Sunday

“Brothers & Sisters”

ABC at 10:00 p.m.

Business troubles continue to plague Sarah, Tom and Saul; Nora tries to distract her family from a difficult year.

Monday

“New Adventures of Old Christine”

CBS at 9:30 p.m.

Christine’s hybrid is damaged in an accident and she is upset when the only rental available is a luxury gas-guzzler.

Wednesday

“Top Chef”

Bravo at 10:00 p.m.

In a holiday-themed episode, the chefs whip up a party appetizer and compliment it with a cocktail.

Fuck

Director Steve Anderson explores how this infamous expletive permeates our culture. Through interviews, original animation, film and television clips, the word’s impact is debated by scholars and linguists as well as comedians, actors and writers who defend their Constitutional right to use it.

The Holiday

Iris (Kate Winslet) is in love with a man who is about to marry another woman. Across the globe, Amanda (Cameron Diaz) realizes the man she lives with has been unfaithful. The two women meet online at a home exchange Web site and impulsively switch homes for the holiday. Iris moves into Amanda’s L.A. house and Amanda arrives in the snow-covered English countryside. Shortly after arriving at their destinations, both women find the last thing either wants or expects: a new romance.

The Architect

Leo Waters is an architect and patriarch of an affluent Chicago family. Tonya Neeley is an activist trying to keep her family together while living in one of the city’s most crime-infested public housing projects. As part of her campaign to have the projects torn down and decent housing built in its place, Tonya decides that the one signature she needs on her petition is that of the projects’ original architect, Leo Waters.