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ABC has revealed this year’s holiday programming schedule and it’s full of Christmas cheer, festive-themed episodes of top shows, Disney magic, and joyful music from some of your favorite voices! The network will kick off its seasonal lineup on November 16th with Thanksgiving episodes of primetime hit shows, and after Turkey Day, the merriment will continue throughout the rest of the year.

The Backstreet Boys will host their very first holiday special, “A Very Backstreet Christmas” where they’ll perform songs from their new album of the same name; EGOT winner John Legend teams up with David Brown, founder of the Columbus, Ohio-based Harmony Project, for “Finding Harmony”—an inspirational one-hour special, and “A CMA Country Christmas” returns with an intimate night full of holiday classics performed by your favorite names in Country music. The 2022 American Music Awards will take place on November 20th while the anticipated “Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration” airs in December!

Disney will simulcast the premiere of “Mickey Saves Christmas” on ABC, Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD at 7:00 p.m. EST., and there will be lots more yuletide cheer in store—including the return of the competition show “The Great Christmas Light Fight”, a “Love Actually” cast reunion with ABC News, Disney Parks annual magical celebration specials, Wonderful World of Disney movies that families can enjoy together, and fans of the classic “Home Alone” can enjoy watching the movie on Christmas Eve! The seasonal event wraps up on New Year’s Eve as we ring in 2023 with “Dick Clark New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest”!*

Check out the full schedule below!

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NBC is wasting zero time kicking off the holiday season!  The network has revealed its holiday programming slate already, and it includes a lot of traditions like the beloved “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” coverage, “Christmas in Rockefeller Center,“ and airings of the classics “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “It’s A Wonderful Life”.  NBC will also re-air its Michael Bublé and Kelly Clarkson music specials from last year in addition to the premiere of the highly anticipated movie, “Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas” starring iconic country music legend as well as Miley Cyrus, Willie Nelson, “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon and many others.

Speaking of Cyrus, last year’s inaugural “Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party” was such a hit that it will return this New Year’s Eve, and the singer will be joined by an A-list cast of musicians and celebrities in front of a live audience.

Get in the spirit of the season with Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler for their “Baking It” holiday special, which will coincide with season two of the baking competition series that will air exclusively on the Peacock streaming service.

Check out the full lineup below to keep your holiday cheer through the rest of the year!

The Santa Clause, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, Home Alone and Disney’s A Christmas Carol
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It’s November 1st, which means Freeform’s 25 Days of Christmas schedule is here, and we have all the details of what you can expect from the beloved month-long holiday event as you usher in the most wonderful time of the year!

This year, get cozy with showings of seasonal favorites like the “Home Alone“ franchise, “The Santa Clause” trilogy and “Disney’s A Christmas Carol,” cherished favorites like “Frosty the Snowman,” “Miracle on 34th Street,” “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas,” “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “The Preacher’s Wife” starring Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington, and much more merriment!

As always, Freeform will air Disney-fan favorites, “Toy Story,” “Frozen II,” and “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure”. Check out the full lineup below, and don’t miss a moment of cheer when Freeform’s 25 Days of Christmas kicks off on Thursday, December 1st and runs through Christmas Day!

Check out the promo and a day-by-day list of the movies below!

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It’s not quite November, but The CW television network is ready to deck the halls by unveiling their holiday programming lineup for later this year. The merry festivities will kick off in late November with the holiday special, “A Waltons Thanksgiving”, and the beloved animated classic, “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer”, and the schedule will be jam-packed with yuletide cheer featuring annual traditions, such as the 90th annual Hollywood Christmas Parade, “Silent Night – A Song for the World”, “Penn & Teller: Merry Fool Us”, iHeartRadio Jingle Ball, and many more seasonal highlights.

In recognition of World AIDS Day, the network will also air an encore presentation of the acclaimed documentary, “Freddie Mercury: The Final Act”, which showcases the extraordinary final chapter of the Queen front-man’s life and how his legacy led to one of the biggest concerts in history—the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium.

