If you want to see Steve O do his thing, there’s a replay of “Jackass: The Movie” (Comedy Central, 9:17 p.m.).
Either way, entertaining family TV, a bit more satisfying than seeing similar oddities online.
“It’s a SpongeBob Christmas!” (CBS, 9:30 p.m.) brings the favorite cartoon from Bikini Bottom to network TV, this time in three dimension stop motion animation. John Goodman lends his voice as Santa. It runs after three recurring special, the first of which is so old it’s narrated by Jimmy Durante (ask your grandmother): “Frosty the Snowman” (CBS, 8 p.m.), “Frosty Returns” (CBS, 8:30 p.m.) and “Hoops & Yoyo Ruin Christmas” (CBS, 8:30 p.m.).
In part because star Amanda Cosgrove is pushing 20, “iCarly” (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.) comes to an end after five years and more than 100 episodes with a one-hour series finale.
R. Kelly’s super weird musical drama “Trapped in the Closet” (IFC, 7 and 9 p.m.) continues its ways, with the singer telling the tale from a “Masterpiece Theatre” vantage point, while filling the voices of every character, the number of which is just growing. The first saga is rerun at 7 p.m. followed by the all new episodes “Trapped in the Closet — The Saga Continues” at 9 p.m.
A second season starts for the hairy competitors in “Whisker Wars” (IFC, 10 p.m.), regrouping following their failures in the German tournament last season. Jack Passion reconsiders his options: Should he quit altogether?
The occasional revival of “Person to Person” (CBS, 10 p.m.) comes back with profiles of Alicia Keys, Sean Penn, Gabby Douglas and Drew Brees. Correspondents Charlie Rose and Lara Logan host, trying to conjure up the ghost of Edward R. Murrow.
The Avett Brothers and Randy Travis join forces on “CMT Crossroads” (CMT, 11 p.m.).
There’s no regular episode on tonight, but if you wanted to start from the beginning of the series, there’s a marathon of “Fringe” (Science, 10 a.m.) starting from the first season.
The logjam of Christmas programming finally bursts, with “Gandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” (The CW, 8 p.m.), “Fred Claus” (TBS, 8 p.m.), “12 Wishes of Christmas” (ION, 8 p.m.) and “The Happy Elf” (The CW, 9 p.m.).
And even just a “Peanuts” special is enough to evoke the season I suppose with a prime time replay of “Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown” (Fox, 8 p.m.).
The sitcoms “Last Man Standing” (ABC, 8 p.m.) and “Malibu Country” (ABC, 8:30 p.m.) are the only new episodes of scripted TV on this post-sweeps, post-holiday Friday.
If you missed her doling out her loot Sunday, there’s a replay of “Oprah’s Favorite Things 2012” (OWN, 9 p.m.).
If you’re heading out to the movies to see “Hitchcock,” gird yourself with a day of his movies, beginning with a 1972 interview on “The Dick Cavett Show” (TCM, 6:30 a.m.). They include “Strangers on a Train” (10 p.m.), “The Wrong Man” (11:45 a.m.), “North by Northwest” (1:45 p.m.), “Suspicion” (TCM, 4:15 p.m.) and “Dial M for Murder” (TCM, 6 p.m.).
Two musicals by Lerner and Lowe are on tonight: “My Fair Lady” (TCM, 8 p.m.) and “Camelot” (TCM, 11 p.m.). THen it’s a salute to the cult director Derek Jarman, with his impressionistic 1979 version of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” (TCM, 2:15 a.m.) and a documentary on his life “Derek” (TCM, 4 a.m.).
College football games today include Syracuse at Temple (ESPN2, 11 a.m.), Ohio at Kent State (ESPNU, 11 a.m.), Nebraska at Iowa (ABC, noon), Marshall at East Carolina (CBS Sports, 2 p.m.), LSU at Arkansas (CBS, 2:30 p.m.), Utah at Colorado (FX, 3 p.m.), Washington at Washington State (Fox, 3:30 p.m.), West Virginia at Iowa State (ABC, 3:30 p.m.), South Florida at Cincinnati (ESPN, 7 p.m.) and Arizona State at Arizona (ESPN, 10 p.m.).
In college basketball, it’s West Virginia vs. Davidson (ESPN, 12:30 p.m.) and Pittsburgh vs. Delaware (ESPN, 2:30 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly & Michael: Helen Mirren, Miranda Cosgrove. The View: R. Kelly, NeNe Leakes, Dr. Drew Pinsky. Katie Couric: Demi Lovato (rerun). Ellen DeGeneres: Madonna (rerun).
Late Talk
David Letterman: Salma Hayek Pinault, Nick Offerman, Kiss (rerun). Jay Leno: Sarah Silverman, Paula Deen, Lyle Lovett (rerun). Jimmy Kimmel: Robert Pattinson, Chris Hardwick, Ben Folds Five (rerun). Jimmy Fallon: Christina Aguilera, Colin Quinn, Joshua Topolsky, Joey Bada$$ (rerun). Craig Ferguson: Tenacious D, Sarah Shahi (rerun). Carson Daly: Katey Segal, the Stepkids (rerun). Tavis Smiley: Don Was. Chelsea Handler: Ginnifer Goodwin, Michael Yo, Heather McDonald, Josh Wolf.