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Mama"s help guide to things to watch throughout the vacation weekend:

&bull "Burn Notice" (Thursday, 10 a.m., USA) Start your weekend off right by buying and selling in cold and dreary for any tropical escape to Miami. Mix upamojito and relish the all-daymarathon from the beach-based spy gang, including the 2-part pilot.

&bull "The Closer" (Monday, 9 p.m., TNT) Yes, this series goes just a little Christmas crazy with the holiday designed episodes throughout December, however the winter finale within the never-ending final season of the cop show ditches the Santa hat and will get to business. Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick) seeks the aid of a businessman (Jason George of "Gray"s Anatomy") that has ties towards the neighborhood where Turell Baylor wasmurdered &mdash the situation that brought towards the monster suit which has affected the department.

&bull "Prime Suspect" (Thursday, 10 p.m., NBC) Should you prefer your holidays to become bleak and depressing, pour your large eggnog that will help you endure surly detective Jane"s (Maria Bello) tries to ignore anything festive or vibrant. And absolutely nothing states "Happy Holidays" like a vacation to Chinatown to investigateamah jongginduced murder.

&bull "Chuck" (Friday, 8 p.m., NBC) Mama cannot deny this tired show"s holiday episodes are typically one of the season"s highlights, particularly when they require the large-boxmock store, Buy More. Affirmed, while Chuck (Zachary Levi) and Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) are off onamission, Morgan (Joshua Gomez) and also the Buy More gang must battle angry clients like a trojan intends to ruin Christmas. Comic-book icon Stan Lee guest stars.

&bull "Leverage" (Sunday, 9 p.m., TNT) Yeah, there"s some job including they discovering a gimmick that once more tests Nate and Sophie"s not-relationship. But let"s face the facts, despite the "Moonlighting" couple dynamic, the show is fun, supplying a rest in the force on Christmas evening. So enjoy some mostly mindless entertainment which involves lots of good-searching people tugging off completely implausible disadvantage jobs.

&bull "Physician Who" (Saturday, 8 pm. and Sunday, 9 p.m., BBCA) Celebrate Christmas within the British tradition: having a time-traveling alien. Saturday"s "Greatest of the Christmas Special offers" recalls the highlights of history 1000 approximately many years of this seasoned show, setting you up for that latest "Physician Who" holiday episode, which airs Sunday.

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