TONIGHT'S MUST-SEES

"How the Grinch Stole Christmas," 7 p.m., ABC. Here's yet another chance to see this cartoon classic from 1966. It was brilliantly written by Dr. Seuss and directed by Chuck Jones. To round out the hour, there's a making-of documentary.

"A Home for the Holidays," 7 p.m., CBS. Each year, this special offers a warm mixture of music and personal stories about adoption. That becomes even more involving when some of the celebrities are adoptees themselves. This year, that's true of Faith Hill, who hosts and sings, and Jamie Foxx, another of the performers. Tim McGraw, Hill's husband, also performs. So do Melissa Etheridge and Gavin Rossdale. There will be films about real-life people, including Frederick Millner, who was in the foster-care system until he was 18, without finding adoptive parents. Now he and his wife have adopted a son.

OF NOTE

"Babes in Toyland" (1986), 7-9 p.m., My Network (K5). Drew Barrymore was 11 when she starred in this remake, as a kid who doesn't have time to play — until she enters a magical land. The result had bright colors, broad scope and a then-unknown Keanu Reeves. It was also way too long; this version, chopping out one-third of it, should be better.

"Mulan" (1988, Disney Channel), 3 p.m. and "Ice Age" (2002, FX), 6 p.m. On the night before the night before Christmas, kids can be diverted with a good animated movie. "Ice Age" mixes broad humor with occasional warmth, as a mammoth and a sloth care for a baby human; "Mulan" has a gorgeous art style, as a girl disguises and takes her dad's place in the army.

"Law & Order," 7 p.m., NBC. This reruns the episode that introduced Anthony Anderson's character. He's an internal affairs officer, investigating Green.

Football, 3 p.m., ESPN. Sure, it will be good to see Boise State and Texas Christian University. Still, couldn't there be a more-macho name than the Poinsettia Bowl? What's next, the Pansy Bowl?

"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," 8 and 9 p.m., NBC. In the first rerun, Benson goes undercover in prison; in the second, Robin Williams plays someone using phone deceit to talk people into doing bad things.

"NCIS," 8 p.m., CBS. Gibbs helps a friend of his late daughter.

"Rediscovered," 8 p.m., ABC. Back when he was casting director for the new edition of the "Mickey Mouse Club," Matt Cassella spotted Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Christine Aguilera, Keri Russell, Ryan Gosling and JC Chasez. Now he goes back over the people who were rejected and gives them a second chance; some turn out to be quite good. He also shows old audition tapes, including Britney displaying a big voice, bad teeth and a great smile.

"The List," 9 p.m., ABC. Here are lots of pop-culture lists for the year ending and the one coming up.