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T HURSDAY
6 a.m. HALL “Help for the Holidays”
(2012) Summer Glau, Eva La Rue.
Santa’s elf helps a family during
Christmastime.
7 a.m. E! “Forrest Gump” ›››› (1994)
Tom Hanks, Robin Wright. An innocent
man enters history from the ’50s to
the ’90s.
FX “Admission” ››‡ (2013) Tina Fey,
Paul Rudd. A college admissions of-
ficer thinks an applicant is her son.
SYFY “Ghost Town” › (2009) Jessica
Rose, Billy Drago. Deadly ghosts ter-
rorize a group of college students.
USA “Jingle All the Way 2” (2014)
Larry the Cable Guy, Anthony Carelli.
Two men battle battle over the holiday
season’s hottest toy.
8 a.m. HALL “A Christmas Detour”
(2015) Candace Cameron Bure, Paul
Greene. Two travelers become strand-
ed in Buffalo.
9 a.m. SYFY “Ghost Storm” (2012) Crys-
tal Allen, Carlos Bernard. A supernatu-
ral electrical storm threatens an island.
USA “No Strings Attached” ›› (2011)
Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher. Two
lifelong friends try not to let sex ruin
their relationship.
TRAV Greatest Travel Gifts: Top 20
The gift of travel is the perfect gift.
9:20 a.m. COM “Jackass 3D” ››‡
(2010) Johnny Knoxville, Bam Mar-
gera. More outrageous pranks and
stunts.
9:30 a.m. FX “About Time” ››‡ (2013)
Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams.
A man uses time-travel and cunning to
win the woman of his dreams.
10 a.m. KEVU “Mystic River” ›››‡
(2003) Sean Penn, Tim Robbins. A
detective probes the murder of his
friend’s daughter.
E! “Forrest Gump” ›››› (1994) Tom
Hanks, Robin Wright. An innocent man
enters history from the ’50s to the ’90s.
TRAV Holiday, Inc. Landmarks are
transformed.
11 a.m. SYFY “Oculus” ››‡ (2013) Kar-
en Gillan, Brenton Thwaites. Siblings
try to destroy a malevolent mirror.
1:30 p.m. SYFY “The Dark Knight”
›››› (2008) Christian Bale, Heath
Ledger. Batman battles a vicious crimi-
nal known as the Joker.
2 p.m. HALL “Once Upon a Holiday”
(2015) Briana Evigan, Paul Campbell.
A good Samaritan sweeps a runaway
princess off her feet.
3 p.m. FREE “Holiday Joy” (2016) Bailee
Madison, French Stewart. A shy girl
makes a Christmas wish for the perfect
family.
F RIDAY
6 a.m. HALL “Naughty or Nice” (2012)
Hilarie Burton, Gabriel Tigerman. A
woman uses a special book to expose
those behaving badly.
7 a.m. E! “Stepmom” ›› (1998) Julia
Roberts, Susan Sarandon. A woman
tries hard to make her lover’s children
accept her.
FX “Ice Age: Continental Drift” ››
(2012) Voices of Ray Romano, John
Leguizamo. Animated. Manny and
friends explore a new world.
8 a.m. TRAV Planet Primetime:
World’s Greatest Commercials The
most incredible commercials.
HALL “One Starry Christmas” (2014)
Sarah Carter, Damon Runyan. Sparks
fly between a woman and her bus
companion.
9 a.m. FX “Maid in Manhattan” ››
(2002) Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes.
A politician mistakes a hotel maid for a
wealthy woman.
9:15 a.m. COM “Beverly Hills Cop II”
››‡ (1987) Eddie Murphy, Judge
Reinhold. A Detroit cop tangles with a
vicious gang in California.
9:30 a.m. E! “Stepmom” ›› (1998) Julia
Roberts, Susan Sarandon. A woman
tries hard to make her lover’s children
accept her.
10 a.m. KEVU “Saved” ›› (2009) Clau-
dia Karvan, Andy Rodoreda. Julia
advocates for a refugee who may not
be who he claims.
SYFY “The Possession” ›› (2012)
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick.
Parents must save their daughter from
an evil spirit.
11 a.m. SPIKE “Mission: Impossible”
››‡ (1996) Tom Cruise, Jon Voight.
Treachery in Prague puts an agent on
the run.
FREE Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
Frosty marries.
11:30 a.m. FREE “Holiday Joy” (2016)
Bailee Madison, French Stewart. A shy
girl makes a Christmas wish for the
perfect family.
12 p.m. KTVC Action 4 Life Healthy life-
style information.
SYFY “The Golden Compass” ››‡
(2007) Nicole Kidman, Dakota Blue
Richards. A child sets out on an epic
quest to save her best friend.
1 p.m. TDC Gang Wars Some neighbor-
hoods become deadly.
1:30 p.m. SPIKE “Now You See Me”
››‡ (2013) Jesse Eisenberg, Mark
Ruffalo. Agents track a team of illu-
sionists who are thieves.
FREE “Home Alone 3” ›‡ (1997) Alex
D. Linz, Olek Krupa. A clever 8-year-
old boy defends his home from spies.
