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Entertainment Now December 11 - 17, 2022 • 15 SATURDAY EVENING DECEMBER 17, 2022 6 pm 6:30 7 pm 7:30 8 pm 8:30 9 pm 9:30 10 pm 10:30 11 pm 11:30 D NW BROADCAST STATIONS 2 WTWO Jeopardy! Wheel Password Dateline NBC SNL Kristen Wiig; Dua Lipa WTWO News Saturday Night Live (L) (N) 4 3 WCIA (4:30) College Basketball UCLA vs. Kentucky (L) (N) Fire Country "Work, Don't Worry" 48 Hours 48 Hours 3 News at Ten Outdoor- sman The Swan Princess Christmas (2012, Animated) WTTV (4:30) College Basketball UCLA vs. Kentucky (L) (N) Fire Country "Work, Don't Worry" 48 Hours 48 Hours CBS4 News at Eleven (N) (:35) Colts 360 (N) (:05) Game Time (:35) The Big Bang Theory WRTV Football (N) College Football SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl: Teams TBA (L) (N) WRTV News Bensinger Paid Prog. Paid Prog. WISH The Rookie "Safety" iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2022 (N) Whose Line News 8 at 10PM (N) News (N) Outdoors Sporting Raised 9 WTHI (4:30) College Basketball UCLA vs. Kentucky (L) (N) Fire Country "Work, Don't Worry" 48 Hours 48 Hours News 10 (N) Friends Storm of Suspicion 13 12 WILL (5:30) Antiques As Time Goes By Father Brown "The Requiem for the Dead" Midsomer Murders (:45) Midsomer Murders "Echoes of the Dead" Shakespeare "Some Cupid Kills" Austin "The War and Treaty; Ruthie Foster" The Caverns Sessions WTHR Wheel Jeopardy! Password Dateline NBC SNL Kristen Wiig; Dua Lipa 13News (N) Saturday Night Live (L) (N) 8 6 WICD Football (L) (N) College Football SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl: Teams TBA From Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. (L) (N) News (L) (N) (:35) The National Desk (L) (N) (:35) Ent. Tonight (N) 10 7 WAND WAND News Wheel Password Dateline NBC SNL Kristen Wiig; Dua Lipa WAND News Saturday Night Live (L) (N) WLFI (4:30) College Basketball UCLA vs. Kentucky (L) (N) Fire Country "Work, Don't Worry" 48 Hours 48 Hours News 18 at Eleven (N) Deadline to Disaster Weather Gone Viral 11 10 WCCU The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Gordon Ramsay's Road Trip "Christmas Vacation" Hell's Kitchen "Just Wingin' It" FOX Illinois News at 9 (N) The Big Bang Theory Hell's Kitchen "Clawing Your Way to the Top" Access Hollywood (N) WXIN TMZ (N) Gordon Ramsay's Road Trip "Christmas Vacation" Hell's Kitchen "Just Wingin' It" FOX59 News at Ten (N) Hell's Kitchen "Clawing Your Way to the Top" FIFA World Cup 2022 Tonight (N) CABLE STATIONS 36 39 A&E The First 48 "Freestyling" The First 48 The First 48 (N) Killer Cases (N) (:05) The First 48 (:05) The First 48 34 35 AMC +++ Elf (2003, Children) James Caan, Bob Newhart, Will Ferrell. +++ Elf (2003, Children) James Caan, Bob Newhart, Will Ferrell. +++ The Polar Express (2004, Animated) 40 60 ANPL Dr. Jeff: RMV Dr. Jeff: RMV Dr. Jeff: RMV Dr. Jeff: RMV Dr. Jeff: RMV Dr. Jeff: RMV 54 BET 4: Nutty Professor II: ... ++ Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family ('11) Bow Wow, Tyler Perry. ++ Roll Bounce ('05) Chi McBride, Bow Wow. 35 38 BRAV Million Dollar LA ++++ It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart. ++++ It's a Wonderful Life ('46) James Stewart. 51 46 CMTV Movie ++ Grumpy Old Men ('93) Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon. ++ Grumpier Old Men ('95) Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon. Movie 27 41 COM (5:30) Movie ++ Vacation ('15) Ed Helms. Rusty Griswold and his family embark on a road trip to America's favorite fun park, Walley World. Movie 57 62 DISN Big City Big City Toy Story (:25) The Proud Family Movie ('05, Ani) Big City Big City Big City Ladybug Ladybug Ladybug 38 58 DSC Afraid "Next Gen Survival" Naked and Afraid Afraid "Breaking the Curse" Naked and Afraid "Opposites Don't Attract" Naked and Afraid 31 42 E! Movie Movie Mod Fam Mod Fam 25 23 ESPN (4:45) Football LendingTree Bowl: Teams TBA (L) (N) (:15) College Football Frisco Bowl: Teams TBA From Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. (L) (N) (:45) SportCtr 24 24 ESPN2 E60 Wm. Volleyball NCAA Championship: Teams TBA (L) (N) SC Featured College Basketball Tennessee at Arizona (L) (N) SportCtr 275 71 EWTN Daily Mass: Olam A Time to Remember Rosary Living "The Red Zone" Defending EWTN Book Daily Mass: Olam 42 57 FOOD Christmas Cookie Christmas Cookie Christmas Cookie Cookie "Christmas Gifts" Christmas Cookie Christmas Cookie 32 65 FREE (:55) ++ Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018, Animated) (:55) +++ Home Alone ('90) Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Macaulay Culkin. (:25) Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 59 40 FX (4:30) The Incredibles +++ The Incredibles (2004, Animated) ++ Daddy's Home 2 ('17) Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell. Movie 50 67 HALL (5:00) A Fabled Holiday 'Twas the Night Before Christmas Torrey DeVitto. (P) The Holiday Sitter ('22) Jonathan Bennett. Christmas CEO 41 56 HGTV Love It or List It Love It or List It