFL : 2025 Western Final – BC at Saskatchewan (3:00)

5:00 pm (TSN3) (TSN4) College: Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl

– Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

5:30 pm (TSN2) 2025 Grey Cup: Montreal vs. Saskatchewan (3:00)

THU. 10:00 am (32) (TSN1) (TSN3) NFL: Dallas at Washington (Live) N (3:00)

1:30 pm (32) (TSN1) (TSN3) NFL: Detroit at Minnesota (Live) N (3:00)

2:00 pm (TSN4) (TSN5) NFL: Detroit at Minnesota (JiP) (Live) N (2:30)

5:15 pm (32) (TSN1) (TSN3) (TSN4) (TSN5) NFL: Denver at Kansas City (Live) N (3:15)

FRI. 10:00 am (TSN2) College: GameAbove Sports Bowl –Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

1:30 pm (TSN2) College: Rate Bowl – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30)

5:00 pm (TSN2) College: SERVPRO First Responder Bowl – Teams TBA (Live) N (3:30) GOLF

SAT. 6:30 am (GOLF) PGA: PNC Championship, Pro-Am (2:30)

10:00 am (GOLF) DP: AfrAsia Bank MauritiU.S. Open, Third Round (4:30)

11:30 am (5) PGA: PNC Championship, Day 1 (Live) N (3:00)

1:00 pm (TSN4) PGA: PNC Championship, Day 1 (JiP) (Live) N (2:00)

3:30 pm (GOLF) PGA: PNC Championship, Day 1 (Taped) N (3:00)

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

11:00 pm (GOLF) DP: AfrAsia Bank MauritiU.S. Open, Final Round (Live) N (5:00)

SUN. 4:00 am (GOLF) PGA: PNC Championship, Day 1 (3:30)

8:30 am (GOLF) PGA: PNC Championship, Final Day (Live) N (1:00)

10:30 am (5) (TSN3) PGA: PNC Championship, Final Day (Live) N (3:00)

10:30 am (GOLF) DP: AfrAsia Bank MauritiU.S. Open, Final Round (3:00)

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

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

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

MON. 3:00 am (GOLF) PGA: 2025 The Sentry, Final Round (4:00)

7:00 am (GOLF) PGA: 2025 Sony Open in Hawaii, Final Round (4:00)

11:00 am (GOLF) 12 Days of Scottie: 2022 WM Phoenix Open – Final Round (5:00)

4:00 pm (GOLF) 12 Days of Scottie: 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Final Round (5:30)

10:00 pm (GOLF) PGA: 2025 The American Express, Final Round (3:00)

TUE. 6:00 am (GOLF) PGA: 2025 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Final Round (5:00)

11:00 am (GOLF) 12 Days of Scottie: 2022 WGC – Dell Technologies Match Play – Finals (4:00)

3:00 pm (GOLF) 12 Days of Scottie: 2022 Masters – Final Round (5:30)

8:30 pm (GOLF) PGA: 2025 WM Phoenix Open, Final Round (4:30)

WED. 6:00 am (GOLF) PGA: 2025 Mexico Open at VidantaWorld, Final Round (5:00)

11:00 am (GOLF) 12 Days of Scottie: 2023 WM Phoenix Open – Final Round (4:30)

3:30 pm (GOLF) 12 Days of Scottie: 2023 THE PLAYERS Championship – Final Round (4:30)

8:00 pm (GOLF) PGA: 2025 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, Final Round (4:00)

THU. Midnight (GOLF) PGA: 2025 Puerto Rico Open, Final Round (2:00)

4:00 am (GOLF) Drive, Chip & Putt: 2025 National Finals (3:00)

7:30 am (GOLF) Optum Golf Channel Games (3:00)

11:00 am (GOLF) 12 Days of Scottie: 2023 Hero World Challenge – Final Round (5:00)

2:00 pm (TSN2) 2025 Masters Tournament: Final Round (3:00)

4:00 pm (GOLF) 12 Days of Scottie: 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Final Round (5:30)

FRI. 6:00 am (GOLF) PGA: 2025 THE PLAYERS Championship, Final Round (5:00)

11:00 am (GOLF) 12 Days of Scottie: 2024 THE PLAYERS Championship – Final Round (5:00)

4:00 pm (GOLF) 12 Days of Scottie: 2024 Masters – Final Round (5:30)

10:30 pm (GOLF) PGA: 2025 Valspar Championship, Final Round (5:00)

SAT. 3:30 am (GOLF) PGA: 2025 Texas Children’s Houston Open, Final Round (5:00) HOCKEY

SAT. 9:00 am (TSN2) 2023 IIHF World Junior: Gold Medal –Canada vs. Czechia (2:30)

Noon (2) PWHL: Montreal at Vancouver (Live) N (3:00)

Noon (TSN5) NHL: Chicago at Ottawa (Live) N (2:30)

4:00 pm (2) NHL: Toronto at Nashville (Live) N (3:00)

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

4:00 pm (TSN5) 2026 IIHF World Junior: Pre-Competition – Canada vs. Sweden (Live) N (2:30)

7:00 pm (2) (10) NHL: Vegas at Calgary (Live) N (3:00)

7:00 pm (OMNI) NHL : Vegas at Calgary (In Punjabi) (Live) N (3:00)

9:30 pm (TSN2) 2026 IIHF World Junior: Pre-Competition – Canada vs. Sweden (Taped) N (2:30) 11:00 pm (2) PWHL: Montreal at Vancouver (3:00) SUN. 12:30 am (TSN2) 2026 IIHF World Junior: Pre-Competition – Canada vs. Sweden (2:30) 6:30 am (TSN2) 2026 IIHF World Junior: Pre-Competition – Canada vs. Sweden (2:30)

9:00 am (TSN5) PWHL: Toronto at New York (Live) N (2:30) 12:30 pm (TSN2) 2026 IIHF World Junior: Pre-Competition – Canada vs. Sweden (2:30)

4:00 pm (TSN2) NHL: Montreal at Pittsburgh (Live) N (2:30) 4:00 pm (TSN3) NHL: Winnipeg at Utah (Live) N (2:30) 4:00 pm (TSN5) NHL: Ottawa at Boston (Live) N (2:30) 6:30 pm (TSN2) 2026 IIHF World Junior: Pre-Competition – Canada vs. Sweden (2:30) MON. 7:00 pm (5) NHL: Seattle at Anaheim (Live) N (2:30) 10:00 pm (TSN2) 2023 IIHF World Junior: Gold Medal –Canada vs. Czechia (2:30) TUE. 12:30 am (TSN2) 2009 IIHF World Junior: Semifinal –Canada vs. Russia (2:30) 5:30 am (TSN2) 2025 IIHF World Junior: Gold Medal –

U.S.A. vs. Finland (3:30) 4:00 pm (TSN2) NHL: Montreal at Boston (Live) N (2:30) 4:00 pm (TSN5) NHL: Buffalo at Ottawa (Live) N (2:30) THU. 5:30 am (TSN2) 2022 IIHF World Junior: Gold Medal –Canada vs. Finland (2:30) 8:00 am (TSN2) 2023 IIHF World Junior: Gold Medal –Canada vs. Czechia (2:30)

10:30 am (TSN2) 2025 IIHF World Junior: Gold Medal –

U.S.A. vs. Finland (3:30) 11:00 pm (TSN2) 2025 IIHF World Junior: Gold Medal –

U.S.A. vs. Finland (2:30)

FRI. 4:00 am (TSN2) 2023 IIHF World Junior: Gold Medal –Canada vs. Czechia (2:30) 6:00 am (TSN5) 2025 Spengler Cup: HC Fribourg-Gottéron vs. HC Sparta Praha (Live) N (2:30) 6:30 am (TSN2) 2009 IIHF World Junior: Semifinal –Canada vs. Russia (2:30) 10:00 am (TSN1) 2026 IIHF World Junior: Sweden vs. Slovakia (Live) N (2:30) 11:00 am (TSN5) 2025 Spengler Cup: Canada vs. U.S.A. (Live) N (2:30)

12:30 pm (TSN1) (TSN4) 2026 IIHF World Junior: Denmark vs. Finland (Live) N (2:30) 1:30 pm (TSN5) 2026 IIHF World Junior: Denmark vs. Finland (JiP) (L) N (1:30) 3:00 pm (TSN1) (TSN3) (TSN5) 2026 IIHF World Junior: Germany vs. U.S.A. (Live) N (2:30) 5:30 pm (TSN1) (TSN3) (TSN4) (TSN5) 2026 IIHF World Junior: Czechia vs. Canada (L) N (2:30) 10:30 pm (TSN2) 2026 IIHF World Junior: Czechia vs. Canada (Taped) N (2:30)

LACROSSE

SAT. 6:00 am (TSN2) NLL: Vancouver at Oshawa (2:30) SKIING

SAT. 10:00 am (2) FIS Alpine: World Cup – Val Gardena –Men’s Downhill (Live) N (:55) 11:00 am (2) FIS Freestyle: World Cup – Bakuriani –Moguls (Taped) N (1:00)

SNOWBOARD

SUN. 1:30 pm (5) The Snow League (Taped) N (1:30)

SOCCER

SAT. 9:30 am (5) Premier: Tottenham vs. Liverpool (Live) N (2:00)

SUN. 6:45 am (TSN3) Spanish Primera: Villarreal CF vs. FC Barcelona (Live) N (2:30) 8:30 am (5) Premier: Aston Villa vs. Manchester United (Live) N (2:00)

TENNIS

SAT. 8:00 am (TSN4) 2025 Next Gen ATP Finals: First Semifinal (Live) N (4:00) SUN. 9:00 am (TSN2) 2025 Next Gen ATP Finals: Final (Live) N (2:30) TUE. 7:00 pm (TSN2) 2025 Roland-Garros: Men’s Final (3:00)

VOLLEYBALL

SUN. 12:30 pm (4) (TSN5) Women’s College: NCAA Tournament – Championship – Teams TBA (Live) N (2:00)

WRESTLING

SAT. 11:00 pm (11) WOW – Women Of Wrestling N (1:00) MON. Midnight (11) WOW – Women Of Wrestling (1:00) TUE. 8:00 pm (KTLA) WWE NXT (Taped) N (2:00) WED. 3:00 pm (TSN2) All Elite: Dynamite (Live) N (2:00) 10:00 pm (TSN2) All Elite: Dynamite (2:00)

SUNDAY – GRID 1

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DECEMBER 21

ROGERS CABLE CUSTOMERS ON VANCOUVER ISLAND & SALTSPRING ISLAND

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

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

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

6 AM :00 MOVIE: “Jurassic Park” ››› (Adv. ’93) Sam Neill. (5:00) MOVIE: “Pacific Rim Uprising” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’18) John Boyega. (5:00) “A C’mas Carol” 7 Little Johnstons Creflo Dollar Ministries MOVIE: “A Make or Break Holiday” (Rom. ’25) Hunter King. Sidekick(:10) Vida the Vet Ollie’s Pack(4:00) PGA Tour Golf: PNC Championship, Day 1 SportsCentreSC(5:00) SportsCentre SportsCentreSportsCentre :30 MOVIE: “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House” ››› (Com.-Dra. ’48) Cary Grant. Faytene (:45) Mysticons (:35) Barney’s World Scaredy Squirrel 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship: PreCompetition – Canada vs. Sweden (:45) Spanish Primera Division Soccer: Villarreal CF vs. FC Barcelona (Live) N

7 :00 Baylen Out Loud Key of David (:07) Total DramaRama Max & RubyMermicorno: Starfall NFL Countdown (Live) N NFL Countdown (Live) N SportsCentre

:30 MOVIE: “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” › (Act. ’09) Channing Tatum. Amazing Facts Total DramaRama PAW PatrolWeird World of Gumball Golf Central Pregame (Live) N 8 :00 Baylen Out Loud Tomorrow’s World Finding Mr. Christmas

10 :00 MOVIE: “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” ›› (Act. ’13) Dwayne Johnson. Baylen Out Loud Tomorrow’s World Christmas at Sea Craig of the Creek Peppa Pig MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” ›› (Ani. ’18)

:30 (:45) MOVIE: “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” ›› (Adv. ’97) Jeff Goldblum. MOVIE: “Susan Slept Here” ›› (Com. ’54) Dick Powell. Hour of Power With Bobby Schuller Adventure Time (:45) Batwheels Teen Titans Go! PGA Golf: PNC Championship, Final (Live)

Teams

N :30

of the Creek (:50) Barney’s World

(Live) N :30 MOVIE: “Desk Set” ››› (Rom. ’57) Spencer Tracy.

:00

:30 MOVIE: “Jurassic Park III” ›› (Adv. ’01) Sam Neill. Jim Cantelon Today Total DramaRama (:45) Gabby’s Dollhouse (:45) Weird Wo.-Gumball

1 PM :00

2 :00

:30 MOVIE: “Jaws” ›››› (Sus. ’75) Roy Scheider.

Sister WivesPower to Achieve MOVIE: “The More the Merrier” (Rom. ’25) Rachel Boston.

Leading the Way We Baby Bears (:35) Max & Ruby

Sister WivesPeter Youngren Heroic QuestValiant Prince Peppa Pig

Beyblade X(:10) Superbuns MOVIE: “Rise of the Guardians” ›› (Ani. ’12) Voice of Chris Pine. SC

Volleyball Pregame N :30 MOVIE: “Battleship” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’12) Taylor Kitsch. MOVIE: “Going My Way” ›››› (Mus. ’44) Bing Crosby.

Key of David Adventure Time (:50) Mecha Builders Golf Central (Live) N

Sister WivesArise MOVIE: “Christmas at the Catnip Café” (Rom. ’25) Erin Cahill.

Tomorrow’s World Craig of the Creek (:40) Batwheels Teen Titans Go!

NFL Football: Teams TBA (Live) N

Adventure Time (:15) Rubble & Crew (:15) Weird Wo.-Gumball PGA Tour Golf: PNC Championship, Final Day SC :30 (:45) MOVIE: “The Bells of St. Mary’s” ››› (Dra. ’45) Bing Crosby.

2026 IIHF World Junior Championship: PreCompetition – Canada vs. Sweden Women’s College Volleyball: NCAA Tournament –Championship – Teams TBA (Live) N

SPECIAL: We the North Prehistoric to Historic

3 :00 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days Beyond Today Craig of the Creek Sesame Street Beyblade X SCSCNBA Basketball: Toronto Raptors at Brooklyn Nets (Live) N

:30 MOVIE: “War of the Worlds” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’05) Tom Cruise.

4 :00 MOVIE: “Jurassic Park” ››› (Adv. ’93) Sam Neill.

Door of Hope We Baby Bears Peppa PigTeen Titans Go!

Breaking Down Jets Pregame (Live) N

Heroic QuestValiant Prince Gabby’s Dollhouse Scooby-Doo -Guess Who?

John Ankerberg Total DramaRama (:50) Vida the Vet Scooby-Doo -Guess Who?

Football Night in America (Live) N

5 :00 MOVIE: “Gold Diggers of 1933” ››› (Mus. ’33) Joan Blondell.

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days Jim Cantelon Today MOVIE: “Joyeux Noel” (Rom. ’23) Jaicy Elliot.

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days N

6 :00 Saturday Night Live

David Jeremiah Steven Universe (:15) Superbuns Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! (:15) NFL Football: Cincinnati Bengals at Miami Dolphins (Live) N :30 Beyond Today Steven Universe (:40) Barney’s World Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!

A Word for Today N

7 :00 MOVIE: “Call Her Savage” ›› (Dra. ’32) Clara Bow.

Sister Wives N Joel Osteen

Prophetic Connection MOVIE: “A Make or Break Holiday” (Rom. ’25) Hunter King.

Peter Youngren

NHL Hockey: Montreal Canadiens at Pittsburgh Penguins (Live) N

NHL Hockey: Winnipeg Jets at Utah Mammoth (Live) N

NHL Hockey: Ottawa Senators at Boston Bruins (Live) N :30

Craig of the Creek (:20) Rubble & Crew MOVIE: “Rise of the Guardians” ›› (Ani. ’12) Voice of Chris Pine.

Golf Central :30 (:45) MOVIE: “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” ›› (Adv. ’97) Jeff Goldblum.

Craig of the Creek (:45) Batwheels PGA Tour Golf: PNC Championship, Final Day

SportsCentre (Live) N

NFL Football: Cincinnati Bengals at Miami Dolphins (JiP) (Live) N

SportsCentre (Live) N

Adventure Time (:35) Mecha Builders

2026 IIHF World Junior Championship: PreCompetition – Canada vs. Sweden

Adventure Time (:10) Thomas & Friends :30 MOVIE: “Mission: Impossible” ›› (Act. ’96) Tom Cruise.

NFL Football: Cincinnati at Miami (JiP) (Live) N 8 :00 (:01) 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days N

Total DramaRama Rubble & Crew (:15) Best & Bester :30 Prophecy USA Total DramaRama (:25) Hamsterdale Scooby-Doo -Guess Who? SC With Jay Onrait (Live) N

Steven Universe Sesame Street Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!

NFL Football: Cincinnati at Miami (JiP) (Live) N

Jay Onrait (Live) N 9 :00 “There Ain’t No Santa...” 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days Faith to Live By

Life Outreach International MOVIE: “A Firefighter’s Christmas Calendar” (P) (Dra. ’25) Holly Deveaux.

NBA Basketball: Toronto Raptors at Brooklyn Nets (Taped) N :30 MOVIE: “Jurassic Park III” ›› (Adv. ’01) Sam Neill. SPECIAL: Christmas Past In Touch

Steven Universe Sesame Street Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 10 :00 MOVIE: “Mission: Impossible II” ››› (Act. ’00) Tom Cruise. It’s Supernatural! MOVIE: “Rescuing Christmas” (Rom. ’23) Rachael Leigh Cook.

:30 Faytene Bravest Warriors (:50) Berenstain Bears Golf Central

:00 Sister WivesDavid Jeremiah Adventure Time (:15)

MysticonsPeppa Pig MOVIE: “Snowtime!” ›› (Ani. ’15) Voice of Angela Galuppo.

Winter Preview

Premium SUNDAY – GRID 4

SUNDAY HIGHLIGHTS

NOON

7:00 PM

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

6 AM :00 One Detroit(5:00) “I’m Glad-C’mas” Hudson & Rex (5:00) “Merry Swissmas” (5:00) MOVIE: “House of Deadly Lies” (Sus. ’23) Deadman’s Curse (5:00) “Milton’s Secret” :30 American Black Journal MOVIE: “This Time Each Year” (Rom. ’24) Alison Sweeney. (:45) MOVIE: “A Royal Christmas Match” (Rom. ’22)

7 :00 MotorWeek N Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love” (Rom. ’24) Yukon Rescue :30 Firing Line w/ Hoover N

8 :00 To the Contrary “How to Train -Homecom.” Hudson & Rex (:15) SPECIAL: Alabama Snake

9 :00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece

10

Extraordinary Australia :30 Washington Week N (:25) MOVIE: “The Garfield Movie” ›› (Ani. ’24) Voice of Chris Pratt.

11 :00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece

MOVIE: “Raise Your Voice” ›› (Dra. ’04) Hilary Duff.

(12) MOVIE: “Snoopy, Come Home” Snoopy searches for his original owner after she writes him a letter from the hospital. ››› (2:00) (AMC) MOVIE: “Daddy Day Care” After getting fired, Charlie and Phil start a daycare facility to make ends meet. ›› (2:00) (APTN) MOVIE: “Escape Plan” A security expert and an inmate must break out of the world’s toughest prison. ›› (2:30)

(W) MOVIE: “The More the Merrier” Sparks fly between two doctors as they work together to deliver three Christmas babies. (2:00)

(YTV) MOVIE: “Rise of the Guardians” See 6 pm. (2:15) 12:30 PM

(2) Land & Sea Prince Edward Islanders debate cinnamon rolls. N (:30)

(SHO) MOVIE: “Battleship” American sailors fight an army of alien invaders. ›› (3:00)

(4) (CTV2) MOVIE: “The Sound of Music” See page 18. (4:00) (6) Lessons & Carols for Christmas 2025 Christ Church Cathedral Victoria’s annual service of lessons and carols. N (1:30) (10) Bryan Adams & Friends: A Great Big Holiday Jam A party only Bryan Adams could throw, with festive classics and timeless hits. (1:00) (KTLA) MOVIE: “National Treasure” A man tries to steal the Declaration of Independence. ›› (3:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “Call Her Savage” The daughter of a white woman and an Indian chief marries a man who leaves her broke. (B&W) ›› (2:00) 7:30 PM

(SHO) MOVIE: “Mission: Impossible” An elite intelligence agent investigates a failed Prague mission to retrieve a computer disk. ›› (2:30) 8:00 PM

:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece (:10) MOVIE: “Christmas on Windmill Way” (Dra. ’23)

Hudson & Rex

Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Terry McMillan Presents: His, Hers & Ours” (Dra. ’25) Taye Diggs.

