"A Christmas Story" marathon
is back on TBS beginning
Christmas Eve at 8PM.
Last updated November 23, 2011
Time once again for a holiday television spectacular!
Every year, a select group of U.S. stations traditionally specialize in Christmas gems - such as CBS for animated specials, TMC for movies, or ABC Family for the big mix of movies, specials and animated tales.
As usual, stay tuned for traditional showings of the popular Christmas classic, It's a Wonderful Life on NBC, as well as a full 24-hour A Christmas Story marathon kicking off Christmas Eve on TBS.
2011 Christmas special TV sneak peak
In the race for holiday ratings, the Hallmark Channel has already announced a record 1300 hours of programming devoted to Christmas movies and specials in 2011, beginning November 12.
Along with traditional Hallmark favorites, stay tuned for original Hallmark movies for the new 2011 holiday season. They include A Princess for Christmas, starring Sir Roger Moore; The Christmas Pageant, starring Melissa Gilbert; and Annie Claus is Coming to Town, with Vivica A. Fox and Vicki Lawrence; and a sequel to Hallmark's traditional favorite Christmas in Canaan starring Billy Ray Cyrus in his reprise role in Christmas Returns to Canaan.
Kicking off the early Christmas TV season,
The
Nightmare Before Christmas airs on ABC Family
on Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 4:30 ET/PT
ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas, beginning December 1, has two new movies in the lineup including 12 Dates of Christmas starring Amy Smart, and Desperately Seeking Santa starring Laura Vandervoort.
Meanwhile, over on NBC, watch for Michael Buble to headline his first network Christmas television special in early December, featuring seasonal hits along with sketch comedy segments and duets with special guest stars.
CBS has new holiday specials planned that they hope will become instant classics, as well. They included the animated Elf on the Shelf: An Elf's Story, based on the best-selling children's book; and Hoops & Yoyo Ruin Christmas, presented by Hallmark.
As 2011 holiday TV schedules are announced check back often for the latest updates and gather around to discover what's on TV during the season — as we fill in the blanks for a full schedule of U.S. television programming tagged especially for the holidays.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer the Island of Misfit Toys
ABCFAM
Dec 5, 7PM
The Polar Express
ABCFAM
Dec 5, 8:30PM
A Christmas Carol (1938)
TCM
Dec 5, 9:45PM
Mickey's Christmas Carol
ABCFAM
Dec 5, 10:30PM
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 6, 6PM
The Polar Express
ABCFAM
Dec 6, 6:30PM
A Michael Buble Christmas
NBC
Dec 6, 8PM
A Christmas Story
TCM
Dec 6, 9PM
A Very Pink Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 7, 6PM
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
ABCFAM
Dec 7, 9PM
It's a Wonderful Life on NBC
Dec. 3 and Christmas Eve 2011
Spotlight
on:
It's
a Wonderful Life
George:Now you listen to me! I don't
want any plastics! I don't want any ground floors, and I
don't want to get married – ever – to anyone!
You understand that? I want to do what I want to do ....
Jack Frost (1979)
ABCFAM
Dec 8, 6PM
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
ABCFAM
Dec 8, 7PM
Cranberry Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 8, 7:30PM
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
ABCFAM
Dec 8, 8PM
The Year Without a Santa Claus
ABCFAM
Dec 8, 9PM
A Miser Brothers' Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 8, 10PM
The Year Without a Santa Claus
ABCFAM
Dec 9, 6PM
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
ABCFAM
Dec 9, 7PM
The Santa Clause
ABCFAM
Dec 9, 8PM
Frosty the Snowman
CBS
Dec 9, 8PM
Frosty Returns
CBS
Dec 9, 8:30PM
Yes, Virginia
CBS
Dec 9, 9PM
Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
ABCFAM
Dec 9, 10PM
A Miser Brothers' Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 9, 12AM
Snow
ABCFAM
Dec 10, 7:30AM
Snow 2: Brain Freeze
ABCFAM
Dec 10, 9:30AM
Happy Feet
ABCFAM
Dec 10,11:30AM
Unaccompanied Minors
ABCFAM
Dec 10, 2PM
Jack Frost (1998)
ABCFAM
Dec 10, 4PM
The Santa Clause
ABCFAM
Dec 10, 6PM
Annie Claus is Coming to Town
HALMRK
Dec 10, 8PM
Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
ABCFAM
Dec 10, 8PM
The Flight Before Christmas
CBS
Dec 10, 9PM
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
ABCFAM
Dec 10, 10PM
Dr. Seuss on the Loose
ABCFAM
Dec 11, 7AM
A Very Pink Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 11, 7:30AM
Once Upon a Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 11, 8AM
Twice Upon a Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 11, 10AM
Christmas in Connecticut
TCM
Dec 11, 10 AM
Snowglobe
ABCFAM
Dec 11, 12PM
Santa Baby
ABCFAM
Dec 11, 2PM
Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
ABCFAM
Dec 11, 4PM
Holiday in Handcuffs
ABCFAM
Dec 11, 6PM
12 Dates of Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 11, 8PM
The Christmas Pageant
HALMRK
Dec 11, 8PM
Santa Who?
