On TV: Holiday Specials and Movies
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- DirectorTim JohnsonStarsJack BlackDustin HoffmanAngelina JoliePo is to host the annual winter holiday feast and he struggles to meet his friends' expectations.Airs: 9pm Friday, November 28 on The CW.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsJackie VernonBilly De WolfeJimmy DuranteA living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat.Airs: 9pm Friday, November 28 on CBS.
- DirectorDavid SorenStarsBen StillerChris RockDavid SchwimmerWhen Santa and his reindeer crash onto Madagascar it's up to Alex, Marty, Gloria, Melvin, and the penguins to save Christmas.Airs: 9:30pm Friday, November 28 on The CW.
- DirectorPete CircuittStarsNeil Patrick HarrisBea MillerJennifer Love HewittAn eight-year-old girl living in New York City in 1897 learns about belief and Christmas when her classmates question if Santa is even real.Airs: 9:30pm Friday, November 28 on CBS.
- DirectorHenry SelickStarsDanny ElfmanChris SarandonCatherine O'HaraJack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.Airs: 7:30pm Saturday, November 29, and 10:40am Sunday, November 30, on Disney.
- DirectorMichael HegnerKari JuusonenStarsOlli JantunenHannu-Pekka BjörkmanVuokko HovattaA young reindeer who suffers from vertigo learns to overcome his fear, takes flying lessons from a clumsy flying squirrel and heads to the North pole to save a troubled Santa and his fleet of flying reindeer.Airs: 8pm Saturday, November 29 on CBS.
- DirectorTim HillStarsGrumpy CatMegan CharpentierDaniel RoebuckGrumpy Cat is an Internet meme sensation with over 6 million Facebook friends, who has graced the cover of New York Magazine, is the spokescat for Friskies, appeared on American Idol and the MTV Movie Awards.Airs: 8pm Saturday, November 29 on Lifetime.
- DirectorToby BluthDebbie BaberDave BrainStarsEdward AsnerJim CummingsTim CurryThe special presents an origin story for Santa Claus, who is depicted as a man named Nicholas Claus who wishes to give every child in the world a gift for Christmas. The elves of the North Pole become obligated to grant his wish, facing great obstacles.Airs: 9pm Saturday, November 29 on CBS.
- DirectorKaren DisherStarsRay RomanoJohn LeguizamoDenis LearySid, Eddie and Crash get in trouble with Santa and have to get their names off of the naughty list.Airs: 7pm Sunday, November 30 on Fox.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsBuddy HackettRobert MorsePaul FreesThe Groundhog tells the story of how, for once, Jack Frost became human, and helped a knight win his lady love.Airs: 4pm Monday, December 1 on ABC Family.
- DirectorJeremiah S. ChechikStarsChevy ChaseBeverly D'AngeloJuliette LewisThe Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.Airs: 6pm Monday, December 1 on ABC Family.
- DirectorJon FavreauStarsWill FerrellJames CaanBob NewhartRaised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn't know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit.Airs: 8pm Monday, December 1 on ABC Family.
- DirectorJohn PasquinStarsTim AllenJudge ReinholdWendy CrewsonWhen a man inadvertently makes Santa fall off his roof on Christmas Eve, he finds himself magically recruited to take his place.Airs: 10pm Monday, December 1 on ABC Family.
- DirectorJohn D. HancockStarsSam ElliottCloris LeachmanRutanya AldaA farm girl nurses a wounded reindeer she believes is one of Santa's, hoping to bring it back to health in time for Christmas. Her holiday spirit inspires those around her, something her disheartened father is having trouble understanding.Airs: 5pm Wednesday, December 3 on ABC Family.
- DirectorMichael LembeckStarsTim AllenMartin ShortElizabeth MitchellSanta, a.k.a. Scott Calvin, is faced with double-duty: how to keep his new family happy and how to stop Jack Frost from taking over Christmas.Airs: 7pm Wednesday, December 3 on ABC Family.
- 1990–5.0 (41)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsSara BareillesTerry BeemanTony BennettAirs: 8pm Wednesday, December 3 on NBC.
- DirectorDon Roy KingBeth McCarthy-MillerPaul MillerStarsDan AykroydAmy PoehlerSNL presents its favorite holiday sketches spanning nearly 40 years.Airs: 9pm Wednesday, December 3 on NBC.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksChris CoppolaMichael JeterOn Christmas Eve, a young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express, while learning about friendship, bravery, and the spirit of Christmas.Airs: 9pm Wednesday, December 3 on ABC Family.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsRed SkeltonFrank GorshinMorey AmsterdamRudolph must find Happy, the baby New Year, before midnight on New Year's Eve.Airs: 5pm Thursday, December 4 on ABC Family.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsShirley BoothMickey RooneyDick ShawnWhen a weary and discouraged Santa Claus considers skipping his Christmas Eve run one year, Mrs. Claus and his elves set out to change his mind.Airs: 6pm Thursday, December 4 on ABC Family.
