This Week on TV – 12/16/18-12/22/18

Welcome to a new week of TV! It’s a much slower week this week, gearing up to the holidays and with most shows on break, but there are still a few things on, so be sure to check out the schedule below so you don’t miss anything!

Don’t forget to comment or Tweet @tvismypacifier to let us know what YOU are planning to watch!

Jump with me to view this week’s schedule.

Sunday

Sunday features 1 season finale, so check out tonight’s schedule!

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale*Holiday Gingerbread Showdown – Food Network @ 9/8c
  • *Special*2018 Miss Universe – FOX @ 7/6c (3-Hour Special)
  • *Sports*Football Night in America – NBC @ 7/6c
  • *Special*iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2018 – The CW @ 8/7c (90-Minute Special)
  • *Sports*Sunday Night Football – NBC @ 8:15/7:15c (Philadelphia Eagles at Los Angeles Rams)
  • *New*90 Day Fiance (#610) – TLC @ 8/7c (3-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*Alaska: The Last Frontier (#811) – Discovery Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Amanda to the Rescue (#108) – Animal Planet @ 9/8c
  • *New*Berlin Station (#303) – Epix @ 9/8c
  • *New*Counterpart (#202) – Starz @ 9/8c
  • *New*Crikey! It’s the Irwins (#108) – Animal Planet @ 8/7c
  • *New*Dirty John (#104) – Bravo @ 10/9c
  • *New*Escape at Dannemora (#105) – Showtime @ 10/9c
  • *New*God Friended Me (#GFM111) – CBS @ 8/7c (Fall Finale)
  • *New*Haunted Case Files (#205) – Travel Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Homicide for the Holidays (#207) – Oxygen @ 7/6c
  • *New*NCIS: LA (#LA1011) – CBS @ 9/8c (Fall Finale)
  • *New*Outlander (#407) – Starz @ 8/7c
  • *New*Queen America (#107) – Facebook Watch @ 9/8c
  • *New*Ray Donovan (#608) – Showtime @ 9/8c
  • *New*Rebel Without a Crew (#105) – El Rey @ 7/6c
  • *New*Sally4Ever (#06/106) – HBO @ 10:30/9:30c
  • *New*Snapped (#2417) – Oxygen @ 6/5c
  • *New*The Last Alaskans (#404) – Discovery Channel @ 10/9c
  • *New*The Real Housewives of Atlanta (#1107) – Bravo @ 8/7c
  • *New*The Shivering Truth (#103/104) – Cartoon Network @ 12AM/11PMc & 12:15AM/11:15PMc (2 New Episodes)
  • *New*Vanderpump Rules (#703) – Bravo @ 9/8c
  • *New*Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (#15204) – Bravo @ 11/10c

Monday

Monday features 5 season finales, so check out tonight’s schedule!

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale*Christmas Cookie Challenge – Food Network @ 10/9c
  • *Season Finale*Holiday Baking Championship – Food Network @ 9/8c
  • *Season Finale*The Great Christmas Light Fight (#605/606) – ABC @ 8/7c (2-Hour Season Finale)
  • *Season Finale*TI & Tiny: Friends and Family Hustle (#109/110) – VH1 @ 9/8c & 10/9c (2 New Episodes Including Season Finale)
  • *Season Finale*Who Do You Think You Are? (#1003/1004) – TLC @ 9/8c & 10/9c (2 New Episodes Including Season Finale)
  • *Special*America’s Got Talent – NBC @ 10/9c (1-Hour “A Holiday of Champions” Special)
  • *Sports*Monday Night Football – ESPN @ 8:15/7:15c (New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers)
  • *Special*The Year in Memoriam 2018 – ABC @ 10/9c
  • *New*Busy Tonight (#129) – E! @ 10/9c
  • *New*Good Eats: Reloaded (#108) – Cooking Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Happy Together (#HT111) – CBS @ 8:30/7:30c
  • *New*Jimmy Kimmel Live – ABC @ 11:35/10:35c
  • *New*Late Night with Seth Meyers – NBC @ 12:37AM/11:37PMc
  • *New*Long Lost Family (#509) – TLC @ 8/7c
  • *New*Love & Hip Hop (#904) – VH1 @ 8/7c
  • *New*Nightly Pop (#108) – E! @ 10:30/9:30c
  • *New*Street Outlaws: Memphis (#209) – Discovery Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*The Late Late Show with James Corden – CBS @ 12:37AM/11:37PMc
  • *New*The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – CBS @ 11:35/10:35c
  • *New*The Neighborhood (#NEI111) – CBS @ 8/7c (Fall Finale)
  • *New*The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – NBC @ 11:34/10:34c
  • *New*The Voice (#1524-120) – NBC @ 8/7c (2-Hour Season Finale Pt 1)
  • *New*Unanchored (#105) – Bravo @ 10/9c
  • *New*Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (#15205) – Bravo @ 11/10c

