The following is a complete list of every new TV and streaming episode, special, movie, and more airing on December 16, 2022. Titles are listed by time and then sorted alphabetically. For sports and most other live programming, make sure to adjust the time to your time zone (times listed are Eastern/Central). Series and season premieres are in bold. For all TV and streaming listings posts from this year, see our 2022 Daily TV Schedules Archive post.
New to Streaming December 16, 2022:
- Acapulco (Apple TV+, Season 2 Finale)
- The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock, Season 3 Finale, 9/8 PM)
- America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation (Freevee)
- The Apology (Shudder/AMC+, Original Movie Premiere)
- Art in Bloom with Helen Dealtry (Discovery+)
- Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- Beasts of Bangalore: Indian Predator (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- Behind the Beats (YouTube, Noon/11 AM)
- Black Adam (HBO Max, Movie Streaming Premiere)
- Cook at All Costs (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- Cops (FOX Nation, 6/5 PM)
- The Craftsman (Discovery+/HBO Max)
- Dance Monsters (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- Echo 3 (Apple TV+)
- Engine Masters (MotorTrend+)
- Far From Home (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- Food Affair with Mark Wiens (HBO Max)
- For the Love of Kitchens (Discovery+/HBO Max)
- From the Source (Discovery+, Season 3 Premiere)
- If These Walls Could Sing (Disney+, Original Documentary Premiere)
- Judy Justice (Freevee, Season 2.0 Finale)
- The Kindness Project (Discovery+, Special)
- The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: Joe Bob’s Ghoultide Get-Together (Shudder, Special, 9/8 PM)
- Le Pupille (Disney+, Original Short Film Premiere)
- Litvinenko (Sundance Now, Limited Series Premiere)
- LOL: Last One Laughing (Amazon, Season 5 Premiere)
- Los Reyes Magos: La Verdad (Amazon, Original Movie Premiere)
- Love Island: Australia (Hulu)
- Martha Gardens (The Roku Channel)
- Metallica Presents: The Helping Hands Concert (Paramount+, Special, 8:30/7:30 PM)
- The Mosquito Coast (Apple TV+)
- Mythic Quest (Apple TV+)
- Nanny (Amazon, Original Movie Premiere)
- Paradise PD (Netflix, Season 4 Premiere)
- Play-Doh Squished (Freevee)
- Private Lesson (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- Ranch to Table (Discovery+/HBO Max, Season 3 Premiere)
- The Recruit (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- Shantaram (Apple TV+, Season 1 Finale)
- The Shop (YouTube, Noon/11 AM)
- Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
- Snow Day (Paramount+, Original Movie Premiere)
- Storefront Stories (Discovery+, Series Premiere)
- A Storm for Christmas (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- Summer Job (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- Super Sema (YouTube, Season 2 Finale, Noon/11 AM)
- Three Pines (Amazon)
- The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (Netflix, Original Documentary Premiere)
- The Wise Men Who Found Christmas (FOX Nation, Special)
6/5 AM:
- Fashion Forward (Ovation)
6:30/5:30 AM:
- Star Tunez (Ovation)
8:30/7:30 AM:
- Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends (Disney Channel)
10:30/9:30 AM:
- Firebuds (Disney Channel)
11/10 AM:
- Blaze and the Monster Machines (Nickelodeon)
- Rico to the Rescue: Sneak Pee (HGTV, One-Hour Special)
11:30/10:30 AM:
- College Football: Bahamas Bowl – UAB Blazers vs. Miami RedHawks (ESPN)
3/2 PM:
- College Football: Cure Bowl – UTSA Roadrunners vs. Troy Trojans (ESPN)
3:30/2:30 PM:
- Tug of Words (GSN)
6/5 PM:
- Cops (FOX Nation)
7:30/6:30 PM:
- America Says (GSN, Season 5 Finale)
- NBA: Golden State Warriors vs. Philadelphia 76ers (ESPN)
8/7 PM:
- The 90th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (The CW, Two-Hour Special)
- A Christmas to Treasure (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
- Gold Rush (Discovery Channel)
- Holiday Heritage (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
- Lopez vs. Lopez (NBC)
- On Patrol: First Shift (Reelz)
- Ridiculousness (MTV)
- Washington Week (PBS)
- WWE SmackDown (FOX)
8:30/7:30 PM:
- Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (PBS)
- Metallica Presents: The Helping Hands Concert (Paramount+, Special)
- Ridiculousness (MTV)
- Young Rock (NBC)
9/8 PM:
- 20/20 (ABC)
- The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock, Season 3 Finale)
- Craft in America: Inspiration (PBS)
- Dateline NBC (NBC)
- Destination Fear (Travel Channel)
- Fatal Attraction: Last Words (TV One)
- Gold Rush: White Water (Discovery Channel)
- The Greatest #AtHome Holiday Videos (CBS, One-Hour Special)
- How Do They Do It? (Science Channel)
- The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: Joe Bob’s Ghoultide Get-Together (Shudder, Special)
- Love After Lockup (WE, Season 4.5 Premiere)
- My Lottery Dream Home (HGTV)
- On Patrol: Live (Reelz)
- Ridiculousness (MTV)
- The UnXplained (History Channel, Season 4 Finale)
- Vale Dos Esquecidos (HBO Latino)
9:30/8:30 PM:
- How Do They Do It? (Science Channel)
- Ridiculousness (MTV)
10/9 PM:
- AEW: Rampage (TNT)
- Battle of the Bling (HGTV)
- Craft in America: Home (PBS)
- Gold Rush: The Dirt (Discovery Channel)
- Graveyard Carz (MotorTrend)
- The Last Cowboy (CMT)
- NBA: Denver Nuggets vs. Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN)
- The Proof Is Out There: Bermuda Triangle Edition (History Channel)
- A Time to Kill (ID)
- Urban Legend (Travel Channel)
- We’re Here (HBO)
10:30/9:30 PM:
- Battle of the Bling (HGTV)
11/10 PM:
- The Graham Norton Show (BBC America)