TV Schedule for 12-24-2009, Thursday
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All times EST
(ATL) - Atlanta affiliate, check local listings
(NEW) - premiere/new episode
(OPI) - of possible interest
(VB) - visual bonus(es)
** - in series cast, unknown episodes
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++ Highlights and/or New Programs.
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8:00 PM-10:00 PM MYNET HD (ATL) 2009 Hollywood Christmas Parade
Devon Werkheiser is scheduled to perform.
(Stereo, High Definition, Close Captioned, Original Air Date: 2009-12-10)
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++ Daily Listings.
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12:00 AM-2:00 AM LMN HD Comfort and Joy
Knocked unconscious in a car accident, a woman (Nancy McKeon) awakens to learn
she is married and has two children.
Director: Maggie Greenwald
Starring: Andrew Chalmers, A.J. Saudin
(Close Captioned, 2003, TV-PG, 2 Star)
12:00 AM-2:00 AM CHILLER Driftwood
Sent to a camp for troubled juveniles, a teen (Raviv Ullman) becomes haunted
by the ghost of a former inmate.
Director: Tim Sullivan
Starring: Ricky Ullman, Jeremy Lelliott, David Skyler, Connor Ross
(2006, R)
12:00 AM-2:00 AM HM HD Out of Time
A man (James McDaniel) with untreatable cancer drinks from a magic spring,
sleeps for 20 years and wakes in 2000 when his wife is remarried (Mel Harris)
and he may be cured.
Director: Ernest Thompson
Starring: Neil Denis
(Close Captioned, 2000, TV-G)
12:00 AM-12:30 AM FOX HD (ATL) Malcolm in the Middle
Christmas. Series 3, episode 7.
Lois threatens to cancel Christmas unless the boys behave perfectly until
Christmas Day.
Director: Jeff Melman
Starring: Frankie Muniz, Christopher Kennedy Masterson, Justin Berfield, Erik
Per Sullivan
(Stereo, Close Captioned, Syndicated Episode Number: 306, Original Air Date:
2001-12-16, Repeat, TV-PG)
12:30 AM-1:30 AM E Jonas Brothers
Charting the popularity of the Jonas Brothers through interviews with Joe,
Kevin and Nick.
(Original Air Date: 2009-12-23, TV-14)
1:35 AM-3:30 AM STZIB Bogus
An unlikely foster mother (Whoopi Goldberg) bonds with a boy (Haley Joel
Osment) and his imaginary friend, a Frenchman called Bogus (G�rard Depardieu).
Director: Norman Jewison
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 1996, PG, 2 Star)
2:00 AM-3:30 AM TBN Silent Night
On Christmas Eve, a woman (Linda Hamilton) and her son (Matthew Harbour)
welcome American and German soldiers into their cottage during World War II.
Starring: Linda Hamilton, Matthew Harbour, Romano Orzari, Alain Goulem, Martin
Neufeld, Mark Antony Krupa, James McGowan, Michael Elkin, Michael Sinelnikoff,
Cassian Bopp, Harald Winter
(2002, NR)
2:00 AM-4:00 AM TNT HD A Christmas Carol
Dickens' Ebenezer Scrooge (Patrick Stewart) receives visits from three
Christmas spirits who show him his past, present and future.
Director: David Jones
Starring: Leagh Conwell
(High Definition, Close Captioned, 1999, TV-G, 2 Star)
3:40 AM-5:30 AM HBOF HD Author! Author!
Left by his wife (Tuesday Weld), a New York playwright (Al Pacino) juggles
five kids and an affair with the star (Dyan Cannon) of his new show.
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: Eric Gurry, B.J. Barie
(High Definition, Close Captioned, 1982, PG, 2 Star)
4:00 AM-6:00 AM UHD Papa's Angels
In Depression-era North Carolina, a tightknit Appalachian family (Scott
Bakula, Eva Marie Saint) deals with its matriarch's (Cynthia Nixon) illness
during the holidays.
Director: Dwight Little
Starring: Lachlan Murdoch, Brandon James Olson
(High Definition, 2000, PG, 2 Star)
4:00 AM-5:00 AM CHILLER Poltergeist: The Legacy
Sins of the Father. Series 1, episode 3.
A father accused of beating his son claims they were attacked by an invisible
force.
Director: Allan Eastman
Starring: Christopher Gray, Joel Palmer
(Stereo, Close Captioned, Syndicated Episode Number: 103, Original Air Date:
1996-04-26, Repeat)
4:15 AM-5:45 AM IFC Elephant
Two disgruntled teenagers (Alex Frost, Eric Deulen) in Portland, Ore., devise
an elaborate plan to shoot their high-school classmates.
Director: Gus Van Sant
Starring: Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson, Elias McConnell
(Close Captioned, 2003, TV-MA, 3 Star)
4:50 AM-6:45 AM STZ HD High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Troy (Zac Efron), Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens) and the rest of the Wildcats
plan an elaborate spring musical to express their experiences, hopes and fears
for their futures.
