TV Highlights
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SERIES
The Astronauts Elliott ( Bryce Gheisar) tries a team- building exercise using a high- tech camera. 7 p. m. Nickelodeon MacGyver After Russ ( Henry Ian Cusick) is kidnapped, Mac ( Lucas Till) and the team must break someone out of prison to help find him — a murderous psychopath ( Joe Pantoliano), who is now a pacifist. 8 p. m. CBS The Christmas Caroler Challenge The final four compete. 8 p. m. The CW Magnum P. I. Magnum, Higgins and TC ( Jay Hernandez, Perdita Weeks and Stephen Hill) try to pull one over on a Customs agent. 9 p. m. CBS Dateline NBC “The Life and Death of Princess Diana” ( N) 9 p. m. NBC Diners, Drive- Ins and Dives ( N) 9 p. m. Food Network Biggest Little Christmas Showdown. The final teams create miniatures of their dream Christmas vacation cabins. 9 p. m. HGTV Blue Bloods ( N) 10 p. m. CBS The Graham Norton Show ( N) 11 p. m. BBC America
SPECIALS
Olaf ’s Frozen Adventure 8 p. m. ABC Shrek the Halls 8: 30 p. m. ABC You’ll Be Home for Christmas An Oregon real estate agent who moonlights as Santa helps first- time homebuyers. 10 p. m. HGTV
SPORTS
College Football Pac- 12 Championship: Oregon visits USC, 5 p. m. Fox.
TALK SHOWS
CBS This Morning ( N) 7 a. m. KCBS Today COVID- 19; Ringo Starr. ( N) 7 a. m. KNBC Good Morning America Lady A performs; chef Erin Jeanne McDowell. ( N) 7 a. m. KABC Live With Kelly and Ryan Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. ( N) 9 a. m. KABC The View Viola Davis; Darlene Love. ( N) 10 a. m. KABC Home & Family Rachel Boston. ( N) 10 a. m. Hallmark The Talk Eve’s farewell episode; Sienna Miller. ( N) 1 p. m. KCBS Kelly Clarkson Christian Serratos; Carrie Underwood. ( N) 2 p. m. KNBC Washington Week Biden transition; Pete Buttigieg as secretary of Transportation; COVID- 19 vaccine rollout; stimulus deal negotiations: Sue Davis, NPR; Rachel Scott, ABC; Jonathan Swan, Axios. ( N) 7 p. m. and 1 a. m. KOCE The Issue Is ( N) 10: 30 p. m. and 1: 30 a. m. KTTV The Tonight Show Olivia Colman; Lucas Hedges; Barry Gibb; Jhené Aiko; Nas. ( N) 11: 34 p. m. KNBC The Late Show George Clooney; Black Pumas perform. ( N) 11: 35 p. m. KCBS Amanpour ( N) 12: 30 a. m. KCET; 1 a. m. KLCS Nightline ( N) 12: 37 a. m. KABC
MOVIES
Christmas on the Menu A big- city chef ( Kim Shaw) decides to spend Christmas country home where she grew up, and where her mother ( Cynthia Gibb) just opened a new restaurant. A food critic ( Clayton James) shows up to review the eatery in this new holiday romance. 8 p. m. Lifetime