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Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren head to "Yellowstone" and Benoit Blanc returns No images? [Click here]( ID=167008;size=700x180;setID=556351;uid={EMAIL}7190677;click=watch-list; [TheWrap - SUMMER TV WATCH LIST] Week of December 17 – 23 Winter is here, as is some time off for the holidays. And what better way to spend that time than with some good, old-fashioned television. This week has an unexpected bounty – from the latest chapter in the “Yellowstone” saga (this one starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren) to the new “Knives Out” movie to the return of “Emily in Paris” and “Jack Ryan,” there’s definitely something for every elf this week. On with the television! [Premiere of the week] “1923”Sunday, December 18, Paramount+ [1923 Harrison Ford] Photo: Paramount+ Ready to get dusty? About this time last year, Taylor Sheridan’s “1883,” the first proper “Yellowstone” spin-off, debuted on Paramount+. It ended up being one of the most popular shows of the year and (somewhat) took the sting off of Paramount licensing the streaming rights to its biggest show (and, indeed, the biggest show on television) to its streaming rival Peacock. And instead of a second season of that Tim McGraw-led frontier opus, we jump ahead in time with “1923.” This time the show is focused on Jacob Dutton (Harrison Ford), the brother of James Dutton (McGraw), who has taken in James’ kids and who starts the first Yellowstone Ranch. (It’s fun to see the prototypical version of the buildings we know so well from the mainline show.) Wouldn’t you know it, there’s all types of familial infighting (James Badge Dale plays John Dutton, Sr.) as well as cultural shifts (storylines centered around Western Expansion, the Great Depression and Prohibition are all promised) and the cast is full of tough guy favorites (Robert Patrick, Timothy Dalton and Peter Stormare all make appearances) alongside Helen Mirren – yes, Helen Mirren! – as Jacob Dutton’s wife. In the very first scene of the show she is seen shot-gunning a guy to death. This is peak TV. [[TRAILER](] ID=167008;size=300x250;setID=492280;uid={EMAIL}7190677;click=watch-list; [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “Yellowstone”Sunday, December 18 at 8 p.m., Paramount Network Photo: Paramount Network Taylor Sheridan giveth and Taylor Sheridan taketh away. While it seems like this new season of “Yellowstone” is just getting cooking, it’s time to say goodbye.. for now. This “winter finale” of the show is a huge bummer (and not just because we’re losing some good Sunday night TV). Among the questions that beg answering before “Yellowstone” saunters into its cave for a seasonal hibernation: Has Beth (Kelly Reilly) been transformed by her participation in the cattle drive? What are Jamie (Wes Bentley) and his hot potato girlfriend (Dawn Olivieri) really up to? Will Governor Dutton (Kevin Costner) ever take another meeting? And will this season’s dumbest subplot, about the murder of state-protected wolves, ever amount to anything? It’s unclear when “Yellowstone” will return, but whenever it is, it’ll be too long. [[INTERVIEW](] [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”Friday, December 23, Netflix [glass-onion-daniel-craig-janelle-monae] Photo: Netflix Benoit Blanc is back! The debonair southern detective, played by Daniel Craig and introduced in Rian Johnson’s infectious 2019 comedic thriller “Knives Out,” returns for the first sequel (part of a two-movie deal Netflix paid handsomely for). Instead of a cozy, locked-door mystery like the first film, “Glass Onion” takes a more grandiose approach, drawing inspiration from Agatha Christie’s “Evil Under the Sun” and Herbert Ross’ underrated 1973 thriller “The Last of Sheila” (which sported a screenplay by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim, who makes a cameo here). A group of old friends (Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom, Jr., Dave Bautista, Kathryn Hahn) are reunited by their eccentric tech billionaire bestie (Edward Norton). But who will be killed? (And who is the killer?) One of 2023’s best, most relentlessly entertaining movies, it’s perfect that the movie is finally on Netflix after a brief, 6-day theatrical jaunt at Thanksgiving, because it begs to be watched again and again, revealing new clues and mysteries along the way. Bring on the third