SATURDAY’S BEST PICKS
8PM(BET) MOVIE Merry Switchmas On an impulse, two identical twin sisters decide to swap places for the night during their parents’ annual family Christmas party. As masquerades go, their stunt puts “The Parent Trap” in the shade, since they’re trying to pass as each other in front of their parents, boyfriends and assorted relatives, including a notoriously feisty great
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along with frequent collaborator Chip Coffey, for Season 6 of their hit series, which finds them striving to solve the mysteries behind inexplicable paranormal anomalies across the United States. The season premiere, “The Undertaker’s Secret,” takes the trio to Easts Bridgewater, Mass., to investigate a reputedly haunted building that served as home to the secret society known as the Freemasons in the late 19th century.
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(5:00) The Polar Express (’04) National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (’89) Chevy Chase. A traditional Griswold yuletide ‘G’ (cc) erly D’Angelo. ‘PG-13’ (cc)
Super 8 (’11) Kyle Chandler. Kids witness a train crash while making a home movie. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc)
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(cc) aunt. The experience gives both young women some startling new perspectives on themselves, not all of them welcome. Valarie Pettiford, Peter Parros, Thea Camara, Sherrice Eaglin, and Rachel and Rebekah Aladdin star.
8PM (HALL) MOVIE The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls In this follow-up to the hit 2020 holiday dramedy “The Christmas House,” Robert Buckley and Jonathan Bennett return as close-knit but constantly bickering brothers
Mike and Brandon Mitchell, along with Sharon Lawrence and Treat Williams as their parents. After the emotional rollercoaster they went through together last Christmas, Mike is looking forward to kicking back for a cool Yule in 2021. Unfortunately, he unexpectedly gets roped into a Christmas House redecorating reality show with gay bro Brandon. Ana Ayora, Brad Harder and Mattia Castrillo also return.
8PM (HGTV) Holmes Family Rescue The Christmas holidays often bring out a competitive streak in even the friendliest of neighbors, who go all out — and blow up their utility bills — trying to be the most festive house on the block. Of
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course, when you’re Mike Holmes, you can get the same friendly rivalry going right in your own family, and the yuletide episode “Holmes for the Holidays” follows Holmes, his daughter Sherry and son Michael Jr. as they prove which of them can create the most over-thetop light displays, ice sculptures and gingerbread houses.
8PM (LIFE) MOVIE Toying With the Holidays Danielle (Cindy Busby), a workaholic designer, returns to her quaint hometown of Holly Pines, where she looks forward to introducing her little boy, Paul, to some of the community’s beloved yuletide traditions. She’s understandably crushed, then, to discover that her favorite among these, the North Pole Express train, has been sidelined. Undaunted, Danielle reconnects with former high school classmate Kevin (Chad Michael Murray), a hobbyist and model train enthusiast, to get the Express up and running. Callum Shoniker co-stars in this 2021 holiday romance.
9PM(SHO) MOVIE The Last Black Man in San Francisco Filmmaker Joe Talbot earned widespread critical acclaim for this 2019
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drama, with which he made his feature debut as director and producer while also co-writing the screenplay. Based in part on the life of Jimmy Fails, who stars as himself, the film chronicles the frustrated attempts of a young black man to reclaim his childhood home, which is now out of his financial reach in heavily gentrified San Francisco. The large cast also includes Jonathan Majors (“Lovecraft Country”), Danny Glover, Tichina Arnold, Rob Morgan, Mike Epps and Finn Wittrock.
10 PM (TNT) MOVIE A Christmas Carol Selfish heart need softening? Make it so. Patrick Stewart brings one of his favorite roles to the small screen in this 1999 adaptation of the Dickens classic. As miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, reformed by a Christmas Eve tour of his past, present and future, he’s surrounded by an excellent supporting cast and impressive effects. Joel Grey plays the Ghost of Christmas Past, Richard E. Grant, Ian McNeice, Saskia Reeves, Bernard Lloyd and Dominic West also star. 10 PM (TRAV) Kindred Spirits Ghosthunting colleagues and real-life BFFs Amy Bruni and Adam Berry return,
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Grazer. Premiere. (s) ‘PG’ (cc) ‘PG-13’ (cc) (8:15) Moonstruck (’87) Cher. A Brooklyn bookkeeper falls for her fiance’s 13 Going on 30
brother. (s) ‘PG’ (cc) (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) (5:55) The China Syndrome Sideways (’04) Paul Giamatti. Premiere. Two friends ponder their lives during (10:15) Shampoo
‘PG’ (cc) a road trip. (s) ‘R’ (cc) of romance. (s) ‘R’ (cc) (5:25) Instant Family (7:45) Almost Christmas (’16, Comedy-Drama) Danny Glover. A widower and his bickering family Almost Christmas (’16) Danny Glover. A widower and his bickering family berg. ‘PG-13’ (cc) gather for the holidays. ‘PG-13’ (cc) gather for the holidays. ‘PG-13’ (cc) The Amityville Horror (’79) James Brolin. A family’s Long Island home is possessed The Amityville Horror Repentance (’13) Forest Whitaker. A disturbed client tortures by evil spirits. ‘R’ (cc) ‘R’ (cc) a self-help author. (5:31) Beverly Hills Cop II (’87) Eddie (7:15) Beverly Hills Cop III (’94) Eddie Murphy. Axel Foley uncovers criminal The Legend of Hercules (’14, Adventure) Kellan Lutz, Scott Murphy. ‘R’ activities at a theme park. ‘R’ (cc) Adkins. ‘PG-13’ (cc) (5:45) Dexter: New (6:45) Lee Daniels’ The Butler (’13) Forest Whitaker. A White House butler serves many presidents The Last Black Man in San Francisco Blood over the years. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) Premiere. ‘R’ (cc) (5:00) Casino (’95) Robert De Niro. A mob employee makes a play for power (’97, Crime Drama) Kevin Spacey. A young police officer searches for justice in in 1970s Las Vegas. (s) ‘R’ (cc) (4:42) Elf (6:22) The Craft: Legacy
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Power Book II: Ghost (10:02) Dawn of the Dead (’04, Horror) Sarah Polley. Milwaukee residents Tariq’s referrals. fight zombies in a mall. (s) ‘R’ (cc)
Red Dawn (’84, Action) Patrick Swayze. High-school guerrillas take on invading (10:58) Death Race
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Imitation of Life (’34) Claudette Colbert. A white widow and a black maid Gold Diggers of 1933 (’33) Joan Blondell. Unemployed showgirls help a producer begin a successful business. ‘NR’ stage a show. ‘NR’ (cc)
(’97, Suspense) Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube. (s) (’19, Horror) Nicolas Fontaine. (10:15) Green Room (’15) Anton Yelchin. Punk rockers battle murderous white
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