Director: Kenny Ortega
(Stereo, Subtitled, High Definition, Close Captioned, 2008, G, 3 Star)
5:30 AM-7:00 AM STZCI Duck Season
Unsupervised youths (Enrique Arreola, Diego Cata�o) spend their day playing
videogames, eating and getting high on marijuana-laced brownies.
Director: Fernando Eimbcke
Starring: Diego Cata�o
(Stereo, Close Captioned, Black and White, 2004, R, 3 Star)
5:30 AM-7:05 AM MAX HD Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
A former FBI agent (Antonio Banderas) plays cat-and-mouse games with a deadly
and elusive woman (Lucy Liu) after she kidnaps a child.
Director: Kaos
Starring: Aidan Drummond
(Stereo, High Definition, Close Captioned, 2002, R, 1 Star)
6:00 AM-8:30 AM MGMHD The Way West
Missouri pioneers (Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark) take the
Oregon Trail through rough terrain and Indian country.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Starring: Stefan Arngrim
(High Definition, 1967, NR, 2 Star)
6:00 AM-8:00 AM LMN HD Crazy for Christmas
A limo driver tries to help a wealthy man find his long-lost daughter on
Christmas Eve.
Starring: Jason Spevack, Yannick Bisson
(Close Captioned, 2005, TV-PG)
6:15 AM-8:00 AM TMCX Gooby
A lovable monster (Robbie Coltrane) helps a lonely boy (Matthew Knight)
through a rough patch.
Director: Wilson Coneybeare
(2009, PG)
6:30 AM-8:30 AM SHOWB The Forbidden Kingdom
A teenage fan (Michael Angarano) of Hong Kong cinema finds a Chinese relic and
travels back in time to help legendary martial-artists free the Monkey King.
Director: Rob Minkoff
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 2008, PG-13, 3 Star)
6:40 AM-8:30 AM HBOC HD Author! Author!
Left by his wife (Tuesday Weld), a New York playwright (Al Pacino) juggles
five kids and an affair with the star (Dyan Cannon) of his new show.
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: Eric Gurry, B.J. Barie
(High Definition, Close Captioned, 1982, PG, 2 Star)
7:00 AM-8:00 AM UHD Action Sports
Alli Winter Dew Tour, Part 2.
From Breckenridge, Colo.
(Stereo, High Definition, Close Captioned, Original Air Date: 2009-12-20,
Repeat)
7:00 AM-7:30 AM FUEL Camp Woodward
New Friends and Old Habits.
(Close Captioned, Original Air Date: 2008-02-24, Repeat)
7:00 AM-9:00 AM AMC Heidi
An aunt takes a Swiss orphan (Shirley Temple) from the girl's grandfather
(Jean Hersholt) in the Swiss Alps and puts her to work in Frankfurt as
companion to a disabled child.
Director: Allan Dwan
Starring: Delmar Watson
(Close Captioned, Black and White, 1937, TV-G, 3 Star)
7:15 AM-9:00 AM IFC House of D
His son's 13th birthday prompts an artist to revisit his own adolescence in
New York's Greenwich Village.
Director: David Duchovny
Starring: Anton Yelchin, Orlando Jones, Gideon Jacobs, Mark Richard Keith,
Jonah Meyerson
(Close Captioned, 2004, TV-PG, 2 Star)
7:30 AM-9:30 AM HBO2 HD Center Stage
Students at a dance academy strive to be the best while trying to survive the
angst of their teen years.
Director: Nicholas Hytner
(Stereo, High Definition, Close Captioned, 2000, PG-13, 3 Star)
7:30 AM-9:15 AM FLIX The Chocolate War
A schoolboy (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) refuses to sell chocolate for a teacher
(John Glover) or a bully (Wally Ward) at a Roman Catholic school for boys.
Director: Keith Gordon
(Close Captioned, 1988, R, 3 Star)
7:45 AM-9:30 AM HDNETMV Dear Frankie
A woman (Emily Mortimer) tries to spare her deaf son (Jack McElhone) the truth
about his abusive, long-absent father by hiring a stranger (Gerard Butler) to
masquerade as the man.
Director: Shona Auerbach
Starring: Jack McElhone, Sean Brown
(High Definition, Close Captioned, 2004, PG-13, 3 Star)
8:00 AM-10:30 AM HM HD The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
A Boston debutante (Suzanne Pleshette) joins the San Francisco gold rush with
her brother and Griffin (Roddy McDowall), their British butler.
Director: James Neilson
Starring: Bryan Russell
(Close Captioned, 1967, TV-G, 3 Star)
8:00 AM-10:00 AM FX HD Daddy Day Care
After company downsizing, two former executives (Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin)
decide to open a day-care center for kids in their neighborhood.
