General Hospital star Barbara Tarbuck died at the age of 74 in L.A. on Monday, December 26, the Hollywood Reporter confirmed. Tarbuck"s daughter, producer Jennifer Lane Connolly, told the publication that the actress passed away of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disorder, a rare brain disease.
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Tarbuck is best known for playing Lady Jane Jacks on the soap for more than a decade from 1996 to 2010. She also appeared in five episodes of American Horror Story: Asylum as Mother Superior Claudia from 2012 to 2013. (Watch her talk about being cast in the show in the video above.) Other credits include NYPD Blue, Nip/Tuck, Glee, NCIS, The Golden Girls, Mad Men and Dexter. Her last acting role was in the 2015 comedy-drama Come Simi.
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The Detroit native studied acting at Wayne State University in Michigan and later at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art on a Fulbright Scholarship.
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Besides TV and film, Tarbuck had a passion for regional theater and Broadway. She performed in shows such as David Mamets The Water Engine, Jules Irving"s Landscape and Silence and Neil Simon"s Brighton Beach Memoirs.
Tarbuck is survived by Connolly, son-in-law Samuel Chawinga and two grandsons.
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LIVE NOW: New Year"s Eve 2017 Fireworks and Celebrations From Around The World
World Series of Fighting executives can recite by heart the multiple layers of questions which have filtered in ever since they decided to book a show on New Years Eve day in New York City.
Why undertake the costs involved in renting out a venue like The Theater at Madison Square Garden?
Why hold a show just hours after the loaded up UFC 207 in Las Vegas, which features the return of Ronda Rousey?
Why blow through four championship fights all on the same show?
Even facing all these questions, though, company CEO Carlos Silva and president Ray Sefo are willing to double down on their gamble. If nothing else, even the fiercest critics have to give WSOF brass some credit for daring to put on their biggest and boldest promotion to date.
Thats how we wanted it, Silva told MMA Fighting. We wanted an event people will talk about, something which will resonate and give them all a reason to tune in.
WSOF 34 is no doubt the deepest event the company has ever endeavored. The NBC-telecast main card features three title fights: lightweight champion Justin Gaethje vs. Joao Zeferino; welterweight champ Jon Fitch vs. Jake Shields; and bantamweight champ Marlon Moraes vs. Josenaldo Silva. The NBCSN-broadcast undercard is headlined by middleweight champ and New York City native David Branch taking on Louis Taylor.
The way Silva sees it, the companys debut in midtown Manhattan needed to make a splash worthy of its location.
We wanted to put on an event so deep that fans go out of their way to watch it, Silva said. How many cards have four title fights? How many cards are loaded up with names you know deliver action every time out like Marlon Moraes and Justin Gaethje? People are already going to be talking about MMA anyway because of the UFC show, I think theyll be ready for more.
But why the Saturday afternoon time slot? Not only is WSOF the day after UFC 207, but it will also go head-to-head with the college football national semifinals.
The WSOF 34 NBC broadcast begins at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT). Silva wont put a number on what hed consider a successful rating, but he believes this is the right start time for a show on a day like Dec. 31.
Theres a huge audience out there on New Years Eve, Silva said. Youve got hardcore fight fans who are going to find us anyway. Youve got sports fans who are going to be watching the football game who turn over to us and like what they see. And were on early enough that well catch the people who have the holiday weekend off before they go out for the night. Plenty of people will be in front of their televisions. This is a time slot thats proven to do ratings and well prove it again.
WSOF postponed events scheduled for Nov. 12 and Dec. 3 before finalizing the Dec. 31 lineup. In the fight game, canceled dates tend to portend bad news. But WSOF executives insist the cancellations came in order to make a big splash in the Big Apple.
We have our dates scheduled out far in advance, Sefo said. So when we booked the Nov. 12 card, that was long before we knew of how big and monumental a card UFC 205 would be. Once that started to shape up, we realized there was no point going up against it. Im still a fight fan and I wanted to see the first MMA show at Madison Square Garden. I get it.
Then, once we canceled that, it all became about how big of a splash we could make on New Years Eve. [WSOF heavyweight champ] Blagoy Ivanov was supposed to headline [Dec. 3], and he got hurt, and we really didnt have another fight lined up, so it made sense to just go all out on Dec. 31.
At the end of the day, the WSOF types understand why criticism has come in over WSOF 34. They also know that you dont get ahead if you dont take a chance. Maybe WSOF 34 wont meet their expectations. But maybe they come out of this with a new New Years Eve tradition in mixed martial arts.
When I fought in Japan on New Years Eve, it was like no other, said Sefo, a former kickboxing standout. It was an event people looked forward to all year long. If this works, we can establish WSOF as the combat sports event to see on New Years Eve over here.
Watch Nick Saban coach his Alabama football team during Peach Bowl practice
ATLANTA (AP) Jalen Hurts" go-karting trip with Alabama teammates hit a wall because things "kinda got a little hectic."
The team became surrounded by fans wanting pictures and autographs during a trip to Andretti Karting. One little kid dressed up as him for Halloween with pipe cleaners mimicking his long dreadlocks.
"That was cute to me," Hurts said.
No. 1 Alabama"s freshman quarterback has learned to deal with the trappings of being the starting quarterback for Nick Saban"s "Bama dynasty while learning to read defenses and master plays on the field. He"s led the Crimson Tide (13-0) into a playoff semifinals matchup with No. 4 Washington (12-1) in Saturday"s Peach Bowl at the Georgia Dome.
The 18-year-old Hurts is trying to join Oklahoma"s Jamelle Holieway as the only freshman quarterback to lead his team to a national championship.
"I"m not the type of guy to just say no no pictures, no autographs because that"s disrespectful," Hurts said. "You have to treat the fans the best way you can. But we have a security guard and I walk around with him when I know stuff is going to go down. And he said, "Look, Jalen I don"t have a problem at all with saying no." So I"m like, "It"s better coming from you than me.""
Facing the Huskies defense is tough enough, but Hurts is also navigating life as a celebrity figure among Alabama fans. Not that he"s complaining.
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By all accounts, the Southeastern Conference"s offensive player of the year has handled the off-the-field challenges as well as he has the ones on the field. He has started the last 12 games and so solidified the job that the team"s other three quarterbacks are transferring after or, in Blake Barnett"s case, during the season.
So having to wear a hoodie around Tuscaloosa is a small price to pay, even if sometimes people still come up and tell him: "You can"t hide."
"I mean, it"s my lifestyle now," Hurts said. "I"m kinda getting used to it. It is what it is. I always embrace it, and here I am trying to embrace it."
His teammates and coaches embraced him quickly.
Offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin watched him throw at Channelview High School and says he came back telling Saban: "Coach, I think this guy"s a first-round draft pick."
Tight end O.J. Howard recalls watching Hurts talking to a strength coach on the sidelines during fall camp after throwing an interception and then coming right back and firing a touchdown pass.
"That"s when we found out he was just so composed, he didn"t let it rattle him or anything," Howard said. "He said, "I"m going to bounce back. I"m good.""
That, Howard said, is "when I thought I knew he was going to be the quarterback."
Hurts, who played for his father in high school, has already had the most prolific rushing season of any alabama qb, with 841 yards and 12 touchdowns. He"s also passed for 2,592 yards and 22 touchdowns against nine interceptions.
But he has failed to reach 175 passing yards in five of the Tide"s last seven games. Washington"s defense has picked apart more seasoned passers and leads the nation with 33 forced turnovers.
"If you get pressure on him he makes not the greatest decisions," Huskies cornerback Sidney Jones said. "But when he has time to set his feet he looks like a great quarterback."
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Linebacker Keishawn Bierria calls Hurts a "super athletic" playmaker who benefits from a terrific supporting cast. The Huskies are hoping that they can benefit from his youth, even if Hurts does have 12 starts under his belt.
"You always want to try to get inside his head and rattle him," Bierria said. "But he has a great team surrounding him. It might be a little difficult but that"s our goal."
This time, there won"t be a security guard to fend them off.
This article was written by John Zenor from The Associated Press and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network.
Cara Membuat 2016 Best Nine On Instagram dengam Mudah. #2016BestNine
Remember #2015bestnine? Well, it"s about time for round two.
If you"re a social media fan, you"ve probably seen at least one#2016bestnine post on your Instagram feed. As they prepare the champagne and write out their resolutions for the new year, people around the world are reflecting by posting their most-liked photos from the past year.
Here"s how to join them:
1. Open up this 2016bestnine generator.
2. Type in your Instagram username. (Note: Your account must be public.)
3. Click "Get."
4. Wait. (Note: This could take as long as 10 minutes if the site gets overloaded, according to Select All.)
5. Choose either the original version, which includes your username and the total amount of likes you received this year, or the photo-only version, which is just a miniature collage of your nine most popular pictures.
6. Save to your computer or phone.
7. Share!
8. Bask in the likes.
Last year"s 2015bestnine crazesaw 70 million visitors, according to Business Insider, and it turned out to be a giant marketing gimmick to get users interested in a dating app called Nine. More than 100,000 of the people who used the 2015bestnine generator eventually signed up for the Instagram-based service.
This year, it"s not clear whether using 2016bestnine will later prompt you to join another service. But creator Yusuke Matsumura wrote on ProductHunt that using the 2016 version was "so simple."
"I believe 2016bestnine will help you to look back your 2016," he added. "Hope you all enjoy it!"
Looking for other options?2016bestnine lets you plug in any username you want, so you can also see collages belonging to your family, friends or celebrities. And if you"re hankering foreven more photos, check out #16bestof16, which makes a four-by-four collage instead of a three-by-three, or #30DaysPics, which produces a monthly video of your Instagram pictures.
Fans in town for the Music City Bowl will be treated to free food from some of Nashville"s best chefs on Lower Broadway. PHOTO: WZTV FOX 17 Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Fans in town for the Music City Bowl will be treated to free food from some of Nashville"s best chefs on Lower Broadway.
Fans attending the pep rally at the Fan Zone on Friday morning will be treated to grilled chicken, steak, burgers, and more. The chefs are doing it all for free as a treat for ut and nebraska fans in town for the Music City Bowl.
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UNDATED (AP) Ranked teams are just 4-5 so far in the 2016-17 bowl schedule following a win by No. 16 Stanford and a loss by No. 24 Nebraska.
Solomon Thomas sacked Mitch Trubisky on a potential game-tying, two-point conversion try with 25 seconds left to secure Stanfords 25-23 triumph over North Carolina in the Sun Bowl at El Paso.
Bryce Love ran for 119 yards and grabbed a 49-yard touchdown pass while starting in place of Cardinal tailback Christian McCaffrey, who skipped the bowl game after entering the NFL draft.
Dallas Lloyd brought back his second interception of the game 19 yards for a touchdown that put Stanford ahead, 22-17.
Joshua Dobbs accounted for 409 total yards and four touchdowns to lead Tennessee to a 38-24 triumph over the Cornhuskers in the Music City Bowl. Dobbs threw for 291 yards and a TD and ran for 118 yards and three scores as the Volunteers beat a Big Ten team in a bowl for a third straight year.
Nebraska quarterback Ryker Fyfe threw two TD passes to Brandon Reilly and ran for a 9-yard TD with 10:02 left in the fourth to pull the Cornhuskers within 31-24.
In Fridays other bowl action:
Nick Chubb ran for 142 yards and a touchdown to power Georgia past tcu 31-23 in the liberty bowl and give the Bulldogs a bowl victory for the third straight year.
