ABC Holiday Programming 2022

ABC Thanksgiving  Christmas New Year   

             ABC has announced it's holidays programming plan for Thanksgiving through New Year. Including the return of classic specials and new programming as well.   

     

        Two music themed specials  include A Very Backstreet Christmas and Finding Harmony come in December.   ABC News will present their annual The Year special and a look at Love Actually.   

   

       Of course, there's holiday episodes of series and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2023. 

 

         Here's the full line up all times ET (unless otherwise noted) 

        Wednesday, November 16

 8-8:30pm  The Conners (Thanksgiving Episode) 

8:30-9pm   The Goldbergs (Thanksgiving Episode) 

9:31-10pm   Home Economics (Thanksgiving Episode)

Tuesday, November 22 

10-11pm  The Rookie :Feds (Thanksgiving Episode)

Sunday, November 27

7-7:30pm Mickey Saves Christmas (New)

7:30-8pm Olaf's Frozen Adventure 

8-10pm  The Wonderful World of Christmas : Magical Holiday Celebration (new)

Monday, November 28

8-10pm  "The Great Christmas Light Fight" (Season Premiere) 

Tuesday, November 29 

8-9pm  Love Actually: 20 Years Later - A Diane Sawyer/ ABC News Special (New)

Thursday, December 1 

8-9pm   Santa Claus is Comin' to Town 

9-10:01pm  CMA Country Christmas (new)

Monday, December 5

8-10pm  The Great Christmas Light Fight (new)

Tuesday, December 6

8-9pm  Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (holiday episode)

9-10pm  Press Your Luck (holiday episode)

10-11pm  The $100,000 Pyramid (holiday episode) 

Wednesday, December 7

8-8:30pm The Conners (holiday episode) 

8:30-9pm  The Goldbergs (holiday episode) 

9-9:31pm  Abbott Elementary (holiday episode)

9:31-10pm  Home Economics  (holiday episode) 

Thursday, December 8

8-10pm The Wonderful World of Disney : Frozen II (broadcast premiere) 

Monday, December 12

8-10pm  The Great Christmas Light Fight (season finale)

Tuesday, December 13

8-8:30pm  Mickey Saves Christmas 

8:30-9PM  Olaf's Frozen Adventure 

9-9:30pm  Disney Prep & Landing 

9:30-10pm Disney Pres & Landing 2: Naughty Vs. Nice 

Wednesday, December 14 

8-9pm   A Very Backstreet Holiday (new)

10-11pm  Finding Harmony (new)

Tuesday, December 20

8-9pm  Santa Claus is Comin' to Town' 

9-9:30pm  Toy Story that Time Forgot 

9:30-10pm  Shrek the Halls 

Saturday, December 24

8-10pm  The Wonderful World of Disney: Home Alone 

Sunday, December 25

10am-12pm ET/7-9AM PT  Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade (new) 

Monday, December 26

9-11pm The Year : 2022 (New)

Saturday, December 31

8-10pm  Dick Clark's New Year Rockin'  Ever with Ryan Seacrest 2023 (new) 

10-10:30pm Local Programming

10:30-2:13am  Dick Clark's New Year Rockin'  Ever with Ryan Seacrest 2023 (new) 

Press Release after the Jump

Halloween: Spooky Bats and Scaredy Cats

Halloween 

             In the process of looking for Halloween media to write about,  I had this special written down in a list and never got back to that...list. Anyway this one is interesting, I don't know much about it, except that apparently it's a TV special, but not sure where it aired and aired in like 2009, at least IMBD says that so. but who cares?  This gives us time to focus on  the special itself. 

      First off, it's stop motion and has a nice charm to how it looks.  This special looks good, it's fall, Halloween night the coloring is warm but feels like night, it feels like Halloween oozing through its look.  We have two main children characters named, Makean (pronounced as Mak-key-an) and his sister, named Katie. They are trick or treating on this night. Nothing too much makes them stand out as characters, but  I don't think that's the purpose.  Makean is worried about 'spooks' because he's young and thinks spooks exist. (They do)  The first person, we see, they visit gives them a not so good treat.  

