A new Yuletide romance from Norway, “Christmas as Usual” (Netflix, streaming) stars Ida Ursin-Holm as a woman who brings her new Indian boyfriend (Karan Gill) home to meet her parents.
From France comes the action drama “Blood Coast” (Netflix, streaming), about a police squad tacking down a dangerous criminal in Marseille.
On the new series “Ireland’s Wild Island” (Smithsonian, 9 p.m.) concentrate on wild life along the Emerald Isle’s northern coast and then moves to Tory and Achill islands.
Not sure how a guy this annoying keeps getting series, but here’s “Hollywood Houselift with Jeff Lewis” (Amazon FreeVee, streaming) in which he renovates homes of people like Anthony Anderson, Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel and Christina Ricci.
The fourth Republican Presidential Primary Debate (NewsNation, CW, 8 p.m.) is the first available on broadcast TV — though it is sponsored by NewsNation, whose Elizabeth Vargas will moderate, alongside Megyn Kelly and Eliana Johnson. The increasingly smaller field will include Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy. The party’s frontrunner, meanwhile, will be spinning out crazy stuff on Fox News.
There’s a new Christmas episode of “Campfire Sessions” (CMT, 9 p.m.).
“Magnum P.I.” (NBC, 9 p.m.) tries to keep a killer from walking free.
Rob Riggle and Christie Brinkley are guest advisers on “Snake Oil” (Fox, 9 p.m.).
“Quantum Leap” (NBC, 9 p.m.) jumps back to 1692 where Ben is on trial for witchcraft.
Jimmy Fallon hosts a holiday edition of “That’s My Jam” (NBC, 10 p.m.) with Fred Armisen, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer and Melissa Villaseñor.
“The Amazing Race” (CBS, 9:30 p.m.) travels to Dublin, where of course they have to do the Riverdance. It follows another 90-minute “Survivor” (CBS, 8 p.m.).
Kyra Sedgwick, Mo Rocca and Amanda Seales play “Celebrity Jeopardy!” (ABC, 8 p.m.).
“Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” (ABC, 9 p.m.) has Lauren Lapkus, Ego Nwodim and Jeff Ross.
Taran Killam and Eliza Shlesinger and Josh Peck play “The $100,000 Pyramid” (ABC, 10 p.m.).
“The Masked Singer” (Fox, 8 p.m.) has its rock ’n’ roll episode. Last week, they unmasked a dude from the boy band O Town.
Andi reminisces about her past with Gary on “Tyler Perry’s Sistas” (BET, 9 p.m.).
“Ms. Pat Settles It” (BET, 10 p.m.) hears the case of a money dispute between a music manager and an artist.
Municipalities that have become power centers are examined on the documentary “Cities of Success” (CNBC, 10 p.m.).
“Expedition Unknown” (Discovery, 9 p.m.) goes after the stolen fortune of a Spanish pirate.
Trespassers complicate the “Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch” (Discovery, 10 p.m.).
“Pawn Stars Do America” (History, 8 p.m.) goes to Providence.
Margaret Cho and Perez Hilton are among those visited on a pair of episodes of “MTV Cribs” (MTV, 9:30 and 10 p.m.).
“Aerial Italy” (Smithsonian, 8 pm.) goes to Milan and Venice.
A changed Susan returns to the Agency on “SurrealEstate” (Syfy, 10 p.m.).
“To Catch a Smuggler: Mediterranean: On Patrol 24/7” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.) has too many phrases.
Turner Classic Movies presents the first half of a two part Paddy Chayefsky showcase with “Marty” (8 p.m.), “The Bachelor Party” (10 p.m.), “The Goddess” (midnight), “Middle of the Night” (2 a.m.) and “The Catered Affair” (4:15 a.m.).
Earlier, TCM has films about different modes of travel, “Clouds Over Europe” (7:30 a.m.), “High Flyers” (9 a.m.), “Melody Cruise” (10:30 a.m.), “The Band Wagon” (noon), “The Long, Long Trailer” (2 p.m.), “The Yellow Rolls-Royce” (3:45 p.m.) and “The Glass Bottom Boat” (6 p.m.).
NBA action includes San Antonio at Minnesota (ESPN, 5:45 p.m.) and Denver at Clippers (ESPN, 10 p.m.).
Hockey has Dallas at Florida (TNT, 8 p.m.) and Carolina at Edmonton (TNT, 9:30 p.m.).
Men’s college basketball includes Sacred Heart at St. John’s (CBS Sports, 7 p.m.), Memphis at VCU (ESPNU, 7 p.m.), Texas at Marquette (Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.), Pittsburgh at West Virginia (ESPN2, 9 p.m.), UNLV at Dayton (CBS Sports, 9 p.m.) and SMU at Arizona State (Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.).
Women’s games include Michigan at Toledo (CBS Sports, 5 p.m.), Iowa at Iowa State (ESPN2, 7 p.m.) and SMU at Arizona State (Fox Sports, 10 p.m.)
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos: Shannen Doherty, Ariana Madix. The View: Cynthia Nixon, Matt Rogers. The Talk: Kelsey Grammar, Sarah Rafferty, the cast of “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical.” Drew Barrymore: Sebastian Maniscalco. Kelly Clarkson: Sterling K. Brown, Kenan Thompason, Sean Paul and Manual Turizo. Jennifer Hudson: Darius Rucker. Tamron Hall: Eric Stonestreet, Elmo, Dr. Jeanette Betancourt.
Late Talk
Stephen Colbert: John Oliver, boygenius (rerun). Jimmy Kimmel: Mahershala Ali, Greta Lee, Grupo Frontera. Jimmy Fallon: J. Balvin, Matt Bomer. Seth Meyers: Maluma, Tony Shalhoub.