Innholdsfortegnelse for December 9, 2024 i TV Guide Magazine

GOOD HEAVENS Thank you for the special Christmas edition of The Chosen! The beautiful pictures of each Apostle help me to remember each one by name, face and character. The entire Christmas edition is a must-read for fans! Looking forward to Season 5. —Dolores [Buy your copy now at TheChosen2024.com] BON VOYAGE I will gladly fall ill on my vacation cruise if I can be treated by the Doctor Odyssey staff. Joshua Jackson is a dreamboat! I hope it is smooth sailing for renewal on ABC. —Aimee HEALING COMEDY Thankfully, a breath of fresh air can be added to the list of mediocre sitcoms: St. Denis Medical on NBC. I love Allison Tolman, and she shines in this show, as does Wendi McLendon-Covey (The Goldbergs), who proves she can play…

@TVGMMattRoush Spies Seeing Double “MY CHOSEN CAREER is a psychological tightrope walk over a pit of fire,” says a CIA spook code-named Martian (played with steely intensity by Michael Fassbender) in the solemn spy drama The Agency. Nearly as tormented about living a life that’s a lie is Helen Webb (a spirited Keira Knightley), the duplicitous heroine of the rollicking espionage romp Black Doves. Helen works for a shadowy group that steals government secrets and sells to the highest bidder. “I have no idea who I am,” she laments to her best friend, Sam (the soulful Ben Whishaw), a forlorn assassin who’s spent the last seven years in exile. Obviously, theirs are not normal lives. And while both series take great pains to reveal the emotional and mental toll the…

Yellowstone SERIES FINALE 8/7c, Paramount Network Happy trails? The Western saga about the rich cattleranching Dutton family wraps up by revealing the fate of the Yellowstone Ranch—and the people who love it and have spilled so much blood to keep it. “It’s what you want at the very end of a show that you’ve loved so much for so long. It’s beautiful; it’s heartbreaking,” reveals Luke Grimes, who plays hotheaded Kayce Dutton, younger brother to two warring siblings, rainmaker Beth (Kelly Reilly, above) and lawyer Jamie (Wes Bentley). Heartbreak also marked the start of this season’s second half, which saw patriarch John (Kevin Costner) murdered in a hit (ordered by Jamie’s girlfriend!) staged to look like a suicide. The finale will “definitely” be satisfying for fans, according to Kelsey Asbille,…

National Christmas Tree Lighting 8/7c, CBS Country singer Mickey Guyton returns to host this annual Washington, D.C., event. Joining her to perform holiday classics are Adam Blackstone, Muni Long, Stephen Sanchez, Trombone Shorty, James Taylor, the War and Treaty and Trisha Yearwood. SONGS FOR A GOOD CAUSE Josh Groban & Friends Go Home for the Holidays 9/8c, CBS Jennifer Hudson, Tori Kelly, James Bay and others join the singer in using their voices to raise awareness in this annual holiday concert that celebrates the importance of adoption. Showcasing the many wonderful kids in foster care and the adults who have selflessly stepped in to give them families, this year’s special will also feature a live adoption—so you might want to ask Santa for an early delivery of tissues! Inside the…

Big RV Remix Noon/11am c, A&E Celebrity Trailers gurus Big Boi and Janice Faison bring their over-the-top vehicle renovations to a longtime client who is also the owner of a rental van fleet. Can they work their magic for Finny, who wants a set of wheels that doubles as a living and working space for him and his family? Two for One: Nicole Holofcener 8/7c, TCM The You Hurt My Feelings director joins host Ben Mankiewicz to discuss the Oscar-winning film Coming Home (1978) and 1973 comedy-drama The Last Detail. Miracle on 34th Street 11:30/10:30c, Freeform When Kriss Kringle (Richard Attenborough) plays Santa in an NYC department store in this 1994 remake, folks receive quite the Christmas surprise. TODAY’S SPORTS PICKS COLLEGE FOOTBALL 11am/10c, ESPN Wasabi Fenway Bowl Noon/11am c,…