The Penguin and Catwoman ... what? 

       There's also the Candleman.  Whom they seem to know.  Why? Quick search....  This is part of a series of specials  where this one is number 2, and a Christmas special called "The Christmas Light" is the first one and so yeah cool.  That's why they aren't like "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" for the special which could limit the special for some, but again maybe we don't need to know too much about him for this special.  His design is cool, if not dangerous with all those candles.  He's apparently handing out pickles to trick or treaters.  He also has floating swimming fish, because sure.  

That hat is a fire hazard  

      

          Really, this shouldn't be the question too much special, we'd be here a long time. Candleman asks if they'd like to help  him complete a task to delver some invitations.  He gives the kids a map and puts them on a fancy carriage, and he's like I'm off, bye. ( Same)    The first place is Spooky Hallow. (Which really sounds a like tourist trap, I'm going)   Anyway Makean's fears are part of the plot and he is nervous about everything. 

       

        Stop one, a place that looks like they are entering an ancient Egyptian tomb and oh look a mummy.  Even Katie screams as she gives him is invitation, but he seems like a nice mummy. (Katie thinks it was a costume, after she apparently thought it out)   Next, the swamp, a good place to meet a swamp monster.  Do love the design because it looks both kind of unsettling, but not menacing. 

That's how he gets his victims, they think he doesn't look menacing  then he eats your head goes out at night and eats cars 

     They meet the wolfman, the Grim Reaper, scare crow, (there's a song that playing during the montage that sounds like someone really liked "The Nightmare Before Christmas and wanted something like that for a song)  Next they meet a witch, that or a woman making soup.   Also the way she talks she really should understand that it sounds like she wants to eat them. (I'd like to have you for dinner) 

    

            She does give them two brooms, to fly to Frank's place (is that the bar on 53th and Franklin?) . Frank is Frankenstein's monster just in case you needed that. They seem to be enjoying the broom flying instead of going ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Katie also maybe realizes that this all might be real stuff.  Frank meets them (oh good he's trademark safe)  Didn't need him picking up a girl though, that brings up flashbacks.  (of what ? oooh) 

I've learned to ask people if they want to swim since the incident 

            Frank seemed nice, not much of a talker.  The two kids run from ole Frank, because now Katie realizes the monsters are real. The moral of the story is Makean was right, always listen to him. (what?)  They see the monsters we just saw following them and  in a slow speed chase. (Chopper 32 is tired, we're going home)  They decide to run to old castle, the monsters catch up to them and ring the doorbell.  Candleman answers the door and the monsters are his friends. (oooh) 

Death takes the night off... 

            It's a monster mash. It's kind of fun to see these monsters not be scary and just having some fun at a party.   The special ends with a nice shot of the house. 

           I do find it funny that Katie doesn't think spooks were real but accepts a flying fish and a guy wearing candles on his head as like sure, normal, and then she's like no these are guys in costumes, and still seems a skeptic until the broom ride.  But I'm not here to tear apart a this, (I am though ,*rips paper) 

     

        The animation is charming, it's a simple straight forward story with showing Makean to have some courage.  I'm not sure if there is a moral besides courage through fear can get you far or that monsters aren't as bad as they seem? I don't know.  It's not a high thinking special, but it's there to relax with or show younger children, it's fine.  

     That's it for now, tune in next time when we find a monster and think he's not so bad and get eaten!  

The CW Holiday Programming 2022

Holiday Christmas CW 

                The CW has  released their holiday programming for 2022.   With the success of  "A Waltons' Homecoming" last year they will have  "A Waltons' Thanksgiving".  There's also the return to CW staples likes "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer". 

Here's the full line up: all times are ET/PT/ Denver/ St. Louis unless otherwise noted. 