Extraordinary Australia :30 (:45) MOVIE: “Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn” (Doc. ’19)

(:20) MOVIE: “The Unbreakable Boy” ›› (Dra. ’25) Zachary Levi.

Zombie Animals (:10) MOVIE: “Little Women” ››› (Dra. ’94) Winona Ryder. :30

12 NOON :00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece

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

1:30 PM

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Jaws” A New England police chief, a shark hunter and a scientist have a showdown with a huge white shark. ›››› (2:30)

2:00 PM

Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Ghosts of Christmas Past” (Rom. ’21) Annie Clark.

Zombie Animals :30 (:40) MOVIE: “The Wish Swap” (Rom. ’25) Emily Tennant. MOVIE: “Merry Swissmas” (Rom. ’22) Jodie Sweetin.

Hudson & Rex

1 PM :00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece (:10) MOVIE: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” ›› (Act. ’14) Megan Fox.

Witches: Truth Behind the Trials (:10) MOVIE: “Troop Beverly Hills” ›› (Com. ’89) Shelley Long. :30

(9) A Celebration of Hanukkah Geoffrey Baer tells the traditions of Hanukkah, including how food connects to Hanukkah’s history. (1:00) (AMC) MOVIE: “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” A stranded ad executive and a salesman make unlikely co-travelers. ››› (2:00)

(W) MOVIE: “Christmas at the Catnip Café”

(2) MOVIE: “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” The Griswolds spend the holiday in a garish way. ››› (2:00) (7) (8) Hollywood Squares See page 14. N (1:00) (9) Happiness Charlie champions Gloria’s vision, leading the ensemble to look to Charlie as the new director. N (:30) (10) MOVIE: “Planes, Trains, and Christmas Trees” An event planner and a sports agent travel home after their flight is delayed. (2:00) (13) The 2025 FOX Winter Preview Jenny McCarthy hosts a look at the new and returning shows on FOX. (:30)

(KNO) Death in Paradise (SP) Commissioner Selwyn Patterson is shot at the Yacht Club. N (1:00)

2 :00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece

3 :00 PBS News Weekend N (2:55) MOVIE: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows”

Law & Order MOVIE: “Say Hey, Willie Mays!” (Doc. ’22)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

MOVIE: “Ladies of the ’80s: A Divas Christmas” (Rom. ’23) Loni Anderson.

Witches: Truth Behind the Trials :30

Sparks fly between a marketing executive and a veterinarian as they help stray cats find homes. (2:00)

2:30 PM

(TCM) (2:45) MOVIE: “The Bells of St. Mary’s”

A carefree singing priest clashes with a nononsense nun. (B&W) ››› (2:15)

(W) MOVIE: “A Firefighter’s Christmas Calendar” (P) See page 12. (2:00)

8:30 PM

3:00 PM

(2) Shrek the Halls Shrek’s holiday plans go awry when Donkey and the gang join festivities. (:30)

Witches: Truth Behind the Trials MOVIE: “Stuart Little” ››› (Fam. ’99) Geena Davis. :30 (:45) MOVIE: “The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” (Doc. ’20)

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

Witches: Truth Behind the Trials :30 Rick Steves’ Europe MOVIE: “Stuart Little 2” ››› (Fam. ’02)

5 :00 Happiness N Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

4 :00 Sister Boniface Mysteries Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Witches: Truth Behind the Trials :30 (:50) MOVIE: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” ››› (Ani. ’23) (:40) SPECIAL: Tiger: Part I (:50) MOVIE: “Despicable Me 3” ›› (Ani. ’17) Voice of Steve Carell.

(6) MOVIE: “Christmas 9 to 5” A crime-beat reporter gets the assignment of her life: to find the true meaning of Christmas. (2:00)

3:30 PM

(2) MOVIE: “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” A left-behind boy battles the two burglars he faced before. ›› (2:30)

(6) MOVIE: “Midnight at the Magnolia” Longtime friends and radio hosts fake it as a couple in hopes of getting their show syndicated. (2:00) (9) Happiness Rehearsals flourish under Charlie’s direction; Mia shines; Gloria and Connor grow closer. N (:30) 9:00 PM

(7) (8) The Road (SF) The finalists perform at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. N (1:00) (APTN) MOVIE: “Source Code” A pilot awakes in the body of a commuter who died in a train explosion. ››› (2:30)

Witches: Truth Behind the Trials :30 Happiness N

6 :00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece What We Do in-Shadows (:15) SPECIAL: Tiger: Part II

MOVIE: “Ghosts of Christmas Past” (Rom. ’21) Annie Clark.

Gladiators: Warriors of the Ancient World N :30 MOVIE: “A Brush With Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Jillian Murray. What We Do in-Shadows

(SHO) MOVIE: “War of the Worlds” A man and his children try to survive an alien invasion. ››› (2:30) 4:00 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Trading Places” Sporting brothers reverse the roles of a Wall Street commodities broker and a street hustler. ››› (2:30)

(FLAV) The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday See page 14. (1:30) (TCM) MOVIE: “There Ain’t No Santa Claus” Charley has several dilemmas caused by his greedy landlord. (B&W) (:30)

9:30 PM

8 :00 Heated Rivalry N What We Do in-Shadows SPECIAL: Seth Meyers: Dad Man Walking

(:25) MOVIE: “Minions” ›› (Ani. ’15) Voice of Sandra Bullock.

Witches: Truth Behind the Trials

7 :00 (:15) All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece What We Do in-Shadows MOVIE: “Ladies of the ’80s: A Divas Christmas” (Rom. ’23) Loni Anderson. Lost Treasures of Angkor Wat :30 What We Do in-Shadows

MOVIE: “Horrible Bosses” ›› (Com. ’11) Jason Bateman. :30 Rick Steves’ Mighty Alps What We Do in-Shadows 9 :00 Happiness(8:55) The Seduction N What We Do in-Shadows (:05) I Love LA MOVIE: “Record Breaking Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Michelle Argyris.

Gladiators: Warriors of the Ancient World :30 Happiness(:40) Office Movers N What We Do in-Shadows (:35) I Love LA (SF) N (:45) MOVIE: “Office Christmas Party” ›› (Com. ’16) Jason Bateman. 10 :00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece (:10) MOVIE: “Sinners” ››› (Hor. ’25) Michael B. Jordan. What We Do in-Shadows (:10) Right. Gemstones Lost Treasures of Angkor Wat :30 What We Do in-Shadows (:50) The Righteous Gemstones 11 :00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece What We Do in-Shadows MOVIE: “Ghosts of Christmas Past” (Rom. ’21) Annie Clark.

Extraordinary Australia :30 What We Do in-Shadows Righteous Gemstones (:35) Spartacus: House of Ashur 12 MID :00 SPECIAL: Hope of the Season: Christmas w/ -Tabernacle Choir Hudson & Rex (:10) Right. Gemstones Extraordinary Australia

:30 MOVIE: “The Surfer” ››› (Sus. ’24) Nicolas Cage. (:50) The Righteous Gemstones (:35) Power Book IV: Force 1 AM :00 Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Ladies of the ’80s: A Divas Christmas” (Rom. ’23) Loni Anderson. Zombie Animals

:30 Washington Week (:45) MOVIE: “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life” (Doc. ’23) (:35) MOVIE: “The Colony” (Sus. ’13) Laurence Fishburne. 2 :00 Rick Steves’ Europe (:15) To Be Announced Hudson & Rex Zombie Animals :30 American Black Journal 3 :00 BBC News N Hudson & Rex (:15) MOVIE: “Subjects of Desire” (Doc. ’21) MOVIE: To Be Announced Border Security (:15) MOVIE: “Indian Horse” (Dra. ’17)

Border Security

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Jurassic Park” Scientists visit a park of DNA-regenerated dinosaurs. ››› (2:45) (W) MOVIE: “Joyeux Noel” A woman and a reporter travel to France to uncover the mystery behind an artist and his painting. (2:00) 4:30 PM

(KNO) Shepherdess: Three Women on the Land (SF) Meet a chef with a sprawling garden and commercial kitchen; a woman grows peonies and saffron; a stitched-painting artist. N (:30) 5:00 PM

(TCM) MOVIE: “Gold Diggers of 1933” A songwriter’s cheque puts chorus girls to work. (B&W) ››› (2:00) 6:00 PM

(2) MOVIE: “Home Alone” A left-behind boy battles two burglars in the house. ››› (2:00) (APTN) MOVIE: “Source Code” See 9 pm. (2:30) (FLAV) The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday See page 14. N (1:30) (W) MOVIE: “A Make or Break Holiday” A troubled couple rediscover their love for each other as they host their families for Christmas. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Rise of the Guardians” An evil boogeyman schemes to dash children’s belief in Santa Claus and other immortal Guardians. ›› (2:15) 6:30 PM

(13) The 2025 FOX Winter Preview See 8 pm. N (:30) (AMC) MOVIE: “The Karate Kid” A New Jersey teen moves to California, meets bullies and learns karate from a handyman. ››› (3:00) (SCFI) (6:45) MOVIE: “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” Ian Malcolm ventures onto a second island to save his girlfriend from becoming dinosaur bait. ›› (2:45)

(AMC) MOVIE: “The Holiday” Two women swap homes for Christmas. ›› (3:00) (SCFI ) MOVIE: “Jurassic Park III” Dr. Alan Grant and a search party become trapped on an island of prehistoric predators. ›› (2:00) (TCM) Christmas Past Compilation of silent film shorts about Christmas. (2:15)

10:00 PM

(HIST) The Curse of Oak Island While investigating an ancient marker stone on Oak Island, the team makes stunning new discoveries. N (1:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “Mission: Impossible II” The IMF team try to stop a former agent from unleashing a deadly, engineered virus. ››› (2:30) (W) MOVIE: “Rescuing Christmas” Erin unwittingly wishes away Christmas, and Sam steps in to help bring it back. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Snowtime!” Children learn valuable life lessons when they form two teams for a massive snowball fight. ›› (1:45) 11:30 PM

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Jaws” See 1:30 pm. (2:30) (TCM) (11:45) MOVIE: “Mon Oncle Antoine” An orphan learns from his aunt and uncle one Christmas Eve in 1940s Quebec. ››› (1:45)

MIDNIGHT

(CTV2) MOVIE: “Bringing Christmas Home” A professor teams with a store owner to help track down the original owner of a World War II uniform. (2:00) (W) MOVIE: “The More the Merrier” See Noon. (2:00) 12:30 AM (8) (12:32) MOVIE: “Leah’s Perfect Gift” (P) Leah accompanies her boyfriend to Connecticut to experience a traditional Christmas. (2:00)

MONDAY – GRID 1

DECEMBER 22

“Scrooged” ››› (Com. ’88) Bill Murray.

Rose Vets Below Deck Mediterranean N Anderson Cooper 360 (Live) N

6 AM :00 (4:00) MOVIE: “Meg 2” ›› (5:00) MOVIE: “War of the Worlds” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’05) Tom Cruise. (5:15) MOVIE: “The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady” ››

Extreme Cheapskates James Robison When Calls the Heart Sidekick(:10) Vida the Vet Ollie’s Pack(3:00) PGA Tour Golf: 2025 The Sentry, Final (5:30) SportsCentre NBA Basketball: Toronto Raptors at Brooklyn Nets (5:30) SportsCentre

With Jay Onrait :30 MOVIE: “Jurassic World” ›› (Adv. ’15) Chris Pratt.

Tribal Trails (:45) Mysticons (:35) Barney’s World Scaredy Squirrel SportsCentre SportsCentre

7 :00 (:15) MOVIE: “Our Vines Have Tender Grapes” ›› (Dra. ’45) Edward G. Robinson. Extreme Cheapskates Joyce MeyerEveryday Life MOVIE: “Eight Gifts of Hanukkah” (Rom. ’21) Inbar Lavi. (:07) Total DramaRama Max & RubyScooby-Doo -Guess Who? PGA Tour Golf: 2025 Sony Open in Hawaii, Final Round

Club Canada Total DramaRama PAW PatrolWorld of Gumball

8 :00 Say Yes to the Dress It’s Supernatural! (7:55) Adventure Time (:20) Thomas & Friends Teen Titans Go!

:30 First Century Foundations (:32) Adventure Time (:45) Batwheels Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!

:30 MOVIE: “Minority Report” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’02) Tom Cruise.

9 :00 MOVIE: “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” ›› (Adv. ’18) Chris Pratt. (:15) MOVIE: “Metropolitan” ››› (Com.-Dra. ’90) Carolyn Farina. Say Yes to the Dress Daily TV Mass MOVIE: “All I Need for Christmas” (Dra. ’24) Mallory Jansen. (8:57) Steven Universe (:10) Agent Binky Pets Looney Tunes

:30 Life Outreach International (:35) Stanley Dynamic (:35) Rubble & Crew Looney Tunes

10 :00 Say Yes to the Dress Tribal Trails Craig of the Creek Peppa Pig MOVIE: “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” ›› (Ani. ’79) Voice of Red Buttons.

:30 MOVIE: “Mission: Impossible” ›› (Act. ’96) Tom Cruise.

Pat McAfee Show (Live)

of Summer Wine (:50) Mysticons (:50) Barney’s World

11 :00 MOVIE: “The World of Henry Orient” ››› (Com. ’64) Peter Sellers. 90 Day Diaries The Waltons MOVIE: “Christmas Bedtime Stories” (Dra. ’22) Erin Cahill. (:15) Total DramaRama (:20) Vida the Vet

12 NOON :00

:30 Beyblade X(:35) Max & Ruby

:30 (:45) MOVIE: “Jurassic World: Dominion” ›› (Act. ’22) Chris Pratt. (:40) Total DramaRama (:45) Gabby’s Dollhouse

1 PM :00 MOVIE: “Mission: Impossible II” ››› (Act. ’00) Tom Cruise. MOVIE: “The Trouble With Angels” ››› (Com. ’66) Rosalind Russell.

2 :00

3 :00 MOVIE: “Meg 2” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’23) Jason Statham. MOVIE: “Never Say Goodbye” ›› (Com. ’46) Errol Flynn.

90 Day Diaries New Tricks (:05) Pokémon: Horiz. (:10) Superbuns (:15) MOVIE: “Tiny Christmas” (Adv. ’17) Jonathan A. Rosenbaum.

(Live) N

90 Day Diaries Midsomer Murders Days of our Lives N (12:55) Stanley Dynamic Peppa Pig

90 Day Diaries MOVIE: “Long Lost Christmas” (Dra. ’22) Taylor Cole. (:10) Mysticons (:15) Rubble & Crew SC :30 (:35) Craig of the Creek (:40) Batwheels

Pardon the Interruption N

Formula 1 Racing: 2025 Canadian Grand Prix Overdrive (Live) N :30 (:32) Adventure Time (:50) Agent Binky Pets (:45) MOVIE: “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” ›› (Ani. ’79) Voice of Red Buttons.

90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way

Murdoch Mysteries Craig of the Creek Sesame Street Monday Night Countdown (Live) N

Pokémon: Horizons SPECIAL: Peppa C’mas

Pardon the Interruption N

Formula 1 Racing: 2025 British Grand Prix

SportsCentre (Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N Monday Night Countdown (Live) N :30 MOVIE: “Mission: Impossible III” ››› (Act. ’06) Tom Cruise.

4 :00 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way Murder, She Wrote MOVIE: “Christmas Lost and Found” (Dra. ’18) Tiya Sircar.

Beyblade XGabby’s Dollhouse Scooby-Doo -Guess Who? 12 Days of Scottie: 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational –Final Round :30 Total DramaRama (:50) Vida the Vet World of Gumball

5 :00

:30 MOVIE: “Jurassic World” ›› (Adv. ’15) Chris Pratt.

MOVIE: “It Happened on 5th Avenue” ›› (Com. ’47) Don DeFore.

90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way N

6 :00 MOVIE: “Mission: Impossible –Ghost Protocol” ››› (Act. ’11) Tom Cruise. (:01) 90 Day Diaries N

Sister Boniface Mysteries

Night (JiP) (Live) N

Night (JiP) (Live) N

Steven Universe Ready, Steady, Adventure Time N

Craig of the Creek (:20) Rubble & Crew Looney Tunes :30 Visionary Gardeners Pokémon: Horizons (:45) Batwheels Looney Tunes

7 :00 (:15) MOVIE: “The Man Who Came to Dinner” ››› (Com. ’41) Monty Woolley. (:03) 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way N theZoomer

8 :00 MOVIE: “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”

Healing Gardens MOVIE: “A Firefighter’s Christmas Calendar” (Dra. ’25) Holly Deveaux.

Steven Universe (:15) Superbuns Teen Titans Go! (:15) NFL Football: San Francisco 49ers at Indianapolis Colts (Live) N

Adventure Time (:35) Agent Binky Pets

Formula 1 Racing: 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (:15)

NFL Football: San Francisco 49ers at Indianapolis

NBA Basketball: Orlando Magic at Golden State Warriors (Live) N :30

›› (Adv. ’18) Chris Pratt. (:03) Baylen Out Loud

Murdoch Mysteries MOVIE: “Eight Gifts of Hanukkah” (Rom. ’21) Inbar Lavi.

Total DramaRama Rubble & Crew :30

Murdoch Mysteries

Adventure Time (:10) Thomas & Friends MOVIE: “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” ›› (Ani. ’79) Voice of Red Buttons.

Total DramaRama (:35) PAW Patrol

Steven Universe Sesame Street (:15) MOVIE: “Tiny Christmas” (Adv. ’17) Jonathan A. Rosenbaum. :30

With Jay Onrait (Live) N

Steven Universe Sesame Street Big Break: Where-Now? SC 10 :00 (:01) 90 Day Diaries MOVIE: “All I Need for Christmas” (Dra. ’24) Mallory Jansen.

With Jay Onrait (Live) N

With

Onrait (Live) N

Onrait (Live) N 9 :00 MOVIE: “Mission: Impossible –Rogue Nation” ››› (Act. ’15) Tom Cruise. (:15) MOVIE: “Fitzwilly” ››› (Com. ’67) Dick Van Dyke. 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way

:30 (:45) MOVIE: “Jurassic World: Dominion”

(Act. ’22) Chris Pratt.

Warriors (:50) Berenstain Bears (:45) Best & Bester

MysticonsPeppa Pig PGA Tour Golf: 2025: The American Express, Final Round SportsCentre (Live) N 2023 IIHF World Junior Champion-

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Daniel Tiger(5:50) Transplant Hudson & Rex (5:00) “Bringing C’mas...” (5:00) MOVIE: “Fatal Family Reunion” (Sus. ’22) Yukon Gold (5:00) MOVIE: “Clara” (’18)

9:00 AM

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” See 8 pm. (2:45) (TCM) (9:15) MOVIE: “Metropolitan” A young man starts hanging out with a Manhattan debutante’s holiday rat pack. ››› (1:45)

(W) MOVIE: “All I Need for Christmas” A singersongwriter travels home and finds a spark with an app developer. (2:00)

10:00 AM

(HOME) Rentovation (SF) See 9 pm. N (:30) (SHO) MOVIE: “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” Ethan Hunt and his team must clear the IMF of wrongdoing. ››› (3:00) (W) MOVIE: “A Firefighter’s Christmas Calendar” A firefighter reignites her late mother’s “Holiday Heroes” fundraiser to help the community. (2:00) 7:00 PM

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:30 Rosie’s Rules (:40) MOVIE: “Royally Wrapped for Christmas” (Dra. ’21) Jen Lilley.

:00 Sesame Street Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Jingle Bell Princess” (Dra. ’21) Merritt Patterson. MOVIE: “Finding a Killer” (Dra. ’23) Laura Lieben.

Ice Road Truckers :30 Work It Out Wombats!

8 :00 Donkey Hodie (:10) MOVIE: “The Great Christmas Switch” (Dra. ’21) Sarah Lind.

Hudson & Rex

Selena + Chef (:50) MOVIE: “Clifford the Big Red Dog” ›› (Fam. ’21) Darby Camp.

Border Security :30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific MOVIE: “Say Hey, Willie Mays!” (Doc. ’22)

10 :00 SPECIAL: Peg + Cat + Holidays

9 :00 Elinor Wonders Why Hudson & Rex ScorpionBorder Security :30 Alma’s Way(:40) MOVIE: “Christmas Time Is Here” (Dra. ’21) Rukiya Bernard. Border Security

Hudson & Rex (:15) MOVIE: “The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” (Doc. ’20)

Border Security MOVIE: “Christmas With the Kranks” ›› (Com. ’04) Tim Allen.

