Tuesday’s TV highlights and talk shows: ‘A Christmas Story’ on TBS

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SPECIALS

54th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration More than 20 local choirs, musical ensembles and dance companies take part in this free, three-hour live event at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown L.A. 3 p.m. KCET

The First Christmas Mass of Pope Francis Live from St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. 3 p.m. CNN

A Fox & Friends Christmas Fox News personalities deliver holiday greetings in a special episode featuring performances from Leona Lewis, Craig Morgan, Jeff Dunham, Robert Davi, Generald Wilson, the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir and Carlos Guevara. 5 and 8 p.m. Fox News Channel

Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir The holiday celebration includes tenor Alfie Boe. 9 p.m. KOCE

Southern Celtic Christmas Concert Featuring appearances by Moya Brennan, Bill Whelan, Alison Brown and Seamus Heaney. 9 p.m. KLCS

A St. Thomas Christmas: All Is Well 2013 The annual holiday concert from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., features vocal and instrumental ensembles performing seasonal favorites. 10 p.m. KLCS

Christmas Eve Mass From St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. 11:34 p.m. NBC

A New York Christmas to Remember A holiday service of lessons and carols hosted by Regis Philbin. 11:35 p.m. CBS

A Gospel Christmas This musical special features performances by Howard Hewett, Denise Williams, Desiree Coleman Jackson, Jon B, Jonathan Houston, the Gutierrez Brothers, Brenda Lee Eager & the Brenda Lee Eager Ensemble, Jessica Reedy, Todd Alston, Yolanda Harris and JKingdom. 12:35 a.m. CBS

MOVIES

It’s a Wonderful Life George Bailey (James Stewart) defers one big dream after another to stay home, marry local girl and run family business when, facing financial ruin, he’s pulled from suicidal despair by an angel (Henry Travers) who shows him what a terrible place the world would be if he’d never lived. Donna Reed also star in director Frank Capra’s 1946 holiday favorite. 8 p.m. NBC

A Christmas Story Peter Billingsley stars in this 1983 comedy as a little boy who yearns to find a Red Ryder BB gun under the Christmas tree. Darren McGavin and Melinda Dillon also star. Narrated by Jean Shepherd. Airing every two hours for 24 hours, starting at 8 p.m. TBS.

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning Dr. Carol Ash; author Kenneth C. Davis; author George Lange. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today Tom Brokaw; chef Lidia Bastianich; Alexa Ray Joel. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA

Good Morning America Leonardo DiCaprio; Christian Bale. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Il Volo perfoms; musician Dave Koz; Crystal Bowersox performs. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Rachael Ray Trisha Yearwood; Bill Bellamy. (N) 8 a.m. KCAL

Live With Kelly and Michael Ben Stiller; Santa Claus; Trans-Siberian Orchestra. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

Dr. Phil 9 a.m. KCAL

The View The cast of “Duck Dynasty.” 10 a.m. KABC

The Wendy Williams Show Patti Stanger (“The Millionaire Matchmaker”); Hill Harper. 11 a.m. KTTV

The Talk Craig Ferguson. 1 p.m. KCBS

The Queen Latifah Show Taye Diggs; Sanaa Lathan; Martha Plimpton; chef Antonia Lofaso. 2 p.m. KCBS, 7 p.m. KCAL

The Dr. Oz Show Genes and diet. 2 p.m. KABC

The Wendy Williams Show Hoda Kotb. 2 p.m. KTTV

Dr. Phil A murdered man’s family takes polygraph tests. 3 p.m. KCBS

Steve Harvey Wedding on a budget. 3 p.m. KNBC

Katie Ralph Fiennes and Felicity Jones; Lady Antebellum performs. (N) 3 p.m. KABC

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Emma Thompson; Lenny Kravitz; Carmen Electra. 4 p.m. KNBC

The Doctors Joanna Krupa (“The Real Housewives of Miami”). 5 p.m. KCAL

The Arsenio Hall Show Nia Long, Sanaa Lathan, Regina Hall and Melissa De Sousa (“The Best Man Holiday”). 11 p.m. KTLA

Charlie Rose (N) 11 p.m. KVCR, midnight KOCE

Chelsea Lately James Marsden. 11 p.m. E!

Jimmy Kimmel Live Jason Schwartzman; Guillermo Diaz; Jake Owen performs. 11:35 p.m. KABC

Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m. KABC

Tavis Smiley Violinist Joshua Bell. (N) 1 a.m. KOCE