Director: Steve Carr
Starring: Max Burkholder, Cesar Flores, Shane Baumel, Jimmy Bennett
(2003, TV-PG, 2 Star)
8:00 AM-9:30 AM SHOWX Superhero Movie
A teenage loser (Drake Bell) transforms into a caped crusader when a bite from
a genetically altered bug gives him superhuman abilities.
Director: David Zucker
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 2008, PG-13, 1 Star)
8:00 AM-9:20 AM ENCRWA The Pagemaster
Live action and animation blend in this tale of a boy who must escape from a
world inhabited by book characters. Live action/animated.
Director: Maurice Hunt, Joe Johnston
Starring: Macaulay Culkin
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 1994, G, 2 Star)
8:00 AM-8:30 AM FUEL Drive
Parental Guidance.
Mike visits with a teacher that has introduced a skate program into his middle
school.
(Original Air Date: 2008-08-31, Repeat)
8:00 AM-9:00 AM UHD Action Sports
Alli Winter Dew Tour, Part 3.
From Breckenridge, Colo.
(High Definition, Original Air Date: 2009-01-28, Repeat)
8:30 AM-10:15 AM SHOWB The Tin Soldier
A toy knight turns into a man (Jon Voight) and helps a shy boy (Trenton
Knight) adjust to life in inner-city Los Angeles.
Director: Jon Voight
Starring: Trenton Knight, Aeryk Egan, Pablo Irlando
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 1995, PG, 3 Star)
8:30 AM-11:00 AM MGMHD Red River
A cattle baron (John Wayne) fights with his foster son (Montgomery Clift) on
the first cattle drive up the Chisholm Trail.
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: Mickey Kuhn
(High Definition, Black and White, 1948, NR, 5 Star)
8:40 AM-10:15 AM ENCORE HD Air Bud: Golden Receiver
A golden retriever with a flair for sports helps a boy (Kevin Zegers) handle
football and the new boyfriend (Gregory Harrison) of the boy's widowed mother
(Cynthia Stevenson).
Director: Richard Martin
Starring: Kevin Zegers, Shayn Solberg, Tyler Thompson, Myles Ferguson
(Stereo, High Definition, Close Captioned, 1998, G, 2 Star)
9:00 AM-10:00 AM E Jonas Brothers
Charting the popularity of the Jonas Brothers through interviews with Joe,
Kevin and Nick.
(Original Air Date: 2009-12-23, TV-14)
9:00 AM-10:45 AM SHO2 An American Affair
An adolescent boy in 1963 Washington, D.C., befriends a beautiful blond
neighbor (Gretchen Mol) who has ties to President Kennedy.
Director: William Sten Olsson
Starring: Cameron Bright
(Stereo, 2009, R, 2 Star)
10:00 AM-10:30 AM FUEL Camp Woodward
New Friends and Old Habits.
(Close Captioned, Original Air Date: 2008-02-24, Repeat)
10:30 AM-11:00 AM FUEL New Pollution
Keenan Lineback; Lenny Mazzotti; Oscar Meza.
Surfer Keenan Lineback; snowboarder Lenny Mazzotti; skateboarder Oscar Meza.
(Close Captioned, Original Air Date: 2009-08-24, Repeat)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM MOMAX Freddy Got Fingered
Living in his parent's basement, a 28-year-old loser (Tom Green) battles with
his father (Rip Torn) and delves deep into the realm of bad taste.
Director: Tom Green
Starring: Connor Widdows, Giacomo Baessato
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 2001, R, 1 Star)
10:30 AM-1:30 PM HM HD Those Calloways
A Maine trapper (Brian Keith) and his wife (Vera Miles) and son (Brandon de
Wilde) rally opposition to a proposed haven for goose hunters.
Director: Norman Tokar
(Close Captioned, 1964, TV-PG, 3 Star)
11:00 AM-1:15 PM MGMHD The Black Stallion
Shipwrecked with a wild Arabian horse, a 1940s boy (Kelly Reno) bonds with the
animal on a tiny desert island.
Director: Carroll Ballard
(High Definition, 1979, G, 4 Star)
11:10 AM-12:50 PM TMCX The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Masked Man (Klinton Spilsbury) and Tonto (Michael Horse) derail a criminal
mastermind's (Christopher Lloyd) plot to hold President Grant and his train.
Director: William A. Fraker
Starring: Marc Gilpin
(1981, PG, 2 Star)
11:30 AM-12:00 PM TBS HD Yes, Dear
All I Want for Christmas Is My Dead Uncle's Cash. Series 1, episode 11.
Jimmy is thrilled to learn his uncle has died and left him $5,000 as an
inheritance.
Director: Steven Levitan
Starring: Joel Homan
(Stereo, High Definition, Close Captioned, Syndicated Episode Number: 1AEJ07,
Original Air Date: 2000-12-18, Repeat, TV-PG)
11:30 AM-1:30 PM UHD Papa's Angels
In Depression-era North Carolina, a tightknit Appalachian family (Scott
Bakula, Eva Marie Saint) deals with its matriarch's (Cynthia Nixon) illness
during the holidays.
