THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16

[EDITOR'S NOTE: FRINGE is preempted this evening.]

--"BONES" - (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) CC-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1

PA: Viewer discretion is advised.

THE TEAM INVESTIGATES THE NAUGHTY AND THE NICE ON "BONES" THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, ON FOX

Zooey Deschanel and Ryan O'Neal Guest-Star

When a man dressed as Santa Claus blows himself up during a botched bank robbery, Brennan and Booth work to identify the bomber and determine his motives. Meanwhile, Brennan makes plans to spend Christmas in El Salvador, but her father (guest star Ryan O'Neal) convinces her to spend the holidays with him and Margaret Whitesell (guest star Zooey Deschanel), a newly discovered distant relative, in "The Goop on the Girl" episode of BONES airing Thursday, Dec. 16 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (BON-510) (TV-14 D, L, V)

Cast: Emily Deschanel as Dr. Temperance Brennan; David Boreanaz as FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth; TJ Thyne as Dr. Jack Hodgins; Michaela Conlin as Angela Montenegro; Tamara Taylor as Dr. Camille "Cam" Saroyan; John Francis Daley as Dr. Lance Sweets

Guest Cast: Zooey Deschanel as Margaret Whitesell; Ryan O'Neal as Max Keenan; Matt McTighe as Santa; J.J. Boone as Teller; Melinda Page Hamilton as Georgia Hartmeyer; Carla Gallo as Daisy Wick; Dorian Missick as Owen Thiel; Tiffany Hines as Michelle Welton; Wendy Phillips as Abby Chevaleer; Jack Kehler as Malaki Wallace