Monday on TV – 12/21/20

Monday features 1 series premiere & 3 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 series premiere of Paranormal Declassified on Travel Channel at 10/9c. Investigative journalist Paul Beban knows what it takes to expose the world’s deepest and darkest secrets. Using declassified government files, a global network of inside sources and daring determination, he has uncovered pirate activity on the volatile coast of Somalia and earned recognition for his undercover operation exposing a violent human trafficking ring in South Africa. Beban stops at nothing to brings stories to light that have been hiding in the dark. Now, he’s taking his skills to investigate some of the world’s greatest paranormal mysteries. Buried deep in declassified government files are shocking leads and hidden truths about the paranormal. Using these clues as a guide, Beban steps into the unknown to find answers to enduring mysteries such as aliens, Bigfoot, a zombie apocalypse, superhuman soldiers, Skinwalkers and more.
 

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Tonight is the holiday movie Spotlight on Christmas on Lifetime at 8/7c. Dumped two weeks before Christmas, actress Olivia O’Hara (Tori Anderson) secretly returns to her tiny hometown to hide out, eat cookies and avoid the press. What she doesn’t expect is to be faced with the family she left behind, meeting a charming new guy Casey Rawlins (Victor Zinck Jr.), and a noisy reporter following her every move. Completely overwhelmed, Olivia contemplates running away from her life once again but with a new found confidence and freedom, Olivia bravely steps up to take the starring role in her own life, realizing that home is where the heart is and that she deserves to be loved for exactly who she really is. It also stars Andrew McIlroy, Janet Kidder, & Lia Franklin.
 
Tonight is also a 1-hour “Season’s Squeezings” special for Dr. Pimple Popper on TLC at 9/8c. With lumpy lipomas and cysts-a-plenty, Dr. Lee and her staff will have their hands full during one of their busiest days of the year.
 
Tonight is a 30-minute “Yule. Tide. Repeat.” special for American Dad on TBS at 10/9c. After Stan’s plan for the perfect Christmas goes wrong, he’s given a magical opportunity to make things right.
 
Tonight is a 1-hour “Under the Mistletoes” special for My Feet are Killing Me on TLC at 10/9c. Dr. Schaeffer, Dr. Haller and Dr. Vincent deck the halls and hang the mistletoes in this special episode filled with holiday cheer and shocking new cases.
 

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale*Holiday Baking Championship (#710-120) – Food Network @ 9/8c (2-Hour Season Finale)
  • *Season Finale*Industry (#07/107 & 08/108) – HBO @ 10/9c & 10:52/9:52c (2 New Episodes Including Season Finale)
  • *Season Finale*The Big Bake (#111) – Food Network @ 11/10c
  • *Series Premiere*Paranormal Declassified (#101) – Travel Channel @ 10/9c
  • *Special*90 Day Fiance: HEA Strikes Back! – TLC @ 8/7c (1-Hour “Tell All” Special)
  • *Special*American Dad – TBS @ 10/9c (30-Minute “Yule. Tide. Repeat.” Special)
  • *Special*Dr. Pimple Popper – TLC @ 9/8c (1-Hour “Season’s Squeezings” Special)
  • *Sports*Monday Night Football – ESPN @ 8:15/7:15c (Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals)
  • *Special*My Feet are Killing Me – TLC @ 10/9c (1-Hour “Under the Mistletoes” Special)
  • *Special*Spotlight on Christmas – Lifetime @ 8/7c
  • *New*A Teacher (#109) – Hulu @ 12:01AM/11:01PMc
  • *New*Below Deck (#808) – Bravo @ 9/8c
  • *New*Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations (#903) – Cooking Channel @ 10/9c
  • *New*Celebrity IOU (#204) – HGTV @ 9/8c
  • *New*Haul This House (#101/103) – FYI @ 9/8c & 9:30/8:30c (2 New Episodes)
  • *New*His Dark Materials (#14/206) – HBO @ 9/8c
  • *New*Next (#NEX-108) – FOX @ 8/7c
  • *New*Nightly Pop – E! @ 11:30/10:30c
  • *New*Pawn Star$ – History Channel @ 9/8c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*Ridiculousness – MTV @ 11/10c
  • *New*Street Outlaws: Fastest in America (#210) – Discovery Channel @ 8/7c (3-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*The Bachelorette (#1612) – ABC @ 8/7c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (#17208) – Bravo @ 10/9c
  • *New*WWE Raw – USA Network @ 8/7c
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The Mandalorian Season Finale Recap & Overall Series Thoughts

