What to watch MONDAY NFL Football: Buffalo at New England L.A.’s Finest
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ESPN, 7 p.m. Live
The season finale of Monday Night Football has a Week 16 AFC East rivalry game between the Buffalo Bills and the New England
Patriots at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love
NBC, 7 p.m.
This 2016 TV film followed 2015’s Coat of
Many Colors and is the next chapter in the life of young Dolly Parton. The film delivers Christmas joy and peril as an unexpected blizzard threatens the Parton family, while at the same time Dolly’s father (and his kids) make sacrifices to raise enough money to finally buy his loving wife the wedding ring he could never afford to give her. Meanwhile, an important person in little Dolly’s life begins to see that her amazing voice and musical gift might just be made for something bigger than rural Tennessee. Jennifer Nettles, Ricky Schroder, Alyvia Alyn Lind and Gerald McRaney star in the film, which also features a special appearance from Parton as the Painted Lady.
Atlanta Justice Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m. New Series
The Atlanta Homicide Unit consistently has one of the highest clearance rates in the country, but no one solves a murder by themselves — it takes a skilled and devoted team to identify, catch and prosecute killers. Members of this elite and dedicated team include Detectives Nicole Redlinger and J.D. Stephens, and prosecutors Leif Howard and Tanya Miller. This series immerses viewers into the world of these big-city detectives and prosecutors as they work to solve some of Atlanta’s most baffling crimes.
FOX, 8 p.m.
As Syd (Gabrielle Union) and McKenna (Jessica Alba) finally close in on Gabriel
Knox, a shocking revelation makes their fight more personal than ever in the new episode “Armageddon.”
Dr. Pimple Popper Season Premiere
TLC, 8 p.m.
This new season features Dr. Lee’s most challenging cases to date, which were introduced in Before the Pop, which aired earlier this year and focused on telemedicine appointments due to the pandemic. Some of the cases are so extreme, Dr. Lee teams up with specialists in order to provide the best outcome possible, including for an adorable 8-year-old girl — the youngest patient yet on the series — with an extreme case of psoriasis who would like to be a dermatologist when she grows up; a man with severe keloids on the back of his head and scalp; and an incredibly rare case of nevus sebaceous that covers much of a woman’s face.
Kids Baking Championship
Food Network, 8 p.m. Season Premiere A dozen young chefs with mad cooking skills (and, most likely, curfews) compete for $25,000 in the latest 10-week competition chaperoned by hosting judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman. That is one hefty allowance!
His Dark Materials
HBO, 8 p.m. Season Finale
In Season 2’s fantastical conclusion, aeronaut Lee Scoresby (Lin-Manuel Miranda) wants to fulfill his quest and help young adventurer Lyra (Dafne Keen) — no matter what.
World’s Most Unexplained
Travel Channel, 8 p.m.
In “Supernatural Sightings,” experts investigate reports of moving Virgin Mary statues in Ireland and question whether the stigmata phenomenon is a miracle or hoax.
Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain PBS, 9 p.m.
This film chronicles Jordan’s modest origins through his rise to national renown as a pioneering attorney, businessman, civil rights leader and counselor to presidents spanning the eras from LBJ to Barack Obama.