Friday’s BesT PiCks
8 p.m. DSC Gold Rush It’s become a big challenge to get Australia Creek’s gold, so Parker Schnabel decides to cannibalize multiple machines to build a Frankendozer to help him out. Then, a flash flood on the Indian River pushes the Beets, while Rick heads to higher ground.
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When a few social media comments get him into hot water, reclusive author Harrington (Paul Campbell) needs April (Lyndie Greenwood), his publicist, to work hard to spin damage control. In the process, she helps him rediscover the spirit of the holidays.
8 p.m. OXYGEN Homicide for the Holidays As if the holidays weren’t hard enough already, a Texas police officer responds to an alarm for a robbery at a sporting goods store on Christmas Eve. When he arrives, he is gunned down in cold blood, leaving his fellow officers searching for clues.
Shark Tank What better
(10) way to ring in the holidays than with Barbara, Mark, Lori, Robert, Daymond and Kevin? The Sharks hope to share their holiday cheer with four new
8 p.m. HALL Movie :Magic in Mistletoe
prospective entrepreneurs. Can these possible innovators impress the festive Sharks?
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Illusionist duo Penn and Teller usually command the stage, but find themselves in the audience to watch as aspiring magicians try their best to impress. Featured magicians include Ramo and Alegria, Bryan Saint, Sion and Vilgot Michelin.
9 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives An amazing food truck in Mobile, Ala., is serving next-level tacos, while an Indian restaurant in Alberta, Canada, is serving street food with flair. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, a vegan joint puts a spin on Bolognese, forcing Guy into a flavor overload.
9 p.m. Raid the Cage The concept
(4) of good cheer goes out the window when two teams go face-to-face to grab prizes from the cage before their time runs out and the doors slam shut in this holiday episode. This time a father-daughter team takes on married college sweethearts.
10 p.m. TCM Movie :Holiday Katharine
Hepburn leads in this classic film from
8 p.m. Penn & Teller: Fool Us
1938, starring as tomboy New York socialite Linda Seton, who can’t stop herself from flirting with her stuffy sister Julia’s (Doris Nolan) darling fiancé (Cary Grant). Jean Dixon and Lew Ayres also star.
10 p.m. AETV Murder in the 21st In this season finale, a community is left stunned by the disappearance of an outgoing, social media savvy, 15-yearold girl. The town is unsure about what happened, and as her friends and family search, a local hangout might hold the clues to her demise.