There are a variety of words I use to describe The Mandalorian. Awesome is not one of them. When I sum it up into a logline, it goes like this: “Dangerous bounty hunter betrays everything about his lifestyle except weird obsession with wearing a helmet to nurture a cute, telekinetic, 90-year-old baby.” From the jump, it has felt as if it were badly written but overproduced fanfic. Like someone (John Favreau) just watched the core nine episodes of the Skywalker Saga for the first time last year, called dibs on the most marketable moments/characters/settings – Yoda, Boba Fett, Tattoine – and mashed them all up with little concern for cannon, fandom, or integrity. It often feels like a child playing with action figures, but the child has 5 million dollars to spend on each trip out back to the sandbox.

Season two came to a close last week with another #predictable cameo, which this show prefers to substance or depth. But how did we get there? Well, Darth Vader Lite – ahem, I mean Moff Gideon… yes, Gideon kidnapped Grogu aka “Baby Yoda,” and Mando was dedicated to getting the child back. He had the help of recent New Republic recruit-ready-to-abandon-her-post-for-Mando Cara Dune of course. Let’s not forget overweight Boba Fett, who showed up last week with Tennac Shand [Mae from Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]. This whole crew of Mandalorians was ready to fight to restore Mando to his rightful position in life: a lactating doula taking care of Baby Yoda.

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Sunday on TV – 12/20/20

Season Finale

  • Candy Land (#106) – Food Network @ 9/8c
  • The Top Ten Revealed (#327) – AXS TV @ 8/7c
  • This is Life with Lisa Ling (#706) – CNN @ 10/9c

Season Premiere

  • Unexpected (#401) – TLC @ 10/9c

Specials/Sports

  • A Christmas Break – Lifetime @ 8/7c
  • Cross Country Christmas – Hallmark @ 8/7c
  • Diana Ross: Story of Her Songs – Reelz @ 10/9c (1-Hour Special)
  • Football Night in America – NBC @ 8/7c
  • Garth & Trisha Live! A Holiday Concert Event – CBS @ 8:30/7:30c (1-Hour Special)
  • Gay Chorus Deep South – Logo & Pop @ 9/8c (2-Hour Special)
  • Holiday Baking Championship – Food Network @ 10/9c (1-Hour “Sweet Secrets” Special)
  • Project Christmas Wish – HMM @ 10/9c
  • Sunday Night Football – NBC @ 8:20/7:20c (Cleveland Browns at New York Giants)
  • The 22nd Annual A Home for the Holidays – CBS @ 9:30/8:30c (1-Hour Special)
  • The Real Housewives of Potomac – Bravo @ 9/8c (1-Hour “Reunion” Special Pt 2)
  • Whitney Houston: Story of Her Songs – Reelz @ 9/8c (1-Hour Special)

