TV picks for Dec. 8-9: 'White House Christmas 2018,' 'The American Meme,' Quincy Jones

December 7, 2018 at 9:12PM
LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 25: Gladys Knight performs onstage at "Q 85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones" presented by BET Networks at Microsoft Theater on September 25, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Maury Phillips/Getty Images for BET) ORG XMIT: 775232675
Gladys Knight performs at “Q 85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

House party

Designer Alison Victoria plays a happy elf in "White House Christmas 2018," an exclusive room-by-room tour with stops to spray edible snow on the gingerbread replica of the Executive Residence and to hang more than 500 feet of velvet ribbon on the Blue Room's tree.

5 p.m. Sunday, HGTV

Baby, I'm a star

No one is going to induct Paris Hilton into Mensa after watching "The American Meme," but this fascinating documentary does make the socialite out to be shrewder than you might think from her public persona — perhaps forging a path for future social-media stars to follow. Josh Ostrovsky (@thefatjewish) and Kirill Bichutsky (@slutwhisperer) also chime in, if only to boost their traffic numbers.

Now streaming on Netflix

Rock with you

Rashida Jones already threw one heck of a bash for her legendary father in the Netflix documentary "Quincy," but why stop there? "Q 85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones" keeps the party going with performances by Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight and Meghan Trainor.

7 p.m. Sunday, BET

Neal Justin

Quincy Jones arrives at the Governors Awards on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Quincy Jones (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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