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SUNDAY: Let’s call it a Christmas miracle. Five years after the historic medieval Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral was nearly destroyed by fire, the structure has been restored and will reopen to the public next weekend. Correspondent Bill Whitaker travels to Paris to gain insight into the project and meets with French President Emmanuel Macron, who set a five-year deadline shortly after the disaster. In the same year that he presided over a triumphant Summer Olympics, Macron and his country have even more reason to celebrate.

The earth remains

SUNDAY: Based on a 1949 science fiction novel by George R. Stewart, this gritty survival fable (which begins with two episodes) takes place in the immediate aftermath of a global pandemic that wipes out much of humanity. For most of the first episode, it appears that a geologist known only as Ish (Alexander Ludwig von Vikings And paragraphs Glory) may be the only survivor, as he missed the disaster while recovering from a snakebite in the mountains. Eventually others emerge who are immune to the plague, but they all face the challenge of rebuilding a civilization and repopulating a nearly extinct species. Happy Holidays!

Gone with the wind

Sundays with Carol Burnett: One of the many highlights of classic sketch comedy The Carol Burnett Show (1967-78) was a lampoon of Hollywood classics. Over four Sundays, the legendary Carol Burnett (now 91) joins host Dave Karger in screening films memorably spoofed in the series, followed by their parodies – nothing more hilarious than the 1939 1976 show Went with the Wind epos Gone with the wind (8/7c), with Burnett as hysterical Starlett O’Hara and Harvey Korman’s swaggering Captain Ratt Butler. The sight gag of Starlett wearing a dress (designed by Bob Mackie) made of curtains – with the rod still attached! — was a meme before memes were a thing, and the dress was donated to the National Museum of American History in 2009. Films in the coming weeks include: Born to be evil And Torch song on December 8th, The heiress And A stolen life on December 15th and Mildred Pierce And Double compensation on December 29th)

Believe in Christmas

The Christmas Protocol: Gospel great BeBe Winans stars in Lifetime’s BeBe Winans’ We Three Kings (Saturday, 8/7c) as Lincoln King, whose three estranged daughters return home for a holiday visit after their mother’s death. With the help of a family friend (played by his niece Deborah Joy Winans), Lincoln heals the family rift through music. Also on Lifetime: Make or bake for Christmas (Sunday, 8/7c) stars Vivica A. Fox as a lifestyle goddess who sends an employee (Jasmine Aivaliotis) undercover to a bakery she wants to take over.

Hallmark Channel’s Saturday double feature includes: Believe in Christmas (6/5c), a fable starring Chesapeake Falls graduate Meghan Ory as a skeptic who succumbs to the charms of Christmasland and a handsome stranger (John Reardon), and the theme of football Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story (8/7c), starring Hunter King as a Kansas City Chiefs superfan determined to show the team’s director of fan engagement (Tyler Hynes) that her family deserves the Fan of the Year award. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and Chiefs players Trey Smith, Mecole Hardman Jr., Clyde Edwards-Helaire and George Karlaftis appear in cameo appearances, along with Donna Kelce (mother of Travis and Jason) as a barbecue joint manager. Hallmark is also doubling down on Sunday, with The Finnish line (6/5c), in which Anya (Kim Matula) travels to Finland to continue her late father’s dog sled racing legacy with the help of a journalist and former racing driver (Beau Mirchoff); And The Christmas Search (8/7c) takes place in Iceland, where an archaeologist (Lacey Chabert) and her ex-husband (Kristoffer Polaha) are looking for a legendary treasure at Christmas time.

And there’s more! Great American Family is followed by an encore of I heard the bells (Saturday, 8/7c) with Home, sweet Christmas (Sunday, 8/7c), starring network favorites Candace Cameron Bure and Cameron Mathison as childhood friends who reunite to save a maple sugar farm. On UPtv: A Prince and Pauper Christmas (Saturday, June 7) presents a caper in which a federal agent convinces a lookalike to step in when a confidential informant goes missing; And A Bluegrass Christmas (7/6c) stars Amanda Jordan as Katie, who convinces her grandfather, a bluegrass legend, to return to the stage for the benefit of the family’s horse sanctuary.

Someone Somewhere

SUNDAY: If Christmas movies are too saccharine for you, try this warm but tart slice of Midwestern life before it’s over. There are no more touching scenes than Sam (Bridget Everett) overcoming her self-doubt while preparing for a date with Island (Darri Ólafsson) and then sharing her feelings with her best friend Joel (Jeff Hiller) during a slumber party.

INSIDE WEEKEND TV:

• “America’s Funniest Home Videos” Wreck the Halls: 35 Years of Holiday Hijinks (Sunday, 7/6c, ABC): The Sunday evening edition collects the best Christmas clips from its 35-year history. Followed by The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacle (8/7c), hosted by Dancing with the stars‘ Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro, with narration by Kristen Bell and performances by Elton John, John Legend, Auli’i Cravalho, Leslie Odom Jr., Carly Pearce, Pentatonix, Anika Noni Rose, SEVENTEEN and Seth MacFarlane with Liz Gillies.
• Mickey and many Christmases (Sunday, June 7, Disney Junior): Mickey Mouse stars in a new animated special in which he regrets wishing every day was Christmas.
• Yellowstone (Sunday, 8/7c, Paramount Network): Jamie (Wes Bentley) has reason to worry after assassins eliminate his conspirator in the death of John Dutton (an unseen Kevin Costner). Elsewhere in Taylor Sheridan’s world: The mission shifts drastically lioness (Sunday, streaming on Paramount+), starring a recovering Joe (Zoe Saldaña) who is full of energy; and further Countryman (Sunday, streaming continues Paramount+) Tommy’s (Billy Bob Thornton) shark lawyer Rebecca (Kayla Wallace) proves she’s more than a match for any litigator in Texas.
• HBCU Honors (Sunday, 8/7c, BET): Proud Fisk University graduate Kym Whitley hosts a Howard University ceremony celebrating distinguished HBCU graduates including producer Will Packer, former NASA engineer Dr. Lonnie Johnson and technology entrepreneur Jewel Burks Solomon. The cast includes Fantasia, Hezekiah Walker and Mac Royals from The voice.
• tracker (Sunday 9/8, CBS): Colter (Justin Hartley) searches for a “ghost” who was believed to have died in a car accident months earlier. Followed by The equalizer (10/9c), where McCall (Queen Latifah) and Mel (Liza Lapira) go undercover in a prison after an inmate disappears on the day of her release.