- DirectorRob AshfordGlenn WeissStarsAllison WilliamsChristian BorleKelli O'HaraA live telecast of the beloved J. M. Barrie story.Airs: 9pm Thursday, December 4 on NBC.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsJim CarreyGary OldmanColin FirthAn animated retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.Airs: 9pm Thursday, December 4 on ABC Family.
- DirectorRon HowardStarsJim CarreyTaylor MomsenKelleyOn the outskirts of Whoville lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans to ruin Christmas for all of the citizens of the town.Airs: 8pm Friday, December 5 on ABC Family.
- DirectorPeter AvanzinoStarsJason AlexanderSean HayesDennis HaysbertOne-hour animated special surrounding a surly deli owner Murray Weiner, who is forced to step into Santa's shoes for one Christmas and bumbles his way into doing a great job.Airs: 8pm Friday, December 5 on NBC.
- DirectorDavid DobkinStarsVince VaughnPaul GiamattiElizabeth BanksFred Claus, Santa's bitter older brother, is forced to move to the North Pole to help Santa and the elves prepare for Christmas in exchange for cash.Airs: 11:30pm Friday, December 5 on ABC Family.
- DirectorHarvey FrostStarsGail O'GradyGreg GermannRobert MailhouseAnxious to help his struggling widowed mom, Sara, 10-year-old Jessie enters a national video contest. But Jessie's winning entry, "All I Want for Christmas is a Husband for my Mom," has unforeseen consequences as Sara is vaulted into the national spotlight and dazzled into accepting a proposal from a wealthy man she may not love.Airs: 7am Saturday, December 6 on ABC Family.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsAndy GriffithShelley WintersDennis DayFrosty's kind of lonely, so the kids think of making him a wife, Crystal. But will Jack Frost let them be happy?Airs: 1:30pm Saturday, December 6 on ABC Family.
- DirectorMichael LembeckStarsTim AllenSpencer BreslinElizabeth MitchellScott Calvin has been a humble Santa Claus for eight years, but it might come to an end if he doesn't find a Mrs. Claus.Airs: 7pm, 9:30pm Saturday, December 6; 8pm, 10:30pm Monday, December 8; 8pm, 10:30pm Wednesday, December 10; 8pm, 10:30pm Sunday, December 21; 2pm, 8pm Tuesday, December 23; midnight, 4:30pm Wednesday, December 24 on AMC.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel BarrymoreAn angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.Airs: 8pm Saturday, December 6, and 8pm Wednesday, December 24 on NBC.
- DirectorCarl BessaiStarsRob MorrowMichelle HarrisonBritt IrvinA Guardian Angel, posing as an English teacher, helps a young woman find her way before Christmas.Airs: 8pm Saturday, December 6, on the Hallmark Channel.
- DirectorSarah SmithBarry CookStarsJames McAvoyJim BroadbentBill NighySanta's clumsy son Arthur sets out on a mission with Grandsanta to give out a misplaced present to a young girl in less than two hours on Christmas Day.Airs: 9pm Saturday, December 6 on ABC Family.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.Takeo NakamuraStarsJosé FerrerPaul FreesJune ForayAn orphan drummer boy who hates humanity finds his life changed forever when he meets three wise men en route to Bethlehem.Airs: 9am Sunday, December 7 on ABC Family.
- DirectorGraeme CampbellStarsAlicia WittGabriel HoganWallace ShawnA single mom gets a holiday job as a department store Santa to help boost her finances, and then an angel enters her life and brings about some positive changes, including the spark of a new romance.Airs: 8pm Sunday, December 7 on Hallmark Channel.
- DirectorTerry ZwigoffStarsBilly Bob ThorntonBernie MacLauren GrahamA miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.Airs: 8pm Tuesday, December 9, and 10:30pm Sunday, December 14 on WGN America; 3pm Saturday, December 13 and 2am Sunday, December 14 on The CW.
- DirectorJames V. KernWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceOn Christmas Eve, the Ricardos and the Mertzes recall past events in their lives, as seen in clips from past episodes.Airs: 8pm Sunday, December 7 on CBS.
