Tonight’s top picks
8 p.m.on WD CW Penn & Teller: F ool Us
God rest ye, merry magicians! Illusionists Penn & Teller are joined by host Alyson Hannigan for a special yuletide edition of this hit reality competition series. Apart from the Christmassy decor, costumes and some other surprise elements, fans of the show will find the familiar format pretty much unchanged, as Penn & Teller watch as aspiring magicians try to impress them with a trick, then try to replicate the illusion based on one viewing.
8 p.m.on WJLA Shark Tank
The tank is overflowing with comfort and joy in this new holiday-themed episode, in which the resident panel of Sharks entertain some seasonally appropriate pitches and products from tonight’s guest entrepreneurs. Among the panelists are Mark Cuban, Kevin O’Leary, Lori Greiner and Daymond John.
8 p.m.on D ISN Movie: Arthur Christmas
Santa is known to “save” some youngsters’ holidays, but his youngest son goes to the rescue in this animated feature from the studio that also was behind “Chicken Run.” If Arthur doesn’t come through, a British girl may not get the bicycle she desires ... but he’ll have to get past his own foibles to complete the mission. The voice cast includes such notables as James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie and Bill Nighy. Justin Bieber is on the music soundtrack.
8 p.m.on HALL Movie: A D ickens of a Holiday!
In this delightful 2021 yuletide romantic comedy, Cassie (Brooke D’Orsay, “Royal Pains”), tasked with coordinating the 100th anniversary of her hometown’s justifiably celebrated Victorian Christmas festival, has been racking her brain for something that will guarantee this high-profile event will be a success. In a flash of nostalgic inspiration, she decides to invite her former high school classmate Jake (Kristoffer Polaha, “Mystery 101”) — who has gone on to a successful career in action movies — to play Ebenezer Scrooge in a production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.”