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A Carpenter Christmas Romance

Take me to church! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, December 21!

Our Top Pick tonight is the TV movie A Carpenter Christmas Romance (Lifetime, 8 p.m.). Why? There aren't many options and holiday movies are generally a last resort. This cabler pairs up Sasha Pieterse (Pretty Little Liars, anyone?) and Mitchell Slaggert (Kimberly's season 2 boy toy on The Sex Lives of College Girls). This is not some taboo Karen and Richard Carpenter fanfic.

Elsewhere, Martin Short is Live from New York, Fight Girl unlocks new abilities, Juju Watkins Rises once more, Christmas is 24-Karat, Fox has some Hoop dreams, and JonBenét Ramsey gets reexamined... again.

(All times are Eastern. All listings are new unless otherwise stated. For more listings, visit The Futon Critic or Zap2it.)

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EARLY STREAMING & EVENING

📺 Carol Burnett & Friends (Catchy Comedy, all weekend): TV TRIVIA for $200: Every week this comedienne was "so glad we had this time together" (24 Sep 1984)

WHAT ELSE IS ON

🇰🇷 Check in Hanyang (Netflix, 3 a.m.): Series premiere

On the Rise: Juju Watkins (Peacock, 3 a.m.): Season finale

Ranma 1/2 (Netflix, 3 a.m.)

🕗 PRIMETIME 🕚

🎥🎄 24-Karat Christmas (OWN, 9 p.m.): "An unlucky-in-love jewelry designer accidentally sends a set of Christmas wedding bands off with the wrong person. With help from the charming best man, she tries to track them down before Christmas Eve."

48 Hours (CBS, 10 p.m. / Paramount+, Sunday): This venerable docuseries of crimes gives the Christmas gift of revisiting the JonBenét Ramsey case.✔️

🎥🎄 Happy Howlidays (Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m. / Peacock, Sunday): On the eve of the War on Christmas' 3rd year, Krampus met with Count Dracula of the far-away Hallowsland where they agreed to the Hallo-Koal Alliance. Dracula will help Krampus and in return, Dracula will have additional support in his stifling of a percolating rebellion. 6 months later, the first line of Hallowsland aid arrives: gargoyle scouts. They help with espionage efforts, working in the Christmasia shadows -- coaxing politicians, overseeing interrogations, and carrying out assassinations. Later, the goblin and ghoul regiments arrive, who had a heavy hand in the recent taking of Christmasias southern lands by the Koal Federation. Finally, the elite Werewolf Guard arrives. Led by the famed Wolfman of Gilgamesh, they and Koal Federation battle elves enter the Battle of Varm Frostid, surprising all Christmasia forces, who overwhelmingly flee the battlefields. The Wolfman, Grieg the Troll King, and Annie the Goblinmaster begin a reign of terror stopped only by having limited resources for a vast and sparsely populated region. This surprise from Krampus throws Christmasia into turmoil. The underground peace movement dies, military intelligence sees many resignations for missing this, and morale among troops plummets, facing a new enemy with a face never seen before. A growing number even call on Prime Minister Kris Kringle to step aside and let a new government be elected. Kringle is saved from a vote of no confidence vote by Baroness Holly DeCarlo flipping at the last minute.

⭐🎥🎄 A Carpenter Christmas Romance (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): A writer retreats to her family's farmhouse in the town of Wildwood to finish her novel. To her surprise, she soon develops a budding romance with a former crush, a woodworker who's helping to rebuild the town after a fire.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

All Elite Wrestling: Collision (TNT, 8 p.m.)

🏈 College Football (ABC, 8 p.m.): Tennessee at Ohio State

🏀 Fox Primetime Hoops (Fox, 8 p.m.): USC at Connecticut

Love & Marriage: Huntsville (OWN, 8 p.m.)

🎥 Svengoolie (MeTV, 8 p.m.): Phantom of the Opera

🎥🎄 A Waltons' Homecoming (CW, 8 p.m.)

Saturday Night Live

💤😴 LATE NIGHT 😴💤

📺 2 Stupid Dogs and the Secret Squirrel Show (MeTV Toons, 11 p.m.): The dogs get locked into a bathroom together.

📺 Freakazoid (MeTV Toons, 11:30 p.m.): Freak goes Christmas shopping and searches for the answer to a mysterious cloud.

Invincible Fight Girl (Adult Swim, midnight & 12:30 a.m. / Max, Sunday): SEASON FINALE. Rikko's crusade takes a dark turn, putting him and the gang at odds. His resolve and Andy's ideals clash, awakening a new and frightening power that exceeds Andy's comprehension.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

Saturday Night Live (NBC & Peacock, 11:29 p.m.): Martin Short, Hozier✔️

No Gamble No Future (Vice, midnight): Season premiere

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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it
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📡: Linear broadcast

🇰🇷: Korean Drama
🎥: Movie

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📺: Throwback

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Happy watching, everyone!

Reminder: SNL is tomorrow night, so the Sunday WOT will be posted a few minutes early!