ABC Holiday programming 2023

ABC Christmas New Year 

            ABC is ready to get festive this year.  ABC's holiday line up includes the return of "The Great Christmas Light Fight" which will also be returning in 2024.  "The Wonderful World of Disney" movie presentations.  "Press Your Luck" gets a Christmas special, so does "Shark Tank", "Celebrity Family Feud",  "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune", and "The $100,000 Pyramid". The annual broadcast of "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" is on December 12th.  The IHeartRadio Jingle Ball which moves from the CW to ABC this season.  Of course, everything finishes off with the annual "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest" on December 31st.  

Here's the full listings and specials all times are ET/PT unless otherwise noted 

Sunday, November 26 

7pm  America's Funniest Home Videos 

8pm  The  Wonderful World of Disney :Magical Holiday Celebration 

10pm  The Great Christmas Light Fight  (Season Premiere) 

Sunday, December 3 

8pm The Santa Clause 

10pm The Great Christmas Light Fight 

Tuesday, December 5

10:01pm Press Your Luck 

Friday, December 8

8-9:01pm  Shark Tank 

Sunday, December 10 

7pm  Mickey Saves Christmas 

7:30 Olaf's Frozen Adventure 

8pm   Frozen 

10pm The Great Christmas Light Fight  

Tuesday, December 12

8pm Santa Claus is Comin' To Town 

9-11pm  The Great Christmas Light Fight 

Wednesday, December 13 

8pm  Celebrity Family Feud 

9pm  Celebrity Wheel of Fortune 

10pm The $100,000 Pyramid 

Thursday, December 14

8-9:02pm CMA Country Christmas 

Tuesday, December 19 

8pm  Disney's Prep and Landing 

8:30pm Disney's Prep and Landing 2: Naughty vs. Nice 

9-11pm  The Great Christmas Light Fight   (Season Finale) 

Thursday, December 21 

8-10pm  IheartRadio Jingle Ball  2023 

Sunday, December 24 

8-10pm Home Alone 

Monday, December 25

10-12pm/9-11am PT  Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade 

Sunday, December 31 

8pm-2:13am  Dick Clark's New Year Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 

Press release after the jump

"Hazel" Doesn't Like Rock N' Roll

 Classic TV 

        I'm always trying to find different things to do here on this site because why not? (Also our ratings might be down) So of course, the best idea is to  *checks notes* write about an episode of a 1960's TV show.  But I have done that before, and like I classic TV shows.   Anyway,  I wanted to write about a strange episode of the series Hazel. 

     Hazel is a sitcom from the 1960's based off a character from The Saturday Evening Post (which , should be read on Tuesday Late Nights) it's about a maid who lives with a family , named Hazel. Hazel  was played by Shirley Booth. (Our Christmas post viewers will know her as the voice of Mrs. Claus in "A Year Without A Santa Claus" )  The basic premise was the maid was the main attraction to our normal American family (who have a maid)  and hijinks ensue. It ran 4 seasons on NBC from 1961-1965, but then was canceled. But then... it was uncanceled, and a new season in 1965 on CBS.  

        Sometimes when a show gets canceled then gets uncanceled, it might not be the same. (It's like throwing your phone and then picking it up, it might look the same, but it's not.)  Quickly, they changed the cast. Which is strange for a family sitcom, that'd be like watching Leave it To Beaver and then one day Ward and June have been replaced by a new couple named Chad and Donna.  The actors who played George and Dorothy Baxter were replaced. They did keep the kid, Harold Baxter, played by Bobby Buntrock  and Booth as Hazel.  That's a sign of how things were going. 

   They didn't change the actors for Harold's parents, nah, they decided to have him live with his uncle and aunt, randomly made up here. Steve Baxter and Barbra Baxter. They also added a daughters named Suzie.  Hazel became their maid. So how did they explain the parents being gone. (Spins will: Come on, they did in car crash)  George got a new job on Baghdad, Iraq.  This is 60's Baghdad, so it's a little different. George and his wife (not Jane) decided to go to Baghdad and leave their son at home because he can't miss school. (I guess 60's Baghdad didn't have schools)  

         Season 5, doing all that , might as well explain why this episode goes the way it does. This was the final final season, because I mean look at it.   This is the 21st episode of Season 5, called "My Son, the Sheepdog" which is sadly not an episode about any kids turning into a sheep dog and going on adventures. (boo!) Which probably would have been a better episode. 

         I had been watching "Hazel" on Antenna TV as one does and at one point it got to season 5.  I hadn't really watched the show before it airing on there, it's not one of classic shows I've watched compared to others.  I picked this episode, just because it felt weird. 

            

      Harold is starting a band with some friends which is why he's come home late for dinner. (A big sin in family sitcoms) It seems to flow like a normal episode of sitcom. Harold asks if the band can practice  at the house's garage and the uncle and aunt say it's fine.  Also Harold using an accordion for a rock band, kind of cool. 

