CBS Announces Holiday Programming

CBS  Holidays Christmas 

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       CBS has announced their holiday programming for Thanksgiving until New Year.

Thursday, November 24
 7-10AMET ; Live Mt , Delayed PT )  : Thanksgiving Day Parade

Friday ,November 25
 8PMET  Frosty the  Snowman
8:30pmet  Frosty Returns

Saturday, November 26
8PMET  Robbie the Reindeer
9PMET  The Story of  Santa Claus

Tuesday, November 29
8PMET  Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

Friday, December 2
8PMET  I love Lucy : Christmas Special

Monday, December 5
10PMET   The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

Friday,December 23
8PMET   A Home For The Holidays

Tuesday, December 27
9PMET  The 39th Annual Kennedy Center Honors

press release after the jump

Fox Announces Winter 2017 Premiere dates

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                FOX has announced their winter schedule and premiere dates.  It's new series "Star" gets special premiere  in December , before it starts officially in January.  Also ,  New comedy, "The Mick" gets a New Year's Day premiere.

 Here are some Details :

Wednesday, December 14
8PMET   Empire (Fall Finale)
9PMET   Star (Special Premiere)

January 1st
   8PMET  The Mick (new comedy)  (special premiere)
   8:30PMET   Brookyln Nine-Nine (Winter finale 2 parts)

January 3rd
8:31PMET  The Mick (time period premiere)
9:01PMET  Bones :The Final Chapter (season premiere)

January 5th
8PMET   Hell's Kitchen (New season )

Fridays  starting January 6th
8PMET  Rosewood (Time Period Premiere)
9PMET  Sleepy Hollow (New Season)

Thursdays, starting January 12th
8PMET   Hell's Kitchen  (Time period)
9:01pmet  My Kitchen Rules (Series Premiere)

Sunday, February 5th

10PMET/7PT  24:Legacy (Series Premiere , Part one)

Mondays starting February 6th
8PMET  24: Legacy (Series Premiere , part two )
9:01pmet   APB (Series Premiere)

Thursdays Starting February 9th
8PMET  Masterchef Junior (Series Premiere)
9:01PM  My Kitchen Rules


Press release after the jump

It's A Charlie Brown Lookback: It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown

The Peanuts  The Lookback 

       This special has got to be the most 80's  Peanuts special ever, I mean this ,as most Peanuts specials and comics did stay timeless to a fault and not really showing off a time period.  Though the characters did update to times in subtle ways  : like with Lucy and Sally wearing pants in later strips.  This special goes off the timelessness of Peanuts specials and goes straight for the time it was made, that is "It's  Flashbeagle ,Charlie Brown".
   
     The special doesn't have a plot ,per say, so we won't be doing our normal piece by piece look at the episode. (loudly cheers)  We will take a look at things by segment.
  The First segment  is a few minutes of Peppermint Patty and Marcie in class and of course the things that Peppermint Patty does in class.  Peppermint Patty going to gym class  this gives us our first song called "Get  in shape".


      Apparently this song  inspired by Charles Schulz' daughter  Jill , who was 12 at the time the sequence and the images are based on her as well. Also somebody who wrote this song liked "Hey  Nikki".  (Just be glad this wasn't made in 1997 some one would have been inspired by the Macerana)

   In segment 2 (guess we will call it that ) Snoopy hair dries his ears , while Charlie Brown and Sally are talking about a party.  The Party starts and the kids are playing Simon says (Simon says we are going to take over the world tonight , Pinky) and in true Lucy  style takes over the game and next song starts.  It's called  "Lucy Says"


   This song is inspired by Lucy being the boss. ( Lucy later started a cult where everyone has to dress like her and have wigs like her hair)   After, the song , the party continues and  a Sally wanting Linus to dance with her but Linus refuses scene. Also Snoopy and Woodstock make punch and Charlie Brown sees how they do it  and it grosses him out (Woodstock drinks from the straws and swims in the punch to mix it) and Lucy drinks it not knowing this secret.
   The next song is started by Charlie Brown called the Pig Pen Hoedown (finally the most 80's thing ever , country music!).


 
   We are danced out ! More after the jump.

Freeform Announces Their 25 days of Christmas programming

Freeform  Christmas 

   Even with a name change ,the long tradition that started with Fox Family of 25 Days of Christmas continues and Freeform has announced their schedule.

