What to Watch This Weekend: The Season/Series Finales of Craig Ferguson's Late Late Show, Korra, The Amazing Race, Homeland, and The Affair
What to watch on Friday, December 19...
SERIES PREMIERE, 12:01am, Netflix
All Hail King Julien
The Lord of the Lemurs takes center stage in this animated spinoff of the Madagascar film franchise. The first five episodes will be available today, with future installments being released throughout 2015.
SEASON 25 FINALE, 8pm, CBS
The Amazing Race
The final four teams tackle the final leg of the trek in "All or Nothing." The first one to cross the finish line in Los Angeles nets the $1 million prize.
SERIES PREMIERE, 8pm, NBC
Caught on Camera With Nick Cannon
Hijinks, shenanigans, and tomfoolery captured by personal recording devices the world over are collected and presented. (Presumably the title means that Nick Cannon is the host, and not that every video will involve people who appeared on camera alongside Nick Cannon. Because that could get old pretty fast.)
8pm, TNT
Christmas in Washington 2014
Dwayne Johnson hosts the 33rd annual festivities from the National Building Museum, and some of his good friends like Aloe Blacc, Hunter Hayes, and Darius Rucker just might stop by to perform a few ditties.
SERIES FINALE, 9pm, Nicktoons
The Legend of Korra
"Day of the Colossus" and "The Last Stand" find Korra and her allies squaring off against Kuvira and her giant honkin' robot of spirit-laser doom in a final showdown in Republic City.
9pm, CBS
A Home for the Holidays
The inspirational stories of adoptive families are spotlighted in the 16th annual special to raise awareness of adoption. Jennifer Hudson, Earth Wind & Fire, Katharine McPhee, and more are scheduled to appear.
9pm, PBS
Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Dramatic soprano Deborah Voigt and actor John Rhys-Davies join the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra for a Christmas concert from Salt Lake City's Temple Square. Selections will include "The Holly and the Ivy," "The Twelve Days of Christmas," and "Ring Those Christmas Bells."
SERIES FINALE, 12:37am, CBS
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Craig concludes his 10-year run, joined by final guest and veteran late-night-talk-show departer Jay Leno.
LATE-NITE:
– Ben Stiller, Brie Larson, and Damon Wayans on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, 11:35pm, NBC
– Jay Thomas, Josh Brolin, and Darlene Love on Late Show with David Letterman, 11:35pm, CBS
WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING TONIGHT?
What to watch on Saturday, December 20...
MOVIE PREMIERE, 9pm, Syfy
Christmas Icetastrophe
A small town preparing for Noel finds its halls decked not with boughs of holly but with asteroid collisions and deadly temperatures. Can the plucky locals save the world from frosty destruction without getting "Let it Go" stuck in their heads the whole time?
9pm, BBC America
Atlantis
With Ariadne in dire straits in "The Grey Sisters," Jason must undertake a perilous mission that leads straight to Pasiphae and Medea.
9pm, Starz
The Missing
Tony covers his tracks and Julien confronts a threat in 2006 in "Concrete." In the present day, Tony and Julien are on the trail of a possible source of new leads.
10pm, TNT
Transporter: The Series
Frank is tasked with schlepping a singer to and from her concert venues in "Diva." But the hard part of the job isn't the motorcycle-riding gunmen who are targeting them—it's trying to get the heck out of a stadium parking lot after a concert.
11:30pm, NBC
Saturday Night Live
Host Amy Adams reteams with musical guest One Direction, her old co-stars from The Muppets. Wait, what? I'm sorry, I'm being told One Direction are not technically classified as Muppets. What to Watch This Weekend regrets the error.
WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING TONIGHT?
What to watch on Sunday, December 21...
8pm, PBS
Tales From the Royal Bedchamber
Historian Lucy Worsley hosts this tour of the sleeping quarters where British monarchs have rested their royal heads. She examines how the opulence of the accoutrements have reflected the power of the monarchy at different points in time, and charts the historical interest with Britain's kings and queens and their families and successors.
8pm, TNT
The Librarians
The Serpent Brotherhood plans to assassinate Kris Kringle in "And Santa's Midnight Run"—y'know, just in case calling themselves "the Serpent Brotherhood" didn't drive their black-hat nature home solidly enough. Can the Librarians save Christmas and help Santa pull off his actual super-secret mission in the process?
SEASON 4 FINALE, 9pm, Showtime
Homeland
Carrie and Saul are back in the U.S. of A. in "Long Time Coming," where Carrie must reckon with what she saw in Islamabad while Saul plows through like a zillion hours worth of Project Runway stored up on his DVR.
9:30pm, CBS
The Mentalist
Laid low by a head cold, Jane plays Oracle and guides his teammates from afar in "Black Market." The case in question involves a murder linked to a counterfeit diamond ring.
10pm, HBO
The Comeback
The premiere of Seeing Red is greeted with plenty of scrutiny in "Valerie Faces the Critics." While juggling an appearance on The Talk and the barbs of entertainment bloggers, Valerie must also try to patch things up with Mark.
SEASON 1 FINALE, 10pm, Showtime
The Affair
Helen takes a closer look at Noah and his relationship with Alison in the wake of Whitney's disappearance. Meanwhile, Cole hunts for clues at Lockhart Ranch, and Det. Jeffries closes in on answers of his own.
10:30pm, CBS
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
While investigating an apparent hit-and-run death in "Angle of Attack," the team must delve into the world of aeronautics. Apparently the evidence suggests the victim was struck by a doghouse being piloted by a beagle. Happens four or five times a year, actually.
WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING TONIGHT?
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