Christmas: The Christmas Orange

Christmas

          There is a tradition  for Christmas that some may know about already: getting an orange for Christmas. It's the idea of gifts of gold from St. Nicholas  and the idea of an orange  before they were so easy to get was a treat for some in the winter. The special we're looking at here is also randomly rare and wants to kind of get that message across too.  

        "The Christmas Orange" is a Canadian Christmas special from 2002.  I remember it airing on ABC Family (now Freeform) but not sure, there was even a point I thought I made it up in my head. It's also based on a book of the same name by Don Gillmor.  

        The art style of the special does have a nice story book like feel, but also does feel very early 2000's the same way.  

            The special is about  a boy named Anton Stingley who happens to be born on Christmas Day.  The boy thought that Christmas was actually the entire town celebrating his birthday.  (Does he Know?)  That was until he turned 5 and realized that Christmas was why everyone was celebrating and nothing to do with him.  He also becomes un happy that other kids get birthday and Christmas presents. He starts making a long massive list and he give his 92 page list to Santa Claus. 

Dear Santa, I want my own country to rule 

            When Christmas day comes  Anton  goes to see what Santa has left him and that thing is apparently an orange. It was an orange. (an orange one)  Anton looks around his house and notices he didn't get anything else. He even asks around to see if anyone got his gifts.  Like the one episode of Rugrats, he sees a lawyer on TV and decides to take the advice of the ad and is going to sue the pants off a Santa.  

            He hires a lawyer named Wiley Studpustle (great name).  The lawyer, instead of saying no, decides he'll take the case.  11 months later the case goes to court. I like how the judge is called Judge OldnGray. We get the part of a special everyone likes, a court room plot.  Studpustle makes the case for Anton and is asking for $11,000,000 (11 million dollars) which I like for being not too oddly specific but slightly oddly specific.  

The wig gives away that this is Canadian 

            Santa decides to be his own lawyer and cross examines the lawyer.  He brings up that Wiley wanted to be a veterinarian not a lawyer. Santa even gave him  a  baby crocodile. (Santa why would you give a kid a croc?!)  It seems Santa broke Wiley.  Then he asks Anton, remember Anton?, to come up to the stand.  He says that Anton has 2,749 toys , which I like is oddly specific.  Santa says that Anton didn't need more toys. It seems Santa couldn't break Anton the same way.  The crowd also seems to bring up  that Santa doesn't always bring them things they want.  Santa tries to make his case, but announces that he's quitting. 

                     This makes everyone feel bad, including Anton, which causes everyone in the town to get mad at Anton.  Anton works to talk to Santa out of this quitting business.  Santa says no. Anton decides to find a replacement Santa, he tries the judge, but that doesn't work. He calls Santa's elf from before to help him. They turn his house into a Santa's workshop, but the boy can't have elves because he's not part of the elves union. (Anton should have thought ahead) 

Wow an orange 

             Anton decides to take his 1806 un-opened gifts and gives them to the people of the town as gifts. He works hard all day to deliver and he sits next to a man who is obviously Santa Claus. Anton talks to him and realizes he's out of gifts. He gives the man the orange, which I am surprised as survived,  as a gift.  Oh the man was Santa. ( A twist)  Then it ends with Anton working with Santa giving everyone oranges, except Wiley, he gets another croc. 

         It's a simple story, and charming fun. I like the art style. The message here is simple and fitting for Christmas.  It has some funny moments too.  It's a good younger kid special. 

    That's it for now, tune in next time when we give everyone an orange , but it's April, so they are confused and scared. 

            

              

            

Christmas: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy

Christmas  

         We're back covering The Smurfs for Christmas. The last time we did, it was a special where the Smurfs take down possibly Satan.  (read here)  Here we are again with dip into one that came out around season 7's airings on NBC from December 13, 1987.  "'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy" also did get reruns on Cartoon Network and later Boomerang since it's a special made by Hanna-Barbera, like the series.   

         This special focuses more on the Smurflings.  Some might be asking , ok, what's a Smurfling?  A) Thank you for being interested in a Smurf's post .  (Yeah thank you!) B) There's lore.  The Smurflings are  a group of 4 young Smurfs.  They are younger than the other Smurfs you know and love and yet older than Baby Smurf, yes there's a Baby Smurf. In season 5 of the 1980's series they added these characters to the series. Where did they come from? Did two Smurfs uhhh Smurf? (Oh?)   No. (Well there's goes my day)    To put a long story, less long, because we really need to get to the Christmas special.  The male Smurflings were full adult Smurfs but then they got de-aged becuase a clock, there's also a girl who made by the same 3 boys because sure. Remember there are no naturally female Smurfs, so they can be made from magic instead.  

  Their names are Nat,  Snappy, Slouchy, and Sassette.  There's not much more you need to get into the Christmas special so let's go! 

            It starts with Wild Smurf, a Smurf who's like a Tarzan Smurf, being wild, I'm surprised Brainy and a few others got mad he's being wild while trying to help them put up Christmas stuff, his name is Wild.  Also it's supposed to be Wild's first Christmas.  Wild's backstory, not from this special, is that he's a Smurf that got lost from the others when he was born or whatever Smurfs do, and was raised by squirrels. (I guess the squirrels don't know what Christmas is.)  Papa Smurf being himself, wants the others to be patient and understand.  