ScorpionTo Catch a Smuggler (:10) MOVIE: “The Family Stone” ›› (Rom. ’05) Dermot Mulroney. :30 11 :00 Father Brown (:10) MOVIE: “A Brush With Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Jillian Murray.

Hudson & Rex ScorpionTo Catch a Smuggler :30 12 NOON :00 Midsomer Murders

Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking 1 PM :00

(AMC) MOVIE: “Big” Young Josh Baskin wishes he was big, only to wake up in the morning and discover his wish came true. ››› (2:30) (YTV) MOVIE: “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” See 7 pm. (2:15)

10:30 AM

(APTN) MOVIE: “Ailo’s Journey” Ailo, a newborn reindeer, embarks on an incredible odyssey with the help of his mother. (2:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “Mission: Impossible” An elite intelligence agent investigates a failed Prague mission to retrieve a computer disk. ›› (2:30) 11:00 AM

(TCM) MOVIE: “The World of Henry Orient” Two rich schoolgirls become infatuated with a pianist and follow him around. ››› (2:00)

(2) Coronation Street Maggie’s past indicates that Eva would be well advised not to underestimate her nemesis. N (:30) (AMC) (7:15) MOVIE: “The Addams Family” A man claiming to be Fester arrives at the Addams’ home. ›› (2:00)

(HOME) Million Dollar Dream Home Natalie and Dylan look to settle down in the Valley of Los Angeles. N (:30) (TCM) (7:15) MOVIE: “The Man Who Came to Dinner” A critic with a broken hip mends at his host’s home. (B&W) ››› (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” Santa must save the snowman and the reindeer from a bad wizard. ›› (2:15)

8:00 PM

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (:10) MOVIE: “Bringing Christmas Home” (Dra. ’23) Jill Wagner.

ScorpionTo Catch a Smuggler (11:55) MOVIE: “Ozzy” (Ani. ’16) Voice of Jeff Foxworthy. :30 (:40)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

2 :00 Death in Paradise Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ScorpionTo Catch a Smuggler :30

3 :00 PBS News Hour N Law & Order MOVIE: “Moonshot” (Sci.-Fi. ’22) Zach Braff.

ScorpionTo Catch a Smuggler :30 MOVIE: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” ››› (Ani. ’18) Voice of Shameik Moore. (:40) MOVIE: “It’s a Hard Truth, Ain’t It” (Doc. ’18) MOVIE: “Step Dogs” (Com. ’13) Dylan Schmid.

4 :00

BBC News The Context Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

ScorpionTo Catch a Smuggler MOVIE: “Best in Show” ››› (Com. ’00) Michael Hitchcock. :30 MOVIE: “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” ›› (Com. ’24) Michael Keaton.

5 :00 Antiques Roadshow Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

ScorpionTo Catch a Smuggler :30 Great Lakes Now N (:45) MOVIE: “Jingle Bell Princess” (Dra. ’21) Merritt Patterson.

6 :00 American Masters: Starring Dick Van Dyke It’s Always Sunny (:15) MOVIE: “Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind” (Doc. ’20)

(W) MOVIE: “Christmas Bedtime Stories” Left to raise her daughter on her own, a woman begins to tell her bedtime stories about her father. (2:00) 11:30 AM ( SCFI ) (11:45) MOVIE: “Jurassic World: Dominion” The future of mankind hangs in the balance as dinosaurs now live and hunt alongside humans. ›› (3:15)

NOON

(YTV) (12:15) MOVIE: “Tiny Christmas” See 9:15 pm. (1:30) 12:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Fred Claus” See 9:15 pm. (2:30) 1:00 PM

(SHO) MOVIE: “Mission: Impossible II” Ethan Hunt and the IMF team try to stop a former agent from unleashing a deadly virus. ››› (2:30) (TCM) MOVIE: “The Trouble With Angels” Two girls wreak havoc at a convent school. ››› (2:00) 1:30 PM

(2) MOVIE: “A Christmas Story” See page 18. (2:00) (6) MOVIE: “A Christmas Letter” Leslie has done everything right in her life except for finding Mr. Right. (2:00) (10) Motown 60: A Grammy Celebration A tribute to the iconic sound of the historic American record label, Motown Records. (2:00) (CTV2) MOVIE: “Menorah in the Middle” Sarah is headed back to her hometown, when she finds out that her father had a heart attack. (2:00) (KTLA) MOVIE: “A California Christmas: City Lights” Business obligations call Joseph back to the city. (2:00)

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” Owen and Claire return to Isla Nublar to save the dinosaurs from an erupting volcano. ›› (2:45) (W) MOVIE: “Eight Gifts of Hanukkah” A woman tries to find out who her secret admirer is during Hanukkah. (2:00) 8:30 PM

(8) The Paper With Marv camped out in the newsroom, the staff’s unresolved attitudes toward authority bubble up. N (:30) 9:00 PM

ScorpionTo Catch a Smuggler :30 (:20) MOVIE: “Transformers: The Last Knight” ›› (Act. ’17) Mark Wahlberg.

(:35) MOVIE: “Ella Enchanted” ›› (Fam. ’04) Anne Hathaway.

ScorpionThe Nazi Cartel N (:15) MOVIE: “Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas” › (Com. ’13) Tyler Perry. :30 It’s Always Sunny

7 :00 It’s Always Sunny Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta N To Catch a Smuggler: Mediterranean :30 It’s Always Sunny 8 :00 MOVIE: “Bumblebee” ››› (Act. ’18) Hailee Steinfeld. It’s Always Sunny SuccessionScorpionTo Catch a Smuggler MOVIE: “The Breakfast Club” ››› (Com.-Dra. ’85)

:30 SPEC.: C’mas on-Danube It’s Always Sunny

9 :00 Amanpour and Company N It’s Always Sunny (:05) Succession

ScorpionTo Catch a Smuggler :30 It’s Always Sunny (:40) MOVIE: “Weird Science” ››› (Com. ’85) Kelly LeBrock.

:00 Antiques Roadshow (9:55) MOVIE: “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” ›› (Act. ’23) Anthony Ramos. It’s Always Sunny (:10) Game of Thrones Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta To Catch a Smuggler: Mediterranean :30 It’s Always Sunny 11 :00 SPECIAL: Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas It’s Always Sunny ScorpionTo Catch a Smuggler (:15) MOVIE: “Don’t You Forget About Me” (Doc. ’09) :30 It’s Always Sunny (:35) Game of Thrones 12 MID :00 American Masters: Starring Dick Van Dyke (:05) MOVIE: “The Northman” ››› (Adv. ’22) Alexander Skarsgård. Justified: City Primeval ScorpionTo Catch a Smuggler :30 MOVIE: “The Red Violin” ››› (Dra. ’98) Samuel L. Jackson. 1 AM :00 Justified: City Primeval Curb Your Enthusiasm ScorpionTo Catch a Smuggler :30 (:40) MOVIE: “Arctic Blast” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’10) Michael Shanks. 2 :00 Hudson & Rex ScorpionTo Catch a Smuggler :30 Great Getaways (:25) MOVIE: “When Night Is Falling” ›› (Dra. ’95) Pascale Bussières. (:45) MOVIE: “Incendies” ››› (Dra. ’10) Lubna Azabal.

:00 BBC News N Hudson & Rex (:15)

(YTV) (1:45) MOVIE: “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” See 7 pm. (2:15)

2:00 PM

(2) MOVIE: “Double Holiday” Rebecca must throw the company holiday party with her office rival, Chris. (2:00)

(W) MOVIE: “Long Lost Christmas” An interior designer plans to surprise her recently widowed mother with the perfect present. (2:00) 3:00 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Trading Places” Sporting brothers reverse the roles of a Wall Street commodities broker and a street hustler. ››› (2:15) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Meg 2” Members of a deep-dive research team fight for their lives against colossal, prehistoric sharks. ›› (2:30)

(TCM) MOVIE: “Never Say Goodbye” A girl receives help from a Marine in reuniting her divorced but devoted parents. (B&W) ›› (2:00) 3:30 PM

(SHO) MOVIE: “Mission: Impossible III” (Act. ’06) Tom Cruise. Agent Ethan Hunt squares off with a ruthless broker of arms and information. ››› (2:30) 4:00 PM

(W) MOVIE: “Christmas Lost and Found” Whitney mistakenly throws out a box of precious family ornaments. (2:00)

5:00 PM

(AMC) (5:15) MOVIE: “Scrooged” A ruthless TVnetwork chief meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come. ››› (2:00)

(TCM) MOVIE: “It Happened on 5th Avenue” A hobo shares a mansion with a veteran and others who need a wintertime place to stay. (B&W) ›› (2:15) 5:30 PM

(APTN) MOVIE: “The Snow Walker” See 9 pm. (2:30) (SCFI ) MOVIE: “Jurassic World” An animal expert must save tourists on an island from rampaging, genetically engineered dinosaurs. ›› (2:30) 6:00 PM

(FLAV) The Great British Baking Show: The Professionals See 9 pm. N (1:00)

(8) A Saturday Night Live Christmas Highlighting memorable Christmas-themed sketches from the iconic program’s 50 seasons. (2:00) (AMC) (9:15) MOVIE: “Fred Claus” Santa Claus bails his brother, Fred, out of trouble and puts him to work in his factory. ›› (2:30) (APTN) MOVIE: “The Snow Walker” A plane crash strands a bush pilot and an Inuit woman. ›› (2:30)

(FLAV) The Great British Baking Show: The Professionals The teams create plant-based petit gâteaux and chocolate showpieces. (1:00) (HIST) Ancient Aliens: Origins Human history is rich with traditions that honour mysterious beings from the sky. N (2:00) (HOME) Rentovation Suburban moms Jhanary and Taz are struggling to keep their space current with their three tweens. (:30) (SHO) MOVIE: “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” Ethan Hunt and the IMF team square off against an organization bent on creating a new world order. ››› (3:00) (TCM) (9:15) MOVIE: “Fitzwilly” See page 18. (2:00) (YTV) (9:15) MOVIE: “Tiny Christmas” Two kids have to navigate holiday hazards after an elf accidentally shrinks them down. (1:30) 10:00 PM

(5) A Saturday Night Live Christmas See 9 pm, Global-8. (JiP) (1:00) (HOME) Million Dollar Dream Home See 7 pm. (:30) (W) MOVIE: “All I Need for Christmas” See 9 am. (2:00) 10:30 PM ( SCFI ) (10:45) MOVIE: “Jurassic World: Dominion” See 11:45 am. (3:15) 11:00 PM (TCM) (11:15) MOVIE: “Lady on a Train” A girl turns to a mystery writer for help after seeing a murder near Grand Central Station. (B&W) ››› (2:00) 11:30 PM (AMC) (11:45) MOVIE: “Jumanji” Siblings Peter and Judy find a magical, jungle-themed game called Jumanji in the attic. ›› (2:30)

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3 :00 Road Wars MOVIE: “The Addams Family” ›› (Com. ’91) Anjelica Huston.

& Marmalade The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Erin Burnett OutFront (Live) N The Big Bang Theory Street Outlaws: Locals Only

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Anderson Cooper 360 (Live) N

Big Bang Theory Street Outlaws

(Com. ’93) Anjelica Huston.

:00 (:01) Customer Wars N MOVIE: “Scrooged” ››› (Com. ’88) Bill Murray.

“The Last Witch Hunter” ›› (Fan. ’15) Vin Diesel. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills The Source With Kaitlan Collins (Live) N

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Big Bang Theory Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings

Big Bang Theory

GirlsBeat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown Holy Marvels With Dennis Quaid My Lottery Dream Home Isadora Moon KTLA 5 News at

6 AM :00 (4:30) MOVIE: “Godzilla” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’14) (4:00) MOVIE: “Mission: Impossible –Ghost Prot.” (5:45) MOVIE: “And So They Were Married” ›› Four Weddings James Robison When Calls the Heart Sidekick(:10) SPECIAL: Thomas & Friends Ollie’s PackPGA Tour Golf: 2025 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Final Round (5:30) SportsCentre (5:30) 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship: Gold Medal Game –United States vs. Finland (5:30) SportsCentre SC With Jay Onrait SC With Jay Onrait :30 Tribal Trails (:45) Mysticons Scaredy Squirrel SportsCentre SportsCentre

8 :00 It’s Supernatural! (7:55) Adventure Time (:20) Thomas & Friends Teen Titans Go!

7 :00 MOVIE: “Godzilla vs. Kong” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’21) Alexander Skarsgård. MOVIE: “Mission: Impossible –Rogue Nation” ››› (Act. ’15) Tom Cruise. (:15) MOVIE: “The Man I Love” ›› (Dra. ’46) Ida Lupino.

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days Joyce MeyerEveryday Life MOVIE: “The Christmas Cup” (Rom. ’25) Rhiannon Fish. (:07) Total DramaRama (:10) Peppa Pig Scooby-Doo -Guess Who? SC With Jay Onrait SC With Jay Onrait :30 700 Club Canada Total DramaRama PAW PatrolWorld of Gumball

:30 House of David (:32) Adventure Time (:45) Batwheels Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!

9 :00 MOVIE: “Larceny, Inc.” ›› (Com. ’42) Edward G. Robinson.

10 :00 MOVIE: “Mission: Impossible –Fallout” ››› (Act. ’18) Tom Cruise.

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days

Daily TV Mass MOVIE: “Christmas on Call” (Rom. ’24) Sara Canning. (8:57) Steven Universe (:10) Agent Binky Pets Looney Tunes

:30 MOVIE: “The Chronicles of Riddick” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’04) Vin Diesel. Nations Hour (:35) Stanley Dynamic (:35) Rubble & Crew Looney Tunes

Pat McAfee Show (Live) N

:30 Last of Summer Wine (:50) Mysticons (:50) Barney’s World

11 :00 MOVIE: “Backfire” ›› (Mys. ’50) Virginia Mayo.

Tribal Trails Craig of the Creek Peppa Pig MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” (Ani. ’22)

:30 (:40) Total DramaRama (:45) Gabby’s Dollhouse (:45) Best & Bester

12 NOON :00 MOVIE: “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’14) Andy Serkis.

Sister WivesThe Waltons MOVIE: “Unwrapping Christmas: Tina’s Miracle” (Rom. ’24) Natalie Hall. (:15) Total DramaRama (:20) Vida the Vet 12 Days of Scottie: 2022 WGC –Dell Technologies Match Play –Finals College Football: Boca Raton Bowl –Teams

:30 Beyblade X(:35) Max & Ruby

1 PM :00 MOVIE: “Red” ›› (Act. ’10) Bruce Willis. MOVIE: “Mr. Soft Touch” ›› (Dra. ’49) Glenn Ford.

2 :00

3 :00 MOVIE: “My Reputation” ›› (Rom. ’46) Barbara Stanwyck.

Sister WivesNew Tricks (:05) Pokémon: Horizons (:10) Superbuns MOVIE: “The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland” (Ani. ’24)

(Live) N

Sister WivesMidsomer Murders Days of our Lives N (12:55) Stanley Dynamic Peppa Pig

:30 (:32) Adventure Time (:50) Agent Binky Pets (:45) Best & Bester

Sister Wives MOVIE: “Unwrapping Christmas: Mia’s Prince” (Rom. ’24) Kathryn Davis. (:10) Mysticons (:15) Rubble & Crew MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” (Ani. ’22)

4 :00 Baylen Out Loud Murder, She Wrote MOVIE: “Unwrapping Christmas: Lily’s Destiny” (Rom. ’24) Jennifer Baker.

:30 (:45) MOVIE: “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’11) James Franco. (:35) Craig of the Creek (:40) Batwheels

Pokémon: Horizons Peppa Pig(:45) Best & Bester

College Football: New Orleans Bowl –Teams TBA (Live) N Pardon the Interruption N Pardon the Interruption N Pardon the Interruption N

Baylen Out Loud Murdoch Mysteries Craig of the Creek Sesame Street 12 Days of Scottie: 2022 Masters –Final Round 2025 Ryder Cup Official Film N SportsCentre (Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N :30 MOVIE: “Red 2” ›› (Act. ’13) Bruce Willis.

5 :00 MOVIE: “War for the Planet of the Apes” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’17) Andy Serkis.

Beyblade XGabby’s Dollhouse Scooby-Doo -Guess Who?

Total DramaRama (:50) Vida the Vet World of Gumball SCSC

NHL Hockey: Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators (Live) N :30

MOVIE: “Meet Me in St. Louis” ››› (Mus. ’44) Judy Garland. Baylen Out Loud N Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators

NHL Hockey: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins (Live) N

Steven Universe (:15) Superbuns Teen Titans Go! SCSC :30 Steven Universe Ready, Steady, Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!

6 :00 All Her Fault Baylen Out Loud N Shetland MOVIE: “Unwrapping Christmas: Olivia’s Reunion” (Rom. ’24) Cindy Busby.

7 :00 (:15) MOVIE: “The 355” ›› (Act. ’22) Jessica Chastain.

Craig of the Creek (:20) Rubble & Crew Looney Tunes

Craig of the Creek (:45) Batwheels Looney Tunes

College Football: Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl –Teams TBA (Live) N :30

8 :00 MOVIE: “Godzilla” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’14) Aaron TaylorJohnson.

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Adventure Time (:10) Thomas & Friends MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” (Ani. ’22) 2025 RolandGarros Tennis: Men’s Final :30

90 Day Diaries

MOVIE: “In the Good Old Summertime” ››› (Mus. ’49) Judy Garland. (:01) Sister Wives N Silent Witness

9 :00 MOVIE: “Meet John Doe” ››› (Dra. ’41) Gary Cooper. Baylen Out Loud Murdoch Mysteries

NBA Basketball: Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs (Live) N

NBA Basketball: Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs (Live) N

SportsCentre (Live) N

Adventure Time (:35) Agent Binky Pets SportsCentre (Live) N

Total DramaRama Rubble & Crew

:30 (:45) MOVIE: “Red” ›› (Act. ’10) Bruce Willis.

Murdoch Mysteries MOVIE: “The Christmas Cup” (Rom. ’25) Rhiannon Fish.

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Total DramaRama (:25) Hamsterdale (:45) Best & Bester PGA Tour Golf: 2025 WM Phoenix Open, Final Round

10 :00 Baylen Out Loud MOVIE: “Christmas on Call” (Rom. ’24) Sara Canning. Mysticons Peppa Pig

:30 MOVIE: “Godzilla vs. Kong” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’21) Alexander Skarsgård.

Steven Universe Sesame Street MOVIE: “The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland” (Ani. ’24)

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Steven Universe Sesame Street SC

:30 Tribal Trails The Stanley Dynamic (:40)

:00 (:15) MOVIE: “Little Women” ›› (Dra. ’49) June Allyson. (:01) Sister Wives Time to Sing Adventure Time (:15) Thomas & Friends

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6 AM :00 Daniel Tiger(5:50) Transplant Hudson & Rex (5:00) “I’m Glad-C’mas” (5:00) MOVIE: “Well Suited for Christmas” (’22) Yukon Gold (:05) MOVIE: “Breakaway” (Com. ’11) Russell Peters. :30 Rosie’s Rules (:40) MOVIE: “Little Jesus” (Com. ’23) Antoine Bertrand.

MOVIE: “The Christmas Retreat” (Fam. ’22) Rhiannon Fish.

7 :00 Sesame Street Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Laughing All the Way” (Rom. ’23) Paniz Zade.

TUESDAY

11:30 AM

(AMC) The Year Without a Santa Claus Sidelined by a nasty cold, Santa decides not to make his annual Christmas journey. (1:15) NOON

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” (Sci.-Fi. ’14) Andy Serkis. Caesar’s genetically evolved apes and the human sur vivors of a deadly virus battle for supremacy. ››› (2:45) (YTV) MOVIE: “The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland” See 9 pm. (1:45) 12:30 PM

(AMC) (12:45) MOVIE: “Santa Claus: The Movie” (Fam. ’85) Dudley Moore. Santa and an elf foil a Christmas toy profiteer. ›› (2:15) 1:00 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Scrooged” (Com. ’88) Bill Murray. A ruthless TV-network chief meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come. ››› (2:00) (SHO) (7:15) MOVIE: “The 355” (Act. ’22) Jessica Chastain. Rival agents team up with a computer specialist and a psychologist to retrieve a top-secret weapon. ›› (2:30) (TCM) MOVIE: “In the Good Old Summertime” (Mus. ’49) Judy Garland. Bickering co-workers fall in love as secret pen pals. ››› (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” (Ani. ’22) Voice of Kevin Michael Richardson. Jerry and his nephew, Tuffy, make a snow mouse that miraculously comes to life. (1:45) 8:00 PM

8 :00 Donkey Hodie (:20) MOVIE: “Christmas at the Amish Bakery” (Rom. ’23) Alexandra Harris.

