TUESDAY’S BEST PICKS
7:30 PM (TNT) NBA Basketball An intracity rivalry gets another chapter tonight at Barclays Center, where Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets will defend home court from Julius Randle and the New York Knicks. While the Nets have struggled at times on the court and over the controversy surrounding Kyrie Irving, the Knicks have
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8PM (LIFE) MOVIE Saying Yes to Christmas While workaholic
June is back home visiting her family for the holidays, a magic Christmas wish casts a spell that compels her to say “yes” to every invitation she receives. Among them, the sudden reappearance of Blake, an old flame, soon finds its way onto her overcommitted schedule, striking some long-dormant sparks as they spend time together. Erika Prevost and Romaine Waite star in this 2021 yuletide romance.
8PM (TLC) 7 Little Johnstons Trent is forced to re-evaluate his priorities after his father’s declining health causes him to miss their annual Father’s Day gathering in a new episode called “From Croquet to Crochet.” Meanwhile, Anna is hit with the realities of living on her own, and Emma settles into her new solo room.
8PM (TCM) MOVIE Father Goose Cary Grant gives one of his most engaging later performances in this 1964 comedy. The jaunty theme song — “Pass Me By” — says it all for his character, a happily aimless seafarer reluctantly enlisted to help Australia’s navy during World War II. Supposedly alone on a South Seas island, he ends up protecting a teacher (Leslie Caron) and her students, who are on the run from Japanese soldiers. The comedy airs tonight as part of a salute to Grant.
9PM G Riverdale After each of them receives an unsettling visit from a mysterious figure who arrives in town from parts unknown, the gang find themselves confronted with some unwelcome ultimatums, some of which look like no-win scenarios, in the new episode “Chapter Ninety-Eighty: Mr. Cypher.” Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse, Madchen Amick, Casey Cott, Charles Melton, Erinn Westbrook and Drew Ray Tanner star.
9PM (HBO) MOVIE Life of Crime 1984-2020 Filmmaker Jon Alpert’s harrowing 2021 documentary takes an unsparing look at the vicious cycle of drug addiction and related street crime in New Jersey following three principal characters — Robert Steffey, Freddie Rodriguez and Deliris Vasquez — on a relentless ride through the streets and prisons of Newark, the largest city in that state. The story that emerges is one filled with violence, pain and desperation, but also love, courage, redemption and heroism. 9PM (OWN) MOVIE A Chestnut Family Christmas After a talented pastry chef who currently is working as a live-in cook accidentally volunteers to play host to her extended family for the holidays, she poses as a wealthy homeowner, hoping to impress her relatives and remove her longtime reputation as the black sheep of the family in this 2021 romantic comedy. At first, her charade seems to be working, but soon relationships start to unravel as multiple secrets come to light. Meagan Holder and Lamman Rucker star. 9:01 PM (TLC) I Am Jazz Since undergoing her 2018 affirmation surgery to align her body and mind, Jazz Jennings has been through even more life changes, graduating high school as her class valedictorian and subsequently being accepted to Harvard University. Prior to her first semester at that Ivy League school, however, she developed a mental health condition that prompted her to take a gap year. Now, as her groundbreaking reality series returns for a new season, Jazz is preparing for college, although she’s also beginning a new health regimen to shed her pandemic weight gain.
