The following is a complete list of every new TV and streaming episode, special, movie, and more airing on December 16, 2024. New streaming titles are listed first, followed by an hour-by-hour network TV and cable schedule, and ending with the day’s sports schedule. 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.
December 16, 2024 Streaming Premieres
- The Chelsea Detective: Everyone Loves Chloe (Acorn TV, Christmas Special)
- Dalgliesh (Acorn TV, Season 3 Finale)
- Days of Our Lives (Peacock)
- Love Island: Australia (Hulu, 7/6 PM)
- Neighbours (Freevee)
- Return to Las Sabinas (Hulu)
Network TV and Cable Premieres
7/6 AM:
- Fashion Forward (Ovation)
7:30/6:30 AM:
- Star Tunez (Ovation)
10/9 AM:
- PAW Patrol (Nickelodeon)
5/4 PM:
- The Patrick Star Show (Nickelodeon)
7:30/6:30 PM:
- Monday Night Countdown (ABC)
8/7 PM:
- 90 Day: The Last Resort (TLC)
- Holiday Baking Championship (Food Network, Season 11 Finale)
- Little Big Town’s Christmas at The Opry (NBC, Two-Hour Special)
- Love & Hip Hop: Miami (VH1)
- Mysteries of the Unknown (Travel Channel)
- The Neighborhood (CBS, Season 7.0 Finale)
- TMZ Investigates: Liam Payne – Who’s to Blame? (FOX, One-Hour Special)
- WWE Raw (USA Network)
8:30/7:30 PM:
- Poppa’s House (CBS, Season 1.0 Finale)
9/8 PM:
- 90 Day: The Last Resort Between the Sheets (TLC)
- Ancient Aliens: Origins (History Channel)
- Blink (National Geographic Channel, Documentary TV Premiere)
- Contraband: Seized at the Airport (Discovery Channel)
- Fatal Attraction (TV One)
- Get Millie Black (HBO)
- NCIS (CBS, Season 22.0 Finale)
- People Magazine Investigates (ID)
- Rachael Ray’s Meals in Minutes (FYI, Back-to-Back New Episodes)
9:30/8:30 PM:
- Rachael Ray’s Meals in Minutes (FYI)
10/9 PM:
- American Dad! (TBS)
- House Hunters (HGTV)
- Murder at the Ski Lodge? (ID, One-Hour Special)
- NCIS: Origins (CBS, Season 1.0 Finale)
- Payback (TV One)
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo)
- What We Do in the Shadows (FX, Series Finale)
10:30/9:30 PM:
- House Hunters (HGTV)
11/10 PM:
- E! News (E!)
December 16, 2024 Christmas TV Schedule
Acorn TV
- 3/2 AM: The Chelsea Detective: Everyone Loves Chloe (Christmas Special)
AMC
- 3:15/2:15 AM: Christmas with the Kranks
- 5:15/4:15 AM: The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
- 1:15/12:15 PM: Christmas with the Kranks
- 5:45/4:45 PM: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- 8/7 PM: Elf
Food Network
- 8/7 PM: Holiday Baking Championship (Season Finale)
Freeform
- 7/6 AM: Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You
- 9/8 AM: The Santa Clause
- 11:05/10:05 AM: The Santa Clause 2
- 1:30/12:30 PM: The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
- 3:35/2:35 PM: Home Alone
- 6:05/5:05 PM: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
- 8:45/7:45 PM: Frosty the Snowman
- 9:20/8:20 PM: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- 10:25/9:25 PM: Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
- 11:30/10:30 PM: Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Hallmark Channel
- Midnight/11 PM: One Royal Holiday
- 2/1 AM: Cross Country Christmas
- 4/3 AM: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
- 6/5 AM: Trivia at St. Nick’s
- 8/7 AM: Next Stop, Christmas
- 10/9 AM: Deck the Walls
- Noon/11 AM: A Royal Christmas Crush
- 2/1 PM: If I Only Had Christmas
- 4/3 PM: Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe
- 6/5 PM: Following Yonder Star
- 8/7 PM: Our Holiday Story
- 10/9 PM: The Secret Gift of Christmas
Hallmark Mystery
- Midnight/11 PM: My Christmas Guide
- 2/1 AM: Debbie Macomber’s Dashing Through the Snow
- 4/3 AM: The Santa Stakeout
- 6/5 AM: Return to Christmas Creek
- 8/7 AM: Angel Falls: A Novel Holiday
- 10/9 AM: Memories of Christmas
- Noon/11 AM: Christmas Wonderland
- 2/1 PM: Christmas Tree Lane
- 4/3 PM: Northern Lights of Christmas
- 6/5 PM: Love You Like Christmas
- 8/7 PM: A Season for Family
- 10/9 PM: Mystery on Mistletoe Lane
Hallmark Family
- Midnight/11 PM: The Christmas Parade
- 2/1 AM: The Town Christmas Forgot
- 4/3 AM: The Wishing Tree
- 7/6 PM: Hitched for the Holidays
- 9/8 PM: A Nutcracker Christmas
NBC
- 8/7 PM: Little Big Town’s Christmas at The Opry (Two-Hour Special)
Today’s Sports Schedule
NBA
- 7/6 PM: Miami Heat at Detroit Pistons (NBA League Pass/FDSN Detroit/FDSN Sun)
- 7/6 PM: Philadelphia 76ers at Charlotte Hornets (NBA League Pass/FDSN Southeast Charlotte/NBC Sports Philadelphia)
- 7:30/6:30 PM: Chicago Bulls at Toronto Raptors (NBA League Pass/Chicago Sports Network)
- 7:30/6:30 PM: Cleveland Cavaliers at Brooklyn Nets (NBA League Pass/YES/FDSN Ohio)
- 10/9 PM: Denver Nuggets at Sacramento Kings (NBA League Pass/NBCSCA/Altitude 2)
- 10:30/9:30 PM: Utah Jazz at Los Angeles Clippers (NBA League Pass/FDSN SoCal/KJZZ)
NFL Week 15
- 8/7 PM: Monday Night Football: Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings (ABC/ESPN+)
- 8:30/7:30 PM: Monday Night Football: Atlanta Falcons at Las Vegas Raiders (ESPN/ESPN Deportes)
NHL
- 8/7 PM: Washington Capitals at Dallas Stars (Victory+/MNMT)
- 8:30/7:30 PM: Florida Panthers at Edmonton Oilers (NHL Network/Scripps)
- 10:30/9:30 PM: Colorado Avalanche at Vancouver Canucks (ALT)