Pluto TV Holiday Schedule; SNL December Hosts and Musical Performers

Tuesday, December 03, 2024

Pluto TV Holiday Schedule; SNL December Hosts and Musical Performers

This December, Pluto TV is serving up a sleigh-load of Christmas classics, holiday episodes, movies and more. Don't miss the Season's Greetings category, featuring fan-favorite holiday movies and a touch of seasonal ambiance, including special presentations of the Hanukkah Menorah and Kwanzaa Kinara on the Crackling Fireplace channel. You can also binge holiday episodes and movies across the service all month long.

12/19 on Sitcom Legends: The Conners, King of Queens, Rules of Engagement
12/21 on Cheers + Frasier: Cheers and Frasier
12/22 on More TV Sitcoms: Becker, Just Shoot Me, Married... with Children, Wings
12/23 on TV Land Sitcoms: Caroline in the City, Hot in Cleveland, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Exes
12/25 on Black Throwbacks: Everybody Hates Chris, Girlfriends, One on One, The Parkers
12/25 on Black Classics: Moesha; Sister, Sister; Flip Wilson; Webster; Sanford and Son
12/24-12/25 on Classic TV Comedy: ALF, Green Acres, Hogan's Heroes, Maude, Petticoat Junction, Taxi, That Girl, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The Odd Couple, The Brady Bunch
12/24-12/25 on Classic TV Crime Drama: Cagney & Lacey, Dragnet, Hunter, In the Heat of the Night, Peter Gunn, 21 Jump Street, The Commish, The Streets of San Francisco, MacGyver, Sherlock Holmes

Saturday Night Live

Paul Mescal will make his Saturday Night Live hosting debut on December 7. The Academy Award-nominated actor stars in Gladiator II, now in theaters. Shaboozey will perform as musical guest for the first time. The six-time 2025 Grammy Award nominee's single, "A Bar Song (Tipsy)," has been #1 for a record-tying 19 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. Chris Rock will host SNL for the fourth time on December 14. Rock is an Emmy and Grammy Award-winning comedian, actor, writer, producer and director. Gracie Abrams will make her SNL musical guest debut. The Grammy nominee continues her worldwide tour in 2025 in support of her newest album, "The Secret of Us." Martin Short will return for his third individual SNL hosting appearance on December 21 and fifth overall. The Emmy and Tony Award winner stars in Only Murders in the Building, streaming on Hulu. Hozier will take the stage for the second time as musical guest. "Unreal Unearth: Unending," the deluxe version of his chart-topping album "Unreal Unearth," will be released December 6.

In addition to the broadcast on NBC (11:30 p.m. ET / 8:30 p.m. PT), SNL streams live on Peacock. Stream every season of SNL now on Peacock. SNL will mark its 50th anniversary with a celebratory weekend culminating in a live primetime special on Sunday, February 16.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Thursday, December 26

Ghosts - "The Christmas: Spirit One" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
In part one of a special one-hour #Ghostsmas episode, Jay’s sister, Bela (Punam Patel), visits Woodstone Mansion and brings along an adoring male friend, inspiring Sam to spark a romance between them in the spirit of the holiday rom-coms she loves. Meanwhile, the ghosts have conjured up a very different holiday plan for Trevor and Bela. Also, Isaac has an awkward encounter with Nigel that forces him to look back on events in his life.

Ghosts - "The Christmas: Spirit Two" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
In part two of a special one-hour #Ghostsmas episode, Sam and Thorfinn get caught in the crossfire as the scheme Jay’s sister, Bela (Punam Patel), and the ghosts have conjured up goes awry. Also, Isaac’s marriage to Beatrice sheds light on how apprehensive he has been in communicating his feelings to Nigel.

Ghosts - "A Very Arondekar Christmas Part 1" / "A Very Arondekar Christmas Part 2" (CBS, 9:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
A leaky water heater mishap threatens to ruin holiday plans as Sam and Jay prepare to host Jay’s hard-to-please dad, Mahesh (Bernard White), difficult-to-impress mom, Champa (Sakina Jaffrey), and sister Bela (Punam Patel), on a one-hour GHOSTSMAS special.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of December 23)

Thursday, December 26

Jenny Slate (The Great North/Big Mouth/Married/Bob's Burgers) - Catch Jenny on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Paul Feig (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch/The Louie Show/The Jackie Thomas Show/Dirty Dancing) - Paul is a guest on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
Luke Wilson (No Good Deed/Englightened) - Luke is joining Drew for a round of "Behind-the-Scenes" with tidbits from his roles in movies like Legally Blonde on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings. He's also telling her about his role in the thrilling new show, No Good Deed.
Whitney Cummings (Whitney) - Whitney is chatting with Drew about joining her on Hollywood Squares, going back to work in comedy after becoming a mother, and hosting her new trivia show about Friends on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Michelle Buteau (Survival of the Thickest/Bless the Harts/Enlisted) - Michelle appears on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
Sanaa Lathan (Family Guy/The Cleveland Show/LateLine) - Sanaa and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor talk about the enduring power of friendship in their new Hulu film The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat on a repeat of Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
Carol Kane (Taxi/All Is Forgiven/Amerian Dreamer/Pearl/Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) - Carol chats with the ladies of The View on a repeat on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Lamorne Morris (Woke/New Girl) - Lamorne sits down for an interview on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your listings.
Jay Pharoah (White Famous/Champaign ILL) - Jay talks about his new virtual reality series Soapstone Comedy Presents on a repeat of Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.