What To Watch: Bachelorette Picks A Mate, Cancelled NEXT Ends And More

On TV this Tuesday: The A.I. drama NEXT powers down, Swamp Thing wraps its CW run and Tayshia Adams chooses a soulmate. Here are 11 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern.

Showtimes for December 22, 2020

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The Bachelorette

ABC

Season 16 finale: Tayshia's father voices concerns about the remaining men ahead of an emotional proposal day.  (When does The Bachelor premiere?)

The Christmas High Note

Lifetime

TV-movie premiere: A recently dumped vocal coach (Melrose Place's Jamie Luner) falls for a teen student's father (Jane the Virgin's Johnny Messner).

The Haves and the Have Nots

OWN

Katheryn uses her powers to help the "Have Nots" and get revenge.

NEXT

Fox

Series finale (two episodes): Shea and LeBlanc make a last-ditch effort to destroy NEXT and save their lives — and the world. (One of 2020's Worst!)

The Price Is Right at Night

CBS

Festive families come on down for their chance to win some holiday-themed prizes. (Additional primetime specials air Jan. 6, 13 and 27.)

Swamp Thing

The CW

Broadcast finale: Swamp Thing fights back, but it's farrrrrr too late; Abby comes up against Jason Woodrue. (Get CW midseason dates.)

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A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special

NBC

Encore presentation: All the Schweddy Balls you can handle are served during this look back at classic holiday sketches.

First Christmas

OWN

TV-movie premiere: A writer (Rizzoli & Isles' Idara Victor) spends Christmas in New Orleans with the biological family she never knew she had.

Let's Make a Deal Primetime

CBS

Bull's Christopher Jackson makes an appearance as contestants partake in a series of festively themed games.

Under the Grapefruit Tree: The CC Sabathia Story

HBO

The feature-length documentary chronicles the life and career of the former New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers and Cleveland Indians pitcher.

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Supermarket Sweep

ABC

Special night and time: The Leslie Jones-hosted game-show revival gets a post-Bachelorette showcase.


On Dec. 22, 1997, Hunter Tylo was awarded $4.9 million by a jury that found she was wrongfully terminated by Melrose Place producers, who had argued she could not play a seductress while pregnant. Who wound up filling the role?

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