What to Watch This Week: December 10 to 15

From a holiday with Cookie to the return of Sideshow Bob, we round up our top 10 shows to watch this week

1. The Simpsons – Sunday, December 10, 7:30 p.m., Global; 8 p.m., Fox

It’s midseason finale time for Springfield’s endearingly dysfunctional first family, and they’re capping off 2017 with an always-welcome Sideshow Bob episode. After Bart vanishes, the town organizes a search party, which turns up nothing. So it’s up to the boy’s old nemesis, voiced as ever by Kelsey Grammer, to use his particular set of skills to convince Milhouse to give up Bart’s whereabouts. NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal has a cameo.

2. Frozen – Sunday, December 10, 8 p.m., ABC

The 2013 Disney smash has quickly cemented itself as a yuletide staple. When Queen Elsa (Broadway great Idina Menzel) loses control of her cryokinetic powers, encases her kingdom in ice and exiles herself to a frozen prison, her sister Anna (Kristen Bell) sets out to warm Elsa’s heart and save all of Arendelle.

3. Comic Book Men – Sunday, December 10, 9:55 p.m., AMC | Season Finale

With Star Wars: The Last Jedi hitting theatres in December, ’tis the season for all things Force-related. So when some rare collectibles from the iconic sci-fi franchise find their way into the Stash, Walt puts up “big cash” in an effort to secure the items and elevate the store’s profile. It all makes for a downright geek-tastic finale.

4. Encore! – Sunday, December 10, 10 p.m., ABC

Like many performers, Veronica Mars and Frozen star Kristen Bell got her start in school musicals, and that’s the impetus for a new one-hour special in which she serves as star and executive producer.

In Encore!, Bell reunites the former students who starred together 20 years ago in an actual high school musical and asks them to mount one more performance. Two decades later, each member of the cast reprises his or her role in that musical: Into the Woods, from Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine.

This time out, however, the cast will have some heavy hitters in their corner as they’re taken under the tutelage of Broadway directors, choreographers and voice coaches who will help them shake off the rust in order to deliver what promises to be an unforgettable production of the Tony-winning musical.

5. The Bachelor: Countdown to Arie – Monday, December 11, 10 p.m., ABC

There have been some pretty questionable selections for the title man of this series over its lengthy lifespan (yes, Juan Pablo, we’re looking at you), but after 22 seasons, fans were still shocked that a 2012 runner-up was selected for the show’s next cycle in January.

Yes, it’s been a good long while since Emily Maynard rejected Arie Luyendyk, Jr. on The Bachelorette, but hey, in the Bachelor-verse, as in life, sometimes it takes a while to realize that the one you were meant to be with all along is the nice guy you never thought of as more than a friend/runner-up.

But before old Arie embarks on his quest for love, tune in for this special, meant to remind audiences who exactly this guy is and what he’s been doing these past five years, building up his profile ahead of the forthcoming season’s New Year’s Day debut.

6. Gwen Stefani’s You Make It Feel Like Christmas – Tuesday, December 12, 9 p.m., NBC

The pop star’s first-ever Christmas special includes music from her new album, old holiday standards and special appearances by her boyfriend Blake Shelton, pals Chelsea Handler, Ken Jeong and Seth MacFarlane, and a peek into Stefani’s own holiday traditions.

7. Harry Styles: Live in Manchester – Tuesday, December 12, 9 p.m., CTV

It shouldn’t be surprising that the guy dubbed “the cute one” in the world’s most popular boy band would embark on an even more successful solo career, which sure seems to be the case with One Direction’s Harry Styles. Striking out on his own, Styles stars in his first-ever TV special, filmed back in August in Manchester, England. The BBC special finds Styles performing in the intimate setting of a studio in front of a small audience, delivering tunes from his self-titled solo debut. In addition, Styles is interviewed by BBC’s Nick Grimsby, and talks about his personal life (or at least as much as he’s willing to share), his music career and his blossoming side gig as an actor, following his roundly praised acting debut in the Christopher Nolan-directed Second World War epic Dunkirk.

8. Mr. Robot – Wednesday, December 13, 7 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., Showcase | Season Finale

The series focusing on one brilliant anarchist’s slow descent into madness in a world of hackers, hallucinated mentors and heartless corporations wraps season three. If the previous two finales are any indication, we’re expecting another mind-bending twist.

9. Taraji’s White Hot Holidays – Thursday, December 14, 8 p.m., Fox

Empire star and Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson returns for her third annual Christmas concert. Joining her on stage for tunes and skits are the likes of Faith Evans, Fergie, Ciara, the Ying-Yang Twins, her Empire co-star Jussie Smollett, SNL alum Jay Pharaoh, Taye Diggs, Niecy Nash and DJ Khaled.

10. Wormwood – Friday, December 15, Netflix | Series Premiere

Ever since its inception, the CIA has been accused of doing some pretty shady things in the name of (and in spite of) their quest for national security. While many of those accusations have been chalked up to conspiracy theories or raving lunatics, there’s also no denying that the amount of power this organization has is a pretty terrifying thing.

That’s what makes this new project from legendary documentarian Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line) so interesting. The series marks another first for Netflix—the combination of fiction and documentary—as it tackles the story of 1950s CIA employee Frank Olson and the supposed LSD experiments the Agency conducted on him. Actors Peter Sarsgaard (The Killing), Bob Balaban (Seinfeld) and Molly Parker (Deadwood) star in the film-quality re-enactments, which are blended with Morris’s interviews to take us through the entire sordid tale.