Georgia finished 8-5. The Dawgs restored some pride to the Southeastern Conference. The SEC had entered the day with a 1-4 bowl record, a major step back for a league that had gone 9-2 in bowl games last year to set a record for bowl victories.
The Bulldogs had won the Belk Bowl two seasons ago and the TaxSlayer Bowl last year. Georgias latest bowl victory sent TCU to only its third losing year in Gary Pattersons 16 full seasons as coach. TCU finished 6-7.
In other bowls:
Stanford held off North Carolina 25-23 to win the Sun Bowl. Bryce Love took over for the absent Christian McCaffrey in the Stanford backfield, running for 119 yards and catching a 49-yard touchdown pass for the Cardinal.
Stanford held on after North Carolina pulled within two with 25 seconds left on Mitch Trubiskys 2-yard pass to Bug Howard, sacking Trubisky on the 2-point conversion try.
McCaffrey skipped the bowl game to focus on his NFL career. Stanford finished 10-3. The Tar Heels wound up 8-5.
The best matchup takes place this evening in Miami Gardens, Florida, as The 10-2 Michigan Wolverines tangle with the 9-3 Florida State Seminoles.
This is Michigans first game since losing to Ohio State in double overtime. The Wolverines, who are ranked sixth by the AP, are looking to send their senior-dominated roster out with a victory in a major bowl game. The Seminoles, who are 10th in the AP poll, are looking to win their first bowl game since winning the national championship at the end of the 2013 season, as well as their fifth consecutive season of at least 10 wins.
Free Press sports writers Mark Snyder and Jeff Seidel recap U-M"s 33-32 loss to Florida State in the Orange Bowl Friday in Miami Gardens, Fla. Video by Mark Snyder/DFP
Michigan cornerback Jourdan Lewis gives up the game-winning touchdown against Florida State receiver Nyqwan Murray during the second half of U-M"s 33-32 loss in Orange Bowl to Florida State Friday in Miami Gardens, Fla.(Photo: Kirthmon F. Dozier DFP)Buy Photo
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. You had to figure this gamewas going to be strange when Renegade, Florida State"s mascot horse, took a tumble during the pregame festivities.
After that?
It got even crazier.
There were injuries and collapses and comebacks and then some more collapses and comebacks sometimes, it seemed to happen in the same breath -- and then came the blocked extra point and the kickoff and the final collapse. All in all, it was enough to make your head spin, as the Orange Bowl turned into a wild crazy drama on fast forward that Florida State pulled out with a 33-32 victory over Michigan.
The way I feel about it is it was a heck of a game, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said.
And now that the season over, what are we to make of this Michigan team? This team that had so much potential but ended the season by losing three of its last four games?
To be fair, it should be pointed out that this team lost those three games by a total of five points. Change a few plays here and there and everything would have been far different. In this game. In this season.
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But ultimately, that didnt happen. This team fell short of its potential. It failed to get to the College Football Playoff. It failed to win the Big Ten championship. It failed to win the Orange Bowl.
It was a season of unfulfilled potential. Close but five points short.
I love them, love these guys, Harbaugh said. Great group of competitors, great group of workers, and a great group of guys that find a way. They"ve got a will to win. Not just they want to win; I mean, they must win. I love them for it.
For most of this game, Michigan was stuck between a Hard Rock and a hard place.
All-AmericalinebackerJabrill Peppers sat out of the Orange Bowl with a leg injury. Tight end Jake b**t was lost to a knee injury. Quarterback Wilton Speight was getting beat up. He was sacked and whacked and looked genuinely frustrated, while missing wide-open receivers in the end zone. The Wolverines couldnt run the ball and michigans stifling defense looked out of whack.
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Thats a pretty hard place, as Florida State built a 20-6 halftime lead at the Orange Bowl in Hard Rock Stadium.
But Michigan punter Kenny Allen kept pinning FSU deep. Where would this team have been without his punting?
And then Michigan linebacker Mike McCray picked off a pass and plunged into the end zone for a touchdown hey, if the offense cant score a touchdown, the defense has to pick up the slack.
I"ve got to give credit to Ben Gedeon, McCray said. He called it out and I was going on the blitz and he asked me to help him out, and I did. I guess I just caught the ball and scored.
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Suddenly, Michigan had life.
Suddenly, Michigan had a chance.
The Wolverines defense was pushing FSU backward.
Then, Dalvin Cook took over. The Wolverines were doing a good job of containing Cook until whoops there he goes. He broke two tackles, outran everybody else and ripped off a 71-yarder. Four plays later, FSU quarterback Deondre Francois strolled into the end zone, giving FSU a 27-15 lead.
I think he"s a great player, Harbaugh said. It was a heck of an effort on his part and our part, I thought, from where I was standing.
Just like that, the Wolverines were back in a familiar place.
Stuck between that Hard Rock and a Hard Place.
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But Michigan wouldnt fold.
There was Speight, hitting Khalid Hill on a touchdown, as FSU held a 27-22 lead.
Basically I had an under route, and I saw that it was zone, and I saw Wilton escaping to the right, and I just stopped, and he saw me and he hit me, Hill said.
Again, Michigan had life, in this wild, crazy, Orange Bowl.
Then, it looked like Michigan was going to win after Chris Evans dived into the end zone.
You keep pounding away at it, Harbaugh said, and keep chipping away at it and then you start making the four-yard gains and then the six-yard gains and then the 10-yard gains, and then finally we popped one there with Chris Evans.
Then, the unthinkable. Keith Gavin returned the kickoff 66 yards. Four playslater, Francois hit Nyqwan Murray on a 12-yard touchdown that gave FSU the win.
What a crazy night.
It all started with Peppers.
Before the game, the hot scuttlebutt was that Peppers was hurt and wasnt going to play. But Peppers came out during warmups, catching punts. He moved gingerly and appeared to have trouble with his left leg.
Jabrill had his hamstring grab on him yesterday, and he was jumping for a ball, it was very unfortunate, Harbaugh said. He wasn"t able to run, could see it on the film yesterday, and couldn"t get to where he could run and be effective out there, so we didn"t play him.
It sucked, Peppers said, adding that he hasnt decided if he will turn pro.
At halftime, Florida State had a 20-6 lead and the Wolverines were all out of whack.
The Wolverines had no answer for DeMarcus Walker, a 6-foot-3 and 280-pound defensive lineman who dominated. This came as no surprise to Harbaugh. Before the game, the U-M coach called Walker FSUs best player.
And still, Michigan couldnt block him.
FSU came into this game with the most sacks in the country and it only continued in this game, whacking Speight. He was sacked three times in the first three quarters.
Speight was not sharp early, completing just three of his first nine passes. He missed Jehu Chesson in the right corner of the end zone and later he missed Amara Darboh in the end zone.
He bent over, clearly frustrated.
But the Wolverines came back.
Give Michigan credit for how it fought back.
There was no quit in this team.
But in the end, it was five points from being truly special.
Contact Jeff Seidel: jseidel@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter@seideljeff. To read his recent columns, go tofreep.com/sports/jeff-seidel/.
Azealia Banks announced some sad news on Facebook Tuesday morning.
In a series of updates, the "212" rapper opened up about a "major life event," writing, "This wouldn"t be an Azealia Banks page without loads of oversharing right? Anywho, I"ve just had a miscarriage and am pretty taken aback by it all." Banks is experiencing confusion, depression, guilt and shock. Additionally, Banks confessed she now feels "like a failure and very ashamed."
With seemingly nowhere else to turn, Banks reached out to her fans for support. "Has anyone else had this same experience who cares to share some words of wisdom or words of anything regarding this topic?" the 25-year-old Harlem-raised rapper asked. "The self-loathing bit is a real struggle for me at the moment so share any words here. They will be greatly appreciated."
After one Facebook fan suggested the rapper should have kept the miscarriage news private until she had some more "time to reflect," banks replied, "It"s life and we all live it together. Everyone farts, s--ts, f--ks , eats and sleeps. It"s bodily function 101. Why the need for secrecy."
In another update, Banks told her Facebook followers, "I feel really stupid because I think I"m so big and bad an in control and in this situation I"m so powerless." When she first saw "the embryo," the rapper recalled, "I felt this full spirit around me and was looking down at this little bean in horror/amazement and now I just can"t NOT have an awareness of this person and won"t stop feeling like any and everything I"ve ever done in my life or want to do is pointless."
"I"m really over it," she added, "and not with the s--ts right now."
Banks asked people to be respectful and considerate after making the news public. "I"ve had a real rough 2016," the musician explained. "I honestly need a break from the public crucifixions. This is a women"s health issue that many others may or may not be able to relate to. Please don"t f--k UP an opportunity for clear, open and beneficial discourse between WOMEN!" After sharing her story publicly, Banks finally felt "calm and sleepy," saying, "I haven"t slept all night."
Before going to bed, however, Banks removed a few posts.
"*Trolls are coming in*," the rapper wrote. "*delete delete*."
LeBron James Full Highlights 2016.12.25 vs Warriors - 31 Pts, 13 Rebs, 4 Ast, 2 Stls, 2 GOOD!
LeBron James is 32 years old today. This past decade of basketball has revolved around him, and his streak of six straight finals appearances is unprecedented and still going. Hes certainly the greatest player of this generation, and hes far from done.
We dont have a cake or a birthday card, and instead of getting him a gift we made him a gif.
Here are 32 things about James on his 32nd birthday, just because.
1. At 32, LeBron James is a three-time champion who has won four MVP awards. Obviously, he could make those numbers four and five this season, although through a third of a season there are several players who must be the favorite for MVP over him.
2. At 32, Michael Jordan won his fourth championship with two more following the next two years and his fourth of five MVP awards. He also averaged 30 points, something James has only done twice in his career and not since 2008.
3. Jordan is one of just two players to win an MVP past the age of 32. The other is Karl Malone, who did it twice at ages 33 and 35.
4. That said, James isnt comparing himself to Jordan.
I haven"t, because our games are so different, James told reporters on Thursday. He was much more of a scorer, and that point did a lot of, a lot of post work at that time. But our games are just different. His body is different. My body is different than his.
James continued: So, just, you recognize the dominance that someone had at that age, at that age you recognize his dominance, but there"s no similarities in our game at all.
5. James is right, of course. James is tying his career high in assists this season (8.6) and is nearly doing it with rebounds, too, averaging 7.9 while his career high is 8.0. After returning from baseball at 31, Jordan never averaged more than seven rebounds or six assists per season.
6. James coach Tyronn Lue compares him to a few players, Jordan included:
He"s got the explosiveness and power of Dominique Wilkins, the scoring ability of Jordan at times," Lue said. "The court vision and the way he pushes the pace like Magic Johnson and having the height, so he"s a mixture between three guys and as far as a comparison between him and Jordan, the comparisons I have is when you"re on top, the best player in the league for so long and having to carry that each and every year and never get knocked down off that pedestal, that"s a big accomplishment because guys are coming for you and you"re a target and to always stay on top no matter what, always being that best player in the league.
That"s how I compare him and Jordan.
7. Lets talk more about James passing because we can never do that enough. Heres a pass he made on Christmas Day that still blows my mind.
9. No wonder the Cavaliers are second in three-point makes, three-point attempts, and three-point shooting percentage this season. (The Rockets are first in makes and attempts; the Spurs are first in percentage.)
