The best news of the month is a December-long Monday night salute to Laurel & Hardy, whose sweet comedy never goes out of style, even when it started out silent, with: “Do Detectives Think?” (12:30 p.m.), “Putting Pants on Phillip” (12:51 p.m.), “You’re Darn Tootin’” (1:30 p.m.), “Two Tars” (1:52 p.m.), “Habeas Corpus” (2:14 p.m.), “Big Business” (2:45 p.m.), “Unaccustomed As We Are” (3:04 p.m.), “Double Whoopee” (3:25 p.m.), “Berth Marks” (4 p.m.), “Men O’War” (4:20 p.m.), “Perfect Day” (4:40 p.m.), “They Go Boom!” (5:15 p.m.), “The Hoose-Gow” (5:36 p.m.), “Angora Love” (5:27 p.m.), “Night Owls” (6:30 p.m.), “Brats” (6:51 p.m.), “Blotto” (7:13 p.m.), “Pardon Us” (8 p.m.), “Sons of the Desert” (9:30 p.m.), “Pack Up Your Troubles” (11 p.m.), “Babes in Toyland” (12:15 a.m.), “The Devils’s Brother” (1:45 a.m.), “The Bohemian Girl” (3:30 a.m.) and “Hollywood Party” (4:45 a.m.).
The imported Canadian hospital drama “Nurses” (NBC, 10 p.m.) gets a sneak peek, starring Tiera Skovbye, Natasha Calis and Jordan Johnson-Hinds. Its official premiere is Jan. 5.
Andrew Davies adapts Vikram Seth’s massive “A Suitable Boy” (Acorn TV, streaming), about life in 1950s India, in a new series directed by filmmaker Mira Nair, of “Monsoon Wedding” fame. Tanya Maniktala and Mahira Kakkar star.
Andrew Scott (“Fleabag”) returns to “His Dark Materials” (HBO, 9 p.m.), and Phoebe Waller-Bridge voices his deamon.
Word of the trading house’s toxic work culture is to be leaked on “Industry” (HBO, 10 p.m.).