What's On Tonight: 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,' 'Oddities,' 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas,' 'Food Jammers'
by Rich Keller, posted Dec 23rd 2010 12:30PM
Here's tonight's lineup of new shows and events (all times Eastern). Check your local TV listings for additional information.* = Series/Season Premiere
** = Series/Season Finale
# = New Day/Time
Pretty slow television night. So take some time to wrap gifts, drink egg nog, and contemplate what the hell you're going to do with the kids for the next 12 days!
8:00 to 9:00
ABC: 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' and 'Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas' -- The animated and live-action (150 minutes) editions
FOX: 'Million Dollar Money Drop' -- (120 minutes)
PBS: 'This Old House Hour'
Discovery: 'Christmas Unwrapped'
ESPN: 'Poinsettia Bowl' -- Navy vs. San Diego State
HGTV: 'My First Place'
NFL Network: 'Thursday Night Football' -- Carolina Panthers vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers
The rest of the schedule and the late night talk shows after the jump.
9:00 to 10:00
Cooking Channel: 'Chefography'
G4: 'American Ninja Warrior'
History: 'Ancient Aliens'
ID: 'Deadly Women'
Science Channel: 'Mega Builders'
Spike: 'TNA Wrestling Impact!' -- (120 minutes)
TLC: 'Police Women of Dallas'
truTV: 'Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest Criminals'
10:00 to 11:00
A&E: 'L.A. Gang Wars: The Peacemaker'
Bio: 'Biography' -- Profile on the Jackson 5
Bravo: 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills'
Cooking Channel: 'Food Jammers' -- 10:30 start
Discovery: 'Oddities'
G4: 'American Ninja Warrior'
History: 'Brad Meltzer's Decoded'
HGTV: 'House Hunters' and 'House Hunters International'
MTV: 'Pranked' and 'Bully Beatdown'
Nick: 'Glenn Martin, DDS' -- (60 minutes)
Science Channel: 'Cold Diggers'
truTV: 'It Only Hurts When I Laugh'
11:00 to Midnight
Bravo: 'Shep & Tiffany Watch TV: The Best of 2010'
MTV: 'Megadrive'
And now the late night talk shows. Scheduled guests can change without notice.
11:00
'Charlie Rose' (PBS): Jean Pigozzi and Debo Devonshire
'The Mo'Nique Show' (BET): George Wallace; Esperanza Spalding
'The Daily Show' (Comedy Central): Gordon Brown (repeat)
'Chelsea Lately' (E!): Ciara (repeat)
'Conan' (TBS): Jason Segel; Shane Smith; performance by Reggie Watts
11:30
'Late Show With David Letterman' (CBS): Amanda Peet; Jay Thomas; performance by Darlene Love
'The Tonight Show' (NBC): Zachary Levi; baker Marjorie Johnson
'The Colbert Report' (Comedy Central): Stephen Sondheim (repeat)
Midnight
'Jimmy Kimmel Live' (ABC): Terry Bradshaw; Alyson Hannigan; performance by Darius Rucker (repeat)
'Tavis Smiley' (PBS): Authors Rebecca Skloot and Isabel Wilkerson
'Lopez Tonight' (TBS): Jack Black; Hailee Steinfeld; performance by Filter
12:30
'The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson' (CBS): Jane Fonda; TV personality Grant Imahara
'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' (NBC): James Earl Jones; performance by Aaron Neville
1:30
'Last Call With Carson Daly' (NBC): Morgan Spurlock; Buff Monster; performance by Kate Nash (repeat)
