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Your TV GPS, a look at the week ahead in television, appears every Monday morning on BostonGlobe.com<\/a>. Today\u2019s column covers Dec. 22-28.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve done it! You\u2019ve made it to the week where you get at least one day off from work. When you\u2019re not too busy gathering with family, catching a movie and devouring some Chinese food, or simply encasing yourself in the softest clothes you own and reading all day, here\u2019s some TV to watch this week. Oh, and yes, there are a few more episodes of the final season of \u201cStranger Things\u201d premiering on Netflix on Dec. 25 at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

In his era, John Elway was one of the biggest names in pro football. In the sports documentary \u201cElway,\u201d streaming Dec. 22 on Netflix, learn more about his rise with the Denver Broncos, as well as the crushing expectations that were placed on him throughout his career.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s a genie in a bottle, she\u2019s Lady Marmalade, she\u2019s ready to celebrate the holiday with \u201cChristina Aguilera: Christmas in Paris,\u201d airing at 9 p.m. on CBS Dec. 22. I\u2019ve never spent Christmas in Paris but I feel certain I\u2019d be really good at it. Call me, Christina.<\/p>\n

Kate Winslet steps behind the camera for the first time with \u201cGoodbye June\u201a\u201d which was written by her son, Joe Anders. The film, which also stars Winslet, is about the complicated dynamics among adult siblings as their mother, played by Helen Mirren, nears the end of her life. Winslet has assembled quite the cast; in addition to Mirren stepping in as her mother, she\u2019s cast Toni Collette (\u201cMickey 17<\/a>,\u2033 \u201cWayward Pines<\/a>\u201d), Andrea Riseborough (\u201cThe Death of Stalin,\u201d and also Winslet\u2019s \u201cThe Regime\u201d), and Johnny Flynn (\u201cEmma<\/a>,\u201d and also some really nice music<\/a>), with Timothy Spall (\u201cWicked Little Letters,\u201d the Harry Potter movies) stepping in as her father. Streams Dec. 24 on Netflix, and it looks like a real weeper.<\/p>\n

Any adult who\u2019s spent much time around children knows what earworms children\u2019s songs can be; \u201cHappy and You Know It,\u201d airing Dec. 25 at 9 p.m. on HBO, looks at some of the performers of those songs, including the men behind the Wiggles and, gird yourself, the guy who played a role in popularizing \u201cBaby Shark.\u201d And yes, a snippet of it plays during the trailer. You\u2019ve been warned.<\/p>\n

Simu Liu<\/a> stars in \u201cThe Copenhagen Test,\u201d out Dec. 27 on Peacock. The thriller is about a man whose brain gets hacked, meaning his enemies can see and hear everything he does. Hopefully, he learned to touch type at a young age so he can at least type messages to his allies without his enemies seeing it. Melissa Barrera (\u201cVida,\u201d \u201cScream\u201d) and Brian d\u2019Arcy James (\u201cSpotlight,\u201d many very cool Broadway credits) costar.<\/p>\n

Lisa Weidenfeld can be reached at lisa.weidenfeld@globe.com<\/a>. Follow her on X @LisaWeidenfeld<\/a> and Instagram @lisaweidenfeld<\/a>.<\/p>\n