          One of the mother's of one of the kids named Jefferson Williams (no relation to Jefferson Airplane) shows up because she heard the music and hates it and is annoyed. Hazel and Mrs. Williams hates the boys' hair too, because there's somewhere this play is going. The woman doesn't want Jeff to play music like that because reasons. 

It also keeps the sun from his eyes 

            Later, Mrs. Williams is still complaining about Jeff at card game with her husband and the NU-Baxters.  Then  the aunt says she doesn't mind the music, she's mad at how they want to dress and their hair. This episode aired in 1966, and was probably made in late 1965.  The context is like older writers complaining about the young people, a very timeless thing.  The men are joking about how Jeff was reading a Men's hair fashion magazine, surprised a thing exists. Hold on.... checks Bing... wait checks calendar...never mind. The aunt worries about how it might affect her daughter because of reasons. 

Live reactions of people watching this episode, Susie is the writer. 

            The two men do have a thought that's just a fad for the band contest and think that when the boys lose things will go back to normal. (Uhh confidence?)    It's the next day,  Susie comes home and explains why she's late from school, because her music teacher took her class to see the boys practice. Also learned a new dance called "The Swim".   Which is a real dance. (Someone was mad when they wrote this episode, but they seemed to doing their research)  Jeff's mom is annoyed that he hasn't cut his hair and yells about him being on TV and looking like that. 

        Some writer knew the word  Peruke and was really proud of themselves to have Jeff say that. [Peruke is an old term for a men's wig, used in the 17th/18th Century]  Hazel, who funny enough is kind of just around this episode, comments about Harold's hair style, but at least seems supportive of his band. 

        The adults are watching the TV Show and are not enjoying these bands.  Hazel says the kids on TV look like sheepdogs and there's our title- part of it.  The 60's TV set for the music show is pretty cool though, and seems to have no concern for safety, good for it.  The adults seem to be befuddled and confused that this happening.  Also Jeff's mom says the title, there we go. Was I supposed to laugh?

Hey! This isn't My Mother the Car! 

            The guys think the boys will lose... but this is a sitcom so that means... that's right the boys won. (ha!) Later, the Leapin' Lizards band gets gigs with payment.  The adults are bothered by everything. Jeff's mother is concerned about his hair being about as long as the girls that have surrounded him wanting autographs.  Which is not factually true, source: my eyes.  

The girls like rockers, what did the episode mean by this?

            Hazel decides a new plan is to join them. So like Hazel has stopped doing the cleaning because this is a comparable thing to just being part of a band, making money, and still doing school work and keeping things on priority. Harold even told his uncle earlier he made sure they only do gigs on weekends and before 9PM, so they don't miss sleep. Then he and Jeff see their parents and Hazel dancing to music, being dressed weird, and doing strange stuff. 

This isn't strange... you should see the Munster family down the street

            The aunt and uncle are tired of pretending they've lost it because it's taking awhile.  Then the boys find out the adults are going to perform at the PTA meeting and want the boys' band to be their band.    The kids tell the adults to dress and act the way they  used to , and the boys say they'll be cutting their hair and dressing normally and stuff. 

             As a time piece, this episode is kind of timeless, by how it shows generational disconnect. The episode isn't good. The Leapin' Lizard band really just dresses kind of funny, has long hair (in our context is more a normal boy hair style now) and plays strange music, but  they weren't really doing anything of harm. Even the episode is like pointing and thinking it's wrong, doesn't even have them do anything that's wrong.   The boys still seem to be doing their school work, it wasn't brought they weren't.  It just seemed to annoy the adults by existing.  

        The adults actually act worse by putting off important things or pretending to.  It's also strange as an episode for the show called "Hazel" about Hazel and she's barely there and is only brought in to be part of the moaning or to think up the idea that they should try to convince the kids turn away from rock n' roll stuff.  

       This episode could have been written better too, but I guess by this point, they just didn't care and the show was going to end again anyway.  It would be really easy to beat up on an episode of a show from 1966, but that 1966 date is interesting alone. The 1960's around this point was building up turmoil, including generational.   The hair styles the boys were trying to have, in away would become more normal later on. Look at like season 3 of the Brady Bunch.  The idea of the guys saying they think it's just a phase and the boys going back to normal at the end, kind of feels to be the hope of the writers. If you read into it too much.   

    For Hazel, which wasn't a bad sitcom, it's a strange episode since the appeal is to see Hazel doing something and see what chaos ensues. This episode doesn't do much of anything like that. The adults  acting like the kids could have been funny if the kids were actually shirking doing things they should be doing besides hair and clothing.  This is also written the in context of modern times where I think it's silly to complain about a boy having longer hair, but that probably was a topic of the times or something.  

