Holiday Television Programs: When Are Your Fave Christmas Shows on TV?
Wondering what Christmas and New Year’s shows on are TV this holiday season? Afraid you already missed your favorite holiday show? Well, check out the holiday programming guide below. It is your guide to all the Christmas shows and New Year’s shows on TV. And be sure to check back often for updates to the holiday schedule! (all times below are Eastern)
Fine Living Holiday Schedule
Saturday, December 6
- 1pm Martha Stewart’s Christmas Special
AMC Holiday Schedule
Sunday, December 7
- 8pm Prancer
- 10:30pm A Christmas Carol
Monday, December 15
- 8pm A Christmas Carol
- 10:15pm Prancer
Tuesday, December 16
- 12:45am A Christmas Carol
- 3am Prancer
Cartoon Network Holiday Schedule
Saturday, December 13
- 6pm Olive, the Other Reindeer
Wednesday, December 17
- 8pm Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Sunday, December 21
- 4:30pm Olive, the Other Reindeer
- 8:30pm Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Wednesday, December 24
- 7pm Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
ABC Holiday Schedule
Tuesday, December 2
- 8pm Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town
Thursday, December 4
- 10 pm Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2008
Friday, December 5
- 8pm Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Monday, December 8
- 8pm A Charlie Brown Christmas
Saturday, December 13
- 9pm Surviving Christmas
Sunday, December 14
- 8pm The Santa Clause 2
Monday, December 15
- 8pm I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown
Tuesday, December 16
- 8pm A Charlie Brown Christmas
Saturday, December 20
- 8pm I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown
- 9 pm Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat (Live-Action Film)
Monday, December 22
- 8pm Shrek the Halls
- 8:30pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Tuesday, December 23
- 8pm Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Wednesday, December 24
- 8pm The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Thursday, December 25
- 10am Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
Saturday, December 27
- 8pm Miracle
Sunday, December 28
- 7pm The Sound of Music
Tuesday, December 30
- 8pm Happy New Year, Charlie Brown
- 8:30pm Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
Wednesday, December 31
- 8pm Shrek 2
NBC Holiday Schedule
Wednesday, December 3
- 8pm Christmas at Rockefeller Center
Friday, December 5,
- 8pm Greatest Holiday Moments: TV and Film Countdown
Wednesday, December 10
- 8pm Little Spirit: Christmas in New York
Friday, December 12
- 8pm Greatest Holiday Moments: Songs of the Season Countdown
Saturday, December 13
- 8pm It’s a Wonderful Life
Wednesday, December 17
- 8pm A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Saturday, December 20
- 8pm Little Spirit: Christmas in New York
Monday, December 22
- 8pm Greatest Holiday Moments: Hilarious Home Video Countdown
Wednesday, December 24
- 8pm It’s a Wonderful Life
Wednesday, December 31
- 10pm Carson Daly’s New Year’s Eve Special
Thursday, January 1
- 11am The 120th Tournament of Roses Parade
CBS Holiday Schedule
Wednesday, December 3
- 8pm Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Friday, December 12
- 8pm Frosty the Snowman
- 8:30pm Frosty Returns
- 9pm Flight Before Christmas
Saturday, December 20
- 8pm Elf
Tuesday, December 23
- 8pm The 10th Annual A Home For the Holidays with Faith Hill
Tuesday, December 30
- 9pm The 31st Annual Kennedy Center Honors
ABC Family Channel 25 Days of Christmas Holiday Schedule
Monday, December 1
- 7pm Dr. Seuss on the Loose
- 7:30pm Dr. Seuss’ The Hoober-Bloob Highway
- 8pm Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas MOVIE
- 10:30pm Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas MOVIE
Tuesday, December 2
- 6pm The Polar Express
- 8:30pm The Polar Express
Wednesday, December 3
- 6pm Cars
- 8:30pm Cars
Thursday, December 4
- 6pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- 8:30pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Friday, December 5
- 7pm Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
- 7:30pm Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Saturday, December 6
- 7am Step by Step (Christmas episode)
- 7:30am Christmas Every Day
- 9:30am Home Alone 3
- 11:30am Home Alone 4
- 1:30pm Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
- 5pm Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- 9pm Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- 12am Home Alone 3
Sunday, December 7
- 7-8:30am Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Christmas episodes)
- 8:30am Eloise at Christmastime
- 10:30am Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish
- 12:30pm Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- 4:30pm Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- 7:30pm Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- 11pm America’s Funniest Home Videos (Christmas themed)
