The Monday Self-help guide to TV: A Holiday Closer, Charlie Brown plus much more Country Honours

The Closer Is he an excellent Santa or possibly a poor Santa? Appears just like a situation for Brenda Leigh Manley (Kyra Sedgwick), and in a really cheesy Christmas episode of TNT's The Closer (9/8c) - one of many holiday episodes we'll be striking the scales relating to this week - the Santa is question (and under questioning) is carried out by Fred Willard, so no less than you understand you'll be entertained. Each time a fellow Santa is destroyed within a sabotaged zip-line stunt within the "North Pole Village" run by Willard, he's brought to the precinct entirely costume, consuming and smoking and barfing and raving. This makes great dismay for Christmas-loving Buzz (Phillip P. Keene, resplendent in the reindeer sweater), who's based on his mind-turning sister Casey (FlashForward's Christine Forest), an instantaneous favorite among the males inside the precinct, known to sooner or later having a petulant Brenda as searching "like lots of diabetes patients waiting while watching old fashion old fashion candy store." Nevertheless the finest gift of personally might be the return of Mark Pellegrino within the devilishly funny turn as Brenda's crazy lawyer, who's asking for more earnings to continue concentrating on her federal suit. In the event you request me, he's worthwhile.The cartoon classic that defines Christmas TV, A Charlie Brown Christmas, returns to ABC (8/7c), which i'm able to already feel myself dancing around the room compared to that jazzy Vince Guaraldi score. This year, it's combined with completely new Prep & Landing cartoon Naughty Versus. Nice (8:30/7:30c), through which elves Lanny and Wayne race in order to save classified North Pole technology in the Naughty Kid hacker.Want more fall TV news? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!Another week, another country-music extravaganza where someone's supplying honours. Altering Fox's regular selection for your evening, the second annual American Country Honours enables fans election for faves in many groups, including touring. Trace Adkins hosts from Las vegas with Kristin Chenoweth, and artists include Alabama - champion in the Finest Hits Award - and Toby Keith, whose new hit "Red-colored-colored Solo Cup" can also be featured on Tuesday night's Glee. As you'd expect, last season's The The American Idol Show Show country faves Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina return to the network that gave them their large break.The CBS comedy watch: When last we left The Way In Which I Met Your Mother (8/7c), Robin had just told Barney she's pregnant. But that's not the ultimate spanner coming their way. ... On 2 Broke Women (8:30/7:30c), the Brooklyn babes plan to discover a work for their old friend Chestnut, the equine which lives inside their backyard, expecting finding him some winter shelter. Because, really, that joke had carried out itself through the second episode. ... Walden is caught between two women on two and a half Males (9/8c), when his romancing of latest girlfriend Zoey (Sophie Winkleman) is interrupted with the surprise return of ex-wife Bridget (Judy Greer). I mention this mainly to call your concentrate on Judy Greer's terrific operate in a small but pivotal role opposite George Clooney inside the terrific new movie The Descendants. Still wanting she lands popular Tv program of her sooner or later. Also within this episode: Melanie Lynskey as Rose, who we have not seen since Charley's funeral.Shipper alert: Tonight's Castle (ABC, 10/9c) puts Castle and Beckett in bed mattress together - there's however a twist. (Isn't there always?) They're handcuffed in the locked room, with no clue in regards to the whys and wherefores from the predicament.Just what else is on? ... Cinemax premieres the Oscar-winning documentary online video Others Ignore (6:45/5:45c), about existence in the public school in Tel Aviv where Jews, Muslims and Christian followers live and concentrate together, researching tolerance in a component of the planet where that might be an problem. ... A&E checks the search for your New You are able to Killer in the two-hour true crime special (9/8c). ... Syfy's pointing Peter Pan fantasy Neverland concludes (9/8c), getting an evaluation of youthful Peter's loyalty. In the event you missed the initial half Sunday evening, it's repeated at 7/6c. ... NBC's The Sing-Off crowned its champion (Pentatonix) the other day, and returns for just about any live Sing-Off Christmas special, with groups the 3 seasons undertaking holiday music with the idol idol judges, plus a duet with Sara Bareilles and Ben Folds. ... Around the two-hour American Chopper (Discovery, 9/8c), tabloid terror Jesse James returns for the network the first time since 2006 to battle the two Paul Teutels (Senior and Junior) in the motorcycle-building contest. Fans can election for favorite in the three teeth, as well as the results will probably be introduced in the live episode Tuesday. ... In VH1's docu-series T.I. & Small: Your Family Hustle (9/8c), cameras follow Grammy-winning rapper T.I. while he reunites along with his wife Tameka ("Small") and family carrying out a 12-month prison sentence. ... In Sundance's The Shocked Periods (8/7c), interviewer David Nadelberg excavates celebrities' childhood photos, journals, letters together with other potentially embarrassing souvenirs to exhibit what built them into who they may be today. To begin with with the spine-to-back episodes: Erection dysfunction Helms, Mo'Nique and Eric Stonestreet.Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!