TV TOP PICKS

6 p.m. on HALL Movie:

Sugar Plum Twist

A beloved Christmas ballet gets a Latinx twist in this new yuletide offering starring Laura Rosguer as aspiring ballerina Viviana Serrano, who is crushed when she doesn’t get cast in her dream role as the Sugar Plum Fairy in an upcoming production of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. Determined not to abandon hope, she turns to Natalia (Jamie Grey Hyder, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), a retiree from the New York Ballet. Together, they draw on Vivi’s Latin dance training to create a new variation on a dance classic.

6 p.m. on LIFE Movie:

Mistletoe in Montana Melissa Joan Hart is both executive producer and star of this holiday romance, which casts her as Merry, the owner of Paradise Ranch, where city slickers go to play vacation cowboys and cowgirls. She’s a successful businesswoman, but romance? Not so much. That may be about to change with the arrival of handsome single father Mark Aguilar (Duane Henry, NCIS), who arrives for a visit with his two kids. Jamey Sheridan and Michael Grant Terry (Bones) head a superior supporting cast.

7 p.m. on NBC Movie:

Sing

A stellar voice cast headed by Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane and Scarlett Johansson sparkles in this infectiously entertaining 2016 CGI-animated family film, about an assortment of animals who gather at a koala’s theater for a singing competition. John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton, Jennifer Saunders, Jennifer Hudson and Peter Serafinowicz also lend their vocal talents to the movie, which grossed more than $632 million at the worldwide box office.

7 p.m. on CW

The 89th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade

Sleigh rides and snowball fights are rarely a part of Christmas time in Southern California, but that doesn’t mean Tinseltown is lacking when it comes to the “most wonderful time of the year.” Erik Estrada, Laura McKenzie, Dean Cain and Montel Williams join co-host Elizabeth Stanton, pictured, for this two-hour coverage of an annual Hollywood event that showcases celebrities from the big and small screens, movie cars, marching bands, plus literally larger-than-life character balloons and colorful floats.