Monday, December 8
- 7pm ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
- 7:30pm Cranberry Christmas
- 8pm Jingle All the Way
- 10pm America’s Funniest Home Videos (Christmas themed)
Tuesday, December 9
- 7pm A Garfield Christmas
- 7:30pm Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat
- 8pm A Dennis the Menace Christmas
- 10pm Dr. Seuss on the Loose
- 10:30pm A Garfield Christmas
Wednesday, December 10
- 7pm Mickey’s Christmas Carol
- 7:30pm Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too
- 8pm Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
- 9pm Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
- 10pm Jack Frost (Special)
Thursday, December 11
- 7pm Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
- 8pm The Year Without a Santa Claus
- 9pm Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys
- 10:30pm ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
Friday, December 12
- 6pm The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- 9:30pm The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Saturday, December 13
- 7am Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
- 7:30am The Leprechauns’ Christmas Gold
- 8am The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
- 9am The Little Drummer Boy
- 9:30am The Little Drummer Boy Book II
- 10am Pinocchio’s Christmas
- 11am The Story of the First Christmas Snow
- 11:30am Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
- 12pm A Garfield Christmas
- 12:30pm Cranberry Christmas
- 1pm Jack Frost (Special)
- 2pm Rudolph & Frosty’s Christmas in July
- 4pm ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
- 4:30pm Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
- 5pm Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
- 6pm Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
- 7pm The Year Without a Santa Claus
- 8pm A Miser Brothers’ Christmas (ABC Family Original Special)
- 9pm The Chronicles of Narnia:The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- 12:30-2am The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Christmas episodes)
Sunday, December 14
- 7am Jack Frost (Special)
- 8am Sons of Mistletoe
- 10am A Carol Christmas
- 12pm Snowglobe
- 2pm Santa Baby
- 4pm Holiday in Handcuffs
- 6pm Snow
- 8pm Snow 2 Brain Freeze (ABC Family Original Movie starring Tom Cavanagh and Ashley Williams)
- 10pm Snow 2 Brain Freeze
Monday, December 15
- 7pm Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys
- 8:30pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Tuesday, December 16
- 7pm Mickey’s Christmas Carol
- 7:30pm Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too
- 8pm Mary Poppins
Wednesday, December 17
- 7am The Christmas Secret
- 9am Stealing Christmas
- 7pm I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
- 9pm Snow 2 Brain Freeze
Thursday, December 18
- 7am A Carol Christmas
- 9am Christmas Caper
- 7pm Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat
- 7:30pm Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
- 8pm Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas MOVIE
- 10:30pm Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas MOVIE
Friday, December 19
- 7am Once Upon a Christmas
- 9am Twice Upon a Christmas
- 7pm A Miser Brothers’ Christmas
- 8pm Santa Clause 2
- 10pm Santa Clause 2
- 12am America’s Funniest Home Videos (Christmas themed)
Saturday, December 20
- 7am All I Want for Christmas
- 9am A Very Brady Christmas
- 11am I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
- 1pm Snow 2 Brain Freeze
- 3pm Jingle All the Way
- 5pm The Family Man
- 8pm Christmas in Wonderland (ABC Family Original Movie starring Patrick Swayze and Carmen Electra)
- 10pm Christmas in Wonderland
- 12am Jingle All the Way
Sunday, December 21
- 7am ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
- 7:30am Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
- 8:30am Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys
- 10am Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
- 11am The Year Without a Santa Claus
- 12pm A Miser Brothers’ Christmas
- 1pm The Incredibles
- 3:30pm Cars
- 6pm The Incredibles
- 8:30pm Cars
- 11pm The Year Without a Santa Claus
Monday, December 22
- 7am Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish
- 9am A Dennis the Menace Christmas
- 6pm The Polar Express
- 8:30pm The Polar Express
- 12am America’s Funniest Home Videos (Christmas themed)
Tuesday, December 23
- 7am The Christmas List
- 9am Mrs. Santa Claus
- 6pm White Christmas
- 9pm White Christmas
- 12am America’s Funniest Home Videos (Christmas themed)
Wednesday, December 24
- 7am Eloise at Christmastime
- 9am Full House (Christmas themed)
- 11am Christmas in Wonderland
- 1pm Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
