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What's on tonight: Howie, Hankey, and holiday bashes

by Bob Sassone, posted Dec 19th 2005 2:51PM

NBC starts its week long launch of the new game show Deal or No Deal. It's hosted by Howie Mandel and getting some bad reviews. It's on at 8pm and followed by the 2005 Radio Music Awards.
FOX has two eps of Arrested Development: a new ep at 8 and a repeat at 8:30. They're followed by a new Nanny 911.
CBS has a new King of Queens tonight, followed by new New Year's episode of How I Met Your Mother, an Xmas Two and a Half Men, a New Year's Out of Practice, and CSI: Miami.
ABC has a new Wife Swap at 8, followed by the Packers vs the Ravens on Monday Night Football.
UPN is all repeats tonight: Everybody Hates Chris, One on One, Girlfriends, and Half and Half. Same over on the WB, with 7th Heaven and Related.
ABC Family has Home Alone 2 at 8.
It's a meeting of the superchefs on Emeril Live, as Emeril and Paula Deen join forces to ~~fight crime~~ cook some home cookin'. It's on Food Network at 8.
Bravo is running Kathy Griffin's Allegedly special at 8 and then again right after.
Also at 8: Disney has Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas.
Do you watch American Life network? It used to be Nostalgia (and then Good Life or something like that?) They show some cool shows. Tonight at 8 it's Harry O, followed by 77 Sunset Strip and Surfside 6!
At 9, TLC has a new Untold Stories of the E.R.
Also at 9, Lifetime has the movie His and Her Christmas, about two writers who have rival Christmas columns in two different papers in the same city.
On Food Network at 9, a special "Wintertime Treats" of Unwrapped, followed by The Secret Life of...Christmas, which tells the history of the holiday.
On E! at 9, True Hollywood Story focuses on the American Idol girls. It's followed by a new Dr. 90210.
At 9 on Hallmark, Kathy Ireland stars in the movie Once Upon A Christmas.
At 10, the guys of American Chopper create a special Christmas bike for the children of the Make A Wish Foundation. It's on Discovery.
On A&E at 10, a new Airline, followed by a new MovieReal, which focuses on Memoirs of a Geisha.
Also at 10: TNT has a new Wanted, while Comedy Central has Denis Leary's Merry F****** Christmas Special.
At 11, the History Channel has Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas. Maybe you can watch this and The Secret Life Of...earlier and compare the two?
Also: the syndicated South Park is running the episode "Mr. Hankey, The Christmas Poo." Check local listings.
At midnight, a repeat of Emeril's All-Star Holiday Bash on Food Network, while Nickelodeon has an Xmas ep of Roseanne and Disney has an Xmas ep of Phil of the Future.