“Homeland” (Showtime, 9 p.m.) caps its gripping season with Saul and Carrie back in the U.S. and dealing with a bigger problem of double-dealing inside the agency, which runs along the lines of recent headlines .
“The Affair” (Showtime, 10 p.m.), ends its first season as well, after the slow-boiling drama suddenly took some big turns in the past couple of weeks.
“The Comeback” (HBO, 10 p.m.) is the sole original series with new episodes on that network. Tonight, Valerie goes on “The Talk” and talks to a roundtable of international press.
It’s a weird weekend of “The Sound of Music” (ABC, 7 p.m.), with Saturday’s repeat of the Carrie Underwood followed by a full night of the 1965 original film over four hours, augmented by sing-along lyrics (as if you need them).
Nick Kroll guest stars on a new “Mulaney” (Fox, 7 p.m.), whose standing has dropped to the pre-primetime slot of “Bob’s Burgers” (Fox, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.) which has both a new episode early and a Christmas repeat later.
It’s Seattle at St. Louis (NBC, 8:20 p.m.) in Sunday Night Football. Earlier it’s Baltimore at Houston (CBS, 1 p.m.), Vikings at Dolphis (Fox, 1 p.m.), Giants at Rams (Fox, 4 p.m.) and Colts at Cowboys (CBS, 4:25 p.m.).
“Whale Wars” (Animal Planet 8 p.m.) returns with three new episodes.
Santa (in the guise of Bruce Campbell) is a target on a new episode of “The Librarians” (TNT, 8 p.m.).
Odd that the shows about the Bible are all on science and history channels tonight, including “God vs. Satan” (History 2, 8 p.m.), and “Banned from the Bible II” (History 2, 10 p.m.) and a whole night of “Biblical Conspiracies” (Science, 9 and 10 p.m.).
Reruns of last season’s “Downton Abbey” on “Masterpiece Classic” (PBS, 9 and 10 p.m., check local listings) continue in anticipation of the new season’s arrival in two weeks.
It’s a Philip Seymour Hoffman double feature with “God’s Pocket” (Showtime 2, 8 p.m.) followed by “The Master” (Showtime 2, 9:30 p.m.).
The glut of Christmas fare includes “Royal Christmas” (Hallmark, 6 p.m.), “Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever” (Lifetime, 7 p.m.), “Home Alone” (ABC Family, 7:30 pm.), “Jingle All the Way 2” (USA, 8 p.m.), “Help for the Holidays” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.), “The Santa Clause 2” (AMC, 8 and 10 p.m.), “Holiday Road Trip” (ION, 9 p.m.), “Four Christmases” (TNT, 9 p.m.), “Hats Off to Christmas” (Hallmark, 10 p.m.). “The Polar Express” (ABC Family, 10 p.m.).
The holiday only slightly colors Turner Classic Movies’ trove from the Disney vaults tonight including the cartoons that begin the night at 8 p.m. before a replay of a 60 year old “Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color” (8:30 p.m.) that looks at the then-new Disneyland. It’s followed by the rarely seen 1941 behind the scenes of animation that includes some old cartoons, “The Reluctant Dragon” (9:30 p.m.); Fess Parker in the original 1955 film “Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier” (11 p.m.) and the true nature “The Vanishing Prairie” (12:54 p.m.), also from 1954.
Sunday Talk
ABC: Sen. Mark Rubio. CBS: Rubio, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Rep. Chris Van Hollen. NBC: Rubio. CNN: President Barack Obama, Sen. John McCain. Fox: Rep. Mike Rogers, Sens. Ben Cardin and Ron Johnson.