Mike Hughes on TV

1) “A Home For the Holidays,” 8 p.m., CBS. Each year, this offers a warm finale to a crowded season of new Christmas specials. It’s the 25th year for “Home,” which has profiles of adoptions, alongside passionate music. This time Katharine McPhee (shown here in aprevious event) hosts and performs with her husbannd, David Foster. Also performing are Pentatonix, Gavin DeGraw, CeCe Winans and Lauren Daigle. Read more…

1) “iHeartRadio Jingle Ball,” 8-10 p.m., ABC. Holiday music gets a brisk, pop-music feel from Olivia Rodrigo (shown here in a previous concert), Niall Horan, Sza, Sabrina Carpenter and more. There’s Pentatonix, OneRepublic, Jelly Roll, AJR, Flo Ridda, Melanie Martinez, David Kushner, Doechii, Paul Russell and Big Time Rush. And alongside that youthful bunch, Cher, 77, performs “Believe,” her hit from 25 years ago. Read more…

1) “Survivor” finale, 8-11 p.m., CBS. This started with three lawyers (some of them keeping that a secret) and 15 others, including a nurse, a bartender and a truck driver. And now? All the lawyers are still there – Julie Alley, 49, and Katarah Topps, 35 (they’re shown here, center and right, in a glimpse from last week) plus Jake O’Kane, 26. But 13 of the others are gone, leaving only Austin Li Coon, a grad student, and Dee Valladares, an entrepreneur, both 26. Tonight, we’ll have a winner and a 10 p.m. after-show. Read more…

1) “A Murder at the End of the World” finale, Hulu. Over six previous episodes, we’ve seen strangers meet in an eerily futuristic house, in a menacingly remote piece of Iceland. Now three of them are dead and the police are stymied by a snowstorm. A youmg genius (superbly played by Emma Corrin, shown here, who was the first Diana in “The Crown”) must solve this. In the best mystery tradition, it’s a result few people would have predicted. Read more…

1) “The Voice,” 8-10, NBC. The final five get one more chance. There are two singers apiece with Reba McEntire (Jacquie Roar and Ruby Leigh) and Niall Horan (Huntley, shown here, and Mara Justine), one with John Legend (Lila Forde) and none with Gwen Stefani. They’ll each do a ballad and an uptempo song; Also, Bryce Leatherwood, the winner a year ago, performs. Viewers will vote and learn Tuesday who won. Read more…

1) “Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Celebration,” 8:30-10:30 p.m., CBS (but 8-10 p.m. on the West Coast).We’ll overlook the fact that Nelson’s 90th birthday was 233 days ago. Any excuse to hear this 12-time Grammy-winner (shown here) is fine. Also performing are his sons, plus stars from country (George Strait, Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton) and beyond (Keith Richards, Norah Jones, Dave Matthews, Sheryl Crow, Beck, Gary Clark Jr. and Snoop Dogg). Read more…