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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

30 Rock: Liz (Tina Fey) tries to convince Tracy (Tracy Morgan) that women can be just as funny as men in this repeat episode (8 p.m. NBC).

The Mindy Project: The Mindy Kaling sitcom offers four repeat episodes (8, 8:30, 9 and 9:30 p.m. Fox).

Apollo Live: Bell Biv Devoe performs and the winner is revealed in the talent competition’s season finale (8 p.m. BET).

The Real Housewives of Miami: The ladies look back in part one of a two-part reunion special (9 p.m. Bravo).

Four Weddings: A bacon bar is the main attraction at one bride’s wedding reception in this new installment (9 p.m. TLC).

Eating the Enemy: Invasive species like Asian carp and wild boar are what’s for dinner when this reality series debuts with back-to-back episodes (11 and 11:30 p.m. Animal Planet).

SPECIALS

Happy New Year, Charlie Brown: The Peanuts gang prepares to celebrate the holiday in this animated special (8 p.m. ABC).

MOVIES

The Big Lebowski: Jeff Bridges is “The Dude,” and not the title character, in the Coen brothers’ 1998 cult classic; John Goodman and Steve Buscemi also star (8 p.m. Encore).

Bound: Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly star in the Wachowskis’ steamy 1996 thriller (8 p.m. IFC).

SPORTS

College football: Bowling Green battles San Jose State in the Military Bowl, from Washington, D.C. (noon, ESPN); Cincinnati challenges Duke in the Belk Bowl, from Charlotte, N.C. (3:30 p.m. ESPN); and the UCLA Bruins face Baylor in the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl, from San Diego (6:45 p.m. ESPN).

College basketball: New Mexico visits Cincinnati (6 p.m. ESPN2).

Basketball: The Dallas Mavericks meet the Oklahoma City Thunder (5 p.m. TNT) and the Clippers welcome Boston Celtics (7:30 p.m. TNT).