Director: Dwight Little
Starring: Lachlan Murdoch, Brandon James Olson
(High Definition, 2000, PG, 2 Star)
11:45 AM-1:30 PM HBO2 HD Nights in Rodanthe
Two troubled souls (Richard Gere, Diane Lane) find comfort and a life-changing
romance during a stormy weekend at a North Carolina inn.
Director: George C. Wolfe
Starring: Charlie Tahan
(Stereo, High Definition, Close Captioned, 2008, PG-13, 2 Star)
12:00 PM-1:40 PM HBOF HD The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
A boy (Alexander Ludwig) learns he is the last of a group of immortal warriors
who have defended the Earth from evil forces throughout history.
Director: David L. Cunningham
Starring: Alexander Ludwig, Drew Tyler Bell, Gregory Smith
(Stereo, High Definition, Close Captioned, 2007, PG, 3 Star)
12:10 PM-1:40 PM ENCRWA MVP: Most Valuable Primate
A deaf girl (Jaime Renee Smith) befriends a runaway chimp that can communicate
with sign language and has a remarkable talent for playing hockey.
Director: Robert Vince
Starring: Kevin Zegers, Myles Ferguson
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 2000, PG, 1 Star)
12:15 PM-2:30 PM SHOCSE 3:10 to Yuma
A rancher (Christian Bale) and the captive outlaw (Russell Crowe) in his
charge learn to respect each other on a dangerous journey to catch a train.
Director: James Mangold
Starring: Logan Lerman
(Stereo, 2007, R, 3 Star)
12:20 PM-2:00 PM STZK HD Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
A boy (Zachary Browne) and his beagle help the dog's original owner (Scott
Wilson), an abusive misanthrope, recover from an accident.
Director: Sandy Tung
Starring: Zachary Browne, Joe Pichler
(1999, PG, 3 Star)
12:20 PM-2:00 PM ENCRA Iron Eagle IV
Students at a retired fighter pilot's (Lou Gossett Jr.) flight school for
troubled youths stumble on a military plot to attack Cuba with chemical
weapons.
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Starring: Max Piersig, Dominic Zamprogna
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 1995, PG-13, 2 Star)
12:25 PM-1:55 PM HDNET Moscow Boys Choir: Christmas Around the World
Choir master Leonid Baklushin directs the most prestigious all-boy choir in
Russia.
(Stereo, High Definition, Close Captioned, Original Air Date: 2006-12-24,
TV-14)
1:00 PM-1:30 PM FX HD Malcolm in the Middle
Christmas Trees. Series 5, episode 7.
Hal and the boys slash the prices of their Christmas trees to outsell a nearby
church.
Director: Steve Love
Starring: Frankie Muniz, Christopher Masterson, Justin Berfield, Erik Per
Sullivan
(Stereo, Close Captioned, Syndicated Episode Number: 507, Original Air Date:
2003-12-14, Repeat, TV-PG)
1:05 PM-2:40 PM ENCRWS Annie Oakley
Awkward Annie (Barbara Stanwyck) loves her sharpshooting rival (Preston
Foster) in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Director: George Stevens
Starring: Delmar Watson
(Close Captioned, Black and White, 1935, TV-14, 3 Star)
1:30 PM-3:15 PM SHOWB The Forbidden Kingdom
A teenage fan (Michael Angarano) of Hong Kong cinema finds a Chinese relic and
travels back in time to help legendary martial-artists free the Monkey King.
Director: Rob Minkoff
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 2008, PG-13, 3 Star)
1:30 PM-3:30 PM TCM All Mine to Give
An orphan (Rex Thompson) raised by Scottish pioneers (Glynis Johns, Cameron
Mitchell) in Wisconsin seeks homes for his five younger siblings on Christmas.
Director: Allen Reisner
Starring: Rex Thompson, Jon Provost
(Close Captioned, 1957, TV-G, 3 Star)
1:30 PM-3:30 PM UHD The Wool Cap
A building superintendent (William H. Macy) finds the strength to face the
demons of his past through his bond with an abandoned girl.
Director: Steven Schachter
Starring: Julito McCullum
(High Definition, 2004, PG-13, 2 Star)
1:30 PM-4:00 PM HM HD The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
A Boston debutante (Suzanne Pleshette) joins the San Francisco gold rush with
her brother and Griffin (Roddy McDowall), their British butler.
Director: James Neilson
Starring: Bryan Russell
(Close Captioned, 1967, TV-G, 3 Star)
1:30 PM-2:00 PM FX HD Malcolm in the Middle
Hal's Christmas Gift. Series 6, episode 6.
Hal, jealous that Lois and the boys have made bigger and better Christmas
gifts than he has, lies about the fabulous present he has in store for the
family.
