A new made-for-TV holiday movie is found on a different cable network tonight, with “Cooking Up Christmas” (OWN, 9 p.m.) featuring Meagan Holder and Lamman Rucker.
The annual migration of thousands of elephants across Botswana is followed in a three-hour special, “Walking With Elephants” (Animal Planet, 8 p.m.).
A remixed two hour session of “Drunk History” (Comedy Central, 9 p.m.) picks out some favorite re-creations from the past.
Ted’s plan for the server is discovered on “Next” (Fox, 9 p.m.).
“Big Sky” (ABC, 10 p.m.) takes a break after tonight’s episode and won’t be back until Jan. 26. So there will probably be a lot going on.
We can’t ride on them, so we might as well look at them. This week’s “Mighty Cruise Ships” (Smithsonian, 8 p.m.) travels to cities of the Baltic.
“Cosmos: Possible Worlds” (Fox, 8 p.m.) looks at the world affected by humans, or the anthropocene.
Jason Woodrue experiments on “Swamp Thing” (CW, 8 p.m.).
On “Teen Mom 2” (MTV, 8 p.m.), Chelsea seems doomed Covid-wise as she lives in South Dakota.
Veronica and Simone get back together again on “Tell Me a Story” (CW, 9 p.m.).
“The Bachelorette” (ABC, 8 p.m.) goes on hometown visits.
Mario Lopez, Taran Killiam and Justin Long compete on “Celebrity Game Face” (E!, 10 p.m.), hosted by Kevin Hart.
“Don’t Be Tardy” (Bravo, 10 p.m.) ends its season by reviewing its road trip.
Six of the 25 films that were announced just Monday to be added to the National Film Registry are on Turner Classic Movies tonight, with “Battle of the Century” (8 p.m.), “Lilies of the Field” (8:30 p.m.), “Illusions” (10:15 p.m.), “The Joy Luck Club” (11 p.m.), “Cabin in the Sky” (1:30 a.m.) and “The Man with the Golden Arm” (3:15 a.m.).
Then it’s Lana Turner all day with “Rich Man, Poor Girl” (6 a.m.), “These Glamour Girls” (7:15 a.m.), “Somewhere I’ll Find You” (8:45 a.m.), “The Postman Always Rings Twice” (10:45 a.m.), “The Bad and the Beautiful” (12:45 p.m.), “Peyton Place” (3 p.m.) and “The Big Cube” (6 p.m.).
Preseason basketball has Boston at Philadelphia (TNT, 7:30 p.m.) and Golden State at Sacramento (TNT, 10 p.m.).
Men’s college basketball includes Minnesota at Illinois (ESPN2, 7 p.m.), Wichita State at Tulsa (ESPNU, 7 p.m.) and Kansas State at Iowa State (ESPNU, 9 p.m.).
Women’s games include Stanford at Pacific (ESPN2, 9 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest: Gal Gadot, Lance Ulanoff, Andy Cohen. The Talk: Gabriel Iglesias, Sherri Shepherd, Maddie & Tae, Amanda Kloots. Ellen DeGeneres: Michael Che (rerun). Drew Barrymore: Zosia Mamet, Danny Seo. Kelly Clarkson: Gwen Stefani, Bert Kreischer. Tamron Hall: David Boreanaz, Max Thieriot, Toni Trucks, Tyler Grey, Sheryl Lee Ralph. Wendy Williams: Jeremy Meeks (rerun). The Real: Neil Degrasse Tyson, Tayshia Adams.
Late Talk
Stephen Colbert: Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen, Whoopi Goldberg. Jimmy Kimmel: Carey Mulligan, Alanis Morissette. Jimmy Fallon: Kristen Wiig, Graham Norton, Jack Harlow. Seth Meyers: Amanda Seyfried, Craig Robinson, Mehdi Hasan. James Corden: Keegan-Michael Key, Roddy Rich. Lilly Singh: Anna Faris (rerun). Conan O’Brien: Diego Luna.