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(HD) woman tries to liberate a passive man obsessed with safety. (HD) Lab Rats: Bionic Action Hero FilmK.C. Undercover K.C. Undercover Jessie Friend at 80 (:05) The Lion Guard: The Lion Guard: Toy Story Time Frosty’s Winter Best Friends Whenever: Cyd and Return of the Roar (HD) Forgot (HD) Wonderland Shelby Strike Back (HD) maker visits. (HD) (HD) (HD) dinner. (HD) 103 Dual Survival (HD) Dual Survival (HD) Racing Extinction Threat of mass extinction is examined. (HD) Racing Extinction Mass extinction. (HD) 35 Scoreboard College Football: USC Trojans vs Stanford Cardinal from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara z{| (HD) (:45) SportsCenter (HD) Sports (HD) 39 Basketball College Football: Air Force Falcons at San Diego State Aztecs from Qualcomm Stadium (HD) College Basketball: Texas A&M vs Arizona State z{| (HD) Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (‘00, Holiday) aac Jim Carrey. A shunned, spiteful and 131 (:15) Elf (‘03, Holiday) aaa Will Ferrell. 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An all-star salute, celebration of Ol’ Blue Eyes BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH William Shatner is in a Christmas movie! Some things, even movies as ridiculous as “Just in Time for Christmas” (8 p.m. Saturday, Hallmark), cannot be ignored. Eloise Mumford stars as Lindsay Rogers, a perky, girlnext-door type, who, in the logic of TV movies, is a philosophy professor just a few years older than her students. They love her for her deep, provocative thoughts about life’s big choices. When not writing her dissertation, she’s deeply in love with her small-town boyfriend, Jason (Michael StahlDavid), a pastry chef and coffee shop owner. On her way to a date with Jason, Lindsay receives a call from the Yale University Press. The editors seem eager to publish her dissertation. They think it can be a best-seller! Yale wants to hire her as a professor! Tenure awaits! Opportunities abound! In a movie filled with time travel and supernatural events, the notion that a university press edition of a philosophy dissertation might be a bestseller is the greatest miracle of them all! But I digress. Of course this big break coincides with a proposal from Jason. Not to give too much away, but after breaking Jason’s heart, Lindsay takes a walk near a harbor. There, she encounters Coachman Nick (William Shatner!), a mystical horse-and-buggy driver who sports a gray goatee not unlike Burl Ives’ snowman in “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” He offers pleasant, cryptic advice before magically disappearing, leaving Lindsay stranded — three years in the future. It’s then that she sees what life would have been like had she left town and become a celebrated author and professor. To underscore the movie’s time-travel theme, Lindsay’s grandfather is played by Christopher Lloyd (“Back to the Future”). This premieres the same night as NBC’s first re-airing of “It’s a Wonderful Life” (8 p.m.). In fact, a clip from the movie appears in “Just in Time for Christmas.” It’s interesting to compare the themes of the two movies. Made in 1946, after a decade and a half of depres-

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Lady Gaga performs at the “Sinatra 100 — An All-Star Grammy Concert” airing at 9 p.m. Sunday on CBS. sion and six years of World War II, “Wonderful” taught us that a life of sacrifice and living for others could still be a rich and rewarding one. “It’s a Wonderful Life” uses a supernatural time warp to show George the virtues of his ways, not unlike Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” which uses the device to show Scrooge the errors of his. “Just in Time for Christmas” shows how our abundance of choices makes us crazy. Along the way, the time-travel fantasy warns Lindsay (not to mention the film’s female audience) that if she even thinks about pursuing an ambitious career, she will suffer a psychotic breakdown and dark existential nightmare. Merry Christmas! But at least she got to meet William Shatner. • Julie closes in on Victor’s father on “The Returned” (10 p.m. Saturday, Sundance, TV14). While this season has been as creepy as the first, the story’s increasing complexity has grown baffling. Not a sophomore slump on the order of