Sunday, November 20 

8-10pm  A Waltons Thanksgiving  (new)

Thursday, November 24 

8-10pm A Waltons Thanksgiving (Encore Presentation) 

Friday, November 25

8pm  Grandma Got Runover by a Reindeer

9pm Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now!

Saturday, November 26

8-10pm Silent Night- A Song for the World  (new)

Thursday,  December 1

8-10pm  Freddie Mercury: The Final Act

Monday, December 5

8-10pm The Waltons' Homecoming 

Wednesday, December 7

8pm  DC's Stargirl (Season Finale)

9pm  Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 2022 (new)

 

Thursday, December 8 

8-10pm   Silent Night- A Song for the World (Encore Presentation) 

Friday, December 9

8pm   Penn and Teller :Merry Fool US 

9PM Whose Line is it Anyway? (Original Episode) 

9:30  Whose Line is it Anyway? (Encore Episode)

Monday, December 12

8pm  Dogs of the Year 2022 (new)

9pm Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now! (Encore Presentation) 

Wednesday, December 14

8pm Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (Encore Presentation) 

9pm  Masters of Illusion : Christmas Magic 2022 

Thursday,  December 15

8-10pm  Christmas Around the USA

Friday, December 16

8-10pm  The 90th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade 

Saturday, December 17

8-9:30pm I Heart Radio Jingle Ball

9:30pm  Whose Line is it Anyway?  (Encore Episode)

Monday, December 19 

8pm  Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 2022 (Encore Presentation)

9pm  World's Funniest Animals: Christmas

Wednesday, December 21

8pm Beebo Saves Christmas 

9pm  World's Funniest Animals (Encore Episode) 

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

Thursday, December 22 

8-9:30pm I Heart Radio Jingle Ball (Encore Presentation) 

9:30pm  Whose Line is it Anyway? (Encore Episode) 

Friday, December 23 

8pm  Granma Got Runover by A Reindeer (Encore Presentaion)

9pm  Masters of Illusion: Christmas Magic 2022 (Encore Presentation) 

Saturday, December 24

8-10pm Christmas Around the World 

Sunday, December 25 

8-10pm Christmas Around the USA (Encore Presentation)

Monday, December 26 

8-10pm 25th Annual Family Film Awards 

Tuesday, December 27

8-10pm  Ocean Emergency: Currents of Hope

Wednesday, December 28

8pm  Dogs of the Year 2022 (Encore Presentation ) 

9pm World's Funniest Animals (Encore Episode) 

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

Thursday, December 29

8pm Popstar's Best of 2022 

9pm  Masters of Illusion  (Encore Episode) 

9:30pm Masters of Illusion (Encore Episode)  

Friday, December 30 

8-10pm  I Heart Radio Music Festival Night 1 (Encore Presentation) 

Saturday, December 31

8-10pm  I Heart Radio Music Festival Night 2 (Encore Presentation) 

Press Release after the jump 

CBS Announces Their Holidays 2022 Line-up

CBS Thanksgiving Christmas New Year 

    CBS is ready to end the year and bring in the new one with their traditional specials  and some new things as well.  

 

        The kick off starts with Thanksgiving and the annual "Thanksgiving Day Parade"  then the return of specials like "Frosty the Snowman", "Frosty Returns" , "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer".  There's also a brand new special  "Reindeer in Here".  CBS is also returning to Nashville to bring in the New Year.   Here's the full line up all times in ET/PT unless otherwise noted. 

Friday, November 11 

8PMET  The Greatest #AtHome Thanks&Giving Videos 

Thursday, November 24, 2022  (Thanksgiving ) 

9am -12pmET (1-4pm PT) The Thanksgiving Day Parade

Friday, November 25, 2022

8pm  Frosty the Snowman 

8:30pm Frosty Returns

9pm  A Christmas Proposal

Saturday, November 26, 2022

8pm Robbie the Reindeer

9pm The Story of Santa Claus 

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

8pm Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer

9pm Reindeer in Here (new)

Sunday, December 4, 2022

8:30pm Fit for Christmas  (new)

