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"Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did...

She just did it backwards and in high heels.” The famous quote from Texas Governor Ann Richards is just one of the ways Holland Taylor brings her back to life these days.
The Emmy-winning actress has been on stage, in movies and on television, from The Practice, the Truman Show, Two and a Half Men and The L Word. But her solo show about Texas governor Ann Richards will certainly get Evan Smith's attention tonight on Overheard.
8pm

Just how did Pluto stop being a planet?

Live from Lincoln Center returns to the New York City Ballet for "George Balanchine's The Nutcracker." 7pm

When the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium stopped calling Pluto a planet, director Neil deGrasse Tyson found himself at the center of a firestorm -- a firestorm led by angry, Pluto-loving elementary school students.
Nova examines the controversy...9pm

FRONTLINE does CHRISTIANITY...

Nothing says Christmas like the pomp and majesty of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir...holiday music with orchestra and dancers...7pm

And a special 2 part series from FRONTLINE begins tonight on the epic story of the rise of Christianity. Drawing upon new and sometimes controversial historical evidence, viewers are transported back two thousand years to the time and place where Jesus of Nazareth once lived and preached and challenges familiar assumptions and conventional notions about the origins of Christianity. Be prepared to learn something you didn't know...9 - 11 pm

After they saw the Statue of Liberty...

"Forgotten Ellis Island" is the first film to be produced about the abandoned immigrant hospital on Ellis Island. Massive and modern, the hospital was America's first line of defense against contagious, often virulent disease from other countries. Many never-before-published photographs are featured in the film as well as excerpts from oral histories with medical staff, ward matrons, and patients. As America wrestles once again with the issue of immigration, this film looks at some of the issues then, and now...9pm

Lucy - you have some 'splainin to do...

As our December Membership Drive winds down, some weekend highlights...

Friday night we premiere artZONE 4, our local production featuring art in the Panhandle. Tonight's focus is on young piano prodigy J.T.Hassell in a performance at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church...8pm

When "I Love Lucy" debuted in the fall of 1951, it became an instant sensation, defining the situation comedy format, and turned its unlikely star, Lucille Ball, into a legend. This program revisits the life of Lucille Ball - the first female television superstar and first solo female head of a major studio. "Finding Lucy" also showcases the most extensive set of film clips from the comedienne's life, thanks to an unprecedented agreement between "American Masters," CBS and the estate of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz...Saturday at 6:30

On Sunday, get a double shot of the Irish sound...Christmas with The Celts celebrates the holidays by bringing Irish and Scottish music - which was the underpinning of today's American Country music - full circle to the world famous home of country music, the historical Ryman Auditorium...Sunday at 8pm

Classic Irish songs "The Water Is Wide," "Green Grow The Rushes," "A Woman's Heart" are performed in Celtic Woman: Believe...Sunday 9:30

Don't it make your brown eyes blue...

The still lovely Crystal Gayle answers that question quite well tonight as we present Country Pop Legends...a fun walk down memory lane with new performances from Glen Campbell, Hank Locklin, Bill Anderson, BJ Thomas, the Bellamy Brothers, the Browns and more...mixed in with classic full-length vintage gems from the vaults. The country pop hits of the 50's, 60's and 70's are alive and kickin' tonight during our pledge drive...7pm