Freeform's 25 days of Christmas schedule 2020

Freeform Christmas 

         Freeform has released their annual 25 days of Christmas line up for December of this year.  Here's a reminder that  the Rankin Bass specials made after 1974 air on AMC, while they have the rights to "Little Drummer Boy" , "Rudoplh" , "Frosty the Snowman" shared with CBS, and Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, (shared with ABC).  They also have picked up the cable premiere of the 2018 movie "The Grinch" which pairs along nicely with their rights to airing the 2000 live-action movie.  Here's the full schedule. 

Tuesday, Dec. 1

11:00 a.m. – "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

1:00 p.m. – "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)

3:30 p.m. – "Home Alone"

6:00 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

8:30 p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

12:00 a.m. – "Deck the Halls" (2006)

Wednesday, Dec. 2

7:00 a.m. - "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas"

11:00 a.m. - "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)

1:40 p.m. – "Deck the Halls" (2006)

3:45 p.m. - "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

6:25 p.m. – "The Santa Clause"

8:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 2"

12:00 a.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

Thursday, Dec. 3

7:00 a.m. – "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

10:30 a.m. - "Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings: Holiday Magic 2"

11:30 a.m. – "The Little Drummer Boy" (1968)

12:00 p.m. - "Jingle All the Way 2"

2:00 p.m. - "Christmas with the Kranks"

4:00 p.m. - "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

6:00 p.m. – "Home Alone"

8:30 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

12:00 a.m. – "Jingle All the Way 2"

Friday, Dec. 4

7:00 a.m. - "Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings: Holiday Magic"

8:05 a.m. - "The Preacher's Wife"

10:45 a.m. – "Christmas with the Kranks"

12:50 p.m. – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

2:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause"

4:40 p.m. - "The Santa Clause 2"

7:10 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

9:15 p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

11:55 p.m. – "Deck the Halls" (2006)

Saturday, Dec. 5

7:00 a.m. – "The Preacher's Wife"

9:40 a.m. – "Deck the Halls" (2006)

11:45 a.m. – "Prancer Returns"

1:50 p.m. - "Jingle All the Way 2"

3:55 p.m. - "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

6:35 p.m. – "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town"

7:40 p.m. – "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

8:45 p.m. – "Frosty the Snowman"

9:20 p.m. - "The Santa Clause"

11:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 2"

Sunday, Dec. 6

7:00 a.m. - "Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic"

8:00 a.m. - "Prancer Returns"

10:10 a.m. – "Jingle All the Way 2"

12:15 p.m. - "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

2:20 p.m. – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

4:00 p.m. – "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town"

5:05 p.m. – "Frosty the Snowman

5:40 p.m. – "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

6:45 p.m. - "Home Alone"

9:15 p.m. - "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

11:55 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

Monday, Dec. 7

10:30 a.m. – "The Truth About Christmas"

12:30 p.m. – "The Holiday"

3:30 p.m. – "Love Actually"

6:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause"

8:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 2"

12:00 a.m. – "Christmas with the Kranks"

Tuesday, Dec. 8

7:00 a.m. – "Christmas with the Kranks"

10:30 a.m. – "Love Actually"

1:35 p.m. – "The Preacher's Wife"

4:10 p.m. – "The Perfect Holiday"

6:15 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

8:20 p.m. – "Almost Christmas" - Freeform Premiere

12:00 a.m. – "Black Nativity"

Wednesday, Dec. 9

10:30 a.m. – "Santa's Apprentice"

12:00 p.m. - "Prancer Returns"

2:00 p.m. – "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

4:00 p.m. – "The Star" (2017) - Freeform Premiere

6:00 p.m. – "Home Alone"

8:30 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

12:00 a.m. – "Prancer Returns"

Thursday, Dec. 10

7:00 a.m. - "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

10:30 a.m. – "The Star" (2017)

12:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause"

2:30 p.m. - "The Santa Clause 2"

5:00 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

7:00 p.m. – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

8:30 p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

12:00 a.m. – "Christmas with the Kranks"

Friday, Dec. 11

7:00 a.m. - "Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic"

8:00 a.m. – "Snow"

10:00 a.m. – "Snow 2: Brain Freeze"

12:00 p.m. - "Snowglobe"

2:00 p.m. – "Christmas with the Kranks"

4:05 p.m. - "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

6:45 p.m. – "Home Alone"