     1966 is also an interesting year for sitcoms , a lot of older mainstays were ending. The Donna Reed Show ,  The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet , and  The Dick Van Dyke Show ended too, There was a shift happening as more modern , swish 60's feeling sitcoms were coming in. This season was done in color, in the hopes that that'd be something to make sure the people who also had maids could enjoy on their new color TVs.  It's very much a sitcom episode , pointing out how it's confused about its contemporary times and not sure what to say.  It kind of doesn't even aim to have a moral, a compromise, or even stick to being funny.     

      Well, that's it for now, tune in next time when we yell about modern kids and their I-pods and 1997 Dodge Caravans. (What?) 

Freeform's 25 Days of Christmas 2023

Freeform  Christmas  

    It's almost that time of year again, and Freeform is ready for their annual 25 Days of Christmas event. Which airs from December 1st to 25th.  The programming event, once again, stays under a Disney (and stuff Disney bought) umbrella of programming only really straying when they air the Rankin-Bass specials , Frosty the Snowman (which this year Freeform will be airing before CBS) ,Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, The Little Drummer Boy (Which will air only once this year) . and Cricket on the Hearth.  The Grinch movies the one from 200 and the 2018 movies will be making their appearances as well.   Two movies that premiered on Disney Plus will be making their TV premieres those being Godmothered and Noelle. The later being one that came when Disney Plus launched in November 2019. 

       

       Also, this year people who have subscribed to Spectrum's pay TV service have lost access to this channel. 

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

Friday, December 1

7:00 a.m. - Unaccompanied Minors

9:00 a.m. - Richie Rich's Christmas Wish

11:00 a.m. - Eloise at Christmastime

1:00 p.m. - The Star (2017)

3:00 p.m. - Disney's A Christmas Carol

5:00 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)

7:00 p.m. - Home Alone

9:30 p.m. - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

12:00 a.m. - Home Alone 3

Saturday, December 2

7:00 a.m. - Home Alone

9:30 a.m. - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

12:05 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)

2:05 p.m. - The Santa Clause

4:15 p.m. - The Santa Clause 2

6:45 p.m. - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

8:50 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

11:30 p.m. - Godmothered (Freeform Premiere)

Sunday, December 3

7:00 a.m. - Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws

9:10 a.m. - The Search for Santa Paws

11:15 a.m. - Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups

1:20 p.m. - Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas

2:50 p.m. - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

4:30 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

7:10 p.m. - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

8:15 p.m. - Frosty the Snowman

8:50 p.m. - Home Alone

11:20 p.m. - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Monday, December 4

7:00 a.m. - The Mistle-Tones

10:30 a.m. - Prep & Landing (Disney Animated)

11:00 a.m. - Home Alone

1:30 p.m. - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

4:10 p.m. - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

5:15 p.m. - Frosty the Snowman

5:50 p.m. - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

6:55 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)

8:55 p.m. - Noelle (Freeform Premiere)

12:00 a.m. - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

1:00-2:00 a.m. - The Simpsons

Tuesday, December 5

7:00 a.m. - Holiday in Handcuffs

10:30-11:30 a.m. - Family Guy

11:30 a.m. - Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

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

4:00 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)

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

Wednesday, December 6

7:00 a.m. - Snow

10:30 a.m. - Family Guy

11:05 a.m. - Home Alone

1:35 p.m. - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

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. - Jingle All the Way 2

Thursday, December 7

7:00 a.m. - Snow 2: Brain Freeze

10:30 a.m. - Disney's A Christmas Carol

12:35 p.m. - Love the Coopers

3:10 p.m. - Home Alone

5:40 p.m. - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

8:20 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

12:00 a.m. - The Family Stone

Friday, December 8

7:00-8:00 a.m. - Family Guy

8:00 a.m. - Love the Coopers

10:30 a.m. - Home Alone

1:00 p.m. - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

3:40 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)

5:40 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

8:20 p.m. - Frozen (Disney Animated)

10:50 p.m. - Frozen II (Disney Animated)

1:00 a.m. - Olaf's Frozen Adventure

1:30 a.m. - Toy Story That Time Forgot (Disney-Pixar)

Saturday, December 9

7:00 a.m. - Jingle All the Way

9:00 a.m. - Jingle All the Way 2

11:00 a.m. - Prancer Returns

1:05 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)

3:05 p.m. - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

4:45 p.m. - Toy Story That Time Forgot (Disney-Pixar)

5:15 p.m. - Toy Story (Disney-Pixar)

7:15 p.m. - Toy Story 2 (Disney-Pixar)

9:20 p.m. - Toy Story 3 (Disney-Pixar)

11:50 p.m. - Toy Story 4 (Disney-Pixar)

