TV HIGHLIGHTS
SERIES
When Calls the Heart This drama set in a small Canadian mining town in the early 20th century returns with a 90-minute Christmas episode. With Erin Krakow, Daniel Lissing, Lori Loughlin and Jack Wagner. 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel Call the Midwife The imported period drama about nurses and nuns who deliver babies in London’s gritty East End offers its holiday episode. Jessica Raine and Jenny Agutter star. 9 p.m. KOCE Doctor Who The Twelfth Doctor (the departing Peter Capaldi) faces regeneration but isn’t ready to go just yet in “Twice Upon a Time,” the venerable British sci-fi drama’s Christmas episode. Pearl Mackie and “Game of Thrones’ ” David Bradley also star. 9 p.m. BBC America
SPECIALS
The KTLA Yule Log Images of a roaring fire are accompanied by Christmas music supplied by local radio station KOST-FM. 6 a.m. KTLA Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration Julianne Hough, Nick Lachey and Jesse Palmer are the hosts, and Ciara, Darius Rucker, Fifth Harmony, Fitz and the Tantrums, Jason Derulo and “Glee’s” Lea Michele perform. 9 a.m. KABC An American Journey Fox News anchor Jon Scott revisits some lesser-known episodes in U.S. history, including the 1900 hurricane that nearly destroyed Galveston, Texas, in this new special. 4 and 9 p.m. Fox News Channel Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas Boris Karloff narrates the animated classic. 8 p.m. ABC A Very Soul Train Christmas Hosts Bill Bellamy and LeToya Luckett present clips of memorable moments from the longrunning music-and-dance show. Midnight BET
MOVIES
A Christmas Story The annual dual marathon of this 1983 comedy continues and concludes. With Peter Billingsley. 6, 8 and 10 a.m., noon, 2, 4 and 6 p.m. TBS; 7, 9 and 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. TNT Scrooged Bill Murray stars as a ruthless TV executive in director Richard Donner’s darkly comic 1988 update of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.”Alfre Woodard, John Forsythe, Carol Kane, John Houseman, Robert Mitchum and Karen Allen also star. 6:15 and 10:45 p.m. SundanceTV Bad Santa Billy Bob Thornton and Tony Cox play crooks who team up to fleece the halls of shopping malls at Christmas time in this foul-mouthed 2003 comedy. Bernie Mac, John Ritter and Lauren Graham also star. 8 and 10 p.m. Comedy Central A Christmas Carol (1984)
10:45 a.m. SundanceTV GoldenEye (1995) 11:20 a.m.
Epix The Shootist (1976) 11:30
a.m. AMC Out of Sight (1998) 12 p.m.
TMC White Christmas (1954) 1:15
p.m. SundanceTV Catch Me if You Can (2002)
2 p.m. HBO Carol (2015) 2 p.m. Showtime National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) 2:35 p.m. Freeform The Shop Around the Corner (1940) 3 p.m. TCM Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 3:45 p.m. Cinemax Miracle on 34th Street
(1947) 4 p.m. SundanceTV Rear Window 5 p.m. TCM
TALK SHOWS
CBS This Morning (N)
7 a.m. KCBS Today Chef Zane Holmquist; chef Lidia Bastianich; Gwen Stefani performs. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC Good Morning America (N)
7 a.m. KABC Good Day LA Chef Olivier Russell; Fred Martin, Compton Kids Club. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV Megyn Kelly Today Faith for the holidays; holiday cooking; Christmas puppies. (N) 9 a.m. KNBC The Ellen DeGeneres Show
11 a.m. KNBC Rachael Ray (N) 2 p.m.
KCOP Dr. Phil 3 p.m. KCBS Conan Bob Newhart; comic Tom Segura; Sheryl Crow. 11 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. TBS The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Zendaya; Billy Crudup; Big Sean and Metro Boomin perform. 11:34 p.m. KNBC The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski; Andy Serkis. 11:35 p.m. KCBS Jimmy Kimmel Live Jennifer Lawrence; Kim Kardashian; Linkin’ Bridge performs. 11:35 p.m. KABC Amanpour on PBS (N) 12:30
a.m. KOCE The Late Late Show With James Corden Miles Teller; comic Whitney Cummings; Fergie performs. 12:37 a.m. KCBS Late Night With Seth Meyers Seth’s parents and brother. 12:37 a.m. KNBC Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m.
KABC
SPORTS
Basketball The 76ers meet the Knicks; the Warriors welcome the Cavaliers; the Wizards challenge the Celtics; the Rockets battle the Thunder; and the Lakers host the Timberwolves. 9 a.m. ESPN; noon, 2:30 and 5 p.m. ABC; 7:30 p.m. TNT Football The Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Houston Texans and the Oakland Raiders face the Philadelphia Eagles. 1:20 p.m. NBC; 5:15 p.m. ESPN