10. Seriously, these are really my favorite LeBron passes, the speeding cross-court bullets that go exactly where he wants them to someone the defense doesnt even realize is open.
11. Speaking of threes, James is having the best three-point shooting season of his career. His 4.9 attempts tie a career high, his 1.9 made threes is a career high, and his 37.7 percent shooting is third-best in his career. (He had one season shooting 40.6 percent behind the arc in Miami, but it came on an attempt and a half less per game.)
12. Heres a terrifying stat: James is shooting 53.7 percent on catch-and-shoot three-pointers this season, per NBA.coms player tracking data.
13. Seriously: thats the second-best mark in the league (at least 0.5 attempts and 10 games). Its three percentage points better than Stephen Curry.
14. If youre wondering how James game will age, maybe extremely well if hes turned into a lethal spot-up shooter.
15. His overall percentage is dragged down by his 2.5 pull-up attempted threes per game, but if hes catching and firing, it goes in more than half the time.
16. James can explain why: I don"t know. It must be the wine drinking. Get better with age, I guess.
17. James certainly played his best playoff series ever last Finals. Heres something we only just now realized about it:
(only today did we realize LeBron was 31 when he came back from 3-1 in the Finals)
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18. LeBron won SI Sportsman of the Year, but we all know he robbed the truly deserving candidate.
19. That reminds me! The best Christmas present I got was the NBA uploading the final three minutes of Game 7. This is the best series Ive ever watched, and an absolutely incredible finish.
20. LeBron James played 47 minutes. How did he still catch up and block Andre Iguodala!?
21. I once spent 47 minutes playing that little game on Chrome that comes up when your internet is down, but I dont think thats quite as impressive.
22. That wasnt about LeBron James. Neither is this one. The headline lied to you and I am very sorry.
23. The amount of minutes James has played is astonishing: at 32, hes on the verge of becoming the 33rd player with 40,000 minutes played. (h**l hit that in late January at his current rate.)
24. Add onto that 8,383 playoff minutes and a little more than 1,000 in international play.
25. All that, and the fewest number of games James has ever played in a season is 62 or, every game during the 2011-12 lockout season. Thats the fewest. Two seasons ago in Cleveland, James only played 69. He has played 75 games or more in every other season to date. His consistency is absurd.
26. No wonder hes already the No. 8 all-time scorer in the NBA. Hes on pace to pass Shaquille ONeal by late March this season.
27. That stat still blows my mind. Only seven people have currently scored more points in the NBA than James.
28. More like LeEighthInScoring James. (That nickname surprising did not show up on our studious rankings of the top 142 LeSomething James insults.)
29. If youre ever having a bad day, just remember you could have been LeBrons sleeves.
30. Can you tell Im running out of things to say? OK, its getting kind of obvious now. Um um well heres a LeBron video I really enjoy.
31. I didnt grow up watching Michael Jordan, so I wont argue with anyone who says hes better. But for me, LeBron James is the greatest, most consistent athlete Ive ever watched over the course of the past decade. Hes not my favorite necessarily, nor is he perfect in any way, and I get why some people dislike him. But its just a daily joy to watch him play the best sport out there.
We all love a good clapback. It"s a comeback but with that extra oomph. And while 2016 may have been a literal trash fire for many reasons, this year has been a goldmine for people telling each other exactly how they feel with emphasis.
Ariana Grande in master clapback form Source:Giphy
Here are just a few reasons that 2016 will go down in history as the clappiest year in history. So put your hands together and enjoy this rundown.
Hillary Clintonto Donald TrumpHillary ClintonSource:Matt Rourke/AP
In June, Hillary Clinton like the rest of us had it up to here with Trump"s incessant tweeting. In response to a tweet mocking President Barack Obamafor endorsing Clinton, the Democratic nominee quote tweeted Trump and responded with three words that reverberated throughout the internet: Delete. Your. Account.
Amber Rose to PinkAmber RoseSource:Evan Agostini/AP
In the world of clapbacks, Amber Rose reigns as queen. In March, after singer Pink tweeted a subtly s**t-shaming quote on International Women"s day, rose responded with a defense of women who embrace their sexuality.
"d**n Pink we were all born n***d society sexualizes our breast and bodies," Rose wrote. "Pink, we"ve seen you d**n near n***d swinging from a rope (beautifully) but what"s the difference between a rope, a pole and a pic onInstagram? Classism."
Amber Rose to InstagramhomophobesAmber Rose"s sonSource:Instagram
Amber Rose"s clapbacks are probably strongest when people are coming for her own family. In August, Rose responded to homophobic Instagramcommenters who worried that her son would turn out to be gay because he was playing around in one of his mother"s wigs.
"Wow you people are so smart, huh?" Rose wrote. "Putting on a wig is gonna make a baby gay? Straight guys, do yourself a favor ... Put on a wig and see if [you"re] turned on by another man ... I"ll wait. And ladies, seriously grow the f**k up and educate yourselves."
Kim Kardashian-West to Taylor SwiftKim Kardashian-WestSource:Andy Kropa/AP
Clapbacks don"t always have to happen in the moment. In 2016, Kim Kardashian-West taught us all the value of the long-game clapback. In July, Kardashian spurred a Twitter firestorm when she released video of Taylor Swiftgiving the go-ahead to Kardashian-West"s husband, Kanye West, to use a lyric saying the two might one day have s*x. Previous to the video leak, Swift contended that she didn"t know about the lyric.
In the video, Swifttells Westto "go with whatever line you think is better." Swift also admitted the line is "obviously very tongue-in-cheek either way."
Megan Brown to sexist dude
Dealing with sexism is a constant and bloggerMegan Brown found the best way to fight it head on. When a guy she started talking to asked her to rattle off all the National League East baseball teams, she responded with wit and then made the conversation public.
"When meeting ordatingguys it"s common for them to attempt to quiz women to test if they "really" are sports fans," Brown toldUproxx. "It seemed pretty condescending plus it was something sobasic it was kind of insulting. Instead of responding with the teams (first instinct) or ignoring, I decided to have a little fun."
Kroger to gender-specific bathrooms
After North Carolina passed its controversial "bathroom bill" HB2, several private businesses responded by clarifying their own positions on who can use which bathroom. One Kroger grocery story in Athens, Georgia, said that it had unisex bathrooms "because sometimes gender specific toilets put others into uncomfortable situations." The sign outside the bathroom listed the groups the bathroom existed for, including parents with small children, parents with disabled children, those with a physical or mental disability and LGBTQpeople.
Constance Wu to Hollywood"s lack of diversitySource:Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
Fresh Off the Boat actress Constance Wu has been a fervent advocate for a greater diversity of faces and voices in Hollywood. When the trailer for Matt Damon"s upcoming film The Great Walldropped in July, the actress took to Twitter to give everyone a piece of her mind. In her own words, "Our heroes don"t look like Matt Damon."
Simone Biles v. body shamersSource:Eric Christian Smith/AP
Anyone looking for ways to deal with body shamers, look no further than Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles. After haters stormed an Instagrampost of hers, she responded with a tweet that reminded the trolls that it wasn"t about them. "You can judge my body all you want, but at the end of the day it"s my body," she wrote. "I love it & I"m comfortable in my skin."
Billboards to political hateMississippi billboardSource:TheGailyGrind/Twitter
2016 was the year of going big or going home. As such, people who had something to say about Islamophobia or homophobia used one of the biggest venues possible: public billboards. In Mississippi, a roadside billboard lamented the passing of an anti-LGBTreligious freedom bill, while a billboard in Michigan took aim at Trump"s rhetoric regarding Muslims.
Chrissy Teigento trolls
When trolls tried to tell Chrissy Teigenhow to parent, all because she went out to dinner with John in the first month after the birth of her child, Teigen shut it down.Teigen screenshotted the haters and shared the messages on Twitter. She also mocked the passive aggression of many of the commenters who were trying to offer unsolicited advice on mothering.
Teen to homophobic auntSource:Twitter
Proving that you need not be a celebrity or a billboard to clapback, with one text, a teen told off her homophobic aunt, who called the young girl a "f****t":
Don"t worry about it! I know what you"re like after a few bottles of wine. I can"t make Indie"s birthday I"m afraid, I have a huge lesbian orgy that day and me and the other faggots have been planning it for months. By the way how"s your divorce going? I saw uncle Lee with his new girlfriend, she"s 20 years younger than you right? Speak soon!Christine Blackmon to Dani MathersSource:Facebook
When Playboy playmate Dani Mathers took a Snapchatof a n***d woman at the gym, the n***d woman did not stay silent. In a post to her own Facebook, which has since turned private, Christine Blackmon, the woman from the gym wrote:
Here"s the deal you may have been a Playboy model, but not all of us work out to be "hot," some of us work out simply to honor the bodies we were given. That"s all that woman was trying to do and you violated her. Shame on you. I bet I could get hundreds of women to post their beautiful bodies and regardless of size, shape or color, they will ALL be more beautiful than the ugliness you showed in that post.
She added the hashtags #UnseeTHIS and #AllBodiesAreBeautiful at the end.
Skai Jackson to Azealia BanksSkai JacksonSource:Richard Shotwell/AP
When Azealia Banksbeglanguage at former One Direction member Zayn Malik, 14-year-old actress Skai Jackson began to tweet about the incident. When Azealia tried to come for her, she got an earful of what Jackson had to say.
Banks made fun of Jackson"s body, to which Jackson said, "Worry about your career. Get one."
When Banks said she had never heard of Jackson and that she was "only a meme," Jackson wrote: "A meme with 2.3 million Instagramfollowers. My memesare more relevant than you."
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Skai Jackson and Azealia Banks fought on Twitter Source:TwitterSkai Jackson and Azealia Banks fought on Twitter Source:Twitter
Tennis superstar Serena Williams is marrying Reddit cofounder and Y Combinator partner alexis ohanian, according to a Thursday post she made on where else Reddit.
Williams and Ohanian have been in a relationship since late 2015, following her relationship with the musician Drake.
According to Williams, Ohanian whisked her away to Rome, to the place where they first met, before popping the question:
Williams" post was on "r/isaidyes," a community she apparently made just to share this story.
"And you made me the happiest man on the planet," Ohanian replied.
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Ohanian founded Reddit with Steve Huffman, who is now serving as CEO of the link-sharing site, in 2005. Reddit was acquired by Wired publisher Cond Nast in 2006, but in 2011 it began operating as a separate subsidiary of Cond Nast parent company Advance Publications.
The couple have kept a relatively low profile though Williams made headlines in November 2015 when she chased down a man who allegedly stole her phone at San Francisco"s Mission Chinese restaurant while out with Ohanian.
The Women"sTennis Association tweeted out a rare photo of the couple together, along with their congratulations, after Williams made her announcement:
EXCLUSIVE: Rob Kardashian Hospitalized After Falling "Off Track" With Monitoring His Diabetes
Rob Kardashian was released from the hospital Thursday after reportedly receiving treatment for diabetes, and his condition is more common for young people than you might think.
Kardashian was hospitalized with Type 2 diabetes last year, and has been attempting weight loss and a healthier lifestyle to combat it, according to CNN.
Both Type 1 and 2 diabetes conditions which inhibits the body"s ability to process sugar from food can have serious consequences, including heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and amputations. It"s the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S.
"When you have diabetes, your body either doesn"t make enough insulin or can"t use its own insulin as well as it should," according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "This causes sugars to build up in your blood. This is why many people refer to diabetes as "sugar.""