Sunday, December 10

7:00-8:00 a.m. - The Simpsons

8:00 a.m. - Prancer Returns

10:00 a.m. - Home Alone 3

12:00 p.m. - Home Alone

2:30 p.m. - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

5:10 p.m. - Disney's A Christmas Carol

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, December 11

7:00 a.m. - Snowglobe

10:30 a.m. - Family Guy

11:00 a.m. - Unaccompanied Minors

1:05 p.m. - Richie Rich's Christmas Wish

3:10 p.m. - Home Alone

5:40 p.m. - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

8:20 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

12:00 a.m. - Black Nativity

Tuesday, December 12

7:00 a.m. - Life-Size 2: A Christmas Eve

10:30 a.m. - Family Guy

11:00 a.m. - Home Alone

1:30 p.m. - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

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

6:00 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

8:30 p.m. - Godmothered

12:00 a.m. - The Mistle-Tones

Wednesday, December 13

7:00 a.m. - Home Alone 3

10:30 a.m. - Family Guy

11:00 a.m. - The Family Stone

1:30 p.m. - Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

4:00 p.m.- Home Alone

6:30 p.m. - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

9:00 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)

12:00 a.m.- Daddy's Home 2

Thursday, December 14

7:00 a.m. - Daddy's Home 2

10:30 a.m. - The Santa Clause

12:35 p.m - The Santa Clause 2

3:05 p.m.- The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

5:10 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)

7:10 p.m. - Noelle

9:20 p.m.- Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 

12:00 a.m - 12 Dates of Christmas

Friday, December 15

7:00 a.m. - Kung Fu Panda Holiday 

7:30 a.m. - Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws

9:30 a.m.- The Search for Santa Paws

11:30 a.m. - Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups

1:30 p.m. - Disney's A Christmas Carol

3:30 p.m. - Home Alone

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

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

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

Saturday, December 16

7:00 a.m. - The Little Drummer Boy (1968)

7:30 a.m. - Cricket on the Hearth

8:30 a.m. - Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas

10:00 a.m. - Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas

11:30 a.m.- Home Alone

2:00 p.m. - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

4:35 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

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

Sunday, December 17

7:00 a.m. - Cricket on the Hearth

8:00 a.m. - Richie Rich's Christmas Wish

10:05 a.m. - Eloise at Christmastime

12:10 p.m. - Home Alone 3

2:15 p.m. - Prancer Returns

4:20 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)

6:20 p.m. - Home Alone

8:50 p.m. - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

11:30 p.m. - Godmothered

Monday, December 18

7:00 a.m. - Prancer Returns

10:30-11:35 a.m. - Family Gu

11:35 a.m. - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

2:15 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018

4:15 p.m. - Disney's A Christmas Carol

6:20 p.m. - Frozen (Disney Animated)

8:50 p.m. - Frozen II (Disney Animated)

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

Tuesday, December 19

7:00 a.m. - Richie Rich's Christmas Wish

10:30 a.m. - Disney's A Christmas Carol

12:35 p.m. - Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

3:10 p.m. - Home Alone

5:40 p.m. - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

8:20 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

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

Wednesday, December 20

7:00 a.m. - Eloise at Christmastime

10:30 a.m. - Family Guy

11:00 a.m. - The Santa Clause

1:05 p.m. - The Santa Clause 2

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

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

8:15 p.m. - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

9:20 p.m. - Frosty the Snowman

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

12:00 a.m. - Home Alone 3

Thursday, December 21

7:00 a.m. - Cricket on the Hearth

8:00 a.m. - Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas

9:30 a.m. - Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws

11:30 a.m. - The Search for Santa Paws

1:30 p.m. - Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups

3:35 p.m. - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

4:40 p.m. - Frosty the Snowman

5:15 p.m. - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

6:20 p.m. - Home Alone

8:50 p.m. - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

11:30 p.m. - The Family Stone

Friday, December 22

7:00 a.m. - Prep & Landing (Disney Animated)

7:30 a.m. - Prep & Landing: Naughty vs Nice (Disney Animated)

8:00 a.m. - Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas

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

10:00 a.m. - Home Alone

12:30 p.m. - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

3:10 p.m. - Noelle

5:15 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)

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

Saturday, December 23

7:00-8:00 a.m. - The Simpsons

8:00 a.m. - Toy Story That Time Forgot (Disney-Pixar)

8:30 a.m. - Unaccompanied Minors

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

1:05 p.m. - Disney's A Christmas Carol

3:10 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)

5:10 p.m. - Home Alone

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

10:20 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

1:00-2:00 a.m. - Family Guy

Sunday, December 24

7:00 a.m. - Unaccompanied Minors

9:05 a.m. - Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas

10:35 a.m. - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1:15 p.m. - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

2:55 p.m. - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

5:35 p.m. - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

6:40 p.m. - Frosty the Snowman

7:15 p.m. - The Santa Claus

9:25 p.m. - The Santa Clause 2

11:55 p.m. - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

Monday, December 25

7:00 a.m. - Disney's A Christmas Carol

10:30 a.m. - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

11:30 a.m. - The Santa Clause

1:30 p.m. - The Santa Clause 2

3:30 p.m. - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

4:30 p.m. - Frosty the Snowman

5:00 p.m. - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

6:00 p.m. - Home Alone

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

12:00 a.m. - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

Press Release after the jump 

TBS and TNT's Winter Break Programming

Thanksgiving  Christmas  Holidays   

        TBS and TNT's annual winter break programming event is back starting November 4.  This is also includes the two networks' annual 24 hours of  A Christmas Story on Christmas Eve through Christmas Day across both channels.  Also included is 24 hours of Elf and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. The 1966 animated "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" will be airing, per tradition, and the TV premiere of "A Christmas Story Christmas".   Here's the details all times ET/PT. 

