What to Watch on TV This Week: Loot, Percy Jackson and The Olympians, The End of an Era, and More!

The week of December 7th marks that period between Thanksgiving and New Years when network television takes a break. That doesn’t mean there isn’t still something for everyone if you look hard enough.

Fans of Percy Jackson and The Olympians will be happy to know the highly anticipated Season 2 premieres on Wednesday. Meanwhile, shows like Down Cemetery Road and Loot have their season finales this week.

And if you are a Taylor Swift fan then Friday is the day for you. We get the premiere of both her documentary: Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour: The Final Show and her docuseries The End of an Era, both on Disney+.

Find our full list of suggestions for What to Watch on TV this week below. Mark your calendars accordingly!

What to Watch on TV This Week:

Predators Documentary Premiere – Monday, December 8th

Predators Season 1 premieres Monday, December 8th on Paramount+.

Series Description: Exploring the controversial NBC series that caught potential child predators in sting operations, leading to arrests, and its eventual cancellation.

Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas – Tuesday, December 9th

Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas premieres Tuesday, December 9th at 8/7c on ABC.

Event Description: Kevin Costner shares the sacred journey of the birth of Jesus.

Down Cemetery Road Season 1 Finale – Wednesday, December 10th

Down Cemetery Road Season 1 Episode 8, “What Will Survive,” airs Wednesday, December 10th on Apple TV.

Series Description: Season finale. Everything Sarah has fought for hangs in the balance.

Loot Season 3 Finale – Wednesday, December 10th

Loot Season 3 Episode 10, “Hail Mary Time,” airs Wednesday, December 10th on Apple TV.

Episode Description: Molly and the team crash an Italian wedding in a desperate attempt to save The Wells Foundation from being taken over by Luciana.

Percy Jackson & The Olympians Season 2 Premiere – Wednesday, December 10th

Percy Jackson and The Olympians Season 2 Episodes 1 & 2, “I Play Dodgeball with Cannibals/Demon Pigeons Attack” premieres Wednesday, December 10th on Disney+.

Season Description: Based on Rick Riordan’s The Sea of Monsters, Percy returns to a threatened Camp Half-Blood, which is losing its magic, and embarks on a quest with Annabeth, his new cyclops half-brother Tyson, and Clarisse into the treacherous Sea of Monsters to find the mythical Golden Fleece, rescue Grover, and save the camp from the rising forces of the Titan Kronos, all while dealing with new dangers, shifting friendships, and questions about his identity and destiny.

Matlock Season 2 Midseason Finale – Thursday, December 11th

Matlock Season 2 Episode 8, “Call it a Christmas Gift,” airs Thursday, December 11th at 9/8c on CBS.

Episode Description: As the holiday season nears, secrets emerge during an investigation involving the local fire department.

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft Season 2 Premiere – Thursday, December 11th

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft Season 2 premieres Thursday, December 11th on Netflix.

Series Description: Lara Croft confronts her traumatic past while unraveling an ancient mystery.

Man vs. Baby Series Premiere – Thursday, December 11th

Man vs. Baby Season 1 premieres Thursday, December 11th on Netflix.

Series Description: After a job looking after a high-tech mansion ended in disaster thanks to an irritating insect in Man vs Bee, Trevor Bingley (Rowan Atkinson) has left the stressful world of housesitting for the quieter life of a school caretaker. That is, until a lucrative offer to look after a luxury London penthouse over Christmas proves too tempting to resist. But on the last day of term, when no one comes to collect the Baby Jesus from the school nativity, Trevor finds himself with another undersized and very unexpected companion. With a penthouse to protect and a baby to burp, will Trevor be able to have the calm Christmas he hopes for, or will festivities descend into chaos?

The End of an Era Docuseries Premiere – Friday, December 12th

The End of an Era Season 1 premieres Friday, December 12th on Disney+.

Series Description: A behind-the-scenes docuseries event chronicling the development, impact, and inner workings that created the phenomenon that was Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour, as well as providing an intimate look at Taylor’s life as her tour made headlines and thrilled fans around the world. The series also spotlights performers, family members, and friends — including Gracie Abrams, Sabrina Carpenter, Ed Sheeran, and Florence Welch — offering never-before-seen insight into what it took to create a phenomenon.

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour: The Final Show Documentary Premiere – Friday, December 12th

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour: The Final Show premieres Friday, December 12th on Disney+.

Documentary Description: Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour: The Final Show” is a concert film capturing the last performance of her record-breaking tour in Vancouver, Canada, on December 8, 2024, featuring the new The Tortured Poets Department (TTPD) era

Heated Rivalry Season 1 Episode 4, “Rose” – Friday, December 12th

Heated Rivalry Season 1 Episode 4, “Rose” airs Friday, December 12th on HBO Max and Crave.

Series Description: A romance set in the world of hockey; Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov are two stars in Major League Hockey, bound by ambition, rivalry, and a magnetic pull neither of them fully understands.

 

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