Here it is :

Thursday, December 1
3:30PMET   Willy Wonka &The Chocolate Factory
6pmet            The Year  Without a Santa Claus
7:05pmet       National Lampoon's  Christmas Vacation
9:15pmet        The Santa Clause
11:20pmet    Tim Burton's  The Nightmare Before Christmas
12:55amet     Rudolph's Shiny  New Year

Friday, December 2
11AMET        Jack  Frost (1979)
12PMET        Willy Wonka &The Chocolate Factory
2:30PMET     The Year  Without a Santa Claus
3:35PMET      Tim Burton's  The Nightmare Before Christmas
5:10PMET       Disney's  A Christmas Carol
7:15PMET    The Santa Clause
9:20PMET      The Polar Express
11:25PMET   Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Saturday , December 3
7AMET        Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
8:30AMET  Mickey's Twice Upon a  Christmas
10AMET    Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
12pmet        Disney's  A Christmas Carol
2:05pmet     Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
4:40pmet      The Polar Express
6:45pmet       Arthur Christmas
8:50PMET     Elf
10:55PMET   The Holiday

Sunday, December 4
7AMET  'Twas the Night Before Christmas   (one time showing )
7:30AMET  Nestor , the Long-Eared  Christmas Donkey
8AMET   Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
10:05AMET  Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
12:10PMET     I'll be Home for Christmas
4:30PMET      Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
5:35PMET     The Year Without a Santa Claus
6:40PMET      Elf
8:45PMET    National Lampoon's  Christmas Vacation
10:55PMET   Santa Claus is Comin' to Town

Monday, December 5
4PMET   The Year Without a Santa Claus
5PMET    Jingle All the Way
7PMET      National Lampoon's  Christmas Vacation
9PMET     Scrooged
12AMET   Snowglobe

Tuesday, December 6
5PMET  Scrooged
7PMET   The Polor Express
9PMET   The Santa Clause

Wednesday, December 7
5PMET  The Polar Express
7PMET   The Santa Clause
9PMET   Elf
12AMET  The 12 Dates of Christmas

Thursday, December 8
3PMET   Holiday Joy
5PMET   Deck the  Halls
7PMET  Elf
9PMET  Disney's A Christmas Carol
12AMET  Holiday in Handcuffs

Friday, December 9
11AMET   Frosty's Winter Wonderland
11:30AMET Holiday Joy
1:30PMET   Home Alone 3
3:35PMET     Santa Buddies : The Legend of  Santa Paws
5:40PMET    The Search for  Santa Paws
7:45PMET      Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
9:50PMET    Snow Buddies
11:55PMET    Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July


Saturday,  December 10
7AMET  Mickey's Christmas Carol
7:30amet  Santa Buddies : The Legend of  Santa Paws
9:30amet  The Search for  Santa Paws
11:35AMET  Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
1:40PMET   Snow Buddies
3:45PMET   Disney  Pixar's  Toy Story
5:45PMET    Toy Story 2
7:50PMET    Toy Story 3
10:20PMET   Toy Story : That Time Forgot
10:50PMET   Arthur Christmas
12:55AMET   The Year Without a Santa Claus

Sunday, December 11
7AMET       The Little Drummer  Boy
7:30AMET   Home Alone : The Holiday Heist
9:35AMET    A Dennis the Menace Christmas
11:40AMET   The Year Without A Santa Claus
12:45amet     Arthur Christmas
2:50PMET   Disney  Pixar's  Toy Story
4:50pmet    Toy Story 2
6:55PMET   Toy Story 3
9:25pmet    Disney Pixar's Toy Story That Time Forgot
9:55pmet    The Polar Express

Monday, December 12
5:30PMET  Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
7PMET    The Polar Express
9PMET    Elf
12AMET  Christmas Cupid

Tuesday, December 13
3PMET    Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
4:30pmet   Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
7PMET    Elf
9PMET    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
12AMET    Three Days

Wednesday, December 14
3PMET  Home  Alone 3
5PMET   National Lampoon's  Christmas Vacation
7PMET   Arthur Christmas
9PMET    The Santa Clause
12AMET   Santa Baby

Thursday, December 15
7:30AMET  Holiday Joy
11AMET   Snow Buddies
1PMET   Home Alone 3
3PMET   A Dennis the Menace Christmas
5PMET   Arthur Christmas
7PMET   The Santa Clause
9PMET    The Search for Santa Paws
12AMET   Santa Baby 2 : Christmas Baby

Friday, December 16
7AMET  A Dennis the Meance Christmas
9:10AMET  Jack Frost
11:15AMET  The Search for Santa Paws
1:20PMET   Santa Paws 2 : The Santa Pups
3:25PMET    Home Alone : The Holidy  Heist
5:20PMET    Jingle All the Way
7:35PMET   National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
9:45PMET    The Polar Express
11:55PMET    Disney's  A Christmas Carol