Sunday, December 11, 2022

8pm The National Tree Lighting: Celebrating 100 Years (new)

9pm Must Love For Christmas 

Thursday,  December 15, 2022

8pm  A One Hour Holiday episode of Ghosts  (new)

Friday, December 16,2022

8pm  Greatest #ATHomeHolidayVideos (new)

Sunday, December 18, 2022

8:30pm ET/ 8PM PT When Christmas was Young (new)

Friday, December 23, 2022

8pmThe 24th Annual A Home For The Holidays At The Grove  (new)

9pm  Christmas Takes Flight 

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

8PM Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute To The Songs Of Paul Simon (new)

10PM The Gift: Kindness Goes Viral with Steve Hartman (new)

Saturday, December 31, 2022

8-10pmET. 10:30pm-1:30am New Year's Eve Live:  Nashville's Big Bash (new) 

Press Release after the Jump

Halloween: The Monster's Ring

Halloween 

             We dip back into the "CBS Storybreak" specials, which for those that don't know was like CBS' version of ABC Weekend Special, these were specials that were based off books, because why read books when you can watch them?  Anyway, today's post for our Halloween looks is  based off a book called The Monster's Ring written by Bruce Colville.  

         The Monster's Ring the special first aired on October 10, 1987.    

mmmm cupcake 

      Our main character is a boy named Russel who is being bullied by a boy named Eddie, his friend, I guess, Mindy says he needs to stand up for himself, but he says he can't. Anyway, when he runs from Eddie he ends up at a random shop where he's convinced to buy a ring for 25 cents. It comes with a chant (as all good rings should)  The chant says there's friend in the ring there to help, he says the chant to the wrong and he says it would be great to turn into a monster to scare Eddie. He thinks it's fake but ends up turning into a monster. (Always be careful what you say around magic rings) 

Next time, Gadget, next time 

             He then jumps out of his window as one does to do off screen stuff. (glad he doesn't need his glasses a monster, those are expensive) The special comes back and he thinks he had a dream until he finds out he's still a monster. (Some people are that way in the morning) Well now he's nervous that his father will find out and he pretends to be sick, of course father needs to check him out. 

Monsters aren't real, quoth the monster 

            He then reads the paper ,that he read before to see how to turn back to normal. (convenient)  It works and he can go to to school now, and his dad can drive him.  Mindy talks about how people heard about a maniac running around causing a mess around town. (Wow the same night as Russel running out and being a monster, oh wait.)

      At school Eddie decides to spend his time looking for Russel because reasons. Russel turns back into a monster and scares Eddie. Eddie runs like a coward. At lunch, Mindy is talking about the maniac  and Eddie shows  up again (because he's annoying) and decides to take Russel's glasses and stick them in his food. (At least he's not breaking them?) Then he pours milk on it because that makes sense. Then Russel dumps the food on Eddie's head.  (mm Eddie and Spaghetti)  

Ah silly 80's and their silly hair styles 

      Eddie goes to chase Russel and then finally gets to turn into a monster to scare Eddie. He gets in trouble and so does  Russel because of dumping the food on Eddie.  Later, the father's reaction to Russel mentioning Eddie is like, make friends with him. Which is an interesting reaction. Eddie brought two guys to help him take down Russel because sure. (Weak) 

They are dressed scarily 

           Eddie and the other guys grab him and Eddie thinks he has a bodyguard. The other guys think Eddie is weak since the 'bodyguard' doesn't show up. They leave, Eddie takes his bike and now Russel has a plan. 

        You might wondering why am I doing this as a Halloween post? Yeah it has a monster in it , but it's not  really Halloween set? Well that's where you are WRONG.  (aggressive) There's a Halloween thing see. The school let the kids dress up in costumes, nice.   Anyway, Russel has a plan.  Also Russel's dad continues to really just be there.  The other two guys from before think Eddie crossed him and want to do something to him. Now, Russel has become mon-Russel again and thankfully people think it's a costume, good.  Then he somehow grows a tail and horns and stuff. (Something going on) 

Plastic Surgery, of course. 