He's Wild !/ Copyright Warner Bros. Discovery 

           Papa Smurf is going to give a gift and leave the special for a bit, but he has dropped something that our special will then focus on. Grandpa Smurf and Sassette, yes there's a Grandpa Smurf, have gone into the village to show her what Christmas Eve is like for humans. Why, just her? Nobody knows. 

If I brought more, I'd have to share this apple/ Copyright Warner Discovery

           There's an old man trying to sell toys and there's a thief with a British accent. The thief likes Christmas because people have money to steal. (Sometimes Christmas sales are already a thief) Grandpa is able to stop the thief with an apple.  The old man isn't doing too well in sales. A little boy shows up  and the man gives him one as a gift. 

Looks oddly like you hmm/ Copyright Warner Discovery 

     

     The boy's father, the boy is named Hans and his father who is some rich guy is annoyed and grabs the boy and runs off. We also learn the old man's name is Gustav. Thankfully, Sassette is very interested in what's going and wants to follow him to find out more of the story. Gustav's wife , Elise, has random unnamed disease.  The Doctor says she needs the power of Christmas can help her or she might die? ( Take two Christmas and call me in the morning) 

That's nice, but I'm dying from the dreaded whatever this is and need Christmas/ Copyright Warner

        Gustav gives Elise a toy and talks to her about Christmas elves. She's not doing too well and Gustav needs a bright Christmas eve to save her.  Sassette goes to the other Smurfs to see if they will help, but the Smurfs are too busy to listen. Wild seems to want to help as well  Papa Smurf comes back and finds that the other Smurfs weren't paying attention and he encourages them and they decide to help out.   

          Hey the thief from earlier is out looking to Christmas Eve rob. That tradition really never caught on.  Grumpy rich guy from earlier  also apparently has decided to walk through the village at night instead of taking a carriage like earlier. He's just asking to get ... oh hey the thief. The thief doesn't want the gifts he wants the money and has grabbed the money.  The smurfs accidently knocked over the thief. 

That's how you know he's a thief, the mustache/ Copyright Warner Discovery 

      Hefty wants to take down the thief.  The other Smurfs go and decide to make a Christmas surprise for the couple who have gone to bed. Since the smurfs aren't very good at being quiet the man hears them and sees them and thinks they are elves.  He gets his wife and they both are amazed to see elves. The smurfs go along with it since I guess Smurf knowledge is bad. Also random song. 

They  were very trusting of the Smurfs/ copyright Warner Discovery 

            The thief is counting the money he stole and the he sees the smurfs in shadows and they haunt him to tell him off. They tell him he has no Christmas spirit. They say others are celebrating Christmas, while he's alone.  Meanwhile, the rich guy's purse gets found in front of the house of the old couple.  The rich guy thinks that they stole because of the Christmas tree.  The thief shows up and decides to confess.  The rich guy decides to not charge the thief.  The rich family decides to be with Gustav and Elise, and the smurfs take off before being seen. That's it.  

            This special for the Smurfs is not as interesting as the other one I covered, but that's because the other one had the Smurfs save Gargamel from Satan. That's hard to compete against.  I don't think this one is bad, though. It's a simple special, the message is simple too, it's Christmas, be nice , care for others that's the spirit of the holiday.  It shows the smurfs that aren't Grandpa and Sassette being too wrapped (heh) up into their Christmas they didn't want to listen to the duo. It happens to people where people do get wrapped into Christmas to notice that.  The thief having a "Scrooge moment" and turning around quickly was pretty fun, glad the special decided to squash a misunderstanding quickly.  

      It's alright special, not robust but not bad, wish it was weirder, but that's fine.  That's it for now, tune in next time when, after we ask the doctor for Christmas in pill form. 

2026 Golden Globes Nominations

The Golden Globes 

               The nominations for the Golden Globes have been announced.  This year, there's a new category for podcasts.   The awards show airs on CBS and Paramount Plus on January 11 and Nikki Glaser will be the host again.   

Here's a look at the full list of nominations. 

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Frankenstein (Netflix)

Hamnet (Focus Features)

It Was Just an Accident (Neon)

The Secret Agent (Neon)

Sentimental Value (Neon)

Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)

Bugonia (Focus Features)

Marty Supreme (A24)

No Other Choice (Neon)

Nouvelle Vague (Netflix)

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Animated

Arco (Neon)

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle (Aniplex, Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Elio (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Kpop Demon Hunters (Netflix)

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Gkids)

Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

Avatar: Fire and Ash (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

F1 (Apple Original Films)

Kpop Demon Hunters (Netflix)

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)

Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Weapons (Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema)

Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

It Was Just an Accident (Neon) – France

No Other Choice (Neon) – South Korea

The Secret Agent (Neon) – Brazil

Sentimental Value (Neon) – Norway

Sirāt (Neon) – Spain

The Voice of Hind Rajab (Willa) – Tunisia

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama 

Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)

Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love)

Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)

Julia Roberts (After the Hunt)

Tessa Thompson (Hedda)

Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams)

Oscar Isaac (Frankenstein)

Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine)

Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)

Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)

Jeremy Allen White (Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 

Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)

Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good)

Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)

Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)

Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee)

Emma Stone (Bugonia)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 

Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)

George Clooney (Jay Kelly)

Leonardo Dicaprio (One Battle After Another)

Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)

Lee Byung-Hun (No Other Choice)

Jesse Plemons (Bugonia)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

Emily Blunt (The Smashing Machine)

Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)

Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)

Amy Madigan (Weapons)

Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture 

Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another)

Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)

Paul Mescal (Hamnet)

Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)

Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)

Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)

Best Director – Motion Picture

Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)

Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

Guillermo Del Toro (Frankenstein)

Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)

Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)

Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)

Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)

Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)

Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)

Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell (Hamnet)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture 

Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein)

Ludwig Göransson (Sinners)

Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another)

Kangding Ray (Sirāt)

Max Richter (Hamnet)

Hans Zimmer (F1)

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

“Dream as One” –– Avatar: Fire and Ash

Music By: Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen

Lyrics By: Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen

“Golden” –– Kpop Demon Hunters

Music By: Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun

Lyrics By: Kim Eun-Jae (Ejae), Mark Sonnenblick

“I Lied To You” –– Sinners

Music By: Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson

Lyrics By: Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson

“No Place Like Home” –– Wicked: For Good

Music By: Stephen Schwartz

Lyrics By: Stephen Schwartz

“The Girl in the Bubble” –– Wicked: For Good

Music By: Stephen Schwartz

Lyrics By: Stephen Schwartz

“Train Dreams” –– Train Dreams

Music By: Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner

Lyrics By: Nick Cave

Best Television Series – Drama 

The Diplomat (Netflix)

The Pitt (HBO Max)

Pluribus (Apple TV)

Severance (Apple TV)

Slow Horses (Apple TV)

The White Lotus (HBO Max)

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Abbott Elementary (ABC)

The Bear (FX on Hulu)

Hacks (HBO Max)

Nobody Wants This (Netflix)

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

The Studio (Apple TV)

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Adolescence (Netflix)

All Her Fault (Peacock)

The Beast In Me (Netflix)

Black Mirror (Netflix)

Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu)

The Girlfriend (Prime Video)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama 

Kathy Bates (Matlock)

Britt Lower (Severance)

Helen Mirren (Mobland)

Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)

Keri Russell (The Diplomat)

Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama 

Sterling K. Brown (Paradise)

Diego Luna (Andor)

Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)

Mark Ruffalo (Task)

Adam Scott (Severance)

Noah Wyle (The Pitt)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy 

Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This)

Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)

Selena Gomez (Only Murders In the Building)

Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face)

Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)

Jean Smart (Hacks)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy 

Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This)

Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)

Glen Powell (Chad Powers)

Seth Rogen (The Studio)

Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)

Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television 

Claire Danes (The Beast in Me)

Rashida Jones (Black Mirror)

Amanda Seyfried (Long Bright River)

Sarah Snook (All Her Fault)

Michelle Williams (Dying for Sex)

Robin Wright (The Girlfriend)

Best Performance by a Male Actorin a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television 

Jacob Elordi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)

Paul Giamatti (Black Mirror)

Stephen Graham (Adolescence)

Charlie Hunnam (Monster: The Ed Gein Story)

Jude Law (Black Rabbit)

Matthew Rhys (The Beast in Me)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television 

Carrie Coon (The White Lotus)

Erin Doherty (Adolescence)

Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)

Catherine O’hara (The Studio)

Parker Posey (The White Lotus)

Aimee Lou Wood (The White Lotus)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television 

Owen Cooper (Adolescence)

Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)

Walton Goggins (The White Lotus)

Jason Isaacs (The White Lotus)

Tramell Tillman (Severance)

Ashley Walters (Adolescence)

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

Bill Maher (Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?)

Brett Goldstein (Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life)

Kevin Hart (Kevin Hart: Acting My Age)

Kumail Nanjiani (Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts)

Ricky Gervais (Ricky Gervais: Mortality)

Sarah Silverman (Sarah Silverman: Postmortem)

Best Podcast

Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard (Wondery)

Call Her Daddy (SiriusXM)

Good Hang With Amy Poehler (Spotify)

The Mel Robbins Podcast (SiriusXM)

Smartless (SiriusXM)

Up First (NPR)

The CW Sets midseason Premiere dates for "WildCards" and Game Shows

The CW Midseason

             The CW has renewed the series "Wild Cards" for a third season, the series was renewed by its home network in Canada, CBC, seasons 3 and 4  back in May.   The new season will premiere on January  26 on a new Monday night slot.    

        Thursday nights will be game show night with the return of "Scrabble" and "Trivial Pursuit" 

         "Police 24/7" continues and moves to Wednesday nights. 

         There's no news yet on when  "All American" returns for its eight and final season.  

Here's the premiere dates  all times ET/PT 

Wednesday, January 21

8-9pm  Police 24/7 (Original Episode) 

9-10pm Police 24/7 (Encore Episode) 

Thursday, January 22 

8-9pm Scrabble (season 2 premiere) 

9-10pm Trivial Pursuit  (season 2 premiere) 

Monday, January 26

8-9pm Wild Cards (Season 3 premiere) 

9-10pm Sullivan's Crossing (encore episode) 

Full Press release after the jump 

CBS Releases Mid-Season 2026 Schedule

CBS Primetime  Mid-Season 2026 

    

        CBS has released their midseason line up. Featured in the line up is the spin-off to "FBI" , called "CIA",  A new Taylor Sheridan series a sequel to "Yellowstone"  called "Y:Marshals" , "Harlan Coben's Final Twist"  and "America's Culinary Cup". and the return of programming such as "Hollywood Squares". 

