What To Watch: Billie Eilish Hosts SNL, Kal Penn's Diwali Movie And More
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On TV this Saturday: Billie Eilish and Kate McKinnon return to Studio 8H, Wynonna Earp's Kat Barrell celebrates a Godwink Christmas, and Kal Penn helps out a dumped woman during Diwali. Here are 11 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern.
Showtimes for December 11, 2021
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Hot Mess Holiday
Comedy Central
TV-movie premiere: Exec producer Kal Penn (House) plays a heightened version of himself, offering advice and a listening ear to a finance exec (played by Code Black's Melanie Chandra) who gets dumped during Diwali; Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and Chris Parnell (SNL) co-star.
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A Christmas Miracle for Daisy
GAC Family
TV-movie premiere: When an interior designer (Teen Wolf's Jill Wagner) begins working for her ex-boyfriend (A Brush With Love's Nick Bateman), his adopted niece hopes they'll get back together so she can have the mother she always wanted. (Christmas Movie Guide!)
A Royal Queens Christmas
Hallmark Channel
TV-movie premiere: A New Yorker (The Secret Life of the American Teenager's Megan Park) enlists the help of a prince (Pretty Little Liars' Julian Morris) for a children's Christmas show. As one does.
The Holiday Fix-Up
Lifetime
TV-movie premiere: A set designer (One Tree Hill's Jana Kramer) and her ex-boyfriend (Chuck's Ryan McPartlin) get a second chance at love when they work together renovating an inn.
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Showtime
Two hours: Charlie Chaplin's life is examined, from his rise up in Victorian London's slums to the heights of his Hollywood stardom.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
CBS
Burl Ives narrates this 1964 stop-motion classic based on the song of the same name by Johnny Marks, about a shy reindeer with a blinking beak. (When do other Christmas classics air?)
The Waltons' Homecoming
The CW
Repeat to revisit? Bellamy Young is Olivia in this remake of the 1971 TV-movie that sired The Waltons. (Readers gave it an average grade of "D+.")
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Frosty the Snowman
CBS
In this 1969 cartoon, comedian Jackie Vernon voices the titular snowman, who sets off for the North Pole to keep from melting. (Frosty Returns follows at 9:30.)
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48 Hours
CBS
The search for a popular Pennsylvania teacher's murderer continues nearly three years after her death.
A Godwink Christmas: Miracle of Love
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
TV-movie premiere: A single dad (Station 19's Alberto Frezza) moves home from Hawaii after 15 years, and finds himself stuck in traffic next to his high school sweetheart (Wynonna Earp's Kat Barrell).
