MONDAY’S BEST PICKS
8PM * A Very Boy Band Holiday This new holiday music special assembles an all-star cast of fan-favorite performers from boy bands past and present to sing some of their biggest yuletide hits and generally celebrate the season with reminiscences and once-in-alifetime collaborations. Expect some surprise guests to figure in the mix as
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well, although details on the featured performers and their songs will be announced at a later date.
8PM (FOOD) Holiday Baking Championship In a new episode called “Make New Friends, but Keep the Old,” the six remaining bakers make tasty treats for guests who must be mindful of a dietary restriction. Then, host Jesse Palmer challenges the competitors to update an assigned vintage holiday dessert to create a new Christmas season delight.
8PM (LIFE) MOVIE Secretly Santa Business rivals Miranda and Paul (Alicia Dea-Josipovic, Travis Nelson) accidentally meet at a costumed Santa crawl and spend a romantic evening together without learning much about each other’s identities. As they continue their essentially anonymous relationship online, their companies merge, forcing the pair to work together, to mutual displeasure, in this 2021 yuletide romance. Laura Cilevitz and Jasmine Renée Thomas co-star. 8PM (TLC) The Family Chantel In the new episode “Burning Bridges,” the family comes up with some creative ways to help Winter let go of her
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dysfunctional relationship with Jah. Meanwhile, Chantel decides to fly to the Dominican Republic to support Pedro, especially after Nicole and Lidia both turn against him for what they see as disrespecting the family.
8PM (ESPN) NFL Football A clash of AFC East rivals is in the offing tonight in upstate New York, where Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills welcome in Mac Jones and the New England Patriots. In Year 2 of the post-Brady era, the Pats appear to have found their new franchise quarterback in Jones, their top 2021 draft pick who has been impressive in his rookie year. As for the Bills, they’re living up to their preseason billing as the favorites to reach the Super Bowl.
8:30 PM $ Bob Hearts Abishola Abishola (Folake Olowofoyeku) is stunned but overjoyed when she discovers that Bob (Billy Gardell) has flown in Dele (Travis Wolfe Jr.) and her mother, Ebun (guest star Saidah Arrika Ekulona), from Nigeria in the new episode “I’m Not Edsel.” Unfortunately, Bob all too quickly recalls that no good deed goes unpunished, as Ebun’s
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relentless criticisms soon shake his confidence as a businessman. Christine Ebersole, Matt Jones and Maribeth Monroe also star.
9PM $ NCIS After a charismatic financial adviser is found fatally shot at a naval station, the NCIS team incorporates a novel strategy in their investigation: interviewing the 3D hologram of herself the victim created shortly before her murder. Mark Harmon, Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama, Brian Dietzen and Diona Reasonover star in the new episode “Collective Memory.” Stepfanie Kramer (“Hunter”) guest stars.
10 PM (HGTV) Call the Closer Having spent most of their lives together living in New York apartments, a young couple in search of a home in the St. Louis market is completely clueless about what goes into buying a house in a new episode called, appropriately enough, “The First Timers.” Host Lauren Risley steps in and becomes their home-maintenance teacher and style coach, helping these rookies through the buying process.
10:01 PM & Michael Bublé’s Christmas in the City It’s been 10 years since
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Canadian singer-songwriter Michael Bublé released his festive album “Christmas,” which subsequently spent five weeks in the No. 1 spot of the Billboard 200 list. The endearing crooner celebrates that anniversary in this new one-hour holiday special, which delivers a blend of comedy, music and solid-gold Christmas spirit, dispensed from Rockefeller Center’s storied Studio 8H in New York.