        

          CBS will also be airing "The Golden Globes" on January 11  and the network's final broadcast of "The Grammys" will air on February 1. 

    Here's a full look at details , all times at ET/PT , unless otherwise noted 

Wednesday, January 7 

8-9pm Hollywood Squares 

9-10pm The Price is Right at Night 

10-11pm Harlan  Coben's Final Twist (series premiere) 

Monday, February 23 

8-8:30pm The Neighborhood 

8:30-9pm  DMV 

9-10pm  FBI 

10-11pm CIA (series premiere) 

Tuesday, February 24 

8-9pm NCIS 

9-10pm NCIS: Origins 

10-11pm NCIS : Sydney 

Wednesday, February 25 

8-11pm  Survivor 50 (new season premiere) 

Thursday, February 26 

8-8:30pm Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage 

8:30-9pm Ghosts 

9-10pm Matlock 

10-11pm Elsbeth 

Friday, February 27 

8-9pm Sheriff Country

9-10pm Fire Country 

10-11pm Boston Blue 

Sunday, March 1 

7-8pm 60 Minutes 

8-9pm Y:Marshals (series premiere) 

9-10pm  Tracker (new time period) 

10-11pm Watson (new night and time period) 

Wednesday, March 4 

8-9:30pm Survivor (regular time period) 

9:30-10:30pm America's Culinary Cup (series premiere) 

10:30-11pm Hollywood Squares 

Special Events Programming 

Thursday, January 8 

8-9pm Golden Eve 

Sunday, January 11 

8-11pm/5-8pm pt   The 83rd Annual Golden Globes   (LIVE) 

Friday, January 30 

8-9pm Inside the 68th Annual Grammy Awards 

Sunday, February 1 

8-11:30pm ET/ 5-8:30pt The 68th Annual Grammy Awards

Monday, February 2 

8-9pm  25th Annual Super Bowl Greatest Commercials Hall of Fame Countdown 

Full Press Release after the jump

NBC Reveals Midseason 2026 Schedule

NBC  Midseason 2026 

        NBC has released its midseason schedule.  The network  has a big winter with the Winter Olympics starting on February 6 and SuperBowl LX on February 8, and the NBA All Star game on February 15.  The rest of the line up is built around these events.  

        "The Wall" is back and kicks off NBC's mid season.  It premieres on January 5, taking the slot on Mondays.  January also has the premiere of the second season of of "The Hunting Party" starting January 8, airing Thursday nights after the Law Order block.

        The day after the Olympics end, February 23, a new comedy series "The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins" premieres with two episodes, followed by a new season of "The Voice"  "St. Denis Medical" will be paired with the comedy on Monday nights. 

        NBC's Sunday Night NBA primetime games start on February 1.  Here's the full line up all times ET/PT unless otherwise noted. 

  Saturday, January 3 

8pm The Wall (R)

 9pm Dateline Saturday 

10pm SNL Vintage 

Monday, January 5

8pm  St. Denis Medical 

8:30pm The Paper 

9pm  The Wall  (Season Premiere) 

10pm Brilliant Minds 

Tuesday, January 6 

8pm NBA Basketball 

Wednesday, January 7 

8pm Chicago Med

9pm Chicago Fire

10pm Chicago P.D. 

Thursday, January 8 

8pm Law & Order

9pm Law & Order :SVU 

10pm The Hunting Party 

Friday, January 16 

8pm Happy's Place

8:30pm Stumble

9pm Dateline NBC 

Sunday, February 1 

8pm NBA Basketball 

Friday, February 6

Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony 

Sunday, February 8 

6pm ET/3pm PT Super Bowl LX 

Sunday, February 15

5pmET/ 2pmt PT NBA All-Star Game 

Monday, February 23 

8pm The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (two episodes) (series premiere) 

9pm  The Voice 

Monday, March 2

8pm St. Denis Medical 

8:30pm The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (regular time) 

9pm The Voice 

10pm Brilliant Minds 

Full Press Release after the jump

FOX Sets winter 2026 Premiere Dates

FOX  Winter Midseason 

    

       

     FOX has released it's winter schedule with premiere dates for new series like "Best Medicine",  a reboot of "Fear Factor" , and "Memory of a Killer" . There's also the return of "The Masked Singer" , "Animal Control, "Going Dutch" and more.  

     "The Simpsons" will have its 800th episode and season finale episode in February.  "Family Guy" returns on February with its season premiere which also is the series' 450th episode.  The return of "American Dad" to FOX is also in February. 

Here's a full look at the line up all times  ET/PT , unless otherwise noted. 