New

  • 90 Day Fiance (#803) – TLC @ 8/7c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • A Year in Music (#311) – AXS TV @ 9:30/8:30c
  • Autopsy: The Last Hours of… – Reelz @ 8/7c
  • Bravo’s Chat Room (#120) – Bravo @ 10:30/9:30c
  • Empires of New York (#105) – CNBC @ 8/7c
  • Gemusetto Machu Picchu (#211/212/213/214) – Cartoon Network @ 1AM/12AMc, 1:15AM/12:15AMc, 1:30AM/12:30AMc, & 1:45AM/12:45AMc (4 New Episodes)
  • Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield – Court TV @ 8/7c
  • Lazor Wulf (#205/206) – Cartoon Network @ 12AM/11PMc & 12:15AM/11:15PMc (2 New Episodes)
  • Music’s Greatest Mysteries (#106) – AXS TV @ 9/8c
  • North Woods Law (#1511) – Animal Planet @ 9/8c
  • Pennyworth (#202) – Epix @ 9/8c
  • Power Book II: Ghost (#108) – Starz @ 8/7c
  • Renovation, Inc. – HGTV @ 8/7c & 9/8c (2 New Episodes)
  • Secrets of the Lost (#306) – Science Channel @ 10/9c
  • Shameless (#1103) – Showtime @ 9/8c
  • Snapped (#2816) – Oxygen @ 6/5c
  • The Outpost – The CW @ 9/8c
  • The Real Housewives of Atlanta (#1303) – Bravo @ 8/7c
  • Unearthed (#806) – Science Channel @ 9/8c
  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (#17207) – Bravo @ 10/9c
  • Your Honor (#103) – Showtime @ 10/9c
  • Yum and Yummer (#212) – Cooking Channel @ 10/9c

CBS

  • *Special*Garth & Trisha Live! A Holiday Concert Event @ 8:30/7:30c (1-Hour Special)
  • *Special*The 22nd Annual A Home for the Holidays @ 9:30/8:30c (1-Hour Special)

NBC

  • *Sports*Football Night in America @ 7/6c
  • *Sports*Sunday Night Football @ 8:20/7:20c (Cleveland Browns at New York Giants)

The CW

  • *New*The Outpost @ 9/8c

Animal Planet

  • *New*North Woods Law (#1511) @ 9/8c

AXS TV

  • *Season Finale*The Top Ten Revealed (#327) @ 8/7c
  • *New*Music’s Greatest Mysteries (#106) @ 9/8c
  • *New*A Year in Music (#311) @ 9:30/8:30c

Bravo

  • *New*The Real Housewives of Atlanta (#1303) @ 8/7c
  • *Special*The Real Housewives of Potomac @ 9/8c (1-Hour “Reunion” Special Pt 2)
  • *New*Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (#17207) @ 10/9c
  • *New*Bravo’s Chat Room (#120) @ 10:30/9:30c

Cartoon Network

  • *New*Lazor Wulf (#205/206) @ 12AM/11PMc & 12:15AM/11:15PMc (2 New Episodes)
  • *New*Gemusetto Machu Picchu (#211/212/213/214) @ 1AM/12AMc, 1:15AM/12:15AMc, 1:30AM/12:30AMc, & 1:45AM/12:45AMc (4 New Episodes)

CNBC

  • *New*Empires of New York (#105) @ 8/7c

CNN

  • *Season Finale*This is Life with Lisa Ling (#706) @ 10/9c

Cooking Channel

  • *New*Yum and Yummer (#212) @ 10/9c

Court TV

  • *New*Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield @ 8/7c

Epix

  • *New*Pennyworth (#202) @ 9/8c

Food Network

  • *Season Finale*Candy Land (#106) @ 9/8c
  • *Special*Holiday Baking Championship @ 10/9c (1-Hour “Sweet Secrets” Special)

Hallmark

  • *Special*Cross Country Christmas @ 8/7c

HGTV

  • *New*Renovation, Inc. @ 8/7c & 9/8c (2 New Episodes)

HMM

  • *Special*Project Christmas Wish @ 10/9c

Lifetime

  • *Special*A Christmas Break @ 8/7c

Logo

  • *Special*Gay Chorus Deep South @ 9/8c (2-Hour Special)

Oxygen

  • *New*Snapped (#2816) @ 6/5c

Pop

  • *Special*Gay Chorus Deep South @ 9/8c (2-Hour Special)

Reelz

  • *New*Autopsy: The Last Hours of… @ 8/7c
  • *Special*Whitney Houston: Story of Her Songs @ 9/8c (1-Hour Special)
  • *Special*Diana Ross: Story of Her Songs @ 10/9c (1-Hour Special)