Love It or List It Love It or List It Love It or List It Love It or List It 37 54 HIST Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Do America "National Treasures" (:05) Pawn Stars Do America "Southern Charms" (:05) Pawn Stars Do 30 30 LIFE 5: Single & Ready to Ji... The Holiday Dating Guide ('22) Maria Menounos. (P) (:05) Scentsational Christmas Nazneen Contractor. The Holiday Dating G... 18 9 NEWSN NewsNation Prime (L) (N) NewsNation Prime (L) (N) NewsNation Prime (L) (N) NewsNation Prime NewsNation Prime NewsNation Prime 56 61 NICK Movie Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends 58 69 OXYG Accident "The Big Shot" Accident, Suicide (N) Sherri Papini (P) (N) Sherri Papini: Lies, Lies and More Lies Accident "A Family Fight" 156 37 SYFY (5:45) ++ The Day After Tomorrow Dennis Quaid. (:15) +++ Everest (2015, Adventure) Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Jason Clarke. + Seed of Chucky 277 17 TBN Charles Stanley (N) Huckabee (N) The Story Paid Prog. Power Youseff Huckabee The Story Fontaine 17 34 TBS 5: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon... Burgers Burgers Burgers Burgers Burgers ++ The Mummy ('99) Rachel Weisz, Brendan Fraser. 33 36 TCM (4:00) +++ King of Kings ('61) Jeffrey Hunter. +++ The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965, History) Charlton Heston, Carroll Baker, Max von Sydow. The life of Jesus (Max von Sydow), from birth to Resurrection. ++ Mr. Soft Touch ('49) Evelyn Keyes, Glenn Ford. 39 59 TLC Love in Paradise My 600-lb Life "Brianne's Story" My 600-lb Life "Benji & David's Story" My 600-lb "Brianne's Story" 29 33 TNT (4:30) ++ Hulk Eric Bana. +++ Doctor Strange ('16) Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Cumberbatch. +++ Ant-Man ('15) Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Paul Rudd. 55 64 TOON (5:00) +++ Smallfoot Scooby-Doo Scooby-Doo Futurama Futurama American American American Rick and Morty 63 68 TVL Mom Mom Mom Mom Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men 28 32 USA (5:00) +++ Shrek ('01) +++ Shrek 2 (2004, Animated) +++ Shrek (2001, Animated) +++ Shrek 2 ('04, Ani) 125 91 WE NCIS "Hiatus" NCIS "Shalom" NCIS "Escaped" NCIS "Singled Out" NCIS "Faking It" NCIS "Dead and Unburied" PAY STATIONS 700 400 HBO (5:20) ++ See How They Run ('22) Sam Rockwell. To Be Announced His Dark Materials His Dark Materials +++ District 9 ('09) Jason Cope, Sharlto Copley. 730 450 MAX (5:20) +++ Pretty in Pink ('86) Molly Ringwald. ++ Perfect Stranger (2007, Thriller) Bruce Willis, Giovanni Ribisi, Halle Berry. (:50) ++ The Forever Purge (2021, Action) Josh Lucas, Tenoch Huerta, Ana de la Reguera. (:35) ++ Miami Vice (2006, Action) Jamie Foxx, Gong Li, Colin Farrell. 750 350 SHOW George & Tammy "The Race Is On" George & Tammy "Stand by Your Man" Boxing All the boxing action. (L) (N) Tammy "The Race Is On" 650 300 STARZ (5:20) + Sex Tape ('14) Jason Segel, Cameron Diaz. Dangerous Liaisons "You Are Not My Equal" The BMF Do "Legacy" +++ 22 Jump Street (2014, Comedy) Channing Tatum, Peter Stormare, Jonah Hill. (:25) Step Up "Bring 'Em Out" Moulin Rouge 785 358 TMC (5:50) +++ The Green Knight (2021, Fantasy) Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Dev Patel. Post Mortem (2020, Horror) Fruzsina Hais, Judit Schell, Viktor Klem. The Blackcoat's Daughter ('15) Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton, Emma Roberts. (:35) Post Mortem The Kitchen FOOD 10:00 a.m. The Kitchen hosts share favorite recipes that keep the house smell- ing yummy all weekend long, in- cluding Alex Guarnaschelli's com- forting pork osso buco, Jeff Mau- ro's butternut squash and leek ag- nolotti and Geoffrey Zakarian's cozy almond orange cake. Love It or List It HGTV 6:00 p.m. A real estate broker on the look- out for the perfect family home spotted a diamond in the rough and convinced his wife to buy it. While he sees its unlimited poten- tial, however, she can't see past the long list of fixes, including the cracked ceiling. Belfast HBOP 6:40 p.m. Jamie Dornan and Catriona Balfe star in this semi-autobiographical film about a working class family and their son's childhood during the Troubles in 1960s Belfast. Di- rected by Kenneth Branagh, this black and white film shows the dangers of sectarianism. iHeartRadio Jingle Ball CW 7:00 p.m. Fans can experience the excite- ment of the iHeart Radio Jingle Ball Tour from the comfort of their own homes with this special broadcast. This year's superstar lineup includes performances from Dua Lipa, Lizzo, The Kid LA- ROI, The Backstreet Boys and more. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas HALL 7:00 p.m. A former actress takes charge of a town's annual Christmas Eve courtroom production debating the true authorship of the poem "A Visit from St. Nick" in this new holiday rom-com's network pre- miere. Torrey DeVitto, Zane Holtz and Amanda Barker star. Best bets Dua Lipa performs at the 2022 "iHeartRadio Jingle Ball"

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