What To Watch: Happy! And Sherlock Marathons, Isle Of Dogs And More
Courtesy of Syfy
On TV this Saturday: BBC America binges on Sherlock, RuPaul sits down with Alec Baldwin and Syfy revisits Season 1 of Happy! Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern:
Showtimes for December 22, 2018
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25 Days of Christmas
Freeform
Through Sunday at 2 am |Highlights include The Santa Clause (at 9:40 am and 7:45 pm), Toy Story That Time Forgot (1:55 pm), Disney's Prep & Landing (2:25 pm), The Nightmare Before Christmas (3:25 pm), Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (5:05 pm) and Christmas With the Kranks (11:55 pm).
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Sherlock Marathon
BBC America
Through 10 pm | Test your deductive reasoning skills with Seasons 1 and 2 of the beloved Benedict Cumberbatch series.
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CMA Country Christmas
ABC
Encore presentation: Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, Brett Eldredge, Amy Grant, Martina McBride, Brad Paisley and many more perform; Reba McEntire hosts.
Isle of Dogs
HBO
Premium cable premiere: A young boy searches for his dog after the mayor exiles all canines to Trash Island; Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Scarlett Johansson (Avengers), Edward Norton (Birdman) and Jeff Goldblum (Jurassic World) star.
Jingle Around the Clock
Hallmark Channel
TV-movie premiere: An ad exec (Scorpion's Brooke Nevin) works with a "fixer" (People of Earth's Michael Kelly) on a Christmas campaign relaunch.
Spotlight
Showtime
Premium cable premiere: A team of investigative journalists in Boston expose a major cover-up of child molestation by the Catholic Church; Mark Ruffalo (Avengers), Michael Keaton (Birdman), Rachel McAdams (True Detective) and Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan) star.
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The Alec Baldwin Show
ABC
The burnoff continues with Drag Race host RuPaul and Norway's prime minister Erna Solberg.
Christmas Bells Are Ringing
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
TV-movie premiere: A photographer (Chesapeake Shores' Emilie Ullerup) reunites with a childhood friend (UnREAL's Josh Kelly) when she returns to her childhood vacation home for a wedding.
Happy! Marathon
Syfy
Through Sunday at 6 am | Catch up on Season 1 of this twisted graphic-novel adaptation, starring Law & Order: SVU vet Chris Meloni as a drug-addled former cop-turned-killer for hire. (Get First Look at Season 2!)
