Television

CHRISTMAS WITH THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR FEATURING RENÉE FLEMING AND CLAIRE BLOOM Soprano Renée Fleming joins the choir this year to sing "Angels From the Realms of Glory," "I'll Be Home for Christmas" and "Joy to the World," and also performs solo. British actress Claire Bloom reads the Nativity story. (N/CC/HDTV/TVG)

(1 hr.) (8 p.m. Ch. 13)

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY The lowbrow, often gross humor of Peter and Bobby Farrelly (Dumb & Dumber) will never win any Oscars, but this 1998 comedy was a big hit at the MTV Movie Awards. Much of the praise went to Cameron Diaz as the Mary of the title, a former high-school dreamboat whose almost-date for the prom (Ben Stiller) has never forgotten her. When he hires a private detective (Matt Dillon) to find her, the PI is smitten, too.

(2 hrs. 30 mins.) (7 p.m. FX)

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: The Next Generation) brings one of his favorite roles to the small screen in this 1999 adaptation of the Dickens classic. As miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, reformed by a Christmas Eve tour of his past, present and future, he's surrounded by an excellent supporting cast and impressive effects.

(CC/HDTV/TVG) (2 hrs.)

(7 p.m. TNT)

BONES A moving but not maudlin Christmas episode finds Bones (Emily Deschanel) devoid of holiday spirit – as she has been since age 15, when her parents vanished right before Christmas. A contamination scare from a 50-years-dead body requires the team to be quarantined at the lab on Christmas Eve. (CC/HDTV/TV14) (1 hr.)

(8 p.m. Ch. 4)

LENO Actress Pamela Anderson; the Blind Boys of Alabama perform.

(10:35 p.m. Ch. 5)

LETTERMAN Actress Renée Zellweger; holiday toy demonstration. (10:35 p.m. Ch. 11)