Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one. Here are some of the shows, specials and movies coming to TV this week, Dec. 12-18. Details and times are subject to change.
Monday
BAKING IT: MAYA RUDOLPH & AMY POEHLER’S CELEBRITY HOLIDAY SPECIAL 10 p.m. on NBC. Maya Rudolph is kicking off the second season of her show, “Baking It,” with a holiday special co-starring Amy Poehler. The network announced that her season one co-host, Andy Samberg, would not be returning. On this episode Fred Armisen, Kristen Bell, Nicole Richie and JB Smoove compete in festive holiday baking challenges while also raising money for charity.
Tuesday
PELOSI IN THE HOUSE (2022) 9 p.m. on HBO. This documentary about the speaker of the house, Nancy Pelosi, filmed over three decades by her daughter Alexandra Pelosi, got a big preview when the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol played snippets of Alexandra’s videos from that day during their final hearing. Now, we will see moments before and after including Pelosi’s first State of the Union under President George W. Bush, the infamous moment of her ripping up a copy of President Donald Trump’s speech as she sat behind him and her persistence to verify the ballots even after the attack.
THE VOICE 9 p.m. on NBC. This week’s two-hour live finale will feature performances from the top five finalists competing for a $100,000 cash prize and a record deal with Universal Music Group. They won’t be the only ones singing, though — Kane Brown, Kelly Clarkson, Maluma, One Republic and Adam Lambert are all set to perform.
Wednesday
SURVIVOR 8 p.m. on CBS. A three-hour episode, which includes a reunion, will wrap up the 43rd season of this reality competition show. This season, like the two that came before it, is a shortened version — filming took place over just 26 days to create 12 episodes. The show has already announced that it will be coming back for a 44th season.
Thursday
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: A 30TH CELEBRATION 8 p.m. on ABC. In 1992, Disney released an animated film that tells the story of Belle, a booksmart and headstrong girl who enters in the mansion of the Beast to save her father. Through true love, the Beast is transformed into his original form — a handsome prince, and of course, Belle and the prince live happily ever after. To celebrate the beloved fairy tale, this made-for-TV movie is part live action, part animation. Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson, known as H.E.R., stars as Belle, Josh Groban stars as the Beast and Rita Moreno narrates. The rest of the cast is also star studded, with almost too many Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award nominations between all of them to count.
Friday
FOUR CHRISTMASES (2008) 9 p.m. on AMC. While some holiday movies focus on the importance and joy of spending time with family, this film admits it can be exhausting. Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon play a couple who spend the holidays trudging around from one family event to another after their tropical getaway is canceled. “Yes, it follows a charming, mismatched couple on a sentimental journey involving presents, family and the sharing of food and feelings,” A.O. Scott wrote in his review for The New York Times. “But the picture, briskly directed by Seth Gordon from a snappy, many-authored script, is refreshingly tart and lean, forgoing the usual schmaltz and syrup.”
Saturday
HOWARDS END 7 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). The four-part series follows two sisters as they navigate their love lives in Edwardian England. Margaret Schlegel, played by Hayley Atwell, is courted by Henry Wilcox (Matthew Macfadyen), a wealthy widower. Meanwhile, Margaret’s younger sister Helen Schlegel (Philippa Coulthard) falls for a penniless clerk.
IHEARTRADIO JINGLE BALL 2022 8 p.m. on The CW. Originally broadcast live from Madison Square Garden in New York City on Dec. 9, a recording of this concert is coming to the small screen. The tour, which travels around the U.S. during the month of December, features performances by Dua Lipa, Lizzo, Lauv and Demi Lovato — just to name a new.
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (2006) 9:30 p.m. on E! This movie is chock-full of memorable lines. Emily Blunt saying to Anne Hathaway, “A million girls would kill for this job” or Meryl Streep telling Hathaway, “By all means, move at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.” Hathaway plays Andy, a journalist who tries to get her big break by working as an assistant to Miranda Priestly (Streep), the editor in chief of Runway magazine, which is loosely inspired by Anna Wintour and Vogue magazine. After galas, a trip to Paris and a whole new wardrobe, Andy has to decide what she actually wants to do with her life.
Sunday
YELLOWSTONE 8 p.m. on Paramount. This ensemble show follows a family of powerful ranchers. Last season, it was television’s most watched drama. “The surface layer of ‘Yellowstone’ is part modern-day Western, part family business saga,” the New York Times critic James Poniewozik wrote about the first season. “A kind of cowboy ‘Dynasty’ with some dark-cable ambitions.”
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944) 8 p.m. on TCM. This romantic comedy and musical follows four sisters, including one played by Judy Garland, in the year leading up to the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition World’s Fair. The plot revolves around Christmas, making it the perfect movie to watch this time of year.
