Today on TV

Published: Tuesday, Dec. 14 2004 12:00 a.m. MST

New Orleans Bowl (5:30 p.m., ESPN): The bowl season begins (pointlessly) with a match-up between North Texas (7-4) and Southern Mississippi (6-5).

Karroll's Christmas (6 and 8 p.m., A&E): Tom Everett Scott stars as a Scrooge-like Christmas-card salesman who gets visited by ghosts in this latest re-imagining of Dickens' tale.

NCIS (7 p.m., Ch. 2): Tony goes undercover as a prisoner.

I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (7 p.m., Ch. 4): 2003 animation. (Repeat)

The Rebel Billionaire (7 p.m., Ch. 13): The eight remaining contestants (including Utahn Shawn Nelson) travel to Morocco.

The Legend of Earthsea (7, 9 and 11 p.m., Sci Fi): The conclusion of this this two-part TV movie. (Part 1 will be repeated at 5 p.m., if you missed it.)

Amazing Race (8 p.m., Ch. 2): Tempers flare at the airport where one team is angered by two others working together.

House (8 p.m., Ch. 13): House doesn't realize a nun's past is coming back to haunt her.

Veronica Mars (8 p.m., Ch. 24): Veronica tries to figure out who stole Weevil's poker winnings.

Scorsese on Scorsese (8 p.m., TCM): This hourlong interview/biography/filmography looks at the director's life.

Judging Amy (9 p.m., Ch. 2): Amy's daughter wants to go live with her father.

NYPD Blue (9 p.m., Ch. 4): Sipowicz finds Bale's credit card in a crime suspect's home and has to confront the lieutenant with his findings.

Video Game Awards (7 p.m., Spike): Snoop Dogg hosts this second-annual event. Really.