Starring: Frankie Muniz, Christopher Masterson, Justin Berfield, Erik Per
Sullivan
(Stereo, High Definition, Close Captioned, Syndicated Episode Number: 605,
Original Air Date: 2004-12-19, Repeat, TV-PG)
2:00 PM-3:45 PM HBOZ HD BASEketball
Two men (Trey Parker, Matt Stone) invent a successful sport and then try to
keep a crass businessman from gaining control of it.
Director: David Zucker
Starring: Trevor Einhorn, Justin Chapman
(Stereo, High Definition, Close Captioned, 1998, R, 2 Star)
2:00 PM-4:00 PM LMN HD Home for the Holidays
A loving aunt (Sean Young) struggles to adopt her young relatives after their
parents die in a car accident.
Director: Richard Compton
Starring: Madison J. Loos
(Close Captioned, 2005, TV-PG)
2:30 PM-4:30 PM FX HD Snow Day
Students steal a snow plow and fend off its crazy driver (Chris Elliott) in an
attempt to keep school closed for a second day.
Starring: Mark Webber, Josh Peck, Jade Yorker, Connor Matheus, J. Adam Brown
(High Definition, 2000, TV-PG, 2 Star)
3:10 PM-5:20 PM ENCRL The River
Tennessee family corn farmers (Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek) sandbag a flooding
levee despite a dam builder (Scott Glenn) who wants it to break.
Director: Mark Rydell
Starring: Shane Bailey
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 1984, PG-13, 3 Star)
3:30 PM-4:00 PM FUEL Camp Woodward
New Friends and Old Habits.
(Close Captioned, Original Air Date: 2008-02-24, Repeat)
3:35 PM-5:10 PM ENCRA Jurassic Park III
A paleontologist (Sam Neill) and a couple (William H. Macy, Tea Leoni) outrun
cloned dinosaurs after their plane crashes on an island.
Director: Joe Johnston
Starring: Trevor Morgan
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 2001, PG-13, 3 Star)
3:50 PM-5:30 PM TMCX Fingerprints
A series of murders are linked to the tragic deaths of schoolchildren 50 years
earlier.
Director: Harry Basil
Starring: Andrew Lawrence
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 2006, R)
4:00 PM-5:45 PM IFC House of D
His son's 13th birthday prompts an artist to revisit his own adolescence in
New York's Greenwich Village.
Director: David Duchovny
Starring: Anton Yelchin, Orlando Jones, Gideon Jacobs, Mark Richard Keith,
Jonah Meyerson
(Close Captioned, 2004, TV-PG, 2 Star)
4:00 PM-6:00 PM CHILLER Jack Frost
A man (Michael Keaton) who died on Christmas Eve returns to his wife (Kelly
Preston) and son one year later in the form of a snowman.
Director: Troy Miller
Starring: Joseph Cross, Andrew Lawrence, Eli Marienthal, Will Rothhaar,
Benjamin Brock, Taylor Handley, Joe Rokicki
(1998, PG, 2 Star)
4:00 PM-6:00 PM HALMRK A Season for Miracles
A woman (Carla Gugino) tries to save her sister's (Laura Dern) children from
foster care by taking them to a small town where she is mistaken for a missing
heiress.
Director: Michael Pressman
Starring: Evan Sabara, Logan O'Brien
(Close Captioned, 1999, TV-G, 2 Star)
4:00 PM-5:50 PM DISN HD The Santa Clause
An adman (Tim Allen) takes over for the bearded, big-bellied fellow after a
rooftop mishap on Christmas Eve.
Director: John Pasquin
Starring: Eric Lloyd, David Krumholtz
(Close Captioned, 1994, TV-G, 3 Star)
4:20 PM-6:00 PM HBOF HD Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker
A teenage spy (Alex Pettyfer) for MI6 investigates a billionaire (Mickey
Rourke) who may have an ulterior motive for his recent donation of computers
to England's schools.
Director: Geoffrey Sax
(Stereo, High Definition, Close Captioned, 2006, PG, 3 Star)
4:35 PM-6:05 PM SHOWX The Nail: The Story of Joey Nardone
Released from prison, a former heavyweight boxer develops a strong bond with a
14-year-old.
Director: James Quattrochi
Starring: Paul Orrantia, Hunter Gallagher
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 2009, TV-14)
4:40 PM-6:00 PM ENCRWA The Pagemaster
Live action and animation blend in this tale of a boy who must escape from a
world inhabited by book characters. Live action/animated.
Director: Maurice Hunt, Joe Johnston
Starring: Macaulay Culkin
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 1994, G, 2 Star)
5:00 PM-7:00 PM TBN Going My Way
Singing Father O'Malley (Bing Crosby) bails out crusty Father Fitzgibbon's
(Barry Fitzgerald) financially strapped parish.
