SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 1873 -- Pictured: (l-r) Devon Walker as Black Santa and James Austin Johnson as White Santa during the "Mall Santas" sketch on Saturday, December 14, 2024 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC)

Best-bets for Dec. 23: Santa’s jolly bag of reruns

1) “A Saturday Night Live Christmas,” 9-11 p.m., NBC. This special – airing for the second time in six days — grabs highlights from 50 years of “SNL.” It can range from Chevy Chase to Bowen Yang … with a white-haired Steve Martin somehow around during the full span. (Shown here is this year’s Black Santa/White Santa sketch, not necessarily part of the special.)
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1) “A Saturday Night Live Christmas,” 9-11 p.m., NBC. This special – airing for the second time in six days — grabs highlights from 50 years of “SNL.” It can range from Chevy Chase to Bowen Yang … with a white-haired Steve Martin somehow around during the full span. (Shown here is this year’s Black Santa/White Santa sketch, not necessarily part of the special.)

2) “Christmas at Graceland,” 8 p.m., NBC. This reruns a special last year that aired live from the Elvis estate. It has stars from country (Dolly Parton, Kane Brown, Lainey Wilson, Kacey Musgraves) and beyond (Jennifer Hudson, Jon Bon Jovi, John Legend, Alanis Morissette, Post Malone, Lana Del Rey).

3) More Christmas. The Disney Channel has cartoon compilations, “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas” and its sequel, at 6:50 and 8 p.m. Others have familiar films – “Elf,” 8 p.m., AMC; the “Home Alone” films, 6:30 and 9 p.m., Freeform; and the “Santa Clause” ones, at 4, 6 and 8 p.m., FX.

4) “Bob (Hearts) Abishola,” 8 and 8:30 p.m., CW. In better times – well, last year – this excellent comedy aired every Monday on CBS. Now we’ll settle for reruns. In the first, Bob and Abishola have different views of Valentine’s Day. The second has his mom and her aunt and uncle trying to get along.

5) “NCIS: Origins,” 10 p.m., CBS. This reruns the second half of the series opener. It’s a good one, with the widowed Gibbs facing a comples sniper case, while dealing with his high-octane boss, Mike Franks.

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