Border Security :30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific Border Security

9 :00 Elinor Wonders Why Hudson & Rex

Ice Road Truckers :30 Work It Out Wombats! (:50) MOVIE: “Santa Claus: The Movie” ›› (Fam. ’85) Dudley Moore.

Hudson & Rex (:05) MOVIE: “Angel Falls Christmas” (Rom. ’21) Jessica Lowndes.

S.W.A.T.Border Security

:30 Alma’s Way (:35) SPECIAL: Finding the Way Home

10 :00 Wild Kratts (9:55) MOVIE: “Christmas in My Heart” (Dra. ’21) Heather Hemmens. Hudson & Rex

11 :00 Samantha Brown’s Hudson & Rex

(SHO) MOVIE: “Red” See 9:45 pm. (2:30) (TCM) MOVIE: “Mr. Soft Touch” (Dra. ’49) Glenn Ford. A gambler on the run falls for a settlement-house worker. (B&W) ›› (2:00)

2:00 PM

Border Security (:40) MOVIE: “Happiest Season” (Rom. ’20) Kristen Stewart.

S.W.A.T.Disaster Autopsy :30 Molly of Denali (:45) MOVIE: “Time Bomb Y2K” (Doc. ’23)

12 NOON :00 Antiques Roadshow

S.W.A.T.Disaster Autopsy

:30 Bare Feet W/ M. Mallozzi (:25) MOVIE: “Candy Coated Christmas” (:25) MOVIE: “Nelly & Simon: Mission Yeti” (Ani. ’17)

Law & Order(:10) MOVIE: “I’m Glad It’s Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Jessica Lowndes.

1 PM :00 Antiques Roadshow Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

2 :00 Antiques Roadshow Law & Order

S.W.A.T.Disaster Autopsy :30 (:50) MOVIE: “Godzilla” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’14) Aaron TaylorJohnson.

S.W.A.T.Disaster Autopsy (12:55) MOVIE: “Tia and Piujuq” (Dra. ’18) :30 (:45) MOVIE: “Mistletoe Time Machine” (Com. ’22)

3 :00 PBS News Hour N MOVIE: “Wonder Woman” ››› (Act. ’17) Gal Gadot. Law & Order(:20) MOVIE: “Under the Christmas Tree” (Rom. ’21) Elise Bauman.

(2) MOVIE: “Christmas Crush” (Rom. ’19) Cindy Sampson. Addie makes a Christmas wish for her neighbour to fall in love with her. (2:00) (W) MOVIE: “Unwrapping Christmas: Mia’s Prince” (Rom. ’24) Kathryn Davis. Romance novel enthusiast Mia meets Beau, who is the spitting image of her favourite book hero. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land” See 7 pm. (1:45)

2:30 PM

(SCFI) (2:45) MOVIE: “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (Sci.-Fi. ’11) James Franco. A substance designed to help the brain repair itself gives rise to a superintelligent chimp. ››› (2:15)

3:00 PM

S.W.A.T.Disaster Autopsy (:20) MOVIE: “Ordinary Angels” ››› (Dra. ’24) Hilary Swank. :30

S.W.A.T.Disaster Autopsy :30

4 :00 BBC News The Context Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

S.W.A.T.Disaster Autopsy (:20) MOVIE: “Miracle on 34th Street” ››› (Fam. ’94) Richard Attenborough. :30 American Blk Journal N (:50) MOVIE: “B&B Merry” (Rom. ’22) Jesse Hutch.

5 :00 SPECIAL: Detroit Remember Law & Order: Special Victims Unit MOVIE: “Slient Night, Fatal Night” (Mys. ’23) Alex Camacho.

6 :00 SPECIAL: Rick Steves’ European Christmas

Disaster Autopsy :30 (:25) MOVIE: “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” ›› (Act. ’16) Ben Affleck.

It’s Always Sunny (:20) MOVIE: “8-Bit Christmas” (Com. ’21) Neil Patrick Harris.

7 :00 SPECIAL: Real Rail Adventures It’s Always Sunny MOVIE: “You Better Watch Out” (Sus. ’24) Monaye Moyes.

(AMC) MOVIE: “The Addams Family” (Com. ’91) Anjelica Huston. A man claiming to be Fester, the missing brother of Gomez Addams, arrives at the Addams’ home. ›› (2:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “My Reputation” (Rom. ’46) Barbara Stanwyck. An Illinois widow with her sons meets a rakish major on leave. (B&W) ›› (2:00)

3:30 PM

(SHO) MOVIE: “Red 2” (Act. ’13) Bruce Willis. Frank Moses and his team must retrieve a device that could alter the balance of world power. ›› (2:30)

4:00 PM

(2) MOVIE: “Scrooge” See page 19. (2:00) (7) Kennedy Center Honors See page 6. N (2:30) (9) Joy – Christmas With the Tabernacle Choir and Michael Maliakel & Lesley Nichol The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square performs classical and popular Christmas music. (1:30) (10) MOVIE: “Saying Yes to Christmas” (Rom. ’21) Erika Prevost. Past feelings get reignited when an old flame joins a woman’s hectic schedule of holiday activities. (2:00) (32) MOVIE: “The Holiday” (Rom. ’06) Cameron Diaz. Two women, who each have just endured a horrid breakup with a lover, swap homes for Christmas. ›› (3:00) (CTV2) MOVIE: “Christmas on Windmill Way” (Dra. ’23) Chad Michael Murray. Mia Miejer learns that her Mimi must sell property which has been in their family for generations. (2:00) (KNO) Lift the Ice Microbial ecologist Allison Fong goes on a journey to uncover the mighty power of tiny creatures. N (1:00) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Godzilla” (Sci.-Fi. ’14) Aaron Taylor- Johnson. Humans get caught in the middle when Godzilla and his malevolent foes battle for supremacy ›› (2:30) (W) MOVIE: “The Christmas Cup” (Rom. ’25) Rhiannon Fish. Marine Kelly leads her hometown team in the Christmas Cup with help from Fireman Quinn. (2:00) 9:00 PM

Plane Crash Recreated N (:20) MOVIE: “Dennis the Menace” ›› (Fam. ’93) Walter Matthau. :30 It’s Always Sunny

(W) MOVIE: “Unwrapping Christmas: Lily’s Destiny” (Rom. ’24) Jennifer Baker. With holiday responsibilities piling up, Lily eagerly accepts a date with a handsome local realtor. (2:00)

5:00 PM

Trafficked With Mariana Van Zeller :30 It’s Always Sunny

8 :00 SPECIAL: Real Rail Adventures: Switzerland MOVIE: “Superman” ››› (Act. ’25) David Corenswet. It’s Always Sunny Hard Knocks: In Season With the NFC East

Disaster Autopsy MOVIE: “Curly Sue” ››› (Com.-Dra. ’91) Jim Belushi. :30 It’s Always Sunny 9 :00 Amanpour and Company N It’s Always Sunny Game of Thrones

S.W.A.T.Plane Crash Recreated :30 It’s Always Sunny (:45) MOVIE: “Bad Santa” ››› (Com. ’03) Billy Bob Thornton. 10 :00 Great Performances (:15) MOVIE: “Challengers” ››› (Dra. ’24) Zendaya. It’s Always Sunny (:20) Game of Thrones

S.W.A.T.Trafficked With Mariana Van Zeller :30 (:25) It’s Always Sunny 11 :00 (:15) It’s Always Sunny

:30 SPECIAL: Rick Steves’ European Christmas (:40) Social Studies (:45) The Last of Us

MID :00

S.W.A.T.Disaster Autopsy :30 SPECIAL: Real Rail Adventures MOVIE: “Kraven the Hunter” › (Act. ’24) Aaron TaylorJohnson. (:45) Social Studies 1 AM :00 (:10) The Last of Us

:30 SPECIAL: Real Rail Adventures: Switzerland 2 :00 Hudson & Rex (:05) SPECIAL: Yvonne Orji: A Whole Me

S.W.A.T.Disaster Autopsy (:20) MOVIE: “Bad Santa 2” ›› (Com. ’16) Billy Bob Thornton.

S.W.A.T.Disaster Autopsy (12:55) MOVIE: “Hector and the Search for Happiness” ›› (Adv. ’14)

S.W.A.T.Disaster Autopsy :30 Just Ask N (:40) MOVIE: “Young Werther” (Rom. ’24) Douglas Booth. 3 :00 BBC News N Hudson & Rex (:15) MOVIE: “Subjects of Desire” (Doc. ’21) MOVIE: “The Christmas Pact” (Rom. ’18) Border Security (2:55)

(AMC) MOVIE: “Addams Family Values” (Com. ’93) Anjelica Huston. Morticia and Gomez hire a greedy nanny who targets Uncle Fester. ›› (2:00) (SCFI) MOVIE: “War for the Planet of the Apes” (Sci.-Fi. ’17) Andy Serkis. A colonel leads his troops in a deadly battle against Caesar and his army of intelligent apes. ››› (3:00)

(TCM) MOVIE: “Meet Me in St. Louis” (Mus. ’44) Judy Garland. A lawyer’s family attends the 1904 World’s Fair. ››› (2:00)

6:00 PM

(A&E) Road Wars A man in Queens, New York, attempts to close a street to traffic with a metal barricade. N (:30)

(APTN) MOVIE: “The Last Witch Hunter” See 9 pm. (2:00) (FLAV) Great British Menu See 9 pm. N (1:00) (MAG) Fixer Upper: Colorado Mountain House Chip and Jo race to finish their retreat, juggling construction timelines and final additions. N (1:00)

(W) MOVIE: “Unwrapping Christmas: Olivia’s Reunion” (Rom. ’24) Cindy Busby. Olivia gets snowed-in with her ex-boyfriend while delivering gifts. (2:00) 7:00 PM

(2) Coronation Street Kit voices suspicions of Becky and Costello; Debbie makes a catastrophic error. N (:30)

(9) O Holy Night: Christmas With the Tabernacle Choir Musicians and narrators share the songs and stories that make Christmas memorable. (1:00)

(A&E) (7:01) Customer Wars Aboard a plane departing from Nashville, a man films as another passenger confronts him about their seating arrangement. N (:31)

(8) MOVIE: “The Santa Clause” (Fam. ’94) Tim Allen. An adman takes over for the bearded, big-bellied fellow after a rooftop mishap on Christmas Eve. ››› (2:00) (AMC) MOVIE: “Jack Frost” (Fam. ’98) Michael Keaton. A dead man returns in the form of a snowman. ›› (2:30) (APTN) MOVIE: “The Last Witch Hunter” (Fan. ’15) Vin Diesel. The Witch Queen rises from the dead, seeking revenge against the immortal warrior who slayed her. ›› (2:00) (FLAV) Great British Menu It’s the 20th anniversary series of Great British Menu, and four chefs compete for Northern Ireland. (1:00) (HIST) The Proof Is Out There Why has an Italian sighting puzzled UFO experts for decades? N (1:00)

(KNO) MOVIE: “LennoNYC” (Doc. ’10) John Lennon. John Lennon and his family move to New York City in the 1970s. (2:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “Meet John Doe” (Dra. ’41) Gary Cooper. A reporter writes a fictitious story about a man threatening suicide. (B&W) ››› (2:15) (YTV) MOVIE: “The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland” (Ani. ’24) Voice of Gerard Butler. Father Christmas travels to Wonderland to help save Christmas. (1:45) 9:30 PM

(SHO) (9:45) MOVIE: “Red” (Act. ’10) Bruce Willis. Retired CIA agents reassemble for their own survival after the agency marks them for death. ›› (2:25)

10:00 PM

(A&E) (10:03) Road Wars See 6 pm. (:30) (W) MOVIE: “Christmas on Call” (Rom. ’24) Sara Canning. The lives of First Responders in Philadelphia intersect over the holiday season while juggling life. (2:00) 10:30 PM

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Godzilla vs. Kong” (Sci.-Fi. ’21) Alexander Skarsgård. Fearsome monsters Godzilla and Kong square off in an epic battle for the ages. ›› (2:30) 11:00 PM

(A&E) (11:04) Customer Wars See 7:01 pm. (:30)

(KNO) Where the Universe Sings: The Spiritual Journey of Lawren Harris See page 16. (1:00)

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

Big Bake SP.: Hope of the Season: Christmas With the Tabernacle Choir

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.

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

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3 :00 Customer Wars MOVIE: “The Holiday” ›› (Rom. ’06) Cameron Diaz. APTN National News N

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“Trading Places” ››› (Com. ’83) Dan Aykroyd.

“The New Beachcombers” (Com.-Dra. ’02) Jackson Davies.

Housewives of New Jersey

Housewives of New

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Beachcombers’ Christmas” (Com. ’04) Dave Thomas.

Housewives of New Jersey

6 AM :00 (5:30) MOVIE: “Krampus” ›› (Hor. ’15) Emjay Anthony. (5:30) MOVIE: “The 355” ›› (Act. ’22) Jessica Chastain. (5:30) MOVIE: “Bachelor Mother” ››› (’39)

7 :00 MOVIE: “All Mine to Give” ›› (Dra. ’57) Glynis Johns.

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

8 :00 MOVIE: “The Bourne Identity” ››› (Act. ’02) Matt Damon.

10 :00 MOVIE: “I Am Number Four” ›› (Act. ’11) Alex Pettyfer.

Dr. Pimple Popper James Robison MOVIE: “A Christmas Angel Match” (Com. ’25) Meghan Ory.

:30 Tribal Trails (:45) Mysticons (:35) Ranger Rob Hotel Transylvania SC

Dr. Pimple Popper Joyce MeyerEveryday Life (:07) Total DramaRama Max & RubyScooby-Doo -Guess Who?

Sidekick(:10) Vida the Vet Ollie’s PackPGA Tour Golf: 2025: Mexico Open at VidantaWorld, Final Round

700 Club Canada Total DramaRama Peppa PigWorld of Gumball SC

Dr. Pimple Popper It’s Supernatural! MOVIE: “Christmas Under the Stars” (Rom. ’19) Jesse Metcalfe. (7:55) Adventure Time (:20) Thomas & Friends Teen Titans Go!

:30 Life Outreach International (:32) Adventure Time (:45) Batwheels Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! SC 9 :00 MOVIE: “The Shop Around the Corner” ››› (Rom. ’40) Margaret Sullavan.

Dr. Pimple Popper Daily TV Mass (8:57) Steven Universe (:10) Agent Binky Pets Piñata Smashlings

:30 Devotions TV (:35) Stanley Dynamic (:35) Rubble & Crew Hotel Transylvania

Dr. Pimple Popper Tribal Trails MOVIE: “Miracle in Bethlehem, PA” (Rom. ’23) Laura Vandervoort. Craig of the Creek Peppa Pig MOVIE: “Rise of the Guardians” ›› (Ani. ’12) Voice of Chris Pine.

SportsCentreThe Pat McAfee Show (Live) N CFL Football: 2025 Eastern Final – Montreal Alouettes at Hamilton Tiger-Cats

:30 MOVIE: “The Bourne Supremacy” ››› (Act. ’04) Matt Damon. Last of the Summer Wine (:50) Mysticons (:50) Ranger Rob

11 :00 MOVIE: “It Happened on 5th Avenue” ›› (Com. ’47) Don DeFore. My 600-Lb. Life The Waltons (:15) Total DramaRama (:20) Vida the Vet 12 Days of Scottie: 2023 WM Phoenix Open –Final Round

:30 (:40) Total DramaRama (:45) Gabby’s Dollhouse

12 NOON :00 (:15) MOVIE: “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” ›› (Fam. ’10) Logan Lerman. New TricksThe Chicken Sisters (:05) Pokémon: Horizons (:10) Ranger Rob (:15) SPEC.: Powerpuff Girls: ’Twas Fight-C’mas

1 PM :00 (:15) MOVIE: “Holiday Affair” ››› (Rom. ’49) Robert Mitchum.

:30 MOVIE: “The Bourne Ultimatum” ››› (Act. ’07) Matt Damon. Beyblade X(:35) Max & Ruby

Today: Christmas Special (Live)

(Live)

My 600-Lb. Life Midsomer Murders Days of our Lives N (12:55) Stanley Dynamic Peppa Pig(:15) MOVIE: “Rise of the Guardians” ›› (Ani. ’12) Voice of Chris Pine. Overdrive (Live) N Overdrive (Live) N Overdrive (Live) N :30 (:32) Adventure Time (:50) Agent Binky Pets

3 :00 Saturday Night Live: A Saturday Night Live Christmas MOVIE: “Christmas in Connecticut” ›› (Com. ’45) Barbara Stanwyck. My 600-Lb. Life: Where Are They Now? N Murdoch Mysteries Craig of the Creek Sesame Street SportsCentre (Live) N All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (Live) N

4 :00 My 600-Lb. Life: Where Are They Now? N Murder, She Wrote Twelve Dates ’Til Christmas Beyblade XGabby’s Dollhouse Scooby-Doo -Guess Who? IIHF World Junior Preview Show (Taped) N

2 :00 MOVIE: “Following Yonder Star” (Dra. ’24) Brooke D’Orsay (:10) Mysticons (:15) Rubble & Crew :30 (:45) MOVIE: “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters” ›› (Fam. ’13) Logan Lerman. (:35) Craig of the Creek (:40) Peppa Pig

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(Live) N :30 Pokémon: Horizons (:35) Peppa Pig Best & Bester 12 Days of Scottie: 2023 THE PLAYERS Championship –Final Round

:30 Total DramaRama (:50) Gabby’s Dollhouse World of Gumball

5 :00 MOVIE: “Dune” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’21) Timothée Chalamet.

6 :00

MOVIE: “The Bourne Identity” ››› (Act. ’02) Matt Damon.

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

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My 600-Lb. Life: Where Are They Now? The Marlow Murder Club Twelve Dates ’Til Christmas Steven Universe Teen Titans Go! Why We Love Sports NFL GameDay N College Football: Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl – Teams TBA (Live) N

WycliffeTwelve Dates ’Til Christmas Craig of the Creek (:20) Rubble & Crew Piñata Smashlings

(Taped) N

Football: Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl – Teams TBA (Live) N

We Love Sports :30 Steven Universe Ranger RobBe Cool, Scooby-Doo! 2025 CFL Grey Cup: Saskatchewan Roughriders at Montreal Alouettes

:30 Craig of the Creek (:45) Batwheels Hotel Transylvania

7 :00 MOVIE: “An Affair to Remember” ››› (Rom. ’57) Cary Grant. My 600-Lb. Life: Where Are They Now?

8 :00 MOVIE: “Krampus” ›› (Hor. ’15) Emjay Anthony.

:30 MOVIE: “The Bourne Supremacy” ››› (Act. ’04) Matt Damon.

HeartbeatTwelve Dates ’Til Christmas Adventure Time (:10) Thomas & Friends MOVIE: “Rise of the Guardians” ›› (Ani. ’12) Voice of Chris Pine.

Adventure Time (:35) Agent Binky Pets

:30 Total DramaRama (:25) Hamsterdale

9 :00 (:15) MOVIE: “A Christmas Carol” ››› (Fam. ’38) Reginald Owen.

:30 MOVIE: “The Bourne Ultimatum” ››› (Act. ’07) Matt Damon.

:00 MOVIE: “Scrooged” ››› (Com. ’88) Bill Murray.

My 600-Lb. Life: Where Are They Now? Murdoch Mysteries Twelve Dates ’Til Christmas

Murdoch Mysteries Twelve Dates ’Til Christmas Total DramaRama Rubble & Crew PGA Tour Golf: 2025 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, Final Round

Universe SPECIAL: Nutcracker (:15) SPEC.: Powerpuff Girls: ’Twas Fight-C’mas

11 :00 My 600-Lb.

“A Christmas Angel Match” (Com. ’25) Meghan Ory.

:30 (:45) MOVIE: “O. Henry’s Full House” ››› (Dra. ’52) Fred Allen. Bravest Warriors (:50) Ranger Rob (:45) Best & Bester

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AM :00

7 :00 Sesame Street MOVIE: “A Christmas for the Ages” (Dra. ’23) Natasha Bure.

Daniel Tiger(5:50) Transplant Hudson & Rex (5:00) “Mistletoe Time...” (5:00) MOVIE: “Mistletoe & Menorahs” (Rom. ’19) Yukon Gold (5:00) MOVIE: “Ballerina” :30 Rosie’s Rules (:40) MOVIE: “H.appiness” (:35) MOVIE: “A Royal Christmas Match” (Rom. ’22) (:35) MOVIE: “Arthur Christmas” ››› (Ani. ’11)

8 :00 Donkey Hodie

Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Ghosts of Christmas Past” (Rom. ’21) Annie Clark.

