THURSDAY’S BEST PICKS
8PM & Women of Worth Sponsored by the beauty brand L’Oreal Paris, this special returns for a second year of honoring 10 non-profit community leaders from across the United States who personify the company’s tagline “Because You’re Worth It.” In a time of unprecedented, pandemic-driven need, all 10 honorees — each of whom
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receives $20,000 in funding — found innovative solutions to help the most vulnerable members of their community. Based on online public voting, one of those 10 women also will get an additional $25,000 for their non-profit organization.
8PM * Station 19 It may be the most wonderful time of the year for many people, but for the gallant first responders in the Seattle Fire Department, it’s a stressful season of emergencies and missions of mercy to ensure that visions of sugarplums don’t turn into fiery nightmares. In the seasonal episode “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” however, any personal grievances are set aside as the Station 19 team tries to pull off a Christmas miracle. Jaina Lee Ortiz, Jason George, Grey Damon and Barrett Doss star. 8PM G Dogs of the Year 2021 Cohosts Kevin Frazier and Keltie Knight of “Entertainment Tonight” introduce a new cast of charming canine characters for this year’s edition of the onehour special that showcases some of the most amazing dog-centric stories of 2021. The program salutes pooches who have gone above and beyond any
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expectations to leave their mark on society, achieving results that border on the impossible.
8PM (BRV) Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles Tracy tries to dance her way to a deal on the Skyline property in the new episode “The One With the 7 Foot Marilyn.” Elsewhere, Josh Altman aims to break all existing Brentwood records with a property that includes more bells and whistles than any prospective homeowner could dream of.
8PM (LIFE) MOVIE Christmas by Chance Chance (Winny Clarke) is barely keeping her struggling gift shop in business, so as the Christmas shopping season approaches, she accepts a gig with wealthy entrepreneur William (Jacob Blair) to help him plan the perfect marriage proposal to his girlfriend (Celeste Desjardins). William contrives a plan for Chance to attend a Christmas party, posing as an old friend of his family, so Chance can spend time with William’s intended. Sharjil Rasool and Alys Crocker star in this holiday romance.
8PM (HBO) Music Box Filmmaker Tommy Oliver’s music documentary “Juice WRLD: Into the Abyss” uses a
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cinema verité style to explore the life and all-too-short career of a Chicagoborn rap prodigy, whose breakout hit “Lucid Dreams” put him on the fast track to stardom by age 18. Sadly, the young artist struggled to navigate his meteoric rise, aggravated by his drug use and mental health issues. He died of a drug overdose in a Chicago airport just days after his 21st birthday.
9PM * Grey’s Anatomy Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) and neurosurgeon David Hamilton (guest star Peter Gallagher) approach a milestone in their project as the doctors of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital celebrate the holidays in the new episode “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.” Elsewhere, Link (Chris Carmack) is dreaming of spending a family Christmas with Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) and baby Scout, while Schmitt (Jake Borelli) is confronted with a difficult decision in the middle of a surgery.
9:30 PM (HGTV) Tarek & Heather: The Big I Do This new one-hour special follows house-flipping power couple Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae Young as they put the final touches on
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their upcoming nuptials. After their original wedding venue choice, a Mexican resort, falls through, the pair have only four months to start their wedding plans virtually from square one. El Moussa and Young are in for a series of surprises as they go through wedding dress shopping, tuxedo fittings and special gift deliveries while planning a high-style destination wedding on the California coast.
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Four Christmases (’08) Vince Vaughn. A couple must somehow fit in four holiday visits with family. ‘PG-13’ (cc)
Magic Mike XXL (’15) Channing Tatum. Former stripper Mike Lane comes out of retirement. (s) ‘R’ (cc)
(6:05) Lady in the Water bedtime fable. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc)
(5:30) Carlito’s Way (’93) Al Pacino. An ex-con finds it hard to escape his former life of crime. (s) ‘R’ (cc)
(5:20) Assassin’s Creed (’16, Action) Michael Fassbender.
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(5:45) Silver Linings Playbook Queenpins (’21, Comedy) Kristen Bell. Two women scam money by starting an Dexter: New Blood Best of All the Lawrence. (s) ‘R’ (cc) illegal coupon club. (s) ‘R’ (cc) Sandwiches” (s) Smoke
Six Minutes to Midnight (7:45) The Change-Up (’11) Ryan Reynolds. An overworked lawyer and his care- (9:45) Zack and Miri Make a Porno Desus & Mero
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(5:20) Half Nelson (7:10) Charming the Hearts of Men (’21, Comedy-Drama) Kelsey Grammer, Anna 12 Mighty Orphans (’21) Luke Wilson. A coach inspires Depression-era orphans (11:02) Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ling. (s) ‘R’ (cc) Friel. Premiere. (s) ‘NR’ (cc) to play football. ‘PG-13’ (’17) (cc)
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(6:15) The Frozen Dead (’67) Dana Andrews. A German scientist wants to thaw Dance, Fools, Dance (’31, Crime Drama) Joan Crawford. Stromboli (’50, Drama) Ingrid Bergman. A poor fisherman’s wife yearns for Cleopatra out a group of Nazi elite. ‘NR’ ‘NR’ (cc) something better. ‘NR’ (cc) (’63) ‘G’
(4:30) Paradise (6:25) It Comes at Night Mr. Brooks (’07, Suspense) Kevin Costner, Demi Moore. A man has a murderous The Bone Collector (’99) Denzel Washington. A paralyzed detective guides the
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National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation D’Angelo. ‘PG-13’ (cc)
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(10:10) Taken 2 (’12) Liam Neeson. A vengeful father abducts Bryan Mills and his wife. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc)
Twins (’88) Arnold Schwarzenegger. A genetically enhanced man seeks his shortchanged twin. (s) ‘PG’ (cc)
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(9:59) Twelve Monkeys (’95) Bruce Willis. A prisoner goes back in time to avert a deadly plague. (s) ‘R’ (cc)
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(7:35) Deadpool 2 (’18, Action) Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin. Deadpool joins forces with a team of mutants to fight Cable. ‘R’ (cc)
(’92) Richard Gere. A psychiatrist has an affair with a The Book of Eli (’10) Denzel Washington. A lone warrior carries hope across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. ‘R’
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