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What’s on TV this week: Christmas Day sports, Kennedy Center Honors, NYE specials and more

Sunday “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” (Netflix): A precocious 5-year-old (Alisha Weir) fights the power at her boarding school in this 2022 fantasy tale. With Emma Thompson. “The Witcher: Blood Origin” (Netflix): Our hero Geralt of Rivia is not even a twinkle in some distant ancestor’s eye in this new prequel to the fantasy drama. “The Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade” (ABC, 10 ...
Emma Thompson, left, and Alisha Weir in“ Roald Dahl’ s Matilda the Musical.”.

Sunday

“Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” (Netflix): A precocious 5-year-old (Alisha Weir) fights the power at her boarding school in this 2022 fantasy tale. With Emma Thompson.

“The Witcher: Blood Origin” (Netflix): Our hero Geralt of Rivia is not even a twinkle in some distant ancestor’s eye in this new prequel to the fantasy drama.

“The Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade” (ABC, 10 a.m. ET): With Black Eyed Peas, Katharine McPhee, Maren Morris, Meghan Trainor, et al.

NBA Christmas Day 2022 (ABC, noon): A stocking stuffed full of basketball matchups, beginning with the Philadelphia 76ers vs. New York

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