WHAT TO WATCH
From the publishers of TV Guide
Silent Night AMC+
This comedic drama follows Nell (Keira Knightley) and Simon (Matthew Goode), who have invited their closest friends to join their family for Christmas dinner in the English countryside. But behind all the l merriment, something is not quite right.
Mariah’s Christmas: The Magic Continues
Apple TV+
Mariah Carey is back with this new holiday spectacular.
The Hunt for the Chicago Strangler
discovery+
Since 1999, 51 mostly Black women have been found strangled across Chicago, and all but one of the cases remain unsolved, leading many to suspect a serial killer or killers. This three-part special takes a deep dive into the murders and the communities that have been victimized.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Disney+
The first book in Jeff Kinney’s bestselling series is adapted in this animated movie.
The Rescue Disney+
Oscar-winning “Free Solo” filmmakers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s latest feature documentary chronicles the story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of 12 boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.
Pen15 Hulu
Everyone’s favorite middle schoolers are back with new season two episodes as Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine play versions of themselves as 13-year-old outcasts in the year 2000.
The Great British Baking Show: Holidays Netflix
Competitors from past seasons bake winter treats for judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith.
Mixtape Netflix
On the eve of Y2K, orphaned, 12-year-old Beverly (Gemma Brooke Allen) discovers a broken mixtape crafted by her parents when they were teens and sets out on a journey to find all the songs on the tape.
Money Heist: Part 5, Vol. 2
Netflix
The hit Spanish crime drama’s fifth and last season returns.
Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas
Netflix
In this half-hour stop-motion animated special from Aardman, the world’s favorite sheep stars in his very own winter’s tale. Shaun’s (vocal effects by Justin Fletcher) seasonal excitement turns to dismay when a farmhouse raid to get bigger stockings for the Flock inadvertently leads to Timmy (Fletcher) going missing.
TCM Morning & Afternoon Movies: Femmes Fatales
TCM, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Today’s lineup of films feature memorable femmes fatales — “Night Parade” (1929), “Journal of a Crime” (1934), “Satan Met a Lady” (1936), “Madam Satan” (1930), “The Man Who Cheated Himself ” (1950), “Madeleine” (1950), and “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers” (1946).
Christmas ... Again?! Disney Channel, 7 p.m.
Disney fan-favorite Scarlett Estevez stars as Ro, a 12-year-old who isn’t handling her parents’ divorce well. After a disappointing Christmas celebration with her family, she makes a wish to a neighborhood Santa for a “do-over” and finds herself reliving Christmas Day over and over again.
Eight Gifts of Hanukkah
Hallmark Channel, 7 p.m.
A woman journeys to find her secret admirer during Hanukkah.
A Christmas Dance Reunion Lifetime, 7 p.m.
Attorney Lucy Mortimer (Monique Coleman) and her mother (Kim Roberts) return to the Winterleigh Resort to celebrate the hotel’s final Christmas season, where she is reunited with the owner’s nephew and her childhood Christmas Dance partner (Corbin Bleu).
The Wall NBC, 7 p.m.
Andrea, the first female firefighter and first female fire captain for the California city of Upland, and Terry, a recruiter, are spouses going up against the Wall.
Magnum P.I. CBS, 8 p.m.
Magnum ( Jay Hernandez) starts following Higgins (Perdita Weeks) to discover what she’s been hiding, as she’s secretly assigned to infiltrate a group threatening to take down MI6.
Nancy Drew The CW, 8 p.m.
Nancy (Kennedy Mcmann), Bess (Maddison Jaizani), Agent Park (guest star John Harlan Kim) and Temperance (guest star Bo Martynowska) join forces when an attempt to trap a killer ends up unintentionally unleashing a deadly supernatural entity that feeds on people’s sorrows.