Best-bets for Dec. 27: bowl blitz, plus “Wonk,” more

1) Bowl games. Eight bowls are packed into one day. ABC has Penn State and Clemson at noon ET, Brigham Young (shown here, ranked No. 12) and Georgia Tech (No. 22) at 3:30, and Virginia (No. 19) and Missouri at 7:30. There’s more on ESPN (11 a.m. amd 3:15 a.m., 5:45 and 9:15 p.m.) And CW has the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl (really) at 4:30. Read more…

1) Bowl games. Eight bowls are packed into one day. ABC has Penn State and Clemson at noon ET, Brigham Young (shown here, ranked No. 12) and Georgia Tech (No. 22) at 3:30, and Virginia (No. 19) and Missouri at 7:30. There’s more on ESPN (11 a.m. amd 3:15 a.m., 5:45 and 9:15 p.m.) And CW has the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl (really) at 4:30.

2) “Tracker,” 8 p.m., CBS. This reruns the most recent episode that had Sofia Pernas — the wife of Justn Hartley, who stars as Colter. It’s her third one as Billie, Colter’s ex-partner (business and romance). He asks her to go undercover in a women’s prison. That’s followed by “Fire Country,” with wind pushing a wildfire toward Edgewater.

3) “Next Level Baker,” 8-10 p.m., Fox. This is a quick rerun of the finale. Contestants try to make a three-tier cake tower, with $25,000 at stake.

4) “Wonka” (2023), 8 p.m., TNT. Timothee Chalamet is that rare actor who does it all — from epic adventure to indie-style drama. Here, he also sings; the film about the young Willy Wonka, is a delight visually and musically. It’s preceded by the great “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (2005) at 4 and the good “Willy Wonka” (1971) at 6.

5) More movies. You can catch the original “Star Wars” trillogy (1977, 1980, 1983) at 5, 8 and 11 p.m. on AMC … or try a space satire. “Spaceballs” (1987) is 9:30 p.m. on BBC America. It’s a fairly clever Mel Brooks film … as is “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” (1993), at 7 and 11:30 p.m.

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