Freeform's 31 Nights of Halloween 2024 schedule

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        The unofficial end of summer is here and fall is coming, and that means Halloween is coming. Freeform is ready for it with the announcement of their annual 31 Nights of Halloween schedule.  

            The  network will once again run Halloween themed programming from October 1 through October 31.   Per tradition, the programming event will air movies like "Hocus Pocus", "Beetlejuice", "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "Edward Scissorhands", and more classics. 

         Adding to the line up this year, the 2023 version of "The Haunted Mansion" makes a premiere to the network on October 5.  "Hocus Pocus 2" will premiere October 6.  On October 13,  it's a Tim Burton Day, with the 2019 version of "Dumbo",  Frankenweenie, "Dark Shadows", "The Nightmare Before Christmas",  "Beetlejuice", amd"Edward Scissorhands" 

         Freeform also adds "Arachnophobia" to their rotation this year, along with the Disney animated film "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad"  The Disney Plus series "Goosebumps" season 1 will  air as a marathon on October 25. 

 Here's the full line up all times ET/PT, subject to change 

Tuesday, Oct. 1

1:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown" 

3:00 p.m. ET/PT – "The Haunted Mansion" (2003)

5:05 p.m. ET/PT – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

6:45 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice" 

8:50 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

Wednesday Oct. 2

1:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Arachnophobia" – Freeform Premiere

3:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice"

5:35 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

8:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Ghostbusters: Afterlife"

Thursday, Oct. 3

11:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Ghostbusters: Afterlife"

1:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

4:20 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

6:25 p.m. ET/PT – "Monsters, Inc." (Disney-Pixar)

8:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Monsters University" (Disney-Pixar)

Friday, Oct. 4

10:30 a.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown"

12:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge"

2:30 p.m. ET/PT – "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" (Disney Animated) – Freeform Premiere

4:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween"

6:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Cruella"

9:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice"

12:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986)

Saturday, Oct. 5

7:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Spooky Buddies"

9:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Toy Story of TERROR!" (Disney-Pixar)

9:30 a.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween"

11:35 a.m. ET/PT – "Edward Scissorhands"

2:05 p.m. ET/PT – "The House with a Clock in Its Walls"

4:35 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

6:45 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice" 

8:50 p.m. ET/PT – "Haunted Mansion" (2023) – World Television Premiere

11:30 p.m ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

Sunday, Oct. 6

7:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Mrs. Doubtfire"

10:05 a.m. ET/PT – "The House with a Clock in Its Walls"

12:35 p.m. ET/PT – "The Haunted Mansion" (2003)

2:40 p.m. ET/PT – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

4:20 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

6:50 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

9:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus 2" – World Television Premiere

11:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil"

Monday, Oct. 7

1:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Mrs. Doubtfire"

4:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Edward Scissorhands"

6:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

8:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice"

Tuesday, Oct. 8

12:00 p.m. ET/PT – "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (2010)

2:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween"

4:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

6:50 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice"

8:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

Wednesday, Oct. 9

1:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Mansion"

3:35 p.m. ET/PT – "Frankenweenie" (2012)

5:35 p.m. ET/PT – "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" (Disney Animated)

7:10 p.m. ET / PT – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

8:50 p.m. ET/PT – "Encanto" (Disney Animated)

Thursday, Oct. 10

10:30 a.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown" 

12:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge" 

2:30 p.m. ET/PT – "The House with a Clock in Its Walls"

5:00 p.m. ET/PT – "The Haunted Mansion" (2003)

7:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus" - Pop N' Knowledge

9:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice" – Pop N' Knowledge

12:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Twitches"

Friday, Oct. 11

10:30 a.m. ET/PT – "The House with a Clock in Its Walls"

1:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Spooky Buddies"

3:00 p.m. ET/PT - "Toy Story of TERROR!" (Disney-Pixar)

3:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

5:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice"

8:00 p.m. ET/PT  – "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" 

12:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Twitches Too"

Saturday, Oct. 12

7:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Toy Story of TERROR!" (Disney-Pixar)

7:30 a.m. ET/PT – "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1996) (Disney Animated)

9:35 a.m. ET/PT – "The Haunted Mansion" (2003)

11:40 a.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

2:10 p.m. ET/PT – "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" 