Ice Road Truckers :30 Work It Out Wombats!

Hudson & Rex (:10) MOVIE: “Designing Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Jessica Szohr.

Border Security (:15) MOVIE: “Matilda” ››› (Fam. ’96) Mara Wilson. :30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific MOVIE: “A Brush With Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Jillian Murray

10 :00 SPECIAL: Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas “How to Train Your Dragon”

Border Security

9 :00 SPECIAL: Arthur’s Perfect Christmas Hudson & Rex NCIS: Los Angeles Border Security :30 (:45) MOVIE: “’Twas the Text Before Christmas” (’23) Merritt Patterson.

Border Security

Hudson & Rex NCIS: Los Angeles Life Below Zero: Next Generation (9:55) MOVIE: “Serendipity” ›› (Rom. ’01) John Cusack. :30 (:50) MOVIE: “Catering Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Daniel Lissing.

11 :00 Rick Steves’ Europe Hudson & Rex (:15) MOVIE: “The Lionheart” (Doc. ’23) Michael Andretti. NCIS: Los Angeles Life Below Zero: Next Generation :30 Detroit Performs MOVIE: “The Christmas Classic” (Com. ’23) Malin Akerman.

12 NOON :00 Great Performances (:20) MOVIE: “A Carpenter Christmas Romance” (Rom. ’24)

Law & Order NCIS: Los Angeles Life Below Zero: Next Generation :30

1 PM :00

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (:05) SPECIAL: Tig Notaro: Drawn NCIS: Los Angeles Life Below Zero: Next Generation MOVIE: “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” ›› (Fam. ’85) :30 SP.: Christmas-New (:50) MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” ›› (Ani. ’18)

2 :00 SP.: European Christmas Law & OrderHis Dark Materials NCIS: Los Angeles Life Below Zero: Next Generation :30 SP.: C’masDanube (:35) MOVIE: “Gremlins” ››› (Fan. ’84) Zach Galligan.

3 :00 PBS News Hour N (:20) MOVIE: “8-Bit Christmas” (Com. ’21) Neil Patrick Harris.

Law & Order His Dark Materials NCIS: Los Angeles Life Below Zero: Next Generation :30

4 :00 BBC News The Context Law & Order: Special Victims Unit His Dark Materials NCIS: Los Angeles Life Below Zero: Next Generation :30 Detroit Performs (:25) MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” ›› (’00)

5 :00 SP.: Hope of the Season: Christmas With the Tabernacle Choir MOVIE: “PAW Patrol: The Movie” ›› (Ani. ’21)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit His Dark Materials NCIS: Los Angeles Life Below Zero: Next Generation :30

6 :00 What We Do in-Shadows His Dark Materials Married at First Sight Australia N Ice Road Rescue N (:15) MOVIE: “A Christmas Carol” ›› (Fam. ’84) George C. Scott. :30 SPECIAL: Too Hot to Handel –The Gospel Messiah

MOVIE: “PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie” ›› (Ani. ’23)

What We Do in-Shadows

7 :00 What We Do in-Shadows His Dark Materials Ice Road Rescue :30 What We Do in-Shadows NCIS: Los Angeles

8 :00 Great Lakes Now MOVIE: “Cocaine Bear” ›› (Sus. ’23) Keri Russell. What We Do in-Shadows The Last of Us Life Below Zero: Next Generation MOVIE: “Love Actually” ››› (Rom. ’03) Hugh Grant. :30 Under-Radar Michigan What We Do in-Shadows NCIS: Los Angeles 9 :00 Amanpour and Company N What We Do in-Shadows (:20) The Last of Us Ice Road Rescue :30 (:35) MOVIE: “It Feeds” (Hor. ’25) Ashley Greene. What We Do in-Shadows Married at First Sight Australia 10 :00 SPECIAL: Too Hot to Handel –The Gospel Messiah What We Do in-Shadows (:10) The Last of Us Ice Road Rescue (:20) MOVIE: “P.S. I Love You” ›› (Rom. ’07) Hilary Swank. :30 What We Do in-Shadows 11 :00 (:20) MOVIE: “Sinners” ››› (Hor. ’25) Michael B. Jordan. What We Do in-Shadows (:10) The Last of Us NCIS: Los Angeles Life Below Zero: Next Generation :30 Great Performances What We Do in-Shadows 12 MID :00 Hudson & Rex (:10) The Last of Us NCIS: Los Angeles Life Below Zero: Next Generation :30 MOVIE: “This Movie Is Broken” (Dra. ’10) Georgina Reilly.

AM :00 SPECIAL: Detroit Remember Hudson & Rex (:10) The Last of Us

NCIS: Los Angeles Life Below Zero: Next Generation :30 (:45) The Chi 2 :00 Rick Steves’ Europe Hudson & Rex (:05) The Last of Us NCIS: Los Angeles Life Below Zero: Next Generation MOVIE: “Drink Slay Love” (Sci.-Fi. ’17) Cierra Ramirez. :30 Detroit Performs (:50) MOVIE: “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina” ››› (’25) (:50) MOVIE: “Designing

(TCM) MOVIE: “It Happened on 5th Avenue” (Com. ’47) Don DeFore. A hobo shares a mansion with a GI and others in winter. (B&W) ›› (2:15) NOON (SCFI) (12:15) MOVIE: “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” (Fam. ’10) Logan Lerman. Poseidon’s son must prevent a war among the gods and rescue his mother from Hades. ›› (2:30) 12:30 PM (AMC) MOVIE: “The Wizard of Oz” (Fam. ’39) Judy Garland. A tornado whisks a Kansas farm girl to a magic land. ›››› (2:30) (APTN) MOVIE: “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2” (Ani. ’13) Voice of Bill Hader. Flint Lockwood learns that his most-famous invention is now creating animal/vegetable hybrids. ›› (2:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “The Bourne Ultimatum” See 9:30 pm. (2:30) 1:00 PM (TCM) (1:15) MOVIE: “Holiday Affair” (Rom. ’49) Robert Mitchum. Two men want to marry a war widow for Christmas. (B&W) ››› (1:45) (YTV) (1:15) MOVIE: “Rise of the Guardians” See 7 pm. (2:15) 2:00 PM (2) MOVIE: “A Show- Stopping Christmas” (Rom. ’21) Jamie Perez. With the help of an actor, a theater director has to find a way to keep her theater from being sold. (2:00) (9) Celebrate & Sing! Glory to the Newborn King! A Christmas concert of secular and sacred music features a 150-voice choir, handbells and bagpipes. (1:00) (W) MOVIE: “Following Yonder Star” (Dra. ’24) Brooke D’Orsay. A former television star waits out a scandal in Vermont and becomes close with the innkeeper. (2:00)

2:30 PM (SCFI) (2:45) MOVIE: “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters” (Fam. ’13) Logan Lerman. To save Camp Half- Blood, Percy and his demigod friends must retrieve the Golden Fleece. ›› (2:15)

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(AMC) MOVIE: “The Holiday” See 8:30 pm. (3:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “Christmas in Connecticut” (Com. ’45) Barbara Stanwyck. The publisher of a women’s magazine has his best columnist play holiday host to a Navy hero. ›› (2:00)

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(2) Jamie and Jimmy’s Festive Feast Jamie and Jimmy reunite in London with special guests Sam Smith and Joe Wicks. (1:00) (APTN) MOVIE: “A Beachcombers’ Christmas” See 9 pm. (2:00)

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(2) Jamie’s Easy Christmas Countdown Smoked salmon pâté; pork stuffing; sweet peaches and roasted chestnuts; goose-fat roast potatoes. (1:00) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Dune” (Sci.-Fi. ’21) Timothée Chalamet. Malevolent forces explode into conflict over the most precious resource in the universe. ››› (3:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “The Bourne Identity” (Act. ’02) Matt Damon. An amnesiac assassin is himself marked for death by his CIA superiors following a failed hit. ››› (2:30)

(TCM) MOVIE: “The Bishop’s Wife” (Fan. ’47) Cary Grant. An angel saves a cleric and his wife from woe. (B&W) ››› (2:00) 6:00 PM (AMC) MOVIE: “Trading Places” (Com. ’83) Dan Aykroyd. Tycoon brothers switch a rich man and a poor man for sport. ››› (2:30) (APTN) MOVIE: “The New Beachcombers” (Com.-Dra. ’02) Jackson Davies. Based on the TV series. Friends try to save their favourite restaurant from demolition. (2:00) (FLAV) Tony Shalhoub Breaking Bread (SF) See 9 pm. N (1:00) 7:00 PM

(2) Coronation Street Carl and Abi salvage Debbie’s big day; George shares his concerns with Christina. N (:30)

(9) The St. Olaf Christmas Festival: Our Hope for Years to Come St. Olaf College’s choirs and orchestra present carols and choral works in celebration of Christmas. (1:00) (KNO) David Rocco’s Dolce Vita David visits the town of Modena, known for its balsamic vinegar. N (:30)

(TCM) MOVIE: “An Affair to Remember” (Rom. ’57) Cary Grant. Both spoken- for, two on a cruise plan to meet again. ››› (2:15) (YTV) MOVIE: “Rise of the Guardians” (Ani. ’12) Voice of Chris Pine. An evil boogeyman schemes to dash children’s belief in Santa Claus and other immortal Guardians. ›› (2:15) 7:30 PM

(2) MOVIE: “White Christmas” (Mus. ’54) Bing Crosby. Ex-army buddies find love and success with a sister act just in time for Christmas. ›››› (2:30)

(KNO) David Rocco’s Dolce India Café owners Raavi and Robbie give David a tour of Hauz Khas village in the heart of Delhi. N (:30) (SHO) MOVIE: “The Bourne Supremacy” (Act. ’04) Matt Damon. Ex-CIA agent Jason Bourne fights back when the CIA tries to kill him. ››› (2:00) 8:00 PM

(4) (32) MOVIE: “Home Alone” (Fam. ’90) Macaulay Culkin. A left-behind boy battles two burglars in the house. ››› (2:30) (5) MOVIE: “It’s a Wonderful Life” See page 19. (3:00) (9) Hope of the Season: Christmas With the Tabernacle Choir The Tabernacle Choir, along with guest artists and narrators, shares songs and stories of Christmas. (1:30) (10) Bake Master Battle Edible toys and ugly sweater cakes bring festive flair to this joyful holiday bake-off! N (1:00) (6) (CTV2) MOVIE: “A Christmas Carol” (Fan. ’51) Alastair Sim. Miser Ebenezer Scrooge meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come. ››› (2:00)

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Krampus” (Hor. ’15) Emjay Anthony. An ancient demon from European folklore terrorizes a dysfunctional family at Christmastime. ›› (2:00)

8:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “The Holiday” (Rom. ’06) Cameron Diaz. Two women, who each have just endured a horrid breakup with a lover, swap homes for Christmas. ›› (3:00)

9:00 PM (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) (APTN) MOVIE: “A Beachcombers’ Christmas” (Com. ’04) Dave Thomas. The new owner of Molly’s Reach organizes a celebrity hockey game as a fundraiser. (2:00) (FLAV) Tony Shalhoub Breaking Bread A trip across Iceland gives Tony an understanding of how this cuisine is rooted in sustainability. (1:00) (TCM) (9:15) MOVIE: “A Christmas Carol” (Fam. ’38) Reginald Owen. Dickens’ London miser Scrooge meets Christmas ghosts. (B&W) ››› (1:30) (YTV) (9:15) Powerpuff Girls: ’Twas the Fight Before Christmas Princess tries to steal Christmas from the children of the world, and the girls are to the rescue. (1:00) 9:30 PM

(9) Too Hot to Handel – The Gospel Messiah See page 6. (1:30) (SHO) MOVIE: “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Act. ’07) Matt Damon. Jason Bourne continues to look for clues to unravel his true identity. ››› (2:30) 10:00 PM

(KNO) Christmas Carols With Lucy Worsley See page 17. (1:00) (SCFI) MOVIE: “Scrooged” (Com. ’88) Bill Murray. A ruthless TV-network chief meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come. ››› (2:00) (W) MOVIE: “A Christmas Angel Match” (Com. ’25) Meghan Ory. Monica and Michael are Christmas Angels tasked with bringing destined soulmates together. (2:00) 10:30 PM

(TCM) (10:45) MOVIE: “O. Henry’s Full House” (Dra. ’52) Fred Allen. John Steinbeck introduces five tales from O. Henry short stories including Gift of the Magi. (B&W) ››› (2:15) 11:00 PM

(APTN) MOVIE: “The New Beachcombers” See 6 pm. (2:00) 11:30 PM

(5) (11:34) Christmas Eve Mass See page 6. (Taped) N (1:26)

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:30 Inside the NBA (Live) N

“Four Christmases” (Rom. ’08) Reese Witherspoon. Judy JusticeDrew Barrymore N PBS News Hour N Hudson & Rex Tamron HallThe RiflemanJudge Judy The Social N World Day of Prayer Nova Vize N :30 MOVIE: “It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie” ››› (Fam. ’02) Whoopi Goldberg.

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Christmas” (Dra. ’02) Jason Alexander

Dave Thomas.

“The

:30 MOVIE: “A Christmas Story 2” (Com. ’12) Daniel Stern.

Beachcombers” (Com.-Dra. ’02) Jackson Davies.

2 :00 Storage Wars Homicide for the Holidays The Lead With Jake Tapper (Live) N

:30 The Beachcombers

3 :00 Storage Wars Homicide for the Holidays The Lead With Jake Tapper (Live) N

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4 :00 Storage Wars MOVIE: “Finality of Dusk” (Dra. ’23) Marika Sila. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Erin Burnett OutFront (Live) N

The Big Bang Theory

Deadliest Catch

The Big Bang Theory Deadliest Catch Gilmore GirlsHoliday Bakeshop Hazardous History With Henry Winkler

The Big Bang Theory

5 News at 3 N Barnwood Builders The Nature of Things :30 MOVIE: “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” ››› (Com. ’87) Steve Martin.

5 :00 Storage Wars Vanderpump Rules Anderson Cooper 360 (Live) N

The Big Bang Theory Caught!Gilmore GirlsHoliday Bakeshop Hazardous History With Henry Winkler Love It or List It Vancouver

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The Big Bang Theory Caught! Isadora Moon

The Big Bang Theory Caught!

The Big Bang Theory Caught!Gilmore GirlsHoliday Bakeshop Hazardous History With Henry Winkler

Love It or List It Vancouver MOVIE: “The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About C’mas” KTLA 5 News at 4 N Building Off the

The Big Bang Theory Homestead Rescue Gilmore GirlsHoliday Bakeshop Hazardous History With Henry Winkler Love It or List It Vancouver The Creature Cases

:30 MOVIE: “Scrooged” ››› (Com. ’88) Bill Murray. The Big Bang Theory

Chip & Inkie 6 :00 Storage Wars MOVIE: “The Beehive” (Dra. ’23) Todd Hann. Vanderpump Rules The Source With Kaitlan Collins (Live) N

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6 AM :00 MOVIE: “Star Wars: Episode II –Attack of the Clones” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’02) Ewan McGregor. Rookie Blue (5:00) “Great Rupert” (’50) 1000-lb Sisters James Robison MOVIE: “Season’s Greetings From Cherry Lane” (Rom. ’24) Jonathan Bennett. Sidekick(:10) Vida the Vet Cloudy, WithMeatballs (4:00) Drive, Chip & Putt: 2025 National Finals SC(5:30) 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship: Gold Medal Game – Canada vs. Finland Why

7 :00 MOVIE: “Top Gun” ››› (Act. ’86) Tom Cruise.

:30 700 Club Canada Total DramaRama PAW Patrol Cloudy, WithMeatballs Optimum Golf Channel Games

:30 MOVIE: “Little Women” ››› (Dra. ’33) Katharine Hepburn. Tribal Trails (:45) Mysticons (:35) L’il Stompers Hotel Transylvania SC

1000-lb Sisters Joyce MeyerEveryday Life (:07) Total DramaRama Max & RubyPiñata Smashlings Golf Channel Games IIHF World Junior Preview Show

8 :00 1000-lb Sisters It’s Supernatural! MOVIE: “Happy Holidays From Cherry Lane” (Dra. ’24) Benjamin Ayres. (7:55) Adventure Time (:20) Hamsterdale Teen Titans Go!

9 :00 (:15) MOVIE: “Star Wars: Episode III –Revenge of the Sith” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’05) Ewan McGregor. Baylen Out Loud Daily TV Mass (8:57) Steven Universe (:10) Agent Binky Pets Looney Tunes

:30 MOVIE: “Meet Me in St. Louis” ››› (Mus. ’44) Judy Garland. Faith to Live By (:32) Adventure Time (:45) Batwheels Teen Titans Go!

:30 MOVIE: “Jason Bourne” ›› (Act. ’16) Matt Damon. A Word for Today (:35) Stanley Dynamic (:35) Rubble & Crew Hotel Transylvania

10 :00 Baylen Out Loud Tribal Trails MOVIE: “Deck the Halls on Cherry Lane” (Dra. ’24) John Brotherton. Craig of the Creek Peppa Pig MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” ›› (Ani. ’18)

11 :00 Baylen Out Loud The Waltons (:15) Total DramaRama (:20) Vida the Vet 12 Days of Scottie: 2023 Hero World Challenge –Final Round :30 (:40) Total DramaRama (:45) Gabby’s Dollhouse (:45) Best & Bester

12 NOON :00 (:15) MOVIE: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’15) Harrison Ford. Baylen Out Loud New TricksThe Chicken Sisters (:05) Pokémon: Horizons (:10) Superbuns MOVIE: “Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!” (Ani. ’22) Voice of Jaleel White.

NFL Football: Dallas Cowboys at Washington Commanders (Live) N

NFL Football: Dallas Cowboys at Washington Commanders (Live) N :30 MOVIE: “Pocketful of Miracles” ››› (Com.-Dra. ’61) Glenn Ford. Last of the Summer Wine (:50) Mysticons (:50) L’il Stompers Postgame Show 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship: Gold Medal Game –United States vs. Finland

NBA Basketball: San Antonio Spurs at Oklahoma City Thunder (Live) N NBA Basketball: San Antonio Spurs at Oklahoma City Thunder (Live) N

:30 MOVIE: “The Bourne Legacy” ››› (Act. ’12) Jeremy Renner. Beyblade X(:35) Max & Ruby

2 :00 Baylen Out Loud Finding Mr. Christmas (:10) Mysticons

1 PM :00 MOVIE: “The Man Who Came to Dinner” ››› (Com. ’41) Monty Woolley. Baylen Out Loud Midsomer Murders Days of our Lives N (12:55) Stanley Dynamic SP.: Peppa’s Christmas

NFL PreGame (L) N

NFL PreGame (L) N :30 (:32) Adventure Time (:25) PAW Patrol

:30 (:35) Craig of the Creek

SPECIAL: Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go!

MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” ›› (Ani. ’18) 2025 Masters Tournament: Final Round NFL Football: Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings (JiP) (Live)

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MOVIE: “In the Good Old Summertime” ››› (Mus. ’49) Judy Garland. Baylen Out Loud Murdoch Mysteries Finding Mr. Christmas Craig of the Creek Sesame Street :30 MOVIE: “American Made” ››› (Adv. ’17) Tom Cruise. Pokémon: Horizons Peppa Pig(:45) Best & Bester

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

4 :00 Baylen Out Loud Murder, She Wrote Finding Mr. Christmas Beyblade XGabby’s Dollhouse Looney Tunes 12 Days of Scottie: 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational –Final Round :30 Total DramaRama (:50) Vida the Vet Piñata Smashlings

NFL PreGame (L) N NFL PreGame (L) N NFL PreGame (L) N NFL PreGame (L) N

5 :00 MOVIE: “A Matter of Life and Death” ››› (Fan. ’46) David Niven. Baylen Out Loud ColumboFinding Mr. Christmas Steven Universe (:15) Superbuns Teen Titans Go! (:15) NFL Football: Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs (Live) N 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Final –Manitoba (Einarson) vs. Canada (Homan) (:15)

6 :00 MOVIE: “Top Gun” ››› (Act. ’86) Tom Cruise. Baylen Out Loud Finding Mr. Christmas

Craig of the Creek (:20) Rubble & Crew Looney Tunes :30 MOVIE: “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’19) Carrie Fisher.

7 :00 MOVIE: “Angels in the Outfield” ››› (Fam. ’51) Paul Douglas.

