WHAT To WATCH from the publishers of TV Guide
Zombie House Flipping A&E, 10 a.m.
This season, the franchise expands into three new cities and now features new house flippers in Tampa, Dallas and Fort Worth. The original Orlando team welcomes back Peter Duke.
A Very Merry METV Marathon
METV, beginning at 10 a.m. Classic television network METV continues its holiday celebration with another marathon of Christmas episodes from beloved TV shows. Today’s six-hour lineup features holiday installments of classic Westerns: “Wagon Train,” “The Big Valley,” “Gunsmoke,” “Bonanza,” “Rawhide,” “Have Gun — Will Travel” and “Wanted: Dead or Alive.”
Triple digit Flip A&E, 11 a.m.
Some people make money flipping houses, but Jamil Damji, Pace Morby and their team have one goal: Make a six-digit profit on every project. Each one-hour episode follows the team as they flip houses all over the Phoenix area.
Guy’s ranch Kitchen Food Network, 11 a.m.
Holiday eats from around the world include Japanese fried chicken, Taiwanese dumplings and a Mumbai Manhattan!
The Music Man TCM, 11 a.m.
In this delightful Academy Award-winning 1962 film adaptation of the Broadway musical, airing as part of TCM’S “Musical Matinee” series, a charismatic con man (Robert Preston) masquerades as a band instructor to swindle the locals into paying him to create a boys’ marching band. Shirley Jones co-stars as the town librarian and piano instructor who wins his heart and eventually convinces the townspeople to forgive him. Also co-stars Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold, Paul Ford and Ron Howard.
christmas on the slopes Uptv, 6 p.m.
After a disappointing restaurant opening and an embarrassing
breakup, a celebrity chef (Soma Chhaya) takes her first real Christmas vacation. When she wanders into the kitchen at a luxury resort and is mistaken for the sous chef by the handsome but grouchy head chef (Olivier Renaud), their chemistry sparks a holiday romance.
robbie the reindeer CBS, 7 p.m.
CBS airs two “Robbie the Reindeer” animated holiday specials, beginning with “Hooves of Fire,” in which Robbie (voice of Ben Stiller) competes against Blitzen (voice of Hugh Grant) in the Reindeer Races for a position on Santa’s sleigh team. Then in “Legend of the Lost Tribe,” Robbie must stop Blitzen from creating a Reindeer World theme park.
christmas on candy cane Lane
Great American Family, 7 p.m. Ivy (Andrea Barber) struggles with the shadow cast by her late mother, Muriel, the darling of Icicle Falls, who was head of the Candy Cane Lane Lights Extravaganza, owner of The Christmas Haus and a TV star known as the “Christmas
Maven.” This Christmas, a series of comical and mysterious events bring the town together in a masterstroke of perfection that only the Christmas Maven herself could appreciate.
A Fabled Holiday
Hallmark Channel, 7 p.m. Talia (Brooke D’orsay) and her childhood best friend (Ryan Paevey) unexpectedly reunite in a familiar-looking town full of restorative Christmas spirit.
A New orleans Noel Lifetime, 7 p.m.
Fiercely independent Grace (Keshia Knight Pulliam) and handsome bachelor Anthony (Brad James), alums of the same college, are hired as architects by a New Orleans praline icon (Patti Labelle). The two find themselves butting heads over more than just the home they must collaborate on. When Anthony’s family learns Grace intends to spend Christmas alone, they invite her to spend the holiday with them. Sparks fly as Grace learns the importance of community and Anthony embraces the magic of Christmas.
The story of santa claus
CBS, 8 p.m.
This animated musical holiday special features the voices of Ed Asner, Betty White and Tim Curry, and revolves around a gentle toymaker whose only wish is to deliver a toy to every child on Christmas.
renovation Face-off
HGTV, 8 p.m.
It’s “Farmhouse Fixer” vs. “Unsellable Houses” as Jonathan Knight goes against twin sisters Lyndsay Lamb and Leslie Davis. Lyndsay and Leslie work on an old cottage, while Jonathan brings new life to a 1800s home.
The Great Holiday bake war OWN, 8 p.m.
You may want to eat before you watch this delectable film that sees two former pastry school rivals — Julian (Finesse Mitchell) and Brianna (Letoya Luckett) — meet up years later in a TV baking competition.
The Holiday stocking Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 9 p.m.
RJ (Mykelti Williamson) is a new angel who is given the chance to address his one major regret — that he didn’t help his sisters reconcile when he was alive. Returning to Earth as a stranger, he convinces his sisters to revive a family tradition encouraging charity at Christmas.
sventoonie christmas special
METV, 9 p.m.
Following “Svengoolie’s” presentation of the 1935 Poe-inspired Bela Lugosi-boris Karloff classic “The Raven,” which starts in the show’s usual time slot two hours earlier, this follow-up special holiday installment of spinoff series “Sventoonie” features the 1950 comedy film “The Great Rupert,” which stars Jimmy Durante alongside the titular animated squirrel.
saturday Night Live
NBC, 10:30 p.m. Live; also livestreams on Peacock Actress Keke Palmer makes her hosting debut, joined by R&B singer SZA.