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tHursday, deceMBer 25 C - ComCast s1 - Dish Network s2 - DireCtV C S1 S2 5 pm 5:30 6 pm 6:30 7 pm 7:30 8 pm 8:30 9 pm 9:30 10 pm 10:30 11 pm 11:30 ( NBC 16 16 WNDU Inside Notre Dame Ftbl American Dream NewsCenter 16 at 6 NBC Nightly News Inside Edition Celebrity Name Game How Murray Saved Christmas Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas Christmas in Rockefeller Center NewsCenter 16 at 11 Tonight Show , CBS 22 22 WSBT Happy Holidays America WSBT News at 6 CBS Evening News/Pelley Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! The Big Bang Theory (:31) Mom (:01) Two and a Half Men The McCarthys Elementary A serial killer's identity is uncovered. WSBT News at 11 Late Show W/Letterman T CW 25 25 WCWW The Middle The Middle Anger Manage- ment Two and a Half Men The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The 12 Dogs of Christmas ('05) John Billingsley, Bonita Friedericy. A girl plans a holiday pageant to help dogs. ABC57 News on CW25 Seinfeld "The Little Kicks" Raising Hope The King of Queens ) FOX 28 28 WSJV The Simpsons Family Guy Modern Family Modern Family Mike & Molly Mike & Molly Bones "The Lance to the Heart; The Purging of the Pundit" The team works to find who framed Booth. News Empire First Look Access Hol- lywood The Office * PBS 34 34 WNIT Wild Kratts World News America PBS NewsHour Experience Michiana Rick Steves' Europe Call the Midwife Holiday Special Rehearsals for the Christmas concert. Vicious "Holiday Special" Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir-Voigt Charlie Rose + WHME 46 Intelligence for Your Life Intelligence for Your Life Star Trek: The Next Generation "Yesterday's Enterprise" M*A*S*H "Inga" M*A*S*H Lester Sumrall American Christmas The Harvest Show News and music. Paid Program Joyce Meyer Paid Program Israel Tour Feb _ ABC 57 57 WBND NBA Basketball Cleveland Cavaliers at Miami Heat. From the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami. (N) (Live) NBA Postgame Studio Dr. Seuss' Grinch ›› Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ('00) Jim Carrey, Jeffrey Tambor. A curmudgeon hates the Christmas-loving Whos of Whoville. ABC57 News at 11P (:35) Jimmy Kimmel Live 0 SBT2 30 Judge Karen Judge Karen Judge Ross Judge Ross News Jeopardy! ES.TV ES.TV Dr. Phil News Dish Nation Paid Program WSBT News TBN 260 372 ›› The Nativity ('78) Madeleine Stowe, John Shea. Christmas Potters Trinity Family Joel Osteen Prince Hillsong TV ››› The Greatest Story Ever Told ('65) Max von Sydow. WMYS Andy Griffith Seinfeld Raymond Raymond Law & Order: SVU The Mentalist The Mentalist "Red Badge" Law & Order: SVU The Dr. Oz Show M A&E 118 265 Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty (:02) Duck Dynasty ∂ AMC 130 254 Movie ››› The Cowboys ('72) John Wayne. Rancher takes schoolboys on cattle drive. ››› True Grit ('69, Western) John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby. Sons of Katie ≤ ANPL 184 282 Call-Wildman Call-Wildman Call-Wildman Call-Wildman Call-Wildman Call-Wildman Call-Wildman Call-Wildman Call-Wildman Call-Wildman Call-Wildman Call-Wildman Call-Wildman Call-Wildman ª BET 124 329 (4:30) Movie A Very Larry Christmas ›› Lottery Ticket ('10) Bow Wow. A young man wins a multimillion-dollar prize. Husbands Husbands Nellyville [ CNBC 208 355 Car Chasers Car Chasers Car Chasers Car Chasers Shark Tank Shark Tank Shark Tank Shark Tank Shark Tank W CNN 200 202 Anthony Bourdain Parts Anthony Bourdain Parts Anthony Bourdain Parts Anthony Bourdain Parts Anthony Bourdain Parts Anthony Bourdain Parts Anthony Bourdain Parts O COM 107 249 Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Not Fat Jeff Dunham Christmas Jeff Dunham: All Over the ››› Hot Tub Time Machine ('10, Comedy) John Cusack. (:15) ››› Hot Tub Time Machine ('10) John Cusack. E CSNCH 665 Bears Classic Bears Life SportsTalk Live SportsNite Bears Classic 5 Outs: 2003 Chicago Cubs Inside Look SportsNet SportsNet 1 CSPAN 210 350 Key Capitol Hill Hearings Key Capitol Hill Hearings Q & A Renu Khator. The Bill of Rights (8:58) Key Capitol Hill Hearings Speeches. Key Capitol Hill Hearings D DISC 182 278 Alien Sharks: Return Jaws Strikes Back Monster Hammerhead Lair of the Mega Shark Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine