What to watch SUNDAY

December 17, 2023

All times Central. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.

A Very Merry MeTV MeTV, beginning at noon

This afternoon/early evening, enjoy holiday-themed episodes of Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Mama’s Family and The Love Boat. Primetime will feature four Christmas episodes of All in the Family.

Agatha Christie:

Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen

PBS, 7 p.m. (WTTW Chicago, 7 p.m.) Miniseries Finale

This three-part miniseries concludes with “Unfinished Portrait,” in which Lucy Worsley investigates Agatha Christie’s later life and discovers how, amid the turbulent social and political change of the 1930s and ’40s, newfound personal happiness ushered in a golden age for her writing. On a 1930 archaeological dig in Iraq, she met Max Mallowan, and, despite a 14-year age difference, they fell in love and married. Soon, Christie entered the most prolific and successful chapter of her career and achieved global celebrity.

Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Celebration CBS, 7:30 p.m.

Country music icon Willie Nelson turned 90 years old in April, and some of the world’s biggest stars came together for a two-night, sold-out concert celebration at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. This two-hour concert special features Nelson sharing the stage with guest artists Beck, Gary Clark

Jr., Sheryl Crow, Snoop Dogg, Norah Jones, Miranda Lambert, Dave Matthews, Keith Richards, George Strait, Chris Stapleton, and Nelson’s sons Lukas and Micah.

Bob’s Burgers

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FOX, 8 p.m.

When the power goes out two days before

Christmas, the Belchers must spend the holiday at Mr. Fischoeder’s (voice of Kevin Kline) family’s old hunting lodge in the new episode “The Nightmare 2 Days Before Christmas.”

The Gilded Age

HBO, 8 p.m.  Season Finale

In the Season 2 finale “In Terms of Winning and Losing,” the staff questions its future at the van Rhijns’ house, just as Peggy (Denée Benton) questions her future at The Globe.

Family Guy

FOX, 8:30 p.m.

When Lois (voice of Alex Borstein) decides to sell the family’s television to help pay for Christmas presents, Kevin James gets upset over losing Peter (Seth MacFarlane) as a viewer in the new episode “The Return of The King (Of Queens).”

Archer: Into the Cold

FX & FXX, 9 p.m.  Series Finale

Spy Sterling Archer (voice of H. Jon Benjamin) has one more mission to accomplish in this 90-minute finale event. Last seen, Archer and company evaded waves of assassin drones and saved the secretary-general of the United Nations. Still, the U.N. declared that all independent spy organizations are illegal and have 30 days to disband. In Into the Cold, Christian Slater reprises his Slater character, and Ona Grauer voices cyborg Katya Kazanova, who last appeared in Season 6. The voice cast also features Aisha Tyler, Judy Greer, Chris Parnell, Amber Nash, Adam Reed, Lucky Yates and Natalie Dew.

FX NETWORKS ‘Archer: Into the Cold”