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Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Man raised by elves travels south. Maternal Instincts Woman is raped. (HD) (HD) Survivor Cambodia: Second Chance (N) (HD)
Modern Family: black-ish: Black Grill, Interrupted Santa/White (HD) Christmas (HD) NOVA: Roman Catacomb Mystery Naturescene SC: Expedition Daily life and health of Roman citiWRJA E27 11 14 Tresvant Landing Home-nature zens. (HD) merge. The Big Bang The Big Bang Rosewood: Policies and Ponies CapWACH E57 6 6 Theory Sheldon Theory Bowling tain Hornstock suspected of murder. haunted. (HD) battle. (HD) (HD) Anger Manage- Anger Manage- Arrow: Green Arrow Oliver, Felicity’s Supernatural: Out of Darkness, Into WKTC E63 4 22 ment Eccentric ment Eccentric vacation interrupted. (HD) the Fire Sam and Dean face the Darktherapist. (HD) therapist. (HD) ness. (HD) WOLO E25
The Middle: The The Goldbergs Christmas Wall Modeling scam. (HD) (HD) Nature: Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem Experts take on bold honey badger. (HD) Empire: The Devils Are Here Lucious tries running Empire from jail. (HD)
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BBC World News Charlie Rose (N) (HD) International news. WACH FOX News at 10 Local news TMZ (N) 2 Broke Girls Mike & Molly: report and weather forecast. Leaving wife. (HD) Carl Gets a Roommate (HD) The Closer: The Other Woman The Closer: Borderline Brenda must Hot in Cleveland Brenda asked to testify in divorce. find bodies of victims. (HD) Friends share (HD) home. (HD) Time Scanners: Colosseum (N) (HD) Tavis Smiley (HD)
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Show (N) The Real House wives of At lanta: The Real House wives of At lanta: Then and Now With Andy Co hen: Then and Now With Andy Co hen: The Real House wives of At lanta: Then and Now: 181 Where Is the Love Boat Bienvendio a Miami 1994 (HD) 1989 (N) (HD) Bienvendio a Miami 1989 (HD) 62 The Profit: Kota Longboards Shark Tank (HD) Shark Tank (HD) Shark Tank Facial hair line. (HD) Shark Tank Ice cream man. (HD) Restaurant 64 Erin Burnett OutFront (N) Anderson Cooper 360° (N) (HD) Anderson Cooper 360° (N) (HD) CNN Tonight with Don Lemon CNN Tonight with Don Lemon 360° (HD) South Park (HD) South Park (HD) South Park (HD) South Park (HD) South Park (HD) Daily Show with Nightly Show (:01) @midnight 136 (:58) South Park (:29) South Park South Park: (HD) (HD) Gnomes (HD) Trevor (N) w/ Wilmore (N) (N) (HD) BUNK’D Video ev- Best Friends K.C. 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Does ‘Buddy’ have the makings of a Christmas classic? BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Nobody sets out to make a bad Christmas special. But so many arrive every year. Most come and go and get stored away in the attic of our memories. I never much liked Disney’s “Prep & Landing,” and I’m glad it has faded away. Or at least been relegated to cable. Whatever happened to “Olive, the Other Reindeer,” the 1999 Fox Christmas cartoon featuring the voices of Drew Barrymore and Ed Asner? It was sort of sweet and goofy, but perhaps not special enough to last. Why have the Christmas Special Gods anointed the CW’s “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” a holiday perennial and not “Olive”? It’s a mystery. Reviews and even first-year ratings don’t determine the sturdiness of a Christmas special. It’s how they hold up to repeat airings that count. NBC trots out its 2014 special “Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas” (8 p.m., TV-G) for its crucial second Christmas. Does this one have staying power? “Buddy” has built-in nostalgia appeal. It’s based on a Broadway show that was itself based on a 2003 movie. It also features stop-motion animation and minimalist sets heavily inspired by 1960s cartoons, specials and set design. So “Buddy” looks like a slightly funky variation on Rankin/Bass (“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”) animation, with a sound and score rooted in contemporary Broadway. It doesn’t hurt that the voice of Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory”) stars in the title role. Listen for Ed Asner as Santa Claus and Kate Micucci (“Garfunkel and Oates”) as Jovie, the department store elf whom Buddy cannot help but love. So don’t think of this airing of “Buddy” as a repeat. It’s really trying out for classic status, trying to create a “tradition” — one Christmas season at a time. • The holidays are the perfect time for the third installment of “Nashville: On the Record” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-PG). The musical melodrama’s talented cast — including Clare Bowen, Chris Carmack,
has a shot at fame on “The Goldbergs” (8:30 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * A police captain’s name must be cleared on “Rosewood” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) * Jay’s birthday woes on “Modern Family” (9 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * Darkness is unleashed on “Supernatural” (9 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) * Dre wants to make a Christmas breakthrough on “black-ish” (9:30 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * A missing girl’s father takes desperate actions on “Chicago P.D.” (10 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14).
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“Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas,” featuring Jim Parsons as the voice of Buddy, airs at 8 p.m. today on NBC. Charles Esten, Sam Palladio, Aubrey Peeples, and Lennon and Maisy Stella — performs numbers and discusses writing songs and what it’s like to perform in sold-out concerts. A new CD of music from the series, “The Music of Nashville: Original Soundtrack, Season 4, Volume 1” was released earlier this month. While few can fault the artistry of the show’s performers and songwriters, “Nashville” has seen its audience dwindle to series lows. Catch it while you can. I think everyone would be surprised it this is not the final season.
TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • A winner emerges on the 31st season finale of “Survivor” (8 p.m., CBS). A recap and reunion (10 p.m.) follow. • Lucious wants to run the company from prison on “Empire” (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14). • “Nature” (8 p.m., PBS, TVPG, check local listings) celebrates a critter made famous by a foul-mouthed viral video hit, in the repeat documentary “Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem.” • The kids aren’t all right in the conclusion of the miniseries “Childhood’s End” (8 p.m., Syfy, TV-14).
• The search for a violinist’s attacker points to Rollins’ sister on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (9 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14).
town (Shirley MacLaine) in the 2011 drama-comedy “Bernie” (8:20 p.m., TMC), directed by Richard Linklater and based on a true story.
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SERIES NOTES
A small Texas community rallies around an assistant funeral director (Jack Black) when he’s accused of shooting the meanest woman in
Frankie wants to minimize Christmas on “The Middle” (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * A vacation cut short on “Arrow” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) * Barry
Will Smith is booked on “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Dick Van Dyke, Bill Burr and The Brian Setzer Orchestra appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Robert De Niro, Daniel Gilbert and Henry Rollins are booked on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Will Ferrell, Alicia Vikander and Twenty One Pilots on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Quentin Tarantino and Moon Taxi visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Amber Heard, Luke Bracey and Carly Rae Jepsen appear on “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS). Copyright 2015, United Feature Syndicate
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