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THE WEEK AHEAD: December 16-22, 2019

Here's a look at this week on TV!

ABC

MONDAY
8:00 The Great Christmas Light Fight (Season Finale)
10:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live After Darth: A Star Wars Special (Special)

TUESDAY
8:00 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Special)
9:00 Olaf's Frozen Adventure (Special)
9:30 Shrek the Halls (Special)
10:00 The Conners (Repeat)
10:30 Bless This Mess (Repeat)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family and Good Times (Special)
9:30 Black-ish (Repeat)
10:00 Mixed-ish (Repeat)
10:30 Mixed-ish (Repeat)

THURSDAY
8:00 Disney Prep & Landing (Special)
8:30 Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice (Special)
9:00 The Great American Baking Show

FRIDAY
8:00 Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee (Special)
9:00 20/20

SATURDAY
8:00 College Football

SUNDAY
7:00 I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (Special)
8:00 Kids Say the Darndest Things (Christmas episode)
9:00 The Year: 2019 (Special)

CBS

MONDAY
8:00 The Neighborhood (Christmas episode)
8:30 Bob Hearts Abishola
9:00 All Rise
10:00 Bull (Christmas episode)

TUESDAY
8:00 NCIS
9:00 FBI
10:00 NCIS: New Orleans

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Survivor
10:00 Survivor Reunion Special (Special)

THURSDAY
8:00 Young Sheldon (Repeat)
8:30 The Unicorn (Repeat)
9:00 Mom (Repeat)
9:30 Carol's Second Act (Repeat)
10:00 Evil (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 I Love Lucy Christmas Special (Special)
9:00 Magnum P.I. (Repeat)
10:00 Blue Bloods (Repeat)

SATURDAY
8:00 Young Sheldon (Repeat)
8:30 The Unicorn (Repeat)
9:00 Carol's Second Act (Repeat)
9:30 Bob Hearts Abishola (Repeat)
10:00 48 Hours

SUNDAY
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 The Price is Right At Night: A Holiday Extravaganza with the Cast of SEAL Team (Special)
9:00 A Home for the Holidays with Idina Menzel (Special)
10:00 NCIS: New Orleans (Repeat)

NBC

MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
10:00 Holidays with the Houghs (Special)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice Recap
9:00 The Voice (Edition Finale)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways (Special)
9:00 Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways (Special)
10:00 Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways (Special)

THURSDAY
8:00 2020 Miss America Competition (Special)
10:00 Gwen Stefani's You Make It Feel Like Christmas (Special)

FRIDAY
8:00 Global Citizen Prize (Special)
9:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 Dateline NBC
9:00 Dateline NBC
10:00 Saturday Night Live (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 Football Night in America
8:30 Sunday Night Football: Kansas City at Chicago

FOX


MONDAY
8:00 Nick Cannon's Hit Viral Videos 2019 (Special)
9:00 Prodigal Son (Repeat)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Resident
9:00 Empire

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Masked Singer (Edition Finale)

THURSDAY
8:00 Last Man Standing (Repeat)
8:30 Last Man Standing (Repeat)
9:00 Prodigal Son (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 WWE SmackDown

SATURDAY
8:00 Boxing

SUNDAY
7:00 NFL Overrun/The OT
8:00 Last Man Standing (Repeat)
8:30 The Simpsons (Repeat)
9:00 Bob's Burgers (Repeat)
9:30 Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (Special)

CW

MONDAY
8:00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Repeat)
9:00 Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown (Special)

TUESDAY
8:00 Dogs of the Year (Special)
9:00 Arrow (Repeat)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (Special)
9:00 Masters of Illusion: Christmas Magic 2019 (Special)

THURSDAY
8:00 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2019 (Special)
9:30 Whose Line is it Anyway? (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Repeat)
9:00 Whose Line is it Anyway? (Repeat)
9:30 Whose Line is it Anyway? (Repeat)

SUNDAY
8:00 The Christmas Caroler Challenge
9:00 The Christmas Caroler Challenge

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