PREMIERES Lego Masters: Celebrity Holiday Bricktacular Dec. 10, 8/7c, Fox Love During Lockup Dec. 13, 8/7c, WE tv Dexter: Original Sin Dec. 15, 9/8c, Paramount+ With Showtime NEW Very Scary People Dec. 15, 9/8c, Investigation Discovery Lost Treasures of the Bible Dec. 19, 9/8c, National Geographic FINALES The Day of the Jackal Dec. 12, Peacock What We Do in the Shadows Dec. 16, 10/9c, FX Star Trek: Lower Decks Dec. 19, Paramount+ Before Dec. 20, Apple TV+ Dune: Prophecy Dec. 22, 9/8c, HBO Bad Sisters Dec. 25 Apple TV+ Shrinking Dec. 25 Apple TV+ RENEWALS The Diplomat Netflix Nobody Wants This Netflix Shrinking Apple TV+…

A Motown Christmas 9/8c, NBC This musical special hosted by Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey (right) will make spirits bright. Legends like Robinson, Gladys Knight and the Temptations join Jamie Foxx, Jordin Sparks, Bailey and more for a night of timeless performances of “My Girl,” “Tears of a Clown” and “Stop (In the Name of Love),” plus more classics. “It’s going to be a wonderful, festive special,” previews Robinson. For the 84-year-old singer, showcasing the hits of yesteryear is especially meaningful. “The first day of Motown, Berry Gordy, who was the founder [of the Motown record label] and my best friend, said, ‘I’m going to start my own company, and we’re not just going to make Black music—we’re going to make music for everybody, with some great beats and stories,’…

GHOSTING BUSTERS! Happy’s Place 8/7c, NBC Tavern proprietor Bobbie (Reba McEntire) catches halfsis Isabella (Belissa Escobedo) doing a slow fade breakup with her long-distance boyfriend. Not in this ale house. Bobbie talks her into sending a Dear John letter. Better spell-check it. Also: bartender Gabby (Melissa Peterman) reads a review referring to her as “Abby.” Yikes. Shark Tank 8/7c, ABC Hang your Bombas socks by the fire for Santa. With $1.3 billion in lifetime sales, the cozy footwear and T-shirt company is the Sharks’ biggest success. The next big thing could be discovered tonight, when the Tank is transformed into a winter wonderland. Fire Country 9/8c, CBS What’s long buried can still resurface. That’s true for the zombie fires—flames that burn underground and reemerge at a later date—that show up…

iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2024 8/7c, ABC No concert ticket? No problem! Sing along to the year’s biggest hits and relive the best moments from the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour. Katy Perry, Meghan Trainor, Twenty One Pilots, SZA and Benson Boone are among the star acts performing. LAST ONE STANDING Survivor SEASON FINALE 8/7c, CBS The 47th island-battle royal concludes with Part 2 of the supersized cast reunion and the reveal of the Sole Survivor, all shot on location in Fiji. (We’re hearing there may also be a few more blindsides for host Jeff Probst and the tribes before the tiki is snuffed out!) The Masked Singer SEASON FINALE 8/7c, Fox It’s all come down to this: the final unmasking. Which celeb will host Nick Cannon (below) crown champion in a season…

Cowboys for Christmas Marathon 8am/7c, SundanceTV Rope in that garland with a lineup of Westerns, starting with two Clint Eastwood classics: 1973’s High Plains Drifter, followed by 1972’s Joe Kidd (10:30am/9:30c). The rodeo continues all day until Christmas Eve. Mysteries of the Unknown 8/7c, Travel Channel The show that attempts to unravel history’s mysteries using ancient artifacts examines the miraculous story of a shipwrecked socialite (who may be the Unsinkable Molly Brown); the Port Chicago Disaster, a World War II munitions explosion that killed 320 and led to a mutiny trial; and the doings of a murderous mutt. Get Millie Black SEASON FINALE 9/8c, HBO The first season of the five-part noir crime thriller from Man Booker Prize–winning novelist Marlon James comes to a close. Investigator Luke Holborn (Game of…

Wonder Bar The legal drama starring Kathy Bates (below) is the season’s No. 1 new series, and its premiere was the most watched new CBS series debut in five years, excluding post–Super Bowl premieres. Slow and Steady Zachary Quinto’s medical drama is growing its audience 65 percent on average over a week of delayed playback. Its September series-premiere episode has now been viewed by a total of 13.5 million watchers when including cross-platform and streaming numbers. Quirky Hit Season 2 of this oddball detective series, starring Carrie Preston, is holding steady from its promising Season 1 numbers. The series is getting a 77 percent boost in viewership over seven days of delayed multiplatform playback, moving it up from No. 15 in same-day viewing. Genius Find This crime drama, starring Kaitlin…