Tuesday

Tuesday features 1 series premiere & 8 season finales. To read more about the new series, click the link below. Otherwise, check out tonight’s schedule!

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Tonight is the complete first season premiere of Overthinking with Kat and June on YouTube at 3:01AM/2:01AMc. The half hour comedy series will focus on the inner thoughts of two women as they form a strange but beautiful friendship. The hopes, dreams, and fears (mostly fears) of Kat’s & June’s inner lives are heard out loud in this comedic series about the birth of a female friendship. Tenea Intriago (Law & Order: SVU) has been cast as Kat, Alexia Dox (Quick Draw) as June. Rounding out the cast is Justin Kirk (Weeds) as David, Sasheer Zamata (Saturday Night Live) as Tiff, Emily Hinkler (The Good Doctor) as Tessa, and Elizabeth Hinkler (The Good Doctor) as Molly. Overthinking with Kat & June was created by Mackenzie Yeager (Girl Meets World, Hulu’s All Night).
 

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale*Brothers in Arms (#105) – History Channel @ 10/9c
  • *Season Finale*Chrisley Knows Best (#625/626) – USA Network @ 10/9c & 10:30/9:30c (2 New Episodes Including Season Finale)
  • *Season Finale*Ink Master (#1116) – Spike TV @ 10/9c
  • *Season Finale*Loudermilk (#210) – Audience @ 10/9c
  • *Season Finale*Married at First Sight: Happily Ever After? (#108) – Lifetime @ 10/9c
  • *Season Finale*Monster Encounters (#102) – Travel Channel @ 11/10c
  • *Season Finale*The Guest Book (#210) – TBS @ 10:30/9:30c
  • *Season Finale*The Voice (#1525-120) – NBC @ 9/8c (2-Hour Season Finale Pt 2)
  • *Series Premiere*Overthinking with Kat and June – YouTube @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc (Complete First Season Premiere)
  • *Special*Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 2018 – The CW @ 8/7c (1-Hour Special)
  • *Special*Greatest Holiday Video Countdown – The CW @ 9/8c (1-Hour Special)
  • *Sports*Inside the NFL – Showtime @ 9/8c
  • *Special*The Challenge (#3224) – MTV @ 9/8c (1-Hour “CT’s Getting Married” Special Pt 2)
  • *New*7 Little Johnstons (#508-120) – TLC @ 8/7c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*Adam Ruins Everything (#V504) – TruTV @ 10/9c
  • *New*Below Deck (#612) – Bravo @ 9/8c
  • *New*Burgers, Brew & ‘Que (#502) – Cooking Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Busy Tonight (#130) – E! @ 10/9c
  • *New*Chopped – Food Network @ 9/8c
  • *New*Jimmy Kimmel Live – ABC @ 11:35/10:35c
  • *New*Late Night with Seth Meyers – NBC @ 12:37AM/11:37PMc
  • *New*Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (#302) – A&E @ 9/8c
  • *New*Legends of the Lost with Megan Fox (#104) – Travel Channel @ 8/7c
  • *New*Mysteries of the Abandoned (#410) – Science Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Raq Rants (#109) – BET @ 11/10c
  • *New*The Curse of Oak Island (#606) – History Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*The Late Late Show with James Corden – CBS @ 12:37AM/11:37PMc
  • *New*The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – CBS @ 11:35/10:35c
  • *New*The Profit (#603) – CNBC @ 10/9c
  • *New*The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – NBC @ 11:34/10:34c
  • *New*Unanchored (#106) – Bravo @ 10/9c
  • *New*Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (#15206) – Bravo @ 11/10c

Wednesday

Wednesday features 1 season premiere & 2 season finales, so check out tonight’s schedule!