one. [[TRAILER](] [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “LEGO Masters: Celebrity Holiday Bricktacular”Monday, December 19 at 8 p.m., Fox [LEGO Masters] Photo: Fox It might be stretching things to single out a three-night “LEGO Masters” event as this week’s ideal documentary choice but it’s sort of slim pickings at this juncture and who doesn’t love a three-night “LEGO Masters” holiday event anyway? The episodes, which air on consecutive nights, pair returning “master builders” from earlier in the show’s run with a new celebrity guest (including our dearly departed Leslie Jordan). Wacky hijinks will undoubtedly occur. But you know what they say: don’t cry over spilled bricks. [[TRAILER](] ID=167008;size=300x250;setID=492280;uid={EMAIL}7190677;click=watch-list; [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “Die Hard”Starz [Die Hard Bruce Willis] Photo: 20th Century Yes, “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie and yes, it is spectacular. John McTiernan’s 1988 masterpiece has been endlessly lampooned, copied and imitated in the years since its release (including by itself – look no further than 1990’s “Die Hard 2”), to the point where you may have forgotten just how great the original movie is. But give it another watch this Christmas and fall in love with plucky New York City cop John McClane (Bruce Willis), who is visiting L.A. to try and repair his relationship with his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) at the exact same moment a terrorist group overtakes her company’s Christmas party (led by the incomparable Alan Rickman in his big screen debut). Yes, the action and suspense are unsurpassed but “Die Hard” is an artful movie, beautifully shot (by future “Speed” director Jan de Bont) and orchestrated so that the characters’ emotions are more important than any explosive device. What a movie. Perfect for Christmas. Or any other time of year for that matter. [[WATCH](] [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “The Wheel”Monday, December 19 at 10 p.m., NBCThe latest newfangled game show you’ll undoubtedly get sucked into while trying to make dinner, “The Wheel” is an Americanized version of a British game show, where a contestant is helped (or hindered) by a rotating (both figurative and literal) roster of celebrity guests (early marketing materials tease everybody from Christina Ricci and Andy Richter to WWE personality “The Miz”). It looks like jolly good, if somewhat dizzying, fun. [[TRAILER](] “Emily in Paris”Wednesday, December 21, NetflixDarren Starr’s guilty pleasure comedy/drama is back. Lily James once again stars as the title character, an American in Paris trying to navigate her life and a lot of iffy stereotypes while eating fabulous food and wearing questionable hats. All ten episodes of the new season debut today. Best enjoyed with a croissant and a clear view of the Eiffel tower. [[TRAILER](] “Jack Ryan”Wednesday, December 21, Prime VideoAll eight episodes of the second-to-last season debut on Dec. 21, so if you so desire you can mainline the John Krasinski-led thriller series based on the Tom Clancy books. It would have been fun if the TV series had remixed the plot of the Clancy books (which were also, of course, adapted into a series of popular movies beginning with “The Hunt for Red October”), sort of like “Hannibal” did. That seems to have not been the case here. But watching hunky Krasinski fire a gun is always going to please the people. [[TRAILER](] “The Best Man: The Final Chapters”Thursday, December 22, PeacockMalcolm D. Lee, director of “The Best Man” and “The Best Man Holiday,” returns for this TV spinoff that reunites the original cast (including Morris Chestnut, Nia Long, Regina Hall and Taye Diggs) for more interpersonal drama. [[TRAILER](] “The Head”Thursday, December 22., HBO MaxWell this should scratch your “The Thing” itch (also that first season episode of “The X-Files” called “Ice”) – a group of researchers at an Antarctic scientific station are found dead or missing by the team sent to relieve them in the spring. What happened to them – and what will befall the new members of the expedition? Expect chills from this limited series, for more than one reason. [[TRAILER](] [- - -] That does it for this week’s edition of The Wrap’s Summer TV Watch List. If you aren’t a subscriber, you can fix that by [signing up here](. Any suggestions for an upcoming premiere, finale or re-watch? 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