5:10 p.m. ET/PT – "Monsters, Inc." (Disney-Pixar)

7:15 p.m. ET/PT – "Monsters University" (Disney-Pixar) 

9:45 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

11:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Something Wicked This Way Comes" – Freeform Premiere

Sunday, Oct. 13 

8:00 a.m. ET/PT – "The Black Cauldron" (Disney Animated)

10:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Dumbo" (2019) (Live Action) – Tim Burton Marathon

12:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Frankenweenie" (2012)

2:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Dark Shadows" (2012)

5:10 p.m. ET/PT – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

6:50 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice"

8:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Edward Scissorhands"

11:25 p.m. ET/PT – "Arachnophobia"

Monday, Oct. 14

11:30 a.m. ET/PT – "Dark Shadows" (2012)

2:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Edward Scissorhands"

4:25 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice"

6:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

8:35 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

Tuesday, Oct. 15

11:30 a.m. ET/PT – "Twitches"

1:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Frankenweenie" (2012)

3:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

5:50 p.m. ET/PT – "The Incredibles" (Disney-Pixar)

8:25 p.m. ET/PT – "Incredibles 2" (Disney-Pixar)

Wednesday, Oct. 16

1:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Spooky Buddies"

3:05 p.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween"

5:10 p.m. ET/PT – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas" – Pop N' Knowledge

6:50 p.m. ET / PT – "The Haunted Mansion" (2003)

8:50 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

Thursday, Oct. 17

11:00 am. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween"

1:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown" 

3:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge" 

5:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Despicable Me"

7:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Despicable Me 2"

9:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Despicable Me 3"

12:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Muppets From Space" – Freeform Premiere

Friday, Oct. 18

12:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Despicable Me"

2:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Monsters, Inc." (Disney-Pixar) 

4:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Monsters University" (Disney-Pixar) 

6:25 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

8:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus 2" 

12:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986)

Saturday, Oct. 19

7:30 a.m. ET / PT – "Edward Scissorhands"

10:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" 

1:15 p.m. ET/PT – "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" 

4:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" 

8:15 p.m. ET/PT – "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" 

11:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Dark Shadows" (2012)

Sunday, Oct. 20

7:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Mrs. Doubtfire"

9:40 a.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

11:50 a.m. ET/PT – "Arachnophobia"

2:25 p.m. ET/PT - "Dark Shadows" (2012)

5:05 p.m. ET/PT – "Haunted Mansion" (2023)

7:45 p.m. ET/PT – "Cruella"

11:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Ghostbusters: Afterlife"

Monday, Oct. 21

11:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Alice in Wonderland" (2010) (Live Action)

1:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Alice Through The Looking Glass"

4:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween"

6:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" 

8:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

Tuesday, Oct. 22

10:30 a.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween"

12:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Arachnophobia"

3:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

5:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Spider-Man: Far From Home"

7:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Spider-Man: No Way Home" 

Wednesday, Oct. 23

12:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Spider-Man: Far From Home"

3:05 p.m. ET/PT – "Spider-Man: No Way Home" 

6:20 p.m. ET/PT – "The Haunted Mansion" (2003)

8:20 p.m. ET/PT – "Dark Shadows" (2012)

Thursday, Oct. 24

1:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Edward Scissorhands"

3:25 p.m. ET/PT – "Dark Shadows" (2012)

5:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Aladdin" (2019) (Live Action)

8:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus" – Pop N' Knowledge

12:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown" 

Friday, Oct. 25

1:30-11:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps" (2023) – Season One Marathon

12:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge"

Saturday, Oct. 26

8:30 a.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown" 

10:30 a.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge"

12:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween"

2:35 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

5:05 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

7:15 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus 2"

9:45 p.m. ET/PT – "Haunted Mansion" (2023)

12:25 a.m. ET/PT – "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" (Disney Animated)

Sunday, Oct. 27

7:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween"

9:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Spooky Buddies"

11:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

1:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Frankenweenie" (2012)

3:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

5:40 p.m. ET/PT – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

7:20 p.m. ET/PT – "Monsters, Inc." (Disney-Pixar)

9:25 p.m. ET/PT – "Monsters University" (Disney-Pixar)

11:55 p.m. ET/PT – "The Haunted Mansion" (2003)

Monday, Oct. 28

11:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Frankenweenie" (2012)