A CHRISTMAS STORY 

TBS


Saturday, December 2 at 8pm ET/PT


Sunday December 3 at 6:30pm ET/PT


24-hour marathon airs from Sunday, December 24 at 8pm to December 25 at 8pm ET/PT

 

TNT 

Monday, November 13 at 8pm ET/PT


Tuesday, November 14 at 3pm ET / 12pm PT


Thursday, December 14 at 8pm ET/PT


Sunday, December 17 at 5:33pm ET/PT


Monday, December 18 at 7:45pm ET/PT


24-hour marathon airs from Sunday, December 24 at 8pm to Monday, December 25 at 8pm ET/PT

 

A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS

TBS


Saturday, December 2 at 10pm ET/PT


Sunday, December 3 at 8:30pm ET/PT


TNT


Monday, November 13 at 8pm ET/PT (TV PREMIERE)


Sunday, November 26 at 10pm ET/PT


Sunday, December 17 at 7:33pm ET/PT


Monday, December 25 at 9pm ET/PT

 

8-BIT CHRISTMAS 

TBS


Saturday, November 25 at 8pm & 10:15pm ET/PT (TV PREMIERE)


Sunday, December 10 at 10:15pm & 2:45am ET/PT


Saturday, December 16 at 10:07pm ET/PT


TNT


Monday, December 18 at 9:45pm & 2:45am ET/PT


Saturday, December 23 at 10pm ET/PT


Saturday, December 24 at 6:45pm ET/PT

 

MODERN FAMILY  

TBS


Thanksgiving Themed Episodes Marathon


Thursday, November 23 begins at 3:30pm ET/PT


Holiday Themed Episodes Marathons


Saturday, December 16 begins at 1:30pm ET/PT


Sunday, December 24 begins at 1:30pm ET/PT

 

AMERICAN DAD! 

TBS


All-New Episodes


Monday, November 20 at 10pm ET/PT


Monday, December 18 at 10pm ET/PT


Holiday Themed Episodes Marathon


Monday, December 18 starting at 10:30pm ET/PT

 

FRIENDS 

TBS


Thanksgiving Themed Episodes Marathon


Thursday, November 23 starting at 10am ET/PT


Holiday Themed Episodes Marathons


Saturday, December 16 starting at 8:30am ET/PT


Sunday, December 24 starting at 8am ET/PT

 

BIG BANG THEORY 

TBS


Thanksgiving Themed Episodes Marathon


Thursday, November 23 starting at 6pm ET/PT


Holiday Themed Episodes Marathons


Saturday, December 16 starting at 5pm ET/PT


Sunday, December 24 starting at 5pm ET/PT

 

ELF 

TBS


Saturday, November 4 at 7:30pm ET/PT


Sunday, November 5 at 7pm ET/PT


Sunday, November 19 at 5pm & 10pm ET/PT


24-hour marathon airs from Friday, November 24 at 8pm to Saturday, November 25 at 8pm ET/PT

TNT 

Sunday, November 12 at 8pm ET/PT


Monday, November 13 at 6pm ET/PT


Thursday, November 23 at 7pm ET/PT


Friday, November 24 at 3:30pm ET/ 12:30pm PT


Monday, November 27 at 8pm & 10pm ET/PT


Thursday, November 30 at 8pm & 10pm ET/PT

 

NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION 

TBS


Saturday, November 4 at 9:30pm ET/PT


Sunday November 5 at 12:30pm ET/PT


Saturday, November 11 at 7:45pm & 9:45pm ET/PT


Friday, November 17 at 8pm & 10pm ET/PT


TNT


Sunday November 5 at 8pm & 10pm ET/PT


Sunday, November 19 at 8pm ET/PT


Monday, November 20 at 4:30pm ET/ 1:30pm PT


Thursday, November 23 at 9pm ET/PT


Friday, November 24 at 1:30pm ET / 10:30am PT


24-hour marathon airs from Saturday, November 25 at 10pm to Saturday, November 26 at 10pm ET/PT

 

DR. SEUSS’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS 

TBS


Saturday, November 18 at 5pm ET/PT


Sunday, December 10 at 7pm & 7:30pm ET/PT


Saturday, December 16 at 8am ET/PT


Friday, December 22 at 8pm ET/PT


Saturday, December 23 at 7:30pm ET/PT


TNT


Sunday, November 12 at 7:30pm ET/PT


Monday, November 13: at 5:30pm ET/PT


Sunday, November 19 at 7:30pm ET/PT


Thursday, December 14 at 7:30pm ET/PT


Sunday, December 17 at 5:03pm ET/PT

 