2 p.m. HALL “Crown for Christmas”
(2015) Danica McKellar, Rupert Penry-
Jones. Sparks fly between a European
king and a governess.
2:30 p.m. SYFY “Dark Shadows” ››‡
(2012) Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer.
Vampire Barnabas Collins emerges in
1972 Maine.
3 p.m. NGC Exomars: The Hunt for
Life Searching for evidence of life on
Mars.
3:35 p.m. FREE “Santa Buddies: The
Legend of Santa Paws” ›› (2009)
George Wendt, Christopher Lloyd.
Talking puppies band together to save
Christmas.
M ONDAY
6 a.m. USA “3 Days to Kill” ›› (2014)
Kevin Costner, Amber Heard. A dy-
ing agent must accomplish one final
mission.
HALL “Snow Bride” (2013) Katrina
Law, Jordan Belfi. A tabloid reporter
falls for a politician’s son.
6:30 a.m. SYFY “Blast Vegas” (2013)
Frankie Muniz, Maggie Castle. An
ancient curse leads to storms that dev-
astate Las Vegas.
7 a.m. FX “Moms’ Night Out” ›‡ (2014)
Sarah Drew, Sean Astin. Men watch
the children while their wives have
some fun.
8 a.m. HALL “Christmas Land” (2015)
Nikki Deloach, Luke Macfarlane. After
inheriting a tree farm, a woman plans
to sell it.
8:30 a.m. SYFY “Tremors 4: The Legend
Begins” ›‡ (2004) Michael Gross,
Sara Botsford. A man hires a merce-
nary to destroy gigantic worms.
USA “The November Man” ›› (2014)
Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey. An ex-
CIA agent finds himself pitted against
a former pupil.
9 a.m. FX “Men in Black 3” ››‡ (2012)
Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones. Agent J
must go back to the past to save man-
kind’s future.
9:20 a.m. COM “Orange County” ››‡
(2002) Colin Hanks, Jack Black. A
teenage writer goes to extremes to get
into Stanford.
10 a.m. KTVC Better Life On Tour
KEVU “The Dog Who Saved Christ-
mas” ››› (2009) Dean Cain, Gary
Valentine. A canine thwarts two bum-
bling thieves during the holidays.
NGC Facing Schwarzenegger Ex-
ploring an immigrant success story.
11 a.m. E! “Cheaper by the Dozen” ››‡
(2003) Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt. A
man must handle the chaos surround-
ing his 12 children.
NGC Facing Suge Knight Rise and
fall of rap mogul Suge Knight.
SYFY “Tremors 5: Bloodlines” (2015)
Michael Gross, Jamie Kennedy. Burt
and Travis battle ass-blasters and gra-
boids in South Africa.
USA “Sabotage” ››› (2014) Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington.
DEA commandos steal $10 million
from a powerful drug cartel.
12 p.m. KTVC Action 4 Life Healthy life-
style information.
NGC Facing Escobar The tale of Es-
cobar’s cocaine empire.
1 p.m. SYFY “Tremors” ››‡ (1990)
Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward. Monster
sandworms devour denizens of a Ne-
vada desert town.
USA “Faster” ›› (2010) Dwayne
Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton. An ex-
con begins a race against time to
avenge his brother’s murder.
2 p.m. HALL “Christmas in Homestead”
(2016) Michael Rady, Taylor Cole. An
actress is shocked when a romance
blooms.
3 p.m. E! “Love Actually” ››› (2003)
Hugh Grant, Laura Linney. Various
people deal with relationships in Lon-
don.
NGC Mars The Daedalus crew hikes
Martian terrain. (Part 2 of 6)
SYFY “The Core” ›› (2003) Aaron
Eckhart, Hilary Swank. Scientists travel
to the center of the Earth.
USA “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” ›› (2013)
Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis.
Threats from within the government
jeopardize the G.I. Joes.
WEEK OF DECEMBER 8 - DECEMBER 14, 2016 3 - 3
T UESDAY
6 a.m. HALL “’Tis the Season for Love”
(2015) Sarah Lancaster, Brendan
Penny. An out-of-work actress finds
romance during Christmastime.
7 a.m. E! “The Wedding Planner” ››
(2001) Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McCo-
naughey. An event organizer has eyes
for her biggest client’s beau.
FX “Rise of the Guardians” ››‡
(2012) Voices of Chris Pine, Alec Bald-
win. Animated. An evil spirit schemes
against the immortal Guardians.
8 a.m. HALL “Best Christmas Party
Ever” (2014) Torrey DeVitto, Steve
Lund. A party planner works on a toy
company’s holiday bash.
8:30 a.m. SYFY “Kite” (2014) India Eis-
ley, Callan McAuliffe. A merciless teen-
age assassin hunts her parents’ killers.
9 a.m. E! “The Wedding Planner” ››
(2001) Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McCo-
naughey. An event organizer has eyes
for her biggest client’s beau.
FX “Big Mommas: Like Father, Like
Son” ›‡ (2011) Martin Lawrence,
Brandon T. Jackson. Malcolm and
his stepson go under cover at a girls
school.