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: The Robert Mitchell Boy Choir
(Black and White, 1944, NR, 5 Star)
5:00 PM-6:45 PM SHOWB The Tin Soldier
A toy knight turns into a man (Jon Voight) and helps a shy boy (Trenton
Knight) adjust to life in inner-city Los Angeles.
Director: Jon Voight
Starring: Trenton Knight, Aeryk Egan, Pablo Irlando
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 1995, PG, 3 Star)
5:00 PM-7:00 PM DXD HD Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
Richie (David Gallagher) makes a wish and ends up in an alternate universe
where his mean cousin Reggie is in charge and wants to cancel Christmas.
Director: John Murlowski
Starring: David Gallagher, Jake Richardson, Blake Jeremy Collins, Austin Stout
(Close Captioned, 1998, TV-G, 2 Star)
5:05 PM-7:00 PM FLIX The Chocolate War
A schoolboy (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) refuses to sell chocolate for a teacher
(John Glover) or a bully (Wally Ward) at a Roman Catholic school for boys.
Director: Keith Gordon
(Close Captioned, 1988, R, 3 Star)
5:20 PM-7:15 PM ENCRL The Shipping News
Fortunes change for a struggling writer (Kevin Spacey) when he returns to his
hometown in Newfoundland.
Director: Lasse Hallstr�m
Starring: Kyle Timothy Smith
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 2001, R, 2 Star)
5:25 PM-7:10 PM HBOZ HD Just Looking
Sent to live with his aunt and uncle, a 1950s Bronx teenager (Ryan Merriman)
devotes his summer vacation to catching adults having sex.
Director: Jason Alexander
(1999, R, 3 Star)
5:45 PM-8:00 PM HBO HD Pay It Forward
In response to a challenge by his teacher (Kevin Spacey), an 11-year-old
(Haley Joel Osment) proposes an idea for individual deeds to change the world.
Director: Mimi Leder
Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Marc Donato, Shawn Pyfrom
(Stereo, High Definition, Close Captioned, 2000, PG-13, 3 Star)
5:50 PM-7:45 PM DISN HD The Santa Clause 2
Santa (Tim Allen) must get married by Christmas Eve in order to save the
holiday and keep his job.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Starring: David Krumholtz, Eric Lloyd, Spencer Breslin, Alexander Pollock
(High Definition, Close Captioned, 2002, TV-G, 2 Star)
6:00 PM-7:30 PM ENCRWA MVP: Most Valuable Primate
A deaf girl (Jaime Renee Smith) befriends a runaway chimp that can communicate
with sign language and has a remarkable talent for playing hockey.
Director: Robert Vince
Starring: Kevin Zegers, Myles Ferguson
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 2000, PG, 1 Star)
6:00 PM-8:00 PM UHD Secret of Giving
A young widow (Reba McEntire), aided by a lone rider (Thomas Ian Griffith),
overcomes hardship to restore the faith of a town in time for Christmas.
Director: Sam Pillsbury
Starring: Devon Alan
(High Definition, 1999, PG)
6:00 PM-7:42 PM HALMRK Debbie Macomber's Mrs. Miracle
A single father (James Van Der Beek) hires a nanny (Doris Roberts) to help him
care for his 6-year-old twins.
Starring: Valin Shinyei, Michael Strusievici
(Close Captioned, 2009, TV-PG)
6:00 PM-8:00 PM FMC Home Alone
Accidentally left by his Paris-bound family, an 8-year-old (Macaulay Culkin)
makes mincemeat of two burglars (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) in the house.
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Devin Ratray, Michael C. Maronna, Kieran Culkin,
Jeffrey Wiseman, Matt Doherty
(Close Captioned, 1990, TV-PG, 3 Star)
6:30 PM-9:00 PM FX HD Night at the Museum
A night watchman (Ben Stiller) at a museum of natural history discovers that
exhibits come alive after the building closes.
Director: Shawn Levy
Starring: Jake Cherry
(High Definition, 2006, TV-PG, 3 Star)
7:00 PM-9:00 PM HBOF HD August Rush
A boy (Freddie Highmore) uses his prodigious musical gifts to find his parents
(Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers), unaware that they have begun a similar
journey to find him.
Director: Kirsten Sheridan
(Stereo, High Definition, Close Captioned, 2007, PG, 2 Star)
7:15 PM-9:00 PM ENCRL Happy, Texas
Townspeople mistake two escaped convicts (Jeremy Northam, Steve Zahn) for a
gay couple staging a girls beauty pageant.
Director: Mark Illsley
Starring: Derek Montgomery
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 1999, PG-13, 3 Star)
7:42 PM-9:45 PM HALMRK Meet the Santas
A man (Steve Guttenberg), his fiancee (Crystal Bernard) and her mother plan a
wedding for Christmas Eve.