FRED CLAUS 

TBS


Saturday, November 4 at 3pm ET/PT


Sunday November 5 at 12:30pm ET/PT


Saturday, November 18 at 12:30pm & 1am ET/PT


Thursday, November 23 at 1:15am ET/PT


Friday, November 24 at 10:30am ET/PT


TNT


Sunday, November 12 at 5pm & 10pm ET/PT


Sunday, November 19 at 2pm & 12am ET/PT


Monday, November 27 at 3pm & 12am ET/PT

 

JACK FROST 

TBS


Saturday, November 4 at 12:45PM ET/PT


TNT


Monday, November 13 at 12:15am ET/PT


Thursday, November 23 at 12pm ET/PT


Monday, November 27 at 11am ET/PT

 

THE POLAR EXPRESS 

TBS


Saturday, November 4 at 5:30pm ET/PT


Sunday November 5 at 5pm ET/PT


Saturday, November 11 at 4pm ET/PT


Sunday, November 12 at 1:30pm ET/PT


Saturday, November 18 at 3pm & 11pm ET/PT


Thursday, November 23 at 10:15pm ET/PT


Friday, November 24 at 2:45pm ET/PT


TNT


Sunday, November 19 at 4:27pm & 10pm ET/PT


Thursday, November 23 at 2:12pm ET/PT


Friday, November 24 at 11:30am ET/ 8:30am PT

FOUR CHRISTMASES 

TBS


Saturday, November 11 at 6pm ET/PT


Sunday, November 12 at 3:30pm ET/PT


Sunday, November 19 at 3:15pm & 12am ET/PT


Thursday, November 23 at 3:45am ET/PT


Friday, November 24 at 1pm ET/PT


TNT


Sunday November 5 at 6pm & 12am ET/PT


Thursday, November 23 at 5:15pm & 11pm ET/PT


Sunday, November 26 at 2:15am ET/PT


Thursday, November 23 at 3:45am ET/PT


Monday, November 27 at 1:15pm ET/PT

 

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY 

TBS


Saturday, November 11 at 1:30pm & 11:45pm ET/PT


Saturday, December 9 at 8pm ET/PT


Sunday, December 10 at 4:30 ET/PT


Friday, December 22 at 10:30pm ET/PT


Saturday, December 23 at 3pm ET/PT


TNT


Sunday, November 26 at 12:15am ET/PT


Monday, November 27 at 5:30pm ET/PT


Thursday, December 14 at 5pm & 12am ET/PT


Sunday, December 17 at 12:45pm & 12:30am ET/PT

OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY

TBS


Sunday, November 12 at 5:15pm & 11:30pm ET/PT


Sunday, November 19 at 1pm & 1:45am ET/PT


Sunday, December 3 at 4:15pm & 10:45pm ET/PT


Friday, December 22 at 1am ET/PT


Saturday, December 23 at 10:07pm ET/PT


TNT


Sunday, December 17 at 9:48pm ET/PT


Monday, December 18 at 5:30pm ET/PT


Saturday, December 23 at 5:45pm ET/PT


Saturday, December 24 at 2:30pm ET/PT

 

DECK THE HALLS 

TBS


Saturday, November 11 at 2:15am ET/PT


Sunday, December 10 at 8pm & 12:22am ET/PT


Saturday, December 23 at 8pm & 12:22am ET/PT


TNT


Sunday, November 12 at 2:45pm ET/PT


Thursday, November 30 at 5:56pm ET/PT


Sunday, December 17 at 3pm ET/PT


Sunday, December 24 at 4:42pm ET/PT


Monday, December 25 at 11:15pm ET/PT

 

THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS (1974) 

TBS


Saturday, November 18 at 5:30pm ET/PT


Sunday, November 19 at 12pm ET/PT


Thursday, November 23 at 12:15am ET/PT


Friday, November 24 at 4:45pm ET/PT


TNT


Sunday, November 19 at 6:27pm ET/PT


Thursday, November 23 at 4:12pm ET/PT

 

THE WIZARD OF OZ 

TBS


Saturday, November 18 at 6:30pm & 8:45pm ET/PT


Thursday, November 23 at 8pm ET/PT


Friday, November 24 at 5:45pm ET/PT


Saturday, December 9 at 12:30am ET/PT


Sunday, December 10 at 12:15pm ET/PT


Saturday, December 16 at 8pm ET/PT


Monday, December 25 at 8pm & 10:15pm ET/PT


TNT


Monday, December 11 at 8pm & 10:15pm ET/PT

ARTHUR CHRISTMAS 

TBS 

Friday, November 24 at 8:30am ET/PT 

Saturday, December 23 at 1pm ET/PT 

 

WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY 

TBS


Saturday, December 9 at 10:30pm ET/PT


Sunday, December 10 at 2:30pm ET/PT


Friday, December 22 at 8:30pm ET/PT


Saturday, December 23 at 5:30pm ET/PT


TNT


Tuesday, November 14 at 5pm ET/ 2pm PT


Sunday, December 17 at 10:30am ET/PT

A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1999) 

TNT 

Thursday, December 14 at 10pm ET/PT 

 

FAMILY MATTERS 

TBS 

Holiday Themed Episode Marathon 

Sunday, December 24 starting at 6am ET/PT 

Press Release after the Jump

Halloween: The Haunting Hour: Scarecrow

Halloween 

            The Haunting Hour: The Series was a children's horror- fantasy show that ran on The Hub Network (now known as Discovery Family) for 4 seasons. I've covered this series in a couple other posts, but classic me, didn't continue but there's a long thing.  Let's get on here. 

            The last episode I did for the Halloween strand here, I did an episode that explicitly took place on Halloween, this one doesn't, but hey it fits because why not?  This is a really good series especially since it really was free with what it could do even in the constraints of children's TV. Which always makes Children's TV horror stuff kind of more interesting sometimes because  of those and to see how far something can go even in those.  This episode is called "Scarecrow" It first aired in the US on December 11, 2011 and is from the second season.  Also, spoilers at times. 

Stupid crows eating my corn/ Copyright the Hatchery 

            This episode starts at farm, which is good place for a scarecrow.  The episode has Bailee Madison who had in the series premiere, playing a girl named Jenny. Her problem is that the crows keep bothering her crops as crows do. (Caw caw, that's right the first thing I say is caw) She's growing her own crops to make money for a new computer.  Apparently her father gave her that acre because he wants her to learn how hard farming is. That's probably why he has gray hair. Her mother mentions that she has problems with rabbits and deer. The boy from the start is her brother named Bobby, played by Richard Harmon , whom you may know from "The 100".  He takes care of the cows and is kind proud that things don't bother cows.   '

You know what is great about cows? They don't give you bull/ Copyright The Hatchery

            The episode uses the word Emo more than you think it would. There's a girl named Amy Kessler, played by Genevieve Buechner. She seems to be Bobby's love interest (but is she evil? hmm)  Bobby and Jenny go into town and see her at the shop to get feed, she works at the counter. She's reading a poem, which I'm sure won't be somehow tied into the plot at all, "The Hollow Men" by T.S Eliot. 

Sssh! She's reading the plot device/ Copyright The Hatchery 

            A strange man shows up and also knows the poem and finishes it. I noticed that the bell didn't ring when he entered, hmm.   I'm sure saying stuffed with straw from the poem won't mean anything later.  He explains the poem is about the end of the world, he likes the idea because the world would be quiet if it ended. (That's some logic, I guess)  Then he buys jerky and walks away doesn't elaborate. 

I'm glad she mentioned the poem, I was waiting like 3 hours for her 

          Later we see the man just standing around at night -menacingly.  Jenny gets home from school and  the creepy man's car is moving up to follow her.  If this was a different show, there would be a different thing going on.( I'm glad this isn't a Lifetime movie) Also, don't talk to strange men in old cars who pull up when they see you get off the bus. Don't do that.  Since he didn't murder her, her brother sees the car drive off and he wonders who that was and she tells him it's the strange man from the store. Bobby's first response isn't to tell his sister to not talk to strange men who pull up in cars after you get off the bus, bad brother. 

See, strange/ Copyright the Hatchery 

            The strange man wanted to sell her a scarecrow. Bobby says she shouldn't buy anything from the guy, he seems like a creep. Good brother.  So, this episode long about moral should be don't talk to random guys who pull up in cars and buy stuff from them. (Not even you) 

CBS Announces Holiday Programming 2023

CBS Thanksgiving Christmas New Year 

        CBS is ready for the holidays with their annual holiday programming. This includes the annual Thanksgiving Day Parade , Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman , and more. The season caps off with the return of CBS' New Year's Eve  Live Nashville's Big Bash.   Here's a look at the line up.    All times are ET/PT , unless otherwise noted.

 Thursday, November 23

 

     9AM-12PMET/PT (Watch live 8AM CT/7AM MT)   The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS 

Friday, November 24 

    8pm    The Greatest @HomeVideos : Hosted by Cedric the Entertainer 

    9pm     Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer 

Saturday, December 2 

     8pm  Reindeer in Here 

     9pm  Robbie the Reindeer 

Monday, December 4

   8pm The Price is Right at Night Christmas Week : Office Holiday Party

Tuesday, December 5 

   8pm  The Price is Right at Night Christmas Week :  College Students Home for The Holidays

Thursday, December 7

  8pm    The Price is Right at Night Christmas Week :  Blind Holidate

Friday, December 8

8pm   The Price is Right at Night Christmas Week : Holiday Heroes

Saturday, December 9 

8pm   Byron Allen Presents A Merry Soulful Christmas 

Friday, December 15th 

8pm National Christmas Tree Lighting 

Saturday, December 16

9pm Frosty the Snowman 

9:30pm Frosty Returns 

Monday, December 18

8pm The Price is Right At Night Christmas Week: Holidays with the Family. 

