From Taiwan comes its Oscar entry for international feature, “Left-Handed Girl” (Netflix, streaming), about a single mother and her two daughters who move to Taipei to open a noodle stand in the heart of a night market.
The documentary “The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo” (Netflix, streaming) questions whether the most famous photograph from the Vietnam War might have been taken by a different photographer than the one credited.
“A Paw Patrol Christmas” (CBS, 8 p.m.) is a new holiday special likely to go down well with the kids.
The floodgates have opened with regard to Christmas romances. “The Snow Must Go On” (Hallmark, 6 p.m.) concerns an ex-Broadway star (Corey Cott) enlisted to direct a small town Christmas musical by the high school counselor (Heather Hemmens).
Mario Lopez plays a corporate lawyer who becomes a fire fighter, who meets a woman (Ali Cobrin) in “The Christmas Spark” (Great American Family, 8 p.m.).
“The More the Merrier” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.) stars Rachel Boston as a small town ER doctor snowed in on Christmas Eve with a cardiologist (Brendan Penny).
College football has an unusually busy Friday with on games on primetime that include Indiana at Purdue (NBC, 7:30 p.m.), Texas A&M at Texas (ABC, 7:30 p.m.) and Arizona at Arizona State (9 p.m.). The day’s other games are listed below.
“Married to El Chapo: Emma Coronel Speaks” (Oxygen, 8 p.m.) features an interview with the wife of the drug lord.
An influencer who goes looking for her missing mother in the made-for-TV thriller “Secret Life of a Good Wife” (Lifetime Movie Network, 8 p.m.).
The “Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion” (CBS, 9 p.m.) has a same-week replay.
The new nature clip compilation “A Totally Funny Animals Holiday” (CW, 9 p.m.) accompanies a rerun of “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” (CW, 8 p.m.).
An unlikely claim is found on “Gold Rush” (Discovery, 8 p.m.).
“The Last Woodsmen” (Discovery, 9 p.m.) faces logging challenges.
Women invite men into their worlds on “Up Close and Personal” (OWN, 8 p.m.).
“The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd” (History, 9 p.m.) looks at astonishing feats.
Movies that Carol Burnett parodied are on Turner Classic Movies all day with “Born to Be Bad” (6:30 a.m.), “Torch Song” (8:30 a.m.), “A Stolen Life” (10:30 a.m.), “Mildred Pierce” (1 p.m.), “Gone with the Wind” (3:30 p.m.), “Sweet Rosie O’Grady” (8 p.m.), “Three Little Words” (10:15 p.m.), “42nd Street” (12:45 a.m.), “Gold Diggers of 1933” (3 a.m.) and “Million Dollar Mermaid”(4:45 a.m.).
NBA action includes Milwaukee at Knicks (Prime Video, 7:30 p.m.) and Dallas at Lakers (Prime Video, 10 p.m.).
Hockey has Rangers at Boston (TNT, 1 p.m.) and Pittsburgh at Columbus (NHL, 7 p.m.).
College football begins at noon with Ole Miss at Mississippi State (ABC), Iowa at Nebraska (CBS), Utah at Kansas (ESPN), Ohio at Buffalo (ESPNU) and Kent State at Northern Illinois (CBS Sports).
After Air Force at Colorado State (Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.), games at 3:30 includes Georgia at Georgia Tech (ABC), San Diego State at New Mexico (CBS Sports), and Temple at North Texas (ESPN, 3:30 p.m.).
Then comes Boise State at Utah State (CBS, 4 p.m.).
Men’s college basketball includes VCU vs. Virginia Tech (ESPN2, 10:30 a.m.), UConn vs. Illinois (Fox, 12:30 p.m.), Vanderbilt vs. Saint Mary’s (ESPN2, 1 p.m.), San Francisco vs. Nevada (truTV, 2 p.m.), Oklahoma at Marquette (NBC, 2 p.m.), Providence vs. Florida (Fox, 3 p.m.), Furman at Illinois State (ESPN2, 3 p.m.), South Florida vs. Colorado State (ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.), Wisconsin vs. TCU (Fox, 5:30 p.m.), Miami vs. Georgetown (ESPN, 7 p.m.), Wichita State vs. Western Kentucky (ESPNU, 7 p.m.), Georgia Tech vs. DePaul (CBS Sports, 7 p.m.), Ohio State at Pittsburgh (ESPN2, 7 p.m.), BYU vs. Dayton (ESPN, 9:30 p.m.) and LSU vs. Drake (CBS Sports, 9:30 p.m.).
Women’s games include Abilene Christian vs. Northwestern (ION, 11 a.m.), Missouri vs. Bradley (ION, 12:30 p.m.), Butler vs. Dayton (ION, 5 p.m.) and Georgia vs. Kansas (ION, 7:30 p.m.).
Soccer has U.S. vs. Italy (TNT, 7 p.m.) in a women’s international friendly in Orlando.
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos: Ryan Seacrest, Ramon Rodriguez, JoJo Siwa. The View: Jonathan Karl, Kim Kardashian, Niecy Nash-Betts, Teyana Taylor. Kelly Clarkson: Sylvester Stallone, Garrett Hedlund, Jay Will (rerun). Drew Barrymore: Jesse williams, Michael Symon, Carla Hall, Sunny Anderson, Jesse Williams. Jennifer Hudson: Kat Dennings, Nia Long, Charles Jones (rerun). Tamron Hall: Mayci Neely, Frederick Richard (rerun).
Late Talk
All reruns: Stephen Colbert: Tiffany Haddish, Gary Cole. Jimmy Kimmel: Adam Sandler, Ali Larter, T-Pain. Jimmy Fallon: Ariana Grande, Josh Hutcherson, Snocaps. Seth Meyers: Jeff Goldblum, Jane Krakowski.