Thursday, January 1 

8-9pm Hell's Kitchen (new episode) 

Monday, January 5 

8-9pm Celebrity Name that Tune (Season Finale) 

Tuesday, January 6 

8-9pm  Best Medicine  (Series Premiere) 

9-10pm  Doc (Winter  Premiere) 

Wednesday, January 7 

8-10pm  The Masked Singer (Special Two-Hour Season 14 Premiere)  

Wednesday, January 14 

8-9pm The Mask Singer (Time Period Premiere) 

9-10pm  Fear Factor :House of Fear (Series Premiere) 

Thursday, January 15 

8-9pm  Hell's Kitchen (new episode) 

9-9:30pm Animal Control (Season 4 premiere) 

9:30-10pm  Going Dutch (Season 2 Premiere) 

Thursday, January 22 

8-9pm  Hell's Kitchen (Season 24 finale ) 

9-9:30pm Animal Control (new episode) 

9:30-10pm  Going Dutch (new episode) 

Monday, January 26 

8-9pm Extracted (Season 2 Premiere) 

9-10pm Memory of a Killer (Series Premiere) 

Thursday, January 29 

8-9pm  Next Level Chef (Season 5 Premiere) 

9-9:30pm Animal Control (new episode) 

9:30-10pm  Going Dutch (new episode) 

Fridays (on going) 

8pm pm /5pm pt   Fox Sports Friday

Saturdays (on Going) 

8pm Fox Sports Saturday

Sunday, February 15

8:00-8:30 PM  ”The Simpsons” (Special 800th Episode)
8:30-9:00 PM  ”The Simpsons” (New Episode, Season Finale)
9:00-9:30 PM   Universal Basic Guys (New Episode)
9:30-10:00 PM    Family Guy (Season 24 Premiere, 450th Episode)


Sunday, February 22

8:00-8:30 PM  Family Guy (Time Period Premiere)
8:30-9:00 PM  Universal Basic Guys (New Episode)
9:00-9:30 PM  American Dad! (Season 20 Premiere)
9:30-10:00 PM  Family Guy (New Episode)

Sundays, March 22, 29 and April 5 

8-10pm  The Faithful (New Event Series) 

TBS and TNT Holiday Programming 2025

TBS TNT Christmas New Year 

        TBS' All I Want for Christmas and TNT's Christmas Maximus programming starts Sunday, November 9.   TBS and TNT will have 24 hour marathons of "Elf" , "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" , and  a " Christmas Story".   TNT will be airing the broadcast premiere  of "Candy Cane  Lane" on November 16.  "Shrek the Halls" comes on December 16.  "Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas"  is part of the line as always. 

            Here's a full list and air dates/times of the programming. 

A Christmas Story 

on TNT 

     

•   Friday December 19 at  4:45pnET/1:45pt 
• Saturday, December 20 at 12:30pm ET/ 9:30am PT
• 24 hour marathon airs December 24 at 9pm ET to December 25 at 9pm ET

On TBS

•     Sunday, December 14 at 10:30am and 11pm ET 
• 24 hour marathon airs December 24 at 8pm to December at 8pm ET 

A Christmas Story Christmas 

on TNT 

• Friday, December 19 at 6:45pm/3:45pt 

on TBS 

• Sunday, December 14 at 12:30pm and 1am ET 
• Thursday, December 25 at 8pm and 12:45am ET/PT

A Christmas Carol (1999)

on TNT 

• Friday, December 19 at 12am ET/ 9pm PT

on TBS 

•      Sunday, December 14 at 3:15am ET/PT 

Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) 

on TNT 

• Monday, November 10 at 7:30pm ET/PT
• Friday, November 21 at 7:30pm ET/PT 
• Sunday November 23 at 11am and 10:30pm ET/PT
• Sunday, December 20 at 12pm ET/ 9am PT

on TBS 

• Saturday, November 15 at 11:30am ET/PT 
• Sunday, November 23 at 6:30pm ET/PT 
• Saturday, December 13 at 4pm ET/PT 
• Sunday, December 14 at 10am and 10:30pm ET/PT 
• Sunday, December 21 at 7:30pm and 10:30pm ET/PT 

Full details in press release after the jump

Freeform's 25 Days of Christmas 2025

Freeform Christmas 

         Freeform's annual 25 Days of Christmas is back and ready to bring viewers 25 days of Christmas fun.  They'll continue to have "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" , "Frosty the Snowman",  "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" -which airs on Freeform in better quality than you'd find on sister network ABC,  and  "The Little Drummer Boy"  They are running the same favorites that have mostly been staples of the network for the past few years.  

         In terms of premieres to the network, there's the 2005 film "The Legend of Frosty the Snowman" a special that is unrelated to the Rankin Bass specials but features the classic snowman in a town trying to fix things for kids. It previously aired on AMC, and will air 4 times in December. Freeform has been airing the 1994 version of Miracle on 34th Street and has now added the 1947, or the original movie to it's line up  , it will air once. AMC had been airing the movie. and I'm assuming that FX will be airing it this year as well. The 1994 version airs 6 times.   And finally, they'll be adding the new "Prep and Landing" special "Disney's "Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol"  which will also only air once. The special is on Disney Plus, and ran on Disney Channel first this year, and later ABC.  

         I will note that now, Freeform can stream the Frosty and Rudolph specials on things like Hulu Live TV and Sling TV, when they air live.  