1:00 p.m. ET/PT – "The Haunted Mansion" (2003)

3:00 p.m. ET/PT – "The Incredibles" (Disney-Pixar)

5:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Incredibles 2" (Disney-Pixar)

8:05 p.m. ET/PT – "Ghostbusters: Afterlife"

Tuesday, Oct. 29

11:00 a.m. ET/PT – "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" (Disney Animated)

12:35 p.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween" 

2:35 p.m. ET/PT – "Ghostbusters: Afterlife"

5:35 p.m. ET/PT – "Cruella"

8:50 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

Wednesday, Oct. 30

11:30 a.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween" 

1:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Arachnophobia"

4:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus" 

6:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

8:25 p.m. ET/PT – "Haunted Mansion" (2023)

Thursday, Oct. 31 - HALLOWEEN

12:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

2:10 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

4:40 p.m. ET/PT – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

6:20 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

8:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus 2" 

12:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986)

Full Press release after the jump 

DCOM Does Sequel To Horse Film but on an Island: Jumping Ship

Disney The Lookback 

      

            Previously. I wrote about the 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie, Horse Sense, which starred Andy Lawrence and  his brother, Joey, as cousins.  That movie did really well to the point Disney Channel wanted to do a sequel.  Though, that movie really had seemed to wrap things up, pretty well. This is the days when movies- especially TV movies- don't expect sequels as part of the game.  Disney had a lot of the youngest Lawrence brother, he was the voice of TJ on Recess, was in the 2000 DCOM, I covered -The Other Me  - and he'd do another DCOM later.  I'll get to the rest of the cast, in a few. 

                Back to the sequel element. The idea of a sequel to Horse Sense is kind of hard to think about except Andy and Joey Lawrence. Joey's character, Michael Woods, went through character development in the movie, as one would expect, so the worry here would be the 2nd movie would ruin some of that because 2nd movie.  

                Jumping Ship first aired on Disney Channel on August 17, 2001. That date will also be important for something else soon. play attention.  Also, look how quickly that turnaround is, the last movie was out in November 1999. (wow) 

Hello, we're calling about your horse warranty/ Copyright Disney 

            How does this movie start? With Montana, horses, Andy's character of Tommy, just to remind you that is Horse Sense 2.   It also shows that Michael has grown a bit in character and is "farming" in his backyard... by the pool. (As you do)  Also, thanks to Tommy's mother talking to Michael on the phone we know they are going Australia. (Random)  Michael tells Tommy that's going to charter a private yacht to during their trip.  I'm happy that this movie hasn't reset Michael's character just for sake of 2nd movie. It does show that he's not good with spending money still, which is a good way have a conflict and not have it be the problem from first movie. His father tells him he's spending money he doesn't have and tells him he has to pay him back and he has to find a job or he'll have to work with his Dad- as a file clerk. 

Son, I'm going to have to sue you / Copyright Diseny

            There also seems to be a new conflict for Tommy, since the ranch was saved, he doesn't want this neighbor guy to like his mother and she kind of likes him too, and doesn't want to be part of this, because doesn't want a new Dad.  

               Michael and Tommy are now on an island as they are on vacation. This movie gives you the Lawrence Brothers doing a great job and makes an enjoyable performance. A lady runs into Michael on purpose and she steals his wallet without him noticing because plot. The duo get to be on a nice boat, oops wrong boat.  Oh the woman meets up with a guy on a yacht and he looks through the wallet.  So if Michael wasn't so showy three people wouldn't want to be after him now. (there's a moral here, somewhere) 

Good thing he didn't notice me stealing his wallet, that I'm holding out here for everyone to see / Copyright Disney 

            The duo find their boat and guess what? You thought this movie would only have two Lawrence brothers, well, you were WRONG.  (ooh I'm sad now) That's right. Matthew Lawrence, the middle brother between Joey and Andy shows up as a character named Jake Hunter.  Which is funny. You see, in later seasons of Boy Meets World , Lawrence played Jack Hunter a character who was Shan  Hunter's half brother on that series.  The other fun part is Boy Meets World , ended it's run 1 year before this movie aired, but reruns were on Disney Channel.   One Boy Meets World's production companies was: Touchstone Television, which was owned by Disney.  It's fun. Fun fact 2: this movie was filmed in Australia for real.  

More after the jump