TV: Saturday Hot List

Jul. 16 2009, Published 11:22 a.m. ET

There’s a whole lotta holiday cheer on TV tonight if you’re looking to jumpstart your holiday fun. Tim Allen is jolly in The Santa Clause 2 on ABC, Will Ferrell spreads some laughs in Elf on ABC and the Muppets get in on the action with A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa on NBC.

If you want to see how the Holiday season goes down in NYC, Samantha Brown heads home on Samantha Brown’s Holidays in New York. She checks out everything the city has to offer from Italian operatic dinners to Japanese origami Christmas trees.

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And have you been watching James Franco on General Hospital? No one is quite sure his real motivation for taking a part on the iconic soap but he’s hosting Saturday Night Live and is sure to poke a little fun at this career twist!

8pm

The Santa Clause 2 (ABC)

Elf (CBS)

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (NBC)

Top 20 Most Shocking (TRU)

9pm

America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back (FOX)

Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? (Style)