Rueben's Ramblings

Here is a long list of all of the programming options to expect on TV this week:

On December 8, a special Christmas episode of Switched at Birth and The Fosters will air at 8 and 9 PM respectively on ABC Family.

That same night Castle will air its fall finale on ABC at 10 PM while the fall finale of The Originals will air at 8 PM on The CW.

On December 9, the fall finales of The Flash and Supernatural will air on The CW at 8 and 9 PM respectively while Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will also air its fall finale that night at 9 PM on ABC.

The series finale of Sons of Anarchy will also air on FX on December 9 at 10 PM with the Christmas episodes of Pretty Little Liars and Chasing Life both airing that same night on ABC Family at 8 and 9 PM respectively.

The 6-part mini-series The Game will come to a close on BBC America at 10 PM on December 10 and Kingdom will air its season finale on DirecTV on December 10 at 10 PM. While the fall finales of the following shows will also air that same night:

The Mysteries of Laura, Law & Order: SVU and Chicago P.D. on NBC at 8, 9 and 10 PM respectively
Nashville on ABC at 10 PM
Arrow on The CW at 8 PM

On December 11, The Vampire Diaries and Reign will air their fall finales at 8 and 9 PM respectively on The CW while Bones will air its fall finale (which is also its 200th episode) followed by the final episode of Gracepoint on FOX at 8 and 9 PM respectively.

The fall finale of Grimm will air on December 12 at 9 PM on NBC.

That same night, the Netflix drama Marco Polo will debut. The series is set in China in the 1200s, in a world replete with astonishing martial arts, sexual intrigue, political skullduggery and spectacular battles. The cast includes Italian newcomer Lorenzo Richelmy, Benedict Wong (Prometheus), Zhu Zhu (Cloud Atlas), Tom Wu (Skyfall), Remy Hii (Treading Water) and Rick Yune (Olympus Has Fallen).

On December 13, The Santa Con is a new original holiday movie that will debut on Lifetime at 8 PM. Small-time con man Nick DeMarco (Barry Watson from 7th Heaven) is ordered by his parole officer to take a minimum-wage job as a department store Santa during the holidays and he hates it. Near the end of his first shift, he hastily promises a young boy that Santa will bring his estranged parents back together by Christmas. When his sister Rosemary (Melissa Joan Hart from Melissa and Joey) hears this, she is livid and can’t believe he would break a little boy’s heart with an empty promise. After a long night of soul searching, Nick decides to make good on his promise to the child, somehow. But after meeting the boy’s mother Carol (Melissa Sagemiller from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), will Nick ultimately choose to put the happiness of others ahead of his own? The cast includes Jaleel White (Family Matters), Scott Grimes (Party of Five) and John Ratzenberger (Cheers).

The new ION movie A Christmas Kiss II will also debut on December 13 at 9 PM. At a Christmastime event, Jenna shares an impromptu, unforgettable kiss under the mistletoe with the dashing Cooper Montgomery, a billionaire playboy who recently returned to the city. Although she doesn’t know him, Cooper learns that Jenna works for Cooper’s sister at the designer fashion house founded by their dad. Fearful of getting hurt in another relationship, Jenna vows to resist Cooper’s charms and feigns a romance with her heartbroken next door neighbor. As the two begin spending more time together, Jenna realizes that Cooper’s affection is real, but still worries that he won’t be able to shed his former ways. The cast includes Elisabeth Harnois, Adam Mayfield, Elisabeh Rohm and Jonathan Bennett.

That same night, the new holiday Hallmark Channel movie Best Christmas Party Ever will debut at 8 PM. Jennie, an up-and-coming event planner, is shocked to find out that her boss intends to hand her business over to her nephew, Nick, instead of Jennie. Tensions run high when Jennie is forced to train Nick and plan for the biggest party of the holiday season. The film stars Torrey DeVitto (Pretty Little Liars) and Steve Lund (Bitten).

On December 14, the fall finale of Once Upon a Time will all air on ABC at 8 PM while the series finale of The Newsroom will also air on the same night on HBO at 9 PM.

A Perfect Christmas List will air the new ION holiday movie on December 14 at 9 PM. Just two weeks before Christmas, Sara Smith gets a call from home about her grandmother Evie, who has been sent to the hospital. Having always been close, the health scare is enough to get Sara to do the unthinkable: come home for Christmas. While Sara plans to get a hotel room for her stay, her mother won’t allow it. Sara eventually relents, but it’s clear that time has not repaired their relationship, and her mother returns to her overbearing ways. With her handsome doctor’s approval, the convalescing Evie conjures up a curious challenge. As a “last wish,” she tasks her daughter and granddaughter with a list of festive accomplishments to do together before Christmas, hoping that the adventure of the experience will repair their relationship. Along the way, Sara discovers an unlisted Christmas adventure with Evie’s physician. The cast includes Ellen Hollman, Marion Ross, Aaron Hill, Beth Broderick and Richard Karn.

Also that same night, the new Hallmark Channel holiday movie The Christmas Parade will debut at 8 PM. A popular network morning host finds herself humiliated on the air by her fiancé and disappears to a small town. While there, she helps a budding artist save a community art center for the town’s kids, by helping them with their float for the annual Christmas Parade. The film stars AnnaLynne McCord (90210), Jefferson Brown (Rookie Blue) and Drew Scott (Property Brothers).

Mark your calendars!