Day: December 13, 2024

Here’s a revised list for the 12 days of Christmas

Back on Thanksgiving Day, we posted a Christmas-on-TV mega-list. Now here’s a fresh version, covering only the 12 days of Christmas (Dec. 14-25). We’ve added some shows (especially in the “key movies” category, “comedy” and the new “drama” category, plus extra details on others. Here we go:

“HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS” (cartoon version)
This animated gem (shown here) remains one of TV’s two great Christmas moments. The other, “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” is on Amazon Prime.
— On NBC: 8 p.m., Dec. 25.
— TBS: 10 a.m., Dec. 14; 2:45 and 3:15 p.m., Dec. 15; 10 and 10:30 p.m., Dec. 19.
— On TNT, 7 and 9:45 p.m., Dec. 15; also, 12:30 a.m. Read more…

A Christmas gem returns … but only for two days

One of TV’s great half-hours will be available to the masses – but only for two days.
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” (shown here) has been tucked away in the streaming world, available only to subscribers of Apple TV+. Now it will be available to non-subscribers on Saturday and Sunday (Dec. 14-15).
The late Charles Schulz – creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip and cartoons – has described a sort of benign neglect: The show was ordered on a tight deadline, to be ready for Christmas; There was no time for the network or the sponsor (Coca-Cola) to second-guess. Read more…

Best-bets for Dec. 15: sounds of music, Lipa and joy

1) “An Evening With Dua Lipa,” 8:30-10 p.m., CBS.`In London’s gorgeous, 153-year-old Royal Albert Hall, Lipa (shown here) strolls triumphantly on an S-shaped runway, with orchestra and chorus tucked into each curve. There are a few talk segments (some good, some not) and an Elton John duet; but mostly this is a young star, performing with passion and skill. Read more…