(4:30) U.S. House of Representatives (N) (Live) (cc) Politics and Public Policy Today Special Report FOX News Primetime (N) Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) Hannity (N) (Live) (cc) The Beat With Ari Melber The ReidOut (N) (Live) (cc) All In With Chris Hayes (N) The Rachel Maddow Show Ins. Panthers Panthers NHL Hockey Washington Capitals at Florida Panthers. (N) (Live) (cc) Panthers AVP Pro Beach Volleyball AVP Pro Beach Volleyball College Football Miami at Duke. From Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, N.C. SportsCenter (cc) Top 25 College Basketball College Basketball Duke at Ohio State. (N) (Live)
To Be Announced College Basketball Teams TBA. (Taped) Clemson at Rutgers. (N) (Live) College Basketball Pregame MLS Soccer TBA at Colorado Rapids. (N) (Live) (cc) 2021 FIFA Arab Cup Qatar vs Bahrain. (cc) Golf Central (cc) Play Lessons PGA TOUR Masters Highlights (cc) Masters Highlights (cc) Golf Central (cc) Snow Day ★★ (’00, Children’s) Chris Elliott. Students steal a plow in hopes of keep- Scrooged ★★★ (’88, Comedy) Bill Murray. TV-network bigshot meets Christmas Planes, Trains and Automobiles ★★★ ing school closed. ‘PG’ (cc) ghosts. ‘PG-13’ (cc) ‘R’ (cc)
(5:49) REAL Sports With Bryant Gumbel (6:50) Inside Man ★★★ (’06, Suspense) Denzel Washington. A cop matches wits Life of Crime 1984-2020 (’21, Documentary) Premiere. Examining the vicious cycles (s) (cc) with a bank robber. (s) ‘R’ (cc) of drug addiction. (s) ‘NR’ (cc) (5:20) Moonrise Kingdom ★★★ Curb Your Enthu- (7:34) Insecure The 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Bruce Willis. (cc) siasm (s) (cc) United 93 ★★★ (’06) David Alan Basche. A re-creation of the doomed flight plays out in real time. (s) ‘R’ (cc) (5:10) Thank You for Your Service ★★★ ‘R’ (cc)
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(10:05) G.I. Jane ★★★ (’97) Demi Moore. A female Navy SEALs recruit completes rigorous training. (s) ‘R’ (cc)
(9:20) BlacKkKlansman ★★★ (’18, Comedy-Drama) John David Washington. Ron Stallworth works under cover to infiltrate the KKK. ‘R’ (cc) (6:28) Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure ★★★ Bandits ★★ (’01, Comedy) Bruce Willis. A neglected wife hooks up with two quirky (10:05) Stand Up Guys ★★ (11:40) Reeves. ‘PG’ (cc) bank robbers. ‘PG-13’ (cc) ‘R’ (cc) ★ (4:58) Snow White and the Huntsman (7:06) Point Break ★★ (’15) Edgar Ramírez. A young FBI recruit infiltrates a gang of Primal Fear ★★★ (’96) Richard Gere. A hotshot attorney defends an altar boy accused (11:11) Twelve Monkeys ★★★ ★★ (’12) ‘PG-13’ daredevil thieves. ‘PG-13’ of murder. ‘R’ (cc) Willis. ‘R’ (5:00) Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Director’s Aliens ★★★★ (’86, Science Fiction) Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn. Space Marines battle an army of Dexter: New Blood Cut ★★★★ (’77) ‘NR’ (cc) deadly monsters. (s) ‘R’ (cc) a hero. (s) (cc) Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possible Dexter: New Blood Yellowjackets Victoria ★★★ (’15, Suspense) Laia Costa, Frederick Lau. (Subtitled)
a hero. (s) (cc) attack ad. (cc) (s) ‘NR’ (cc) (’15, Docudrama) Kevin Costner, Maria Bello. (s) ‘PG’ (cc) (8:58) Here Today ★★ (’21) Billy Crystal. A comedy writer forms an unlikely friendship with a singer. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) Prancer ★★ (’89) Sam Elliott. Premiere. A troubled child nurses an injured reindeer (9:47) Christmas With the Kranks ★★ back to health. ‘G’ (cc) Allen. (s) ‘PG’ (cc) Father Goose ★★★ (’64, Comedy) Cary Grant. A teacher and seven girls invade a (10:15) An Affair to Remember ★★★ loner’s island lookout. ‘NR’ (cc) and an ex-nightclub singer. Psycho ★★★★ (’60, Horror) Anthony Perkins. A woman stops at a motel run by Hereditary ★★★ (’18, Horror) Toni Collette. A family tries to outrun the sinister mad Norman Bates. (s) ‘R’ (cc) fate they inherited. (s) ‘R’ (cc)
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The Expendables ★★ (’10, Action) Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham. ‘R’ (cc)
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(4:31) Cinderella (6:20) Elf ★★★
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Wuthering Heights ★★★ (’39) Merle Oberon. An aristocrat falls in love with her father’s stableboy. ‘NR’ (cc)
Dangerous Liaisons ★★★ (’88) Glenn Close. Bored ex-lovers engage in decadent games of seduction. ‘R’ (cc)
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(’06, War) Christian Bale. A U.S. fighter pilot is shot down over
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(’57) Cary Grant. A sea cruise unites a playboy