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“TIM BURTON’S NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS,” 9 p.m., ABC FAMILY: Innoculation against the seasonal TV treacle: The Pumpkin King gives the yuletide season a touch of Halloween in an animated tale from the mind of Tim Burton.
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“The Big Lebowski,” 7 p.m., Current TV: Bowling buddies become involved with a multimillionaire and his family wanted by mobsters in Los Angeles in this 1998 Joel and Ethan Coen film starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore and Steve Buscemi.
Joanne Ostrow