9:15 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

11:55 p.m. – "Daddy's Home 2" - Freeform Premiere

Saturday, Dec. 12

7:00 a.m. - "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

8:00 a.m. - "Daddy's Home 2"

10:05 a.m. - "The Santa Clause"

12:15 p.m. - "The Santa Clause 2"

2:45 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

4:50 p.m. – "Toy Story" (Disney-Pixar)

6:50 p.m. – "Toy Story 2" (Disney-Pixar)

8:55 p.m. – "Toy Story 3" (Disney-Pixar)

11:25 p.m. - "Toy Story That Time Forgot" (Disney-Pixar)

11:55 p.m. – "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

Sunday, Dec. 13

7:00 a.m. - "Love the Coopers"

9:30 a.m. - "Toy Story That Time Forgot" (Disney-Pixar)

10:00 a.m. – "Prancer Returns"

12:00 p.m. - "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

2:05 p.m. – "Home Alone"

4:35 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

7:15 p.m. – "The Santa Clause"

9:25 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 2"

11:55 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

Monday, Dec. 14

7:00 a.m. – "Prancer Returns"

11:00 a.m. – "The Perfect Holiday"

1:00 p.m. – "Almost Christmas"

3:30 p.m. – "Home Alone"

6:00 p.m. – "Home Alone: 2 Lost in New York"

8:30 p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

12:00 a.m. – "The Perfect Holiday"

Tuesday, Dec. 15

10:30 a.m. – "The Magic Snowflake"

12:00 p.m. – "Jingle All the Way 2"

2:00 p.m. – "Christmas with the Kranks"

4:05 p.m. – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

5:45 p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas"

8:25 p.m. – "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

10:30 p.m. – "Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice"

12:00 a.m. - "Jingle All the Way 2"

Wednesday, Dec. 16

11:30 a.m. – "Christmas with the Kranks"

1:35 p.m. - "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)

4:15 p.m. – "The Santa Clause"

6:25 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 2"

8:55 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

12:00 a.m. – "Black Nativity"

Thursday, Dec. 17

7:00 a.m. - "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

10:30 a.m. – "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)

1:00 p.m. – "The Holiday"

4:00 p.m. – "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

6:00 p.m. – "Home Alone"

8:30 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

12:00 a.m. – "Life Size 2: A Christmas Eve"

Friday, Dec. 18

7:00 a.m. - "Holiday in Handcuffs"

9:05 a.m. - "The Holiday"

12:15 p.m. – "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

2:20 p.m. – "The Santa Clause"

4:25 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 2"

6:55 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

9:00 p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch" (2018) - Freeform Premiere

11:00 p.m. - "The Star" (2017)

1:00 a.m. – "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

Saturday, Dec. 19

7:00 a.m. - "Kung Fu Panda Holiday"

7:30 a.m. - "The Little Drummer Boy" (1968)

8:00 a.m. - "The Star" (2017)

10:05 a.m. – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

11:45 a.m. - "Home Alone"

2:15 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

4:55 p.m. – "Frosty the Snowman"

5:30 p.m. – "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

6:35 p.m. - "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch" (2018)

8:40 p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

11:20 p.m. – "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)

Sunday, Dec. 20

7:00 a.m. - "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

9:30 a.m. – "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)

12:10 p.m. – "Jingle All the Way 2"

2:20 p.m. – "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town"

3:25 p.m. – "Frosty the Snowman"

4:00 p.m. - "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

5:05 p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

7:45 p.m. - "Home Alone"

10:15 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

12:55 a.m. – "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"

Monday, Dec. 21

10:30 a.m. – "Jingle All the Way 2"

12:30 p.m. – "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)

3:00 p.m. – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

4:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause"

6:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 2"

9:00 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

12:00 a.m. – "Christmas with the Kranks"

Tuesday, Dec. 22

7:00 a.m. – "Santa's Apprentice"

8:30 a.m. – "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)

11:00 a.m. – "The Perfect Holiday"

1:00 p.m. – "Christmas with the Kranks"

3:05 p.m. – "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

5:10 p.m. – "Home Alone"

7:40 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

10:20 p.m. – "The Night Before" - Freeform Premiere

12:30 a.m. - "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

Wednesday, Dec. 23

7:30 a.m. - "Life-Size 2: A Christmas Eve"

9:30 a.m. - "The Mistle-tones"

11:30 a.m. – "Holiday in Handcuffs"

1:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause"

3:35 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 2"

6:05 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

8:10 p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

10:50 p.m. - "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"

