The Final installment of What’s On? for 2024 is predictably light as holiday programming takes over during the next 2 weeks with the celebration of Christmas & New Year’s. The next 2 weeks see the premiere of Peacock’s new horror series Teacup (airing on Showcase), the return of Maestro in Blue, The Dragon Prince & Virgin River and the series finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks, What If…, What We Do in the Shadows & Yellowstone. In addition, Bad Sisters, Before, Dune: Prophecy, Get Millie Back & Shrinking conclude their current season.
On the reality and game show front, Amazon Prime Video’s new competition series Beast Games premieres, while The Great Christmas Light Fight (ABC), Survivor (CBS), Lego Masters, The Floor & The Masked Singer (FOX), Scrabble & Trivial Pursuit (The CW), Christmas Cookie Challenge, Holiday Baking Championship & Holiday Wars (Food Network) and Christina in the Country, Hoarder House Flippers & Windy City Rehab (HGTV) conclude their current season.
Other highlights include the premiere of several holiday specials: iHeartRadio Jingle Ball (ABC), A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special (NBC) and Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade (ABC).
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Happy Holidays and Happy Viewing!
SUNDAY DECEMBER 15
Yellowstone – SERIES FINALE (Paramount+)
MYSTERIES UNEARTHED WITH DANNY TREJO – SERIES PREMIERE (History Canada @ 9pm ET)
Danny Trejo explores the world’s most significant discoveries and the unexpected ways they were found.
MONDAY DECEMBER 16
The Neighborhood – Season 7 Fall Finale (Global and CBS @ 8pm ET)
Poppa’s House – Season 1 Fall Finale (Global and CBS @ 8:30pm ET)
NCIS – Season 22 Fall Finale (Global and CBS @ 9pm ET)
NCIS: Origins – Season 1 Fall Finale (Global and CBS @ 10pm ET)
What We Do in the Shadows – SERIES FINALE (FX Canada @ 10pm ET)
TUESDAY DECEMBER 17
FBI – Season 7 Fall Finale (Global and CBS @ 8pm ET)
Lego Masters – SEASON 3 FINALE (FOX @ 8pm ET and CTV @ 9pm ET)
St. Denis Medical – Season 1 Fall Finale (CTV and NBC @ 8pm ET)
Night Court – Season 3 Fall Finale (CTV and NBC @ 8:30pm ET)
FBI: International – Season 4 Fall Finale (Global and CBS @ 9pm ET)
FBI: Most Wanted – Season 6 Fall Finale (Global and CBS @ 10pm ET)
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18
iHeartRadio Jingle Ball – 2hr Special (ABC @ 8pm ET)
Performances by the year’s biggest artists.
Survivor – SEASON 47 FINALE (Global and CBS @ 8pm ET)
The Masked Singer – SEASON 12 FINALE (CTV and FOX @ 8pm ET)
Hoarder House Flippers – SEASON 2 FINALE (HGTV Canada @ 9pm ET)
The Floor – SEASON 2 FINALE (FOX @ 9:02pm ET)
THURSDAY DECEMBER 19
BEAST GAMES – SERIES PREMIERE (Amazon Prime Video)
A 1,000 contestants compete in physical, mental and social challenges, for a chance to win a five million dollar cash prize.
The Dragon Prince – SEASON 7 PREMIERE (Netflix) *Final Season*
Virgin River – SEASON 6 PREMIERE (Netflix)
Ghosts – Season 4 Fall Finale (Global and CBS @ 8pm ET)
The Great Christmas Light Fight – SEASON 12 FINALE (ABC @ 9pm ET)
Elsbeth – Season 2 Fall Finale (Global and CBS @ 10pm ET)
Star Trek: Lower Decks – SERIES FINALE (CTV Sci-fi Channel @ 10pm ET)
Christmas Cookie Challenge – SEASON 8 FINALE (Food Network Canada @ 10pm ET)
FRIDAY DECEMBER 20
Before – SEASON 1 FINALE (Apple TV+)
SUNDAY DECEMBER 22
What If… – SEASON 3 PREMIERE (Disney+) *Final Season*
The Big Bake – SEASON 4 FINALE (Food Network Canada @ 9pm ET)
Dune: Prophecy – SEASON 1 FINALE (HBO Canada @ 9pm ET)
Holiday Wars – SEASON 6 FINALE (Food Network Canada @ 10pm ET)
MONDAY DECEMBER 23
A SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL – 2hr Special (Global and NBC @ 9pm ET)
The late-night program highlights a star-studded collection of Christmas-themed sketches from its 50 seasons.
Get Millie Back – SEASON 1 FINALE (HBO Canada @ 9pm ET)
Holiday Baking Championship – SEASON 11 FINALE (Food Network Canada @ 9pm ET)
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 25
Bad Sisters – SEASON 2 FINALE (Apple TV+)
Shrinking – SEASON 2 FINALE (Apple TV+)
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade – 2hr Special (ABC @ 10am ET)
A Christmas parade, musical performances and celebrity guests celebrate the holiday.
THURSDAY DECEMBER 26
Squid Game – SEASON 2 PREMIERE (Netflix)
Scrabble – SEASON 1 FINALE (The CW @ 8pm ET)
Trivial Pursuit – SEASON 1 FINALE (The CW @ 9pm ET)
Windy City Rehab – SEASON 4 FINALE (HGTV Canada @ 9pm ET)
Christina in the Country – SEASON 2 FINALE (HGTV Canada @ 10pm ET)
SATURDAY DECEMBER 28
Maestro in Blue – SEASON 3 PREMIERE (Netflix) *Final Season*
SUNDAY DECEMBER 29
What If… – SERIES FINALE (Disney+)
MONDAY DECEMBER 30
TEACUP – SERIES PREMIERE (Showcase @ 9pm ET)
Trapped on a farm in rural Georgia, a group of neighbours must put aside their differences and unite in the face of a mysterious and deadly threat.
TUESDAY DECEMBER 31
CBC News Presents: Canada Live! Countdown 2025 – 7.5hr Special (CBC News Network @ 8pm ET and CBC @ 9pm ET)
Ringing in the 2025 new year with Chief Correspondent Adrienne Arsenault and National host Ian Hanomansing.
CNN New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen – 4.5hr Special (CNN @ 8pm ET)
Hosting CNN’s New Year’s Eve celebration from Times Square in New York City; special guests and performances including Meghan Trainor, Sting, Shania Twain, Diplo, Lil Jon, and Patti LaBelle.
New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash – 2hr Special (CBS @ 10:30pm ET)
A celebration of the new year with performances by some of the biggest artists in country music; Keith Urban and Rachel Smith host.
Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025 – 3hr Special (Citytv and ABC @ 11:30pm ET)
Ryan Seacrest and Rita Ora host New Year’s Eve festivities from New York’s Times Square; Dayanara Torres co-hosts from Puerto Rico.Rico; performances from Carrie Underwood, Megan Moroney, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Jonas Brothers.