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Daily guide to television and radio

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Boston Articles
December 28, 2011

ON WGBH

Greater Boston 7 p.m. WGBH (Channel 2) Holiday books and movies.

ON CHRONICLE

Best of Boston 7:30 p.m. WCVB-TV (Channel 5) A few of the winners from this year’s Boston magazine Best of Boston list.

RADIO HIGHLIGHTS

Woodsongs 5 a.m. WUMB-FM (91.9) Live country and bluegrass music featuring Harpeth Rising and more.

The Diane Rehm Show 10 a.m. WGBH-FM (89.7) Richard White MacArthur, award-winning professor of American history at Stanford University.

Radio Boston 3 p.m. WBUR-FM (90.9)

NightSide With Dan Rea 8 p.m. WBZ-AM (1030) The Internet Censorship Bill.

NEWS & TALK SHOWS

Morning

Good Morning America at 7 a.m. on Chs. 5, 6, and 9. Extreme sports featuring Levi LaVallee and Robbie Maddison.

Today at 7 a.m. on Chs. 7 and 10; 10 a.m. on Ch. 7. An investigation of locksmiths.

Anderson at 11 a.m. on Ch. 25. Hugh Jackman.

The View at 11 a.m. on Chs. 5, 6, and 9. Gabourey Sidibe.

Afternoon

The Wendy Williams Show at noon on Ch. 25; midnight on BET. Gabourey Sidibe.

The Talk at 2 p.m. on Chs. 4 and 12. Steve Harvey.

Dr. Phil at 3 p.m. on Ch. 4; 5 p.m. on Ch. 64. A young couple who became parents.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show at 4 p.m. on Chs. 5, 9, and 10. Michelle Williams.

Evening

Conan at 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. on TBS. Harrison Ford; Pitbull performs.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart at 11 p.m. on COM. Melody Barnes, the White House domestic policy adviser.

Colbert Report at 11:31 p.m. on COM. Samuel L. Jackson.

Late Show With David Letterman at 11:35 p.m. on Chs. 4 and 12. Justin Bieber; FreeSol performs.

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno at 11:35 p.m. on Chs. 7 and 10. Ron Paul.

Jimmy Kimmel Live at midnight on Chs. 5, 6, and 9. Matthew Morrison (“Glee’’); Yelawolf performs.

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon at 12:35 a.m. on Chs. 7 and 10.

The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson at 12:37 a.m. on Chs. 4 and 12. Claire Danes.

MOVIES

The Extra Man 8 p.m. (TMC) Lonely writer Louis (Paul Dano) befriends a brilliant playwright who moonlights as a male escort. R (2010)

From Dusk till Dawn 8 p.m. (IFC) Brothers hide in a club populated by vampires. Quentin Tarantino. R (1996)

Funny People 8 p.m. (USA) A struggling stand-up comic (Seth Rogen) befriends a movie star (Adam Sandler). R (2009)

GasLand 8 p.m. (HBO2) A look at the campaign to extract natural gas in the US. NR (2010)

Grand Canyon 8 p.m. (FXM) Lawrence Kasdan’s look at life in LA. Danny Glover. R (1991)

The Green Hornet 8 p.m. (STARZ) Party boy Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) becomes a vigilante after his father is murdered. PG-13 (2011)

On Golden Pond 8 p.m. (FLIX) Story of an elderly couple and their estranged daughter. Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn. PG (1981)

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