11:55 p.m. - "Prancer Returns"

Thursday, Dec. 24

7:00 a.m. - "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

10:30 a.m. – "Prancer Returns"

12:30 p.m. – "Home Alone"

3:00 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

5:35p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

8:15 p.m. – "Frosty the Snowman"

8:50 p.m. - "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

9:55 p.m. – "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"

12:00 a.m. – "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

Wednesday, Dec. 25

7:00 a.m. - "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

10:30 a.m. – "The Santa Clause"

12:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 2"

2:30 p.m. - "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

4:30 p.m. – "Frosty the Snowman"

5:00 p.m. – "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

6:00 p.m. – "Home Alone"

8:30 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

12:00 a.m. – "Matilda"

Press release after the Jump 

Halloween: Witch's Night Out

The Flashback Halloween

             We are looking at a special from 1978, from Canada but also aired on US television network, NBC.     That is "Witch's Night Out".  It was produced by Leach/ Rankin productions as a sequel to a 1974 special called "The Gift of Winter".

              The first thing you'll notice in this special, is it's very distinct animation style. The characters, minus the starring witch, are all one color giving them a distinct pop to the darker backgrounds.  Our main characters are an eleven year old girl named Tender, and her brother , nine-year-old Small. (Small and Tender, just like how people like their chicken nuggets) They love Halloween.  There are these other characters named  Rotten and Malicious whose names are a little too on the nose. (If you are named Rotten, what do you expect) There's also Mayor Goodly (yeah sure the mayor is good?) and there's  a reporter named Nicely. (She's actually very mean, no we are kidding; she's nice)

          The mayor wants to make Halloween better for adults because mayor reasons. They are going to make a town Halloween party at the haunted house.  This special is called "Witch's Night Out" so where's the witch? Where's the Night? Where's the Out?!   Oh there's the witch.  She's  in her home with her cat. She thinks she's a washed up witch.   I like her design, it pops out from the other characters and yet, fits with the show's look.   She also turned her cat into  a bat.

Witch!  

               So, the house the Mayor and Rotten go out to check is the same house the witch lives in. She seems happy that they are going to party in her house. Now it's night (oooh thank goodness)  Small and Tender  got out and trick or treat.  They are find out that their costumes are scary, they are cute.

eeeeek! 

              It's bedtime, and the babysitter for the kids and he reads them a story that special doesn't have time to tell us, but the kids want a fairy god mother,they wish they could be a real were man and ghost. (That last one is do able, but painful)   The witch shows up and breaks through the window because that's what witch's do. The kids think she is a fairy good mother, the baby sitter is named Bazooey, knows she's a witch,but the kids don't care. She turns Small in to a wolf man, and turns  Tender into a ghost (so, she's dead now?)   and she turns Bazooey in to a Frankenstein's  Monster,(That's Frankenstien's...oh never mind)  They are invited to the party.

We are copyright safe, public domain wins! 

               At the party, the witch makes things happen. and scares everyone.  The kids who wanted to be scary are sad that they scared a party off. (make up your minds)  Wait , there's like 9 minutes left, we need a plot!  So, let's see.... (spins wheel) ah. that's right, her wand has been taken and can't turn the kids and baby sitter back into themselves, perfect!


                  Rotten and Malicious have the witch's and and Malicious figures out how to use to use it. The mayor decides to organize something that makes sense, an angry mob! (I didn't vote for him!) The witch goes looking for her wand.   The town starts chasing the kids, baby sitter , and witch. Rotten and Malicious are doing their own thing, and trying to get rich from magic.(same) Then the  kids  and witch find them and they give up the wand easy.  The witch turns them into  monsters.   She turns the kids and baby sitter back to normal and town chase the monsters of Rotten and Malicious.

I'm a politician! 

            Bazooey comes to those two aid because sure why not? She turns everything back to normal, then everyone feels for the witch, and everyone asks her to turn them into monsters . She's our hero now?   That's the end.
     

         This special is pretty interesting, the art design is unique. The story is nice, it's doing a simple on Halloween you can be anything plot ,but using a witch.  It's fun little special that a young child could really enjoy and it's not boring for an older person to watch with them. 

   That's it for now, tune in next time when we turn into witches just to get a free magic wand.

Into the Twilight : A World of His Own

Twilight Zone 

         We  look at another episode of original  "The Twilight Zone" this time an episode from the frist season, the season finale called "A World of His Own" that first aired on July 1, 1960. 