@TVGMMattRoush I’m wondering if you find, as I do, that the “mockumentary” gimmick has been overused on TV over the past decade or more, from The Office and Modern Family to Abbott Elementary and now St. Denis Medical (naming just a few). While it’s not a bad show, and having characters talk to a camera crew filming their exploits is a great storytelling device, how many do we need before it’s not original anymore? —Aaron F. MATT ROUSH: Fair question. When I reviewed St. Denis, I pointed out that the device is no longer innovative. I now see this as an established form of TV comedy, and while I agree it should be used sparingly, in the right hands (as it is in Abbott and St. Denis), it’s a useful…

Outlander Fridays, 8/7c, Starz WE DINNA BELIEVE IT. Outlander’s hot Scot Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan), who has survived battles, torture, floggings, fire, bullets, a duel and a snake bite, has died in a shipwreck. The tragic news that the Highlander hero perished while sailing from Scotland to the New World to reunite with his wife, time-traveling surgeon Claire (Caitríona Balfe), reached her and his old friend Lord John Grey (David Berry) at the end of the second episode of Season 7’s return. But reports of Jamie’s demise have been exaggerated before. In the second season, a pregnant Claire returned to the 20th century and grieved Jamie for 20 years, thinking he had been killed in the Battle of Culloden. After discovering he was alive, she returned to the past. That indicates…

All I Need for Christmas MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, Hallmark Mystery Tired Maggie (Mallory Jansen) moves to her family’s farm and meets Archie (Dan Jeannotte), an app developer spending Christmas alone. Together, they inspire each other to pursue their dreams. Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage 8/7c, CBS The Young Sheldon spinoff signs off for 2024 after tonight’s episode where Mandy (Emily Osment) tries to decorate baby CeeCee’s nursery. 60TH ANNIVERSARY! Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 8/7c, NBC Do you recall the most famous reindeer of all? This Rankin/Bass stop-motion classic from 1964 is back on NBC after more than five decades on CBS. Relive the iconic Christmas story, narrated by Burl Ives (serving as the voice of Sam the Snowman), of the illuminating outcast reindeer who saves Christmas—and encounters an island of…

Ghosts 8/7c, CBS Christmas has come to Woodstone Manor, and so have the parents! The return of the sitcom’s annual Ghostmas special (no episode aired last year due to the actors’ strike) brings the long-awaited arrival of Jay’s (Utkarsh Ambudkar) mom and dad, played by Sakina Jaffrey (Mr. Robot) and Bernard White (Beef). “Jay, even from the pilot, mentioned his dad thought [that Sam and Jay’s] move to the country and running a B&B, and now this restaurant, seemed to be risky,” says showrunner Joe Wiseman. In-law approval is also on the holiday wish list for Sam (Rose McIver, above), who, according to Wiseman, feels like Jay’s mom never fully accepted her. “That’s a big goal for Sam this season—to ingratiate herself a little more,” he teases. It’ll be a…

The 47th Kennedy Center Honors 8:30/7:30c, CBS Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt (right), Academy Award–winning filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, legendary rockers the Grateful Dead (surviving members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir will attend) and jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval are the esteemed artists who will be feted at the annual Washington, D.C., celebration. Also receiving an honor: New York City’s famed Apollo Theater, where legions of Black entertainers, from Ella Fitzgerald to H.E.R., have performed. The Wonderful World of Disney Presents: The Santa Clause 8/7c, ABC In the first installment of this Christmastime staple, divorced dad Scott Calvin (Tim Allen, above) accidentally kills a man in a Santa suit on Christmas Eve—and then is transported to the North Pole and tasked with becoming the next Kris Kringle. Forget the cookies…

COME ON DOWN! The Price Is Right at Night 8/7c, CBS In this heartwarming holiday edition of venerable quiz show, host Drew Carey (far right, with a lucky contestant) celebrates first responders and other heroes. Police officers, firefighters and military members vie for cash, cars and other big prizes. The Wonderful World of Disney Presents: Home Alone 8/7c, ABC After 8-year-old Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) wishes his family would disappear, they do—accidentally leaving for their Paris vacation without him, in this 1990 film that has become a Christmas staple. It’s a kid’s dream…until burglars (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) attempt to break into his house. Don’t mess with Kevin, ya filthy animal! Christmas Eve Mass 11:30/10:30c, NBC Late-Night Pick Pope Francis presides over the 90-minute Mass of the Nativity of the Lord…