          

            He goes to Eddie and takes his bike back and flies away.  He can fly now. Eddie tries to tell the teacher and few others that Russel took HIS bike and flew away. Then he's forced to admit that it was Russel's bike.

                  Anyway, Russel flies back down and thinks it's time to get back to normal.  Later, he sees Eddie being bullied by the other guys he called earlier.  Russel decides to help Eddie, but the ring is gone, he decides to stand up for Eddie himself and it works. Russel realizes he needed the ring and doesn't need it now.  Eddie decides to be friendly and yeah that's it. 

That's how Bazooka Joe found a friend 

             This is a very simple story and that's fine.  Russel is being bullied and it becomes a wish empowerment story where he ends up being a monster to stop his monster. I like that he doesn't seem to go too far and get power mad.   The characters are flat, but we get simple goals and story and it works . It's barely Halloween and that's only there to have Russel be able to use his monster form at school and nobody going and trying to pitchfork him or something.  I like how it ended up having Russel help Eddie, it was a nice touch. It's simple, sweet, effective, not really spooky, but kind of fun. That's it though. Pretty good to see, read the book too. 

       That's it for now , tune in next when grrrrr wowowowwowowow  

                

                    

One Shot Posts: The King of the Hill Spinoff That Didn't : Monsignor Martinez

One Shot Posts

            Welcome back to "One Shot Posts" or posts I don't know where they go otherwise, this time, we have a little something different.  So "King of the Hill" was an animated show on Fox that ran 13 seasons, and most people who went this post already knew that probably.  There has been some talk about bringing it back, which I have thoughts on, but not really going to bring up. The series was a fun well written animated show without falling into the traps of other shows in the same space around the same time.  Today's post has to do with something from KOTH.  For the viewers of the show they would be aware of Monsignor Martinez, from the series the Hills sometime watch, that priest seems to be caught up in shooting people and stuff and less on doing boring stuff. There's even an episode based around him.  

       There was more.  Apparently, there was enough popularity or someone really liked the idea that there was interest in making a show based around this character. That's what we're talking about today.  There was a pilot made, that seemingly didn't have light of day and was lost media ,until it's not lost media. (You could have written about it without the pilot somehow?)  

        For King of the Hill knowers (that's a word) it was written by Jim Dauterive, Mike Judge, and Greg Daniels from King of the Hill, so that's how you know.   According to a King of the Hill fan site, Fox wanted pilot in 2001, but decided not pick up as a series (why not?)  The thought is that FOX didn't want a show where a priest shoots people.  (Oh now FOX has standards)  Which is why live in this time instead. 

       The pilot and I guess if there had been a series was in live-action, which isn't a bad thing. Monsingor Martinez was played by  Ivo Cutzarida.  Also it's in English, so that ruins the fun a little, you you know, oh well. 

    

        Martinez is on plane and annoyed by Kevin Nealon , which is the most random thing ever, the woman next to him asks him why he's going to San Diego and the monsignor says he's going to kill a guy. (which makes sense)  He then tells a story and it does play to the randomness of the stuff you'd see on the episode clips in King of the Hill, it's really just randomly great.  If you like shootouts  in a church this would be your series.

   

          He's in SanDeigo, and I'm not explain everything, moistly because it's fun to watch, and you should be checking it out.  It's pretty much everything you'd expect in a  series based on the telenovela on King of the Hill.  Ironically, it's very cartoon like.  David Herman plays a good straight man, named John Smith, (great name) to the Cutzarida's character;  he thinks everything going on is kind of insane.  Which makes him letting loose at the end where they are setting up for a series even more fun.    

I bring you no Cadillac 

            It all caps off to a shoot out at the climax because that's what this needed, I'd expect nothing else.  It's also a fun start  to what looks like what would have been a fun series, setting up the cast and an on-going story.  As a pilot, it's great hook and now it's a shame that it never became a series, even a one season series, It's just wrong that we don't get more.  I'd rather they take a stab at this again, than trying to bring back King of the Hill. 

