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Must See HDTV (December 10th - 16th)

Richard Lawler
Senior News Editor
Updated ·4 min read
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It's that time of year, when our favorite TV shows go one winter break. There's a sudden flood of fall finales, so while most will be back in a few weeks/months, don't be surprised when your DVR is looking a little thin next week. Look below for the highlights this week, followed after the break by our weekly listing of what to look out for in TV, Blu-ray and videogames.

Syfy 20th Anniversary Special
Love it or hate it, the network formerly known as Sci Fi celebrates 20 years on the air tonight. The stars from some of its most loved shows will be stopping by to talk shop and celebrate with nods to shows like FarScape and Battlestar Galactica, as well as newer ones like Alphas and Haven and a peek at upcoming content like the platform-spanning Defiance.
(December 10th, Syfy, 9PM)

College football
The bowl season kicks off this weekend with the New Mexico bowl and Idaho Potato Bowl, but that's not all of the college football there is. Also keep an eye out for the Division II and III championships Friday night / Saturday afternoon if you'd like to get a preview of what a college football playoff is like.


Blu-ray & Games

  • Ted

  • Ice Age: Continental Drift (3D)

  • The Bourne Legacy

  • Girls (S1)

  • The Island (1980)

  • Death Valley

  • Heavyweights

  • The Joy Luck Club

  • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS3)

Monday

  • Texans/Patriots Monday Night Football, ESPN, 8:30PM

  • Syfy 20th Anniversary Special, Syfy, 9PM

  • Take It All (series premiere), NBC, 9:30PM

  • Michael Buble's Christmas Special, NBC, 10PM

  • American Country Awards 2012, Fox, 8PM

  • How I Met Your Mother, CBS, 8PM

  • 90210 (fall finale), CW, 8PM

  • Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States, Showtime, 8PM

  • WWE Raw, USA, 8PM

  • 2 Broke Girls, CBS, 9 & 9:30PM

  • Mel Brooks Strikes Again!, HBO, 9PM

  • Gossip Girl, CW, 9PM

  • Hawaii Five-0, CBS, 10PM

Tuesday

  • Raising Hope (fall finale), Fox, 8PM

  • Hart of Dixie (fall finale), CW, 8PM

  • The Voice, NBC, 8PM

  • Happy Endings, ABC, 9PM

  • Rizzoli & Isles, TNT, 9PM

  • New Girl, Fox (fall finale), 9PM

  • NCIS: LA, CBS, 9PM

  • Call Me Fitz, DirecTV, 9PM

  • Mankind: The Story of All of Us, History, 9PM

  • Take It All, NBC, 9PM

  • Less Than Kind, DirecTV, 9:30PM

  • The Mindy Project (fall finale), Fox, 9:30PM

  • Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23, ABC, 9:30PM

  • Private Practice, ABC, 10PM

  • Leverage, TNT, 10PM

  • Parenthood (fall finale), NBC, 10PM

  • Vegas, CBS, 10PM

  • Underemployed, MTV, 10PM

  • Flashpoint, Ion, 11PM

Wednesday

  • Arrow (fall finale), CW, 8PM

  • Whitney, NBC, 8PM

  • The Middle (fall finale), ABC, 8PM

  • WWE Main Event, Ion, 8PM

  • Survivor, CBS, 8PM

  • The X Factor, Fox, 8PM

  • The Neighbors (fall finale), ABC, 8:30PM

  • Criminal Minds (fall finale), CBS, 9PM

  • Modern Family (fall finale), ABC, 9PM

  • The Hour, BBC America, 9PM

  • Inside the NFL, Showtime, 9PM

  • Take It All, NBC, 9PM

  • Suburgatory, ABC, 9:30PM

  • Chicago Fire, NBC, 10PM

  • CSI (fall finale), CBS, 10PM

  • Nashville, ABC, 10PM

  • American Horror Story, FX, 10PM

  • Jim Rome on Showtime, Showtime, 10PM

  • NFL Turning Point, NBC Sports Network, 10PM

Thursday

  • Bengals/Eagles Thursday Night Football, NFL Network, 8PM

  • Lakers/Knicks, TNT, 8PM

  • Spurs/Trail Blazers, TNT, 10:30PM

  • The X Factor, Fox, 8PM

  • Last Resort (fall finale), ABC, 8PM

  • Up All Night (fall finale), NBC, 8 & 8:30PM

  • The Big Bang Theory (fall finale), CBS, 8PM

  • The Vampire Diaries (fall finale), CW, 8PM

  • Impact Wrestling, Spike TV, 8PM

  • Two And A Half Men (fall finale), CBS, 8:30PM

  • The Office, NBC, 9PM

  • Glee (fall finale), Fox, 9PM

  • Take It All, NBC, 9PM

  • Grey's Anatomy (fall finale), ABC, 9PM

  • Person of Interest, CBS (fall finale), 9PM

  • Beauty and the Beast (fall finale), CW, 9PM

  • Rock Center with Brian Williams, NBC, 10PM

  • Burn Notice, USA, 10PM

  • Elementary (fall finale), CBS, 10PM

  • Scandal (fall finale), ABC, 10PM

  • It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, FX, 10PM

  • The League, FX, 10:30 & 11PM

  • Unsupervised, FX, 11:30PM

Friday

  • NCAA Division III Football Championship: St. Thomas/Mount Union, ESPN2, 8PM

  • UFC on FX, FX, 9PM

  • Warriors/Magic, ESPN, 8PM

  • Grizzlies/Nuggets, ESPN, 10PM

  • Last Man Standing (fall finale), ABC, 8PM

  • Nikita, CW, 8PM

  • Malibu County (fall finale), ABC, 8:30PM

  • WWE SmackDown, Syfy, 8PM

  • Fringe, Fox, 9PM

  • Haven, Syfy, 10PM

  • Portlandia (special presentation), IFC, 10:30PM

  • Eugene Mirman: An Evening of Comedy in a Fake Underground Laboratory (special presentation), 11:59PM

Saturday

  • The Ultimate Fighter (season finale), FX, 9PM

  • Arizona/Nevada in the New Mexico Bowl, ESPN/ESPN 3D, 1PM

  • NCAA Division II Football Championship: Valdosta State/Winston-Salem, ESPN2, 1PM

  • Toledo/Utah State in the Idaho Potato Bowl, ESPN, 3:30PM

  • Saturday Night Live: Martin Short/Paul McCartney, NBC, 11:30PM

Sunday

  • 49ers/Patriots Sunday Night Football, NBC, 8:20PM

  • Survivor (season finale), CBS, 8:30PM

  • Survivor: The Reunion, CBS, 10:30PM

  • 60 Minutes, CBS, 7PM

  • The Cleveland Show (fall finale), Fox, 7:30PM

  • The Simpsons (fall finale), Fox, 8PM

  • Bob's Burgers (fall finale), Fox, 8:30PM

  • Dexter (season finale), Showtime, 9PM

  • Family Guy (fall finale), Fox, 9PM

  • American Dad (fall finale), Fox, 9:30PM

  • Homeland (season finale), Showtime, 10PM