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2007 Christmas Television Specials, December 16 to December 22
By PopSavant | December 6, 2007 | 
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| My nighly recommendations are highlighted in a festive green |
| Time (Eastern) | Network | Show | Comments | Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | AMC | Santa Claus: The Movie | A big toy manufacturer wants to replace Santa Claus. Dudley Moore, John Lithgow. | Buy It! |
| 10:00 AM | Family Channel | Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July | A Rankin-Bass stop motion Rudolph and Frosty take a trip to warmer climes. | Buy It! |
| 12:30 PM | Family Channel | Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey | An orphaned, oucast donkey living in the Roman Empire meets some noteworthy travellers on the road to Bethlehem. | Buy It! |
| 1:00 PM | Family Channel | Pinocchio’s Christmas | Everyone’s favorite wooden puppet has Christmas adventures. Rankin-Bass. | VHS only?! |
| 2:00 PM | TCM | The Bishop’s Wife | Cary Grant plays an angel out to help people it ways they don’t realize they need. You don’t think of this as a Christmas classic, but it is. | Buy It! |
| 3:00 PM | Family Channel | Frosty’s Winter Wonderland | The “forgotten” member of the Frosty trilogy, the one where he decides he needs a wife. No, really. | Buy It! |
| 3:30 PM | Family Channel | Twas the Night Before Christmas | More Rankin-Bass goodness, a town insults Santa, so he plans to fly over it like it’s a red state. | Buy It! |
| 4:00 PM | TOON | How The Grinch Stole Christmas | You know it, you love it. Enjoy with a nice slice of Roast Beast. | Buy It! |
| 4:00 PM | Family Channel | Rudoph’s Shiny New Year | Rudolph has to help Father Time find the New Year’s baby by midnight. It’s Rankin & Bass, that gets it a mention here. | Buy It! |
| 5:00 PM | Family Channel | The Year Without A Santa Claus | Ah, Mr. Heatmiser! | Buy It! |
| 6:00 PM | ABC | Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town | Fred Astaire narrates the Rankin/Bass classic. | Buy It! |
| 6:00 PM | Starz Kids | Miracle on 34th Street | The 1994 one staring Richard Attenborough, who is good, but unfortunately not the 1947 classic. | Buy It! |
| 8:00 PM | TCM | Meet Me In St Louis | Qualifies as a Christmas movie for Judy’s definiatve version of “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” but I like the Halloween part just as much. | Buy It! |
| 10:00 PM | TCM | Love Finds Andy Hardy | Mickey Rooney stars in a Christmas love triangle. | Buy It! |
| Time (Eastern) | Network | Show | Comments | Amazon |
| 7:00 PM | Family Channel | Pinocchio’s Christmas | Everyone’s favorite wooden puppet has Christmas adventures. Rankin-Bass. | VHS only?! |
| 8:00 PM | Family Channel | Jingle All The Way | Arnold Schwarznegger out to land the season’s hottest toy. Bonus points for a Phil Hartman appearance. | Buy It! |
| No, really, that’s it tonight. Spike the egg nog and carol over your neighbor’s fence. | ||||
| Time (Eastern) | Network | Show | Comments | Amazon |
| 7:00 PM | Family Channel | Rudoph’s Shiny New Year | Rudolph has to help Father Time find the New Year’s baby by midnight. It’s Rankin & Bass, that gets it a mention here. | Buy It! |
| 10:00 PM | Family Channel | Twas the Night Before Christmas | More Rankin-Bass goodness, a town insults Santa, so he plans to fly over it like it’s a red state. | Buy It! |
| 10:30 PM | Family Channel | Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey | An orphaned, oucast donkey living in the Roman Empire meets some noteworthy travellers on the road to Bethlehem. | Buy It! |
| 10:00 PM | AMC | A Christmas Carol | George C. Scott in perhaps the greatest film adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic. | Buy It! |
| Time (Eastern) | Network | Show | Comments | Amazon |
| 7:00 PM | ABC | Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town | Fred Astaire narrates the Rankin/Bass classic. | Buy It! |
| 8:00 PM | Family Channel | The Year Without A Santa Claus | Ah, Mr. Heatmiser! | Buy It! |
| 9:00 PM | Family Channel | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys | It’s not good, but it’s nice to see Hermey and Yukon Cornelius again. | Buy It! |
| Time (Eastern) | Network | Show | Comments | Amazon |
| 10:00 AM | Starz Kids | Miracle on 34th Street | The 1994 one staring Richard Attenborough, who is good, but unfortunately not the 1947 classic. | Buy It! |
| 8:00 PM | Family Channel | How The Grinch Stole Christmas | The Jim Carrey version, not the one you want to see. | Buy It! |
| Don’t waste your time tonight, drive around and look at lights instead. | ||||
| Time (Eastern) | Network | Show | Comments | Amazon |
| 6:00 PM | FX | Home Alone | I’ve tried to block the kid out of my mind, too, but it is a cute movie. Queue the adult warning siren. | Buy It! |
| 7:00 PM | Family Channel | The Year Without A Santa Claus | Ah, Mr. Heatmiser! | Buy It! |
| 8:00 PM | CBS | Home for the Holidays | Sheryl Crow, James Blunt, Fergie and more perform on special to raise awareness of the plight of foster kids. | |
| 8:00 PM | TNT | Jingle All The Way | Arnold Schwarznegger out to land the season’s hottest toy. Bonus points for a Phil Hartman appearance. | Buy It! |
| 9:45 PM | TNT | Jingle All The Way | Yes, it’s the Jingle-All-The-Way-Channel tonight. | Buy It! |
| 11:30 PM | TNT | A Christmas Carol | Patrick Stewart in a surprisingly good version of the Dickens classic. | Buy It! |
| Time (Eastern) | Network | Show | Comments | Amazon |
| 11:00 AM | ABC Family | A Very Brady Christmas | Now that’s what I’m talking about. | |
| 8:00 PM | CBS | Elf | Will Ferrell in a good Christmas Comedy; bonus points for a Bob Newhart appearance. You sit on a throne of lies! | |
| 11:30 PM | TNT | Jingle All The Way | Arnold Schwarznegger out to land the season’s hottest toy. Bonus points for a Phil Hartman appearance. | Buy It! |
Christmas TV Specials – Overview
Part 1 – December 1 to December 8
Part 2 – December 9 to Decmber 15
Part 3 – December 16 to December 22
Part 4 – December 23 to December 25
Topics: TV | 1 Comment »
December 20th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
Where is Mr Magoo’s Christmas Carol this year?????????????
I’m freaking that it’s not here–help!
Thanks
Kelly
NYC