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Sunday

“The Outpost”: The CW, 9 p.m. Talon (Jessica Green) and Zed (Reece Ritchie) learn painful truths about their relatives. Tobin (Aaron Fontaine) makes a heroic rescue and Yavalla’s (Jaye Griffiths) horde grows as the Outpost prepares for battle. “Restaurant Hustle 2020: All on the Line”: Food Network, 9 p.m. Executive produced by Guy Fieri and shot in part by chefs Maneet Chauhan, Antonia Lofaso, Christian Petroni and Marcus Samuelsson, this fascinating doc explores COVID’S crippling effect on the restaurant biz and how the foodie community has come together to weather the pandemic.

“On the Case With Paula Zahn”: Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m. When a 15-yearold girl vanishes from her front porch, police must uncover when she was last seen, where she might have been going and who would have wanted her dead.

Monday

“Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love”: NBC, 8 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.

“Kids Baking Championship”: Food Network, 9 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. “L.A.’S Finest”: Fox, 9 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.”

“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.

Tuesday

“Popstar’s Best of 2020”: The CW, 8 p.m. Host Elizabeth Stanton will count down the greatest and most memorable moments and trends of 2020.

“American Masters: Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page”: PBS, 9 p.m. This documentary presents an unvarnished look at Laura Ingalls Wilder, whose autobiographical fiction helped shape American ideas of the frontier and self-reliance. A Midwestern farm woman who published her first novel at age 65, Wilder turned her frontier childhood into the bestselling “Little House” series. Featuring never-before-published letters, photographs and family artifacts, this film explores the context in which Wilder lived and wrote, as well as the true nature of her personality. Historians, scholars and fans provide additional perspectives on Wilder’s life and legacy, and actors from the beloved TV series “Little House on the Prairie” — Melissa Gilbert, Alison Arngrim and Dean Butler — also offer insights.

“Master Distiller”: Discovery Channel, 9 p.m. Season premiere. The spirits-making competition show is back and boozier than ever with an all new season featuring three competitors, three judges — Mark, Digger and Tim from Discovery’s Moonshiners — and one winning spirit. Facing all new challenges — from distilling navy-strength rum and vodka, to creating George Washington’s famous rye recipe — the best legal and outlaw distillers from across the country will go head-tohead in the ultimate boozemaking competition.

“Nurses”: NBC, 9 p.m. If you missed them in previews that NBC aired earlier this month, check out the first two episodes of this Canadian medical drama before it picks up with new episodes beginning Jan. 5, in its regular Tuesday night time slot following “This Is Us.”

“Streets of Dreams With Marcus Lemonis”: CNBC, 10 p.m. New series. The host travels to the most iconic streets in the U.S. to explore the businesses that made them destinations. This week,

Wednesday

“The Godfather” Marathon: AMC, 5:30 p.m. A marathon of Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather trilogy? That’s an offer we can’t refuse. Settle in for Al Pacino in his brilliant rise and fall as Michael Corleone in the 1972 original, 1974’s “Part II” and 1990’s “Part III.”

“The Big Bang Theory”: TBS, 7 p.m. Relive the 2007 premiere of the series that signed off 12 years later as TV’S No. 1 sitcom. The episode’s premise is simple — geeky roommates and socially awkward physicists Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) and Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki) befriend their hot new neighbor, Penny (Kaley Cuoco) — but the jokes are sharp. The pilot sets up many of the bits that recur throughout the show’s run: Sheldon sharing random facts and always needing to sit in “his spot” on the couch; the apartment building’s broken elevator; the inability of their shy friend Raj (Kunal Nayyar) to talk to girls without being drunk (until Season 6). It also references the Nobel Prize, which Sheldon would go on to win in the series finale (sharing it with his then-wife, Mayim Bialik’s Amy). Perhaps most telling, though, is one of Sheldon’s final lines to his smitten roommate about Penny. “You’re not done with her, are you?” he asks Leonard, setting up one of broadcast TV’S best, and funniest, romances.

“Heroes on the Front Line”: The CW, 8 p.m. Hosted by Dean Cain, the one-hour television event celebrates the on-the-ground heroes who dared to make a difference in the midst of the unprecedented and unforeseen worldwide pandemic.

“Married at First Sight: Season 12 Matchmaking Special”: Lifetime, 8 p.m. Ahead of the reality hit’s Jan. 13 return, learn how the five new couples — including the show’s oldest (38) and first divorced grooms — were cast.

“Trafficked With Mariana Van Zeller”: Nat Geo, 9 p.m. Journalist Mariana van Zeller retraces one of the world’s most intractable smuggling routes, following cocaine’s path from a remote Peruvian valley through Colombia’s Caribbean coast, all the way to the streets of Miami. Despite the decades-long U.S. war on drugs, cocaine production is at an all-time high, and Mariana meets some of the makers, smugglers, drivers and teenage backpackers who risk their lives to deliver America’s favorite party drug.

