What to Watch on Tuesday: Another Live in Front of a Studio Audience star-studded throwback
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
HOW/WHEN & WHERE TO WATCH: 8 p.m. on ABC
Some of your favorite stars are set to bring some of the most iconic sitcom characters back to life with another Live in Front of a Studio Audience special on ABC, this time featuring episodes from Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes. Jennifer Aniston, Kathryn Hahn, Kevin Hart, and more star in this live special sure to be full of nostalgic laughs.
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Christmas Movie Magic
HOW/WHEN & WHERE TO WATCH: 8 p.m. on Lifetime
Lifetime is sprinkling a dash of retro charm onto the Christmas TV movie genre tonight with a big-hearted small-town story that doffs its fedora to classic cinema as well as the Yuletide nostalgia coursing through the likes of Holiday Inn and It's a Wonderful Life. (Welcome to White Falls, just a spiritual stone's throw from Bedford Falls.) The plot revolves around hungry, facts-over-feelings reporter Alli (Holly Deveaux), who'd rather be covering hard news than the 65th anniversary of a beloved Christmas movie that was filmed in a quaint town. When she crosses paths with cheery-eyed theater owner Brad (Drew Seeley), though, the pair team up to solve a mystery behind the inspiration from the film's signature song. (Hint: The answer is coming from inside the theater!) Whip up a batch of drizzled marshmallow popcorn (you'll see, it's a thing) and watch optimism, pragmatism, and unconventional romance dance beneath the mistletoe. —Dan Snierson
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Abbott Elementary
HOW/WHEN & WHERE TO WATCH: 9:30 p.m. on ABC
Series Debut
While she is missed on A Black Lady Sketch Show, well-memeing comedian Quinta Brunson has now fully stepped into her own as the creator and star of this workplace comedy about an underfunded Philadelphia elementary school. Joining her in playing a staff of teachers with varying philosophies on how to cope with educating young children using outdated textbooks and scant school supplies is Tyler James Williams, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lisa Ann Walter, and Chris Perfetti — plus scene stealer Janelle James as a principal cut from the same cloth as Michael Scott. —Marcus Jones
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Hear more on all of today's must-see picks in EW's What to Watch podcast, hosted by Gerrad Hall.
What ELSE to Watch
8 p.m.
FBI — CBS
The Resident (fall finale) — Fox
The Slow Hustle (doc) — HBO
The Big Holiday Food Fight — OWN
9 p.m.
FBI: International (fall finale) — CBS
Beat Bobby Flay — Food Network
Our Kind of People (season finale) — Fox
2021 People's Choice Awards — NBC/E!
A Sisterly Christmas (movie) — OWN
9:30 p.m.
Throwdown With Michael Symon (series debut) — Food Network
10 p.m.
FBI: Most Wanted — CBS
Called to the Wild (series debut) — National Geographic
Streaming
Nicole Byer: BBW (Big Beautiful Weirdo) (comedy special) — Netflix
Movies
You Can't Kill Meme (doc) — Digital/VOD
Fatal Distraction (doc) — VOD
Maya & Her Lover — Digital/VOD
Are You Happy Now — Digital
*times are ET and subject to change
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