ABCFAM
Dec 12, 7AM
A Flintstone Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 12, 6PM
12 Dates of Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 12, 7PM
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
ABCFAM
Dec 12, 9PM
Meet the Santas
ABCFAM
Dec 13, 7AM
Merry Madagascar
ABCFAM
Dec 13, 6PM
Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special
ABCFAM
Dec 13, 6:30PM
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
ABCFAM
Dec 13, 7PM
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Grinches The Cat in the Hat
ABCFAM
Dec 13, 7:30PM
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 13, 8PM
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 13, 10:30PM
The Great Rupert - A Christmas Wish
TCM
Dec 13, 11:45 PM
Santa Claus: The Movie
ABCFAM
Dec 14, 7AM
Merry Madagascar
ABCFAM
Dec 14, 5PM
Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special
ABCFAM
Dec 14, 5:30PM
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
ABCFAM
Dec 14, 6PM
Pixar Short Films
ABCFAM
Dec 14, 6:30PM
Disney Pixar's Finding Nemo
ABCFAM
Dec 14, 8:30PM
Chasing Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 15, 7AM
Christmas Do-Over
ABCFAM
Dec 15, 9AM
A Chipmunk Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 15, 6PM
Disney Pixar's Finding Nemo
ABCFAM
Dec 15, 6:30PM
Beauty and the Beast
ABCFAM
Dec 15, 9PM
Christmas in Boston
ABCFAM
Dec 16, 7AM
Three Days
ABCFAM
Dec 16, 9AM
Mickey's Christmas Special
ABCFAM
Dec 16, 6PM
Mickey's Christmas Carol
ABCFAM
Dec 16, 6:30PM
Beauty and the Beast
ABCFAM
Dec 16, 7PM
Christmas in Washington
TNT
Dec 16, 8PM
The Bishop's Wife
TCM
Dec 16, 8PM
Disney Pixar's Up
ABCFAM
Dec 16, 9PM
Christmas in Connecticut
TCM
Dec 16, 10PM
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
ABCFAM
Dec 17, 7AM
The Little Drummer Boy
ABCFAM
Dec 17, 7:30AM
Pinocchio's Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 17, 8AM
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
ABCFAM
Dec 17, 9AM
Twas the Night Before Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 17, 10:AM
Cranberry Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 17, 10:30AM
Jack Frost (1979)
ABCFAM
Dec 17, 11AM
The Year Without a Santa Claus
ABCFAM
Dec 17, 12PM
A Miser Brothers' Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 17, 1PM
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
ABCFAM
Dec 17, 2PM
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
ABCFAM
Dec 17, 3PM
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
ABCFAM
Dec 17, 3:30
Disney Pixar's Up
ABCFAM
Dec 17, 6PM
Disney Pixar's Toy Story
ABCFAM
Dec 17, 8PM
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
ABCFAM
Dec 17, 10PM
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
ABCFAM
Dec 17, 11PM
Christmas Comes Home to Canaan
HALMRK
Dec 17, 8PM
The Story of Santa Claus
CBS
Dec 17, 9PM
A Chipmunk Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 18, 7AM
Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws
ABCFAM
Dec 18, 7:30AM
The Search for Santa Paws
ABCFAM
Dec 18, 9:30AM
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
ABCFAM
Dec 18, 11:30AM
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
ABCFAM
Dec 18, 1:30PM
The Polar Express
ABCFAM
Dec 18, 4PM
Disney Pixar's Toy Story
ABCFAM
Dec 18, 6PM
Christmas Magic
HALMRK
Dec 18, 8PM
Disney Pixar's Toy Story 2
ABCFAM
Dec 18, 8PM
Disney Pixar's Toy Story 2
ABCFAM
Dec 18, 10PM
Picking Up & Dropping Off
ABCFAM
Dec 19, 7AM
Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special
ABCFAM
Dec 19, 11AM
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
ABCFAM
Dec 19, 11:30AM
I'll Be Home For Christmas (1998)
ABCFAM
Dec 19, 1:30PM
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
ABCFAM
Dec 19, 3:30PM
Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation
ABCFAM
Dec 19, 6PM
Aladdin
ABCFAM
Dec 19, 6:30PM
Disney Pixar's The Incredibles
ABCFAM
Dec 19, 8:30PM
Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special
ABCFAM
Dec 19, 12AM
Merry Madagascar
ABCFAM
Dec 19, 12:30AM
Scrooge (1970)
TCM
Dec 19, 1 AM
Ernest Saves Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 20, 7AM
Merry Madagascar