Friday, December 22 

8pm  The 25th Annual a Home for the Holidays 

9pm Fit For Christmas 

Sunday, December 24 

9pm When Christmas was Young

Monday, December 25 

 9pm Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All ! 

Friday, December 29 

9pm Must Love Christmas 

Saturday, December 31

7:30pm  New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash 

Full Press Release after the Jump 

Halloween: The Smurfs Halloween Special (and one more thing)

Halloween 

           We take a dip into the "Smurfs" again this time taking in for Halloween. This special is an episode from season 3 of "The Smurfs" series and doesn't seem to be a popped out primetime special compared the ones like their Christmas specials. The name seems to be both "The Smurfs Halloween Special" and "All Hallows' Eve". That's confusing.  This special aired in 1983. 

                The special starts with Mother Nature, who in Smurfs' lore has shown up before (yes, Smurfs has a lore) she is voiced by June Foray, which will make you think of Granny from the Sylvester and Tweety cartoons.   She's busy making sure that the leaves of the forest are red by Halloween. (Does that mean orange, yellow, and brown leaves are failures?)  I don't know why just red though. She takes her red wand and goes on. 

I'm late for an important date/ Copyright Hanna-Barbera

        Meanwhile, the smurfs are busy making birthday stuff for Jokey's birthday. His birthday is on Halloween.  I like how the Smurfs are amazed that someone has a birthday on Halloween and that Jokey thinks he's the only one that does. It's also not often I see a birthday on Halloween thing, though.  In twist, it's also Gargamel's birthday. He's not happy probably because his name is Gargamel and just naturally he's not happy.  The obsessed on Smurfs man is also annoyed that they are happy (because he's grumpy) because they are celebrating the harvest. 

I also hate telemarketers! / Copyright Hanna-Barbera

More after the jump 

Halloween: A Really Haunted Loud House

Halloween  

        Back in 2021, I wrote about a live-action Christmas movie adaptation of  The Loud House series. I thought it was really enjoyable and pretty good.  At the end of that post I wrote,   " I think I'd like to see them make more Loud House live-action stuff."  Well they did, they made a live-action series under the name "The Really Loud House"  Which began in November 2022. Now, we're back here with a different holiday movie, for Halloween and from 2023, it's  A Really Haunted Loud House 

        This movie starts the day before Halloween with Lincoln and Clyde planning out their Halloween tricks or treats plans. [ I speak in the language of Peanuts]  This movie has lot of stuff thrown at the viewer to set up but it uses it ALL later, everything in first part is used later for the rest of the movie.  The family has made their house really spooky and ready for Halloween. Something from the animated series them multiplied by 100.   

Big Spider/ Copyright Paramount 

         The details in the movie are things like Lisa has grown a giant pumpkin named Esmeralda, that she seemingly had  been talking to so much that she's grown (heh) attached to it.  It's also nice to see it more than just Lucy putting together the house celebration. They also do a nice twist on Lucy doing a scare, and even having Lynn trying to take the role is fitting because she's competitive. 

          Rita has been in control of candy. Lynn Sr. has been so bothered by Lynn Jr.'s scaring is that he's beginning to lose it. There's a Lana candy shooter, Luan made a giant Franken-Coconuts.   There's a dentist appointment scene, this also fits into the plot to move it along. Even Lynn Jr's scaring thing comes to play when she accidently scares the nurse and causes the nurse to inject the dentist with Novocain.  Lisa is able to finish the stuff and tells everyone they have tons of cavities. 

You are the weakest link/ Copyright Paramount 

        That's when Lincoln gets to introduce us to Xander,. Who's Xander? (Who is Xander, I need to know!) Xander is a character they made up for this movie. (oh) He seems to be new but has gained popularity because *checks notes* plot reasons.  He seems to be one of those internet influencer kids, because that's  how you do fellow kids? 

Join our coat gang, we wear coats even in summer/ copyright Paramount 

            Xander Cottington (no offence to the real  Xanders out there) is having a party. (I  should have read what he was going to write, oh well, Xander is cool name) Lincoln wants to go instead of tricks or treats.  Clyde thinks he's gone mad, and tries to change his mind with Ace Savvy  costumes. Then Lincoln tells him that he spoke to Xander.   Since Lincoln took the idea that they are too old to trick or treat seriously.  Then Xander shows up and invites Lincoln and Clyde.  Whatever they paid the kid playing Xander, it wasn't enough to make him say "Hashtag" in a sentence,  I don't think kids speak like that.