            It's about a man named Gregory West who is a playwright. He's  having some safe 1960's  TV time with a woman, his wife sees him and the woman through the window. She comes in the house and the mistress is worried this it seems.  (I'd be worried too) It cuts back to the wife coming in the room and not seeing anybody. (did she escape out the window?) 

That's not his wife/ Copyright CBS 

        

           Victoria, his wife, searches around to see the signs of a mistress in the office. (Not sure  how that works) She eventually says that she saw Gregory with another woman.  He tricked him into saying that were was another woman in the room.   He has an explanation for this ,a perfectly logical one.   The other woman's name is Mary, and his explanation is that sometimes characters come to life. (makes sense?)  He tries to explain that one of his characters walked in right into the room one time, and she does the right response of thinking he's losing it. 

Where's the other woman? Is she in the couch?/Copyright CBS 

more after the jump

Halloween: So Weird: Boo

Halloween  Disney 

                   

We talked about an episode of "So Weird" before and we are back because it's Halloween time! (OOOOH sppooky)  You can read that here if you haven't or want read it again. 

         This is episode is from season 2 its called "Boo" not like Boo! it sucks!  It's Boo like boo, the scary one. (If someone boos you that is scary!)   It's the 7th episode but for the focus of this , it's a Halloween episode, which is why it's called Boo.   

          

        Fi, the main character, starts voicing over that Halloween wasn't created by the candy companies. (Duh, it was invented by Ben Franklin, he got drunk one night and started banging on doors and people just gave him candy to make him go away.  And That's why there's an America)  It was actually invented by the Druids in Ireland and it was night for spirits to walk among the living.  We get a cool grave's  eye view. (I  think Fi was buried alive, oh well, series over, let's go home! )

Many people die to come here/ Copyright Disney 

           It's Halloween on the show, if you couldn't tell,they mention it.   In season 2 of the show, Erik von Detten wasn't there to play Clu because he was busy working on two ABC shows that nobody remembers. (They will be blog posts topics probably in the future)  They had Eric Lively play Clu's older brother, Carey. You may know Eric from the 1999 music video for  "Walk Me Home" by Mandy Moore.  (You could have mentioned something else)

Clu has an older brother because science/ Copyright Disney 

                     

       They make it to this weird town in New England (always New England) called  Rhiannon. (This town rings a bell through the night, great!) There's woman's place they are staying at , her name is Mary.  Fi, Jack, and Carey notice the town is not very decorated for Halloween, also Fi doesn't like Halloween because it makes mockery of what she wants people to take seriously. (Candy?)  The Candy man who gives the kids candy is surprised that today is Halloween. (On a side note, he's got his taxes done)  He hears giggles and leaves his candy on the ground and runs away. The Candy is then eaten and burped.  

Die-t candy/ Copyright Disney 

                 

           The show that everyone was there for was canceled. (BOO!) Molly seems fine, she says maybe they need a break. Irene is un happy, because she's sane.  The house has no locks, because locks are bad. (Give me your passwords!)  Mary ran off somewhere and nobody can find her. Then some children who got lost making a Disney Channel movie show up. They have black eyes and look pale. (They really should have eaten their vegetables)  Molly thinks they are trick or treaters because it is Halloween. (This is Halloween, Halloween) The kids are gone so, never mind, but there are crows. (Not as scary as ravens) 

I see dead people/ Copyright Disney 

                   Molly and Fi wander Rhiannon seeing the town looking kind of strange.  The kids show up and go away again. Henry Winkler shows up. (He did work on this show)  He's playing Mary's husband named  Fergus McGarrity.  Henry Winkler makes this episode weirder and better than it was before. Something's happening at midnight. (It's always midnight) 

Hereeee's Henry/ Copyright Disney 

                Fi thinks something strange is happening. (The show is called So Weird) Henry Winkler (yeah he has a name but we are using Henry Winkler)  goes and find Mary. Fi over hears that Mary had got the Molly and crew to be there to be replacements.  Fergus has been dead for awhile. (He's very lively for a dead guy)  Fi decides to pop out after she hears something happening at 5 of midnight. Mary won't let Henry Winkler in the house. 

I said no solicitors  and no celebrities/ Copyright Disney 

         The weird people in  Rhiannon isn't alive ,they are spirits.  Fergus explains the spirits mess up things for a night and bring the town good fortune. (Like college students) He also explains the spirits  must take a few living people with them to the spirit realm because rules.  So Fergus is alive, just smells dead.   Fi goes back to her mother and lies that nothing is going on is  weird.  (No Weird)  She convinces her them to go down to a party. 

               The creepy kids show up to Fergus and he brings them to find the So weird gang. The So Weird gang, fake being dead to not get taken a way.  Good thing the spirits are idiots and think they are dead and take Fergus away.  

Same/ Copyright Disney 

             Molly is confused and Fi tells her the truth and that happened. They drive away and the final shot is Fergus' grave and him whining about the smell. 

          

            Fi's introduction gives away what the episode is going for, but that's fine. The first half of the episode builds up the tense-ness, and making you wonder what's going on. Henry Winkler coming in to the episode turns the wheel into goofiness. You can't get mad at it because it's Henry Winkler and you are just laughing at the ride.  He's  does have a good reason to want someone to take his place,his wife is kind of mean though.  Then again, you can understand why she would be happy that he's gone for  a year or more. 

      It does change the entire tone of the episode, because Henry Winkler's presence is present. It takes it from tense and spooky to goofy.  Then again, many comedic series take darker routes on Halloween, so why can't "So Weird" being a normally dark series, go goofy on Halloween? It's a fun episode, really enjoyed it. 

 That's it for now, tune in next time when we wonder what happens when it only Thunders when it's raining.  

              

                

CBS Announces Premiere Dates for 5 more scripted Shows

CBS TVLookFall2020  Primetime 

  Previously  CBS Announced 10 scripted series premiere dates for the new season, now they have announced 5 more series. These are returning series "Bull", FBI, FBI: Most Wanted, SEAL Team,  and The Unicorn.   There are still a few more series awaiting air dates.

      

      The Unicorn  return for a second season on November 12, joining the rest of the traditional CBS Thursday comedy block.  "Bull" returns for it's  fifth season on November 16,"FBI" and "FBI : Most Wanted"  and SEAL team premieres on November 25.  This will give CBS full line ups on Monday-Wednesdays, Thursdays with 2 hours of comedy, and 3 hours of Sunday. 

Here are those dates :

Thursday, November 12

9:30PM ET  The Unicorn 

Monday, November 16

10PMET Bull

Tuesday, November 17

9PM ET  FBI 

10PM  FBI : Most Wanted 

Wednesday, November 25 

9PMET  SEAL Team 

Press release after the Jump

The CW Holiday Programming 2020

Holiday Christmas  The CW 

  The CW has released their holiday programming. This includes the annual rerunning of "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer". 

 Here's their full schedule all times ET/PT 

Friday, November 27

8PM  Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer 

9PM   World's  Funniest Animals 

9:30    World's Funniest Animals (encore) 

Friday, December 4

8-10pm  The Hollywood Christmas Parade

Wednesday, December 9

8PM Devils (Original Episode) 

9PM    Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 

Thursday, December 10 

8-10PM  Silent Night - A Song for The World 

Friday, December 11

8-10PM  The Christmas Caroler Challenge (Special Event Series  Season Two Premiere) 

Wednesday, December 16

8PM  Devils (Season Finale) 

9PM   Penn & Teller : Merry Fool US

Thursday, December 17

8PM  Dogs of The Year

9pm   World's Funniest Animals 

9:30pm World's Funniest Animals (Encore) 

Friday, December 18 

8-10PM The Christmas Caroler Challenge

Sunday, December 20 

8PM  Masters of Illusion: Christmas Magic 

9PM  TBD 

Monday, December 21

8PM   Grandma Got Run Over by A Reindeer 

9pm   Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 

Wednesday, December 23 

8-10PM  Silent Night- A Song for the World 

Friday, December 25

8-10pm The Christmas Caroler Challenge

Friday, December 29

8PM  Popstar's Best of 2020 

9PM  Tell Me A Story (Season Two Finale) 

Wednesday, December 30  

8pm  Heroes on the Front Line 

9pm   Dogs of the Year 

Press Release after the jump 

Peanuts Specials leaving ABC

Peanuts TV News 

 

        People wondering when the "The Great Pumpkin" was set to air on ABC, will be sad to find out that it won't be airing on ABC, this year. The Peanuts specials which have aired on ABC since 2001, after they left CBS (1965-2000) will  no long be airing on TV.  Peanuts Worldwide along with WildBrain have decided to make a deal with Apple to place the specials on their streaming service, Apple TV Plus. 

            Peanuts and Apple have been working together in the recent couple of years a series of specials "Snoopy In Space" was one of the launching series for Apple TV+ in 2019.   On Ocotber 2nd,2020 they announced a new series coming  in 2021 called "The Snoopy Show"   This year, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" will be on Apple TV plus, starting today (October 19th).  They will offer it free to everyone from October 30 to November 1. 

 

          "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" will be there on November18, free for all between November 25 to 27.     "A Charlie Brown Christmas" will be there starting December 4, and free between December 11 to 13.    

                I'm not sure about other specials "You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown" which ABC paired with "Great Pumpkin", "I want a Dog for Christmas Charlie Brown" also wasn't mentioned.  Peanuts specials haven't really been on streaming , except for Hulu having them after the ABC broadcasts.    

      Apple TV  Plus costs  $4.99 per month with a seven day free trial. 

    

     It's sad the specials that have been airing on network broadcast TV since 1965, will be pushed to streaming exclusive world, instead of being a dual thing, which would be better.  

Press Release after the Jump 

Halloween: The Simpsons : Three Random Tree House of Horror Segments

Halloween  

    It's funny that I haven't done really anything "The Simpsons" related on this blog,  Here's how this is going to work : we are taking 3 Simpsons Halloween segments since the series divides its Halloween episodes in to three different segments.  But we aren't using one episode, instead a cross section of segments are being picked.  In this post we are taking one segment from Tree House of Horror V  (Simpsons Halloween Special V) (from season 6)  , then a segment from  Tree House of Horror VIII, and one from Tree House of Horror XIX. And talking about them. If this does well, or I think I liked it, may do more in the future, if not, then well that happens a lot here.

     
                The reason for not doing one special as a whole is to allow for a nice cross section and one of the ideas was to go and grab a segment from after season 10 as well.  (Spoilers in this post)

 

            "Simpsons Halloween Special V" - Segment 3: Nightmare Cafeteria (Season 6, Episode 6)

              This is a truly classic Halloween special from "The Simpsons"  the segments all are memorable and fun.  It's hard to just pick one segment from the episode, but we did.  I picked this one because, it knows how to use the Halloween episodes being non-canon for all the fun.

     

             All three segments also worked in a running gag of Groundskeeper Willie getting hit by an ax and killed. 

             This segment  starts with school with having too many kids and not enough money, and not no kids and too much money. Including a lot of kids being in detention and thanks to budget cuts: not enough good food. Due to a revelation after Jimbo knocks sauce on the lunch lady, Principal Skinner gets an idea, that idea being to turn troublesome students into student lunch. (literally)  The episode out right tells you that's happening.  

  

        Skinner starts making up reasons for kids to go to detention. Lisa, being Lisa, kind of wonders what's going on.. One of my favorite lines is Marge telling her kids who worried about being eaten, to just stand  up and say don't eat me. The amount of students have dropped and there are kids being raised for meat.  Willie tries but gets killed completing that gag.The funny part about this segment is that it's aware of what usually happens to main characters in these sort of things. Millhouse dies in the comically large blender.  Bart and Lisa end up falling in.  It was all Barts dream , making you think that everything is fine, and then a random fog turns every one inside out and they dance with blood and the dog attacking Bart.  

          

          This segment is pretty fun. I like how blatant Skinner is in telling the teachers they are eating students, and they don't seem to mind. Marge treating the situation in a light way instead of horror gives it an air of funny horror. The idea that main characters survive is killed then the episode surprises the viewer with a dance number with inside out Simpsons is funny and the strangest thing in sight.  The whole episode is fun, and this last segment brings up a great showing.

              "The Simpsons Halloween Special  VIII"  - Segment 1 : The HΩmega Man (Season 9 , Episode 4)  

                This segment gives us  Homer is the last man on Earth, thanks to the French nuking Springfield.   So most of the segment is Homer left to his own devices. He's having fun  (including not wearing clothes)  until he finds out some people didn't die, they became mutants.   He makes it home after running from the mutants and finds out his family is still alive.  The episode tries to do a heartwarming  ending , then Marge, Bart, and Lisa shoots the mutants.   

         

                 This segment has a lot of quick jokes and gags.It fits Homer well how he would act if the world ended and he was the last guy on Earth  We get a Wacky Races like car , and chase is funny. I like the ending an it's try of being a happy ending and going into them just blasting them away with shotguns.  (Take that peaceful co-existence!) 

        

         More after the Jump