Saturday, December 17
7AMET   Rudolph's Shiny New Year
8AMET   Nestor , the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
8:30amet    Jingle All the Way
10:30Amet  Happy Feet
1PMET    Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
2:35PMET   The Polar Express
4:40PMET   National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
6:50PMET  The Santa Clause
9PMET       Disney's Frozen
11:30pm   Charlie and the Chocolate Factory


Sunday, December 18
7AMET  Happy Feet
9:30AMET  Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
11:30AMET   Mickey's Christmas  Carol
12PMET   Tim Burton's The Night Before Christmas
1:35pmet  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
4:10pmet     Disney's Prep and Landing
4:40pmet     Disney's Prep and  Landing : Naughty vs Nice
5:10pmet   The Santa Clause
7:20pmet    Disney's  Frozen
9:50pmet    Elf

Monday, December 19
7AMET  Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
8:30AMET   A Dennis the Menace Christmas
10:30AMET   Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
12:35PMET  Home Alone 3
2:40PMET   The Search for Santa Paws
4:45Pmet    Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
6:50PMET    Elf
8:55PMET    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
12AMET   Just Friends

Tuesday, December 20
7AMET   The Search for Santa Paws
9:10AMet  Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
11:15AMET  Home Alone 3
1:25PMET   The Holiday
4:30PMET   Santa Claus is  Comin' to Town
5:35PMET    The Year Without a Santa Claus
6:40PMET   National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
8:50PMET    The Santa Clause
12AMET    Holidaze

Wednesday, December 21
7AMET  Snow  Buddies
9AMET    Santa Buddies : The Legend of Santa Paws
11:05AMET  Happy Feet Two
1:10PMET   Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
2:10PMET   The Year Without a Santa Claus
3:15PMET   The Polar Express
5:20PMET    Disney's Prep  and Landing
5:50PMET   Disney's Prep and Landing : Naughty Vs. Nice
6:20PMET   Toy Story  That Time Forgot
6:50PMET    The Santa Clause
8:55PMET   Elf
12AMET    The Mistle-tones

Thursday, December 22
7AMET  Happy Feet
9:30amet Happy Feet Two
11:30amet  The Little Drummer Boy
12pmet     The Polar Express
2:05pmet    Jack Frost
4:10PMET   Frosty's Winter Wonderland
4:40PMET   Toy Story  That Time Forgot
5:10PMET   Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
6:45PMET   Elf
8:55pmet   Jingle All Way
12AMET  Disney's  A Christmas

Friday , December 23
7AMET  Frosty's Winter Wonderland
7:30AMET   Jack Frost  (1998)
11AMET  Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
1PMET   Jingle All the Way
3PMET     Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
4:35PMET   Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
5:40PMET   The Year Without a Santa Claus
6:45PMET    Disney's A Christmas Carol
8:50PMET   The Santa Clause
12AMET   Home Alone : The Holiday Heist

Christmas Eve
7AMET  Jack Frost  (1979)
8:05AMET   Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
9:40AMET   Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
11:15AMET   Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
12:20PMET  The Year Without a Santa Claus
1:25PMET    Arthur Christmas
3:30PMET    The Polar Express
5:35pmet  The Santa Clause
7:40PMET   Elf
9:45PMET  National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
11:55pmet   Scrooged

Christmas
7AMET  The Search for Santa Paws
9:10AMET  Santa Buddies : The Legend of  Santa Paws
11:20AMET   Arthur Christmas
1:25PMET   The Polar Express
3:30PMET  Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
4:35PMET  The Year without a Santa Claus
5:40PMET   Elf
7:45PMET  National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
9:55PMET    Scrooged


press release after the jump

The Lookback : Jack O Lantern (from Rankin Bass)

Halloween The Flashback 

          One thing Halloween is known for is Jack O Lanterns , so of course we need a special about them, and the kings of Christmas, Rankin Bass, were the ones to do so. From their series of specials called  "Festival of Family Classics" , which featured many fairy tails and children's stories as animated specials did a special called "Jack O Lateran" and that is our Lookback.

      Two kids visit their grandpa and ask him to tell a story about Jack O' Lateran ,(well good job special right to the point) , so Grandpa tells the story of when he was a kid. (In my day , we had to ...)

Grandpa please tell us about the war/copyright Rankin Bass

His family was very poor trying to farm the land , that grandpa still lives on.  Michael (Grandfather's name) and Coleen , his sister want to help make the farm work..  Michael gets the idea to take a pumpkin and make a head for a scare crow.  (Also the animals talk , not the humans but you get the point)   The pumpkin starts talking (with an Irish accent, for some reason) because it's not a pumpkin it's a leprechaun named Jack O' Lantern. (what am I watching?)