 Here's the full line up all times ET/PT 

Monday, December 1

7:00 AM Richie's Rich Christmas Wish
10:30 AM Cricket on the Hearth
11:30 AM The Santa Clause
1:35 PM The Santa Clause 2
4:00 PM The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
6:00 PM Home Alone
8:25 PM Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
12:00 AM Jingle all the Way


Tuesday, December 2

7:00 AM I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
10:30 AM Love Actually
1:35 PM Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
3:10 PM Home Alone
5:40 PM Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
8:20 PM Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
12:00 AM Jingle All the Way 2


Wednesday, December 3

7:00 AM Life-Size 2: A Christmas Eve
10:30 AM The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular (2025)
12:30 PM The Legend of Frosty the Snowman (Freeform Premiere)
2:00 PM The Santa Clause
4:05 PM The Santa Clause 2
6:30 PM Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
9:00 PM Disney's A Christmas Carol
12:00 AM The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause


Thursday, December 4

7:00 AM Miracle on 34th Street (1947) (Freeform Premiere)
10:30 AM Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
12:00 PM Jingle All the Way
2:00 PM Jingle All the Way 2
4:00 PM Home Alone Freeform Pop'n Knowledge
6:25 PM Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
9:00 PM Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)
12:00 AM Richie Rich's Christmas Wish


Friday, December 5

7:00 AM The Family Stone
9:30 AM I'll Be Home For Christmas (1998)
11:35 AM Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You
1:40 PM Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
3:10 PM Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)
5:10 PM The Santa Clause
7:20 PM The Santa Clause 2
9:50 PM The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
11:55 PM Disney's A Christmas Carol


Saturday, December 6

7:00 AM The Legend of Frosty the Snowman
8:35 AM Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You
10:40 AM Arthur Christmas
12:45 PM Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
3:25 PM Home Alone
5:55 PM Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
8:35 PM Frosty the Snowman
9:10 PM Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
10:15 PM Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
12:55 AM Santa Claus Is Coming to Town


Sunday, December 7

7:00 AM Arthur Christmas
9:05 AM Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
11:45 AM Disney's A Christmas Carol
1:50 PM Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
2:55 PM Frosty the Snowman
3:30 PM Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
4:35 PM Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
7:15 PM Home Alone
9:45 PM Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
12:25 AM Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas


Monday, December 8

7:00 AM Home Alone 3
10:30 AM The Little Drummer Boy (1968)
11:05 AM Home Alone
1:35 PM Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
4:15 PM Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
6:55 PM Disney's A Christmas Carol
9:00 PM Dr Seuss' The Grinch (2018)
12:00 AM Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws


Tuesday, December 9

7:00 AM Snow
10:30 AM Cricket on the Hearth
11:35 AM Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
2:15 PM Dr Seuss' The Grinch (2018)
4:15 PM The Santa Clause
6:25 PM The Santa Clause 2
8:55 PM The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
12:00 AM The Search for Santa Paws


Wednesday, December 10

7:00 AM Snow 2: Brain Freeze
10:30 AM Kung Fu Panda Holiday
11:00 AM Jingle All the Way
1:05 PM Jingle All the Way 2
3:10 PM Home Alone
5:40 PM Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
8:20 PM Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
12:00 AM Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups


Thursday, December 11

7:00 AM Santa's Little Helper (2015)
10:30 AM The Family Man (2000)
1:25 PM Disney's A Christmas Carol
3:25 PM Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
6:00 PM Frozen (Disney Animation)
8:25 PM Frozen II (Disney Animation)
10:30 PM Olaf's Frozen Adventure (Disney Animation)
12:00 AM Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
1:30 AM The Little Drummer Boy (1968)


Friday, December 12

7:00 AM Home Alone 3
9:00 AM Home Alone
11:25 AM Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
2:00 PM Home Alone
4:25 PM Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
7:00 PM Home Alone Freeform Pop'n Knowledge
9:25 PM Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
12:00 AM Home Alone 3


Saturday, December 13

7:00 AM Merry Madagascar
7:30 AM Kung Fu Panda Holiday
8:00 AM Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws
10:05 AM The Search for Santa Paws
12:10 PM Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
2:10 PM Disney's Prep & Landing
2:40 PM Disney's Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol (Freeform Premiere)
3:15 PM Toy Story (Disney-Pixar)
5:15 PM Toy Story 2 (Disney-Pixar)
7:20 PM Toy Story 3 (Disney-Pixar)
9:50 PM Toy Story 4 (Disney-Pixar)
12:00 AM Toy Story That Time Forgot (Disney-Pixar)
12:30 AM The Legend of Frosty the Snowman


Sunday, December 14

7:00 AM The Legend of Frosty the Snowman
8:30 AM Home Alone
10:55 AM Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1:30 PM Arthur Christmas
3:30 PM Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
5:10 PM Disney's A Christmas Carol
7:15 PM The Santa Clause
9:25 PM The Santa Clause 2
11:55 PM The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause


Monday, December 15

7:00 AM Jingle All the Way
10:30 AM Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
1:05 PM Disney's A Christmas Carol
3:10 PM Home Alone
5:40 PM Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
8:20 PM Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
12:00 AM Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)


Tuesday, December 16

7:00 AM Jingle All the Way 2
10:30 AM Kung Fu Panda Holiday
11:05 AM Arthur Christmas
1:10 PM Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
3:50 PM Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)
5:50 PM Home Alone Freeform Pop'n Knowledge
8:20 PM Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
12:00 AM Santa's Little Helper (2015)


