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6:30 p.m. on ESPN

NBA Basketball

A pair of clashes between high profile franchises make up tonight’s ESPN doubleheader, which starts off in Milwaukee, where Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks play host to Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers. Then in the nightcap, DeMar DeRozan and the Chicago Bulls pay a visit to Andrew Wiggins and the Golden State Warriors.

7 p.m. on FOX

College Football

College football fans will be able to occupy themselves with mucho conference championship action today, starting here with the Pac-12 title game in Arlington, Texas. Other championship contests of note today are in the MAC (ESPN) at midday; Sun Belt (ESPN), Mountain West (Fox), SEC (CBS) and SWAC (ESPN2) in late afternoon; and ACC (ABC) and Big Ten (Fox) in prime time.

7 p.m. on HALL

Movie: A Big Fat Family Christmas

Liv (Shannon Chan-Kent) is a photojournalist eager to make it on her own. To get a dream assignment — shooting the Chang family’s annual holiday party for a cover story — she doesn’t reveal that they are in fact, her family. When she finds herself growing close to Henry (Shannon Kook), the coworker covering the story with her, she wants to confide in him but doesn’t want to jeopardize her big break in this 2022 romance. Tia Carrere and Jack Wagner also star.

7 p.m. on LIFE

Movie: Cloudy With a Chance of Christmas

Bridget Torres (Valery Ortiz) is a prominent national news weather forecaster visiting a town where Christmas traditions are legendary. This year, Bridget has been asked by her network to announce a special “snow-cast” at the annual Christmas Eve festival. But Bridget’s plans to shine are foiled when Drake Kincaid (Brandon Quinn), a talk show host from her network, arrives to join her. Drake refused to hire Bridget as his co-host for their morning show a year earlier, making tensions high in this 2022 TV romance.

7 p.m. on MAX

Movie: The Forever Purge

The rules are all broken as the annual Purge continues even after the holiday ends. A group of survivors in Texas must find a way to get across the Mexican border and make it out alive while the whole country around them springs into complete chaos in this 2021 thriller. Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta, Josh Lucas, Leven Rambin, Cassidy Freeman and Will Patton star.

7 p.m. on LMN

Movie: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder

In the middle of preparing for her business’ biggest season, Diana Hart (Cristine Prosperi) learns that she has inherited an old house from her beloved aunt. Matt (Travis Burns), the estate attorney and her former flame, insists she stick around and sort out the details over Christmas break as he tries to rekindle their old romance. But the longer Diana stays, the more she finds clues that suggest her aunt was murdered, and that the culprit might be her handsome companion in this 2022 mystery.

9 p.m. on SHOW

Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas?

Based on his live show of the same name, the new special features an original set of holiday pop music and standup comedy as Matt Rogers seeks to win approval as the next “Pop Prince of Christmas.” The special was taped with a live audience at Joe’s Pub within the Public Theater in New York, and features performances and short comedic bits from guest stars Bowen Yang and comedy duo Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson.