Series
"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" host Regis Philbin is profiled on Biography (8 p.m. EST/9 p.m. PST, A&E). On Popular (8 p.m., WB), Sam and Brooke gather their polar opposite cliques together for Christmas. Friends (8 p.m., NBC) reruns the one where Joey has a hernia but no health insurance and Ross uses a phony British accent to teach his college classes. On a rerun of ER (10 p.m., NBC), Carol is caught in the fallout from Doug's unauthorized treatment of a dying boy. High school is the topic as filmmaker Alexander Payne ("Election") and journalist Carl Bernstein visit Turn Ben Stein On (10:30 p.m., Comedy Central). I refuse to believe that Ben Stein ever was a teenager.
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Specials
The babies search for "the meanie of Hanukkah" on The Rugrats' Hanukkah Special (8 p.m., Nickelodeon). The 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made (8 p.m., MTV) continues counting down with part four (of six). Julie Harris hosts Grow Old Along with Me (check local times, PBS), which dispels many myths of old age and celebrates the joys of longevity. In a rather large case of bad timing, Harris' co-host is Richard Kiley, who passed away earlier this year, after this show was in the can.
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Sports
Football:
Raiders at Titans (8 p.m., ESPN)
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Talk
Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Tom Hanks, Mike Douglas
David Letterman (CBS) Johnny Depp (rerun)
Jay Leno (NBC) Hank Azaria, Celine Dion
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Terry Bradshaw
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Adam Sandler, Peta Wilson, Chris Eigeman (rerun)
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