This is that time of year where there isn’t much in the way of new programming, or what the TV landscape will look like in a couple months if the strike isn’t settled soon.
Prime Picks
Shrek the Halls (ABC): Repeat. Shrek just wants to have a cozy Christmas at home, but Donkey, Puss in Boots and others try to join in the fun and spoil his plans.
Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too! (ABC): Repeat. Pooh takes his friends’ wish lists to the North Pole so that Santa will get them in time.
House (FOX): Repeat. Last season’s Christmas episode, “Merry Little Christmas,” replays, where Wilson makes a deal with Tritter on House’s behalf and House is none too pleased about it.
Boston Legal (ABC): New. Alan and Denny are trying to get something done by suing the National Guard and Shirley’s granddaughter makes a social statement at school and gets expelled and then wants to sue because of it.
Solid Selections
Bones (FOX): Repeat. The Christmas episode from season one, “The Man in the Fallout Shelter,” replays, where Zack cuts into a bone and lets loose a fungus that leaves the team quarantined in the lab over Christmas.
Cane (CBS): New. Two new episodes play tonight. In the first, looters trap Alex and his brother during a hurricane. In the second, Alex hires some people to be security at Jaime’s wedding. Next week is the finale. Still no word from CBS as to whether or not it will return after the strike.
Cable Choices
Holiday in Handcuffs (ABC Family): Released 2007. Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch) stars in this made-for-TV movie about a woman that just can’t go home alone again for the holidays, so she takes a hostage, Mario Lopez (Saved by the Bell), and forces him to be her significant other. Runs two hours. Plays again Saturday.
Nip/Tuck (FX): New. Sean is trying to get his youth back, Julia is questioning her relationship and Matt is devastated by something Kimber does. Runs 62 minutes. Last weeks episode, “Damien Sands,” replays right after.
Other Options
- Good Eats (Food Network): Repeats. Alton shows you how to make the perfect pudding and then gives you some tips on cooking with nuts. Both replay again later.
- The Office (TBS): Repeat. The “Casino Night” episode replays.
Sports Notes
- NBA TV has the Indiana Pacers at the Cleveland Cavaliers.
- Versus has an NHL game.
Late Night
- Frank TV (TBS): New. Some ballpark spoofs are done.
- Saving Grace (TNT): Repeat. Last night’s episode, “This Is Way Too Normal for You,” replays.
TV Marathons
Bravo has 11½ hours of The Real Housewives of Orange County.
Oxygen has 10 episodes of The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency.
Sci Fi has eight season one episodes of Roswell early.
Spike TV has five episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation tonight.
