New and/or Notable TV

Thursday, December 20

Hoosiers (***), 7:30 p.m., TBS.
Bananas (****), 8 p.m., TCM.
Rushmore (***), COMEDY.
She Says: Women in News, 8 p.m., KCET.
Frontline: The Merchants of Cool, 9 p.m., KCET.
Kurt and Courtney (**), 9 p.m., SUNDANCE.

Friday, December 21

At Home for the Holidays with Mariah Carey, 8 p.m., CBS.
9/11 American Reflections, 9 p.m., KCET.
John Carpenter’s Vampires (**), 9 p.m., SCI FI.
The Raven (****), 9 p.m., AMC.
Shadows and Fog (**), 9:30 p.m., IFC.
Challenge in America with Erin Brockovich, 10 p.m., ABC.

Saturday, December 22

High Sierra (****), 7:30 p.m., TCM.
Driving Miss Daisy (***), 8 p.m., KCOP.
Face/Off (***), 8 p.m., NBC.
Rain Man (***), 8 p.m., USA.
Santa Claus: The Movie (**), 8 p.m., KTLA.
Utz (***), 9 p.m., KCET.
The Great Waldo Pepper (***), 9:30 p.m., AMC.

Sunday, December 23

A Shot in the Dark (****), 7:30 p.m., AMC.
Jingle All the Way (*), 7:30 p.m., ABC.
Valmont (***), 7:30 p.m., BRAVO.
Beloved (***), 8 p.m., NBC.
Bladerunner (****), 8 p.m., SCI FI.
Never Say Never Again (**), 8 p.m., KTLA.
American Masters, Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance, 9 p.m., KCET.

Monday, December 24

It’s A Wonderful Life (****), 8 p.m., NBC.
Los Angeles County Holiday Celebration, 7:30 p.m., KCET.
Ernest Saves Christmas (**), 8 p.m., ABC.
The Apartment (****), 9 p.m., TCM.
29th Street (***), 9 p.m., BRAVO.
Miracle on 34th Street (Natalie Wood Version) (****), 9:30 p.m., AMC.

Tuesday, December 25

A Christmas Story (****), all day and night, TNT.
An Affair to Remember (****), 7:30 p.m., AMC.
Alien (****), 8 p.m., SCI FI.
Cinderella (1999) (**), 8 p.m., BRAVO.
Scrooged (***), 8 p.m., TNT.
Rediscovering Dave Brubeck, 9 p.m., KCET.
Holiday Festival on Ice, 10 p.m., NBC.

Wednesday, December 26

The Natural (***), 7:30 p.m., AMC.
Tom Thumb (***), 7:30 p.m., TCM.
Grease (***), 9 p.m., TBS.
The Hidden (***), 9 p.m., SCI FI.
The Nutcracker Ballet, 9 p.m., KCET.
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, 9 p.m., TCM.