People who have diabetes experience extreme thirst and hunger, weight changes, blurry vision, and extreme fatigue among other symptoms. The CDC estimates that there are 29 million people in the U.S. who have diabetes.
29 years old and has already been hospitalized for diabetes multiple times, is one of about four million Americans between the ages of 20-44 to suffer from the ailment. Further, about 208,000 children and adults younger than 20 have been diagnosed with diabetes.
These numbers clash with the typical depiction of diabetes sufferers presented in advertisements and public-service announcements think Wilford Brimley"s role as spokesman for Liberty Medicals diabetes testing supplies.
Why don"t people know they have diabetes?
Of the 29 million Americans the CDC says have diabetes, 21 million of them are diagnosed and another estimated 8 million don"t know they have it. Regular health care visits are key to a diagnosis. Before someone develops full blown diabetes they have a condition called pre-diabetes, which often doesn"t present any symptoms, but can be tested for.
"Pre-diabetes is a condition in which blood glucose levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be classified as full-blown diabetes," according to the Joslin Diabetes Center.
If a health care provider doesn"t explain the seriousness of pre-diabetes effectively, a patient could fail to embrace the lifestyle changes capable of preventing the full-blown condition. If the person has sporadic health care visits, they could develop diabetes and not realize it.
The health care provider has to tell the patient that they dont meet the criteria for diabetes but they arent quite out of the woods, which can be a challenging concept to get across, Dr. Laura Rosella, a public health researcher at the University of Toronto, told the Huffington Post last year. This challenge could explain the low awareness.
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Toronto Raptors vs Golden State Warriors • Full Game Highlights • Dec 28, 2016 • 2016-17 NBA Season
The Golden State Warriors will welcome back Harrison Barnes and Andrew Bogut to Oracle Arena for the second time Friday. That first reunion didn"t go that swimmingly for Barnes and Bogut as the warriors whipped the Dallas Mavericks 116-96 on Nov. 9.
How to watch
When: Friday, 10:30 p.m. ET
Who: Dallas Mavericks
Where: Oracle Arena
TV: League Pass
Streaming: League Pass
Line: Warriors (-18.5)
What to watch for
Golden State"s improving defense: Led by Defensive Player of the Year candidate Draymond Green and aided by Kevin Durant as a legitimate rim protector, the Warriors are now one of the league"s top defenses. Golden State is first overall in steals per game (9.5), blocks per game (6.3), opponent field goal percentage (42.9 percent) and opponent 3-point percentage (32.7 percent). The Warriors are also second in the league in defensive rating (101.0 points per 100 possessions) and defensive rebounds (36.2). Not good news for the Mavs, who have the 23rd-ranked offense and are playing on the second of a road back-to-back.
This could get ugly quick: Weary Dallas must guard against a quick start by the Warriors. This will be the seventh time Dallas is playing on the second night of a back-to-back and in those instances, Dallas has lost six times by an average of 14.5 points. Not only that, but the Mavs likely will be without J.J. Barea (Achilles). Bogut may skip the game because it"s the second of a back to back, and Dirk Nowtizki missed Thursday"s game because of illness and his status is unclear. That means Dallas will be playing a lot of their young guys like Dorian Finney-Smith.
Key matchup
Stephen Curry vs. Seth Curry: OK, this likely isn"t a true key matchup but the sibling rivalry (which really doesn"t exist) is the most entertaining one we got. Steph Curry had the better game the first time around, going for 24 points and six assists. Seth Curry struggled with shot and had 10 points and nine assists.
PICK: Warriors (-18.5). As mentioned above, Dallas is brutal on the second night of back-to-backs, so picking Golden State is easy.
actress ellen pompeo has responded to criticism over using "black emojis." (FayesVision/WENN.com)
Ellen Pompeo has fired back at critics who blasted her use of black emojis in a Twitter message.
The "Grey"s Anatomy" actress posted a tweet on Friday which applauded TV network A&E"s decision to change the name of their controversial upcoming Ku Klux Klan documentary from "Generation KKK" to "Escaping the KKK: A Documentary Series Exposing Hate in America."
But Pompeo found herself facing backlash, after one social media user called her out for overstepping her bounds as "a privileged white woman" for including emojis of a black hand giving a thumbs up and a pair of black hands clapping in her post.
In turn, Pompeo apologized to anyone she may have offended and fired back a series of tweets, responding to various Twitter users.
"What"s crazy is how angry everyone is... this is all about emojis people. It was a really positive thing a&e did... now that"s not the focus ..my fault for responding," she wrote. "But sad to see racism is still alive and well on all sides."
When a user told her that white people cannot experience racism, she responded, "Ummm I"ve been called a white b**** and countless other things 50000 times today what would you call it?"
After another user wrote to her, "SHUT UP, WHITE LADY," to which the 47-year-old reminded her 1.23 million followers that her producer husband Chris Ivery is black, and that the pair are parents to two daughters.
"You do realize...being married to a black man and having black children can make you a target from racist white people right? That"s a thing," she added.
The star concluded her Twitter response by reminding her followers that racism comes in "different forms" and added that she plans to continue using her platform to promote discussion around race and diversity.
Since Pompeo originally tweeted, A&E have canceled the program after the network learned that the shows producers, from a third-party production company, made cash payments to facilitate access to participants.
Warren Hirsh, a marketing pioneer and Gloria Vanderbilt cofounder, died Friday at age 84 at a hospital in Las Vegas.The cause of death was cancer, according to his daughter Audrey Kaplan.Growing up in Brooklyn, the son of a shoe salesman father and restaurant-running mother, Hirsh graduated from Erasmus High School and went straight to work. Eager to get into the fashion industry, he started a haberdashery called Warrens in Brooklyn. Hirshs brother, Peter, worked with him there. After serving with the U.S. Army during the Korean War, he returned to New York for a few years. In the latter half of the Sixties, Hirsh relocated to Charlotte, N.C., to work for an apparel company before moving again to Birmingham, Ala., for the childrens wear label Simon and McGilner. He later picked up stakes again to take a job with Ship n Shore in Atlanta.Years later when back in New York, Hirsh teamed with Mohan Murjani. Working together for five or six years starting in the late Seventies, the duo launched Gloria Vanderbilts jeans business, turning it into a $370 million brand at one point. Murjani, whose Seventh Avenue blouse company developed shirts with Vanderbilt, had Hirsh to thank for dreaming
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During an appearance on Sirius XMs Shade 45 this week, Eminem gave listeners a taste of his reported new single. But before you get too excited about the rappers return, its safe to say the preview was a joke.
Marshall Mathers sat down with hosts DJ Whoo Kid and longtime Em manager Paul Rosenberg for Shade 45s annual Hanukkah Radio special. Throughout the 13-minute interview, the men talked football, Eminems vintage cassette collection, and the new track he was (supposedly) working on. Its called, Em laughed, What Time Are You Suckin It?
Its coming out soon. You want the hook to it? I can give you a taste of the hook, Eminem tells the hosts, before he begins singing: Tell me what time, what time, what time/What time are you suckin it? What time you suckin it?
Eminem joked that the song was for DJWhooKid, but it was originally created forrosenberg.
its super flattering, and cool, eminem said. And I feel like its going to be a pretty big record.
Back in October, the 44-year-old superstar dropped a track called Campaign Speech, and announced he was working on a new album. Though we"ve yet get any more details on the upcoming project, fans have been eager to hear what Em has in store. The reported upcoming album will be his first since 2013"sMarshall Mathers LP 2.
Things That Never Made Sense About the JonBenet Ramsey Case
A team of expertsre-examined evidence in the 20-year-old case in a two-part CBS documentary The Case Of: JonBenet Ramsey, and stated it had come to the conclusion JonBenet"s brother killed her over a bowl of fruit.
The team presented their conclusions in the final minutes of the program, saying the evidence points to Burke Ramsey, who was nine at the time.
However, they do not believe that it was a case of murder and said it could have been accidental.
They also revealed that Burke had struck his little sister with a golf club after "losing his temper" and left her with a scar on her face a year before her death.
The investigators presented their hypothesis that JonBenet (pictured in a reconstruction) came downstairs late at night because she was hungry
James Kolar, the former chief investigation for the District Attorney in Boulder, presented the theory that all the other experts agreed with.
He posited that Patsy had left Burke with a bowl of pineapple and some tea and that when JonBenet had attempted to sneak some of the fruit later, it prompted Burke to lash out and strike her with a flashlight, killing her.
"My hypothesis was that I think the Ramseys came home at around 9.30, 10 o"clock," Kolar said on the CBS program.
"I think JonBenet was asleep. I think John did carry her upstairs, Patsy remained downstairs with Burke and served him the tea and the pineapple.
"I think that accounts for the physical evidence as well as the latent print. Then she got JonBenet up to make sure she used the toilet, so she didn"t wet the bed that night."
He added: "JonBenet was up, she may or may not have brushed her teeth, that stuff was out on the counter, then I think she was up and awake enough that she was maybe still hungry and she went downstairs.
They believe Burke could have been angered that she tried a grab some of his pineapple
"He probably would have been upset about her trying to snag a piece of pineapple - out of anger he may have struck her with that flashlight," said James Kolar, the former chief investigation for the District Attorney in Boulder
"In the meantime, Patsy continued packing for the Michigan trip. I think if Burke was upset about circumstances or Christmas presents, he probably would have been upset about her trying to snag a piece of pineapple - out of anger he may have struck her with that flashlight.
While the investigators agreed there was no intent to kill, they agree there was clearly an intent to mislead the police investigation.
"The Ramsey family did not want law enforcement to resolve this case and that"s why it remains unresolved," said former FBI profiler Jim Clemente.
He and the other investigators say the lack of the Ramseys getting involved with the case was "atypical" as most families in such situations are desperate to resolve the case.
"We didn"t see that here," said retired supervisory FBI agent James Fitzgerald. "But maybe we did. Maybe we saw it with her brother - do everything we can to protect this child.
"We see it with the letter. We see it in the press conference. Every step along the way we see it."
A replica of rooms in the house had been constructed in a 50,000-square-foot warehouse for the CBS special
Experts have also recreated the Boulder home of the Ramsey family to conduct their investigations. Here they look at a recreation of the smashed basement window
However, the investigators said they don"t believe Burke was involved in the cover-up, but say the mixed motives in the ransom letter indicate that both parents were.
The DNA evidence had been used to rule out the Ramseys as involved in the case, but experts showed how DNA could have been transferred during the manufacturing and packaging process.
In the first part of the documentary, the investigators revealed six extra seconds of audio from a 911 call that appeared to suggest her family were involved.
Using modern technology, they said they uncovered the voices of three people having a conversation after Mrs Ramsey thought she had hung up after calling police 20 years ago.
Three phrases can allegedly be heard during the extra six seconds of 911 audio, which are believed to have come from JonBenet"s parents John and Patsy and her older brother Burke.
Investigators believe they can hear Mr Ramsey"s voice saying "we"re not speaking to you", before Mrs Ramsey allegedly asks: "What did you do? Help me, Jesus".
They claim JonBenet"s brother Burke can then be heard asking "what did you find?" - even though his parents have always claimed he was asleep at the time.