The Greatest @Home Videos: Holiday Edition 8/7c, CBS Cedric the Entertainer returns to emcee the annual festive broadcast, where laugh-outloud feel-good videos captured on handheld devices will make you believe in magic. AWARD-WORTHY Grammy Greats: The Stories Behind the Songs 9/8c, CBS Richard Marx, Alicia Keys, Brandi Carlile, Billie Eilish and Finneas are just a few of the performers interviewed for this tribute honoring past Song of the Year recipients. Gayle King and Mickey Guyton host. My Lottery Dream Home 9/8c, HGTV A Florida couple who scored with a $2 million scratch-off ticket enlist host David Bromstad to find them a place to spend the holidays in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia. Craft in America SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) Art and science collide as…

ACROSS 1 Geographical charts 5 ____ All Night 9 Bernie Kopell on The Love Boat 12 The ____ Andre Show 13 Ten-speed, for one 14 Egg cells 15 Former talk-show host and eponymous star of sitcom Ellen 17 How to ____ Away With Murder 18 Awkwafina Is ____ From Queens 19 Stadium levels 21 I Love Lucy landlady 24 Westworld actress Thompson 26 Remote-control battery size 27 ____ Wolf 29 Jazz singer James 32 A metal used in jewelry making that is designated by .925 34 ____ at a Time (2 wds.) 36 Georgina Haig on Once Upon a Time 37 ____ Living (2 wds.) 39 Raw metal 40 Lady Gaga’s instrument 42 Robert Urich series 44 Backup option (2 wds.) 46 Baby buggy, in England 48 Apple TV+ limited series Masters of the ____…

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21) You’re definitely one of the most social signs. However, right now your stars are strongly advising you to take a little break from your crowd to allow yourself some major me time. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19) As arguably the most ambitious of signs, no one can blame you for having an endless list of goals. But don’t you just want a little bit of relaxation every now and then? Take some family time. See your mom or dad, if you can. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18) Tempting as it might be to run far, far away from all the intensity in your life now, (a) wherever you go, there you are, and (b) you will be happier if you enjoy wherever home is. Attend to the details of…

1 Maria Wednesday, Dec. 11 NETFLIX An incomparable opera diva retires to Paris and reckons with her life in this magnetic film, told in flashback, starring Angelina Jolie (below) as Maria Callas. We see Callas’ legendary soprano of the 1950s and ’60s in a film that covers her glamorous, tumultuous life—including an affair with Aristotle Onassis (Haluk Bilginer)—and career. “Music was her life. Her relationship to her voice, her presence onstage…it was the key to her as well,” Jolie said in a Netflix interview. Jolie prepared for seven months by studying Italian and opera technique; sound mixing blends her voice with Callas’, and the star’s journey proved to be parallel to that of her character. “To be very candid,” she added, “it was the therapy I didn’t realize I needed.”…

NETFLIX Available Now Baby Driver (2017)0 Music-loving getaway driver Baby (Ansel Elgort) has one last job to pull before he can ditch the criminal life. And those never go well! Lily James costars. Daddy Day Care (2003) How hard could it be for unemployed dad Charlie (Eddie Murphy) to look after a few kids every day? Audiences loved this touching slapstick comedy. The Lost City (2022) A romance novelist (Sandra Bullock) and her book’s cover model (Channing Tatum) must elude a crazy billionaire who thinks her new plot is real! The Piano Lesson (2024) NETFLIX ORIGINAL Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington star in this moving family drama based on August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play. Rob Peace (2024) Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor cowrote, directed and stars in this affecting drama about a Yale grad…

@damianholbrook Cheers to Hallmark’s champion season. Between the joyful team-up of Andrew Walker, Paul Campbell and Tyler Hynes in Three Wiser Men and a Boy, the Kansas City–set Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story and the winning reality competition Finding Mr. Christmas on new streaming platform Hallmark+, the brand’s annual holiday countdown has been unbeatable. Cheers to the rise of Bowen Yang. He has a scene-stealing turn in Wicked, cohosts the buzzy Las Culturistas podcast, and he consistently delivers Saturday Night Live’s best sketches. Now is the time for TV Academy voters to add “Emmy winner” to the multitasking comic’s (left, with Ariana Grande on SNL) résumé. Cheers to A Man on the Inside for going deeper than expected. Not only is Ted Danson (left) impeccable as a sweetly optimistic retiree…