| 11:30 PM | Faith Hill, Joy to the World: A Soundstage Special Event: Faith Hill sings Christmas standards at Chicago's Sears Centre. |
| 12:30 AM | A Holly Jolly Pops Holiday With Barenaked Ladies: Keith Lockhart conducts the Boston Pops Orchestra in a celebratory concert. |
| 1:30 AM | The Three Tenors Christmas: Vienna Symphony Orchestra. |
| 2:30 AM | Masterpiece Classic - Oliver Twist: Mistreated by an undertaker, Oliver escapes to London where he is adopted by a criminal gang. |
| 4:00 AM | Masterpiece Classic - Oliver Twist: Nancy nurses Oliver back to health when he is wounded during a night burglary. |
| 5:30 AM | Carols for Christmas: England's Royal College of Music Chamber Choir. |
| 6:00 AM | Carols for Christmas: England's Royal College of Music Chamber Choir. |
| 6:30 AM | Masterpiece Theatre - The Wind in the Willows: A new adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's ``The Wind in the Willows.'' |
| 8:00 AM | Urban Nutcracker: Anatomy of a Ballet: Multiethnic dancers, artists and stage crew participate in the holiday classic. |
| 9:00 AM | Sugarplum Dreams: Staging the Nutcracker Ballet: Indiana University students work with schoolchildren to perform the holiday ballet. |
| 10:00 AM | The Three Tenors Christmas: Vienna Symphony Orchestra. |
| 11:00 AM | Great Performances - Andrea Bocelli and David Foster: My Christmas: David Foster joins Andrea Bocelli for a performance of seasonal favorites. |
| 12:30 PM | Radio City Christmas Spectacular Starring the Rockettes: The dancers celebrate the holiday season |
| 1:30 PM | The National Christmas Tree Lighting 2009: The lighting of the tree takes place at President's Park in Washington, D.C. |
| 2:30 PM | Between the Lions - Pigs, Pigs, Pigs!; The Three Little Pigs: Pigs run amok in the story ``Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore.'' |
| 3:00 PM | Arthur - D.W. on Ice; Spoiled Rotten!: D.W. tells her friends she is a fantastic skater; spoiled. |
| 3:30 PM | Martha Speaks - Martha Takes the Cake; Codename: Martha: Ronald thinks Martha ruined Alice's birthday cake; robbery plot. |
| 4:00 PM | WordGirl - Coupon Madness; When Life Gives You Potatoes ...: Granny May uses her coupon-printing press to get free things; Dr. 2-Brains escapes again. |
| 4:30 PM | Cyberchase - When Penguins Fly: Fluff participates in the Penguin March and asks Matt, Jackie, Inez and Digit to join him. |
| 5:00 PM | The Electric Company - War of the Words: Hector is chosen to give a presentation on stamina to Jessica and Keith's health class. |
| 5:30 PM | Local Programming |
| 6:00 PM | Worldfocus |
| 6:30 PM | Nightly Business Report: Four careers with great potential. |
| 7:00 PM | PBS NewsHour |
| 8:00 PM | Local Programming |
| 8:30 PM | NOW on PBS: The high price of higher education leaves many college graduates buried in debt. |
| 9:00 PM | Bill Moyers Journal: Choreographer Bill T. Jones reimagines a young President Abraham Lincoln through dance. |
| 10:00 PM | Michael McDonald -- This Christmas: A Soundstage Special Event: The popular singer celebrates the holidays with yuletide favorites. |
| 11:00 PM | Charlie Rose |