Top Programs of the Week - December 30th, 2024 to January 5th, 2025

As we say goodbye to 2024 and say hello to 2025 this week, the 1st part of the big Canadian specialty channel shuffle kicks in today, with the Corus versions of HGTV Canada and Food Network Canada rebranding into the Home Network and the Flavour Network, respectively, while the 2nd part of the big shuffle won't kick in until the start of 2025 (more details on the January 1st, 2025 section to come later.)

Here's your Top programs for the week of December 30th, 2024 to January 5th, 2025 (subject to change without notice):

CONTINUING UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 (NEW YEAR'S EVE):

2024 Spengler Cup from Davos, Switzerland on TSN

CONTINUING UNTIL JANUARY 5TH, 2025:

2025 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship from Ottawa, Ontario on TSN, marathons of your favourite shows and movies on select Bell Media specialty channels, Hollywood Suite free preview on most TV providers

Monday December 30th, 2024

TV - 8:15pm ET/5:15pm PT - NFL Monday Night Football (Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers, LIVE on TSN3/4 and CTV, simulcast from ABC, 1st meeting between these 2 teams since last season's NFC Championship game), 7:30pm/8pm NT - Family Feud Canada (SEASON PREMIERE, CBC, also streaming early on CBC Gem at 9am ET, followed by the network premiere of the 2019 movie Double Holiday at 8pm/8:30pm NT), 8pm ET/PT, 7pm CT, 9pm MT - How to Find Forever (Movie from 2022, Citytv), 8pm ET/5pm PT - WWE Monday Night Raw (LIVE for the last time on Sportsnet 360 before the program moves to Netflix on January 6th, 2025), 7pm ET/4pm PT - PWHL Hockey (Boston Fleet at Montreal Victoire, LIVE on TSN1/5), 6pm ET/PT - Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (Movie from 2006, Disney Channel, also streaming on StackTV), 8pm ET/PT - Cold Justice (NEW EPISODE, T+E), 5pm ET/2pm PT - The Nanny Diaries (Movie from 2007, MovieTime premiere), 7pm ET/4pm PT - NBA Basketball (New York Knicks at Washington Wizards, LIVE on Sportsnet, Sportsnet One and Sportsnet+), 9pm ET/PT - Great Chocolate Showdown (SEASON PREMIERE, Flavour Network, also streaming on StackTV), 9pm ET/PT - Outlander (NEW EPISODE, W Network, also streaming on StackTV)

Streaming - 7:30pm ET/6:30pm CT - NHL Monday Night Hockey (Nashville Predators at Winnipeg Jets, LIVE on Amazon Prime Video), Premier League Soccer (3 matches to choose from starting at 2:45pm ET/11:45am PT on FuboTV, 10pm ET/7pm PT - NBA Basketball (Dallas Mavericks at Sacramento Kings, LIVE on TSN+)

Tuesday December 31st, 2024 - New Year's Eve

TV - 8pm ET/5pm PT - Canada Live! Countdown 2025 (LIVE on CBC News Network, CBC Gem, and CBC Television for Atlantic Canada viewers, the rest of the 4 time zones will join in progress at 9pm local time), 8pm ET/PT, 7pm CT, 9pm MT - Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest (LIVE from Times Square on Citytv, simulcast from ABC), 8pm ET/5pm PT - 2025 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship: Group Stage (Canada vs. United States, LIVE on TSN1/4/5 and CTV, first time since the 2017 tournament that Canada and the United States met at the WJHC on New Year's Eve, followed by the NBC simulcast of The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special, check local listings for times in your area), 3pm ET/12pm PT - Toronto Raptors Basketball (Toronto Raptors at Boston Celtics, LIVE on Sportsnet One and Sportsnet+), 5pm ET/2pm PT - 2025 NHL Winter Classic (St. Louis Blues at Chicago Blackhawks, LIVE from Wrigley Field on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+), 7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT - College Football Playoff: Quarterfinal (Penn State vs. Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl, LIVE from Glendale, Arizona on TSN2), 12pm ET/9am PT - New Year's Taligate (NEW YEAR'S SPECIAL, Stingray Country, lasting until the early hours of January 1st, 2025), 8pm ET/PT - New Year's Eve (Movie from 2011, W Network, also streaming on StackTV), 10pm ET/7pm PT - Selling Houses Australia (SEASON PREMIERE, Home Network, also streaming on StackTV), 9am ET/6am PT - Retro New Year's Eve Party (Stingray Retro, continuing until the early hours of January 2nd, 2025)