Director: Harvey Frost
Starring: Dominic Scott Kay
(Close Captioned, 2005, TV-PG)
7:45 PM-8:15 PM DXD HD I'm in the Band
Weasels in the House.
After winning a radio contest to dine with his favorite band, he impresses
them and lands the lead guitar role.
Starring: Logan Miller
(High Definition, Close Captioned, Syndicated Episode Number: 108, Original
Air Date: 2009-11-27, Repeat, TV-Y7)
7:45 PM-9:25 PM DISN HD The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Scott Calvin (Tim Allen), aka Santa, contends with visiting in-laws and a
scheme by mischievous Jack Frost (Martin Short) to freeze him out of
Christmas.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Starring: Eric Lloyd, Spencer Breslin, Ridge Canipe, Charlie Stewart
(Close Captioned, 2006, G, 2 Star)
8:00 PM-10:00 PM MYNET HD (ATL) 2009 Hollywood Christmas Parade
Devon Werkheiser is scheduled to perform.
(Stereo, High Definition, Close Captioned, Original Air Date: 2009-12-10)
8:00 PM-11:00 PM USA HD National Treasure
An adventurer (Nicolas Cage) must steal the Declaration of Independence and
use its hidden map to find a legendary fortune.
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Starring: Hunter Gomez
(High Definition, Close Captioned, 2004, PG, 2 Star)
8:00 PM-11:00 PM NBC HD (ATL) It's a Wonderful Life
Ruined by a miser (Lionel Barrymore) on Christmas Eve, a suicidal family man
(James Stewart) sees life anew thanks to his guardian angel.
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Bobby Anderson, Ronnie Ralph
(Stereo, Close Captioned, Black and White, 1946, TV-G, 5 Star)
8:00 PM-10:00 PM CHILLER Jack Frost
A man (Michael Keaton) who died on Christmas Eve returns to his wife (Kelly
Preston) and son one year later in the form of a snowman.
Director: Troy Miller
Starring: Joseph Cross, Andrew Lawrence, Eli Marienthal, Will Rothhaar,
Benjamin Brock, Taylor Handley, Joe Rokicki
(1998, PG, 2 Star)
8:00 PM-10:00 PM HM HD My Favorite Martian
A befuddled martian (Christopher Lloyd) crash-lands on Earth, assumes human
form and befriends a TV-news producer (Jeff Daniels).
Director: Donald Petrie
Starring: Steven Anthony Lawrence
(Close Captioned, 1999, TV-PG, 2 Star)
8:00 PM-10:00 PM MGMHD Fluke
A family man (Matthew Modine) killed in a car accident charms his widow (Nancy
Travis) and son as a golden retriever.
Director: Carlo Carlei
Starring: Max Pomeranc
(High Definition, 1995, PG, 2 Star)
8:00 PM-10:00 PM NIK HD Merry Christmas, Drake and Josh
To avoid trouble with the law, two brothers (Drake Bell, Josh Peck) promise to
provide the best Christmas possible for a girl and her family.
Director: Michael Grossman
Starring: Drake Bell, Josh Peck, David Gore, Devon Graye, Daven Wilson, Alec
Medlock, Tanner Blaze
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 2008, NR)
8:00 PM-10:00 PM TBS HD A Christmas Story
In the 1940s, little Ralphie tries to convince his parents to get him a Red
Ryder range-model BB gun for Christmas. Narrated by Jean Shepherd.
Director: Bob Clark
Starring: Peter Billingsley, Scott Schwartz, Zack Ward
(High Definition, 1983, TV-PG, 5 Star)
8:00 PM-10:00 PM FMC Home Alone
Accidentally left by his Paris-bound family, an 8-year-old (Macaulay Culkin)
makes mincemeat of two burglars (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) in the house.
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Devin Ratray, Michael C. Maronna, Kieran Culkin,
Jeffrey Wiseman, Matt Doherty
(Close Captioned, 1990, TV-PG, 3 Star)
8:15 PM-10:05 PM DXD HD The Ultimate Christmas Present
Two girls' (Hallee Hirsh, Brenda Song) plan to close school by making it snow
in Los Angeles jeopardizes Christmas.
Director: Greg Beeman
Starring: Spencer Breslin
(Close Captioned, 2000, TV-G)
8:20 PM-10:00 PM ENCRA Iron Eagle IV
Students at a retired fighter pilot's (Lou Gossett Jr.) flight school for
troubled youths stumble on a military plot to attack Cuba with chemical
weapons.
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Starring: Max Piersig, Dominic Zamprogna
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 1995, PG-13, 2 Star)
8:30 PM-9:00 PM ABC HD (ATL) The Middle
Christmas.
Mike offers to organize the Heck family Christmas so that Frankie can focus on
rehearsing for her solo in the midnight Mass.
