CBS, 8:00 p.m. ET
Just as with I Love Lucy the other night, CBS is colorizing old episodes of The Andy Griffith Show for the holidays. I don’t like colorization, but I do like the episodes – especially the “Pickles” one.
Reelz Channel, 8:00 p.m. ET
This 1984 comedy is about to be remade, or sequelized, with an all-female cast – but for now, revel in the original. Bill Murray is pure comedy perfection in this wild tale of paranormal investigators, and so is everyone around him – especially Rick Moranis and Sigourney Weaver as people possessed by evil spirits.
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
Filmed in 1982, this is a fine Christmas night family TV treat: Aileen Quinn stars as an orphan girl with a hard knock life, and with Albert Finney and Carol Burnett as co-stars.
PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET
This series is about to start Season 5, but is serving one extra, special episode after the recent conclusion of Season 4. This is a special, stand-alone Christmas episode, set in 1960, and with everyone preparing for holiday festivities… but with babies, as well as presents, expected to be delivered. Check local listings.
BBC America, 9:00 p.m. ET
The latest Doctor Who Christmas special is presented tonight, and it’s called The Husbands of River Song. River (Alex Kingston) returns, and she’s paired with the new incarnation of the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) for the first time. But whether it is the first time, for these two, has a lot to do with their relative time streams, which, at this point, continue to be somewhat of a mystery. Perhaps tonight’s episode will explain it, in between the crashing spaceships, headless robots and threatening disembodied heads.