9:20 a.m. COM “National Lampoon’s
European Vacation” ›› (1985) Chevy
Chase, Beverly D’Angelo. The Gris-
wold family wins a free trip to Europe.
10 a.m. KEVU “Lake Placid” ›› (1999)
Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda. A mon-
strous crocodile chomps on villagers in
rural Maine.
10:30 a.m. KOAC Peg Plus Cat Plus
Holidays Holiday-themed stories. (EI
HD)
SPIKE “Fast Five” ››‡ (2011) Vin
Diesel, Paul Walker. Dom Toretto and
company ramp up the action in Brazil.
SYFY “The Core” ›› (2003) Aaron
Eckhart, Hilary Swank. Scientists travel
to the center of the Earth.
1 p.m. DSNY “Alvin and the Chipmunks:
The Squeakquel” ›› (2009) Zachary
Levi, David Cross. Live action/animat-
ed. Alvin, Simon and Theodore enter a
battle of the bands.
1:30 p.m. SPIKE “Walking Tall” ››
(2004) The Rock, Johnny Knoxville.
A sheriff and a deputy try to rid their
town of thugs.
SYFY “Shutter Island” ››‡ (2010)
Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo.
A 1950s lawman hunts an escaped
murderess.
2 p.m. HALL “Family for Christmas”
(2015) Lacey Chabert, Tyron Leitso. A
wish leaves a woman magically mar-
ried to her college beau.
3 p.m. TNT “The Hunger Games” ›››
(2012) Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutch-
erson. In a dystopian society, teens
fight to the death on live TV.
FREE “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare
Before Christmas” ›››› (1993) Voic-
es of Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon.
Animated. Halloweentown’s leader
aims to kidnap Santa.
3:30 p.m. SPIKE “Snitch” ››‡ (2013)
Dwayne Johnson, Barry Pepper. A
man infiltrates a drug cartel to save his
son from prison.
W EDNESDAY
6 a.m. NGC Deadly Journeys of
the Apostles The journeys of the
Apostles.
HALL “Single Santa Seeks Mrs.
Claus” ››› (2004) Crystal Bernard,
Steve Guttenberg. Santa’s heir ro-
mances a widowed advertising execu-
tive.
7 a.m. FX “Real Steel” ››‡ (2011) Hugh
Jackman, Evangeline Lilly. A boxing
promoter and his son build a robot
fighter.
TVLAND A Desperate Prayer “Food
for the Poor.” (Part 1 of 2)
TNT WTBS TRUTV SAG Nomina-
tions Nominees for the SAG Awards.
7:30 a.m. TVLAND A Desperate Prayer
“Food for the Poor.” (Part 2 of 2)
8 a.m. SYFY “NYC: Tornado Terror”
› (2008) Nicole de Boer, Sebastian
Spence. A meteorologist must prevent
tornadoes from destroying New York.
HALL “A Royal Christmas” (2014)
Lacey Chabert, Stephen Hagan. A
queen does not want her son to marry
a commoner.
9:20 a.m. COM “Scary Movie” ›››
(2000) Shawn Wayans, Marlon Way-
ans. A masked killer terrorizes and
murders teens.
9:30 a.m. SPIKE “Varsity Blues” ››
(1999) James Van Der Beek, Jon
Voight. A second-string quarterback is
propelled to sudden glory.
10 a.m. KEVU “Mixed Nuts” ›› (1994)
Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn. Christ-
mas-season chaos overwhelms a
crisis center’s staff.
FX “300: Rise of an Empire” ››
(2014) Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green.
Greek Gen. Themistocles battles in-
vading Persians.
SYFY “Seattle Superstorm” ››‡
(2012) Esai Morales, Ona Grauer.
A scientist investigates cataclysmic
weather.
11 a.m. ANML Too Cute! Puppies Three
puppy litters.
12 p.m. KTVC Action 4 Life Healthy life-
style information.
SPIKE “The Cabin in the Woods” ›››
(2011) Kristen Connolly, Chris Hem-
sworth. Bad things happen when five
friends go to a remote woodland cabin.
SYFY “Apocalypse L.A.” (2014) Justin
Ray, Ali Williams. Friends have to bat-
tle across Los Angeles to reach safety.
12:30 p.m. KTVC Back to Our Roots In-
sights into Jewish culture and complex
Hebrew thinking, and how it can help
in your Bible study.
2 p.m. SYFY “Skyfall” ›››‡ (2012)
Daniel Craig, Judi Dench. James Bond
must track down and destroy a threat
to MI6.
HALL “Hitched for the Holidays”
(2012) Joey Lawrence, Emily Hamp-
shire. A man and a woman pose as a
couple to fool their families.
2:30 p.m. SPIKE “R.I.P.D.” ›‡ (2013)
Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds. A slain
cop joins a team of spirit lawmen.
3 p.m. FREE “Home Alone 3” ›‡ (1997)
Alex D. Linz, Olek Krupa. A clever
8-year-old boy defends his home from
spies.
3:10 p.m. TNT “Fred Claus” ›› (2007)
Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti. Santa’s
ne’er-do-well brother puts Christmas
in jeopardy.
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