Megalodon: Extended Cut R DISN 172 290 Liv & Maddie Good-Charlie Dog Austin & Ally Jessie Girl Meets Dog Liv & Maddie I Didn't Do It Girl Meets Dog Austin & Ally Jessie N E! 114 236 (3:30) Movie The Women ›› Maid in Manhattan ('02) Jennifer Lopez. ›› Evan Almighty ('07) Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman. Take the Hamptons Take the Hamptons B ESPN 140 206 SportsCenter (N) SportsCenter (N) (Live) 30 for 30 30/30 Shorts 30 for 30 SportsCenter (N) (Live) C ESPN2 144 209 Sport Sci. NFL Live (N) College Basketball College Basketball NFL Live æ FAM 180 311 ››› National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation ('89) ››› Elf ('03, Comedy) Will Ferrell, James Caan. ››› Home Alone ('90) Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci. The 700 Club V FNC 205 360 The Five Special Report Greta Van Susteren The O'Reilly Factor The Kelly File Hannity The O'Reilly Factor ∞ FOOD 110 231 Pioneer Wo. Trisha's Sou. Chopped Chopped Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Diners, Drive Diners, Drive P FX 137 248 ››› How to Train Your Dragon ('10), Gerard Butler ››› Kung Fu Panda 2 ('11) Voices of Jack Black. ›› Shrek Forever After ('10) Voices of Mike Myers. Christmas With the Kranks ≥ GOLF 401 605 (3:30) Movie Greatest Game Golf Central Golf Central Payne Arnie Arnie Arnie Golf Central Golf Central (131) HALL 185 312 (4:30) Movie Cookie Cutter Northpole ('14, Fantasy) Tiffani Thiessen. Christmas at Cartwright's ('14) Alicia Witt. Christmas Under Wraps ('14, Drama) A Royal Christmas ('14) Lacey Chabert. I HGTV 112 229 Island Tiny House Tiny House Tiny House Tiny House Tiny House Rehab Addict Rehab Addict Rehab Addict Rehab Addict Hunters Hunters Int'l House Hunters Renovation H HIST 120 269 Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars F LIFE 108 252 (4:00) Movie Comfort & Joy 12 Men of Christmas ('09) Kristin Chenoweth. ›› Christmas With the Kranks ('04, Comedy) Tim Allen. The Santa Con ('14) Barry Watson, Melissa Sagemiller. Z MSNBC 209 356 The Ed Show PoliticsNation Hardball Chris Matthews All In With Chris Hayes The Rachel Maddow Show The Last Word All In With Chris Hayes ¥ NBCSN 151 608 Mecum Auctions: Collector Cars and More "Seattle" Collectible cars go up for auction. Mecum Dealmakers Mecum Dealmakers Mecum Auctions: Collector Cars and More "Monterey" ? NICK 170 299 Hathaways Hathaways Santa Hunters ('14, Fantasy), Breanna Yde Nicky, Ricky Full House Full House Full House Full House Fresh Prince Fresh Prince Friends (:36) Friends L OXY 127 612 Redemption Bad Girls Club: Redemption Bad Girls Club: Redemption Bad Girls Club: Redemption Redemption Bad Girls Club: Redemption Bad Girls Club: Redemption Bad Girls Club: Redemption Q SPIKE 168 262 (2:58) Movie X2: X-Men Uni. ››› Troy ('04, Adventure) Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom. Achilles leads Greek forces in the Trojan War. ››› X2: X-Men United ('03, Action) Patrick Stewart. 6 TBS 139 247 (4:00) Movie Christmas Stry ›››› A Christmas Story ('83) Peter Billingsley. Family Guy Family Guy Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Conan J TLC 183 280 90 Day Fiance 90 Day Fiance 90 Day Fiance 90 Day Fiance 90 Day Fiance "Red Flags" 90 Day Fiance 90 Day Fiance "Red Flags" T TNT 138 245 (4:00) Movie Christmas Stry ›››› A Christmas Story ('83) Peter Billingsley. NBA Basketball Los Angeles Lakers at Chicago Bulls. (N) (Live) NBA Basketball: Warriors at Clippers @ TOON 176 296 Johnny Test Uncle Gra. Teen Titans Clarence Advent. Time Regular Show King of Hill King of Hill Cleveland Cleveland Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Family Guy Family Guy Ø TRAV 215 277 Food Paradise Bizarre Foods America Bizarre Foods America Bizarre Foods/Zimmern Bourdain: No Reservations Booze Traveler Bourdain: No Reservations ± TRUTV 204 246 World's Dumbest... truTV Top Funniest Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro A Grown Up Carbonaro Carbonaro > TVLAND 106 301 Walker, Texas Ranger Walker, Texas Ranger Walker, Texas Ranger Stolen donations. Raymond Raymond Raymond King King King King S USA 105 242 (4:30) Movie The Back-up Plan › Little Fockers ('10, Comedy) Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller. ››› Bridesmaids ('11) Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph. Jingle