ABCFAM
Dec 20, 11AM
Unaccompanied Minors
ABCFAM
Dec 20, 11:30AM
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
ABCFAM
Dec 20, 1:30PM
Aladdin
ABCFAM
Dec 20, 4PM
Mickey's Christmas Special
ABCFAM
Dec 20, 6PM
Disney Pixar's The Incredibles
ABCFAM
Dec 20, 6:30PM
Deck the Halls
TNT
Dec 20, 9PM
Saturday Night Live Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
NBC
Dec 20, 9PM
The Polar Express
ABCFAM
Dec 20, 9PM
Holiday Affair
TCM
Dec 20, 11PM
A Flintstone Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 20, 12AM
Christmas Every Day
ABCFAM
Dec 21, 7AM
Sons of Mistletoe
ABCFAM
Dec 21, 9AM
The Dog Who Saved Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 21, 11AM
Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws
ABCFAM
Dec 21, 1PM
The Search for Santa Paws
ABCFAM
Dec 21, 3PM
The Polar Express
ABCFAM
Dec 21, 5PM
Disney Prep & Landing
ABCFAM
Dec 21, 7PM
Disney Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice
ABCFAM
Dec 21, 7:30PM
The Santa Clause
ABCFAM
Dec 21, 8PM
Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
ABCFAM
Dec 21, 10PM
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
ABCFAM
Dec 21, 12AM
The Christmas List
ABCFAM
Dec 22, 7AM
Christmas Caper
ABCFAM
Dec 22, 9AM
Secret Santa
ABCFAM
Dec 22, 11AM
Once Upon a Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 22, 1PM
Twice Upon a Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 22, 3PM
The Santa Clause
ABCFAM
Dec 22, 5PM
Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
ABCFAM
Dec 22, 7PM
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
ABCFAM
Dec 22, 9PM
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Grinches The Cat in the Hat
ABCFAM
Dec 22, 12AM
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
ABCFAM
Dec 22, 12:30AM
Snowglobe
ABCFAM
Dec 23, 8AM
Christmas Cupid
ABCFAM
Dec 23, 10AM
Santa Baby
ABCFAM
Dec 23, 12PM
Santa Baby 2 Christmas Maybe
ABCFAM
Dec 23, 2PM
Holiday in Handcuffs
ABCFAM
Dec 23, 4PM
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
ABCFAM
Dec 23, 6PM
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 23, 8PM
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 23, 10:30PM
A Christmas Carol (1938)
TCM
Dec 23, 11AM
Scrooge (1970)
TCM
Dec 23, 6PM
Christmas Eve
The Little Drummer Boy
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 7AM
The Little Drummer Boy Book II
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 7:30AM
Cranberry Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 8AM
Puff the Magic Dragon
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 8:30AM
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 9AM
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 9:30AM
Pinocchio's Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 10AM
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 11AM
Rudolph & Frosty's Christmas in July
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 11:30AM
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Island of Misfit Toys
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 1:30PM
Mickey's Christmas Carol
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 3PM
Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 3:30PM
Jack Frost (1979)
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 4PM
Disney Prep & Landing
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 5PM
Disney Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 5:30PM
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 6PM
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 7PM
It's a Wonderful Life
NBC
Dec 24, 8PM
A Christmas Story (marathon begins)
TBS
Dec 24, 8PM
Miracle On 34th Street (1947)
TCM
Dec 24, 8PM
The Year Without a Santa Claus
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 8PM
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 9PM
The Santa Clause
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 11:30PM
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
ABCFAM
Dec 24, 1:30AM
The traditional A Christmas Story marathon
begins at 8PM Christmas Eve on TBS
Spotlight
on:
A Christmas Story
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