Cool Car, Cool guy,  the partner, a lady, a kid , the show has a whole cast we need let's go! 

       The only reason for to not check out this pilot is the disappointment that there's more to watch, but otherwise it's fun trip. Everything about it feels like the show Hank and Peggy would be watching, and from the segments we see in the main series. It really was that fun. It's a comedy, but grippingly interesting and the  premise is weird but well done.  It's cheesy, but the kind of cheesy, but the writing was great, the acting was well done and playing what exactly they needed to do and really want more do you want? 

   That's it for now, tune in next time, when we answer the door and oh no.... 

Weekendering: Weekenders: Season 2: Episode 3: The Invited/ Real Fake

The Weekenders Disney 

 Previously,  Tish's Diary is the next great novel... read here 

Episode 3a: The Invited 

            The cool kids, who are depicted alot in this series, named Bree and Colby have invited Tino to a party.  They just call him blonde kid, so that helps show that they know him well. Bree and Colby are kind of funny characters in how they are cool, but we don't know how or why they are cool and they are just kind of there.... but anyway they've invited Tino but none of his friends, they tell him this. (Important) 

            

            Tino doesn't want to tell his friends, but does want to tell us, because he doesn't want to hurt them  and that he doesn't want them to know because they planned to do stuff together. Ah F-R-I-E-N-D-S.  They show up and Tino has do weird moves to keep them from finding out what he's doing like shopping for something to wear for the party. He runs into Tish and he finds out that Tish was invited.  (Pay attention, folks, ooh nickel)

        They don't want Lor and Carver to find out, because it would hurt their feelings or something.  (Tino spends $20 on a mask, he didn't have to) Tino's mom comes in and tells him that he should just tell them. (She's like the audience surrogate of things they would tell at them)    He choses to build up lies instead when he's covering for Tish.  It's awkward and funny. 

       Tish and Tino (wait hold on) work together to make their costumes.  They don't do the best at making costumes. It is party night and they find out that Carver and Lor were invited and to add another thing, it was a prank by Bree and Colby to have Tish and Tino show up in costume, whilst it wasn't a costume party.  So they should have been talking to each other a little more.  

    

        Good episode, kind of can figure that the cool kids invited all of them, but the main twist of it being just two of them being told that it was a costume party.  Yep very simple moral of them just telling each other what was going on and could have saved Tino and Tish a little heartache and embarrassment.  7/10.

More after the jump

CNN Makes Primetime Changes (For Now)

CNN TV NEWS Cable TV News 

         Last week, CNN announced a new morning show is coming soon.  Part of that shift was that Don Lemon will be leaving his show Don Lemon Tonight  which leaves a 2-hour gap in CNN's line up. The cable news network has announced that, for now, they will have CNN Newsroom anchor Alisyn Camerota 

 and  CNN Senior Legal Analyst Laura Coates to share hosting duties for  CNN Tonight, going back to that name from October 10 to November 11th, the midterms. 

        The Lead anchor Jake Tapper, will be doing hosting duties for CNN Tonight during the same period,   each weeknight at 9PM ET.   Tapper's program will be shortened an hour, current New Day hosts John Berman and Brianna Keilar will host The Lead, rotating.  The 5pm ET hour will be Wolf Blitzer's The Situation Room .   The rest of the line up between 4pm-12amet are un changed, meaning "Outfront" and "AC360" still air their normal slots with their normal hosts. 

    CNN says this is for the midterms, but alot could be read into the ideas going on here, CNN said that Berman and Keilar were going to gave new roles at the network and Jake Tapper being tried, again, in primetime could also noted as maybe a test try. CNN could still hold off on finding new primetime hosts for while, the 9PMET hour has been still mostly CNN Tonight  since Cuomo's firing last year in December.  

    The new morning show's launch date , name, and other details haven't been announced. 

Full press release