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale*Forged in Fire (#539) – History Channel @ 10/9c
  • *Season Finale*Survivor (#3714-120/3715) – CBS @ 8/7c & 10/9c (2-Hour Season Finale & 1-Hour “Reunion” Special)
  • *Special*Schitt’s Creek – Pop @ 10/9c (35-Minute “Christmas” Special)
  • *New*Black Ink Crew (#714/715) – VH1 @ 9/8c & 10/9c (2 New Episodes)
  • *New*Busy Tonight (#131) – E! @ 10/9c
  • *New*Cashed Out (#104) – Reelz Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Catfish: The TV Show (#722) – MTV @ 9/8c
  • *New*Deal or No Deal (#505/506) – CNBC @ 9/8c & 10/9c (2 New Episodes)
  • *New*Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (#332) – TBS @ 10:30/9:30c
  • *New*Guy’s Grocery Games – Food Network @ 9/8c
  • *New*Jimmy Kimmel Live – ABC @ 11:35/10:35c
  • *New*Late Night with Seth Meyers – NBC @ 12:37AM/11:37PMc
  • *New*Mysteries at the Museum (#2205/2303) – Travel Channel @ 7/6c & 8/7c (2 New Episodes)
  • *New*Property Brothers – HGTV @ 9/8c
  • *New*Religion of Sports (#305) – Audience @ 8/7c
  • *New*Tell Me a Story (#108) – CBSAA @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*The Late Late Show with James Corden – CBS @ 12:37AM/11:37PMc
  • *New*The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – CBS @ 11:35/10:35c
  • *New*The Real Housewives of New Jersey (#907) – Bravo @ 9/8c
  • *New*The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – NBC @ 11:34/10:34c
  • *New*Vikings (#514) – History Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (#15207) – Bravo @ 11/10c

Thursday

Thursday features 4 series premieres, 3 season premieres, 1 series finale, & 6 season finales. To read more about the new series, click the link below. Otherwise, check out tonight’s schedule!

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Tonight is the complete first season premiere of 7 Days Out on Netflix at 3:01AM/2:01AMc. The show gives you an exclusive look at what it takes to create and pull off the CHANEL Haute Couture Fashion Show, the Kentucky Derby, the Westminster Dog Show, the League Of Legends Championship, NASA’s Cassini Mission and the opening of Eleven Madison Park. With everything at stake, what can happen in seven days?
 
Tonight is also the complete first season premiere of Derry Girls on Netflix at 3:01AM/2:01AMc. Amidst the political conflict of Northern Ireland in the 1990s, five high school students square off with the universal challenges of being a teenager. The show stars Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Louisa Harland, Nicola Coughlan, & more.
 
Tonight is also the complete first season premiere of The Casketeers on Netflix at 3:01AM/2:01AMc. Māori funeral directors Francis and Kaiora Tipene and staff temper good humor with care and respect as they help Polynesian families cope with loss.
 
Finally, tonight is the complete first season premiere of Vanity Fair on Amazon at 3:01AM/2:01AMc. The Prime Original series is a seven-episode television adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s classic novel. The series is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars and follows Becky Sharp as she attempts to claw her way out of poverty and scale the heights of English Society. Her story of “villainy, crime, merriment, lovemaking, jilting, laughing, cheating, fighting and dancing”, take her all the way to the court of King George IV, via the Battle of Waterloo, breaking hearts and losing fortunes as she goes. The show stars Olivia Cooke, Michael Palin, Charlie Rowe, Claire Skinner, Claudia Jessie, David Flynn, Martin Clunes, Simon Russell Beale, Suranne Jones, & Tom Bateman.
 

Also on tonight:

