![]() ![]() Derek and Julianne Hough will do an opening number, then host with Trevor Jackson (of “Grown-ish”). 26: “Magical Holiday Celebration,” 9-11 p.m., ABC. 24: Reginald Owen version (1938), midnight ET, Turner Classic Movies. 22: Patrick Stewart version (1999), superbly filmed and performed, 8 and 10 p.m., TNT. 4: “Scrooged,” a modern comedy with Bill Murray as the Ebenezer-type, 8 p.m., AMC also, 8 p.m. 1: Jim Carrey version (2009), 11 a.m., Freeform also, 11 a.m. ET, Turner Classic Movies (covers many seasons, but it’s a gorgeous musical in which Judy Garland introduces “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”) (Not all have Christmas themes, but they’re shown as family films during the holidays) This is filled with wonderfully witty sogs, so you might want to record it. 17: “How Murray Saved Christmas,” 9 a.m., Dec. 11-13, and on PBS Kids and many PBS stations (check local listings) at 7:30 p.m. 4: “A Charlie Brown Christmas” – like “Grinch,” one of TV’s all-time great moments – reaches Apple TV+. 1: “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,”8-9 p.m., CBS also, on Freeform: 7:40 p.m. 28: The two “Robbie the Reindeer” films on CBS - “Hooves of Fire” at 8 p.m. 27: “Frosty the Snowman,” 8 p.m., CBS (followed by its lame sequel at 8:30). 18: “The Grinch” (animated Benedict Cumberbatch film), 9 p.m., Dec. Matthew Morrison stars in a stage production from London. 2: “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (2000), the Jim Carrey movie, 3:45 p.m., Freeform also on Freeform, 3:55 p.m. 27: “How the Grinch Stole Christimas,” the animated gem, 8 p.m., NBC also, 7 p.m., Dec. Alongside the Disney World parade, we see songs taped at park locations. 25: Disney “Christmas Day Parade,” 10 a.m. There’s no parade this year, so here are some memories. 4: “The Hollywood Christmas Parade Greatest Moments,” 8-10 p.m., CW. This views previous parades, plus new performances by the casts of “Dear Evan Hansen” and “Come From Away” Mickey Guyton does “O Holy Night” and Maddie & Tae do “Merry Married Christmas.” to noon ET, CBS (check local lisitngs for PT and MT). 26: “Thanksgiving Day Celebration,” 9 a.m. There will be performances by casts of four musicals – “Hamilton,” “Mean Girls” and the Temptations and Alanis Morrissette shows – and by others, including Dolly Parton, Patti LaBelle, Bebe Rexha, Sofia Carson, Leslie Odom Jr., the Muppets, Jimmy Fallon with the Roots and even a “Nutcracker” ballerina. t’s not quite a parade, but there will be floats and balloons on a one-block stretch in front of the NBC cameras. – Nov, 26: “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” 9 a.m. Most are reruns and we stick to the key ones. ![]() This also includes lots of theatricals (movies that played in theaters first) and cartoons. For TV movies, it only includes new ones … but there are plenty of those. It doesn’t include the holiday episodes of regular shows. This list (subject to late changes) is for the 30 days from Thanksgiving to Christmas. ![]() Still, it’s a large – and quite cheery – list, full of music, movies and more. One movie, according to, came up with a new plan for a COVID Christmas kiss: It inserted Plexiglass between the two, then removed it via video tricks. This year’s Tabernacle Choir concert – an epic event – was taped a year ago. The CW network will have two nights of past clips – the “Hollywood Christmas Parade” and the “Jingle Ball.” It will also have a new “Jingle Ball” … but with performances from home. That notion – highlights from the pre-COVID years – will show up elsewhere. At night on ABC, Derek and Julianne Hough (shown here) will start with a new song-and-dance number … then simply show ones from past specials. One “parade” (on NBC) will only ba a block long, with some of the music acts taped in advance the other (on CBS) will mix new music with clips of past parades. In quantity, we’ll have about the usual number of Christmas shows – somewhere between a zillion and way too many.Īnd in quality? We’ll notice some changes, right away on Thanksgiving Day. ![]() This sounds like the title of the worst holiday movie ever: “COVID Conquers Christmas.”įortunately, it didn’t work out that way. ![]()
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