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TV HIGHLIGHTS

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SERIES

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks Polly is taken prisoner by rebels, who are planning to use the Daleks to take control in this animated resurrecti­on of early episodes of the classic British science fiction series. 8:25 p.m. BBC America Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency Back in the premiere episode, Todd Brotzman (Elijah Wood) stumbled across his doppelgang­er in a hotel corridor. In this new episode, Todd and Dirk (Samuel Barnett) have escaped danger by traveling backward in time, where they make a horrifying discovery. 9 p.m. BBC America The Graham Norton Show Tom Hanks, Gemma Arterton, Joseph GordonLevi­tt and Olympian Mo Farah are guests in this new episode. Olly Murs performs. 10 p.m. BBC America

SPECIALS

Pearl Harbor: 75 Years Later This new special revisits the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, exploring both familiar and lesser-known stories from the day that “lives in infamy.” 9 p.m. History

MOVIES

It’s a Wonderful Life Smalltown guy George Bailey (James Stewart) defers one big dream after another to stay home, marry a local girl (Donna Reed) and run the family business in director Frank Capra’s 1946 holiday classic. 8 p.m. NBC A Dream of Christmas Call it “It’s a Not So Wonderful Life.” This new holiday fantasy stars Nikki Deloach as an ambitious but unhappily married woman who fantasizes about being single, then awakens to find her wish granted. 8 p.m. Hallmark Heaven Sent A couple (Christian Kane and Marley Shelton) approach the holiday season with dread as their marriage seems to be teetering on the brink of collapse until an 8-yearold runaway angel (Mallory James Mahoney) arrives and tries to reawaken their love for each other in this new TV fantasy. 8 p.m. Lifetime The Hateful Eight Quentin Tarantino directs this 2015 “revisionis­t Western” about eight strangers in post-Civil War Wyoming, whose lives intersect at a stagecoach stop when they seek shelter from a blizzard. The cast includes Kurt Russell, Samuel L. Jackson and Jennifer Jason Leigh. 8 p.m. Showtime

Westworld (1973) 9 a.m. Syfy Grandma (2015) 10:30 a.m.

Starz The LEGO Movie (2014) 11

a.m. TBS Paddington (2014) 11:30 a.m.

TMC The Good Dinosaur (2015)

1:25 p.m. Starz Every Christmas Has a Story (2016) 6 p.m. Hallmark

WEEKEND TALK SATURDAY

Good Morning America (N)

7 a.m. KABC SUNDAY Good Morning America (N)

6 a.m. KABC State of the Union Kellyanne Conway, Trump for President ; Robby Mook, Hillary for America. (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN CBS News Sunday Morning Keith Richard and Mick Jagger; Billy Bob Thornton. (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS, Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace Trump transition and cabinet picks: Kellyanne Conway, Trump advisor. Meeting between Clinton and Trump staffs: Joel Benenson, Clinton campaign. Presidenti­al Candidate Jill Stein (Green). Rick Yount, Warrior Canine Connection. Panel: Kimberley Strassel; Lisa Lerer; Monica Crowley; Juan Williams. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m., 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. FNC Fareed Zakaria GPS Populism in the U.S. and abroad; upcoming elections in Italy, France, and Austria: Melissa Bell; Ian Buruma; Thomas Friedman; Nadia Urbinati. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN Face the Nation Reince Priebus. Leon Panetta. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.). House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco). Panel: Susan Page, USA Today; Audie Cornish, NPR; Dan Balz, the Washington Post; Reihan Salam. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS Meet the Press (N) 8 a.m. KNBC; 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. MSNBC This Week With George Stephanopo­ulos Vice President-elect Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.). Former CIA Director David Petraeus. Panel: David Axelrod; Alex Castellano­s; Matthew Dowd; Sara Fagen. (N) 8 a.m. KABC Reliable Sources Covering Trump’s tweets; should Trump should ignore the media? Salena Zito; John Huey; Frank Sesno; David Zurawik. Coverage of North Dakota pipeline protests: Amy Goodman. Voters’ feelings one month after the election: Van Jones. (N) 8 a.m. CNN MediaBuzz Coverage of Trump’s transition; meeting between Clinton and Trump staffs; President Obama’s interview with Rolling Stone: Erin McPike; Sarah Isgur Flores; Michael Tomasky, the Daily Beast; former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.); Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner; Mark Feldstein; Charles Gasparino. (N) 8 a.m. FNC 60 Minutes Tax reform: Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.); Joe Max Higgins, Golden Triangle Developmen­t Link; driveby lawsuits. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS

 ?? Andrew Cooper ?? THE WEST is wintry and wild in “The Hateful Eight” on Showtime. With Samuel L. Jackson.
Andrew Cooper THE WEST is wintry and wild in “The Hateful Eight” on Showtime. With Samuel L. Jackson.

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