Day: December 22, 2023

When does the season start? Here’s an update

For TV viewers, the long wait is now ending … slowly. Networks are getting their post-strike seasons in place.
NBC is doing it quite quickly — two comedies (“Extended Family” and “Night Court,” shown here) on Dec. 23, the return of “Transplant” on Dec. 28, then an “America’s Got Talent” spin-off and the “Magnum” finale the next week.
CBS is in less of a hurry; it will start almost everything in the week after it airs the Feb. 11 Super Bowl. Others are in between, with arrivals ranging from early January to mid-March.
Here’s an updated, chronological list, followed by an alphabetical one. Read more…

Best-bets for Dec. 24: merry marathons

1) Marathons. On Christmas Eve, TV likes to repeat itself. The delightful “A Christmas Story” (1983, shown here) starts at 8 p.m. on TBS and 9 on TNT; it re-starts every two hours, for 24 hours. The clever “Love, Actually” (2003), merely runs twice, at 6 and 9 p.m. on BBC America. “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946) runs from 8-11 p.m. on NBC – then all day Monday on E. The oddest one? Great American Family has a yule log, from 5 p.m. ET today to noon Monday. Read more…