News & Notes

Tonight, FOX has A Christmas Story Live! and PBS has the Last Tango in Halifax: Holiday Special Part 1.

Over on cable, Hallmark Channel has the TV movie premiere of Romance at Reindeer Lodge, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries has the TV movie premiere of Christmas Connection, Lifetime has the TV movie premiere of A Perfect Christmas List, tbs has the second season finale of Search Party, and TNT has the second season finale of Good Behavior.

On streaming, as of this morning, CBS All Access has No Activity S.1 Ep.6.

Next Sunday, Starz has the second season finale of The Girlfriend Experience.

Prime Picks

Food Paradise (Travel): New. Places that have been open for 50 years or more are profiled. Plays again later.

NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS): New. The team investigates when the part of the L.A. power grid is taken down.

Madam Secretary (CBS): New. Secretary McCord doesn’t like what she may have to advise the Afghans to do.

Solid Selections

White Famous (Showtime): Repeat. Last week’s first season finale episode, “Zero F**ks Given,” replays earlier this evening. Runs 30 minutes.

Food Paradise (Travel): New. The best places around the U.S. cooking over open flames are profiled. Plays again later.

SMILF (Showtime): New. ???. Runs 30 minutes. Plays twice again and later. Last week’s episode, “Chocolate Pudding & a Cooler of Gatorade” replays earlier this evening.

Other Option

• Happy! (USA Network): Repeats. The first two episodes replays tonight on SYFY’s sister cabler.

Sports Notes

• CBS has NFL action today.
• ESPN has college basketball action today with North Carolina at Tennessee.
• ESPN2 has women’s college basketball action today with Ohio State at Cincinnati.
• ESPNU has doubleheader college basketball action today with Florida A&M at Georgia Tech followed by San Francisco at Stanford.
• FOX has NFL action today.
• FS1 has women’s college basketball action today with Florida State at Texas followed by doubleheader men’s action with Stony Brook at Providence followed by Iona at St. John’s.
• NBC has Sunday Night Football NFL action with the Dallas Cowboys at the Oakland Raiders.

Sunday TV Marathons

Blue Bloods (WGN America): Five episodes tonight.
CSI: Miami (WEtv): Six episodes tonight that play twice.
Food Paradise (Travel Channel): Nine episodes tonight.
The Golden Girls (TV Land): Has 14 episodes early.
Ghost Whisperer (Pop): Nine episodes.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (USA Network): Has 11 episodes.
Monk (WEtv): Six episodes today.