Science Channel

  • *New*Unearthed (#806) @ 9/8c
  • *New*Secrets of the Lost (#306) @ 10/9c

Showtime

  • *New*Shameless (#1103) @ 9/8c
  • *New*Your Honor (#103) @ 10/9c

Starz

  • *New*Power Book II: Ghost (#108) @ 8/7c

TLC

  • *New*90 Day Fiance (#803) @ 8/7c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *Season Premiere*Unexpected (#401) @ 10/9c

1:00AM/12:00AMc

  • *New*Gemusetto Machu Picchu (#211/212/213/214) – Cartoon Network (1AM/12AMc, 1:15AM/12:15AMc, 1:30AM/12:30AMc, & 1:45AM/12:45AMc – 4 New Episodes)

6:00/5:00c

  • *New*Snapped (#2816) – Oxygen

7:00/6:00c

  • *Sports*Football Night in America – NBC

8:00/7:00c

  • *New*90 Day Fiance (#803) – TLC (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *Special*A Christmas Break – Lifetime
  • *New*Autopsy: The Last Hours of… – Reelz
  • *Special*Cross Country Christmas – Hallmark
  • *New*Empires of New York (#105) – CNBC
  • *New*Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield – Court TV
  • *New*Power Book II: Ghost (#108) – Starz
  • *New*Renovation, Inc. – HGTV (2 New Episodes)
  • *Sports*Sunday Night Football – NBC (8:20/7:20c – Cleveland Browns at New York Giants)
  • *New*The Real Housewives of Atlanta (#1303) – Bravo
  • *Season Finale*The Top Ten Revealed (#327) – AXS TV

8:30/7:30c

  • *Special*Garth & Trisha Live! A Holiday Concert Event – CBS (1-Hour Special)

9:00/8:00c

  • *Season Finale*Candy Land (#106) – Food Network
  • *Special*Gay Chorus Deep South – Logo & Pop (2-Hour Special)
  • *New*Music’s Greatest Mysteries (#106) – AXS TV
  • *New*North Woods Law (#1511) – Animal Planet
  • *New*Pennyworth (#202) – Epix
  • *New*Renovation, Inc. – HGTV (2 New Episodes)
  • *New*Shameless (#1103) – Showtime
  • *New*The Outpost – The CW
  • *Special*The Real Housewives of Potomac – Bravo (1-Hour “Reunion” Special Pt 2)
  • *New*Unearthed (#806) – Science Channel
  • *Special*Whitney Houston: Story of Her Songs – Reelz (1-Hour Special)

9:30/8:30c

  • *New*A Year in Music (#311) – AXS TV
  • *Special*The 22nd Annual A Home for the Holidays – CBS (1-Hour Special)

10:00/9:00c

  • *Special*Diana Ross: Story of Her Songs – Reelz (1-Hour Special)
  • *Special*Holiday Baking Championship – Food Network (1-Hour “Sweet Secrets” Special)
  • *Special*Project Christmas Wish – HMM
  • *New*Secrets of the Lost (#306) – Science Channel
  • *Season Finale*This is Life with Lisa Ling (#706) – CNN
  • *Season Premiere*Unexpected (#401) – TLC
  • *New*Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (#17207) – Bravo
  • *New*Your Honor (#103) – Showtime
  • *New*Yum and Yummer (#212) – Cooking Channel

10:30/9:30c

  • *New*Bravo’s Chat Room (#120) – Bravo

12:00AM/11:00PMc

  • *New*Lazor Wulf (#205/206) – Cartoon Network (12AM/11PMc & 12:15AM/11:15PMc – 2 New Episodes)