Wednesday, December 17

7:00 AM Arthur Christmas
10:30 AM Merry Madagascar
11:00 AM The Little Drummer Boy (1968)
11:30 AM Home Alone
1:55 PM Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
4:25 PM The Santa Clause
6:30 PM The Santa Clause 2
8:55 PM The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
12:00 AM Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You


Thursday, December 18

7:00 AM Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You
10:30 AM The Little Drummer Boy (1968)
11:00 AM Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
1:30 PM The Santa Clause
3:40 PM The Santa Clause 2
6:10 PM The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
8:15 PM Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
9:20 PM Frosty the Snowman
9:55 PM Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
12:00 AM Home Alone 3


Friday, December 19

7:00 AM Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
8:30 AM Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws
10:30 AM The Search of Santa Paws
12:30 PM Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
2:30 PM Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
3:35 PM Frosty the Snowman
4:10 PM Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
5:15 PM Home Alone
7:45 PM Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
10:25 PM Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)
12:25 AM Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas


Saturday, December 20

7:00 AM Cricket on the Hearth
8:00 AM Arthur Christmas
10:00 AM Disney's A Christmas Carol
12:05 PM The Santa Clause
2:10 PM The Santa Clause 2
4:40 PM The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
6:45 PM Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)
8:45 PM Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
11:25 PM Miracle on 34th Street (1994)


Sunday, December 21

7:00 AM Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
9:30 AM Jingle All the Way
11:30 AM Jingle All the Way 2
1:30 PM Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
4:05 PM Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
5:10 PM Frosty the Snowman
5:45 PM Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
6:50 PM Home Alone
9:20 PM Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
12:00 AM Home Alone 3


Monday, December 22

7:00 AM Kung Fu Panda Holiday
7:30 AM Home Alone
9:55 AM Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
12:30 PM Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
1:35 PM Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
2:40 PM Frosty the Snowman
3:15 PM The Santa Clause
5:20 PM The Santa Clause 2
7:50 PM The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
9:55 PM Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)
11:55 PM Disney's A Christmas Carol


Tuesday, December 23

7:00 AM Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
8:30 AM Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
10:00 AM Frozen (Disney Animation)
12:25 PM Frozen II (Disney Animation)
2:30 PM Olaf's Frozen Adventure (Disney Animation)
3:00 PM Disney's A Christmas Carol
5:05 PM Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
7:45 PM Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)
9:45 PM Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
12:25 AM Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas


Wednesday, December 24 Christmas Eve

7:00 AM Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
10:30 AM Disney's Prep & Landing
11:00 AM The Santa Clause
1:05 PM The Santa Clause 2
3:30 PM The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
5:35 PM Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
8:15 PM Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
9:20 PM Frosty the Snowman
9:55 PM Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
12:00 AM I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)


Thursday, December 25 Christmas Day

7:00 AM Disney's A Christmas Carol
10:30 AM The Little Drummer Boy (1968)
11:00 AM Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
12:00 PM Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade (2025)
2:00 PM Toy Story That Time Forgot (Disney-Pixar)
2:30 PM Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)
4:30 PM Frosty the Snowman
5:00 PM Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
6:00 PM Home Alone
8:25 PM Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
12:00 AM Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)

Full Press release after the jump

ABC Holiday Programming 2025

ABC Christmas  New Year Holiday 

         ABC is ready for the end of the year with their Christmas and New Year programming.  ABC will airing returning favorites and the NBA on Christmas Day.  ABC also has a new installment to their "Prep and Landing" specials with "Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol".    

Here's there full line up , kicking off with a Thanksgiving night airing of "Mary Poppins".   all times are ET/PT, unless otherwise noted. 

 Thursday, November 27

8-11pm   The Wonderful World of Disney Presents: Mary Poppins 

Sunday, November 30 

8:01-8:30pm  Disney Prep & Landing 

8:30-9pm  Disney Prep & Landing : Naughty vs. Nice 

9-9:30pm  Disney Prep & Landing : The Snowball Protocol 

9:31-10pm Olaf's Frozen Adventure 

10-11pm  Santa Claus is Comin' to Town 

Monday, December 1 

8-10pm The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular 

Tuesday, December 2 

8-9:01pm Dancing the the Holidays 

9:01-10:02pm CMA Country Christmas 

10:02-11pm  What Would You Do? Holiday Edition 

Thursday, December 4 

8-9pm   Celebrity Family Feud: The Housemaid vs. the Housewives All Stars Holiday Special 

9-10pm The Great Christmas Light Fight : The Holiday Express (Season Premiere) 

10-11pm The Great Christmas Light Fight : Santa's Making his List (new episode) 

Sunday December 7 

7-8:01pm  America's Funniest Home Videos: Holiday Hoots, Santa Shenanigans and Festive Funnies

9-11pm he Wonderful World of Disney Presents: The Santa Clause 

Tuesday, December 9 

8-10pm Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas 

Wednesday, December 10

8-8:30pm Shifting Gears (midseason finale) 

8:30-9:02pm Abbot Elementary  (midseason finale) 

9:02-10:02pm Shark Tank 

Thursday, December 11

8-9pm Celebrity Wheel of Fortune 

9-10pm The Great Christmas Light Fight : Christmas Vacation (new episode) 