Hmm farming is hard/copyright Rankin Bass 

fear me Children !/Copyright Rankin Bass 

     Jack tells the kids them that a witch, ghost, goblins, and a warlock are messing up their crops , not the crows, because they want the land. Jack says he will help them with their problem. Around (a very well lit ) midnight  the kids and Jack wait for the arrival of the mass of spooks.  Jack counters the witch's attacks.  The Witch sets the brush on fire and Jack counters that with a rain storm.(Water 1 Fire 0)  She later tries some frost  and Jack uses the midnight sun from the north pole (what?)  to get rid of the frost.  The Witch figures it out that it's Jack O'Lantern.  (Either that or Santa)

Not the happiest of couples/ copyright Rankin Bass

    The Witch decides to target the kids  to get Jack out of her way , as Jack hides the kids when starts her plan. The Witch's reluctant husband  takes the kids while Jack is distracted.  She reveals that she has Michael and Colleen captured, her goal is his pot of cold or the kids, so he accepts this and gets out of the pumpkin.  Billy the goat (don't ask)  rams the warlock into the barn wall and the cow gets them out of the ropes.  Jack gets back into his pumpkin and fights off the ghosts and the witch and warlock.

They get all tied up/ copyright Rankin Bass 

     Jack makes a deal with the kids , in return for a nice warm home  he will give them a nice well flourished land.  Michael  says ever since then Jack has stayed with the family at farm.  The two grand kids don't believe it , then Jack talks.

Classy dress nights/copyright Rankin Bass

   That's the special, now our review: It was a  wonderful special with some of the nice Rankin Bass specials animation. It does remind me of their "Twas the Night before Christmas" special in animation.  The story was interesting and simple but that doesn't hurt it,

That's the lookback , tune in next time when we search our pumpkins for Leprechauns , and their pot of gold. we aren't going to take it mind you.

The CW announces their Holiday Programming

The CW  Christmas 

mychiller Christmas 

   The CW has announced their holiday programming. 

Friday, November 25
8-9 p.m. Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
9-10 p.m. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Encore)

Monday, December 12
8-9 p.m. Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (Encore)
9-10 p.m. Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 2016

Wednesday, December 14
8-9 p.m. The Top 12 Greatest Christmas Movies of All Time

Thursday, December 15
8-9:30 p.m. iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2016
9:30-10 p.m. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Encore)

Friday, December 16
8-10 p.m. The 85th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade

Tuesday, December 20
8-9 p.m. Terry Crews Saves Christmas
9-10 p.m. Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 2016 (Encore)

Wednesday, December 21
8-9 p.m. Terry Crews Saves Christmas

Thursday, December 22
8-9 p.m. Terry Crews Saves Christmas

Friday, December 23
8-9 p.m. Terry Crews Saves Christmas
9-10 p.m. Terry Crews Saves Christmas

Monday, December 26
8-9:30 p.m. iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2016 (Encore)
9:30-10 p.m. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Encore)

Friday, December 30
8-10 p.m. iHeartRadio Music Festival – Night 1 (2016) (Encore)

Monday, January 2, 2017
8-10 p.m. iHeartRadio Music Festival – Night 2 (2016) (Encore)

ABC Announces their Thanksgving, Christmas, and New Year programming

ABC  Thanksgiving Christmas New Year 

Highlights:

•  "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving"  will air Thanksgiving Eve , November 23rd at 8pmet; along with "This is America,Charlie Brown: Mayflower Voyages".  
•  "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" will air The day after Thanksgiving, November 25th at 8pmet.  
•  "CMA Country Christmas" will air Monday, November 28th at  8pmet. 
• "A Charlie Brown Christmas" will air Thursday,  December 1st at 8pmet , 
• "Frozen" makes it's broadcast TV premiere, Sunday, December 11th at 8pmet 
• "I want a Dog For Christmas , Charlie Brown" will air Saturday, December 17th at 8pmet
• "Happy New Year , Charlie Brown" will Air Monday, December 26th at 8pmet; along with "She's Good Skate ,Charlie Brown". 
• "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" airs on December 26th at 9pmet. 
• "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2017" airs at 8PMET-11pmet and 11:30pmet-2:13amet on December 31st. 
•  The Great  Christmas Light Fight" returns December 5th  airing Mondays at 8pmet in December 
• "The Great American Baking Show" airs Thursday December 1st at 9pmet-11pmet. 

