EMPIRES OF NEW YORK: “1987-90: PARTY’S OVER” AMERICAN MONSTER: “OUT OF HIS SHELL”
CNBC, 8 p.m.
When something seems too good to be true, it usually is. Black Monday hits, the market crashes and the great bull market of the 1980s goes down with it. New York, and indeed the country as a whole, are left with a brutal hangover — and the party is over for the Emperors of New York, as well. Indictments. Prison sentences. Ruinous debt. While some decide to play their best hand and escape with what they can, others continue to feel invincible — digging in their heels and getting ready for the fight of their lives.
CROSS COUNTRY CHRISTMAS
Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m. Originalfilm!former classmates Lina (Rachael Leigh Cook) and Max (Greyston Holt) are traveling home for the holidays, until a storm hits and they have to work together to make it home in time, no matter the mode of transportation.
Investigation Discovery, p.m.
Doting parents Brett and Mona Wehde live a quiet life in sleepy rural Iowa raising their three children. When a new family arrives, relationships flourish, but behind closed doors a wicked plot is hatched that
A CHRISTMAS BREAK
Lifetime, 8 p.m. Originalfilm!schoolteacher Addison Tate (Cindy Sampson) wants this Christmas to be special for her kids, especially since the school board has decided that it will be the last, as the school will be closing. When Addison meets Danny (Steve Byers), a Hollywood actor who is home to reconnect with his roots, sparks fly, uniting the two to save the school from closing right before Christmas Eve.
ICE AIRPORT ALASKA: “50 YEAR STORM”
Smithsonian Channel, 8 p.m.
Seasonfinale!a record day of snowfall threatens to shut down the airport, leaving havoc on the airfield. Icy conditions have caused a 20,000-pound truck to crash and a billiondollar aircraft may not be safe to fly.there’s an invasion from a wild moose, while CBP intercept a consignment of counterfeit goods.
attempt to confirm if they’ve uncovered new evidence of the Yeti.
GARTH & TRISHA LIVE! A HOLIDAY CONCERT EVENT
CBS, 8:30 p.m. Live Following up on the success of their CBS concert special in spring of this year, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood perform live by request from their home recording studio, Studio G, singing songs of the season for viewers looking for the comfort and shared joy of music during the holidays.