Trey Songz Arrested After Destroying Concert Stage In Detroit - VIDEO
Police arrested r&b singer trey songzwednesday night after he refused to leave the stage at Joe Louis Arena, The Detroit Newsreports. According to Officer Dan Donakowski, a spokesman for the Detroit Police Department, Songz (Real name: Tremaine Neverson) was taken into custody for malicious destruction of property and resisting and obstructing arrest.
Neverson was performing in Detroit along with Desiigner, Young M.A, Lil Yachty and others as part of the fourth annualBig Show at the Joe, a multi-artist concert put on by FM 98 WJLB and Channel 955. Around 11:30 p.m., organizers informed the singer that his time onstage was up, and Officer Donakowski said that Neverson responded by throwing objects and attempting to break equipment in an "upset and belligerent" manner.
When police officers on duty at the event came onstage, the singer reportedly continued throwing objects, and one of these hit a police sergeant. He was subsequently arrested and remained at the Detroit Detention Center as of Thursday morning.
A representative for the singer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In amateur video taken at the event, Neverson appears to throw equipment onstage and take down two plastic structures.
Though Songz has not released any albums or mixtapes this year, he can still be heard assisting other artists: he"s the featured singer on Kevin Hart"s single "Push It On Me," which has spent nine weeks on Billboard"s Hip-Hop/R&B Airplay chart. He also appeared earlier this year on Kevin Gates" "Jam."
NY & Company Fall Fashion Try On | Week Of Hauls Day 3
TODAY
6 p.m. on LIFE Project Runway
Actress, singer and dancer Zendaya, who also was recognized recently at the FN Achievement Awards for the successful launch of her new footwear line, is guest judge as Season 15 reaches its climax with the finalists presenting their lines at New York Fashion Week before learning which of them is this seasons champion. Dont be surprised if theres a surprise twist or two along the way, either. Heidi Klum is host and one of the judges; Tim Gunn is mentor to the designers.
7 p.m. on CBS The Big Bang Theory
No one likes to be caught in the middle of an argument which is even more the case when Sheldon and Leonard (Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki) are the two people fighting, as in The Viewing Party Combustion. Neither of them lets anything go easily, and the other members of the group are wary of choosing a side in the battle. Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch also star.
7 p.m. on ABC A Charlie Brown Christmas
When Charlie Brown complains about the materialism he sees during the holidays, Lucy suggests he direct the Christmas pageant. He accepts, but it proves to be a frustrating struggle. When his attempt to restore the proper spirit with a forlorn little fir tree fails, he needs Linus help to learn the real meaning of Christmas. The animated classics memorable music score is by Vince Guaraldi.
7 p.m. on KDVR Hells Kitchen
In Dont Tell My Fiance/Dancing With the Chefs, a two-hour encore telecast, the remaining contestants are challenged to prepare their own interpretations of a Southern staple, with their dishes evaluated by chef Gordon Ramsay and surprise guest judge Chris Hastings, an executive chef. In the second hour, the teams prepare special menu items for the International Ballroom Invitational. VIP guests include actress Mircea Monroe, NBA player J.J. Redick and recording artist Blake Lewis.
7:31 p.m. on CBS The Great Indoors
Its Joel McHale (Community) vs. Millennials in this comedy, casting him as an outdoor-magazine journalist who has to bring his adventurous spirit inside when the publication goes digital. Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Superbad) plays one of the young staff members he tries to oversee. Famously droll British actor-comedian Stephen Fry plays the magazines founder, with Susannah Fielding as his daughter McHales ex-girlfriend and immediate boss.
8 p.m. on KWGN Terry Crews Saves Christmas
Night three of this four-night yuletide miniseries finds Terry and his ace team of party wizards trying to salvage a half-hearted party thrown by the Abrolat clan, who decorate by throwing a Santa pillow on the couch, and make their guests do the cooking at their Christmas potluck supper. Crews steps in to reinforce the notion that even the most minimally successful holiday celebration takes more effort than that.
8 p.m. on ABC The Great American Baking Show
Those with a taste for sweets shouldnt be unhappy with a new presentation that combines episodes titled Chocolate Week and Custard and Meringue Week, The first hour finds the bakers having to create molten lava cakes, truffles and a mousse cake. Then, creme brulee and pavlovas are among the culinary challenges they face. Mary Berry and Johnny Iuzzini are the judges, and spouses Nia Vardalos and Ian Gomez serve as hosts.
8 p.m. on USA Falling Water
Tess (Lizzie Brochere) struggles desperately to protect the Boy (guest star S. Bryson Williams) as enemies close in on them from all sides in the Season 1 finale, Circular Time. Elsewhere, Burton (David Ajala) tries to heal the Woman in Red (Anna Wood), while Taka (Will Yun Lee) attempts to appease the Green.
8:01 p.m. on CBS Mom
When Regina (guest star Octavia Spencer) declares that she doesnt deem herself an alcoholic, Christy and Bonnie (Anna Faris, Allison Janney) tread carefully around her not wanting to reveal that they may think otherwise in h***y-Goggles and a Catered Intervention. Wendy (Beth Hall) wants the women to go to a holiday-season dance where sobriety is the rule. Jaime Pressly and Mimi Kennedy also star.
8:01 p.m. on A&E Gangland Undercover
In a new episode called Mongol Nation, Bullet and Falco (Thomas Mitchell, Damon Runyan) travel to California, where Falco hopes to finally earn his patch. Unfortunately, Falcos past is threatening to catch up with him, and if it does, bloodshed is sure to follow. Stephen Eric McIntyre also stars.
8:02 p.m. on LIFE Project Runway: Junior
Tim Gunn and his co-host, supermodel Hannah Jeter, return for a second season of this reality competition series, which pits junior designers between 13 and 17 years old in a variety of challenges. In the season premiere, Welcome to New York, 12 of these hopefuls meet in the Big Apple, where their first challenge starts almost immediately. Christian Siriano, Kelly Osbourne and Aya Kanai also return to judge their efforts.
8:03 p.m. on HIST The Selection: Special Operations Experiment
The instructors send the remaining 15 participants to rescue a downed pilot in a simulated exercise designed to test the groups teamwork as well as the leadership of a select few in a new episode called Man in the Arena. The novices also struggle to keep pace with Instructor Haggerty as he leads the team on an unbelievable physical feat.
8:30 p.m. on CBS Life in Pieces
There are Christmas carols, then there are Johns (James Brolin) versions, which depart from the originals when he performs them with his Air Force pals, as demonstrated in College Stealing Santa Caroling. Colleen (Angelique Cabral) joins them for this seasons round. Samantha (Holly J. Barrett) comes to regret her encounter with a shopping-mall Santa (guest star Donovan Scott). Dianne Wiest and Colin Hanks also star. Two more episodes follow.
FRIDAY
6 p.m. on TCM Movie: The Thin Man
Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers owe much of their Hart to Hart rhythm to William Powell and Myrna Loy, who perfected the concept of married, often bickering sleuths in this classic 1934 comedy-mystery movie. The stars play Nick and Nora Charles, a high-living couple who investigate an inventors supposed involvement in a murder. Maureen OSullivan plays his daughter, who enlists the couple. For those who want to make a late night of it, TCM follows the film with five sequels in this hit mystery series.
7 p.m. on CBS A Home for the Holidays
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Miranda Lambert headlines the 18th edition of this annual holiday special that advocates adoption by interweaving inspirational stories of American foster families with music from some of todays most popular artists. In addition to Lambert, Canadian singer-songwriter Alessia Cara and international pop star Rachel Platten are scheduled to perform on this years special. The featured families hail from California and Nashville, Tenn.
7 p.m. on ABC Last Man Standing
Patricia Richardson, formerly Tim Allens wife on Home Improvement, reunites with him in Tanks for the Memories. Mike (Allen) wants the womans late husbands collection of miniature tanks and when he learns shes sold it to a Gulf War veteran (guest star Robin Roberts, Good Morning America), he takes measures to make it his anyway. Kristin and Ed (Amanda Fuller, Hector Elizondo) are dismayed by a restaurant critics review.
7:31 p.m. on ABC Dr. Ken
In Allisons Career Move, Ken (Ken Jeong) faces the prospect of his wife (Suzy Nakamura) working for the same firm when Pat (Dave Foley) offers her a job. Ken fears having too much closeness wth her, at virtually all hours. Molly (Krista Marie Yu) is concerned about her SAT scores, and Dave (Albert Tsai) conspires with her to keep their parents from learning those results. Tisha Campbell Martin also stars.
8 p.m. on KWGN Terry Crews Saves Christmas
This engaging miniseries gift-wraps its run with two new back-to-back episodes, starting with Terrys angels trying to salvage the holiday for the Child family, whose Christmas bash has fallen victim to both dated decorations and food that is practically inedible. Then, the season finale is a rescue mission for the Elrics, newlyweds whose fairytale romance (so far) threatens to take a detour into a horror movie as they try to plan their first Christmas party.
8 p.m. on CBS Hawaii Five-0
The stakes are personal for McGarrett (Alex OLoughlin) and the team in seeking a Russian spy whos stolen a flash drive of classified information in Waiwai (Hawaiian for Assets). Among the facts contained are some about one of their associates, potentially endangering that persons life. McGarrett is stunned to learn the real reason Catherine departed from Hawaii again. Abby (Julie Benz) pursues her secret assignment.
8 p.m. on ABC Shark Tank
Wally Amos of Famous Amos cookie fame tries to sell the Sharks on his latest brand of edibles in this episode. Two Florida sisters relate their reason for developing swimsuits specifically designed for moms, prompting Barbara Corcoran to reveal something about herself. Two Colorado men give a demonstration of their technology-protection innovation. Daymond John discusses participating in a summit hosted by President Barack Obama.
8 p.m. on NBC Movie: Dolly Partons Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love
A sequel to the high-rated Coat of Many Colors, this 2016 drama movie continues the saga inspired by a song by Parton, whos an executive producer here. Jennifer Nettles, Rick Schroder and (as the young Dolly) Alyvia Alyn Lind all return as the members of the rural Tennessee family who face new challenges, including a holiday blizzard and the patriarchs financial struggles to give his wife a proper wedding ring. Co-star Gerald McRaney also is back.
8 p.m. on KDVR Sleepy Hollow
The dangers of opening Pandoras box have long been cautioned against and not only on this show, though its Ichabod and Abbies (Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie) mission to make the box complete again in Ragnarok. The quest to stop The Hidden One (guest star Peter Mensah) also continues, with nothing less than the fate of the human race hanging in the balance. James McDaniel and Michael OKeefe continue their guest roles.
9 p.m. on KWGN Terry Crews Saves Christmas
This engaging miniseries gift-wraps its run with two new back-to-back episodes, starting with a rescue mission for the Elrics, newlyweds whose fairytale romance (so far) threatens to take a detour into a horror movie as they try to plan their first Christmas party. Then, the season finale finds Terrys angels trying to salvage the holiday for Child family, whose Christmas bash has fallen victim to both dated decorations and food that is practically inedible.
9 p.m. on CBS Blue Bloods
The sudden flight of a frightened murder witness puts Erin and Anthony (Bridget Moynahan, Steve Schirripa) on his trail, hoping they can convince him to return and take the stand, in The Extra Mile. Franks (Tom Selleck) resistance to attending a police union gathering worries Garrett (Gregory Jbara). The circumstances of a holdup at a convenience store keep Danny and Baez (Donnie Wahlberg, Marisa Ramirez) curious.