Baylen Out Loud Doc MartinFinding Mr. Christmas

NFL Football: Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs (Live) N (:15) NFL Football: Denver Broncos at Kansas City

(Live) N (:15)

(Live) N :30 Steven Universe Hamsters of Hamsterdale Teen Titans Go!

Craig of the Creek (:45) Batwheels Hotel Transylvania

Adventure Time (:10) Thomas & Friends MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” ›› (Ani. ’18) :30 Adventure Time (:35) Agent Binky Pets 8 :00 Baylen Out Loud Murdoch Mysteries Finding Mr. Christmas Total DramaRama Rubble & Crew 2025 Montana’s Brier: Final –Alberta (Jacobs) vs. Manitoba (Dunstone) :30 MOVIE: “Jason Bourne” ›› (Act. ’16) Matt Damon.

Total DramaRama (:35) PAW Patrol (:45) Best & Bester

9 :00 MOVIE: “A Guy Named Joe” ›› (Fan. ’43) Spencer Tracy. Baylen Out Loud MOVIE: “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors” ››› (Dra. ’15) Alyvia Alyn Lind. Finding Mr. Christmas Steven Universe Sesame Street MOVIE: “Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!” (Ani. ’22) Voice of Jaleel White. :30 (:45) MOVIE: “Terminator: Dark Fate”

:30 Bravest

:00 Baylen Out Loud MOVIE: “A Make or Break Holiday” (Rom. ’25) Hunter King.

(Sci.-Fi. ’19) Linda Hamilton.

Universe SPECIAL: Nutcracker Wonderful World of Golf: Jack Nicklaus vs. Arnold Palmer

SP.: Peppa’s Christmas

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7 :00 Sesame Street Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Yes, Chef! Christmas” (Com. ’23) Tia Mowry.

Ice Road Truckers :30 Work It Out Wombats!

Daniel Tiger(5:50) Transplant Hudson & Rex (5:00) MOVIE: “B&B Merry” (5:00) MOVIE: “Laughing All the Way” (Rom. ’23) Yukon Gold(:20) MOVIE: “Furry Vengeance” › (Fam. ’10) Brendan Fraser. :30 Rosie’s Rules (:35) MOVIE: “Royally Wrapped for Christmas” (Dra. ’21) Jen Lilley. (:45) MOVIE: “Merry Swissmas” (Rom. ’22) Jodie Sweetin.

8 :00 SPECIAL: Peg + Cat + Holidays (:05) MOVIE: “The Great Christmas Switch” (Dra. ’21) Sarah Lind.

9 :00 MOVIE: “The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About C’mas”

(AMC) (10:45) MOVIE: “White Christmas” (Mus. ’54) Bing Crosby. Ex-army buddies find love and success with a sister act just in time for Christmas. ›››› (2:45) (APTN) MOVIE: “A Beachcombers’ Christmas” (Com. ’04) Dave Thomas. The new owner of Molly’s Reach organizes a celebrity hockey game as a fundraiser. (2:00) 11:00 AM

(2) MOVIE: “Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol” (Ani. ’62) Voice of Jim Backus. Mr. Magoo plays Ebenezer Scrooge and learns the meaning of Christmas. ›› (1:00)

NOON

(APTN) MOVIE: “The Beehive” (Dra. ’23) Todd Hann. A girl, her brother and father are forced to face a pandemic alien invasion. (3:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “Top Gun” (Act. ’86) Tom Cruise. For Pete Mitchell being accepted into an elite training school for pilots is a dream come true. ››› (2:30) 6:30 PM

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” (Sci.-Fi. ’19) Carrie Fisher. Rey and her allies prepare for a showdown against Kylo Ren and the First Order. ›› (3:15)

7:00 PM

Hudson & Rex (:15) MOVIE: “Tina” (Doc. ’21) Tina Turner.

Border Security (7:55) MOVIE: “Holiday Inn” ››› (Rom. ’42) Bing Crosby. :30

10 :00 SPECIAL: Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas

11 :00 Rick Steves’ Europe

Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Well Suited for Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Mercedes de la Zerda.

Border Security

Border Security :30 MOVIE: “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” ››› (Fam. ’01) Daniel Radcliffe.

Border Security (:40) MOVIE: “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” ››› (Fam. ’24)

Hudson & Rex (:15) MOVIE: “David Byrne’s American Utopia” (Mus. ’20) The Incredible Dr. Pol :30

Hudson & Rex MOVIE: “Kirk Franklin’s A Gospel Christmas” (Rom. ’21) Demetria McKinney. The Incredible Dr. Pol (:20) MOVIE: “A Christmas Melody” (Com. ’15) Lacey Chabert. :30 People of the North

12 NOON :00 SPECIAL: A St. Thomas Christmas (:10) MOVIE: “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” ››› (Fam. ’02) Daniel Radcliffe. Law & Order(:05) MOVIE: “Merry Swissmas” (Rom. ’22) Jodie Sweetin. The Incredible Dr. Pol :30 (:45) MOVIE: “Scrooged” ››› (Com. ’88) Bill Murray.

1 PM :00 SP.: Come and See! A Concordia Christmas

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit MOVIE: “Ladies of the ‘80s: A Divas Christmas” (Dra. ’23) Loni Anderson. The Incredible Dr. Pol :30 (:35) His Dark Materials

2 :00 SPECIAL: St. Olaf Christmas Festival Law & Order The Incredible Dr. Pol :30 His Dark Materials MOVIE: “The Star” ›› (Ani. ’17) Voice of Steven Yeun.

3 :00 PBS News Hour N (2:55) MOVIE: “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” ››› (Fam. ’04) Daniel Radcliffe.

Law & Order MOVIE: “Well Suited for Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Mercedes de la Zerda. The Incredible Dr. Pol :30 (:25) His Dark Materials

4 :00 BBC News The Context Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (:20) His Dark Materials The Incredible Dr. Pol MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” ›› (Ani. ’18) :30 One Detroit N

6 :00

5 :00 Call the Midwife N (:20) MOVIE: “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” ››› (Fan. ’05) Daniel Radcliffe.

Fargo(:10) His Dark Materials

(SCFI) (12:15) MOVIE: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (Sci.-Fi. ’15) Harrison Ford. Han Solo and his young allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and the First Order. ››› (3:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!” See 9 pm. (2:00)

12:30 PM

(APTN) MOVIE: “The New Beachcombers” (Com.-Dra. ’02) Jackson Davies. Based on the TV series. Friends try to save their favourite restaurant from demolition. (2:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “The Bourne Legacy” (Act. ’12) Jeremy Renner. A specially enhanced government agent goes on the run when his life may be forfeit. ››› (3:00) 1:00 PM

(2) Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town A mailman explains Santa. Animated. (1:00) (9) A St. Thomas Christmas: Love Divine See 7 pm. (1:00) (KNO) Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas The whole farm sets out on a wild holiday adventure, complete with a sleigh. (:30) (TCM) MOVIE: “The Man Who Came to Dinner” (Com. ’41) Monty Woolley. A critic with a broken hip mends at his host’s home. (B&W) ››› (2:00)

1:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “A Christmas Story 2” (Com. ’12) Daniel Stern. Teenage Ralphie and his friends must earn enough money to fix his new car before Christmas Eve. (2:00)

2:00 PM

(9) A St. Thomas Christmas: Love Divine The St. Thomas Christmas concert features traditional carols and contemporary selections. (1:00) (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)

(TCM) MOVIE: “Angels in the Outfield” See page 19. (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” (Ani. ’18) Voice of Benedict Cumberbatch. The Grinch hatches a scheme to pose as Santa Claus and steal Christmas from Whoville. ›› (1:45) 7:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” (Com. ’87) Steve Martin. A stranded ad exec and a salesman make unlikely co-travelers. ››› (2:00) 8:00 PM

(2) MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” See 8:30 pm, NBC-5. (2:00) (5) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! A grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville. (:30)

(7) Ghosts Sam and Jay prepare to host Jay’s hard-to-please dad, difficult-to-impress mom and sister Bela. N (1:00) (KNO) Great Continental Railway Journeys Michael’s Scandinavian rail adventure transports him to the time of Hans Christian Andersen. N (1:00) 8:30 PM

The Incredible Dr. Pol :30 MOVIE: “Inception” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’10) Leonardo DiCaprio.

(2) Frosty’s Winter Wonderland The magic snowman marries; Andy Griffith narrates the animated story. (:30) (9) Come and See! A Concordia Christmas Performances of contemporary and classic holiday songs. (1:00)

The Last Rhinos: A New Hope N :30

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (:15) His Dark Materials MOVIE: “Kirk Franklin’s A Gospel Christmas” (Rom. ’21) Demetria McKinney.

(YTV) MOVIE: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” See 7 pm. (1:45) 2:30 PM

(5) MOVIE: “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (Fam. ’00) Jim Carrey. A curmudgeon hates the Christmas-loving Whos of Whoville. ›› (2:30) (SHO) MOVIE: “Jason Bourne” (Act. ’16) Matt Damon. Former CIA operative Jason Bourne battles a sinister network that utilizes terror and technology. ›› (3:00) 9:00 PM

(7) Ghosts Sam’s big Christmas Eve TV interview with Walter Storm takes an unexpected turn. N (1:00)

Killer Whale Chronicles N :30

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FargoMusic Box

7 :00 Call the Midwife Fargo(:05) His Dark Materials MOVIE: “Ladies of the ‘80s: A Divas Christmas” (Dra. ’23) Loni Anderson.

The Incredible Dr. Pol MOVIE: “The Matrix” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’99) Keanu Reeves. :30 9 :00 Amanpour and Company N

Fargo(:20) The Last of Us

(2) Merry Madagascar Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria must deliver Santa’s presents to save Christmas. (:30)

3:00 PM

(10) MOVIE: “Under the Christmas Sky” (Rom. ’23) Jessica Parker Kennedy. Sparks fly between astronaut Kat and by-the-book David when they work on a planetarium exhibit. (2:00) (APTN) MOVIE: “Finality of Dusk” (Dra. ’23) Marika Sila. Ishkode and Niife join forces to prove that the ultimate survivors have always had to fight. (2:00)

(KNO) Anne Murray: Full Circle A documentary exploring the extraordinary life of an international superstar. N (1:30)

The Last Rhinos: A New Hope :30 10 :00 Call the Midwife

Fargo(:20) The Last of Us

MOVIE: “Well Suited for Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Mercedes de la Zerda.

Killer Whale Chronicles (:20)

MOVIE: “The Matrix Reloaded” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’03) Keanu Reeves. :30 MOVIE: “Deadpool & Wolverine” ››› (Act. ’24) Ryan Reynolds. 11 :00

Hudson & Rex (:20) The Last of Us MOVIE: “Kirk Franklin’s A Gospel Christmas” (Rom. ’21) Demetria McKinney. The Incredible Dr. Pol :30

MID :00 Call the Midwife Hudson & Rex (:20) The Last of Us The Incredible Dr. Pol :30 (:40) MOVIE: “Sinners” ››› (Hor. ’25) Michael B. Jordan. (:40) MOVIE: “The Matrix Revolutions” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’03) Keanu Reeves.

(2) Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas A grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville. (:30) (SCFI) (3:15) MOVIE: “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Sci.-Fi. ’17) Mark Hamill. Luke Skywalker comes to a crossroad when he meets a woman who wants to learn the ways of the Jedi. ››› (3:15) (TCM) MOVIE: “In the Good Old Summertime” (Mus. ’49) Judy Garland. Bickering co-workers fall in love as secret pen pals. ››› (2:00)

3:30 PM

(2) MOVIE: “It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie” (Fam. ’02) Whoopi Goldberg. Kermit tries to save the theater from a banker. ››› (2:00) (AMC) MOVIE: “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” See 7:30 pm. (2:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “American Made” (Adv. ’17) Tom Cruise. Pilot Barry Seal transports contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s. ››› (2:30) 4:00 PM (APTN) MOVIE: “Finality of Dusk” See 9 pm. (2:00) 5:00 PM

(TCM) MOVIE: “A Guy Named Joe” (Fan. ’43) Spencer Tracy. A pilot is the guardian angel of a girl’s new beau. (B&W) ›› (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!” (Ani. ’22) Voice of Jaleel White. Steve Urkel heads to the North Pole in hopes Santa can help the city rediscover its holiday spirit. (2:00) 9:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Scrooged” (Com. ’88) Bill Murray. A ruthless TV-network chief meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come. ››› (2:00)

(SCFI) (9:45) MOVIE: “Terminator: Dark Fate” (Sci.-Fi. ’19) Linda Hamilton. Sarah Connor and a hybrid cyborg human protect a woman from a newly modified liquid Terminator. ›› (2:45) 10:00 PM

:00 Rick Steves’ Europe Hudson & Rex (:05) The Last of Us The Incredible Dr. Pol :30 One Detroit

Hudson & Rex (:15) The Last of Us MOVIE: “Ladies of the ‘80s: A Divas Christmas” (Dra. ’23) Loni Anderson. The Incredible Dr. Pol :30

:00 BBC News N MOVIE: “Saturday Night” ››› (Com. ’24) Hudson & Rex (:05) The Last of

(TCM) MOVIE: “A Matter of Life and Death” (Fan. ’46) David Niven. A British pilot bails out and argues for his life with heavenly powers that be. ››› (2:00) 5:30 PM

(2) MOVIE: “Jumanji: The Next Level” (Adv. ’19) Dwayne Johnson. Martha, Fridge and Bethany re- enter the fantastical world of Jumanji to bring Spencer home. ›› (2:30) (AMC) MOVIE: “Scrooged” See 9:30 pm. (2:00)

(W) MOVIE: “A Make or Break Holiday” (Rom. ’25) Hunter King. A troubled couple rediscover their love for each other as they host their families for Christmas. (2:00) 11:00 PM

(APTN) MOVIE: “The Beehive” See 6 pm. (2:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “Heaven Only Knows” (Wes. ’47) Robert Cummings. An angel descends to Earth to unite a soulless man with a woman. (B&W) ›› (2:00)

FRIDAY – GRID 1

Recording a Movie?

DECEMBER 26

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6 AM :00 MOVIE: “Solo: A Star Wars Story” ›› (Sci.-Fi. ’18) Alden Ehrenreich. (5:30) MOVIE: “Star Trek” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’09) Chris Pine. (4:30) “Night and Day” Hoarding: Buried Alive James Robison MOVIE: “A Newport Christmas” (Rom. ’25) Ginna Claire Mason. Sidekick(:10) Vida the Vet Ollie’s PackPGA Tour Golf: 2025 THE PLAYERS Championship, Final Round

7 :00 Hoarding: Buried Alive Joyce MeyerEveryday Life (:07) Total DramaRama Max & RubyWorld of Gumball

:30 700 Club Canada Total DramaRama PAW PatrolWorld of Gumball

:30 (:45) MOVIE: “North by Northwest” ›››› (Sus. ’59) Cary Grant. Tribal Trails (:45) Mysticons (:35) Barney’s World Scaredy Squirrel

8 :00 Sex Sent Me to the E.R. It’s Supernatural! MOVIE: “Sugar Plum Twist” (Rom. ’21) Jamie Gray Hyder. (7:55) Adventure Time (:20) Thomas & Friends Teen Titans Go!

:30 MOVIE: “Star Trek Into Darkness” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’13) Chris Pine. Handling Money (:32) Adventure Time (:45) Batwheels Teen Titans Go!

9 :00 MOVIE: “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’16) Felicity Jones. (:15) MOVIE: “Operation Petticoat” ››› (Com. ’59) Cary Grant.

Sex Sent Me to the E.R. Daily TV Mass (8:57) Steven Universe (:10) Team Mekbots Looney Tunes

:30 Daily TV (:35) Stanley Dynamic (:35) Rubble & Crew Looney Tunes 10 :00 Sex Sent Me to the E.R. Tribal Trails MOVIE: “The Santa Summit” (Rom. ’23) Hunter King. Craig of the Creek Peppa Pig MOVIE: “The Emoji Movie” › (Ani. ’17) Voice of T.J. Miller.

12 NOON :00 MOVIE: “Star Wars: Episode IV –A New Hope” ›››› (Sci.-Fi. ’77) Mark Hamill.

:00 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way The Waltons (:15) Total DramaRama (:20) Vida the Vet 12 Days of Scottie: 2024 THE PLAYERS Championship –Final Round

McAfee Show (Live)

:30 MOVIE: “Star Trek Beyond” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’16) Chris Pine. MOVIE: “Indiscreet” ››› (Rom. ’58) Cary Grant. (:40) Total DramaRama (:45) Gabby’s Dollhouse (:45) Best & Bester

1 PM :00 (:15) MOVIE: “The Grass Is Greener” ›› (Com. ’60) Cary Grant.

2 :00 MOVIE: “Star Trek” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’09) Chris Pine.

90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way New TricksThe Chicken Sisters (:05) Pokémon: Horizons (:10) Superbuns MOVIE: “The Croods: A New Age” ››› (Ani. ’20) Voice of Nicolas Cage.

Today (Live) N SC :30 Beyblade X(:35) Max & Ruby

90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way Midsomer Murders Days of our Lives N (12:55) Stanley Dynamic Peppa Pig

(Live)

IIHF World Junior Championship: Denmark vs. Finland (Live) N

NFL Live (Live) N :30 (:32) Adventure Time (:50) Team Mekbots College Football: Rate Bowl –Teams TBA (Live) N 2026 IIHF Junior: Denmark vs. Finland (Live) N

90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way

Mistletoe Murders (:10) Mysticons (:15) Rubble & Crew MOVIE: “The Emoji Movie” › (Ani. ’17) Voice of T.J. Miller. Why We Love Sports :30 (:45) MOVIE:

3 :00 (:15) MOVIE: “That Touch of Mink” ›› (Rom. ’62) Cary Grant.

4 :00

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days Murdoch Mysteries Mistletoe Murders Craig of the Creek Sesame Street

“Star Wars: Episode V –The Empire Strikes Back” ›››› (Sci.-Fi. ’80) Mark Hamill. (:35) Craig of the Creek (:40) Batwheels

2026 IIHF World Junior Championship: Germany vs. United States (Live) N

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days Murder, She Wrote Mistletoe Murders Beyblade XGabby’s Dollhouse World of Gumball 12 Days of Scottie: 2024 Masters –Final Round :30 Total DramaRama (:50) Vida the Vet World of Gumball SC

5 :00 MOVIE: “Star Trek Into Darkness” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’13) Chris Pine.

2026 IIHF World Junior Championship: Germany vs. United States (Live) N SportsCentre (Live) N

2026 IIHF World Junior Championship: Germany vs. United States (Live) N :30 Pokémon: Horizons Peppa Pig(:45) Best & Bester

MOVIE: “Kramer vs. Kramer” ›››› (Dra. ’79) Dustin Hoffman.

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days N

Keeping Up Appearances Mistletoe Murders Steven Universe (:15) Superbuns Teen Titans Go!

Classic Hit Parade

Gospel Hour Mistletoe Murders Craig of the Creek (:20) Rubble & Crew Looney Tunes :30 Craig of the Creek (:45) Batwheels Looney Tunes

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

7 :00 MOVIE: “Top Secret!” ›› (Com. ’84) Val Kilmer.

8 :00 MOVIE: “Star Trek Beyond” ››› (Sci.-Fi. ’16) Chris Pine.

College Football: SERVPRO First Responder Bowl –Teams TBA (Live) N IIHF Pregame (Live) N

Steven Universe Ready Steady Wiggle! Teen Titans Go! 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship: Czechia vs. Canada (Live) N 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship: Czechia vs. Canada (Live) N 2026 IIHF

90 Day Fiancé N Time to SingMistletoe Murders Adventure Time (:10) Thomas & Friends MOVIE: “The Emoji Movie” › (Ani. ’17) Voice of T.J. Miller. :30 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way People Who Sing Together Adventure Time (:35) Team Mekbots

:00

:30

:30 MOVIE: “Bumblebee” ››› (Act. ’18) Hailee Steinfeld. (:45) MOVIE: “Walking Tall” ›› (Cri. ’73) Joe Don Baker.

90 Day Fiancé

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days MOVIE: “A Walton Wedding” ›› (Dra. ’95) Richard Thomas.

theZoomer MOVIE: “A Grand Ole Opry Christmas” (Dra. ’25) Nikki Deloach.

:00 MOVIE: “A Newport Christmas” (Rom. ’25) Ginna Claire Mason.

Total DramaRama Rubble & Crew

Total DramaRama (:25) Hamsterdale (:45) Best & Bester SC

MysticonsPeppa Pig

Steven Universe Sesame Street MOVIE: “The Croods: A New Age” ››› (Ani. ’20) Voice of Nicolas Cage.