- CreatorSeth GreenMatthew SenreichMike FasoloStarsSeth GreenMatthew SenreichBreckin MeyerPop culture references fly thick and fast as stop-motion animation is featured in sketches lampooning everything from television movies to comic books.(AKA "The Robot Chicken Lots of Holidays but Don’t Worry Christmas is Still in There Too so Pull the Stick Out of Your Ass Fox News Special")
Airs: 11:30pm Sunday, December 7 on Adult Swim. - DirectorRidley ScottStarsNoomi RapaceLogan Marshall-GreenMichael FassbenderFollowing clues to the origin of mankind, a team finds a structure on a distant moon, but they soon realize they are not alone.Airs: 7:30pm Tuesday, December 9, 7:30pm Wednesday, December 10, and 7:30pm Saturday, December 13 on FX.
- DirectorLarry RoemerStarsBillie Mae RichardsBurl IvesLarry D. MannA young reindeer Rudolph lives at the North Pole. His father is one of Santa's reindeer and it is expected that Rudolph will eventually be one too. However, he has a feature which is a setback and causes him to be ostracized: his red nose.Airs: 8pm Tuesday, December 9 on CBS.
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsMacaulay CulkinJoe PesciDaniel SternOne year after Kevin McCallister was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself stranded in New York City - and the same criminals are not far behind.Airs: 8pm and 10:30pm Tuesday, December 9; 8pm and 10:30pm Sunday, December 14; 8pm and 10:30pm Monday, December 15; and 4:30pm and 9:30pm on Tuesday, December 23 on AMC.
- 2010–201744mTV-147.9 (798)TV EpisodeDirectorI. Marlene KingStarsTroian BellisarioAshley BensonTyler BlackburnIt is Christmas time and all of the liars are planning on having a great time at the Ice ball, but 'A' has other plans.Airs: 8pm Tuesday, December 9 on ABC Family.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsFred AstaireMickey RooneyKeenan WynnA mailman reveals the origin of Santa Claus.Airs: 8pm Tuesday, December 9 on ABC.
- DirectorPreston A. Whitmore IIStarsRegina KingColumbus ShortDelroy LindoA Christmastime drama centered around the Whitfield family's first holiday together in four years.Airs: 8pm Wednesday, December 10; 1:30pm Thursday, December 11; and 8pm Friday, December 12 on BET.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsBen AffleckGary SiniseCharlize TheronAfter assuming his dead cell-mate's identity to get with the other man's girlfriend, an ex-convict finds himself a reluctant participant in a casino heist.Airs: 9:30am Thursday, December 11 on AMC.
- DirectorThomas BezuchaStarsDermot MulroneySarah Jessica ParkerClaire DanesAn uptight, liberal businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.Airs: 12:45pm Thursday, December 11 on HBO.
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsBill MurrayKaren AllenJohn ForsytheA selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.Airs: 8pm Thursday, December 11 on ABC Family.
- DirectorLes MayfieldStarsRichard AttenboroughElizabeth PerkinsDylan McDermottA lawyer and a little girl must prove that a man claiming to be Santa Claus is the real thing.Airs: 9:30pm Friday, December 12 on ABC Family.
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsMacaulay CulkinJoe PesciDaniel SternAn eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.Airs: 12am and 2pm Saturday, December 13 on TBS; 8:30pm Tuesday, December 16 on ABC Family; and 6:30pm Wednesday, December 17 on ABC Family.
- DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsEdmund GwennMaureen O'HaraJohn PayneAfter a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistaken.Airs: 7pm and 9:15pm Saturday, December 13; 8pm and 10:30pm Tuesday, December 16; 8pm and 10:15pm Thursday, December 18 on AMC.
- DirectorJohn BradshawStarsTorrey DeVittoSteve LundLinda ThorsonA party planner is tasked with mentoring her boss's nephew who is set to take over the business.Airs: 8pm Saturday, December 13 on Hallmark Channel.
- DirectorCharles E. Sellier Jr.StarsLilyan ChauvinGilmer McCormickToni NeroLittle Billy witnesses his parents getting killed by Santa after being warned by his senile grandpa that Santa punishes those who are naughty. Now Billy is 18 and out of the orphanage, and he has just become Santa himself.Airs: 9pm Saturday, December 13, and midnight Sunday, December 14 on TMC.
- DirectorEvert BrownBill MelendezStarsJonathan WintersJan HooksAndrea MartinThe continuing exploits of the famous snowman as he goes up against a more powerful force which threatens all of Christmas.Airs: 9:30pm Saturday, December 13 on CBS.