- 3pm Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
- 3:30pm ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
- 4pm Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
- 5pm Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
- 6pm The Year Without a Santa Claus
- 7pm A Miser Brothers’ Christmas
- 8pm Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas MOVIE
- 10:30pm Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat
Thursday, December 25
- 7am A Very Brady Christmas
- 9am Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Christmas themed)
- 11a-12pm Full House (Christmas episodes)
- 12pm White Christmas
- 3pm The Family Man
- 6pm The Incredibles
- 8:30pm Cars
Disney Channel Holiday Schedule
Thursday, December 4
- 8pm The Polar Express
Friday, December 5
- 12pm The Polar Express
Saturday, December 6
- 8:30am Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie
- 9:30am Mickey Saves Santa
Monday, December 8
- 10:30am Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas
- 8pm The Santa Clause 2
Tuesday, December 9
- 12pm The Santa Clause 2
- 8pm The Ultimate Christmas Present
Wednesday, December 10
- 12pm The Ultimate Christmas Present
Saturday, December 13
- 9pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Sunday, December 14
- 12pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- 9pm The Santa Clause
Monday, December 15
- 10:30am Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie
- 12pm The Santa Clause
TNT Holiday Schedule
Wednesday, December 17
- 8pm Christmas in Washington feat. Kristen Chenoweth, Julianne Hough & Darius Rucker
- 9pm A Christmas Carol starring Patrick Stewart
- 11pm Christmas in Washington feat. Kristen Chenoweth, Julianne Hough & Darius Rucker
Thursday, December 18
- 12am A Christmas Carol starring Patrick Stewart
- 2am Christmas in Washington feat. Kristen Chenoweth, Julianne Hough & Darius Rucker
Saturday, December 20
- 2pm A Christmas Carol starring Patrick Stewart
USA Network Holiday Schedule
Thursday, December 4
- 11pm Monk Holiday 2008 episode
Wednesday, December 10
- 9pm Monk Holiday 2008 episode
- 10pm Elf (movie)
Thursday, December 11
- 2am Elf (movie)
Saturday, December 13
- 9am Psych Holiday 2007 episode
- 10am Psych Holiday 2008 episode
- 11am Monk Holiday 2005 episode
- 12pm Monk Holiday 2006 episode
- 1pm Monk Holiday 2007 episode
- 2pm Monk Holiday 2008 episode
- 5pm Elf (movie)
Sunday, December 14
- 1pm Elf (movie)
Tuesday, December 16
- 11pm Monk Holiday 2008 episode
Thursday, December 18
- Â 11pm Psych Holiday 2008 episode
Sunday, December 21
- 5pm Psych Holiday 2008 episode
- 6pm Monk Holiday 2008 episode
Monday, December 22
- 2am The Great American Christmas
Tuesday, December 23
- 12:05am Psych Holiday 2008 episode
- 6am NCIS marathon until 9pm
Wednesday, December 24 - Holiday Movie Marathon day
- 6am Love Actually
- 9am Liar, Liar
- 11am Bruce Almighty
- 1pm Happy Gilmore
- 3pm The Pacifier
- 5pm Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
- 8pm National Treasure
- 11pm The Pacifier
Thursday, December 25
- 1am Bruce Almighty
- 3am Happy Gilmore
- 5am Psych Holiday 2008 episode
- 6am Psych Holiday 2007 episode
- 7am Monk Holiday 2005 episode
- 8am Monk Holiday 2006 episode
- 9am Monk Holiday 2007 episode
- 10am Monk Holiday 2008 episode
- 11am House marathon until 1am
Friday, December 26
- 1am Psych Holiday 2007 episode
- 2am Monk Holiday 2005 episode
- 3am Monk Holiday 2006 episode
- 4am Monk Holiday 2007 episode
- 5am Monk Holiday 2008 episode
- 11am House marathon until 11pm
Saturday, December 27
- All Day NCIS marathon
Sunday, December 28
- All Day House marathon
Monday, December 29
- 6am Psych marathon until 5pm
- 11pm Elf (movie)
Tuesday, December 30
- 6am Burn Notice marathon until 5pm
Wednesday, December 31
- All Day Marathon of Elf movie
Thursday, January 1
- All Day Marathon of Monk
Friday, January 2
- 9am The Pacific Life Holiday Bowl Parade
- 10am Law& Order: SVU marathon until 4am
TBS Holiday Schedule
Thursday, December 4
- 8pm The Santa Clause
- 10pm The Santa Clause
Wednesday, December 24
- 8pm A Christmas Story marathon begins
Nickelodeon Holiday Schedule
Friday, December 5
- 8pm Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh
Saturday, December 6
- 7pm Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh
Sunday, December 7
- 7pm Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh
Friday, December 12
- 8:30pm Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh
Saturday, December 13
- 8pm iCarly (Christmas episode)
- 9pm The Naked Brothers Band Christmas special
Sunday, December 14
- 6:30pm The Naked Brothers Band Christmas special
- 7pm Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh
Monday, December 15
- 8pm iCarly (Christmas episode)
- 8:30pm SpongeBob SquarePants (Christmas episode)
- 9pm Home Improvement (Christmas episode)
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