Weekly TV Picks
SUNDAY, DEC. 17
Best Christmas
Pageant Ever
Familyland TV, 8 p.m.
In this 1983 TV movie based on Barbara Robinson’s 1972 novel of the same title, the bullying Herdman children take over the major roles in the school Christmas play and the story of Christ’s birth leads them to mend their ways. Re-airs 11 a.m. on Dec. 23.
SUN.-MON., DEC. 17-18
Dana’s Christmas
Special ’97
EWTN
On Sunday at 5 a.m. and Monday at 6 p.m., Irish singer Dana presents a family Christmas, singing carols and celebrating with Irish Christmas customs.
MONDAY, DEC. 18
Lost Worlds:
Jesus’
History Channel, 10 p.m.
Experts “construct”
TUESDAY, DEC. 19
I Want a Dog for Christmas,
Charlie Brown!
ABC, 8 p.m.
Charles M. Schulz’s comic strip “Peanuts” comes to life in this hour-long animated special about little ReRun’s wish to have a doggie pal at Christmas time.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20
Renee Fleming:
Sacred Songs and Carols
PBS, 9 p.m.
In a performance recorded last year in Germany’s Mainz Cathedral, soprano Renee Fleming, backed by the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, minimizes her operatic style as she sings “Adeste Fidelis,” “O, Holy Night” and Christmas pieces by Handel, Bach, Mozart, Berlioz, Gounod and Bernstein. A “Great Performances” re-air from 2005.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20
A World Premiere from
PBS, 10 p.m.
The Nashville Symphony, under Leonard Slatkin,
inaugurates its new
THURSDAY, DEC. 21
Cousins in Christ
EWTN, 5:30 p.m.
“Silent Night,” “Away in a Manger” and “O, Holy Night” are among the carols in this enjoyable hour-long concert by a Catholic group of double cousins.
FRIDAY, DEC. 22
A Very Ermey Christmas
History Channel, 11 p.m.
R. Lee Ermey recounts American
fighting men’s Christmases in wartime from
SATURDAY, DEC. 23
The Sound of Music
ABC, 7 p.m.
This classic from 1965 stars Julie Andrews in a film version
of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical about the early years of the real-life
Catholic von Trapp family of singers and their daring escape from Nazi-held
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- December 17-23, 2006