Right I’m cold let’s get this over with:

• Drop Zone – Not a hit, and probably wouldn’t have been a hit if it was on at a proper time but despite that I’ve quite enjoyed it and reckon there is something to work with here. An exciting double bill this afternoon, with the semi-final and final. (2:25pm, Sunday, BBC1)
• Sports Personality of the Year 2010 – Only really pointed out because it’s something we used to watch and people might be interested in. I will probably be watching the 100 Greatest Toys on Channel 4 though. (7pm, Sunday, BBC1)
• The Apprentice – It’s the grand final! (9pm, Sunday, BBC1)
• Only Connect – Third place playoff featuring the Wrights vs The Alesmen. (8:30pm, Monday, BBC1)
• The Million Dollar Money Drop – A format I’ve been correctly cool about travels to the US where it will probably do OK on its first outing despite being two hours long and Foxified then fail to hold its audience as the week progresses. I look forward to the positive spin on the numbers. (Monday-Thursday, Fox)
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire – Live! With two couples (Chris Evans and James Martin, Carol Vorderman and Gok Wan), will be interested to see what happens if they don’t finish the second game in time. This time round a lucky home viewer can win half the value of the the prizes won for charity. Will they do LIVE ask the nationwide audience? (9pm, Thursday, ITV)
• Only Connect – I can’t find much to get excited about on Christmas Day, so why not watch the Only Connect marathon on BBC4? I say marathon, but it’s really only the two semi-finals back to back. (8pm, Christmas Day, BBC4)
• All-Star Family Fortunes – Although I suppose there’s this if you’re that way inclined, teams from This Morning take on Emmerdale in an hour’s special. How are they going to drag it out to an hour? (8pm, Christmas Day, ITV1)

It was the week before Christmas, and all through the Bar, everything was silent, even the, er, oh.

• Drop Zone  – Today in Istanbul and not as TV listings guides would possibly suggest, Constantinople. (3:15, Sunday, BBC1 except for viewers in Scotland where it’s going out at 1pm on BBC2).
• The X Factor – it’s the grand final final! (7:30 pm. Sunday, ITV1)
• Pinpoint – New series of the 5Hole Podcast gameshow with Bob Hagh and Alex Davis off of Buzzerblog. Still can’t get excited about GSN Oodles especially when it’s hard to win anything meaningful (Although apprarently easier this time round), but Tim Halbert’s music is fairly wicked. (Monday, iTunes)
• Only Connect – Second semi-final: the Alesmen vs Radio Addicts. (8:30pm, Monday, BBC4)
• Premier League Poker – Game three part two. (0:40am, Monday Night/Tuesday Morning, C4)
• The Million Pound Drop – Live! A third run for the show. Don’t forget our brilliant competition! It might be facetious but the prizes are very real. (8pm Wedesday-Friday, 10:05pm Saturday, Channel 4)
• The Apprentice – It’s the interviews! (9pm, Wednesday, BBC1)
• The Challenge: Cutthroat – I believe it’s the final this week. People shown being carted off on ambulance trolleys in the trailer so it’s likely to be quite tough. The surviving players have made the cash winning $180k between them, but which team will get to divvy up the final $120k? (*) (Wednesday, MTV)
• The Cube – Joe Swash and Kelly Osbourne play for charity. Will be interesting to see how it does without the X Factor to lead into. (7pm, Saturday, ITV1)
• Schlag den Raab – After last episode’s whitewash, there’s €1m up for grabs tonight. (7:15 UK/8:15 CET, Prosieben and hopefully naughty internet streaming, Saturday)

Look out for an iDevice review of the 2011 Millionaire game probably on Monday also.

(*) I think there is a lot of scope for shows with poker tournament-esque payout structures. I think something like Cutthroat‘s format but turned into a daily stripped quiz with everyone basically fighting to make it into Friday’s episode, and hence the money, might be a go-er.