"A Charlie Brown Christmas" (7 p.m., WLS-Channel 7): The hour also includes a series of holiday-themed shorts called "Charlie Brown Christmas Tales." Snoopy, Linus, Sally and Lucy each get their own storyline. Not to complain, but - why not Pigpen?

"Dirty Jobs" (8 p.m., Discovery): Investigate a cow with a hole in his stomach at Arkansas State University.

"Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live" (8 p.m., WFLD-Channel 32): The irascible chef invites us to make steak Diane with him. This sounds very, very dangerous to me.

"Elf" (8 p.m., USA): Can we officially call the Will Ferrell adventure a classic now?

"Arrested Development" (8 p.m., Independent Film Channel): It's the holidays, and you have no excuse not to catch up on the genius of the Bluth family. Guest-starring "Inside the Actors Studio's" James Lipton.