WHAT TO WATCH
| CONTENT BY TV WEEKLY
All times listed are Eastern/Pacific Time. Shows air one hour earlier in Central/Mountain Time.
Written in the Stars
discovery+ ● New Series
This dating reality series puts contestants’ love lives in the hands of the world’s top astrologers. Twelve single strangers, each representing one of the 12 signs of the zodiac, arrive at a villa in Greece and learn that astrologers have matched them using just their birth charts. Will they find love?
Classic TV Holiday Marathon
MeTV, beginning at 12 p.m.
Enjoy eight hours of Christmas episodes from beloved sitcoms: The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, Gilligan’s Island, Mama’s Family, Full House, The Andy Griffith Show and M*A*S*H.
A Christmas Cookie Catastrophe
Hallmark Channel, 6 p.m. ● Original Film Taking over as CEO of her late grandmother’s small-town cookie company, Annie must also turn amateur sleuth when Grandma’s prized secret recipe is stolen. Annie enlists local baker Sam to help her re-create the tasty treat and save the family business. Could they also be stirring up love?
’Tis the Season:
The Holidays on Screen
CNN, 8 p.m.
Tom Hanks is an executive producer of this two-hour celebration of beloved holiday films and television specials. Featuring decades of rich archival footage and lively interviews with celebrities, directors, producers, film critics, historians and pop culture experts, the program unwraps the most memorable and festive moments onscreen, and explores why these projects continue to delight audiences, no matter what age.
Welcome to Flatch
FOX, 8 p.m.
In the new episode “Flatchural Disaster” airing on a special night, Flatch spins out of control when a tornado makes its way through the town.
A Holiday Spectacular
Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m. ● Original Film Set in 1958 Philadelphia, this musicfilled original film also features the Radio City Rockettes. Broadway’s Ginna Claire Mason (Wicked) stars as beautiful heiress Maggie, whose lifelong wish to dance in Radio City Music Hall’s famed Christmas Spectacular leads her to ditch her high-society wedding plans and make her dream come true.
A Christmas Spark
Lifetime, 8 p.m. ● Original Film
Jane Seymour and Joe Lando (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman) reunite in this holiday original film. Seymour stars as the recently widowed Molly, who has lost her zest for life and given up on ever finding love again. As a former drama teacher, Molly reluctantly takes on the job of directing the town’s Christmas pageant and soon finds herself falling for her leading man, Hank (Lando), the town’s most eligible bachelor.
This Is Life With Lisa Ling
CNN, 10 p.m. ● Season Premiere Award-winning journalist and author Lisa Ling is back for Season 9 of her series that ventures into the far corners of America, exploring communities that are often unknown or misunderstood. The season premiere, “Sex, Love and Technology,” shows how, during one of the loneliest times in human history, technology has provided new ways to connect, like virtual reality and sex dolls.