Full Schedule

  • *Season Finale*Candy Land (#106) – Food Network @ 9/8c
  • *Season Finale*The Top Ten Revealed (#327) – AXS TV @ 8/7c
  • *Season Finale*This is Life with Lisa Ling (#706) – CNN @ 10/9c
  • *Season Premiere*Unexpected (#401) – TLC @ 10/9c
  • *Special*A Christmas Break – Lifetime @ 8/7c
  • *Special*Cross Country Christmas – Hallmark @ 8/7c
  • *Special*Diana Ross: Story of Her Songs – Reelz @ 10/9c (1-Hour Special)
  • *Sports*Football Night in America – NBC @ 8/7c
  • *Special*Garth & Trisha Live! A Holiday Concert Event – CBS @ 8:30/7:30c (1-Hour Special)
  • *Special*Gay Chorus Deep South – Logo & Pop @ 9/8c (2-Hour Special)
  • *Special*Holiday Baking Championship – Food Network @ 10/9c (1-Hour “Sweet Secrets” Special)
  • *Special*Project Christmas Wish – HMM @ 10/9c
  • *Sports*Sunday Night Football – NBC @ 8:20/7:20c (Cleveland Browns at New York Giants)
  • *Special*The 22nd Annual A Home for the Holidays – CBS @ 9:30/8:30c (1-Hour Special)
  • *Special*The Real Housewives of Potomac – Bravo @ 9/8c (1-Hour “Reunion” Special Pt 2)
  • *Special*Whitney Houston: Story of Her Songs – Reelz @ 9/8c (1-Hour Special)
  • *New*90 Day Fiance (#803) – TLC @ 8/7c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*A Year in Music (#311) – AXS TV @ 9:30/8:30c
  • *New*Autopsy: The Last Hours of… – Reelz @ 8/7c
  • *New*Bravo’s Chat Room (#120) – Bravo @ 10:30/9:30c
  • *New*Empires of New York (#105) – CNBC @ 8/7c
  • *New*Gemusetto Machu Picchu (#211/212/213/214) – Cartoon Network @ 1AM/12AMc, 1:15AM/12:15AMc, 1:30AM/12:30AMc, & 1:45AM/12:45AMc (4 New Episodes)
  • *New*Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield – Court TV @ 8/7c
  • *New*Lazor Wulf (#205/206) – Cartoon Network @ 12AM/11PMc & 12:15AM/11:15PMc (2 New Episodes)
  • *New*Music’s Greatest Mysteries (#106) – AXS TV @ 9/8c
  • *New*North Woods Law (#1511) – Animal Planet @ 9/8c
  • *New*Pennyworth (#202) – Epix @ 9/8c
  • *New*Power Book II: Ghost (#108) – Starz @ 8/7c
  • *New*Renovation, Inc. – HGTV @ 8/7c & 9/8c (2 New Episodes)
  • *New*Secrets of the Lost (#306) – Science Channel @ 10/9c
  • *New*Shameless (#1103) – Showtime @ 9/8c
  • *New*Snapped (#2816) – Oxygen @ 6/5c
  • *New*The Outpost – The CW @ 9/8c
  • *New*The Real Housewives of Atlanta (#1303) – Bravo @ 8/7c
  • *New*Unearthed (#806) – Science Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (#17207) – Bravo @ 10/9c
  • *New*Your Honor (#103) – Showtime @ 10/9c
  • *New*Yum and Yummer (#212) – Cooking Channel @ 10/9c

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This Week on TV – 12/20/20-12/26/20

Welcome to a new week of TV! It’s a pretty slow week of TV because of Christmas, but there are a few things on, so make sure you check it out so you don’t miss anything!

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Saturday on TV – 12/19/20

Saturday features 4 season finales and is a new episode of Saturday Night Live on NBC at 11:29/10:29c, with host Kristen Wiig & musical guest Dua Lipa.

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Today is a 1-hour special Feasting with the Stars on Food Network at 12PM/11AMc. Geoffrey Zakarian, his family and his celebrity friends are home for the holidays making the tastiest treats as they look to spice up their holiday menus and share their most-special Christmas traditions.
 
