HAPPY HOLIDAYS
An astronomer, Madeline Baggett (Sarah Canning), believes she’s found life beyond Earth, and travels to a small hamlet in upstate New York where she meets widowed National Park ranger Ryan Sparks (Daniel Lissing) and his young daughter.
A Christmas Proposal CBS, 7:30pm
Chef Maria Winters (Jessica Camacho) dreams of starting her own line of food trucks, but doesn’t have the means to do so. Things look up when Maria agrees to pose as the girlfriend of hotshot attorney Julian Diaz (Adam Rodriguez) while he’s visiting his family for Christmas.
Gordon Ramsay’s Road Trip: Christmas Vacation FOX, 8pm
It’s Christmas as only Gordon Ramsay can do it! Chef Ramsay’s taking pals Gino D’Acampo and Fred Sirieix on a road trip to find the home of Santa Claus himself. They’ll travel deep into a winter wonderland packed with amazing ’Tis the Season to Be Merry food, big laughs and Christmas spirit. Hallmark Channel, 7pm
Saturday, Dec. 18
The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls Hallmark Channel, 7pm
The Mitchell brothers compete to see who can create the best Christmas House. Stars Robert Buckley, Ana Ayora, Jonathan Bennett, Sharon Lawrence, Treat Williams and Brad Harder.
When Hope Calls: “A Country Christmas, Parts 1 and 2” GAC Family, 7pm
Monday, Dec. 13
20 Years of Christmas With the Tabernacle Choir PBS, 7pm (airs on BYUtv Dec. 16)
The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square’s beloved annual Christmas concert tradition celebrates its 20th anniversary with this new two-hour retrospective. Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell serves as guest artist and narrator. Intimate ballads, behind-the-scenes views and storytelling by Mitchell are combined with highlights from the past two decades, including performances from more than 40 world-renowned artists. 6
Hansen (Evan Williams) is a numbercrunching businessman only concerned about the bottom line. After Matt purchases Jenny’s airline, he cancels the company’s annual holiday children’s charity benefit in a cost-cutting move. But Jenny rallies the community to help save the event and unexpectedly finds herself falling for Matt in the process.
The cast of When Hope Calls returns for this two-part holiday film that finds Abigail Stanton from When Calls the Heart (Lori Loughlin) and her son Cody (Carter Ryan) visiting Lillian’s (Morgan Kohan) orphanage, and the town of Brookfield scurrying to be named America’s No. 1 Country Christmas Town by a national magazine.
Looking for a fresh angle to her book on relationships, Merry (Rachael Leigh Cook) heads to snow-covered Vermont. She finds a new perspective and Christmas cheer with charismatic aid worker Chris (Travis Van Winkle).
Monday, Dec. 20
Christmas at Belmont PBS, 8pm
This year’s installment of the annual holiday concert favorite from Nashville’s Belmont University features alumnus and country/gospel singer Josh Turner along with current Belmont students. The show includes holiday favorites and songs from Turner’s recently released first Christmas album, King Size Manger.
Sunday, Dec. 19
A Charlie Brown Christmas PBS & PBS Kids, 6:30pm
This iconic, Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning longtime TV favorite from 1965 is the first, and probably the most beloved, holiday special featuring Charles Schulz’s Peanuts gang.
Friday, Dec. 24
24 Hours of “A Christmas Story”
Christmas Takes Flight
TBS, beginning at 7pm; TNT, beginning at 8pm
Jenny Beckett (Katie Lowes) is a pilot for her family-owned regional airline. Matt
Ralphie’s quest for that Red Ryder BB gun in this 1983 classic just never gets old.
CBS, 7pm
All times Central.
The Tabernacle Choir: Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred.
GAC Family, 7pm
Tuesday, Dec. 14
A Christmas Story: Courtesy Everett Collection
A Christmas Star
