What’s on TV
SERIES
Tyler Perry’s House of Payne Miranda ( Keshia Knight Pulliam) visits Ella ( Cassi Davis) in hopes of running into Calvin ( Lance Gross) in this new episode. 8 p. m. BET Guy’s Grocery Games Former winners Darnell Ferguson, Amber Lancaster and Crista Luedtke participate in a new at- home competition in the first of two new episodes. 8 and 9 p. m. Food Network Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living Sandra ( Tayler Buck) has a sudden change of heart concerning Lindor ( Nicholas Duvernay). 8: 30 p. m. BET The Great Christmas Light Fight The season finale showcases holiday displays in Burbank; Brooklyn; Atlanta and other locations. 9 p. m. ABC Tyler Perry’s Sistas Andi ( Kj Smith) who feels as if she is being punished for dating a married man. 9 p. m. BET
SPECIALS
Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town 8 p. m. ABC and 10: 50 p. m. Freeform Buddy Valastro: Road to Recovery This new documentary charts the baker’s recovery process in the aftermath of a September bowling accident that mangled his right hand. 9 p. m. TLC
SPORTS
College Basketball UCLA visits Oregon, noon ESPN2.
TALK SHOWS
CBS This Morning Dr. Celine Gounder; Elisabeth Rosenthal, Kaiser. ( N) 7 a. m. KCBS Today COVID- 19; Katie Ledecky; Guy Fieri; Marcus Samuelsson; NYC Children’s Choir performs. ( N) 7 a. m. KNBC Good Morning America Laverne Cox; cooking with Jocelyn Delk Adams. ( N) 7 a. m. KABC Live With Kelly and Ryan Jimmy Kimmel; Kal Penn. ( N) 9 a. m. KABC Rachael Ray Ryan Michelle Bathe; Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent. ( N) 10 a. m. KTTV
Amanpour and Company ( N) 11 p. m. KCET; midnight KVCR; 1 a. m. KLCS Nightline ( N) 12: 37 a. m. KABC
MOVIES
Christmas at the Castle A perfume expert f lies to Scotland to acquire a rare fragrance owned by a stubborn aristocrat who doesn’t want to sell. Brooke Burfitt, Dan Jeannotte, Geraldine Somerville and Nicholas Farrell star in this holiday drama. 8 p. m. Lifetime Ad Astra ( 2019) 8: 50 a. m. HBO Ali ( 2001) 9 a. m. TMC Grease ( 1978) 9: 55 a. m. MTV Raiders of the Lost Ark ( 1981) 10: 35 a. m. and 6: 30 p. m. Paramount Holiday in Handcuffs ( 2007) 11: 30 a. m. Freeform Pocketful of Miracles ( 1961) 12: 30 p. m. TCM Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas ( 2009) 1 p. m. KOCE and KPBS; 3: 30 p. m. KVCR The Santa Clause ( 1994) 1: 30 p. m. Freeform Never Rarely Sometimes Always ( 2020) 3: 10 p. m. HBO Ice Age ( 2002) 5: 23 p. m. Encore Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa ( 2008) 6 p. m. Nickelodeon Frozen ( 2013) 6: 48 p. m. Encore