 The full details in the press release after the jump:

Let's look at Frankenweenie (2012)

Halloween  

   Last year, I looked at the original  30 minute movie "Frankenweenie" that came out in the 1980's.  You can read that post here .

   In 2012,  Tim Burton got a chance again (well it was made before 2012 ) and got a chance to be a feature length film.  This remake is by the same guy so it's more like the first movie was his first draft and this was his another crack at it.

  First off visually , the film does the same thing the first did be presented in black and white , which is a nice touch, and really gives the movie  an atmosphere that  honestly would feel wrong in color. (Like the Munsters)  Unlike the first, this movie is stop motion presented instead of real humans.  The movie's music is great background and doesn't over power it.  

Second,  this remake  being a feature length movie means that it can flesh out it's story lines .  In the original they had to have everything done in  a little over 30 minutes,  (or it's free!) and that's not bad it made the story a simple one, not have to veer off it's main plot focus.   The first 20 minutes of the movie we get the characters backgrounds a little more fleshed out , and relationship of Victor and his dog .Sparky.  Of course, the main event where Sparky is hit by a car happens at the end of the first 15 minutes.   This leads to the whole reason for the naming of this movie , where  Victor  Frankenstein brings his dog back to life.  


Third, the original movie being 30 minutes , as I stated, really had the one single form plot agenda , The A,B,C A: Sparky is killed B, Sparky brought back to life and the events that happen surrounding C. the Climax and end.    In the remake movie there was a chance to add more characters and more subplots.  There's a science fair plot and the results of people finding out that Victor can bring  dead animals back  to life is  little different than the original. Spoilers here:  The added plotline is with the science fair some other kids ,who want to win, find out from  Edgar , a classmate of Victor's , tells them that Victor brought his dog back to life , they want to figure out how, and this causes the big problem int his movie where other kids reanimate animals and cause monsters.

copyright Disney

    Victor , like in the first movie, is interested in film making and science, it's more expressed that he has a joy of science in this movie.  For a movie like this , it's also nice to see where the kid is not having a bully problem or people being jerks to him because reasons , it was also keeping with the original's style, where they didn't have enough time for him to have any of that.
Victor's parents in this movie are very supportive of their son and foster his love of science. His father does seem to want him to do other things , but also doesn't try to force him  to give up science. When they find out about Sparky, like in the first movie , they are shocked and  a little apprehensive  but accept Sparky.  In this movie when they find out about Sparky , he runs away , they go out and help find him.
     They did keep Elsa Van Helsing  name from the first movie in this one, but she was more fleshed out as a character here , where again in the original , due to time , was more just background , when  needed. She  lives with her uncle, like the first movie , who is neighbor of the Frankensteins . She is nice and cares about Victor, and her uncle makes her miserable.  She also has a poodle, that Sparky has dog crush on.
  Edgar , is supposed to remind us of the classic character Igor , spoiler:  his main point for the story was to pretty much  accidentally reveal that Victor  re animated Sparky , so the other kids could re animate some animals that become monsters.

Mr. Rzykruski , is the science teacher the Victor is inspired by and he is very eccentric , but genuinely loves science and wants his students to  be creative. Though this gets him fired because two kids were inspired they were doing something on the roof of their house and apparently that means teacher should be fired. (editorialized last part)

  A very memorable character without  a name , she is a spooky girl that who thinks that her cat , Mr.Whiskers can give predictions. 

  I am not going through all the characters , most of them where there to drive the plot along, though I did point out Edgar. 

Spoiler:   The climax of the movie veers from the first , where Victor when looking for Sparky is now trying to stop these monsters that the other kids created by reanimating creatures.  The other part, the town's people chasing Sparky , like in the first movie. The reason why is a little different and the same, It's the same because they think Sparky is a monster ,though with seeing the other creatures they might in the right  , at least in theory. In the original, the townspeople were chasing the dog because they thought he was a monster  and misjudging the fact the dog was still the same just undead,where they learn their lesson when they help bring Sparky back to life again.  Both movies have this windmill scene where Victor ends up in one, and it's accidentally set on fire by the mob.  In this movie, Elsa is in the windmill , but Victor saves her. Sparky goes to save Victor  while he's fighting this monster and is knocked unconscious , Sparky saves his life.  Sparky is dragged inside by the cat bat ,that was formerly the weird girl's cat. After the windmill breaks down ,once again Sparky is dead.  We do get the get the jump-start scene again where the town works together to bring back Sparky. 

    I think this is a good movie,  nice and spooky and it was a nice to  expand upon the 30 minute original while keeping the story the same. The animation is wonderful and love that went with black and white like the original.  They didn't do any unnecessary padding/filler and everything paced well.