Tonight is also the holiday movie Christmas at Rosemont on UPtv at 7/6c. Stranded by a raging blizzard after a chance meeting, Brad and the very pregnant Lisa are forced to seek shelter together at the shuttered Rosemont Lodge with its reclusive owner, Josephine, five days before Christmas. Once a vibrant year-round resort, the Rosemont has been closed for nearly 20 years following a devastating family tragedy which may uncover a connection between Lisa and Josephine. It stars Ayla Kell, Brad Dourif, Brendan Michael Coughlin, Grace Zabriskie, & Lochlyn Munro.
 
Tonight is also a holiday movie Christmas Carousel on Hallmark at 8/7c. When Lila (Rachel Boston) is hired by the Royal Family of Marcadia to repair a carousel, she must work with the Prince (Neal Bledsoe) to complete it by Christmas.
 
Tonight is also a holiday movie A Christmas Exchange on Lifetime at 8/7c. The holiday season has started and Molly Cooper (Laura Vandervoort) is looking for joy. Finally living her childhood dream, Molly swaps her quaint farmhouse for London Financier Patrick Kingston’s (Rainbow Sun Francks) posh apartment. Through the ups and downs of her new life in London and searching for romance, Molly begins to look forward to all communication with Patrick. Likewise, Patrick finds Molly’s warm emails and texts charming and compelling. Sparks fly between them as they get to know each other as they live in each other’s spaces.
 
Tonight is also a 1-hour Global Citizen Prize special on NBC at 8/7c. The second annual event features special musical collaborations, will celebrate individuals taking action to end extreme poverty and present notable presenter and powerful video packages telling revealing stories of action and impact.
 
Tonight is also the holiday movie Letters to Satan Claus on Syfy at 9/8c. While the weather outside is frightful, so is Letters to Satan Claus, which tells the tale of Holly. After returning to her hometown of Ornaments as a big city news reporter, she faces the demon of her past following a simple typo in her letter to Santa, a harmless mistake that summoned Satan to kill her parents.
 
Finally, tonight is the holiday movie Swept Up by Christmas on HMM at 10/9c. An antique seller and a cleaner clash over how to downsize a magnificent estate right before Christmas. As the two uncover the house’s treasures, they find a way to reconnect the reclusive owner with his own Christmases past.
 

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale*Baby Chimp Rescue (#103) – BBC America @ 8/7c
  • *Season Finale*Destination Fear (#214) – Travel Channel @ 10/9c
  • *Season Finale*Iyanla: Fix My Life (#708-120) – OWN @ 9/8c (2-Hour Season Finale)
  • *Season Finale*Secrets of the Zoo: North Carolina – Nat Geo Wild @ 10/9c
  • *Special*A Christmas Exchange – Lifetime @ 8/7c
  • *Special*Christmas at Rosemont – UPtv @ 7/6c
  • *Special*Christmas Carousel – Hallmark @ 8/7c
  • *Special*Feasting with the Stars – Food Network @ 12PM/11AMc (1-Hour Special)
  • *Special*Global Citizen Prize – NBC @ 8/7c (1-Hour Special)
  • *Special*Letters to Satan Claus – Syfy @ 9/8c
  • *Special*Swept Up by Christmas – HMM @ 10/9c
  • *Special*The Hollywood Christmas Parade: Greatest Moments – Reelz @ 2/1c (2-Hour Special)
  • *Sports*Thursday Night Football – NFLN @ 4:30/3:30c & 8:15/7:15c (Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos / Carolina Panthers at Green Bay Packers)
  • *New*Food Fantasies (#106) – OWN @ 1/12c
  • *New*History’s Greatest Mysteries (#106) – History Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Killer Siblings (#207) – Oxygen @ 6/5c
  • *New*Lovely Bites (#106) – OWN @ 12PM/11AMc
  • *New*Most Terrifying with Jason Hawes – Travel Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Saturday Night Live (#4609) – NBC @ 11:29/10:29c
  • *New*Secrets of the Zoo – Nat Geo Wild @ 9/8c
  • *New*Tanya’s Kitchen Table (#106) – OWN @ 1:30/12:30c
  • *New*Tregaye’s Way (#106) – OWN @ 12:30PM/11:30AMc
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