1) “The Nutcracker,” 8-9:30 p.m., PBS. This lush English National Ballet production (shown here) does everything right –gorgeous sets, costumes and stagecraft, backing 100-plus dancers, all of them deeply talented. The “Nutcracker” structure leaves the first 15 minutes fairly flat; then the magic begins.
2) “The Voice” finale, 8-11 p.m., NBC. On Monday, the top six singers each did two songs, one classic and one contemporary. That will be recapped during the first hour tonight. Then the party begins, with performances by guest stars and by the finalists with their coaches (Reba McEntire, Michael Buble, Niall Horan, Snoop Dogg). Then the show has its 28th winner.
3) “American Masters,” 9:30, PBS. In a change from its usual process, “Masters” shows a half-hour documentary — “Ten Times Better” (2024). The film meets George Lee, 88, a Las Vegas blackjack dealer, and traces his past as a pioneering Asian-American ballet dancer.
4) “NCIS,” 8 p.m., CBS. Now things get serious: Someone stole a truck filled with toys for the Navy’s Christmas drive. It’s the mid-season finale for “NCIS” and “NCIS: Sydney” (9 p.m., with a murder in Antarctica). They’ll be back Feb. 24, along with “NCIS: Origins,” which reruns its season-opener at 10 p.m. today.
5) ALSO: From 8-10 p.m., ABC reruns the season’s first two “High Potential” episodes … Fox reruns the first two “Next Level Baker” hours (setting up the two-hour finale Thursday) … and FX has “Elemental” (2023). That last one is in a Disney cartoon spree, from “WALL-E” at 1:30 to “Inside Out” at 10.