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So long to Spider-Man and hello again ‘Bambi’; more ‘Talking’ by the animals

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Danny DeVito is the voice of Rocks, a feisty spaniel, and Diane Keaton talks for Daphne, the pampered poodle, in Look Who’s Talking Now (ABC, Sunday at 7 p.m.). With James Ubriaco (John Travolta) away on a trip for Christmas Eve, Mollie (Kristie Alley), the kids and the dogs set out to spend it with him but become stranded in the snow. For the family.

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A widowed king can only marry the woman whose finger fits his first wife’s wedding ring in Sapsorrow, an episode of “Jim Henson’s ‘The Storyteller’ ” (HBO, Monday at 7:30 p.m.). As it turns out, the ring fits his daughter’s hand, so she transforms herself into a beast to escape. For ages 9-12.

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A panel of kids, journalist Linda Ellerbee and a family psychologist look at some of the emotional issues confronting children of divorce in Divorce: Caught in the Middle (Nickelodeon, Tuesday at 8 p.m.). The kids talk about how they feel when their parents split and confront questions such as what to tell friends and how to cope with shuttling between two homes. For ages 6-11.

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The detective team races to solve the crime of the “Broken Window” when Jojo, a track star, is accused of throwing a brick with a threatening message through an elderly woman’s window on The New Ghostwriter Mysteries (CBS, Saturday at 8 a.m.). For ages 7 to 11.

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Spider-Man completes his fourth season on Fox with a two-part episode, “Spider Wars I: I Really Hate Clones” and “Spider Wars II: Farewell, Spider-Man” (Saturday at 10 a.m.). The finale has Spider-Man facing numerous “Spider-Man-selves” from other dimensions. Encore episodes continue Monday-Thursday at 3:30 p.m. For ages 6-17.

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Bambi, Thumper, Flower and the beautiful fawn Faline romp in the forrest again as the classic animated film Bambi gets a showing on cable (Disney, Saturday at 7 p.m.). For the family.

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