MONDAY
Doctor Who Holiday Special: Ruby Sunday meets the 15th Doctor and maybe discovers the secret of her birth. 12:30 p.m., Disney+
Call the Midwife: Holiday Special 2023: Babies are born but at Christmas time. Or something. I’ve never seen this show. 7 p.m., PBS
40th Annual Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade: Ariana DeBose, Chrissy Metz, The Smashing Pumpkins, Iam Tongi, Meg Donnelly, Michael Bolton, and the Broadway and North American Tour cast of Disney’s “Aladdin” perform. 9 p.m., ABC
TUESDAY
Letterkenny: It’s the series finale. Figger it out. Hulu
2023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson: Kenan and Kevin relive some of the most memorable moments of the past year. Peacock
Night of the Living Dead: In the event that you are sugar-cookied and gingerbread housed-out, here’s some good old-fashioned zombie fun. 8:30 p.m., Retroplex
WEDNESDAY
The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors: This year’s nominees include: comic Billy Crystal, soprano Renée Fleming, singer-songwriter Barry Gibb, actress Queen Latifah, and singer Dionne Warwick. 7 p.m., CBS
E! News Presents NBC’s Hot 10 of 2023: A look at 2023’s most memorable pop culture moments. 7 p.m., NBC
The Year: 2023: Oh look, another look back at the events and newsmakers of 2023. 8 p.m., ABC
Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare: This documentary tells the story of a wilderness camp in Utah for wayward teens where the conditions were brutal and the counselors were worse. (If you find this documentary interesting, I suggest you look into a podcast called The Opportunist which does a seven-part story about a similar camp. The episodes are in season seven, I believe, on Gayle Palmer. Horrifying stuff.) Premiere. Netflix
THURSDAY
Oprah and the Color Purple Journey: Oprah explores the importance of The Color Purple in all of its forms: the novel, the movie, and the musical. Premiere. Max
Back to the Future marathon: Don’t face away. 7:30 p.m., Bravo
FRIDAY
The Conversation: I find that I recommend this every time I see it, but it’s that good. Gene Hackman is the best. 9 p.m., Flix
Restoring Galveston: The Inn: The Saving Galveston folks restore a 1912 boarding house, turning it into a boutique hotel. Series premiere. Discovery+
SATURDAY
Time Bomb Y2K: This documentary tells the story of the complete panic and mania that surrounded the millennium. It genuinely was nuts. Premiere. 9 p.m., HBO
Mulholland Drive: I also tend to recommend this movie every time I see it, because it’s amazing and weird and amazing. 8:35 p.m., The Movie Channel Xtra
Harry Potter marathon: Abracadabra or whatever. 9 a.m., Bravo
SUNDAY
The Year: Countdown to 2024: Now that you’ve seen all the recaps of 2023, it’s time to look ahead to what will ABSOLUTELY BE A TERRIBLE YEAR. Maybe not as terrible as 2020, but definitely as bumpy as 2016. 6 p.m., ABC
Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve with Ryan Seacrest: You can go the safe route … 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m., ABC
New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash: Or the boring route … 6:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m., CBS
CNN New Year’s Eve with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen: Or the unhinged drunken route. Your choice. 7 p.m., CNN