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Rick's Picks: Holiday programming

Industry insider Rick Gables shares what's coming up on TV

Erin Krakow, Luke Macfarlane and Kimberley Sustad star in the new original holiday movie Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen, premiering this Saturday, Nov. 30 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, as part of the network's annual Miracles of Christmas event. As frivolous Ella (Krakow) and sensible Marianne (Sustad) Dashwood enter the busy holiday season for the family party planning business they have just inherited, the loving sisters don't always agree on the best way forward. However, when an uptight grinch of a new client named Mr. Edward Ferris (Macfarlane) enters their world, Ella seizes the opportunity to prove herself to her sister by taking on the planning and execution of Ferris' very important holiday party with just nine days to pull it off.

Country star Trisha Yearwood will host and perform on the 10th Annual CMA Country Christmas special, airing Tuesday, December 3 at 9 PM ET/PT on ABC. This year's celebration features Christmas classics and festive one-of-a-kind collaborations by artists including Kristin Chenoweth, for KING & COUNTRY, Chris Janson, Tori Kelly, Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts, Runaway June, CeCe Winans, Brett Young and Chris Young. "Music, memories and enjoying the season with loved ones are what make Christmastime so special," says Yearwood. "Hosting CMA Country Christmas is an opportunity to share joy and celebrate the holidays with friends and family everywhere."

'Tis the season for ABC's popular decorating competition series, The Great Christmas Light Fight, with celebrity judges - lifestyle expert Carter Oosterhouse and famed interior designer Taniya Nayak. The series returns for its seventh season with back-to-back episodes starting Monday, December 2 from 8 to 10 PM ET/PT, and continuing for three consecutive weeks. This season will once again showcase the most extravagant and utterly spectacular Christmas displays America has to offer! In each one-hour episode, four families with dazzling household displays will compete to win $50,000 and the coveted Light Fight trophy. Viewers will also be treated to a second round of the special Heavyweights episode, featuring light shows so massive, they extend well beyond household frames. Additionally, peek inside featured family homes for an impressive batch of unique interior Christmas displays.