Streaming - New Year celebrations around the world are streaming on the websites and apps of CTV News, Global News, CBC News, and CityNews, while the PWHL's version of the Battle of Ontario takes centre stage as the Ottawa Charge face the Toronto Sceptres to close out 2024 with a bang at 7pm ET/4pm PT, streaming live only on Amazon Prime Video.

Wednesday January 1st, 2025 - New Year's Day

It's a big day for Canadian specialty TV, as Bell Media rebrands Discovery Canada into the USA Network, Investigation Discovery becomes Oxygen, Discovery Science will become CTV Nature Channel, Discovery Velocity will become CTV Speed Channel, and Animal Planet will become CTV Wild Channel, while Rogers Communications launches new Canadian versions of the Discovery Channel, Food Network, HGTV, Investigation Discovery and the Magnolia Network, but content from Animal Planet, Cooking Channel, Motor Trend, Oprah Winfrey Network, and the Science Channel will stream exclusively on Citytv+, in addition to these 5 brands mentioned above!

Thursday January 2nd, 2025

TV - 9pm ET/PT/MT/AT, 8pm CT - Only Murders in the Building (Linear premiere of Season 2 with 3 episodes, CTV, simulcast from ABC), 9pm/9:30pm NT - The Nature of Things (SEASON PREMIERE, CBC, also streaming on CBC Gem), 8pm ET/PT, 7pm CT, 9pm MT - A Priceless Love (Movie from 2021, Citytv), 8pm ET/5pm PT - TNA Impact! (LIVE for the 1st time on Sportsnet 360, after several years on the Fight Network), 9pm ET/PT - Honest Renovations (SERIES PREMIERE, Home Network, also streaming on StackTV), 9pm ET/PT - Chasing Flavor (SERIES PREMIERE, Flavour Network, also streaming on StackTV), 10pm ET/PT - Funny Woman (SEASON PREMIERE, W Network, also streaming on StackTV), 9pm ET/6pm PT - Side Hustlers (SERIES PREMIERE, Slice, also streaming on StackTV), 9pm ET/PT - Southern Charm (NEW EPISODE, Bravo, also streaming on Citytv+), 9pm ET/PT - Mountain Men (NEW EPISODE, History, also streaming on StackTV)

Streaming - Vera (Season 14, Britbox), Cunk on Life (NEW Netflix movie), Dune (Movie from 1984, Crave with a Starz add-on), 7pm ET/4pm PT - NHL Coast to Coast (LIVE on Amazon Prime Video), 8pm ET/5pm PT - NBA Basketball (Los Angeles Clippers at Oklahoma City Thunder, LIVE on Sportsnet+ and TSN+)

Friday January 3rd, 2025

TV - 8pm ET/PT, 7pm CT, 9pm AT/MT - Happy's Place (WINTER PREMIERE, CTV, simulcast from NBC, also streaming the next day on Crave), 8pm/9pm AT - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Movie from 2002, CTV2), 8pm ET/PT - RuPaul's Drag Race (SEASON PREMIERE, OutTV, also streaming on Crave), 11pm ET/8pm PT - Creature Commandos (NEW EPISODE, Adult Swim, also streaming on StackTV), 10pm ET/MT - The Last Woodsmen (NEW EPISODE, Discovery, also streaming on Citytv+), 6pm ET/PT - Freaky Friday (Movie from 2018, Disney Channel, also streaming on StackTV), 8pm/8:30pm NT - Diana and Dodi: The Princess and the Playboy (DOCUMENTARY, CBC), 9pm ET/6pm PT - Mama June: Family Crisis (NEW EPISODE, Slice, also streaming on StackTV), 8pm ET/5pm PT - Snapped: Killer Couples (BACK-TO-BACK NEW EPISODES, Oxygen), 8pm ET/PT - Ghost Dimension (NEW EPISODE, T+E)

