| 11:00 PM | Charlie Rose: Authors Ken Auletta, Michael Bennett and Andy Plummer. |
| 12:00 AM | Tavis Smiley: Musician Harry Connick Jr. |
| 12:30 AM | Worldfocus |
| 1:00 AM | Frontline - From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians: Development and impact of the Gospels; Christians and Jews. |
| 3:00 AM | Great Performances - Renée Fleming: Sacred Songs and Carols: Soprano Ren‚e Fleming sings secular Christmas music. |
| 4:00 AM | A Holly Jolly Pops Holiday With Barenaked Ladies: Keith Lockhart conducts the Boston Pops Orchestra in a celebratory concert. |
| 5:00 AM | Local Programming |
| 5:30 AM | GED Connection - GED Essay |
| 6:00 AM | Carols for Christmas: England's Royal College of Music Chamber Choir. |
| 7:00 AM | Arthur's Perfect Christmas: Arthur prepares gifts to celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa. |
| 8:00 AM | Cyberchase - Starlight Night: Hacker schemes to ruin an annual holiday tradition. |
| 8:30 AM | Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas: The Man With the Yellow Hat and George are excited about Christmas. |
| 9:30 AM | Super Why! - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas: Whyatt has an important question for Santa. |
| 10:00 AM | Super Why! - The Nutcracker: Super Why and friends explore why the Mouse King is cranky. |
| 10:30 AM | WordGirl - Oh, Holiday Cheese; Change Day: Dr. Two Brains crashes the cheese party; the Butcher locks Becky and Bob in the vault at the bank. |
| 11:00 AM | WordWorld - The Christmas Star; A Christmas Present for Dog: Duck tries to lasso a star out of the sky for Frog's Christmas tree. |
| 11:30 AM | Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails: Thomas and pals must save a broken-down engine from the scrap heap. Animated. |
| 12:30 PM | Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas: The Man With the Yellow Hat and George are excited about Christmas. |
| 1:30 PM | Holiday Train Show With David Hartman: Paul Busse builds replicas of New York's most notable structures. |
| 2:00 PM | Great Performances - Renée Fleming: Sacred Songs and Carols: Soprano Ren‚e Fleming sings secular Christmas music. |
| 3:00 PM | Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration: Popular Christmas classics include ``White Christmas,'' ``Let It Snow.'' |
| 4:00 PM | Great Performances - Dance in America: San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker: San Francisco Ballet's interpretation of ``The Nutcracker.'' |
| 6:00 PM | Worldfocus |
| 6:30 PM | Nightly Business Report: James Grant, Grant's Interest Rate Observer. |
| 7:00 PM | PBS NewsHour |
| 8:00 PM | Radio City Christmas Spectacular Starring the Rockettes: The dancers celebrate the holiday season |
| 9:00 PM | Great Performances - Andrea Bocelli and David Foster: My Christmas: David Foster joins Andrea Bocelli for a performance of seasonal favorites. |
| 10:30 PM | Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Edward Herrmann: The Tony-winning baritone sings seasonal favorites; actor Herrmann narrates the Christmas Story. |
| 11:30 PM | Faith Hill, Joy to the World: A Soundstage Special Event: Faith Hill sings Christmas standards at Chicago's Sears Centre. |