9 p.m. on KRMA Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Staged last April by the Royal Shakespeare Company to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Bards passing, this new Great Performances presentation offers a truly star-studded cast in scenes from his plays that also reveal much about his own life. Among those featured are Judi Dench, Benedict Cumberbatch, Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen and David Suchet. Catherine Tate and David Tennant host from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
SATURDAY
9 a.m. on WGN-A Movie: Rio
An animated confection for (or at least from) the birds, this colorful 2011 fantasy reunites vocally, anyway Anne Hathaway and Jesse Eisenberg, who played siblings on Get Real before their movie fame. A macaw (voice by Eisenberg) is taken to Brazil, potentially to mate with another of the last of their kind (voice by Hathaway). As might be expected, its not that simple. Additional voices are supplied by George Lopez, Jane Lynch and Jamie Foxx.
2 p.m. on CBS NFL Football
The Oakland Raiders appear to be playoff bound in the AFC thanks to the stellar play of quarterback Derek Carr. The Raiders host Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts who will need some help to make the playoffs themselves as the NFL resorts to a full Saturday schedule in lieu of the Christmas Holiday on Sunday. With Carr at the helm the Silver & Black are among the league leaders in several offensive categories.
6 p.m. on HBO Movie: Hail, Caesar!
Set in 1951 Hollywood, this lightweight but entertaining 2016 comedy from the Coen Brothers follows studio fixer Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) as he investigates when a top movie star (George Clooney) gets kidnapped while in full costume for the swords-and-sandals epic Hail, Caesar! The cast also includes Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand and Channing Tatum.
6 p.m. on TNT WTBS Movie: A Christmas Story
TNT presents its traditional (and still welcome) 24-hour Christmas Eve marathon of this yuletide favorite from 1983, starring Peter Billingsley as Ralphie, the little boy who yearns to find a Red Ryder BB gun under the Christmas tree. Not just a Christmas story, its about parents, little brothers, bullies, decoder rings, double dog dares and most of all, the workings of a youthful mind. The writing by Jean Shepherd (who also narrates) captures it all perfectly. Darren McGavin and Melinda Dillon also star.
6 p.m. on TCM Movie: Christmas in Connecticut
A successful lifestyle journalist (Barbara Stanwyck) is lauded by her readers as the sweetest, most efficient homemaker in the countryside. Problem is, Elizabeth (Stanwyck) is a chain-smoking urbanite in a city apartment. When her boss suggests she host a soldier on leave for the holidays, she needs to come up with a home, child and cooking skills fast! Dennis Morgan and S.Z. Sakall co-star in the 1945 romantic comedy.
7 p.m. on CBS Scorpion
A hackers targeting of the entire blood supply of Los Angeles potentially has many devastating results, including the one Team Scorpion tries to prevent, in Ticker. A youngster awaiting a heart transplant may be one of the victims unless Walter (Elyes Gabel) and his colleagues can locate whoever is responsible for the crisis. Guest stars include Horatio Sanz (Saturday Night Live). Robert Patrick and Katharine McPhee also star.
7:01 p.m. on STARZ Movie: Miracles From Heaven
Jennifer Garner had a box-office hit with this 2016 drama targeted to Christian moviegovers and based on actual events. The former Alias actress stars as Christy Beam, the Texas mother whose book of the same title (adapted by screenwriter Randy Brown) relates how Beams 10-year-old daughter, Anna (Kylie Rogers, The Whispers), is pronounced cured of a serious illness after going through a near-death experience. Martin Henderson (Greys Anatomy) also stars in this film from Patricia Riggen (The 33).
7:45 p.m. on FREE Movie: National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Written by Home Alone filmmaker John Hughes, the third installment in the movie-comedy series was a major hit of the 1989 holiday season. Chevy Chase returns as Griswold family patriarch Clark, who tries to ensure a traditional yuletide for his clan despite the considerable odds against it. Co-stars Beverly DAngelo and Randy Quaid also are back. Juliette Lewis plays one of the younger Griswolds.
8 p.m. on ABC CMA Country Christmas
For the seventh year, Grammy winner Jennifer Nettles who recently released the seasonal album To Celebrate Christmas hosts this country-flavored Yuletide music fest, recorded at Nashvilles Grand Ole Opry House. Idina Menzel and Andra Day, who perform numbers with Nettles on the album, are among the guests. So are Brad Paisley, Kelly Clarkson, Rascal Flatts, Kacey Musgraves, Kelsea Ballerini, Brett Eldredge and the iconic Loretta Lynn.
11 p.m. on CBS Listen! A Musical Celebration of Christmas at Berea College
Sounds of the season are presented from the Kentucky school, where more than half of the students who are there on Promise Scholarships, relieving them of having to pay for tuition dont major in music. Nevertheless, as demonstrated here, its groups include chamber singers, a womens chorus, and jazz and bluegrass ensembles. Also featured is a Nativity reading from a very special copy of the St. Johns Bible that the college recently acquired.
12:30 a.m. on KRMA Austin City Limits
The program reaches far back into its archives (three years after it premiered) for a 1979 episode showcasing singer, songwriter and sometimes actor Tom Waits, who has remained a major influence in music over the decades. The repeat is appropriately timed since some selections are holiday-themed though, as might be expected from Waits, not necessarily in the traditional way and the song lineup also includes Minneapolis and Small Change.
SUNDAY
9 a.m. on ABC The Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration
Siblings and Dancing With the Stars veterans Julianne and Derek Hough have made the Disney theme parks in Florida and California pretty much their bases of operation this holiday season, and that continues with the traditional Christmas-morning event showcasing seasonal fun at the sites. Mariah Carey, Kelly Clarkson, spouses Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, and Disney Channel star Sofia Carson (Descendants) are among others on board here.
12:30 p.m. on ABC NBA Basketball
Its a Christmas Day match up of last seasons NBA Finals when LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers host Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors. The Cavs brought a long awaited championship back to Cleveland but it was the Warriors who grabbed headlines in the off-season when they signed Kevin Durant away from Oklahoma City making Golden State the official team to beat in the NBA this season and reaffirming the rivalry between these two teams.
6 p.m. on KDVR Bobs Burgers
The animated comedy marks the Christmas season with Nice-Capades, as the Belcher children are threatened by an unpleasant mall Santa voiced by guest star Henry Winkler with landing on his naughty list. They try to get on his good side by staging an elaborate musical number. Zach Galifianakis also is a guest voice. H. Jon Benjamin and Kristen Schaal are in the regular vocal cast.
6 p.m. on TNT The Librarians
In their continuing quest to stave off the spread of pure, unfiltered evil throughout the world, the Librarians must find the long-lost mystical talisman that is known as the Eye of Ra, then unravel the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle in the new episode And the Trial of the Triangle. Flynn (Noah Wyle) must undertake and pass a series of tests. Rebecca Romijn, Christian Kane, Lindy Booth and John Harlan Kim also star.
6 p.m. on HALL When Calls the Heart
In a new Christmas episode, a mysterious peddler comes to Hope Valley, offering his wares to the townspeople and, in the process, teaching them lessons about joy and giving. Later, the local citizens come together in an act of compassion and charity after they realize that the recently displaced settlers in the area will not have a proper Christmas if left to their own devices. Erin Krakow, Daniel Lissing, Jack Wagner and Lori Loughlin star.
6 p.m. on ANPL Tanked: Merry Fishmas
In the first of several special Christmas week episodes, the new Tanks of Christmas finds Wayde and Brett feeling the holiday spirit as they look back over some of their most festive tanks and favorite yuletide memories, including a snow globe tank, an ATM holiday party and a holiday tank-off between Wayde and Brett judged by Jeff Tremaine, one of the producers of Jackass.
6 p.m. on FOOD Guys Grocery Games
In the new GGG Impossible: Finale, host Guy Fieri welcomes back the winners from the first three rounds to take on all-star chef Robert Irvine one final time. First, the chefs must make a decadent sandwich from an impossible list of items on Guys grocery list. The two chefs who succeed in that task then make a hearty family dinner using only canned or frozen ingredients. The victor of that round wins $10,000 and a shot at even more money if he or she is able to best Robert at a final dish.
6:30 p.m. on KRMA Call the Midwife Holiday Special
Members of the Nonnatus House staff are far away from home in this new offering, which takes them to South Africa to help the aptly named Hope Clinic, a mission hospital that faces challenges from every angle the biggest of them being simply to stay open. Jenny Agutter, Linda Bassett, Helen George, Charlotte Ritchie, Victoria Yeates and Stephen McGann are among the series regular cast members featured in this special edition.
7 p.m. on CBS I Love Lucy Christmas Special
A tradition of recent holiday seasons is maintained, as a colorized yuletide tale from the classic sitcom is paired with another episode thats had color newly added to it this time, Lucy Gets in Pictures. While decorating a tree, Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel (Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, William Frawley, Vivian Vance) reminisce about how their lives have changed since the birth of Little Ricky (Keith Thibodeaux) in the flashback-filled seasonal episode.
7 p.m. on ABC Movie: Beauty and the Beast
One of the most beloved of modern Disney animated features, this 1991 fantasy puts its own spins on the familiar saga of a young woman (voice of Paige OHara) unexpectedly involved with a beastly creature (voice of Robby Benson). Hes actually an accursed prince who needs true love to return to his former self. Angela Lansbury and Jerry Orbach also supply voices. The Oscar-winning score includes the title song and Be Our Guest.
7 p.m. on TNT Movie: The LEGO Movie
With the popularity of the toy building blocks over several generations, its somewhat surprising this 2014 film didnt happen before it did but there surely will be more chapters, given its box-office success and entertainment value. Chris Pratt voices a Lego figure mistakenly thought to be the only one able to stop a power-crazed executive (voice of Will Ferrell). Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Elizabeth Banks and (as Batman) Will Arnett also are heard.
7 p.m. on FOOD Holiday Baking Championship
On a special holiday episode, three Holiday Baking champions and three fan favorites from the Kids Baking Championship show compete in a yuletide-themed showdown that will net the winner $10,000. Duff Goldman, Nancy Fuller and Lorraine Pascale are the judges; Bobby Deen is host.
8 p.m. on CBS The d**k Van d**e Show Now in Living Color!
In the tradition of I Love Lucy and The Andy Griffith Show specials that have colorized episodes, this offering gives similar treatment to another classic sitcom. Thats My Boy?? finds Rob and Laura (Van d**e, Mary Tyler Moore) recalling their doubts that then-newborn Ritchie was their son, while Laura tells a secret about Alan Brady (series creator Carl Reiner) to a national viewing audience in the Emmy-winning Coast to Coast Big Mouth.
8 p.m. on KRMA Great Performances
The new The Hollow Crown The Wars of the Roses ends with Richard III, as the title character (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) stops at nothing to inherit the throne of England including plotting the murder of his brother George (Simon Ginty). Edward IVs (Geoffrey Streatfield) death appears to give Richard an unobstructed path to his goal, but some hurdles remain. Judi Dench, Tom Sturridge, James Fleet, Keeley Hawes and Luke Treadaway also star.
8:30 p.m. on KDVR The Last Man on Earth
How do you celebrate the holidays if youre one of the handful of people left on the planet? Phil (Will Forte) and the other survivors have to answer that for themselves in Secret Santa which also refers to the traditional gift-giving exercise that Carol (Kristen Schaal) tries to initiate among the others. It shouldnt take much for each person to figure out who gave them their present. January Jones and Mel Rodriguez also star.