Check out the full schedule below:

A Waltons Thanksgiving | Sunday, November 20 at 8-10 p.m. ET
A follow-up to the highly successful The Waltons’ Homecoming, the movie reunites the Walton family as they prepare for Thanksgiving in 1934. The Depression has affected everyone, but John Walton has found a way to provide for his family through the farm and by picking up odd jobs from the eccentric Baldwin Sisters. It’s also the time of year for the Annual Harvest Festival Fair, where carnival rides, talent shows and pie contests become the center of attention for the Waltons. As the story unfolds, John Boy learns the true meaning of taking responsibility, Mary Ellen comes to understand patience and collaboration, Grandma finds that winning can be complicated, and Olivia shares her healing heart with every other Walton family member — at a time when each of them need it most. And when a young boy enters the Waltons’ world, everyone’s life is changed in ways they could never have imagined — transformed forever through love, faith and kindness!

Bellamy Young as Olivia, Logan Shroyer as John Boy, Teddy Sears as John Sr., Marcelle LeBlanc as Mary Ellen, Christian Finlayson as Jason, Tatum Matthews as Erin, Samuel Goergen as Jim Bob, Calloway Corrick as Elizabeth, Alpha Trivette as Grandpa Walton, Rebecca Koon as Grandma Walton, with special guest stars Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. Richard Thomas, who originally starred as John Boy Walton in the beloved television series “The Waltons,” as adult John Boy, who narrates the movie.

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer | Friday, November 25 at 8-9 p.m. ET
This one-hour special, based on the hit song that became a worldwide holiday phenomenon, is a goofy and heartwarming adventure that features young Jake Spankenheimer on the quest of a lifetime to track his missing Grandma down on Christmas Eve to prove that Santa Claus is indeed real. Michele Lee (“Knots Landing”) provides the voice of Jake’s greedy Cousin Mel and recording artist Elmo Shropshire provides the narration. Encore presentations will air on Wednesday, December 14 (8:00-9:00pm ET) and Friday, December 23 (8:00-9:00pm ET).

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CBS is bringing on the merry for the holidays with their ‘More the Merrier’ programming event filled with an giant collection of seasonal specials that will be fun for the whole family!

The network will kick off their lineup this November with the beloved tradition of the “CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade”, but you’ll be able to catch more returning favorites like “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”, “Frosty the Snowman” and “Robbie the Reindeer”, last year’s original movies “A Christmas Proposal” and “Christmas Takes Flight” as well as three brand-new original movies, “Fit For Christmas”, “Must Love Christmas” and “When Christmas Was Young”.

LL Cool J will return to host the 100th annual “National Christmas Tree Lighting” ceremony in Washington, D.C. joined by Gloria Estefan, Andy Grammer, Joss Stone and Shania Twain, and more!  “A Home for the Holidays at The Grove” will return the week of Christmas with performances by Estefan, Grammer, Little Big Town and David Foster & Kat McPhee, and the year will close out with the “New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash”!

Check out the full lineup below!

With the impending holiday season comes a plethora of merry offerings from Hallmark Media, including the jolly-packed content that will be coming to Hallmark Movies Now. For the “Movies & Mistletoe” programming slate on the fast-growing streaming service, Hallmark will be adding a slew of titles throughout October, November and December.

There’s a 7-day free trial available for HMNow.com and if you want to subscribe, it’s $4.99 a month with the annual plan. 

Read on to get a list of which original Christmas movies you will be able to soon stream, and keep checking back each month for an updated list with more festive highlights!

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Stop whatever you’re doing!  Lifetime just dropped a massive dash of Christmas cheer with the announcement of their highly anticipated It’s a Wonderful Lifetime lineup! The network’s beloved seasonal celebration includes 26 all-new movies, and it all kicks off on Saturday, November 5th.

The joyful films are jam-packed with leading stars, many of whom are pulling double duty by starring and executive producing, including Kelsey Grammer, Mario Lopez, Jana Kramer, Brooke Elliott, Keshia Knight Pulliam, and Kirk Franklin. Additionally, Melissa Joan Hart will executive produce and direct “Santa Bootcamp”, Whoopi Goldberg executive produces “A New Orleans Noel”, Toni Braxton produces “A Christmas Spark”, a movie which reunites “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” stars Jane Seymour and Joe Lando, and Sarah Drew will star in “Reindeer Games Homecoming,” which she also wrote and served as executive producer.

Justin Bruening, Naturi Naughton, Luke James, Cheri Oteri, Brandon Quinn, Mario Cantone, Tim Reid, Brittany Bristow, Spencer Grammer, Ariana Ron Pedrique, Rodrigo Massa, David Fumero, Kyle Dean Massey and more stars, also join in on this year’s lineup.

