What towatch MONDAY
All times Central. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
Jeopardy!
Syndicated, check local listings
In memory of longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, who died Nov. 8 at the age of 80, 10 of his best episodes will air across this week and next.
General Hospital ABC, 2 p.m.
Jason (Steve Burton) has trouble reconnecting with Sonny (Maurice Benard). Carly introduces Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) to baby Donna. Laura (Genie Francis) scoffs at the notion that she and Cyrus (Jeff Kober) have anything in common. Peter (Wes Ramsey) and Maxie (Kirsten Storms) find out the sex of their unborn child. Finn (Michael Easton) is roped into a spontaneous poker game with Chase (Josh Swickard).
College Football: Myrtle Beach Bowl
ESPN, 1:30 p.m. Live
ESPN has coverage of the Myrtle Beach
Bowl from Brooks Stadium in Conway, South Carolina.
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
The CW, 7 p.m.
Based on the hit song that became a worldwide holiday phenomenon, this goofy and heartwarming adventure features young Jake Spankenheimer on the quest of a lifetime to track his missing grandma down on Christmas Eve to prove that Santa Claus is indeed real. Michele Lee provides the voice of Jake’s greedy cousin Mel, and recording artist Elmo Shropshire provides the narration.
NFL Football: Pittsburgh at Cincinnati
ESPN, 7 p.m. Live
AFC North rivals battle at Cincinnati’s Paul Brown Stadium as Ben Roethlisberger leads
the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Bengals on Monday Night Football.
neXt
FOX, 7 p.m.
In the new episode “File #8,” neXt continues to wreak havoc around the world. LeBlanc (John Slattery) decides to plant a virus on the neXt server, but he must break into ZAVA in order to do it.
Spotlight on Christmas
Lifetime, 7 p.m. Original Film
Dumped two weeks before Christmas, actress Olivia O’Hara (Tori Anderson) secretly returns to her tiny hometown to hide out, eat cookies and avoid the press. What she doesn’t expect is to be faced with the family she left behind, meet a charming new guy, Casey Rawlins (Victor Zinck Jr.), and have a nosy reporter following her every move. Completely overwhelmed, Olivia contemplates running away from her life once again, but with a newfound confidence and freedom, she bravely steps up to take the starring role in her own life, realizing that home is where the heart is and that she deserves to be loved for exactly who she really is.
Dr. Seuss’
The GrinchMusical! NBC, 7 p.m.
Dr. Seuss’ beloved classic children’s book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! has become a Christmas staple for generations. This musical version, with book and lyrics by Timothy Mason and music by Mel Marvin and featuring the hit songs “You’re a Mean One,
Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas” (by Albert Hague and Dr. Seuss), breathes new life into this timeless story. This fun-filled twohour production will air from the Troubadour Theatre in London and stars Matthew Morrison (Glee) as the Grinch.
Cosmos: PossibleWorlds
FOX, 8 p.m. Season Finale
In the season-finale episode “Seven Wonders of the New World,” travel to the future and the dazzling pavilions of the 2039 New York World’s Fair, where problems currently considered intractable may have been solved through public commitment and scientific imagination.
Twisted Sisters
Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m. Season Finale
In “The Patio Door,” sisters Dakota and Sidnee are very similar, and their similarity creates a particularly vicious rivalry. The sisters live in a small town where there’s no getting away from one another, which only makes things worse. Eventually one of the sisters lures a local teenage gang into a plot that leads to murder.
Paranormal Declassified
Travel Channel, 9 p.m. New Series
In the premiere episode of this series that explores the unexplained, host Paul Beban sets out to bring the truth about sea monsters to the surface. After exposing a U.S. Navy encounter with an unclassified creature in a Caribbean trench, Paul tracks a similar one said to be hiding in the dark depths of Vermont’s Lake Champlain.