TV TOP PICKS
6 p.m. on HALL Movie: Pride, Prejudice and Mistletoe
When financial adviser Darcy Fitzwilliam (Danica McKellar, The
Wonder Years) comes home for the holidays, she’s immediately swept up in a social whirlwind that throws her back in contact with an old high school nemesis, Luke Bennett (Brendan Penny). As the two work together to help Darcy’s mother (Sherry Miller) plan a charity gala. Morgan David Jones also stars in this 2018 romance, freely adapted from a Jane Austen classic.
6 p.m. on LIFE Movie: Poinsettias for Christmas
With mere weeks to go before Christmas, Ellie Palmer (Bethany Joy Lenz) gets an urgent call to return home for an emergency at the family’s long-established poinsettia farm. Her father (John Schneider) has landed a plum deal for the farm to provide poinsettias for her hometown’s annual Christmas parade. The problem: None of the poinsettias has even started to turn red yet.
7 p.m. on NBC Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Since its first airing in 1966, this adaptation of the Dr. Seuss children’s book has evolved into an annual holiday viewing tradition. Legendary animator Chuck Jones directed the story about a green-skinned grouch who sets out to spoil Christmas for the citizens of Whoville, pictured.
7 p.m. on CBS Frosty the Snowman
In this animated classic, Jackie Vernon provides the voice of Frosty, the legendary snowman with a corncob pipe and a button nose. Frosty comes to life when a magician’s hat lands on his head. He heads for the North Pole before he melts — but he’s pursued by the magician, who wants his hat back.
9 p.m. on PBS Great Performances
The new episode “Harold Prince: The Director’s Life” profiles the esteemed director and producer whose seven decades in the theater have earned him more Tony Awards (21) than any other individual and credits on such landmark shows as West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, and The Phantom of the Opera. Stephen Sondheim, Mandy Patinkin and Angela Lansbury are among the interviewees sharing their insights into this Broadway titan.