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TV HIGHLIGHTS

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SERIES

The Toy Box The finalists from each episode return, and the young judges decide who wins the $100,000 prize in the season finale. 10 a.m. ABC Saturday Night Live James Franco (“The Disaster Artist”) hosts, with musical guest SZA. 8:29 and 11:29 p.m. NBC Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency The Mage (John Hannah) puts his endgame into play, forcing Dirk’s (Samuel Barnett) band of heroes to confront the villains who have been shadowing and harassing them. Todd and Amanda (Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks) set aside their difference­s to help. 9 p.m. BBC America The Graham Norton Show Musicians Elton John and Robbie Williams are joined by actors Carey Mulligan and Stephen Fry. Pink performs. 10 p.m. BBC America

SPECIALS

Heisman Trophy Presentati­on This year’s finalists include last year’s winner Lamar Jackson of Louisville, Stanford running back Bryce Love and this year’s favorite Oklahoma quarterbac­k Baker Mayfield. Chris Fowler hosts. 5 p.m. ESPN The Christmas Trap A couple on the brink of divorce get trapped together in an elevator on Christmas Eve in this new holiday short. 10:02 p.m. Lifetime

MOVIES

Mary Poppins Julie Andrews received an Oscar for her portrayal of the practicall­y perfect nanny who arrives at the the Banks household in this 1964 Disney musical. (“Mary Poppins Returns,” starring Emily Blunt, will be released next year.) 8 p.m. ABC The Christmas Cottage A designer (Merritt Patterson) is maid of honor in her friend Ava’s (Brittney Wilson) wedding and is partnered with an old flame (Steve Lund) in decorating the honeymoon cottage in this new holiday romance. 8 p.m. Hallmark Logan Set in 2029, this 2017 installmen­t in the “XMen” film series finds Hugh Jackman returning to his role as Wolverine, a little older and more world-weary, protecting his biological daughter (Dafne Keen), and his old friend and former mentor Professor X (Patrick Stewart). 8 p.m. HBO Christmas in Mississipp­i Returning home to Gulfport, Miss., for a holiday festival, a photograph­er (Jana Kramer) has second thoughts when she discovers her former high school sweetheart (Wes Brown) is running the celebratio­n in this Christmas romance. 8 p.m. Lifetime Snowmance (2017) 8 a.m.

and 11 a.m. KPXN Toy Story 2 (1999) 1:15 p.m.

Freeform The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) 3 p.m. KCOP Toy Story 3 (2010) 3:25 p.m.

Freeform Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) 4

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WEEKEND TALK

SATURDAY Good Morning America (N)

7 a.m. KABC SUNDAY Good Morning America (N)

6 a.m. KABC State of the Union With Jake Tapper Topics: Jerusalem: U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley. Alabama special election: Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.). Russia investigat­ion: Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank). Panel: Amanda Carpente; Bakari Sellers; Nina Turner; Marc Lotter. (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN CBS News Sunday Morning Judd Apatow. (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.); Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.). Ben Shapiro. Panel: Newt Gingrich; Rachael Bade; Michael Needham; Charles Lane. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m., 7 and 11 p.m. FNC Fareed Zakaria GPS Jerusalem: Hanan Ashrawi; Dore Gold; Richard Haass. Trump’s Jerusalem announceme­nt; North Korea: U.N. Secretary General António Guterres. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN Face the Nation Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine). Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). Foreign policy: Michael O’Hanlon; Kori Schake. Panel: Molly Ball; Margaret Brennan; Lanhee Chen; Ed O’Keefe. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS Meet the Press Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.). Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.). Panel: Cornell Belcher; David Brooks, the New York Times; Hallie Jackson; Peggy Noonan. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC; 3 p.m. MSNBC This Week (N) 8 a.m. KABC Reliable Sources The effort to discredit Robert Mueller: Carl Bernstein; Elaina Plott; David Frum. Alabama special election: Dale Jackson, WVNN, Huntsville, Alabama; Kyle Whitmire, Alabama Media Group. Russia retaliates against U.S. news outlets: Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.). David Axelrod. (N) 8 a.m. CNN MediaBuzz Sexual misconduct allegation­s; the resignatio­ns; Russia investigat­ion: Co-authors David Bossie and Corey Lewandowsk­i (“Let Trump Be Trump”); Mollie Hemingway; Jessica Tarlov; Mara Liasson; Brent Lang, Variety. (N) 8 a.m. and Midnight FNC 60 Minutes Russian political activist and presidenti­al candidate Alexei Navalny; Donald Sutherland (“The Leisure Seeker”); Jerry Brown. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS

 ?? Rosalind O'Connor NBC ?? JAMES FRANCO (“The Disaster Artist”) guest hosts “Saturday Night Live” on NBC.
Rosalind O'Connor NBC JAMES FRANCO (“The Disaster Artist”) guest hosts “Saturday Night Live” on NBC.

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