All the Way 2 ('14) 3 WGN-A 239 307 Funniest Home Videos Funniest Home Videos Funniest Home Videos Funniest Home Videos Funniest Home Videos Funniest Home Videos Funniest Home Videos (517) ENC 340 526 (4:05) Movie Cocoon (:05) ›› Fire in the Sky ('93, Drama) D.B. Sweeney. ›››› The Shawshank Redemption ('94, Drama) Tim Robbins. ›› White House Down ('13), Jamie Foxx (550) HBO 300 501 (4:30) Movie Black Nativity (:15) ›› Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters ('13) ›› Now You See Me ('13) Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo. ›› 47 Ronin ('13) Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada. (562) MAX 310 512 (4:30) Movie Big Momma's (:10) ›› We're the Millers ('13, Comedy) Jennifer Aniston. ››› Meet the Parents ('00) Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller. › Walk of Shame ('14) Elizabeth Banks. (:40) Sexy (575) SHOW 318 537 (:15) ››› Lincoln ('12, Historical Drama) Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field. (:45) ››› Lee Daniels' The Butler ('13) Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey. Homeland Penn & Teller Lost Songs (533) STARZ 350 520 (:05) Outlander (:05) Outlander (:05) Outlander "Rent" (:05) Outlander (:05) Outlander (:05) Outlander (:05) Saving Mr. Banks ('13) Thursday movies 5:00 p.m. FAM "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" ››› The Gris- wolds spend the holiday in a garish way, especially when a country cousin pulls up in an RV. (2hr) FX "How to Train Your Dragon" ››› Animated. A misfit Viking teenager sees a chance to change the course of his clan's fu- ture when he befriends an injured dragon. (2hr) 6:00 p.m. SPIKE "Troy" ››› The fierce warrior Achilles leads Greek forces in the Trojan War, ignited when Paris abducts Helen of Troy. (4hr) TBS TNT "A Christmas Story" ›››› Peter Bill- ingsley, Darren McGavin. In the 1940s, little Ralphie tries to convince his par- ents to get him a Red Ry- der range-model BB gun for Christmas. Narrated by Jean Shepherd. (2hr) 7:00 p.m. FAM "Elf" ››› Adopted as a baby by one of Santa's elves, a man leaves the workshop to search for his family in New York. (2hr) FX "Kung Fu Panda 2" ››› Animated. Po must unlock secrets of his past in order to defeat a formi- dable villain who plans to wipe out kung fu and con- quer China. (2hr) 7:45 p.m. SHOW "Lee Daniels' The Butler" ››› A White House butler has a front-row seat to his- tory through three decades and seven presidential administrations, including those of Eisenhower, Ken- nedy and Nixon. (2hr15) 8:00 p.m. COM "Hot Tub Time Machine" ››› Fol- lowing a night of drinking in a ski-resort hot tub, four pals awake in 1986, get- ting a chance to rewrite the past. (2hr15) ENC "The Shawshank Redemption" ›››› Tim Robbins, Morgan Free- man. Two life sentences for a 1947 double murder land an innocent man in a corrupt Maine penitentiary. (2hr30) MAX "Meet the Parents" ››› When a woman brings her boyfriend home for her sister's wedding, her father, a former CIA agent, takes an instant dislike to him. (2hr) 8:30 p.m. AMC "True Grit" ››› One-eyed Marshal "Rooster" Cogburn and a Texas Ranger help a girl find her father's killer. (3hr) 9:00 p.m. FAM "Home Alone" ››› Accidentally left by his Paris-bound family, an 8-year-old makes mincemeat of two burglars in the house. (2hr) USA "Bridesmaids" ››› Though broke and lovelorn, a woman takes on the strange and expensive rit- uals associated with being her best friend's maid of honor. (2hr) 10:00 p.m. TBN "The Great- est Story Ever Told" ››› The life of Jesus unfolds according to the Bible, from birth to the Resurrection, on an epic scale. (3hr30) SPIKE "X2: X-Men United" ››› After a mu- tant-hating militarist named Stryker invades their school, the X-Men must join forces with Magneto to res- cue Professor Xavier and neutralize the threat posed by Stryker. (3hr3) 10:15 p.m. COM "Hot Tub Time Machine" ››› Fol- lowing a night of drinking in a ski-resort hot tub, four pals awake in 1986, getting a chance to rewrite the past. (2hr20) 11:05 p.m. STARZ "Saving Mr. Banks" ››› Walt Dis- ney pulls out all the stops to get the movie rights to "Mary Poppins" from its prickly author, P.L. Travers. (2hr10) Movies 10 The Goshen News • TV Spotlight • December 22 - 29, 2014

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