- DirectorJonathan WrightStarsAnnaLynne McCordJefferson BrownJennifer GibsonA TV reporter with no Christmas spirit is forced to do community service during the holiday season.Airs: 8pm Sunday, December 14 on Hallmark Channel.
- DirectorMarcus RaboyStarsIce CubeMike EppsJohn WitherspoonWorking as security guards, Craig and Day-Day run into the thief who stole their Christmas presents.Airs: 1am and 11pm Sunday, December 14 on MTV.
- DirectorNancy MeyersStarsKate WinsletCameron DiazJude LawTwo women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.Airs: 8pm Sunday, December 14 and 1am Monday, December 15 on Lifetime.
- DirectorRon UnderwoodStarsJenny McCarthy-WahlbergIvan SergeiGeorge WendtMary Class is a highly successful business executive - who just happens to be the daughter of Santa Claus. But when her father falls ill, Mary returns to the North Pole and the life she left behind to take over for her dad and implement her innovative ideas for running Christmas.Airs: Midnight Tuesday, December 16 and 9am Wednesday, December 17 on ABC Family.
- DirectorMark CaballeroSeamus WalshStarsJim ParsonsMark HamillRachael MacFarlaneA musical, stop-motion adaptation of the well-known movie, Buddy, a human raised in the north pole, goes to New York to find his family.Airs: 8pm Tuesday, December 16 on NBC.
- DirectorBill MelendezStarsAnn AltieriChris DoranSally DryerDepressed at the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find a deeper meaning to Christmas.Airs: 8pm Tuesday, December 16 on ABC.
- DirectorKevin DetersStevie WermersStarsDavid FoleySarah ChalkeMason CottonWayne gets a new rookie partner, Lanny, after his previous partner got the promotion he wanted. Lanny has to remind Wayne of the Spirit of Christmas and the importance of being an elf in Santa's Prep and Landing elite unit.Airs: 9pm Tuesday, December 16 on ABC.
- DirectorKevin DetersStevie WermersStarsDavid FoleyDerek RichardsonSarah ChalkeLanny and Wayne race to recover classified North Pole technology.Airs: 9:30pm Tuesday, December 16 on ABC.
- DirectorJoe DeMaioStarsJustin BieberMichael BubléAlexander BurkeInterspersed with comedy sketches and interviews with kids, Michael Bublé performs his holiday tunes.Airs: 8pm Wednesday, December 17 on NBC.
- DirectorAbe LevitowStarsJim BackusMorey AmsterdamJack CassidyThis musical adaptation of the classic tale by Charles Dickens stars Magoo as the cold-hearted old miser, Ebenezer Scrooge.Airs: 8pm Friday, December 19 on The CW.
- DirectorLarry LeichliterBill MelendezStarsJimmy BennettAdam Taylor GordonAshley RoseLinus and Lucy's younger brother Rerun wants a dog for Christmas, and Snoopy's brother Spike may be the answer.Airs: 8pm Saturday, December 20 on ABC.
- DirectorBrian HensonStarsMichael CaineDave GoelzSteve WhitmireThe Muppets present their own touching rendition of Charles Dickens' classic tale.Airs: 9:10pm Sunday, December 21 on WGN America.
- DirectorGary TrousdaleStarsMike MyersEddie MurphyCameron DiazThis half-hour animated TV special features the Shrek characters putting their own spin on holiday traditions.Airs: 8pm Tuesday, December 23, on ABC.
- DirectorSteve PurcellStarsTom HanksTim AllenKristen SchaalIt's a post-Christmas play-date and the toys have to go up against the fearsome and aggressive new dino toys.Airs: 8:30pm Tuesday, December 23 on ABC.
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsPeter BillingsleyMelinda DillonDarren McGavinIn the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.Airs: 8pm Wednesday, December 24 and runs for 24 hours, on TBS.
- DirectorRon HowardStarsJim CarreyTaylor MomsenKelleyOn the outskirts of Whoville lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans to ruin Christmas for all of the citizens of the town.Airs: 8:30pm Thursday, December 25, on NBC.
- DirectorSam JaimesBill MelendezStarsChad AllenKristie BakerMelissa GuzziCharlie Brown is obliged to attend Peppermint Patty's New Year's Eve party, even though he has to finish the novel "War and Peace".Airs: 8pm Monday, December 29 on ABC.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsRed SkeltonFrank GorshinMorey AmsterdamRudolph must find Happy, the baby New Year, before midnight on New Year's Eve.Airs: 9pm Monday, December 29 on ABC.