Saturday, Sunday on TV
Published: Friday, Dec. 5, 2003 11:18 a.m. MST
Saturday on TV
- College football: Army vs. Navy (2 p.m., Ch. 2); SEC championship — Georgia vs. LSU (6 p.m., Ch. 2); Big 12 championship — Kansas State vs. Oklahoma
- It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (8 p.m., Ch. 5): Entertaining 2002 telefilm. (Repeat)
- Word of Honor (8 p.m., TNT): Don Johnson stars in this dark TV movie as the commander of a troop of U.S. soldiers accused of committing a horrific war crime 30 years earlier in Vietnam.
- About Schmidt (9 p.m., Starz): Jack Nicholson stars in this dark 2002 comedy. (Rated R)
- Saturday Night Live (10:30 p.m., Ch. 30): Well, how weird is this? Al Sharpton is the guest host.
Sunday on TV
- NFL football: Colts at Titans (11 a.m., Ch. 2); Cowboys at Eagles (11 a.m., Ch. 13); Chiefs at Broncos (2:15 p.m., Ch. 2); Panthers at Falcons (6:30 p.m., ESPN)
- 60 Minutes (6 p.m., Ch. 2): Reports on democracy in Iraq and a lawsuit against Abercrombie and Fitch.
- The Wizard of Oz (6 p.m., Ch. 30): Classic film. (Repeat)
- A Carol Christmas (6 p.m., Hallmark): Tori Spelling stars in yet another twist on Dickens.
- King of the Hill (6:30 p.m., Ch. 13): The Hills' house is infested with mold.
- Cold Case (7 p.m., Ch. 2): A caller tells Lilly he committed murder 14 years ago.
- The Simpsons (7 p.m., Ch. 13): Krusty is bar mitzvahed.
- The Commies (7 p.m., Comedy Central): Andy Richter hosts yet another new awards show — this one for comedic performances in movies and TV.
- Bernie Mac (7:30 p.m., Ch. 13): Bernie battles the neighbor over Jordan's tree house.
- NBA basketball (7:30 p.m., Ch. 14): Utah Jazz at Los Angeles Lakers — the first time ex-Jazzman Karl Malone has played against Utah.
- Undercover Christmas (8 p.m., Ch. 2): Jamie Gertz stars in this TV movie as a cocktail waitress taken into protective custody by the FBI during the holidays.
- Alias (8 p.m., Ch. 4): Will suddenly resurfaces.
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (8 p.m., Ch. 5): 1989 comedy. (Repeat)
- Christmas Devotional (8 p.m., Ch. 11): Members of the LDS First Presidency speak.
- Malcolm in the Middle (8 p.m., Ch. 13): Malcolm catches his mother sneaking a cigarette.
- Arrested Development (8:30 p.m., Ch. 13): Lucille and George Sr. have a conjugal visit in prison.
- The Practice (9 p.m., Ch. 4): Shore represents a teenage drug dealer accused of murder.
- Saturday Night Live Christmas (9 p.m., Ch. 30): Sketches from the years 1975-2002.
- Picking Up and Dropping Off (9 p.m., ABC Family): Weak romantic comedy about single parents (Scott Wolf and Amanda Detmer) who fall in love during the holidays when they're picking up and dropping off their kids at the airport.
- Angels in America (9 p.m., HBO): The first three hours of this excellent six-hour adaptation of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, with a cast that includes Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson. This is the event of the TV season, at least to this point. (Concludes Dec. 14)
- Ancient Egyptians (9 and 10 p.m., TLC): First two parts of a fascinating four-part documentary series that re-creates what life was like for the pharaoh and his subjects.