Steven Universe Sesame Street Wonderful World of Golf

:30 MOVIE: “The Fast and the Furious” ›› (Act. ’01) Vin Diesel. Bravest Warriors (:50) Berenstain Bears PGA Tour Golf: 2025 Valspar Championship, Final Round

:00 MOVIE: “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” ›› (Act. ’23) Anthony Ramos. MOVIE:

Premium FRIDAY – GRID 4

ROGERS Main. 87, 83, 131 60, 55, 55 15663, 58, 58 103, 104, 119 93, 117, 88 38, 51, 29

Xfinity HD/SD 145473443472406429478

ROGERS Island 875515658103, 106 93, 51 28, 29

DELTA/COAST 15, 20 97, 300 - 100, 299 330, 126 327, 281 104, 311

TELUS/NOVUS, 207 9406, 403 9393, 414 9400, 401 9386, 351 9700, 700 9432, 413

Bell/Telus Sat. - 308- 307335524312

Shaw Dir. A/C/N 80, 364, 235 251, 622, 516 251, -, 429 250, 621, 515 212, 615, 413 185, 551, 447 26, 633, 522

HD: Rog./Tel. - 280, 406 267, 393 279, 400 253, 386 241, 700 268, 432

STATION PBS-WTVS (56) Crave 1 (CRV1) $ FX Canada (FXC) $ HBO Canada (HBO) $ Lifetime (LIFE) $ Nat. Geo. (NGC) $ STARZ 2 (STZ2) $ 6 AM :00 Daniel Tiger (5:00) “Candy Coated Chr.” Hudson & Rex (5:00) “Designing C’mas” (5:00) MOVIE: “Unauthorized Full House Stoy” Yukon Gold (5:00) MOVIE: “The Grand Seduction” ›› (’13) :30 Rosie’s Rules (:25) MOVIE: “A Paris Christmas Waltz” (Rom. ’23) Jen Lilley. (:35) SPEC.: I’m Not Indian

7 :00 Sesame Street Hudson & Rex (:15) MOVIE: “Time Bomb Y2K” (Doc. ’23) MOVIE: “Ann Rule’s Circle of Deception” (Cri. ’21) Diane Neal.

Ice Road Truckers (6:55) MOVIE: “Where the Wild Things Are” ››› (Fam. ’09) :30 Work It Out Wombats!

8:00 AM (W) MOVIE: “Sugar Plum Twist” (Rom. ’21)

Jamie Gray Hyder. An aspiring ballerina puts her own twist on a dance from “The Nutcracker.” (2:00)

9:00 AM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Scrooged” (Com. ’88) Bill Murray. A ruthless TV-network chief meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come. ››› (2:00)

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (Sci.-Fi. ’16) Felicity Jones. Resistance fighters embark on a daring mission to steal the Empire’s plans for the Death Star. ››› (3:00) (TCM) (9:15) MOVIE: “Operation Petticoat” (Com. ’59) Cary Grant. Navy men patrol Pacific in a pink sub with nurses. ››› (2:15)

7:00 PM

(2) Prince William: A Life in Pictures Key images that chart a life from innocent newborn to stalwart of the royal family. N (1:00) (10) MOVIE: “Love’s Sweet Recipe” (Rom. ’21) Megan Hutchings. Sparks fly between a chef and her childhood best friend as she regains her passion for cooking. (2:01) (TCM) MOVIE: “Top Secret!” (Com. ’84) Val Kilmer. In a spoof of spy movies, a rock star helps a woman free her scientist father from fascists. ›› (1:45) (YTV) MOVIE: “The Emoji Movie” (Ani. ’17) Voice of T.J. Miller. Three emojis embark on an epic adventure through a smartphone to save their world from deletion. › (1:45)

8:00 PM

8 :00 Donkey Hodie (7:55) Dark Side-the 90s Hudson & Rex Border Security :30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific (:40) MOVIE: “Minions: The Rise of Gru” ›› (Ani. ’22) (:40) MOVIE: “The Commandant’s Shadow” (Doc. ’24)

10:00 AM

9 :00 Elinor Wonders Why Hudson & Rex CSI: MiamiBorder Security :30 Alma’s Way Border Security

10 :00 Wild Kratts(:10) MOVIE: “A Chance for Christmas” (Rom. ’21) Tori Anderson.

11 :00 Rick Steves’ Europe

Border Security (:40) MOVIE: “Clara” (Sci.-Fi. ’18) Patrick J. Adams.

Hudson & Rex CSI: MiamiLost Treasures of Egypt :30 Molly of Denali MOVIE: “Bringing Christmas Home” (Dra. ’23) Jill Wagner.

Hudson & Rex CSI: MiamiLost Treasures of Egypt :30 Pati’s Mexican Table (:45) MOVIE: “A Carpenter Christmas Romance” (Rom. ’24)

12 NOON :00 Ancient Roads From Christ to Constantine Law & Order MOVIE: “Designing Christmas” (Rom. ’22) Jessica Szohr

MOVIE: “The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus” ››› (Fan. ’09) Heath Ledger.

CSI: MiamiLost Treasures of the Bible :30 (:35) MOVIE: “Journey to the Center of the Earth” (Adv. ’08)

(W) MOVIE: “The Santa Summit” (Rom. ’23) Hunter King. Three teachers get their groove back, strengthen their friendship and unexpectedly find love. (2:00)

(YTV) MOVIE: “The Emoji Movie” See 7 pm. (1:45) 11:00 AM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Santa Claus: The Movie” (Fam. ’85) Dudley Moore. Santa and an elf foil a Christmas toy profiteer. ›› (2:30) 11:30 AM

(SHO) MOVIE: “Star Trek Beyond” See 8 pm. (2:30) (TCM) MOVIE: “Indiscreet” (Rom. ’58) Cary Grant. A U.S. diplomat in London has an affair with a famous actress. ››› (1:45) NOON

1 PM :00 Ancient Roads From Christ to Constantine (:15) MOVIE: “Paddington in Peru” ››› (Fam. ’24) Voice of Ben Whishaw.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

2 :00 Ancient Roads From Christ to Constantine Law & Order

CSI: MiamiLost Treasures of the Bible :30 MOVIE: “Thank God: Christmas at the Keller Ranch” (Dra. ’25)

CSI: MiamiLost Treasures of the Bible (:10) MOVIE: “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” ›› (Adv. ’12) :30

4 :00 BBC News The Context Law & Order

3 :00 PBS News Hour N (:05) MOVIE: “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” ››› (Fan. ’07) Daniel Radcliffe. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit MOVIE: “Love to Love You, Donna Summer” (Doc. ’23)

CSI: MiamiLost Treasures of the Bible :30 (:45) MOVIE: “Hulk” ›› (Fan. ’03) Eric Bana.

5 :00 SPECIAL: All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop (My Music Presents)

CSI: MiamiLost Treasures of the Bible :30 Off the Record N (:50) Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

6 :00 What We Do in-Shadows (:20) Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking

7 :00 SPECIAL: GOSPEL Live! What We Do in-Shadows (:10) Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (Sci.-Fi. ’77) Mark Hamill. A youth and his allies fight dark forces. ›››› (2:45)

(YTV) MOVIE: “The Croods: A New Age” See 9 pm. (2:00) 1:00 PM (TCM) (1:15) MOVIE: “The Grass Is Greener” (Com. ’60) Cary Grant. Earl and his wife open a stately home to the public. ›› (2:00) 1:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “Groundhog Day” (Rom. ’93) Bill Murray. February 2nd keeps repeating for a TV weatherman sent to watch the groundhog in Punxsutawney. ››› (2:30) 2:00 PM

(2) The Royal Variety Performance 2025 One of the theatrical highlights of the year, showcasing a number of big West End musicals. N (2:00) (FLAV) Tom Kerridge Cooks Spain Tom journeys to Catalonia to discover the secrets behind bomba rice and donut peaches before cooking up delicious dishes that celebrate them. (:30) (KNO) Call the Midwife (SF) Nonnatus House faces its darkest day following a tragic incident. N (1:00) (KTLA) Popstar! Best of 2025 See page 7. N (1:00) (SHO) MOVIE: “Star Trek Beyond” (Sci.-Fi. ’16) Chris Pine. Stranded on a hostile planet, Kirk, Spock and the rest of the crew must battle a deadly alien race. ››› (2:30) (W) MOVIE: “A Grand Ole Opry Christmas” (Dra. ’25) Nikki Deloach. A twist of fate sends a woman back in time to discover love and hope. (2:00) 8:30 PM

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Bumblebee” See page 19. (2:30) (TCM) (8:45) MOVIE: “Walking Tall” (Cri. ’73) Joe Don Baker. Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser carries a big stick. ›› (2:15) 9:00 PM

(APTN) MOVIE: “Searching for Sugar Man” (Doc. ’11) Stephen ‘Sugar’ Segerman. Two South African fans try to shed light on the fate of a failed musician from Detroit. ››› (2:00) (HOME) Help! We Bought a Village In northern France, Kev gives his music studio its first test run. (1:00)

CSI: MiamiTo Catch a Smuggler Snap-Ins (:05) MOVIE: “Green Lantern” ›› (Act. ’11) Ryan Reynolds. :30 What We Do in-Shadows

CSI: MiamiLawless Island :30 What We Do in-Shadows

CSI: MiamiLost Treasures of the Bible :30 (:25) MOVIE: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” ››› (Fam. ’09) Daniel Radcliffe.

8 :00 Great Performances To Be Announced What We Do in-Shadows Sex Lives of College Girls

9 :00 Amanpour and Company N What We Do in-Shadows It’s Florida, Man

CSI: MiamiLost Treasures of the Bible MOVIE: “The Equalizer” ›› (Act. ’14) Denzel Washington. :30 What We Do in-Shadows Sex Lives of College Girls

CSI: MiamiTo Catch a Smuggler Snap-Ins :30 (:50) To Be Announced What We Do in-Shadows House of the Dragon

:00 Best of Detroit PBS What We Do in-Shadows

:00 What We Do in-Shadows

CSI: MiamiLawless Island (:15) MOVIE: “The Equalizer 2” ›› (Act. ’18) Denzel Washington. :30 What We Do in-Shadows (:40) House of the Dragon

CSI: MiamiLost Treasures of Egypt :30 What We Do in-Shadows (:35) House of the Dragon

:00 Best of Detroit PBS (:15) MOVIE: “The Last Showgirl” ››› (Dra. ’24) Pamela Anderson. Hudson & Rex CSI: MiamiLost Treasures of Egypt (:20) Power Book IV: Force :30 (:40) House of the Dragon

:00 Hudson & Rex CSI: MiamiLost Treasures of the Bible (:20) Power Book IV: Force :30 (:45) MOVIE: “It Ends With Us” ›› (Rom. ’24) Blake Lively. (:45) House of the Dragon

:00 Hudson & Rex CSI: MiamiLost Treasures of the Bible (:20) MOVIE: “Mommy” ››› (Dra. ’14) Anne Dorval. :30 Quilting Arts (:45)

(SHO) MOVIE: “Star Trek” (Sci.-Fi. ’09) Chris Pine. Chronicles the early days of the starship Enterprise and her crew. ››› (3:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “The Emoji Movie” See 7 pm. (1:45) 2:30 PM (SCFI) (2:45) MOVIE: “Star Wars: Episode V –The Empire Strikes Back” (Sci.-Fi. ’80) Mark Hamill. Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia face Darth Vader’s wrath. ›››› (2:45)

3:00 PM

(TCM) (3:15) MOVIE: “That Touch of Mink” (Rom. ’62) Cary Grant. A virtuous secretary wants to wed a bachelor. ›› (1:45)

4:00 PM

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

5:00 PM

(FLAV) Tom Kerridge Cooks Spain (SF) See 8 pm. N (:30) (SHO) MOVIE: “Star Trek Into Darkness” (Sci.Fi. ’13) Chris Pine. An act of terrorism sends Kirk on a mission to capture a powerfully destructive force. ››› (3:00) (TCM) MOVIE: “Kramer vs. Kramer” See page 19. (2:00) (TLC) 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days See 9 pm. N (2:00) 5:30 PM

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi” (Sci.-Fi. ’83) Mark Hamill. Jedi knight Luke Skywalker tries to identify Darth Vader’s identity. ››› (3:00) 6:00 PM

(APTN) MOVIE: “Searching for Sugar Man” See 9 pm. (2:30) (HOME) Help! We Bought a Village See 9 pm. N (1:00) 6:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “The Karate Kid” (Dra. ’84) Ralph Macchio. A bullied teen learns karate from handyman Mr. Miyagi. ››› (3:00)

(KNO) Unforgotten The team works to identify a body found in the chimney flue as forensics reveal the cause of death. N (1:00) (TLC) 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days Laura flies to Turkey for a young beau as Aviva and Stig share their first night together. (2:00) (V) MOVIE: “A Walton Wedding” (Dra. ’95) Richard Thomas. John, Olivia and their clan prepare for John-Boy’s wedding to the daughter of a U.S. diplomat. ›› (2:00) (YTV) MOVIE: “The Croods: A New Age” (Ani. ’20) Voice of Nicolas Cage. The prehistoric Crood family is challenged by a family who claims to be better and more evolved. ››› (2:00) 9:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “National Lampoon’s Vacation” (Com. ’83) Chevy Chase. The Griswolds and family head by station wagon for the California fun park Walley World. ›› (2:00) 10:00 PM

(HIST) The UnBelievable With Dan Aykroyd A slackliner that takes a death-defying walk between two hot air balloons. N (1:00) (W) MOVIE: “A Newport Christmas” (Rom. ’25) Ginna Claire Mason. A philanthropist from the Gilded Age finds herself thrown into modern day. (2:00) 10:30 PM

(SHO) MOVIE: “The Fast and the Furious” (Act. ’01) Vin Diesel. An undercover police officer investigates a gang leader. ›› (2:00) 11:00 PM

(SCFI) MOVIE: “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” (Act. ’23) Anthony Ramos. The Maximals, Predacons and Terrorcons join the battle on Earth between Autobots and Decepticons. ›› (2:45) (TCM) MOVIE: “The Yearling” (Fam. ’46) Gregory Peck. A pet deer changes a Florida farm family. ›››› (2:15) 11:30 PM

(AMC) MOVIE: “National Lampoon’s European Vacation” (Com. ’85) Chevy Chase. After winning a vacation, Clark Griswold convinces his reluctant family to accompany him. ›› (2:00)

PLAN OF

ACTION

The Morgans are back for a new adventure (L-R): Van Crosby, Peter Lindsey, Michelle Monaghan, Mark Wahlberg and Zoe Colletti, along with new friend Omar (Reda Elazouar).

Director Simon Cellan Jones reunites with

Mark Wahlberg for spy

sequel The Family Plan 2

ACTION

THE FAMILY PLAN 2

Christmas is coming, and The Family Plan is headed to Europe! In the sequel for the immensely popular action comedy starring Mark Wahlberg, former government assassin Dan Morgan’s new job as a security consultant is allowing the family patriarch to take his wife Jessica (Michelle Monaghan) and kids Kyle (Van Crosby) and Max (Peter and Theodore Lindsey) to London where they can reunite with eldest daughter Nina (Zoe Colletti) for the happiest season of all. Or so you would think.

Despite Dan thriving in his new role, and his past no longer a secret to his family, he’s worried that the Morgans are coming apart at the seams. “I really love the fact that Dan, who in some ways is almost a superhero, we see really worried that he’s losing control of his family,” says Simon Cellan Jones, director of both the original Family Plan and its sequel. “His daughter’s got a new boyfriend and his son’s about to go to college, and although he doesn’t know it yet, his wife wants to move to another state. It’s such a normal human worry that we all have, as you get older and your children start going away to college. You go, ‘Oh my God, am I done as a parent? What is my role? Can I keep the family together?’”

When we met them in 2023, the two eldest Morgan kids’ greatest responsibility was occasionally watching their baby brother while their parents went out to dinner — and we all know how well that went. Now, these two are becoming the independent young adults their parents raised them to be. “I feel like Nina has had a lot of personal growth from the first movie,” says Colletti. “She’s moved out on her own and she’s definitely come into her own and figured out how to regulate her emotions and get along with her family a little bit easier.” The role of sullen teenager

Mark Wahlberg as spy dad Dan Morgan.

goes to her brother, who still lives under the Morgan roof. “He’s doing as 18-year-olds do, butting heads with his dad a little bit,” says Crosby. “Everybody’s trying to figure out how to navigate this situation.”

By “situation,” Crosby refers to their family dynamics, which have changed since they realized there are several bad guys that want their father dead. “How many more people are going to come back from your past, dad?” asks Crosby. “How many more people are going to try to kill us?” In the sequel, the person wanting Dan to suffer is a mystery man tied to his past, played by Game of Thrones actor Kit Harington. “I won’t give you any spoilers, but he is a dark and interesting character,” says Jones, who believes fans will be thrilled by the actor’s villainous turn. “Of course, he’s very famous from Game of Thrones, but I think this was a new kind of character for him to play and he just dived into it.”

For the younger members of the cast, getting to dive headfirst into the action sequences was the highlight of the sequel. In one of the most anticipated moments in the film, Crosby leads a car chase through the Paris neighbourhood of Montmartre, past iconic monuments like the Basilica of Sacré-Coeur. “The car stuff was crazy wild,” he says. “I wasn’t actually driving the car, thank God. For a lot of the stuff inside the car, we were up on this really awesome hydraulic rig. There was a dude with a joystick down on the ground, controlling the car. It was very cool.” But for Crosby, what was even more nerve-wracking than rounding the most famous church in Paris were some of the practical stunts. “I was actually driving this van, and obviously I have Peter or Theo, seven years old, in the

I really love the fact that Dan, who in some ways is almost a superhero, we see really worried that he’s losing control of his family.”

car, and then I have Mark and Michelle,” he says. “I’m not really a nervous driver, but I’m like, ‘Okay, there’s a $50,000 camera rig right there. There’s Mark Wahlberg in the backseat. I feel like I’m going to do something wrong.’ ”

The details of putting together the impossible action sequence, be it on top of a double decker bus in London or on the cobble stoned streets of Paris, are what Jones lives for as a director. “The logistics are massive,” he says. “For instance, if you drive down some steps in Montmartre, you have to wrap every single one of those steps in wood — and there’s probably a hundred of them — because they’re very old. You don’t want to damage them.” But when you achieve the impossible, “it’s joyful,” he says. “You sweat at the beginning of the day, you’re going, ‘Oh my God, how are we going to achieve this? What happens if it goes wrong? What happens if we don’t finish?’ So yeah, it’s stressful and it’s exciting, but when it works, it’s really rewarding.” And while much of the film could have been shot on a soundstage, it was important for the director to

The holiday plans Dan and Jessica Morgan (Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Monaghan) become another adventure in espionage.

I love working with these guys. They were brilliant because we had a great script, but they also did a little bit of improvisation. So, filming very small intimate dialogue scenes was really fun.”

capture these scenes on location. “I think that audiences, nowadays, can tell when something’s been faked and I think they appreciate it when it feels real,” he says. “Usually, the way to make it feel real is to do it for real.”

Yet Jones, who admittedly enjoys smashing things, feels that the core of the franchise is not just the death-defying stunts. “When you have action, it’s really about the people,” he says. “Even though it’s about a stunt, it’s about how the people react to it, and I thought it was really good to see a very normal family in this kind of situation.” For the director, it is the intimate moments between the members of the Morgan family that make the franchise the success it is. “Those small moments are as important, maybe even more important [than the action],” he says. “I love working with these guys. They were brilliant because we had a great script, but they also did a little bit of improvisation. So, filming very small, intimate dialogue scenes was really fun.”

The director credits star and producer Wahlberg for setting the tone on set. “What makes him unique is you think he’s going to be this huge movie star, which of course he is, but he’s really easy to work with,” says Jones. “He loves what he does, and he loves working with people and collaborating. He’s a team player. He wants everyone to be involved.” So much of a team player is Wahlberg that his onscreen kids have taken their familial relationship off-site between films. “He really is so great. He is amazing to work with because he’s so professional and he really does know what he’s doing, but off set as well I’ve talked to him so much in the year since we filmed,” says Colletti. “He really does feel like another dad.” ■

L-R: Nina (Zoe Colletti), Omar (Reda Elazouar) and Kyle (Van Crosby).

Dan Morgan (Mark Wahlberg) and nemesis Finn (Kit Harington).

Love On the

HEATED RIVALRY

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Star-crossed romance is an oft-explored theme in film, TV and literature. Yet because of that, when weaving a tale centred on two unlikely lovers, it’s easy enough to fall into cliché.

Heated Rivalry deftly evades wellworn tropes via not only honest, authentic storytelling, but simply its setting: the world of professional hockey.

