LA times preview or Television this week Syfy presents the three-night mini-series Ascension, with Battlestar Galacticas Tricia Helfer Stephen Colbert bids The Colbert Report adieu on Comedy Central Seasonal specials include Elf: Buddys Musical Christmas and The Hollywood Christmas Parade SUNDAY Be his guest: Modern Familys Jesse Tyler Ferguson takes you Backstage With Disney on Broadway: Celebrating 20 Years. 7 p.m. ABC The 2014 comedy The Angriest Man in Brooklyn stars the late Robin Williams in one of his last roles. With Mila Kunis and Peter Dinklage. 8 p.m. Epix 90210s AnnaLynne McCord will be the finest lady in The Christmas Parade in this TV movie. 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel See how the presidents residence gets decked out for the holidays in the new special White House Christmas 2014. 8 p.m. HGTV Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2014. And who might they be? Scarlett Johansson and nine others. 9 p.m. ABC Aaron Sorkins The Newsroom signs off after three fast-walking, fast-talking seasons. 9 p.m. HBO MONDAY Kids say the darndest things about climate change and more in the two-part special Saving My Tomorrow. 7 and 7:30 p.m. HBO The singers sing, the votes are tabulated, and then a winner is announced on the two-night finale of The Voice. 8 p.m. NBC; also Tue., 9 p.m. Its back to Bluebell for Rachel Bilson with the season premiere of Hart of Dixie. 8 p.m. KTLA You got your CMAs, CMTs and ACMs. And now, your ACCAs — a.k.a. the American Country Countdown Awards. 8 p.m. Fox Ascension is the better part of valor in this three-night thriller about a super-secret space mission in the 1960s. With Brian Van Holt and Battlestar Galacticas Tricia Helfer. 9 p.m. Syfy; also Tue.-Wed. You dont need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows: The season premiere of Journey to Planet Earth ponders how climate change might lead to global political upheaval. 10 p.m. KOCE TUESDAY Elf: Buddys Musical Christmas is a tune-filled animated retelling of the hit 2003 comedy. With Jim Parsons. 8 p.m. NBC Follow the faithful to Lourdes, Mecca and other holy sites in the new six-part series Sacred Journeys With Bruce Feiler. 8 and 9 p.m. KOCE Making the grade? A new Nick News With Linda Ellerbee surveys the state of public education. 8 p.m. Nickelodeon That toddlin town! Chicago is the setting for the 30th season of The Real World. 10 p.m. MTV WEDNESDAY Who outwitted, outplayed and outlasted whom? Find out on the season finale of Survivor. 8 p.m. CBS Barbra Streisand, Ariana Grande and Miss Piggy make merry with Mssr. Bublé in Michael Bublés Christmas in New York. 8 p.m. NBC Pro wrestlings brutes and beauties salute our armed forces at the annual WWE Tribute to the Troops. 8 p.m. USA The Sing-Off returns with a one-night-only, winner-take-all a cappella competition. Nick Lachey hosts. 9 p.m. NBC THURSDAY The iHeartradio Jingle Ball 2014 boasts Iggy Azalea, Ariana Grande, Sam Smith and Taylor Swift, plus Pharrell Williams and whatever hat hes wearing this week. 8 p.m. KTLA Live from the waiting room at your dentists office, its the inaugural edition of the People Magazine Awards. 9 p.m. NBC White Collar calls it quits after six seasons. With Matt Bomer. 9 p.m. USA And now, a laugh from our sponsors with Funniest Commercials of the Year 2014. 10 p.m. Spike Mssr. OBrien brings some of his favorite remote sketches to primetime in the special Conan to Go. 10 p.m. TBS Stephen Colbert delivers The Colbert Report one last time before joining the ranks of the unemployed. And good luck finding a job in this economy. 11:30 p.m. Comedy Central FRIDAY The finish line is in sight on the season finale of The Amazing Race. 8 p.m. CBS As if Tinseltown needed any more tinsel, its The Hollywood Christmas Parade. 8 p.m. KTLA Ricky Gervais and Tina Fey join Kermit and company for the cameo-filled 2014 romp Muppets Most Wanted. 8 p.m. Starz Dwayne The Rock Johnson will lay the smack down on the holidays hosting Christmas in Washington 2014. 8 p.m. TNT Jennifer Hudson and Katharine McPhee shine a light on adoptions in the 16th-annual A Home for the Holidays. 9 p.m. CBS You are invited to spend Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Well, not the actual holiday. 9 p.m. KOCE SATURDAY Brooding adolescents in a dystopian future? That doesnt sound Divergent to us. Shailene Woodley and Kate Winslet star in this 2014 drama. 8 p.m. HBO True Bloods Kelly Overton stars in the new fantasy tale Back to Christmas and theres a Christmas Icetastrophe brewing in that new disaster flick. 9 p.m. Ion; 9 p.m. Syfy American Hustles Amy Adams takes a second turn hosting Saturday Night Live. 11:29 p.m. NBC
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