San Antonio Express-News (Sunday)
WHAT TOWATCH
Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square
Netflix (original film)
Rich and miserly Regina Fuller (Christine Baranski) returns to her small hometown after her father’s death to evict everyone and sell the land to a mall developer — right before Christmas. However, after listening to stories of the local townsfolk, reconnecting with an old love and accepting the guidance of an actual angel (Dolly Parton), Regina starts to have a change of heart. The film is directed and choreographed by award winner Debbie Allen, and features 14 original songs with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, who is also an executive producer.
Snapped: Dana Flynn
Oxygen, 5 p.m.
The true-crime series’ 500th episode, on the 1992 murder of Randy Sheridan, is preceded by its unaired pilot.
2020 American Music Awards
ABC, 7 p.m.
This year’s broadcast will bring fans together with surprising musical performances and celebrate the artists who make it happen.
NCIS: Los Angeles
CBS, 7 p.m.
Sam (LL Cool J) meets with an informant who plans to blow the whistle on a military secret in the new episode “Angry Karen.”
The Simpsons
Fox, 7 p.m.
Bart (voice of Nancy Cartwright) becomes a voice-over actor, Comic Book Guy (voice of Hank Azaria) is humiliated at Comic-Con and Lisa (voice of Yeardley Smith) is set up for a fall in the new episode “Three Dreams Denied.”
The Christmas House
Hallmark Channel, 7 p.m. (original film)
Working through some difficult decisions, Mitchell family matriarch Phylis (Sharon Lawrence) and patriarch Bill (Treat Williams) have summoned their two grown sons — TV star Mike Mitchell (Robert Buckley) and Brandon Mitchell ( Jonathan Bennett) — home for the holidays.
Homemade Christmas
Lifetime, 7 p.m. (original film)
Every year, Megan, an ambitious young woman, uses the weeks leading up to Christmas to become the ultimate holiday freelance assistant for hire, helping with any Christmas-related tasks for extra income. But when the opportunity arrives to save a Christmas party and dazzle her crush, she must choose between the man of her aspirations and Mr. Right.
The TroubleWith Maggie Cole
PBS, 7 p.m. (series finale)
It’s the day of the village celebrations, but not everyone is in the mood. Maggie still has to make amends with Jill and Marcus but is most concerned with reuniting with her family. A series of events could change life in Thurlbury forever.
Revolutionary Comedies
TCM, beginning at 7 p.m.
A night of classic comedies set amid revolutions and wartime begins with “Bananas” (1971). Cowriter and director Woody Allen also stars as a neurotic New Yorker whose attempt to impress
a woman (Louise Lasser) who is a social activist gets him embroiled in a rebellion in a Latin American banana republic. Next, the Marx brothers star in one of their funniest films, “Duck Soup” (1933). Groucho plays Rufus T. Firefly, the leader of the small nation of Freedonia, which is headed toward conflict with neighboring country Sylvania. Finally, in “Cracked Nuts” (1931), comedy duo Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey star as bumbling pals who find themselves rivals in the middle of a mythical kingdom’s revolution.
Rock Legends
AXS TV, 7:30 p.m.
Go back to the heyday of glam rock in the late 1960s and ’70s with profiles of music artists T-Rex, Mott the Hoople and the Sweet.
Bless the Harts
Fox, 7:30 p.m.
The Harts reminisce over a past Black Friday memory while waiting in line at a store in the new episode “Mega Lo Memories: Part Deux.”
Fear theWalking Dead
AMC, 8 p.m. (midseason
finale)
Is teen Dakota (Zoe Colletti) missing, or did she run away ... again? Regardless, Alicia (Alycia Debnam-Carey) and Charlie (Alexa Nisenson) land themselves a rescue mission.
Bob’s Burgers
Fox, 8 p.m.
The family tries to cheer up Gene (voice of Eugene Mirman) after he gets a stomach bug and can’t eat Thanksgiving dinner in the new episode “Diarrhea of a Poopy Kid.”
Roadkill
PBS, 8 p.m.
With the prime minister in trouble, Peter makes a shocking announcement to the nation. Is this the end for him or the start of something new?
Belushi
Showtime, 8 p.m.
This documentary chronicles the too-short life of John Belushi, the once-in-a-generation talent who captured the hearts and funny bones of audiences worldwide. Told using previously unheard audiotapes, the film examines Belushi’s life through the words of his collaborators,
friends and family.
Family Guy
Fox, 8:30 p.m.
Peter (voice of Seth MacFarlane) seeks out the late Mayor Adam West’s cousin, Wild Wild West (guest voice of Sam Elliott), to fill Quahog’s mayoral seat in the new episode “Wild Wild West.”
First Ladies
CNN, 9 p.m. (season finale) After entering the White House in 1992 with new President Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton was almost immediately attacked for being too ambitious and too involved in her husband’s administration. The criticism did not discourage her, however, and following Bill’s scandal, Hillary chose to forge her own path and became a senator and then secretary of state, and was nearly elected as the first female president of the United States.
A Godwink Christmas: Second Chance, First Love
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 9 p.m. (original film)
After 15 years, Pat (Sam Page) moves home from Hawaii with his two sons and through a series of coincidences, or Godwinks, ends up stuck in traffic next to his high school sweetheart, Margie (Brooke D’Orsay), at Christmas.
Secrets of Royal Travel
PBS, 9 p.m.
Take to the skies for an insider’s look at the regal luxury of royal air travel. From 1936, when Edward became Britain’s first reigning monarch to fly as both passenger and pilot, to the present, discover how jet-setting has defined the modern royals.
Moonbase 8
Showtime, 10 p.m.
In the new episode “Quarantine,” Cap ( John C. Reilly) comes down with a flu-like illness and has to be isolated from the others at Moonbase 8.
GilMORE the Merrier
UPtv, 10 p.m.
Your annual 153-episode “Gilmore Girls” binge begins now! Once the 2000-07 run, uh, runs out, try 2016’s follow-up, “A Year in the Life” (Nov. 29, 10 a.m.).