What To Watch: Animated Elf, A New Voice Champ, Smackdown And More
On TV this Tuesday: Someone on NCIS is making a list (and checking it twice?), The Voice and MasterChef Junior crown champions, an Elf goes looking for his dad, a special Smackdown is served and Samaritan taunts The Machine. Here are 11 programs to keep on your radar.
Showtimes for December 16, 2014
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Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
NBC
In this stop-motion animated mash-up of the movie and stage show, an elf (voiced by Big Bang's Jim Parsons) heads to New York City to meet his biological father (Star Wars' Mark Hamill). Ed Asner voices Santa.
MasterChef Junior
Fox
Season finale: The two finalists prepare the most important three-course menu of their lives, with an eye on the trophy and a $100,000 prize. But mostly on the $100,000 prize.
NCIS
CBS
Winter finale: As the team consults with three cyber-terrorists (returning guest stars Ethan Rains, Erin Allin O'Reilly and Vik Sahay) about a city-wide Internet shutdown the week before Christmas (the horror!!!), McGee reflects on Gibbs' rules as he pens a letter to his father. Cue flashbacks! (Read preview.)
WWE Super Smackdown Live
USA Network
As part of "WWE Week," you get this special live airing of WWE Super SmackDown, broadcast from Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Disney Prep & Landing
ABC
Every Christmas Eve, an elite, high-tech unit of Elves known as Prep & Landing ensures that homes around the world are properly prepared for a visit from The Big Guy aka Santa. (Disney Prep & Landing 2: Naughty vs. Nice follows at 9:30.)
NCIS: New Orleans
CBS
Winter finale: The investigation of the murder of a retired SEAL who tracked down individuals impersonating military personnel takes a mysterious turn (when someone realizes NCIS: LA did this storyline a few weeks ago...?).
The Voice
NBC
Season finale, two gours: Will Chris Jamison, Matt McAndrew, Damien or Craig Wayne Boyd be voted champ? I like the cut of the jib on that Matt M. guy.
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Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
Bravo
When Abby spends her first night alone without the kids to focus on writing her next book, things take a sudden turn for the worse, propelling the ladies on a wild ride through Hollywood.
Person of Interest
CBS
Winter finale: "Machi-i-iiiine.... Come out and play-ay-ayyyyy...." Samaritan erases crime from the city for a day, in an attempt to force its counterpart out of hiding.
Real World: Skeletons
MTV
Season premiere: Seven strangers move into a Chicago loft to start new lives together, having no clue that visitors from their troubled pasts will soon be moving in.
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Benched
USA Network
Nina wagers Phil that she'll fix what he couldn't and get one of his chronic defendants out of the court system once and for all; after Micah criticizes Carols Phil's performance in court, they give her a case of her own.
