Sunday
“Christmas in Rockwell” (Fox Nation): A movie star (pro wrestling’s Trish Stratus) goes home for the holidays in this new TV movie.
“White House Christmas 2022” (HGTV, 6 p.m. ET): See how they deck the halls at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in this new special.
“National Christmas Tree Lighting: Celebrating 100 Years” (CBS, 8 p.m.): LL Cool J hosts and Gloria Estefan and Shania Twain perform in Washington, D.C.
“Dirty Jobs” (Discovery, 8 p.m.): Host Mike Rowe gets back to mucking about as the unscripted series returns.
“The Holiday Sitter” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.): A hunky bachelor hooks up with his hunky neighbor in this new LGBTQ-themed TV movie.
“Single and Ready to Jingle” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): A toy company executive gets her groove back with a tropical vacay in this new TV movie.
“Must Love Christmas” (CBS, 9 p.m.): A romance novelist (“The Equalizer’s” Liza Lapira) can't decide which hunk to hook up with in this new TV movie.
“This Is Life with Lisa Ling” (CNN, 10 p.m.): The journalist takes a deep dive into “LA’s Mental Health Crisis” in this new episode.
"Loan Wolves" (MSNBC, 10 p.m.): This new docuspecial examines the student loan debt crisis.
Monday
“Midsomer Murders” (Acorn TV): The veddy British mystery drama is back for its 23rd season.
“Dogs of the Year 2022” (The CW, 8 p.m.): This new special shares “tails” of particularly praiseworthy pooches.
“American Masters” (PBS, 9 p.m.): Pulitzer- and Nobel Prize-winning author Saul Bellow is remembered in a new episode.
“Baking It” (NBC, 10 p.m.): “SNL’s” Amy Poehler is Maya Rudolph’s new co-host as the competition returns with a star-studded holiday episode.
“POV” (PBS, 10 p.m.): Gentrification threatens an elementary school on Chicago’s South Side in the 2022 documentary “Let the Little Light Shine.”
“CMT Crossroads Christmas” (CMT, 10 p.m.): Christian pop duo For King & Country performs with special guests.
Tuesday
“Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge” (Prime Video, Freevee): They'd better not be making green eggs and ham in this new series. Tamera Mowry-Housley hosts.
“Kindred” (FX on Hulu): A Black woman in L.A. is transported back in time to the pre-Civil War South in this new drama based on Octavia E. Butler’s acclaimed novel.
“Last Chance U: Basketball” (Netflix): This docuseries about a college hoops team in East L.A. tips off a second season.
“Tom Papa: What a Day!” (Netflix): The comic’s comic cracks wise about parenting, relationships, etc., in his latest stand-up special.
“30 for 30” (ESPN, 8 p.m.): A female Korean American pool player turns the tables in the new sports doc “Jeanette Lee Vs.”
“O Holy Night: Christmas With the Tabernacle Choir” (PBS, 8 p.m.): Broadway’s Megan Hilty joins the ensemble in this new special.
“In a Different Key” (PBS, 9 p.m.): A mother with an autistic son seeks out the very first person ever diagnosed with the developmental disorder in this new documentary.
“Pelosi in the House” (HBO, 9 p.m.): House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is profiled in filmmaker daughter Alexandra Pelosi’s latest documentary.
“The Nine Lives of Vince McMahon” (Vice, 9 p.m.): The controversial pro wrestling impresario is profiled in this new docuspecial.
“Christmas Wars” (A&E, 10:30 p.m.): You’re gonna find out who’s naughty or nice in this new reality series featuring clips of revelers, shoppers, et al. behaving badly.
Wednesday
“Don’t Pick Up the Phone” (Netflix): This new docuseries tells the bizarre story of a prank caller who impersonated a police officer telephonically for truly nefarious purposes.
“Grails” (Hulu): This new docuseries follows two golf-loving Black entrepreneurs as they build their game-changing sportswear brand.
“National Treasure: Edge of History” (Disney+): A young Latina tries to solve an ancient mystery in this new series based on the Nicolas Cage films. With Lisette Olivera and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
“Survivor” (CBS, 8 p.m.): See who outwitted, outplayed and outlasted whom in the competition's season finale.
“A Very Backstreet Holiday” (ABC, 8 p.m.): The 1990s boy band is back — all right! — in this new special.
“The Earthshot Prize” (PBS, 8 p.m.): Environmentalists and their plans for saving the planet collect kudos from Britain's Prince William at the annual ceremony.
“A New Diva’s Christmas Carol” (VH1, 8 p.m.): Dickens’ classic tale gets a modern musical twist in this new TV movie. Ashanti stars.
“Masters of Illusion: Christmas Magic 2022” (The CW, 9 p.m.): Put a little abra in your holiday cadabra with this new special.
