Day: November 28, 2024

Best-bets for Nov. 30: Grinch, gospel, gridiron

1) “Grinch” and “Reindeer in Here.” We can catch back-to-back animation – old and new, great and fairly good. First is the superb “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” at 7:30 p.m. on Bravo. Then switch to CBS for “Reindeer in Here” (shown here), a good-enough hour from 2022. Moving to a new town, a boy feels lonely … until a confused reindeer needs help saving Christmas. Read more…

Here’s the line-up for a big, busy TV Christmas

Here’s a list of Christmas TV, from the classics (“Rudolph” is shown here) to a few new music specials and a LOT of new movies. All of this is subject to change and (especially) additions, See separate story here, for an introduction and explanation.

PARADES
— Nov. 28: Thanksgiving Day Parade, 8:30 to noon, NBC and Peacock, repeating at 2 p.m. The 98th edition has 22 floats, 11 bands,17 balloons and 10 performance groups. NBC also adds the Rockettes and the Broadway casts of “The Outsiders,” “Hell’s Kitchen” and “Death Becomes Her.”
— Dec. 14: “Hollywood Christmas Parade,” 8-10 p.m., CW.
— Dec. 25: “Disney Parks Magical Christmas Parade,” 10 a.m. to noon ET (but 5-7 a.m. PT and MT), ABC. Music performances and parade at Disney World and Disneyland. Read more…

TV’s Christmas avalanche begins

Ready or not, TV is starting its Christmastime avalanche.
That starts with the Thanksgiving Day parade and ends with Christmas Day movie marathons . Over a four-week stretch (see the separate story for a full list), it will range from the classics – Rudolph and Frosty, Scrooge and the Grinch (shown here) and more – to the new.
Well, a few new things, anyway. Read more…