Get more details and the full schedule below!

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Haul out the holly, the merriest lineup of the year has officially been announced!

On this first day of autumn, Hallmark delivered yuletide cheer with the unveiling of their highly anticipated holiday programming events, the Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas iconic slate and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas celebration — kicking off on Friday, October 21st with 40 all-new original movie premieres on the way!

Returning to lead the fête is huge roster of fan-favorites, including Alison Sweeney, Andrew Walker, Ashley Williams, Barbara Niven, Brennan Elliott, Brooks Darnell, Erin Cahill, Holly Robinson Peete, Jonathan Bennett, Kristoffer Polaha, Luke Macfarlane, Marilu Henner, Nikki DeLoach, Paul Campbell, Rachel Boston, Ryan Paevey, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Taylor Cole, Tyler Hynes, Victor Webster, Wes Brown, Will Kemp, and Lacey Chabert who will star in her record-breaking twelfth Christmas movie for the network!

Viewers will also be treated to some new faces joining the Hallmark holiday family, such as Marlo Thomas, Ann-Margret, Ellen Travolta, Greta Scacchi, Kara Wang, Ledisi, Lynn Whitfield, Lisa Loeb, Margaret Colin, Moira Kelly, Mykelti Williamson, Reginald VelJohnson, Reshma Shetty, Stephen Tobolowsky, Tamala Jones, Tia Carrere and Yael Grobglas.

This lineup is particularly exciting as it includes many firsts for the network, including their first Kwanzaa-focused movie and LGBTQ couple led story. There are so many movies we’re already adding to our must-see list, but don’t take our word for it, keep reading to get the scoop on what type of seasonal cheer is in store for you and your family this year.

Check out the full lineup below — including movie details and air-dates!

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Make way for more uplifting Christmas movies this holiday season as UPtv has revealed the network’s very merry Most Uplifting Christmas Ever lineup, kicking off on Friday, November 4^th!

To celebrate the most joyous time of the year, UPtv will be offering with more than 600 hours of holiday cheer which includes 17 Christmas movie premieres during themed weekends along with the second season of the reality series “Small Town Christmas”, and multi-platinum country artist Josh Turner’s King Size Manger Christmas music special.  You can also expect the return of the holiday staple, GilMORE the Merrier – a Thanksgiving week-long “Gilmore Girls” binge-a-thon that has become a favorite of network viewers across the country each year.

In addition to a plethora of yuletide entertainment, UPtv will run sweepstakes events, interactive Merry Movie Christmas Watch Parties every weekend with polls, quizzes and more chances to win, and daily surprises from network stars via a digital advent calendar beginning in December. The network also encourages you to check out UPliftSomeone.com, the destination for viewers to recognize those who uplift others, will be the hub for holiday content. UPtv asks viewers to share videos of themselves uplifting others by surprise and delight gift giving to friends, family, or even strangers, to help spread Christmas joy to those who could use some uplifting spirit this season.

Check out UPtv’s full Most Uplifting Christmas Ever lineup below!

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The most highly anticipated part of summer, at least for us, is returning to Hallmark Channel very soon… Christmas in July!

Following a Merry Movie Week on the sister channel Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, the merriment will extend to Hallmark Channel on July 1st — July 31st where viewers can enjoy holiday films from 10 a.m. – Midnight every day. The event kicks off with a 4-day Christmas Fan Favorites Marathon.

This year the network is gearing up to add maximum holiday cheer to your primetime viewing with three all-new original Christmas movies led by some of your favorite network stars, including When Calls the Heart alums Kayla Wallace and Kevin McGarry who will star alongside each other in “My Grown-Up Christmas List”.

Tori Anderson (Return to Christmas Creek, Spotlight on Christmas) and Corbin Bleu (Love, for Real) will lead Hallmark’s very first Christmas in July-themed movie, “Campfire Christmas” while Vanessa Lengies (Heart of the Holidays) and Jesse Hutch (Chateau Christmas, Let It Snow) star in a race-to-save-Christmas story, “Christmas in Toyland”.

Get more information on the upcoming premieres below – as well as the printable primetime movie guide – for the very merry month-long event!