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Under Lights Inside HEAT Pregame NBA Basketball Memphis Grizzlies at Miami Heat. (N) (Live) Monday Night Countdown (N) (Live) (cc) NFL Football New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills. (N) (Live) SportsCenter (cc) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (cc) (8:15) Monday Night Football With Peyton and Eli (N) (Live) FOX Bet Live College Basketball Illinois at Iowa. (N) (Live) (cc) College Football Big Ten Championship: Teams TBA -- Michigan vs Iowa. (cc) Golf Central (cc) The Hero The Hero U.S. Open Epics PGA Tour Golf Hero World Challenge, Final Round. (cc) Scrooged (’88, Comedy) Bill Murray. TV-network bigshot meets Christmas Four Christmases (’08) Vince Vaughn. A couple must somehow fit in four holiday Fred Claus (’07, Comedy) Vince Vaughn. Santa’s ne’er-do-well brother puts ghosts. ‘PG-13’ (cc) visits with family. ‘PG-13’ (cc) Christmas in jeopardy. ‘PG’ (cc) (5:15) Succession (6:25) Tenet (’20, Action) John David Washington. A secret agent embarks on a dangerous, timebending The Forever Prisoner CIA enhanced interrogation techniques. (N) (s) (cc) (cc) mission. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) (6:05) The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It Vera Farmiga. (s) ‘R’ (cc) (6:15) Head of State (’03) Chris Rock. An alderman becomes a presidential Scott Pilgrim vs. the World The Perks of Being a Wallflower candidate. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) new girlfriend’s exes. (s) ‘PG-13’ (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) (5:20) Why Him? (’16, Comedy) James Franco, Bryan (7:35) The Night Before (’15) Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Three lifelong friends party The Night Before (’15) Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Three lifelong friends party in Cranston. ‘R’ (cc) in New York on Christmas Eve. New York on Christmas Eve. ‘R’ (4:54) Altered (6:38) Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (’90) Last Knights (’15, Action) Clive Owen, Cliff Curtis. A fallen warrior battles a cruel, (9:55) The Brothers Grimm States Kate Hodge. (s) ‘R’ (cc) sadistic ruler. (s) ‘R’ (cc) magical mystery. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) (5:07) Lars and the Real Girl (’07) (6:54) Tristan & Isolde (’06, Romance) James Franco. A forbidden love reaches Leap Year (’10, Romance-Comedy) Amy Adams, Matthew (10:41) How to Be Single Ryan Gosling. tragic proportions. ‘PG-13’ (cc) Goode. ‘PG’ (cc) Johnson. ‘R’ (cc)
Dexter: New Blood You’re Watching Video Music Box Wakefield (N) (s) (cc) Dexter protects his son from drugs. (6:15) Carlito’s Way: Rise to Power Yellowjackets Van Peebles. (s) ‘R’ (cc) with guns. Hightown Renee goes past the point of Here Today (’21) Billy Crystal. A comedy writer forms an unlikely friendship no return. (cc) with a singer. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) (4:48) Little Women (7:06) Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds Ronan. (s) ‘PG’ ‘PG-13’ (cc)
Johnny Belinda (’48, Drama) Jane Wyman. A doctor brings love to a deafmute rape victim in Nova Scotia. ‘NR’
The Last Right (’19, Comedy-Drama) Brian Cox. A fateful exchange on a flight has dire consequences. (s) ‘NR’ (cc)
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The Ingraham Angle The Last Word
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The 11th Hour Orlando Magic at Golden State Warriors.
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(’05) Matt Damon. Traveling con men probe a
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Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (’05) Curtis 50 Cent Jackson. A drug dealer turns to rap music for salvation. (s) ‘R’ (cc)
Power Book II: Ghost “The Greater Good” (s) (cc)
John Q (’02) Denzel Washington. A father resorts to violence to obtain a heart for his son. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc)
Too Late for Tears (’49) Lizabeth Scott. A woman’s greed surfaces when stolen cash lands in her car. ‘NR’
The Souvenir (’19) Honor Swinton Byrne. A woman falls in love with a charismatic, untrustworthy man. ‘R’ (cc)
Hip-hop series Video Music Box. (cc)
(’05, Crime Drama) Jay Hernandez, Mario
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(9:05) Speed (’94) Keanu Reeves. A transit bus is wired to explode if it drops below 50 mph. (s) ‘R’ (cc)
(’10) Michael Cera. A slacker contends with his
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(’12, Drama) Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton. (s)
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The Secret of My Success
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(’50) Dana Andrews. Detective kills suspect, tries to
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The Lovers (’17, Romance-Comedy) Debra Winger. Premiere. (s) ‘R’ (cc)
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The Way We Were