“Soul Train” founder Don Cornelius, who died earlier this year, is the natural honoree during “Soul Train Awards ’12” (BET, 9 p.m.). But New Edition will also be honored.
Cedric the Entertainer hosts the event, taped Nov. 8 at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, which features performances from John Legend, Stevie Wonder, Miguel, Keyshia cole, Ne-Yo, Tyrese, 2 Chainz, Fantasia, Charlie Wilson, Elle Varner and Gladys Knight.
It’s followed by a preview of the new variant on the Apollo Theater’s amateur night, “Apollo Live” (BET, 11 p.m.).
“Treme” (HBO, 10 p.m.) ends its third season with several storylines reaching their conclusions. Yeah, you should have been watching it all along.
PBS threatens to squander the good will and high ratings it engendered in “Downton Abbey” with a amateurish promo hour “Downton Abbey Revisited” (PBS, 8 p.m.) that has a few interviews, a breathy host in Angela Lansbury (who looks like she would have wanted the role Shirley MacLaine got for season three), and maybe too much of a hint of what will happen with the show returns with new episodes Jan. 6. When they pause so you can pledge money, you get an idea of the level of the quality here.
Joey Lawrence and Emily Hampshire star as two singles who agree to appear to be dating to fulfill various holiday party obligations, only to find themselves, well you know. The surprise about “Hitched for the Holidays” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.) is that, as predictable as it is, it sidesteps into an issue that is hardly ever mentioned in such fluff – how people of differing religions get along, understand or tolerate each other. As such, it also has one very funny scene in which Lawrence, pretending to be Jewish, is invited to light the menorah.
“Home Alone: The Holiday Heist” (ABC Family, 8 p.m.) is a made-for-TV sequel that is, unbelievably, the fifth variation of the hit movie. This one stars Malcolm McDowell and Debi Mazar as the thiefs and Christian Martyn as the kid left behind when his family moves from California to Maine.
Another new holiday movie, “A Golden Christmas 3” (ION, 9 p.m.) follows just after “A Golden Christmas 2: The Second Tail” (ION, 7 p.m.).
Nucky Thompson is in a real fix on “Boardwalk Empire” (HBO, 9 p.m.) as Gyp Rosetti and his men start swarming Atlantic City and Margaret is no where to be found. Its season ends next week.
Justin Bieber sits down for an interview on “Oprah’s Next Chapter” (OWN, 9 p.m.).
Some contestants on “The Amazing Race” (CBS, 8 p.m.) may choose the wrong country to travel to if they misidentify a European flag.
A flashback on “Revenge” (ABC, 8 p.m.) goes back six years; hope Emily VanCamp has a better wig than she did in the last flashback.
Worlds are about to collide on “The Walking Dead” (AMC, 9 p.m.).
Needless to say, things are coming to a head on “Homeland” (Showtime, 10 p.m.), after Brody was reunited with a terrori mastermind last week.
And on “Dexter” (Showtime, 9 p.m.) many forces seem to be converging in on mr. Morgan.
Homer gets an iPad on a new episode of “The Simpsons” (Fox, 8 p.m.).
The show “666 Park Avenue” (ABC, 10 p.m.) had its own recent scare: It was canceled.
It’s Packers at Giants (NBC, 8:15 p.m.) in Sunday Night Football. Earlier NFL games include Minnesota at Chicago (Fox, 1 p.m.), Baltimore at San Diego (CBS, 4 p.m.) and San Francisco at Saints (Fox, 4:25 p.m.).
It’s the fictional hero from Persia, not the comedian, who is featured in the double feature “The Golden Voyage of Sinbad” (TCM, 8 p.m.) and “Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger” (TCM, 10 p.m.).
Sunday Talk
ABC: Sens. Lindsey Graham and Dick Durbin, Rep. Adam Smith, strategist Matthew Doud, Democratic spokesman Brad Woodhouse, Republican spokesman Sean Spicer. CBS: Presidential authors Jon Meacham, Evan Thomas, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Bob Woodward. NBC: Sen. Carl Levin, Reps. Peter King and Gregory Meeks. Republican official Carly Florina, Rev. Al Sharpton. CNN: Rep. Barney Frank, Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jon Kyl and Joe Lieberman. Fox News: Sen. John McCain.