WHAT TO WATCH
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A Christmas Story Christmas
HBO Max ● Original Film
This sequel to the 1983 film finds an adult Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) returning to his childhood home.
Santa Camp HBO Max
This new documentary film is a story of Santas and personal triumphs that begins at the annual summer camp organized by the New England Santa Society, which is composed of over 100 professional Christmas performers. To try to tackle Santa’s diversity problem, the camp enlists a Black Santa named Chris from Arkansas, a disabled Santa named Fin from Vermont and a transgender Santa named Levi from Illinois.
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Hulu ● New Series
Recently divorced 41-year-old Toby Fleishman (Jesse Eisenberg) dives into app-based dating with the kind of success he never had in his youth. But his newfound freedom is jeopardized when his ex-wife (Claire Danes) disappears, leaving him with their two young kids.
1899
Netflix New Series
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Set in the year of its title, the series follows the mysterious circumstances surrounding the voyage of an immigrant ship from Europe to New York. When the passengers discover a second ship adrift on the open sea that had gone missing for months, their journey takes an unexpected turn into a nightmarish riddle.
Dead to Me
Netflix ● Season Premiere
Jen (Christina Applegate) and Judy (Linda Cardellini) are back for the third and final season of this acclaimed dark comedy. In the aftermath of yet another hit-and-run, both women receive shocking news and are ready to risk their lives for a friendship that’s above the law.
Leopard Skin
Peacock ● New Series
Carla Gugino stars in this half-hour original thriller from Tplus, Peacock’s content brand from Telemundo. Ana de la Reguera, Amelia Eve, Gentry White, Philip Winchester and Margot Bingham also star. The series is produced in English, with Spanish-language subtitles.
Sweet Navidad
Lifetime, 8 p.m. ● Original Film Christmas comes early for soap fans with this Latin-flavored tale starring Days of Our Lives alums Camila Banus and Mark Hapka as pastry chefs thrown into the kitchen together for a holiday gala at a hotel owned by One Life to Live veteran David Fumero.
Law & Order
NBC, 8 p.m.
When a decorated military veteran is found murdered in his own home, Cosgrove (Jeffrey Donovan) and Shaw (Mehcad Brooks) work with his daughter to uncover an important clue, while untangling the stories of other service members connected to the victim.
Pickled CBS, 9 p.m.
Stephen Colbert hosts this two-hour celebrity pickleball tournament, featuring teams competing to benefit Comic Relief US. Among the players vying for the Colbert Cup are Will Ferrell, Luis Guzmán, Daniel Dae Kim, Sugar Ray Leonard, Tig Notaro, Kelly Rowland, Paul Scheer, Aisha Tyler and Emma Watson.