SUNDAY, NOV. 28

Games We Grew Up With

Home & Garden TV, 9 p.m.

Remember all the fun you had playing games in your sandbox and sandlot days? This nostalgia show will help you relive those happy times.

SUNDAY, NOV. 28

U.S.S. Arizona, with Dennis Haysbert

Discovery Channel, 9 p.m.

“Remember Pearl Harbor!” At 8:10 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941, a Japanese 1,760-lb. armor-piercing bomb hit the battleship U.S.S. Arizona, causing a massive explosion. The ship sank in just nine minutes. A few of the crew survived, but 1,177 did not. Actor Dennis Haysbert tells the story.

DAILY, NOV. 29-DEC. 7

Novena to the Immaculate Conception

Familyland TV, 12:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 5:30 p.m.

St. Maximilian Kolbe said Catholics should use the communications media for good purposes, and this Familyland TV feature is an example. Starting Monday, Nov. 29, we can join in this novena leading up to the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Dec. 8. Note: Airs at 5 p.m., not 5:30, on Sunday, Dec. 5.

TUESDAY, NOV. 30

“Mother Angelica Live” Classics: Advent

EWTN, 8 p.m.

Mother Angelica knows what Advent is all about. She says, “I pray every day that all our TV family will have the best Advent and Christmas you have ever had, giving to Him first. Give from your heart to Jesus first and then everyone else will have special value.”

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer

CBS, 8 p.m.

This unforgettable children' classic celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. The late Burl Ives provided the voice of Sam the Snowman, the singing narrator.

THURSDAY, DEC. 2

Classroom: The Greatest Journeys on Earth

History Channel, 6 a.m.

You might want to tape this episode, “Spain: Journeys through the Land of the Builders.” It focuses on the autonomous region of Catalonia in northeastern Spain, outlining its Catholic, Greek, Phoenician, Jewish, Roman, Arabic and French heritages.

FRIDAY, DEC. 3

Frosty the Snowman

CBS, 8 p.m.

The late comedian and actor Jimmy Durante narrated this beloved animated classic, which debuted in 1969. Following at 8:30 is a 1992 sequel, “Frosty Returns.”

SATURDAY, DEC. 4

Rescue at Dawn: The Los Banos Raid

History Channel, 9 a.m.

In a dramatic and successful raid in the Philippines on Feb. 23, 1945, U.S. paratroopers and Filipino guerrillas, accompanied by amphibious tanks, liberated more than 2,000 prisoners of war who were facing massacre by their Japanese captors. In this twohour special, four of the rescuers and a freed prisoner return to the site. Advisory: TV-PG.

Dan Engler writes from Santa Barbara, California.