“Nova” (PBS, 9 p.m.): “Rebuilding Notre Dame” tracks efforts to restore the iconic Paris cathedral to her former glory following a devastating 2019 fire.
“Finding Harmony” (ABC, 10 p.m.): John Legend joins forces with a community choir director to bring music to the masses in this new special.
“Awake Surgery” (TLC, 10 p.m.): Anesthesia, schmanesthesia! Meet a surgeon who operates on patients without putting them under in this new series.
Thursday
“Call Me Miss Cleo” (HBO Max): The infomercial psychic with the memorable catchphrase and phony Jamaican accent is recalled in this new documentary.
“The Game” (Paramount+): The rebooted version of the sports dramedy kicks off its sophomore season.
“The Hunt for the Versace Killer” (Hulu): The shocking 1997 murder of the famed Italian fashion designer is revisited in this new docuseries.
“Love for the Ages” (Peacock): Three long-married Latinx couples are tempted to scratch that seven-year itch in this new reality series.
"Sonic Prime" (Netflix): The blue hedgehog from the video games feels the need for speed in this new animated series.
“Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery” (Netflix): Det. Terry Seattle (Will Arnett) is on the case, ably assisted by guest investigators Jason Bateman and the aforementioned Maya Rudolph, in a special holiday episode.
“The Great Nickmas Tree Sliming ... Hosted by That Girl Lay Lay” (Nickelodeon, 7 p.m.): The slime must flow in this new holiday special.
“Christmas Around the USA” (The CW, 8 p.m.): See how your fellow citizens are celebrating in this new special.
“Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration” (ABC, 8 p.m.): A tale as old as time is told once again in this star-studded salute to the animated 1992 musical. With H.E.R. and Josh Groban.
“Record Breaking Christmas” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): A world-records adjudicator hooks up with a hunky small-town doctor in this new TV movie.
“The Parent Test” (ABC, 10 p.m.): Disparate parenting styles are put under the microscope in this new reality series.
Friday
“The Apology” (Shudder): Love means never having to say you’re sorry, except in this 2022 psychological thriller. “Breaking Bad’s” Anna Gunn stars.
“Collide” (Hulu): The lives of three couples intersect one night at one L.A. restaurant in this 2022 thriller. Jim Gaffigan and Ryan Phillippe star.
“Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” (Netflix): A journalist-turned-filmmaker engages in some major-league navel gazing in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s unwieldy 2022 drama.
“Cook at All Costs” (Netflix): Home cooks must bid and barter for the best ingredients in this new competition.
“Dance Monsters” (Netflix): Contestants are transformed into fantastical creatures with the aid of special effects in this new competition.
“If These Walls Could Sing” (Disney+): London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios, where the Beatles, et al. made musical magic, is the subject of this new rock doc.
“I Love My Dad” (Hulu): A desperate father creates a fake online persona to reconnect with his estranged son in this cringe-inducing 2022 comedy. Patton Oswalt stars.
“Litvinenko” (Sundance Now): “Doctor Who’s” David Tennant portrays the Russian spy-turned-dissident killed in London in 2006 in this new docudrama.
“Nanny” (Prime Video): An immigrant from Senegal finds work with a wealthy family in this unnerving 2022 terror tale.
“The Recruit” (Netflix): A young CIA lawyer quickly gets in over his head in this new drama. “To All the Boys’” Noah Centineo stars.
“Snow Day” (Nickelodeon, 7 p.m.): And they're pretty chill about it in this musical 2022 remake of the kid-friendly 2000 comedy.
“Hollywood Christmas Parade” (The CW, 8 p.m.): “Machete’s” Danny Trejo serves as grand marshal for the annual procession through Tinseltown.
“Holiday Heritage” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.): A woman tries to unite her family in time for Christmas and Kwanzaa in this new TV movie.
“A Christmas to Treasure” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): A hunky guy hooks up with his hunky former BFF in this new LGBTQ-themed TV movie.
“Metallica Presents: The Helping Hands Concert” (Paramount+, 8:30 p.m.): The metal lords play an intimate, stripped-down benefit show in this new special.
“Craft in America” (PBS, 9 and 10 p.m.): The arts series returns with two new episodes.
Saturday
“iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2022” (The CW, 8 p.m.): With Dua Lipa, Demi Lovato, the aforementioned Backstreet Boys, et al.
“’Twas the Night Before Christmas” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.): An aspiring director hooks up with someone, possibly hunky, in this new TV movie.
“The Holiday Dating Guide” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): An aspiring author does likewise in this other new TV movie.
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:29 p.m.): “Elvis” star Austin Butler hosts and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs perform.
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(Los Angeles Times listings editor Matt Cooper compiled this column.)
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