TV HIGHLIGHTS
SERIES
Cajun Aces Married chefs Sam and Cody Carroll develop and introduce new dishes at their restaurant in the two-episode premiere of this unscripted series. 8 and 8:30 p.m. Food Network Saturday Night Live Saoirse Ronan (“Lady Bird”) hosts, and U2 is the musical guest. 8:29 and 11:29 p.m. NBC Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency As their enemies converge from all sides, Dirk (Samuel Barnett) has to shake off his insecurity and take charge to save bickering Todd and Amanda (Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks) from certain death. 9 p.m. BBC America The Graham Norton Show Mel Gibson, Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, John Lithgow and Shirley Ballas are guests and Kesha performs. 10 p.m. BBC America
SPECIALS
Michelle Wolf: Nice Lady The comic and writer, best known for her work as a correspondent on “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah,” gets her first stand-up special, taped at the Skirball Cultural Center. 9 p.m. HBO The Ugly Christmas Sweater A woman hopes to make a good impression with her new boss and the cute guy in her cubicle but has to wear an ugly sweater that she got from her eccentric grandmother in this new holiday short. 10:02 p.m. Lifetime
MOVIES
Christmas in Evergreen Based on an art collection by Hallmark Cards illustrator Geoff Greenleaf, this new holiday fantasy stars Ashley Williams as a veterinarian whose Christmas plans are disrupted by a handsome traveler (Teddy Sears) whose little girl (Jaeda Lily Miller) makes a wish on a magic snow globe that summons a heavy snowstorm, shutting down all travel out of a picturesque Vermont town. Holly Robinson Peete and Barbara Niven also star. 8 p.m. Hallmark Four Christmases and a Wedding An event planner (Arielle Kebbel) who has given up on finding love, gets a surprise while running her small town’s Christmas festival. Corey Sevier and Markie Post also star in this new holiday romance. 8 p.m. Lifetime Black Sabbath: The End of the End (2017) 9 a.m. Showtime Wreck-It Ralph (2012) 10
a.m. and 6 p.m. Disney XD Enchanted Christmas
(2017) 10 a.m. Hallmark Cinderella (2015) 11:45 a.m.
TBS The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — The Touring Years (2016) 12:30 p.m. KPBS Finding Santa (2017) 2 p.m.
Hallmark How to Train Your Dragon
2 (2014) 3 p.m. FX The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) 3:10 p.m. Freeform
WEEKEND TALK
SATURDAY Good Morning America (N)
7 a.m. KABC SUNDAY Good Morning America (N)
6 a.m. KABC State of the Union With Jake Tapper (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN CBS News Sunday Morning A World War II sailor; Carmen de Lavallade; Ashley Graham; Warren Buffett; word of the year. (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace National Security Advisor General H.R. McMaster; Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.). Former Sec. of State George Shultz. Panel 1: Karl Rove; Jennifer Griffin; Jason Chaffetz; Juan Williams. Panel 2: Michele Flournoy; Jack Keane. From the Reagan National Defense Forum (RNDF) in Simi Valley. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m., 7 and 11 p.m. FNC Fareed Zakaria GPS (N) 7
and 10 a.m. CNN Face the Nation Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.); Sen. Angus King (IMaine). White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney. Panel: Ron Brownstein; the Atlantic; Ezra Klein, Vox.Com;Julie Pace, the Associated Press; Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS Meet the Press Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine). Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). Authors Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie (“Let Trump Be Trump”). Panel: Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.; Doris Kearns Goodwin; Mike Murphy; Danielle Pletka. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC; 3 p.m. MSNBC This Week With George Stephanopoulos (N) 8 a.m. KABC Reliable Sources (N) 8 a.m.
CNN MediaBuzz Coverage of Michael Flynn’s guilty plea; coverage of sexual misconduct allegations inside the Beltway; the ouster of NBC’s Matt Lauer: Mollie Hemingway, the Federalist Senior Editor; Shelby Holliday, the Wall Street Journal; Marie Harf; Lynn Sherr; Matthew Belloni, the Hollywood Reporter; Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner; Noah Rothman, Commentary. (N) 8 a.m. and Midnight FNC 60 Minutes A look back at the big moments covered in the show’s five decades on air. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS
SPORTS
NBA Basketball The Clippers visit the Dallas Mavericks, 11 a.m. FS Prime; the Lakers visit the Denver Nuggets 6 p.m. SportsNet NHL Hockey The Ducks visit the Nashville Predators. 5 p.m. FS Prime For more sports on TV, see
the Sports section.