“True Detective,” but a disappointment. • Six days shy of Ol’ Blue Eyes’ centennial, “Sinatra 100 — An All-Star Grammy Concert” (9 p.m. Sunday, CBS) salutes the Hoboken, New Jersey-born crooner with an all-star fete taped earlier this month at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel and casino. Look for Tony Bennett, Garth Brooks, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Adam Levine, Carrie Underwood, Usher and others to celebrate Frank Sinatra and interpret the many songs he made popular. Few other artists remained so popular and influential as they matured. In his 20s and 30s Sinatra melted the hearts of bobby-soxers, but as he entered middle age, he appealed to an audience of both genders by exploring the aching longing associated with the autumn of one’s years. In the mid-1960s, when most of his contemporary artists were washed away by a tidal wave of boomer-centric youth culture, Sinatra remained popular and relevant by singing of the melancholy

(“It Was a Very Good Year”) and valedictory (“My Way”). Sinatra did not necessarily make for good television. Perhaps he was too “hot” for a “cool” medium. He had variety shows on ABC and CBS during the 1950s that were neither critical nor ratings successes. Arguably Sinatra’s most popular TV appearance saw him serving as host of the “Welcome Home Elvis” special in 1960, when Presley returned from the Army. Sinatra’s other television specials from the 1960s were prestige affairs, like “A Man and His Music,” which earned both a Peabody and an Emmy. He spent the following decades moving in and out of retirement and receiving accolades on all-star televised affairs similar to tonight’s posthumous celebration. The singer’s relationship with TV lasted until the very end. Sinatra died on the evening of May 14, 1998, when most of the media and tens of millions of Americans were glued to the series finale of “Seinfeld.” At the time, the conclusion of “the show about nothing” appeared to have overshadowed his passing. But in the long run, the memory of the man who sang “All or Nothing at All” has endured. • Spoiler alert: Things didn’t look too good for Quinn at the exciting conclusion of last week’s “Homeland” (9 p.m. Showtime, TV-MA). Jack Bauer (or Batman) would survive. But this isn’t “24” or a comic book. Is it?

CULT CHOICE Hidden furniture, stashed with loot, propels the plot of the 1970 comedy “The Twelve Chairs” (8 p.m. Sunday, TCM), directed by Mel Brooks, as well as “It’s in the Bag” (10 p.m.), from 1945, starring radio “rivals” Fred Allen and Jack Benny.

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • College football action includes the Big 10 Championship with Iowa vs. Michigan State (8 p.m., Fox) and the ACC Championship with Clemson vs. North Carolina (8 p.m., ABC). • A storm forces two strangers (Mayim Bialik and Ryan McPartlin) to share a room in the 2015 holiday comedy “The Flight Before Christmas” (8 p.m.,

Lifetime). What could go wrong? • Cable stars appear on the “Nickelodeon Ho Ho Holiday Special” (8 p.m., TV-G). • A tangle with the Time Lords on “Doctor Who” (9 p.m., BBC America, TV-PG). • A druggy dream proves illuminating on “Ash vs Evil Dead” (9 p.m., Starz, TV-MA).

SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • A spoiled teen gets a lesson in humility on “Beverly Hills Christmas” (7 p.m., UP). • Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): legal and ethical qualms about recruiting youthful offenders as confidential informants in drug cases. • The Pittsburgh Steelers host the Indianapolis Colts in “Sunday Night Football” (8:20 p.m., NBC). • The new series “Work Out New York” (9 p.m., Bravo, TV-14) profiles the personal trainers and workout instructors who keep Manhattan spinning. • “Serial Thriller” (9 p.m. and 10 p.m., ID, concluding Monday, TV-14) spends three hours over two nights on a vintage abduction case. • Alex faces a ticking clock on “Quantico” (10 p.m., ABC). • M.K.’s powers seem boundless on “Into the Badlands” (10 p.m., AMC, TV-14). • DiDi tries to figure out a way to keep the ward open on “Getting On” (10:15 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

SATURDAY SERIES Gibbs goes after frauds on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) * Pride goes to Kabul on “NCIS: New Orleans” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TVPG) * “48 Hours” (10 p.m., CBS).

SUNDAY SERIES Lisa champions an unsung heroine on “The Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG) * Swan songs on “Once Upon a Time” (8 p.m., ABC) * Unfriendly competition on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * In the slammer on “Family Guy” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Hap vows to avenge Carla on “Blood & Oil” (9 p.m., ABC) * Carol feels festive on “The Last Man on Earth” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14). Copyright 2015, United Feature Syndicate