CBS, 8:00 p.m. ET
The colorized I Love Lucy episodes have become a CBS holiday tradition – along with the similarly multihued episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show, which this year, sadly, are not part of the mix. But this year, we get, as usual, two Lucy episodes: the now annually repeated “The Christmas Episode” from 1956, as well as a newly colorized treat. It’s another I Love Lucy from 1956, this one called “Paris at Last,” which has Lucy (Lucille Ball, pictured) encountering escargot at a French cafe. Which reminds me of a joke: This naked escargot slithers into a French police station…
ABC, 8:00 p.m. ET
ABC, owned by Disney, has many reasons to celebrate Marvel Comics guru Stan Lee, whose movie and TV offshoots are, similarly, now owned by Disney. But here’s a prime-time special looking at the cultural impact of the man and his comics empire – and if you’re old enough to remember when his monthly Marvel Comics columns bestowed occasional No-Prizes, consider yourself a 21st-century recipient.
BBC America, 11:00 p.m. ET
Tonight’s guests include a typically, deliriously different gaggle of celebrities: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Hudson, Hugh Grant, and Dame Judi Dench.