Director: Reginald Hudlin
Starring: Charlie McDermott, Atticus Shaffer
(Stereo, High Definition, Close Captioned, Original Air Date: 2009-12-09,
Repeat, TV-PG)
9:00 PM-11:30 PM FX HD Night at the Museum
A night watchman (Ben Stiller) at a museum of natural history discovers that
exhibits come alive after the building closes.
Director: Shawn Levy
Starring: Jake Cherry
(High Definition, 2006, TV-PG, 3 Star)
9:45 PM-11:20 PM ENCRWS Annie Oakley
Awkward Annie (Barbara Stanwyck) loves her sharpshooting rival (Preston
Foster) in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Director: George Stevens
Starring: Delmar Watson
(Close Captioned, Black and White, 1935, TV-14, 3 Star)
9:45 PM-12:00 AM SHOCSE 3:10 to Yuma
A rancher (Christian Bale) and the captive outlaw (Russell Crowe) in his
charge learn to respect each other on a dangerous journey to catch a train.
Director: James Mangold
Starring: Logan Lerman
(Stereo, 2007, R, 3 Star)
10:00 PM-12:00 AM WPCH HD (ATL) The Mighty Ducks
To get out of trouble, a hotshot lawyer (Emilio Estevez) opts for community
service coaching rowdies in peewee hockey.
Director: Stephen Herek
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Joshua Jackson, Elden Henson, Shaun Weiss, Matt
Doherty, Brandon Quintin Adams, Garette Ratliff Henson, Vincent Larusso, Danny
Tamberelli
(Close Captioned, 1992, TV-PG, 2 Star)
10:00 PM-12:00 AM LMN HD The Christmas Shoes
A workaholic attorney rediscovers the true meaning of love and the holiday
season after he crosses paths with a boy.
Starring: Max Morrow
(Close Captioned, 2002, TV-PG)
10:00 PM-11:30 PM TBN The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
Three Depression-era kids ask President Hoover to free their unjustly jailed
father (Robert Urich) for Christmas.
Director: Robert Ellis Miller
Starring: Alexander Pollock, Zach Lipovsky
(1996, NR)
10:00 PM-11:30 PM SHOWX Superhero Movie
A teenage loser (Drake Bell) transforms into a caped crusader when a bite from
a genetically altered bug gives him superhuman abilities.
Director: David Zucker
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 2008, PG-13, 1 Star)
10:00 PM-11:45 PM SHOWB The Forbidden Kingdom
A teenage fan (Michael Angarano) of Hong Kong cinema finds a Chinese relic and
travels back in time to help legendary martial-artists free the Monkey King.
Director: Rob Minkoff
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 2008, PG-13, 3 Star)
10:00 PM-11:35 PM ENCRA Jurassic Park III
A paleontologist (Sam Neill) and a couple (William H. Macy, Tea Leoni) outrun
cloned dinosaurs after their plane crashes on an island.
Director: Joe Johnston
Starring: Trevor Morgan
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 2001, PG-13, 3 Star)
10:00 PM-12:00 AM MGMHD Madison
Despite his wife's (Mary McCormack) protest, an Indiana repairman (Jim
Caviezel) returns to hydroplane racing for a 1971 competition.
Director: William Bindley
Starring: Jake Lloyd, Richard Lee Jackson, Cody McMains
(High Definition, 2001, PG, 2 Star)
10:00 PM-1:00 AM HM HD Those Calloways
A Maine trapper (Brian Keith) and his wife (Vera Miles) and son (Brandon de
Wilde) rally opposition to a proposed haven for goose hunters.
Director: Norman Tokar
(Close Captioned, 1964, TV-PG, 3 Star)
10:00 PM-12:00 AM TBS HD A Christmas Story
In the 1940s, little Ralphie tries to convince his parents to get him a Red
Ryder range-model BB gun for Christmas. Narrated by Jean Shepherd.
Director: Bob Clark
Starring: Peter Billingsley, Scott Schwartz, Zack Ward
(High Definition, 1983, TV-PG, 5 Star)
10:00 PM-12:00 AM FMC Home Alone
Accidentally left by his Paris-bound family, an 8-year-old (Macaulay Culkin)
makes mincemeat of two burglars (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) in the house.
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Devin Ratray, Michael C. Maronna, Kieran Culkin,
Jeffrey Wiseman, Matt Doherty
(Close Captioned, 1990, TV-PG, 3 Star)
11:30 PM-2:00 AM FX HD Night at the Museum
A night watchman (Ben Stiller) at a museum of natural history discovers that
exhibits come alive after the building closes.
Director: Shawn Levy
Starring: Jake Cherry
(High Definition, 2006, TV-PG, 3 Star)
11:45 PM-1:30 AM ENCRL Sweet Hearts Dance
As a Vermonter (Don Johnson) falls out of love with his wife (Susan Sarandon),
his bachelor buddy (Jeff Daniels) falls in love with a teacher.
Director: Robert Greenwald
Starring: Justin Henry
(Stereo, Close Captioned, 1988, R, 2 Star)