The series, based on author Rachel Reid’s Game Changers novels, follows two highly touted players — Canadian Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Russian Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) — who’ve been pitted against one another in the media since before they were drafted. The proverbial Crosby and Ovechkin.

The twist here? Early on, these two superstars became secret lovers — a tumultuous affair that plays out over the entirety of their careers.

The six-part first season, which wraps up on Friday, tracks Ilya and Shane across several years, as their romance blossoms in the shadows — the public seeing the rivalry, only the players themselves seeing one another for who they truly are.

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Reid’s novels were adapted by someone with plenty of experience dramatizing hockey on TV: Jacob Tierney, an actor-turned-writer who’s been a key creative force on Letterkenny and, more relevantly here, its puck-oriented spinoff Shoresy

“The trap would have been to make it a movie-of-the-week,” Tierney explains. “The trap would have been to condense it, to try to tell the story quickly. And part of what I loved about the book, and part of what I really tried to sell about the show, is that this is a complicated relationship that needs time for it to resonate. It needs little moments. Moments need to accumulate meaning, so that you can feel how long this has been going on and how much these two people mean to each other,

L-R: Some complicated personal and professional dynamics are at play between Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams), Rose Landry (Sophie Nélisse), Svetlana Vetrova (Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie).

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because otherwise it would just be a bunch of fights, a bunch of sex and then a happy ending. That wouldn’t have been anywhere near as interesting.”

Passion, in all its forms, is what Heated Rivalry looks to explore, which makes the show unique in a very crowded genre. “What I loved about the book that I think is different than most romance novels is the added element of them being rivals,” Tierney continues. “The stakes are different for them than the ‘closeted athlete’ trope. It’s a step beyond that: two closeted athletes who also are being pitted against each other for entertainment purposes by a league that is trying to sell tickets — which is a thing that I think a lot of us can relate to. Any sports fans, you see that it happens often. That’s what really maximizes the tension and the fun of it too, is that there’s more at stake than there usually is in this kind of fantasy story.”

Honing in on the two men at centre ice, Shane and Ilya live in the same spotlight, the same situation — but handle it very differently.

As Storrie puts it: “At the beginning of the story, Ilya is sexually more experienced — has had more time to discover and really acknowledge that. Being bisexual, he is very upfront from the bat that he’s sexually interested in Shane. And I think that’s a really interesting dynamic — it’s not just about discovery on both parts, but having two different people who are at two different levels of being OK with this. Then, when it’s no longer just about sex and it actually leads into romance, we get a flip where Shane is emotionally regulated in a certain way. He may not be as comfortable with the sex up top, but when it comes to romance, he’s much better at being like, ‘Oh, I’m feeling something,’ and being vulnerable with that. It’s interesting to see that be a true discovery and a level of ‘uncomfort’ for Ilya. We have this flip-flopping.”

Digging further into the unlikely love connection, creator Tierney adds: “I think it’s really visceral with the two of them. And it’s a great part of what I loved about the story and why I wanted to adapt it. It’s ultimately a story about first love. They can’t shake each other. It’s pretty instantaneous, what happens. There’s a kind of electricity. And then it’s about watching this over the course of years that they just can’t let it go. There’s something really hot about that and something also really sweet about it. To me, it’s like watching two people decide that their own happiness matters more than the risk.”

On the topic of risk, being who you are, out in the open, is always a gamble. But the fact that these two characters are, as mentioned, commodities — packaged and marketed to fans who expect a very particular product — only enhances the struggle.

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“I think that the spotlight changes everything,” says Tierney. “You feel the glare of expectation, the pressure of career, the pressure of trying to succeed at a thing you’ve been trying to do for a long time. I certainly know that in the late ’90s, the early 2000s, when I was coming up as an actor, you were told, ‘Don’t be gay. That’s not going to help you. If you want the thing you want, you have to sublimate a lot of yourself for it.’ That is equally true in a lot of fields, but I would imagine that must be extra-true in sports.”

The reason it’s “extra-true”? Because hockey is a game for men — whatever “men” means. “There seems to be a flawed idea of masculinity that’s imbued in that spotlight of what hockey is, and how it even exists today,” co-star Williams muses. “Especially Shane, who just ascribes to everything ‘hockey.’ He wants to be the perfect hockey player. He takes it all and takes everything that hockey means to him, even the flawed ideas. So, I think there’s an expectation that he holds himself to live up to, and then it leads to all the problems that you see.”

Naturally, a show that is so sexually charged needs to know exactly what it’s communicating via its many carnal moments.

“Jacob was very vocal from the top that these sex scenes, they didn’t just serve as an excuse to be ‘hot,’” Storrie explains. “It really is a form of communication and it’s a medium that we use to show their progress. There’s so much sex throughout, but those really are the highlight points where these two characters are coming together that also gave Hudson and I a really good basis to base our performances off of — knowing, ‘OK, it’s not just that we’re going to hit this, this and this in terms of the choreography and the sex,’ but also what does that mean? What part of the journey is that and what’s going on in our separate lives? How does that affect that sexual tension?”

“Yeah, sex is their language,” Tierney adds. “Sex is the way they communicate. Especially in the first half of the show, the only times they’re being honest with each other is when they’re having sex. The rest of the time is a lot of posturing

“They can’t shake each other. It’s pretty instantaneous, what happens. There’s a kind of electricity. And then it’s about watching this over the course of years that they just can’t let it go. There’s something really hot about that and something also really sweet about it.”

and a lot of, pardon the expression, ‘d*** swinging.’ And when they’re having sex, they are really being themselves with one another.”

Amidst all that steamy, soapy melodrama, the show can’t help but tap into a very real-life struggle faced by folks across the world — in sports and other pockets of society.

“It feels like there’s a small minority fighting for what would just be called acceptance,” says Williams, “and then the reaction to that from the majority is, it feels as if that minority is attacking them — when all they’re really asking for is just to be accepted. It’s not confrontational, but it feels as if some people are trying to spin it into this confrontation and make it about themselves, when really it would just be nice if we could all hold hands and play our little stickand-puck. And kiss our loved ones on live TV — regardless of sexual orientation.”

All of that said, Heated Rivalry can be enjoyed on as profound or visceral a level as the viewer sees fit. As Tierney sums up: “We have created a hopefully enjoyable fantasy show. I would love it to have some impact in the real world, but we’re just telling a story here, and the agenda is not explosive change.” ■

Rock Stars

THE FIRST SNOW OF FRAGGLE ROCK

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As the Fraggles prepare for the Christmas holidays, the struggle in Fraggle Rock is real. Just like it frequently does above ground, the arrival of snow feels more elusive than ever — so far only one snowflake has made its way to the Rock. But the delayed arrival of winter isn’t the only thing weighing on the leader of the Fraggles, Gobo, who is worried about ruining the holidays for the entire community in the new holiday movie, The First Snow of Fraggle Rock.

“He loves the holidays,” explains John Tartaglia, who voices the beloved character. “But he has this responsibility to write the song of the season, and for the very first time ever, he has what

he calls rock block.” This really tortures him, adds Tartaglia. “He has this very dramatic journey. Gobo oftentimes is the positive, optimistic, ‘We can do it’ guy. It’s interesting getting to play him a little bit heavier.”

Unable to find inspiration in his usual environment, Gobo’s quest for the perfect Christmas track forces him to look for answers beyond Fraggle Rock, in a place Gobo knows only as Outer Space. Long-time fans of the show will know that his journey to the human world has been a long time coming. “Gobo has dreamt for years of going to Outer Space. His Uncle Matt has dangled that carrot in front of him and he’s almost gone, and then it falls apart. So, we wanted to make sure that finally he gets the chance to go,” says Tartaglia.

Where does he land? In Canmore, Alberta, of all places. But the charms of the small mountain town are initially lost on the Fraggle, who is overwhelmed by the unfamiliar surroundings.

“We really worked hard on the set to make sure that everyone’s ideas were heard and that everyone had a good time. When I think back to the set, I always think of the silliness. That started with Jim Henson back in the day, where he really believed that silliness led to really good things.”

“We get an opportunity to still have [Jim Henson’s] voice, his wisdom and his words through the people he worked with, even if he’s not physically there with us. That’s been really special.”

“Gobo comes into our world in a very blinding way. He walks out and it’s bright, loud and full of silly creatures. And it’s the holidays, so everything’s extra-decorated and more sparkly and more magical. At first, it’s terrifying to him, but then once he trusts his instincts, he is like, ‘Yeah, I’m an explorer. I got this,’ ” says Tartaglia.

Every hero’s journey needs a character that offers invaluable counsel. Gobo finds this in Venezuelan singer and YouTube star Lele Pons, who happened to be going through her own big life changes during the filming of the holiday special. “We filmed that scene with Lele about two weeks before she gave birth, so all the dialogue about her expectations of this next phase of her life and being nervous about the unexpected, was very real for her,” says Tartaglia. “I think she was proud to capture that part of her journey, and it was a nice happenstance that it got to be part of our story, too.”

In their surprising mind meld, Gobo’s rock block lifts and the two come up with a reimagined version of Fraggle Rock classic “Our Melody.” In recalling the

scene with the social media phenomenon, Tartaglia can’t help but be effusive. “She was wonderful,” he says. “She also doesn’t take herself too seriously. She was willing to play and laugh at herself and interact with Gobo and go with what was needed for the scene. John Rosenbaum, our wonderful director, gave her so much to play with, and she was game for all of it.”

Pons wasn’t the only human lucky enough to hang with Gobo in First Snow. In the cameo of a lifetime, Tartaglia comes face to face with the character he has voiced since 2013. “Alex [Cuthbertson] and Matt [Fusfeld] who wrote the show, pitched it. I thought, ‘Yeah, that’s funny. That’ll never happen.’ And then everyone kept getting more and more excited about it,” says Tartaglia. “As we were filming it, I was kind of in my head about it, and then, when I saw it, I thought it’s really a sweet moment. It definitely was very surreal. I grew up such a massive, massive fan of the original series, and meeting a

Singer Lele Pons performs a holiday duet with Gobo (voiced by John Tartaglia).

Fraggle as a kid was all I wanted, more than anything. So, it felt very full circle to be standing there at 47 years old and be like, ‘Oh, I’m actually finally talking to Gobo.’”

It is hard to imagine not being full of joy while interacting with the Fraggles. However, in a world that feels increasingly bleak, the long-time Jim Henson puppeteer — who also serves as executive producer — still felt a need to make sure that the on-set atmosphere matched what viewers would see on screen. “It was definitely a mantra on set, that we’re making a show about joy and silliness and how we all need each other and how everyone has value, so we needed to operate in that same way,” says Tartaglia. “We really worked hard on the set to make sure that everyone’s ideas were heard and that everyone had a

learns a valuable lesson about holiday joy. “He comes back with this newfound knowledge that the right way to spend the holidays will occur naturally as long as you’re with the right people and you are coming from the right place with that intention,” says Tartaglia, who is part of making sure the messages are both evergreen and evolve with the times. “There are some things that are always good reminders in Fraggle Rock, about diversity and inclusion, and then there are the subject matters of today, where kids are dealing with social media,” he says. “We try to find a balance of universal messages that are still going to be needed a hundred years from now and things that kids and families of today are dealing with as well.”

good time. When I think back to the set, I always think of the silliness. That started with Jim Henson back in the day, where he really believed that silliness led to really good things.”

That silliness never fails to include teachings for children and adults alike. In First Snow, Gobo

Tartaglia, who started his career as a puppeteer at 16 years old, has had a front-row seat to the expansion of the Jim Henson universe for the past 30 years. “There’s so much more than there was at that time, but I think what’s remained the same is the spirit of Jim,” he says. “There’s so many of us who were products of those shows, as children that grew up watching them, and now get to carry that on. Or in the case of Fraggle Rock, people who worked with Jim on the original. That has been lovely, because you get to really hear, ‘Jim always loved this character,’ or ‘Jim always loved when the show would go in this direction.’ We get an opportunity to still have his voice, his wisdom and his words through the people he worked with, even if he’s not physically there with us. That’s been really special.” ■

Gobo ventures from Fraggle Rock to the wilds of “Outer Space,” a.k.a. Canmore, Alberta.

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STARRING: Will Arnett, Laura Dern, Andra Day, Bradley Cooper, Amy Sedaris In the latest from director Bradley Cooper, Alex (Will Arnett) faces middle age and impending divorce as his marriage to wife Tess (Laura Dern) unravels. He discovers salvation in the New York City standup comedy scene, where he finds solace and a new sense of purpose, while Tess confronts the sacrifices she made for their family as they navigate co-parenting, identity and whether love can take a new form.

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Trying to escape her past, Millie (Sydney Sweeney) takes a job as a live-in maid for wealthy Nina (Amanda Seyfried) and Andrew Winchester (Brandon Sklenar). But what begins as a dream job quickly unravels into a sexy, seductive game of secrets, scandal and power. As the synopsis states, “Behind the Winchesters’ closed doors lies a world of shocking twists that will leave viewers guessing until the very end.”

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FOR THE CULTURE WITH AMANDA PARRIS

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QWas there a postmortem after season one? Did your mission and your execution of that mission change?

AOne of the things that I really loved about what we were able to do last season was . . . when we first pitched it, a lot of the pitch was around this idea that we would get these big names — and then nobody was interested in talking to us [laughs]. But in a way, it was a really great thing because we ended up casting all of these folks that are not household names, that are regular people and had these fascinating stories and lives and contexts . . . and meeting them where they were, which was always the goal of the show — to go to where people are, as opposed to inviting them into a studio. We went to their turf.

So, it was realizing that, in this instance, it’s not the big names that have the treasure, it’s the regular folks with these fascinating stories that can really help draw these larger connections, sometimes global connections, that we are always aiming to get to. Knowing that from the beginning in season two really helped with our casting process — and it makes it a journey to find people, because you can’t just Wikipedia who’s the best voice on this particular topic.

That’s one thing. The second was, we loved being international, and [we wanted] to push even more. I really, really wanted to get to the continent of Africa this season and we were able to get there and go to two countries,

Kenya and Ghana. And I wanted to be much more visual, spend some time to really get a sense of the place, and try to tell these stories in a visual way.

QMark Twain had a famous quote that goes, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrowmindedness.” As a world traveller yourself, do you feel that rings true?

AIt’s a great quote. I think I would add an addendum to it, which would be: it depends on the way that you travel. The first episode of

our season, “Black Tourism,” really delves into that, because you can travel to a place and have no real connection to the people that live there — to the realities of folks. You can have an experience that you could have had right here and just kind of transport it over there. You can go to McDonald’s. You can go to a hotel that looks like a condo. I think the kind of travel that opens you in that way that Mark Twain talked about is definitely the kind of travel that we hope to do with this show.

I’ve been to Jamaica maybe four to five times at this stage. When we went there for the show, I felt like I knew Jamaica, but all of those other times had been for weddings and it was in a very hotel-esque environment. This time around, we were cognizant that we didn’t want to go to a resort, because of the topic that we were doing. We actually lived in a Rastafari indigenous village while we were filming there. We stayed in their accommodations; we stayed in eco-hotels and boutique hotels that were locally owned, and we spent a lot of time with folks who are living very interesting — and radical, in some cases — lives. It felt like it was my first time to Jamaica. I felt as though I’d never been before. So, I am a perfect example of how the way that you travel really shapes your experience.

Are you travelling just to have an escape from your everyday world and to have a luxurious timeout? Which, sure, why not? We live in a very difficult, hyper-capitalistic world and I’m not here to guilt-trip anyone on that.

But I don’t know that you’re gonna get the thing that Mark

Twain was talking about with that type of travel. Or, are you travelling to explore a place and to really understand it and to learn about it, and to meet people and to have conversations with them about what they’re going through, what their lives are like? Are you open to hearing about it and to being transformed by those conversations and experiences?

QHow do you narrow down which of the infinite number of issues out there you want to tackle each season?

AWell, for both seasons, the first step has just been me saving random ideas whenever I stumble across them in the world into the Notes app of my phone. By the time we have the researchers gathered, I’m like, “OK, here are a bunch of topics I’ve been thinking about.” So, the first step is, “What am I interested in?” Because the show really is a POV travel doc series, so if I’m not interested, it’s not gonna hit. Do I care enough to spend the next year working on this particular topic? That’s the first hurdle.

The second: is there enough here to make an entire episode around? And when we say “enough,” it

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Born in the U.K., but raised in Toronto, Amanda Parris is among CBC’s most accomplished and insightful arts & culture commentators. On TV, she’s served as a presenter on such series as Exhibitionists, The Filmmakers, From the Vaults and Short Film Face Off, while on CBC Radio she hosts the rhythm & blues-centric Marvin’s Room Beyond just commenting on the arts, Parris has dabbled in creating them, penning the award-winning play Other Side of the Game in 2017. Taking her passion out into the community, she also co-founded the “Lost Lyrics” educational program, which uses the arts to support and inspire at-risk youth.

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In 2024, Parris launched For the Culture, an experiential docuseries which finds the host seeking out oft-marginalized voices at home and abroad to unpack complex issues that affect the Black community. Season two is now available to stream in full on CBC Gem — this time exploring Black tourism, food sovereignty, policing, singlehood, men’s mental health and hoop dreams.

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doesn’t mean enough information, but can we push the conversation forward? Is there a part of this conversation that hasn’t been engaged yet? Is there something that is missing from the way that this is often framed whenever it is talked about in mainstream media or on social media?

A great example of that is our episode “Beyond Happily Ever After.” We went back and forth for a while because I was like, “I don’t feel like there’s anything new that we can add here.” This topic has been done to death — Black single women. What else is there to say? And it wasn’t until we started researching and we discovered that actually it’s been a bit of a myth, and that if you remove widowhood from these studies, there are more single Black men than there are single Black women. But the narrative is so frequently focused on the women, which is generally the case when it comes to conversations around love and relationships. That, to me, was fascinating, and hasn’t been talked about very often. That becomes a turning point in our episode that is new and fresh.

this topic justice when it would require talking with people who potentially just lost someone. How ethical is it to ask these questions when you can’t be with them in the long term — unlike a feature doc where you might spend years with a subject. We scrapped that episode because I was like, “I can’t figure out how to do this in a way that maintains the integrity that I’m hoping we can have in attempting to be a show that is not extractive, but collaborative —that is not exploitative.”

a lot of what acting, particularly for live theatre, is. You have to act as though you’ve never heard these lines before. You can’t just be waiting for your turn to talk. I feel like a lot of those lessons I bring with me here. And then, I used to teach kids — and kids are really aware of when you’re not listening to them [laughs]. They’ll call you out. And I think also, having a fantastic team that I can rely on . . . we do a fantastic job finding the right people to talk to, because I am rarely bored.

“ Is there enough here to make an entire episode around? And when we say ‘enough,’ it doesn’t mean enough information, but can we push the conversation forward?

Is there a part of this conversation that hasn’t been engaged yet? ”

QAnd then the third is, can we do this topic justice, and in a responsible way? I was really interested in doing a topic around our rituals and traditions around death and grieving. But I couldn’t figure out how we, as a television show that had less than a year to make this, would be able to do

In your role as host, is it ever a struggle to remain “present” with your interviewee, to really listen as opposed to just crossing questions off a prepared list?

A I will say, I once had a dream of being an actor, so I used to take a lot of acting classes and I studied for a little while at the Lee Strasberg Institute. There, they taught really great methods around active listening — because that’s

QTo what extent is the Amanda we see onscreen you, and to what extent is she just a cultivated TV persona?

AThat’s an ongoing negotiation. I was trained in the CBC building, in the CBC way of being a host, which is very much to not make it about “you.” I had to unlearn a little bit of that in order to make this a true POV, because it’s like, “No, this is coming through your lens.” So, how much of myself is up here? How much of my own story am I sharing? How much of my humour gets to come through? All the unpolished moments. What does that mean for the narration, so that the narration is not just delivering information, but it’s, “How did you feel in this moment?”

You know, I’m not trying to be an influencer or a YouTube personality, where it’s all just about you and you are the “sell” alone. It’s about sharing space and making sure that whatever the topic is, my point of view is clear on it — and my point of view can change — and going on the journey with me.

The powerhouse of energy and life-long vibrancy

What are mitochondria, and how do we spark them?

They are like very tiny powerplants that produce energy in every living cell of 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?

To say that mitochondria are important to human health is grossly understating their role in our

survival. We literally would not be alive without them. They convert our food into energy, so that every other function of our body can occur as it needs to. As we age, our ability to create healthy mitochondria to support our energy demands diminishes. And because about 90% of our cellular energy is produced by mitochondria, this decline can cause significant health issues