Thursday

New Year’s Eve Stephen King Marathon: HDNET Movies, beginning at 6 a.m. Stephen King stories are a hot property in film and television nowadays, but this is not the first time Hollywood has been drawn to the horror master. In the 1980s and ’90s, adaptations of King works frequently appeared in movie theaters, and you can ring in the new year by watching several of those in today’s nearly 24-hour marathon. Tune in for Stephen King’s “Graveyard Shift” (1990), Stephen King’s “Thinner” (1996), “Silver Bullet” (1985), “Cujo” (1983), “Pet Sematary” (1989) and “The Dead Zone” (1983). Some films air more than once.

“North America” Marathon: Discovery Channel, beginning at 9 a.m. Discovery airs a five-hour marathon of episodes from this natural history series that takes viewers on a journey to explore the wildlife existing in the varied environments around North America, including the frigid Yukon Territory, the lush forests of Belize, the snowcapped Rocky Mountains and the barren deserts of the American Southwest.

“Fox’s New Year’s Eve Toast & Roast 2021”: Fox, 8 p.m.

Live. Ken Jeong and Joel Mchale are teaming up to kiss 2020 goodbye in this New Year’s Eve special.

“Fear Thy Roommate”: Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.

New series. This series takes viewers behind the closed doors of strangers, proving that you never really know what someone is like until you live with them. Each episode follows two people who take the blind leap of faith and decide to move in with a relative stranger. It seems like a great idea at first, but then small disagreements about dirty dishes and empty milk cartons bring out the worst in one another. Before long, they learn how quickly the festering animosity can morph into fear and loathing when nothing separates you but a few inches of drywall. The tension escalates until disagreements erupt into acts of violence.

“United in Song: Celebrating the Resilience of America”: PBS, 8 p.m. As part of a national PBS broadcast for New Year’s Eve, these performances, filmed at George Washington’s Mount Vernon as well as at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, encourage our nation to come together and celebrate our irrepressible strength as Americans. From the enormity of COVID-19 to the significant presence of social injustice, this special evening brings us together in the ever-present pursuit of our uniting as one America.

“NBC New Year’s Eve”: NBC, 10 p.m. (Part 1); 11:30 p.m. (Part 2) NBC kicks off the new year with a star-studded lineup of musical guests for an evening of holiday fun airing in two parts. The broadcast will feature performances from across the country by AJR, Busta Rhymes featuring Anderson .Paak, Chloe x Halle, CNCO, Jason Derulo, Goo Goo Dolls, Kylie Minogue, Pentatonix, Bebe Rexha featuring Doja Cat, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and Sting featuring Shirazee. Carson Daly will return to host live from the heart of Times Square. Joining Daly as co-hosts will be Amber Ruffin and Stephen “twitch” Boss. After breaking for local news, the special will resume in Part 2 for the final countdown to Times Square’s iconic ball-drop; due to the pandemic, there will be no public access to this event, so watching at home will be everyone’s best option.

Friday

“Gold Rush” Marathon: Discovery Channel, beginning at 9 a.m. Eleven hours of episodes from Discovery’s top series, which follows seasoned gold miners seeking the next big claim, air today, leading into a new episode of the series this evening.

“The Rose Parade’s New Year’s Celebration”: ABC/ Hallmark CHANNEL/NBC/RFDTV, 11 a.m. Live. The longtime annual New Year’s Day favorite Tournament of Roses Parade has been canceled due to the pandemic, but organizers have planned this two-hour special airing across various networks. It features a reimagined New Year’s celebration, including live-to-tape musical and marching band performances, heartwarming segments related to the Rose Parade, celebrity guest appearances, special Rose Bowl game football highlights, equestrians, spectacular floats from years past, a behind-the-scenes look into the making of a float and more. Specific details on performances and celebrities were not announced at press time. Start time varies by network.

“Doctor Who”: BBC America, 8 p.m. New Year’s Day brings the action-packed “Doctor Who” holiday special “Revolution of the Daleks.” With the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) locked up in an alien prison, Yaz (Mandip Gill), Ryan (Tosin Cole) and Graham (Bradley Walsh) are back on Earth trying to carry on without her. But they soon discover a disturbing plan that involves a Dalek. John Barrowman MBE reprises his role as Capt. Jack Harkness.

Saturday

“Kidnapped in Paradise”: Lifetime, 8 p.m. Original film. Savannah Duke-morgan (Claire van der Boom) realizes her lifetime dream to bring her husband Brad (Todd Lasance) and her 5-year-old daughter Aria (Molly Wright) back to her birthplace on the Gold Coast of Australia until it turns into her worst nightmare when Aria goes missing from the resort. Suspicions point everywhere, but ultimately the dangerous, heart-pounding race to find the little girl alive culminates with an amazing secret.