The top five concert tours, ranked by average box-office gross per city. Includes the average ticket

The top five concert tours, ranked by average box-office gross per city. Includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week’s ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

v (1) Barbra Streisand: $4,065,743; $263.52.

v (2) Madonna: $3,721,998; $182.99.

v (3) Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: $2,112,148; $93.90.

v (4) Justin Bieber: $1,217,217; $75.72.

v (New) Rush: $846,494; $86.39.

“Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (8 p.m., ABC): “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” gets another airing tonight and if you’re not a big fan by now, you probably have all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile.

“Doctor Who: The Snowmen” (9 p.m., BBC America): Whovians, rejoice. In a week largely devoid of fresh programming, the popular British sci-fi series serves up its latest holiday special. It’s set in 1892, when a chilling menace is threatening the world. A young governess (Jenna-Louise Coleman) calls on the Doctor (Matt Smith) for help. But our Time Lord is reclusive and determined not to get involved. Will he really abandon humankind? Or will he fight to save the world-and Christmas-from the icy clutches of evil snowmen that feed on human fear?

“Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade” (9 p.m., ABC): Mickey Mouse and his pals are among the featured attractions of the “Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade.” Shot in California and Florida, the holiday special includes performances by Lady Antebellum, Backstreet Boys, Colbie Caillat, Phillip Phillips and others.

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Petitioners: Deport CNN’s Piers Morgan

LONDON

Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for British CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported from the U.S. over his gun- control views.

Morgan has taken an aggressive stand for tighter U.S. gun laws in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. Last week, he called a gun advocate appearing on his “Piers Morgan Tonight” show an “unbelievably stupid man.”

Now, gun-rights activists are fighting back. A petition created Dec. 21 on the White House e-petition website by a user in Texas accuses Morgan of engaging in a “hostile attack against the U.S. Constitution” by targeting the Second Amendment. It demands he be deported immediately for “exploiting his position as a national network television host to stage attacks against the rights of American citizens.” The petition is well beyond the 25,000 signature threshold to get a White House response.

Morgan seemed amused by the movement. In a series of Twitter messages, he alternately urged his followers to sign the petition and in response to one article said “bring it on” as he appeared to track the petition’s progress. “If I do get deported from America for wanting fewer gun murders, are there any other countries that will have me?” he wrote.