9 p.m. on CBS MacGyver
MacGyver (Lucas Till) and a company whistleblower are strangers on a train, but companions in danger, in Toothpick. The woman has evidence that her boss is selling weapons to dangerous buyers, and when the locomotive is targeted in order to keep her quiet, MacGyver goes into action using the title toothpick, plus an armrest and a curtain rod. Sonia Rockwell and Kasha Kropinski guest star. George Eads and Sandrine Holt also star.
2 a.m. on ESPN NBA Basketball
Its a Christmas Day match up of last seasons NBA Finals when LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers host Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors. The Cavs brought a long awaited championship back to Cleveland but it was the Warriors who grabbed headlines in the off-season when they signed Kevin Durant away from Oklahoma City making Golden State the official team to beat in the NBA this season and reaffirming the rivalry between these two teams.
MONDAY
10 a.m. on AMC Breaking Bad
If you spent Sunday dreaming of a (Walter) White Christmas, youre in luck starting today, as AMC launches a marathon of the complete Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning drama series about the transformation of a meek, cancer-stricken high-school chemistry teacher into a ruthless drug lord. The show propelled Bryan Cranston to A-list stardom, but the cast abounds with great performances, including fellow Emmy winners Aaron Paul and Anna Gunn. Simply one of the best TV dramas ever made, period.
5 p.m. on FOOD Jonas Restaurant: Family Style
In this new special, Kevin, Joe, Nick and Frankie Jonas get back in touch with their Southern roots by traveling back to Belmont, N.C., to help their parents, Kevin Sr. and Denise, realize their long-held dream of opening a restaurant thats a tribute to his grandmother, Nellie. Unfortunately, with just a week to go before the grand opening, the senior Jonases are forced to realize they dont really know much about the restaurant business.
6 p.m. on HBO Every Brilliant Thing
In this new documentary adaptation of the critically acclaimed off-Broadway show starring British comic Jonny Donahue in a one-person tour de force, a young boy tries to alleviate his mothers depression by creating a list of the best things in the world. The list grows over the years as the boy moves from childhood to his teen years, then college and marriage, but when tragedy strikes, hes surprised to find the list offers comfort to him as well.
6 p.m. on ANPL River Monsters: Legendary Locations
As its title reflects, a new episode called Deadliest Amazon Encounters looks back over some of host Jeremy Wades most suspenseful and even horrifying adventures with diverse and deadly critters in the rivers of the Amazon basin. The menagerie includes venomous giant stingrays, the bone-crushing anaconda and colossal catfish, all of whom lurk in those murky depths.
6:15 p.m. on ESPN NFL Football
The Detroit Lions started slow this season but have since prevailed in the NFC North and are likely playoff bound. Theyve done it mostly on the late-game antics of quarterback Matt Stafford. Theyll have their hands full in tonights final game of Week 16 with Dez Bryant and the Dallas Cowboys, who are also looking ahead to January as they make their third prime-time appearance in as many weeks and are eyeing home-field advantage in the playoffs.
7 p.m. on CBS Kevin Can Wait
Intrigued by how much fun Donna (Erinn Hayes) appears to have with her fellow book-club members, Kevin (Kevin James) tries to discover ways to make his gatherings with his pals equally spirited in Kevin and Donnas Book Club. He begins associating with the women so often, Donna eventually has to say something to him about it. Taylor Spreitler and Ryan Cartwright also star. Another episode airs an hour later.
7 p.m. on KRMA Antiques Roadshow
The first hour of a visit to Birmingham, Ala., deals heavily and appropriately with civil-rights history, as host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Catherine Williamson survey items that all have connections to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lithographs by celebrated artist Andy Warhol are included, as is a Frederic Remington painting thats accompanied by a letter the artist wrote to the current owners great-grandmother.
7 p.m. on ABC Happy New Year, Charlie Brown
Good grief! Who assigns elementary-school children War and Peace? Charlie Browns teacher, thats who. He has to read it over the Christmas break and write a report, but holiday distractions keep getting in the way. He ends up leaving a New Years party and sitting outside to read, but that doesnt end well. Chad Allen (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman) provides the voice of Charlie Brown in this 1986 Peanuts special.
7 p.m. on NBC Hairspray Live!
Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron continue their annual tradition of staging a live musical with the hit show based on John Waters purposely kitschy movie. The cast is filled with performing veterans including Kristin Chenoweth, Jennifer Hudson, Harvey Fierstein and Martin Short but newcomer Maddie Baillio gets the central role of Tracy Turnblad, a teen who attains her dream of dancing on a 1960s Baltimore television show, then lobbies to integrate it.
7 p.m. on KDVR Gotham
Another classic Batman villain, Jervis Tetch alias the Mad Hatter arrived on this series, as played by Benedict Samuel, in Mad City: Look Into My Eyes. Hes looking for his sister (guest star Naian Gonzalez Norvind), and he seeks Gordons (Ben McKenzie) assistance. The locals have reason to worry about an upcoming election when Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor) becomes a mayoral candidate. Richard Kind also guest stars.
7:30 p.m. on CBS Man With a Plan
One prized extra ticket to a Pittsburgh Steelers game. Two people who would be very happy to use it. Whats a person namely, Adam (Matt LeBlanc) to do? He has to decide in Two Tickets to Paradise, and the candidates to accompany him are his wife Andi (Liza Snyder) and his brother Don (Kevin Nealon). Veteran sitcom director James Burrows, who also worked with LeBlanc on Friends, guided this story. Diana Maria Riva also stars.
8 p.m. on ABC Rudolphs Shiny New Year
While its not up to par with the all-time holiday-season classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, this animated special still is a lot of fun. Red Skelton, Frank Gorshin and Morey Amsterdam provide voices for the story of the red-nosed deer, with the help of a whale and a caveman, setting off across time to find Happy the missing New Year baby. The mission is fairly urgent: If Happy stays lost, it will be Dec. 31 forever.
8:01 p.m. on KDVR Lucifer
Two young people who moved to Los Angeles are found dead due to poisoning, prompting Lucifer and Chloe (Tom Ellis, Lauren German) to hunt for whoever is responsible, in Lady Parts. Maze (Lesley-Ann Brandt) asks Chloe out for drinks which Chloe initially doesnt realize is the result of a bet made with Lucifer, whos in for a surprise when that is discovered. DB Woodside, Tricia Helfer and Aimee Garcia also star.
9 p.m. on CBS Scorpion
Fish Filet probably isnt what you think it is in the case of this episode. Sylvester (Ari Stidham) enters a prison incognito to find out whos plotting quite lethally against several judges, but things go haywire and he finds his own life in peril. Stephanie Simmons, of Los Angeles KCBS-TV, guest stars as a reporter. Alana De La Garza (Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders) and Kevin Weisman (Alias) continue their guest roles.
9 p.m. on KRMA Independent Lens
An Indian-American man has plenty of matchmakers his entire family in the comedic documentary Meet the Patels, which traces his efforts to find new, post-breakup love while vacationing with his relatives. As seen through the eyes of his sister and incorporating animation, actor-comic Ravi Patel goes on various dates across the United States and Canada with particularly serious backing from his parents, who look forward to having grandchildren.
9:30 p.m. on KWGN Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Curb Your Enthusiasm alum Cheryl Hines, also of Son of Zorn now, turns up in this episode to prove her mettle at improv comedy. She teams with Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles to turn suggestions from the studio audience into skits and songs. Comedians Brad Sherwood and Jeff Davis, both veterans of this show, reappear in guest turns. Aisha Tyler is the host.
TUESDAY
6 p.m. on TCM Movie: Arsenic and Old Lace
Cary Grants star presence and broad performance style throw this 1944 Frank Capra adaptation of the hit Broadway comedy a mite out of whack, but Josephine Hull and Jean Adair are delights reprising their stage roles as a pair of old maids who dispatch lonely gentleman callers with poisoned wine. Raymond Massey also stars.
7 p.m. on CBS NCIS
A crossover story with NCIS: New Orleans begins with Sister City: Part One, as everyone aboard a private plane dies from poisoning. Two factors draw Gibbs and his team into the probe: The flight to Washington, D.C. originated in the Big Easy; and Abbys (Pauley Perrette) brother (guest star Tyler Ritter), who prepared its food, is missing. The investigation comes to involve the private tech company the plane was connected to.
7 p.m. on KRMA American Masters
The finale of the programs 30th season, the new profile Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future looks at the personal and professional lives of the architectural visionary whose accomplishments include St. Louis Gateway Arch and the TWA Flight Center at New Yorks Kennedy Airport. His cinematographer son Eric guides a tour of the works, incorporating archival interviews with the elder Saarinen and his second wife Aline, a noted art critic.
7 p.m. on ABC The Middle
With one more season beyond its eighth, this sitcom will tie the run of star Patricia Heatons long-lasting Everybody Loves Raymond. In The Core Group. Axl (Charlie McDermott) introduces his girlfriend April (guest star Greer Grammer, whose father Kelsey starred with Heaton in Back to You) to Frankie and Mike (Heaton, Neil Flynn), but theyre unsettled by one rather unusual trait she has. Eden Sher and Atticus Shaffer also star.
7 p.m. on KDVR Brooklyn Nine-Nine
When the detectives of the Nine-Nine play host to their counterparts from a neighboring precinct, the occasion reunites Jake (Andy Samberg) with his old partner (guest star Damon Wayans Jr.), a situation that brings out the green-eyed monster in Charles (Joe Lo Truglio), in The Nine-Eight. Despite the best efforts of the hosts, the get-together doesnt go as well as they had hoped. Andre Braugher, Melissa Fumero and Terry Crews also star.
7 p.m. on TNT Good Behavior
Letty (Michelle Dockery) finds herself reversing roles with her tough-as-nails mother (Lusia Strus) when she has to bail Estelle out of jail in a new episode called It Still Fits b***h. Letty also is none too pleased when Jacobs (Nyles Steele) birth father shows up uninvited to a family event. Juan Diego Botto and Terry Kinney also star.
7:30 p.m. on KDVR New Girl
In Big Mama P, Jess (Zooey Deschanel) decides to stage a big party for the affianced Schmidt and Cece (Max Greenfield, Hannah Simone) not realizing Ceces mother (guest star Anna George) doesnt know about the engagement. Jake Johnson and Lamorne Morris also star.
8 p.m. on KWGN The Flash
The effects of Flashpoint cause complications again in Shade, as Wally (Keiynan Lonsdale) is perplexed by the dreams he has about being Kid Flash. Of course, Barry (Grant Gustin) knows the reason and he ultimately decides he needs to share it with Wally, as well as with Iris and Joe (Candice Patton, Jesse L. Martin). Danielle Panabaker, Tom Cavanagh and Carlos Valdes also star.
8 p.m. on CBS The 39th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
This years ceremony for performing-arts titans is tinged with sadness, since the Eagles tribute had been delayed by the illness of member Glenn Frey, who since has passed. The bands surviving musicians are saluted at the title Washington, D.C., site as are acting icon Al Pacino, veteran singer-songwriter James Taylor, gospel-and-blues legend Mavis Staples and pianist Martha Argerich. Other entertainers honor their careers as Stephen Colbert hosts.
8 p.m. on KRMA Frontline
Stories of refugees and migrants trying to escape bloodshed and persecution in their homelands get particularly personal detail in the new episode Exodus, which uses footage taken on their cell phones to show their flights toward hoped-for safety in Europe. By showing the individuals literally on the run, the effect is less a clinical study and more a You Are There-style look at the desperation experienced by those seeking better and safer lives.