Streaming - The First Omen (Movie from 2024, Crave premiere), The Grand Budapest Hotel (Movie from 2014, CBC Gem), Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (NEW Netflix family movie), Peep Show (Season 3, Britbox), 9pm ET/6pm PT - NBA Basketball (San Antonio Spurs at Denver Nuggets, LIVE on Sportsnet+)

Saturday January 4th, 2025

TV - 1:30pm ET/10:30am PT - 2025 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship: Group Stage (Canada vs. Slovakia, LIVE from Vantaa, Finland on TSN2), 11am ET/8am PT - 2025 Bahamas Bowl (Buffalo vs. Liberty, LIVE on TSN4), 12pm ET/9am PT - NHL Hockey (New York Rangers at Washington Capitals, LIVE on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+), 4:30pm ET/1:30pm PT - Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Movie from 2017, ABC Spark premiere, encore airing at 11:30pm ET/8:30pm PT), 9pm ET/PT - Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars (2-HOUR SERIES PREMIERE, Flavour Network, also streaming on StackTV), 8pm ET/PT - Love of the Irish (Movie premiere, W Network, also streaming on StackTV), 1pm ET/10am PT - In With the Old (SEASON PREMIERE, Magnolia Network, also streaming on Citytv+), 5am ET/2am PT - Inside Queen Mary 2 (NEW SPECIAL, CTV Nature Channel, encore airing at 12pm ET/9am PT), 10am ET/7am PT - Sight Unseen (2-HOUR SERIES PREMIERE, Oxygen), 9pm ET/6pm PT - Pompeii (Movie from 2014, GameTV)

Streaming - Medalist (NEW SERIES, Disney+), When the Stars Gossip (NEW Netflix series from South Korea), Katangari Goes to Town (Amazon Prime Video), Premier League Soccer (7 matches to choose from starting at 7:30am ET/4:30am PT on FuboTV), 7pm ET/4pm PT - NBA Basketball (Phoenix Suns at Indiana Pacers, LIVE on Sportsnet+)

Sunday January 5th, 2025

TV - 8pm ET/5pm PT - 82nd Golden Globe Awards (Hosted by Nikki Glaser, LIVE from Beverly Hills on Citytv and Citytv+, simulcast from CBS), 8pm ET/PT, 7pm CT, 9pm AT/MT - Family Law (SEASON PREMIERE, Global, also streaming on StackTV and also airing on NTV (CJON-DT) at 9:30pm NT), 9pm ET/PT - Very Scary People (NEW EPISODE, Investigation Discovery, also streaming on Citytv+), 8pm ET/5pm PT - Homestead Rescue (NEW 2-HOUR EPISODE, Discovery, also streaming on Citytv+), 9pm ET/6pm PT - World's Most Notorious Killers (SERIES PREMIERE, Slice, also streaming on StackTV), 9pm ET/6pm PT - Top Gun: Maverick (Movie from 2022, USA Network premiere), 9pm ET/6pm PT - Snapped (SEASON PREMIERE, Oxygen), 8pm ET/PT - Paranormal Caught on Camera (NEW EPISODE, T+E), 9pm ET/PT - When Calls the Heart (SEASON PREMIERE, Super Channel Heart & Home), 9pm ET/PT - Worst Cooks in America (SEASON PREMIERE, Flavour Network, also streaming on StackTV)

Streaming - Starbuck (Amazon Prime Video), Monica La Mitraille (Amazon Prime Video), Ego Trip (Amazon Prime Video), 9am ET/6am PT - Premier League Soccer (Fulham vs. Ipswich Town, followed by Liverpool vs. Manchester United at 11:30am ET/8:30am PT, both matches can be streamed LIVE on FuboTV), 1pm ET/10am PT - NFL RedZone (2024 SEASON FINALE, LIVE on TSN+)

COMING UP NEXT WEEK:

A brand new era in WWE wrestling has arrived as both Raw and SmackDown move to Netflix, while the road to Super Bowl LIX is cut down to 14 teams as the NFL playoffs begin next weekend on TSN & CTV.