“The Christmas Edition” “Bless the Harts” “Bob’s Burgers” “Candy Land” ( “The Christmas Doctor”
(7 p.m., 11:01 p.m., Lifetime): Carly Hughes stars in this new holiday drama as up-and-coming journalist Jackie, who receives what could be a life-changing opportunity as the yuletide approaches: a chance to run a smalltown newspaper in Alaska. She jumps at the chance, relocating to the picture-perfect town and quickly rebuilding the paper’s subscriber base and profitability.
(7:31 p.m., FOX): Oscar winner Holly Hunter has a distinctive voice that worked to the advantage of the “Incredibles” movie fantasies, and it also does much for her animated character in the new episode “The McEntire Truth.” A funeral becomes the setting for some false claims that Betty (voice of Maya Rudolph) becomes determined to expose. Jon Hamm and Mary Steenburgen also are in the voice guest cast. Series regulars also include Kristen Wiig, Ike Barinholtz and Jillian Bell.
(8 p.m., FOX): It’s “milestone” time for this animated comedy, as “Bob Belcher and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Kids” marks the show’s 200th episode. It also might be an occasion that spells disaster for the restaurant, since a mishap occurs on the day of the Ocean Avenue Business Association’s Ocean Fest on Ocean Avenue. (That’s a lot of Ocean.) Voice-cast regulars include H. Jon Benjamin, John Roberts, Kristen Schaal and Larry Murphy.
8 p.m., 11 p.m., Food): Broadway superstar Kristin Chenoweth hosts this colorful new competition series based on the popular board game, with such familiar (and edible) lands as Peppermint Forest, Gumdrop Mountains and Lollipop Woods. In the series premiere, “An Inside Look at Magical Creatures,” Chenoweth challenges five teams of cake and sugar artists to create their vision of fantastic creatures from this enchanted realm.
(8 p.m., 11:30 p.m., 3 a.m., Showtime): This limited-series adaptation of an award-winning novel by James McBride concludes with a series finale called “Last Words,” which finds John Brown (Ethan Hawke) and his remaining army taking a valiant last stand, as still more federal troops descend upon Harper’s Ferry to quash the uprising. After Brown ultimately is captured, Onion (Joshua Johnson), now truly on his own, risks his life to say his goodbyes to his friend and companion in arms.
“The Good Lord Bird”
(9 p.m., HMM): House calls may not be as prominent for many medics as they once were, but they remain so for Holly Robinson Peete’s title character in this 2020 holiday tale. Her determination to cure all ills keeps her on the move between different locales, which is very much to her liking — until one assignment takes her to a small town she likes so much, she starts to consider making her temporary yuletide job at a clinic permanent. Adrian Holmes also stars.
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