NCIS8:00 PM, CBSIt's the hap, happiest time of the year. But you'd never know it. Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and the rest of the team are forced to put in overtime while searching for a suspect on a case over Christmas. The real problem arises when they discover their prime suspect has been dead for 17 years. Talk about a "Silent Night." Michael Weatherly and Pauley Perrette also star; Peter Coyote and Kay Lenz guest star.
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory8:30 PM, ABCFPlease pass the salt. By that, we mean passing Veruca Salt into the nearest trash container. As part of the group of children and chaperones allowed in the hallowed halls of Willy Wonka's (Gene Wilder) factory, sweet Charlie and his grandfather (Peter Ostrum, Jack Albertson) must contend with amazing sights and bratty kids. But in the end, there's no sweeter reward than love and chocolate.
The Good Wife10:00 PM, CBSWill and Alicia (Josh Charles, Julianna Margulies) have only 72 hours to prove who is responsible for a freight train crash that officials are trying to blame on three engineers, whose widows are being denied their pensions. At home, Alicia and Jackie (Mary Beth Peil) clash over taking the children to visit their father (Chris Noth) in prison. Christine Baranski also stars in "Crash."
The Miracle Worker6:00 PM, TCMAnne Bancroft and Patty Duke won Oscars for their work in this 1962 drama, playing roles in which they'd already had a lot of practice: Both starred in the Broadway version. Bancroft plays Anne Sullivan, the young, inexperienced and nearly blind teacher who gives deaf, blind Helen Keller the gift of language. Duke was a bit old for the role of Helen, who in real life was 7 when "Teacher" came, but you won't care. Victor Jory and Inga Swenson also star.
Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special8:00 PM, FOXThe Grammy-winning and multiplatinum country singer performs holiday songs in addition to selections from her albums, including her new release, "Play On," in this encore presentation of her two-hour holiday special. Among the performers joining Underwood onstage are Dolly Parton, Brad Paisley, Tony and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth, and "American Idol" winner David Cook.
The Nightmare Before Christmas8:00 PM, DISNAnd you thought it was disconcerting to see Christmas decorations in the stores at Halloween! This surreal 1993 animated fantasy from Tim Burton ("Edward Scissorhands") takes the overlapping holiday scenario to the extreme. The Pumpkin King, ruler of Halloween Town, hatches a plan to kidnap Santa Claus and put his own ghostly spin on the yuletide season. Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon and Catherine O'Hara supply the voices.
902108:00 PM, CWNaomi and Silver (AnnaLynne McCord, Jessica Stroup) meet Teddy (guest star Trevor Donovan), the son of a famous movie star, at the Beverly Hills Beach Club. Navid (Michael Steger) plans a romantic evening with Adrianna (Jessica Lowndes). A text message may force Dixon (Tristan Wilds) to end his relationship with Silver. Shenae Grimes also stars in "To New Beginnings."
Gone in Sixty Seconds8:00 PM, USAThere's a showbiz adage about not working with kids and animals because they steal the show. This 2000 remake of a 1974 action tale shows us the same could be said about cars. The talents of three Oscar winners -- Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie and Robert Duvall -- are woefully wasted here. Cage plays a reformed car thief who, with his brother's life at stake, reassembles his old gang for one last big job: stealing 50 cars in one night. If you're into cool car chases, you'll like it, but if you want to see these excellent actors act, rent "Leaving Las Vegas," "Girl, Interrupted" and "Tender Mercies."
The Biggest Loser8:00 PM, NBCMore than 40 former contestants from the show's first seven seasons reveal how they look now and what they've been doing since they left the series. Some of them reveal their struggles to maintain their weight loss, while others discuss the major milestones they have accomplished. Trainers Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels also are featured in "Where Are They Now?"
Good Luck Chuck9:00 PM, TMCAnd good luck on your aspirations to be a movie star, Dane Cook, after appearing in this flabby yet very raunchy comedy. Cook's Charlie is a guy who sees a lot of action because women tend to find true love with someone else after sleeping with him. Jessica Alba also stars as -- honestly, we are not making this up -- an accident-prone penguin specialist.
How the Earth Was Made9:00 PM, HISTHome to the imposing El Capitan and the iconic Half Dome, Yosemite Valley in the Sierra Nevada -- North America's highest mountain range -- is one of the most awe-inspiring sites on Earth, yet controversy has raged for more than a century over whether this spectacular valley was formed from gigantic glaciers or a cataclysmic rifting of the Earth.
Melrose Place9:00 PM, CWIn a reprise of the series' pilot, Violet Foster (Ashlee Simpson-Wentz), the newest tenant of an apartment complex in Los Angeles, discovers the bloody corpse of the property's landlady (Laura Leighton) floating in the courtyard pool, throwing suspicion on all her new neighbors. Shaun Sipos, Thomas Calabro, Katie Cassidy and Michael Rady also star.