10-11pm  The Great Christmas Light Fight : Holiday Igoomination 

Wednesday, December 17 

8-10pm iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2025 

Thursday, December 18 

9-10pm  The Great Christmas Light Fight (new episode) 

10-11pm  The Great Christmas Light Fight (Season Finale) 

Sunday , December 21 

7-11pm The Wonderful World of Disney Presents “The Sound of Music”

Wednesday, December 24

8-10:30pm The Wonderful World of Disney Presents “Home Alone” 

Thursday, December 25 

10am ET/ 9am CT/ 5am MT/ 5am PT - 40th Anniversary Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day  Parade 

12PM/9PT  NBA Christmas Special : Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks

2:30pm/11:30pt  San Antonio Spurs at Oklahoma City Thunder

5PM /2pt Dallas Mavericks at Golden State Warriors

7:30pm Inside the NBA 

8pm  Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers.

10:30pm ET Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver Nuggets.

Wednesday, December 31 

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025

Thursday, January 1 

8-11pm  2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Full press release after the jump 

Halloween: Alvin and the Chipmunks: Trick or Treason

Halloween  

            We're dipping back into "Alvin and the Chipmunks" with a look at a Halloween special. (Yay were looking at them meeting Frankenstein!) That's right we are looking at a special that aired on USA Network in 1994 called "Trick or Treason" (nooooooooo)  That other one is probably on the long list of things to get to. 

            Did you want to hear the Chimpunks do a cover of "The Monster Mash"? sure you did. The trio are getting ready for Halloween.   Alvin talks about trying to impress a group called the Monster Club, a group that Alvin thinks is cool and Simon thinks is a group of bullies. Alvin wants to join their club. To get into the group someone must do three different things. The group also mentions that's a new kid who is part pumpkin and can do a lot of horrible things, like with one look makes your hair fall out. (He probably just ate that sundae from Spongebob) 

They should be asking if he's actually a time traveler

            Simon really doesn't Alvin to join this group, but has decided to help. Meanwhile the Pumpkin head kid shows up and finds Theodore and says he's taking Theodore to his lab. Really he just helps Theodore from his fall. Theodore finds out the kid helps animals and his name is Michael. Michael knows about the things people said about him because of his deformed face. He tells Theodore not to tell people they're friends or he fears they'll be mean to Theodore.  

The Chipmunk world is like Goofy and Pluto, don't ask how it works

         Super early 90's montage music. I like that Simon made Alvin do a bunch of things for him to help with his prank for Halloween.  Michael uses his power to stop bully kids and stuff. Also there's not much Dave talking in this, he just kind of shows up. (not even an Alivinnnnnnn)  Michael likes Halloween and being able to go as hisself since people can see him as not strange.  Oh wait, David does say something, good. Theodore comes home and messes up Alvin's Halloween trick. 

That being a mask of a kid makes it darker and messed up

            The club isn't happy, so Alvin's new plan is to chase Pumpkinhead out of town. (The one from the 1988 movie?  no.. oh he wants to chase a child out of town, that's mean) Did this special pay to use "Help I've Fallen and I can't get Up" or was this before it was trademarked or something?  Anyway, he finds out that Theodore has been with Pumpkinhead and Theodore tells him that he's his friend. Alvin, after meeting him, is conflicted and tries to tell the monster club to call off the idea.  But the club is too into their whatever to continue and Alvin decides to join them. 

Alvin learned that in monster club, the real monsters are them 

            Theodore and Simon go to Michael's house to make sure he'll be alright before something stupid happens.  The monster club is making my recipe for pumpkin soup, I see.  I don't like the scene where  Michael is happy with friendly animals, saying he doesn't want to go with his mom because he's fine and has friends now.  I've seen this trick, then they kill off people, don't play with me. (I'm scared too) 

Honestly, could have gone either way of killing him or killing the mom. this has happened.

             Alvin and the leader of the Monster Club, uh who has no name; they didn't say it and I don't care, commit breaking and entering a house. (arrest them!) They get the boy to run out of his house and pour the whatever that liquid is on on him.  Alvin actually decides that this is too far and tells the others to stop. Simon and Theodore call Alvin the right things. Wait, there's a twist! That's right, Michael is fine. Alvin actually did have an earlier turn of heart and made a Pumpkinhead mask and put it on a boy from the monster club named Butch.  Michael doesn't even know what's going on.  (Ha ha Butch is dead now) 

Butch was never seen again

            I like how there's a boy that's meeting Michael and is sad that the boy won't kill off his sister. They used real children voices for this special it seems.  There we go  special is over.  The moral of the story is don't be mean.  

            

            This one is very simple, a very clear moral that one shouldn't judge some body by how they look.  It's not a bad message, but it's clear that this a very young person special, though adults need that message sometimes too. Though, don't question this world where people accept talking humanoid chipmunks, but are like woah that kid is freaky. 

          The special itself, looks alright, standard television Chipmunks stuff, but fun 90's cartoon animation look. I also liked how it really had a nice Halloween feel to it. It actually doesn't feel too sugary sweet either and that's good.  Yeah, it's a fun little special. 

          That's it for now, tune in next time, when Butch sues everyone.