Today on TV

• Joan of Arcadia (7 p.m., Ch. 2): God wants Joan to ask the school bully to be her date at a school dance.

• George Lopez (7 p.m., Ch. 4): George tries to keep Max believing in Santa.

• NBA basketball (7 p.m., Ch. 14): Sacramento Kings at Utah Jazz

• Married to the Kellys (7:30 p.m., Ch. 4): Tom spends Christmas Eve at his in-laws' house.

• JAG (8 p.m., Ch. 2): In a Christmas episode, Harm petitions to become Mattie's guardian.

• Hope & Faith (8 p.m., Ch. 4): Faith, who's helping with Hayley's Christmas play, learns a new actress has replaced her on her old soap opera.

• Miss Match (8 p.m., Ch. 5): In a Christmas episode, Michael's old girlfriend wants him back, and Serena wants to adopt a child.

• A Minute with Stan Hooper (8 and 8:30 p.m., Ch. 13): Not much of anybody was watching this sitcom on Wednesdays, so Fox is giving it a try on Friday with a pair of new installments (the first a Christmas episode).

• Life With Bonnie (8:30 p.m., Ch. 4): This Christmas episode finds Bonnie imagining herself in "It's a Wonderful Life" territory.

• The Handler (9 p.m., Ch. 2): Rita Moreno guest stars as Joe's former handler.

• Third Watch (9 p.m., Ch. 5): Monroe and Bosco help a guy whose Christmas gifts were stolen.

• 20/20 (9 p.m., Ch. 4): Oh, ick. Michael Jackson's parents are interviewed.

• TV's Naughtiest Blunders from Around the World (7 p.m., Ch. 13): More naughty bloopers.

• 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas (10 p.m., Cartoon): Ooooh, it's the Powerpuff Girls in an hourlong holiday special. That awful Princess Morbucks switches Santa's naughty and nice list, so she's the only kid in the world who gets her wish — to become a Powerpuff Girl. So Bubbles, Blossom and Buttercup have to use their superpowers to save Christmas. It's colorful, funny and very entertaining. (Also airs Saturday at 7 p.m.; Sunday at noon; and Monday, Dec. 22, at 11 a.m.)