TV This Week for Dec. 1 - 7: ‘Kirstie’ on TV Land

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This week’s TV Movies

SUNDAY

Now that’s old school! Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan take part in a salute to Dionne Warwick at the “Soul Train Awards 2013.� 8 p.m. BET

Nicollette Sheridan gets in “The Christmas Spirit� and Mary-Louise Parker and Andy Garcia celebrate “Christmas in Conway� in these new TV movies. 8 p.m. Hallmark; 9 p.m. ABC

Meanwhile, Ashley Scott, Patrick Muldoon and Uggie — the dog from “The Artist� — take a “Holiday Road Trip� in this made-for-cable fable. 9 p.m. Ion

Cousin Matthew and Lady Sybil are gone, but their memories linger on in the special “Return to Downton Abbey� hosted by Susan Sarandon. 9 and 10:30 p.m. KOCE

Call it the Big Easy, the Crescent City or simply “N’awlins,� prepare to bid New Orleans adieu as “Treme� returns for its final five episodes. 9 p.m. HBO

MONDAY

Lend me a tenor: The late, great opera star Luciano Pavarotti is remembered on “Great Performances.� 7 p.m. KOCE

The Peanuts gang discovers the reason for the season in the animated classic “A Charlie Brown Christmas.� 8 p.m. ABC

It’s the more the merrier when Trace Adkins, Luke Bryan, Sheryl Crow, Jake Owen, Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker, Mary J. Blige and Rascal Flatts join host Jennifer Nettles for a “CMA Country Christmas.� 9 p.m. ABC

“The Battle of amfAR� recalls how Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor helped launch America’s first AIDS research foundation. 9 p.m. HBO

What a way to go! The new series “Best Funeral Ever� spotlights a Dallas funeral home that specializes in spectacular send-offs. 10 and 10:30 p.m. TLC

TUESDAY

Alabama, Lady Antebellum, Travis Tritt and Dwight Yoakam will be in Nashville, natch, for “CMT Artists of the Year 2013.� 8 p.m. CMT

“What Would You Do?� That is once again the question when this hidden-camera series returns with new episodes. 10 p.m. ABC

Those who like their holiday with a little more humidity can join Shelby “The Swamp Man� Stanga for “A Very Shelby Christmas.� 10 p.m. History

WEDNESDAY

And it’s the more-er the merrier-er when Mary J. Blige, Toni Braxton, Mariah Carey, Kelly Clarkson and Jewel perform on “Christmas in Rockefeller Center.� 8 p.m. NBC

“On the Table With Eric Ripert� has the acclaimed chef just chilling in his kitchen with famous foodies like Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali. 8 and 8:30 p.m. Esquire TV

“Saturday Night Live� is back in prime-time to stuff your stocking with classic Christmas-themed sketches. 9 p.m. NBC

The wide world of sports grows wider still when athletes, experts and others weigh in on the “State of Play� in this new docu-series hosted by Peter Berg. 9 p.m. HBO

The seamier side of 1940s L.A. is on full display in “Mob City,� a new limited series from Frank Darabont. “The Walking Dead’s� Jon Bernthal stars. 9 p.m. TNT

She wants to be where everybody knows her name, which must be why “Cheers’� Kirstie Alley has landed at TV Land with her new sitcom “Kirstie.� Rhea Pearlman and Michael Richards also star. 10 and 10:30 p.m. TV Land

See how the Golden State got this way when California’s natural history is explored in “Echoes of a Lost Valley.� 10:30 p.m. KCET

THURSDAY

Nerd alert! Ira Flatow, host of NPR’s “Science Friday,� guest stars as himself on “The Big Bang Theory.� 8 p.m. CBS

Carrie Underwood, Audra McDonald and Stephen Moyer — these are a few of your favorite stars having a go at a classic in “The Sound of Music Live!� 8 p.m. NBC

“Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor� features funny folks like Lewis Black and Zach Galifianakis tutoring wounded vets in the ways of stand-up. 8 p.m. Showtime

Two comics walk into a bar … and there you have “Best Bars in America,� a nationwide survey of destination drinkeries. 9 and 10 p.m. Esquire TV

Home-cooked meals become a high-stakes proposition in the reality competition “Come Dine With Me.� 10 and 11 p.m. Lifetime

FRIDAY

Stand-up guys and gals like Jerry Seinfeld and Sarah Silverman pay homage to the house Budd Friedman built in “The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall.� 8 p.m. Epix

No one will be winning any awards at “The Grammy Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music’s Biggest Night� hosted by LL Cool J. 10 p.m. CBS

SATURDAY

Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman and Matthew Goode form an odd triangle in director Park Chan-wook’s creepy 2013 thriller “Stoker.� 8 p.m. HBO

Wise guy, eh? Former mobster Lou Ferrante is your guide to the criminal underworld in “Inside the Gangsters’ Code.� 9, 10 and 11 p.m. Discovery

Dwayne Johnson is between a rock and a hard place in the 2013 action-drama “Snitch.� The aforementioned Susan Sarandon and Jon Bernthal also star. 10 p.m. Cinemax