8 p.m. on ABC Fresh Off the Boat
Believing hes figured out a way to sail through school, Eddie (Hudson Yang) educates Emery (Forest Wheeler) on how to use their heritage to get special treatment from teachers in Breaking Chains. Louis (Randall Park) thinks hes doing a good thing in hiring a housekeeper to help Jessica (Constance Wu) who doesnt take it that way. Ian Chen, Lucille Soong and Chelsey Crisp also star.
8 p.m. on NBC This Is Us
The very fine first episode of this drama introduces several characters who have the same birthday and face individual challenges and who have connections that reveal themselves over time. Among them: the husband (Milo Ventimiglia) of a woman (Mandy Moore) whos expecting triplets; a businessman (Sterling K. Brown, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story) who finds the father who abandoned him; and a resentful actor (Justin Hartley).
8 p.m. on KDVR Bones
A serial killer known as the Puppeteer continues to plague the team in The Nightmare in the Nightmare. Brennan (Emily Deschanel) regrets not having caught the felon, who retains his victims bodies for a while after committing the murders and she could end up with a very personal reason for that remorse. Ryan ONeal reprises his guest role as Brennans father. David Boreanaz also stars.
8 p.m. on USA Shooter
In the new Danger Close, Bob Lee (Ryan Phillippe) makes a cross-country trek on a quest to find the only remaining Black King rifle, hoping that it will lead him to the person behind the plot. Meanwhile, Nadine (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) desperately tries to connect with a Ukrainian reporter who can shed important light on the motives behind the conspiracy, while Isaac (Omar Epps) gets a directive that makes him question his allegiance. Julia (Shantel VanSanten) must deal with a traitor within her family.
8:30 p.m. on ABC The Real ONeals
This sitcom made enough of a mark as a midseason entry to earn renewal for a second round, which began with The Real Thang. Martha Plimpton continues as the matriarch of the family that has undergone a lot of changes, but this story is packed with familiar guest stars including Jane Lynch, RuPaul and Lance Bass playing themselves as Kenny (Noah Galvin) marks National Coming Out Day at school. Jay R. Ferguson also stars. Two more episodes follow.
9 p.m. on KWGN No Tomorrow
Prompted by Evie (Tori Anderson), Xavier (Joshua Sasse) tries to come to terms with his past in the new episode No Soup for You. A major part of that is his effort to resolve his differences with his father (guest star Steven Brand). In Xaviers absence, spending more time with Timothy (Jesse Rath) proves revelatory for Evie. Hanks (Jonathan Langdon) attempt to help an ill Deirdre (Amy Pietz) becomes complicated. Sarayu Blue also stars.
9 p.m. on NBC Chicago Fire
Caseys (Jesse Spencer) careers merge in Nobody Else Is Dying Today, as his political duties take him to a warehouse where an acid spill occurs. He uses his fireman skills to try to save a father and daughter and himself. While assisting Dawson (Monica Raymund) with a senior citizen, Brett (Kara Killmer) continues her covert plan with Mouch (Christian Stolte). Amy Morton appears in her Chicago P.D. role. Natalie Alyn Lind also guest stars.
WEDNESDAY
8 a.m. on SHOW Homeland
Season 6 of this Emmy-winning drama series premieres on January 15, but superfans or latecomers can revisit or get up to speed with the storylines and characters via a marathon of Seasons 1-5 that Showtime starts today. A complete season will air each day through this coming Sunday, New Years Day. Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin are among the regular cast members.
11 a.m. on TNT Animal Kingdom
Adapted from a critically acclaimed 2010 Australian feature film, this edgy drama revolves around a spectacularly dysfunctional Southern California crime family headed by tough-as-nails grandmother Janine Smurf Cody (Ellen Barkin). Into this world moves a teenage grandson, Joshua (Finn Cole, Peaky Blinders), after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Scott Speedman (Underworld), Shawn Hatosy (Southland) and Ben Robson also star in this marathon of the entire first season of the series.
7 p.m. on CBS Undercover Boss
Greg Scott, the CEO of womens fashion retailer New York and Company, goes undercover at his firm in this new episode. The corporate aim is to keep clothing styles current yet affordable, and for their assistance in helping him to do that and maintain a good reputation and financial success, Scott rewards some of his workers in surprising and, in certain cases, emotional ways.
7 p.m. on KRMA Nature
The new episode Cold Warriors: Wolves and Buffalo examines the dangerous relationship between the title creatures, which has long seen buffalo hunted by wolves across North America. Despite the related threat of near-extinction, their situation remains in Canadas Wood Buffalo National Park, where a filmmaker who has observed the animals interaction for more than two decades documents the ongoing life-or-death struggle between them.
7 p.m. on ABC The Goldbergs
What can you learn from The Brady Bunch? Erica and Adam (Hayley Orrantia, Sean Giambrone) take the lead of that classic sitcom in dealing with crushes in George! George Glass! Adam plays a game of paintball, and Erica has worries about what her friends might think about her supposed boyfriend. Beverly and Murray (Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jeff Garlin) quibble over the Live Aid concert. Joanna Kerns (Growing Pains) directed the tale.
7 p.m. on NBC Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
An athletes (guest star Brit Morgan) secrets make her hesitant to testify against her attacker, since she fears whats revealed on the witness stand could affect both the case and her Olympic bid negatively, in Heightened Emotions. Rollins (Kelli Giddish) sister Kim (guest star Lindsay Pulsipher) earns parole, leading to a tense reunion. Theo Stockman also guest stars. Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T and Raul Esparza also star. Another episode follows.
7 p.m. on A&E Duck Dynasty
Willie is driven to distraction as he tries to come up with some way to make a grand romantic gesture for Korie, preferably without actually spending any money, in a new episode called Drive-In Revivin. Meanwhile, Jase and Missy pit their matchmaking skills against each other as they compete to see who can find a girlfriend for Mountain Man.
7 p.m. on HIST Vikings
Because of his disability, Ivar (Alex Hogh Andersen previously known as The Boneless) has spent much of his life feeling alienated from his heroic father, Ragnar (Travis Fimmel). As the two men continue their travels together in the new episode All His Angels, however, father and son arrive at a new level of mutual understanding as they plot against the Saxons. Katheryn Winnick, Gustaf Skarsgard and Alexander Ludwig also star.
7:30 p.m. on ABC Speechless
Micah Fowler makes a compelling central figure in this comedy, being a series lead with cerebral palsy. His condition fits his character, a youth with special needs whose mother (a well-cast Minnie Driver) is determined to see that he gets a fair shake while she also tries to give her other children the attention they need. Friends veteran Scott Silveri is the shows creator and executive producer. John Ross Bowie also stars in this series pilot.
8 p.m. on KWGN Arrow
The revamped Team Arrow starts to take shape in The Recruits, as Curtis (Echo Kellum), Wild Dog (guest star Rick Gonzalez) and Evelyn Sharp (guest star Madison McLaughlin) become Olivers (Stephen Amell) intended allies in adventure. However, as their training progresses, not all of them may be up to the required tasks. Flashbacks detail the roots of Olivers association with the Bratva. Emily Bett Rickards also stars.
8 p.m. on CBS MacGyver
An old enemy known as The Ghost (guest star Niko Nicotera) torments MacGyver (Lucas Till) again in Wrench. That title describes what our hero has available, as well as some rope, as he tries to dismantle a bomb that the villain has planted near the United Nations Building in New York. MacGyver also has a personal score to settle with the nemesis, who killed his mentor. George Eads, Sandrine Holt, Justin Hires and Tristin Mays also star.
8 p.m. on KRMA NOVA
Its long been among the symbols of a certain time and culture, but just what went into the creation of a chariot in terms of design and materials? Building Pharaohs Chariot addresses the question from a very modern stance, as engineers, woodworkers and archaeologists and even horse trainers, which makes sense participate in building two such vehicles from the ground up. Theyre then put to the test in an appropriate locale, the desert near Cairo.
8 p.m. on ABC Modern Family
Martin Short guest stars in Blindsided as a veteran marketer who conveys his professional theories to promotions novice Haley (Sarah Hyland). Luke and Mannys (Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez) competition to become senior-class president prompts a rivalry between their families. Cam (Eric Stonestreet) takes action to ensure that his star football player wont have to leave the area. Ed ONeill, Julie Bowen and Jesse Tyler Ferguson also star.
8 p.m. on SYFY Incorporated
In the new episode Prophet and Loss, Ben (Sean Teale) is forced to improvise frantically when he realizes Roger (Douglas Nyback) is close to learning Elenas (Denyse Tontz) secret. As Laura (Allison Miller) steps up her trauma therapy, Elizabeth (Julia Ormond) leans on Ben to finish an important assignment. Julian (Dennis Haysbert) helps a friend in distress, while in flashback Aaron (Teale again) sleuths the cause of a deadly fire.
8:31 p.m. on ABC blackish
Were going to Disney World! The Johnsons actually are, in the episode VIP. Dre (Anthony Anderson) wants to show his family the fun time he aspired to when he was young, and a tour guide (guest star Jim Rash, Community) helps him and his children make the most of their time there. Bow, Pops and Ruby (Tracee Ellis Ross, Laurence Fishburne, Jenifer Lewis) find other ways to occupy their time at the Florida theme park.
9 p.m. on KWGN Supergirl
The first rule of an alien fight club is well, if you know the first rule of a human one, you can guess. Survivors revolves around such a secret set-up for those from other worlds, and Kara and Alex (Melissa Benoist, Chyler Leigh) discover it while probing a murder. The sinister Roulette (guest star Dichen Lachman) runs the physically brutal operation. Hank (David Harewood) tries to forge a connection with MGann (guest star Sharon Leal).
9 p.m. on CBS Criminal Minds
A certain case hits JJ (A.J. Cook) so hard, in its aftermath, she tells her husband Will (guest star Josh Stewart) about it when shes ordered to take some time off in Sick Day. It involved two kidnapped children, and it had deeply personal relevance for her. This marked founding cast member Thomas Gibsons final episode of the series. Joe Mantegna, Matthew Gray Gubler, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler and Adam Rodriguez also star.
9 p.m. on KRMA Egypts Treasure Guardians
For those who still may believe certain things will last forever without getting some help, heres a new documentary that confirms otherwise, examining the efforts of a number of people to preserve the history and artifacts of one of the most exotic destinations in the world. Not only do their activities look to the past, they also have an eye forward, attempting to ensure that Egypts tourism business will endure for many years to come.
9 p.m. on ABC Match Game
Saturday Night Lives Leslie Jones is on the panel of celebrities who have to fill in the blanks in this new episode. So is Josh Charles, dryly humorous on Sports Night before he started his much more dramatic run on The Good Wife. Host Alec Baldwin also calls upon Leah Remini and 30 Rock alum Jack McBrayer, among others.
9 p.m. on NBC Chicago P.D.
One of the departments own becomes a crime victim, as Platt (Amy Morton) is attacked after visiting her father (guest star Chelcie Ross) in All Cylinders Firing. Voight, Lindsay and Halstead (Jason Beghe, Sophia Bush, Jesse Lee Soffer) investigate and also support a distraught Mouch (Christian Stolte) at Chicago Med in the aftermath of the assault. The danger to Platts family doesnt end there, though. Jon Seda and Elias Koteas also star.
