What to watch THURSDAY
December 8, 2022
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A Miracle Before Christmas
BET+ ■ Original Film
With a little help from an angel, Mercedes
Wright (LeToya Luckett), a fast-talking popular relationship therapist with all the answers when it comes to fixing everyone else’s marriage, must now use the magic of Christmas to find the secret that will save her own. Romeo Miller and Keith David co-star. The film will make its linear premiere Dec. 23 on BET and BET Her.
Doom Patrol
HBO Max ■ Season Premiere
As Season Four of this DC superhero series begins, the team unexpectedly travels to the future to find an unwelcome surprise. Faced with their imminent demise, the Doom Patrol must decide once and for all which is more important: their own happiness or the fate of the world. The first two episodes are available today, and subsequent new episodes will drop Thursdays through Jan. 5. An additional six new Season Four episodes
will be released in 2023.
Young Sheldon
CBS, 7 p.m.
Sheldon’s (Iain Armitage) database invention puts him at odds with the university in the new episode “Legalese and a Whole Hoo-Ha.”
Hell’s Kitchen FOX, 7 p.m.
In the new episode “Putting the Carne in Carnival,” the remaining chefs compete in carnival games to win a major advantage in the challenge: cooking an amazing steak that
will impress Chef Ramsay.
Scentsational Christmas
Lifetime, 7 p.m. ■ Original Film Perfumer Ellie Reddy (Nazneen Contractor) must invent an impressive new holiday scent for her boss, so she returns home for
Christmas to find inspiration. There, she meets a handsome writer (Mykee Selkin) who is staying at her father’s (Sugith Varughese) historic property, and the two hit it off, all while saving her father’s struggling
business.
Law & Order NBC, 7 p.m.
A suspect arrested for murder escapes police custody after months of waiting for his day in court; as a hostage situation erupts, Shaw (Mehcad Brooks) must re-examine his
conduct as the arresting officer; and Price (Hugh Dancy) questions his faith in the justice system. Following this episode, Law & Order will be on hiatus, returning Jan. 5.
CMA Country Christmas ABC, 8 p.m.
Returning for its 13th year, the Nashville-set special will feature country music’s hottest artists for an intimate night of holiday classics.
Welcome to Flatch FOX, 8 p.m.
In the new holiday episode “O Come, All Ye Flatchful,” Barb (Jaime Pressly) gets into the Christmas spirit by holding auditions for her
own “Barbieshop” quartet.
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah Comedy Central, 10 p.m.
Seven years after succeeding Jon Stewart, Noah, prepping to put stand-up shoes back on, wraps his lauded late-night run.