  • *Series Finale*Timeless (#301/302) – NBC @ 8/7c (2-Hour Series Finale)
  • *Season Finale*Baroness Von Sketch Show (#309/310) – IFC @ 9/8c & 9:30/8:30c (2 New Episodes Including Season Finale)
  • *Season Finale*Growing Up Hip Hop Atlanta (#220) – WE @ 9/8c
  • *Season Finale*Murphy Brown (#MB113) – CBS @ 9:30/8:30c
  • *Season Finale*Scraps – FYI @ 10/9c
  • *Season Finale*The Great American Baking Show (#403-120) – ABC @ 9/8c (2-Hour Season Finale)
  • *Season Finale*Titans (#111) – DC Universe @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *Series Premiere*7 Days Out – Netflix @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc (Complete First Season Premiere)
  • *Series Premiere*Derry Girls – Netflix @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc (Complete First Season Premiere)
  • *Series Premiere*The Casketeers – Netflix @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc (Complete First Season Premiere)
  • *Series Premiere*Vanity Fair – Amazon @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc (Complete First Season Premiere)
  • *Season Premiere*Ex on the Beach (#201) – MTV @ 8/7c
  • *Season Premiere*Marvel’s Runaways – Hulu @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc (Complete Second Season Premiere)
  • *Season Premiere*Tales by Light – Netflix @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc (Complete Third Season Premiere)
  • *Special*Jersey Shore Family Vacation (#218) – MTV @ 7/6c (1-Hour “Unseen Moments You Can’t Unsee” Special)
  • *Special*Live PD Presents: PD Cam – A&E @ 10/9c (1-Hour “Top 10 Moments of 2018” Special)
  • *Special*The 4th Annual Howie Mandel Stand-up Extravaganza – The CW @ 8/7c (2-Hour Special)
  • *New*American Pickers – History Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Beat Bobby Flay – Food Network @ 10/9c
  • *New*Botched (#503) – E! @ 10/9c
  • *New*Busy Tonight (#132) – E! @ 10/9c
  • *New*Jimmy Kimmel Live – ABC @ 11:35/10:35c
  • *New*Late Night with Seth Meyers – NBC @ 12:37AM/11:37PMc
  • *New*MTV Floribama Shore (#219) – MTV @ 9/8c
  • *New*The Carbonaro Effect (#V712) – TruTV @ 10/9c
  • *New*The Late Late Show with James Corden – CBS @ 12:37AM/11:37PMc
  • *New*The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – CBS @ 11:35/10:35c
  • *New*The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – NBC @ 11:34/10:34c
  • *New*Top Chef (#1603) – Bravo @ 9/8c
  • *New*Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (#15208) – Bravo @ 11/10c

Friday

Friday features 2 season finales, so check out tonight’s schedule!

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale*Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus (#208) – Cinemax @ 10/9c
  • *Season Finale*Unprotected Sets (#112) – Epix @ 11/10c
  • *Special*A Home for the Holidays – CBS @ 8/7c (1-Hour “The 20th Anniversary” Special)
  • *Special*Live PD – A&E @ 9/8c (2-Hour “Top 40 Moments of 2018, Pt 1” Special)
  • *Special*Married to Medicine (#616) – Bravo @ 9/8c (1-Hour “Reunion” Special Pt 1)
  • *Special*The Shop (#03/103) – HBO @ 10/9c (30-Minute Special)
  • *New*Diners, Drive-ins & Dives – Food Network @ 9/8c
  • *New*Dynasty (#209) – The CW @ 9/8c (Fall Finale)
  • *New*Gold Rush (#912) – Discovery Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Love After Lockup (#203) – WE @ 9/8c
  • *New*Master of Arms (#108) – Discovery Channel @ 10/9c
  • *New*Midnight, Texas (#208) – NBC @ 8/7c
  • *New*Ridiculousness (#2223/2224/2225) – MTV @ 8/7c, 8:30/7:30c, & 9/8c (3 New Episodes)
  • *New*RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (#402) – VH1 @ 8/7c
  • *New*Van Helsing (#312) – Syfy @ 10/9c
  • *New*Z Nation (#512) – Syfy @ 9/8c

Saturday

Saturday is the season finale of Criminal Confessions on Oxygen at 6/5c.

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale*Criminal Confessions (#212) – Oxygen @ 6/5c
  • *Special*Live PD – A&E @ 9/8c (2-Hour “Top 40 Moments of 2018, Pt 2” Special)
  • *New*Get a Room with Carson & Thom (#110) – Bravo @ 10/9c
  • *New*Iron Chef – Cooking Channel @ 11/10c
  • *New*Sweet Home (#108) – Bravo @ 9/8c
  • *New*The Alec Baldwin Show (#107) – ABC @ 10/9c
  • *New*The Zimmern List (#209/201) – Travel Channel @ 10AM/9AMc & 10:30AM/9:30AMc (2 New Episodes)

 
 
That’s it! Hope you all have a great week!

— Jenny

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