It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… December 14, 2007

Sorry I haven’t kept up the blog this week, but aside from a few notable exceptions it has been mainly repeats, so not a whole lot to report. 

Tonight, however a Christmas tradition continues with the airing of “It’s a Wonderful Life” tonight at 8pm EST on NBC. Remember when this holiday classic played daily from Thanksgiving to X-mas? Well, these days we get it twice- once in mid-december and then again on Christmas Eve. And guess what? That’s right… I’ll be watching them both. It just is not Christmas without this movie. Yeah, it’s corny- but it still gives me the warm and fuzzies inside and gets me in the mood for egg nog and Christmas carols.

Next week they kick it into high gear with the holiday movies. “Home Alone” plays Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on FX; “One Magic Christmas” (a childhood favorite of mine w/ a very early role -and small- role for Sarah Polley) is on Monday the 17th and Saturday the 22nd on the Hallmark Channel; and how is this for cheesy- “A Very Brady Christmas” is on next Saturday the 22nd and Christmas day on the Family channel.

I know all of this makes me a dork, but I can’t help it… what are some of your favorite holiday movies??

Here is a list of the holiday specials and movies on from now thru Christmas:

It’s A Wonderful Life	NBC	Dec. 14, 8pm
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Movie)	ABC Family	Dec. 14, 8:00pm
Christmas Caper	ABC Family	Dec. 15, 12:00pm
The Nativity Story	HBO	Dec. 15, 1:00pm
Chasing Christmas	ABC Family	Dec. 15, 2:00pm
Christmas in Boston	ABC Family	Dec. 15, 4:00pm
Scrooged	HBO Family	Dec. 15, 5:15pm
Holiday in Handcuffs	ABC Family	Dec. 15, 6:00pm
Snowglobe	ABC Family	Dec. 15, 8:00pm
‘Twas the Night	HBO Family	Dec. 15, 8:30pm
Snowglobe	ABC Family	Dec. 15, 10:00pm
The Christmas List	ABC Family	Dec. 15, 12:00am
Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July	ABC Family	Dec. 16, 10:00am
The Story of the First Christmas Snow	ABC Family	Dec. 16, 12:00pm
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey	ABC Family	Dec. 16, 12:30pm
Pinocchio’s Christmas	ABC Family	Dec. 16, 1:00pm
Jack Frost	ABC Family	Dec. 16, 2:00pm
The Bishop’s Wife	TCM	Dec. 16, 2:00pm
Deck the Halls	HBO	Dec. 16, 2:30pm
Frosty’s Winter Wonderland	ABC Family	Dec. 16, 3:00pm
The Waltons: The Children’s Carol	Hallmark	Dec. 16, 3:00pm
Twas the Night Before Christmas	ABC Family	Dec. 16, 3:30pm
Rudolph’s Shiny New Year	ABC Family	Dec. 16, 4:00pm
The Year Without a Santa Claus	ABC Family	Dec. 16, 5:00pm
Love’s Unfolding Dream	Hallmark	Dec. 16, 5:00pm
Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town	ABC Family	Dec. 16, 6:00pm
All I Want for Christmas	Hallmark	Dec. 16, 7:00pm
A Season for Miracles	Hallmark	Dec. 16, 9:00pm
Deck the Halls	HBO	Dec. 16, 10:30pm
Pinocchio’s Christmas	ABC Family	Dec. 17, 7:00pm
Jingle All the Way	ABC Family	Dec. 17, 8:00pm
Jack Frost	ABC Family	Dec. 17, 10:00pm
Rudolph’s Shiny New Year	ABC Family	Dec. 18, 7:00pm
Snowglobe	ABC Family	Dec. 18, 8:00pm
Twas the Night Before Christmas	ABC Family	Dec. 18, 10:00pm
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey	ABC Family	Dec. 18, 10:30pm
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation	TCM	Dec. 18, 12:30am
Christmas Every Day	ABC Family	Dec. 19, 9:00am
Deck the Halls	HBO	Dec. 19, 3:00pm
Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town	ABC Family	Dec. 19, 7:00pm
The Year Without a Santa Claus	ABC Family	Dec. 19, 8:00pm
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys	ABC Family	Dec. 19, 9:00pm
Deck the Halls	HBO	Dec. 19, 11:00pm
The Nativity Story	HBO Family	Dec. 19, 11:55pm
Prancer	ABC Family	Dec. 20, 7:00am
Sons of Mistletoe	ABC Family	Dec. 20, 9:00am
Scrooged	HBO Family	Dec. 20, 2:50pm
The Lorax	ABC Family	Dec. 20, 7:30pm
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Movie)	ABC Family	Dec. 20, 8:00pm
The Nativity Story	HBO	Dec. 21, 6:30am
The Nativity Story	HBO	Dec. 21, 5:15pm
The Year Without A Santa Claus	ABC Family	Dec. 21, 7:00pm
A Home for the Holiday with Sheryl Crow	CBS	Dec. 21, 8:00pm
Home Alone	FX	Dec. 21, 8:00pm
Bush Christmas	TCM	Dec. 22, 8:30am
Deck the Halls	HBO	Dec. 22, 9:15am
A Very Brady Christmas	ABC Family	Dec. 22, 11:00am
Snowglobe	ABC Family	Dec. 22, 1:00pm
The Christmas Gift	Hallmark	Dec. 22, 1:00pm
Eloise at Christmastime	ABC Family	Dec. 22, 3:00pm
All I Want for Christmas	Hallmark	Dec. 22, 3:00pm
One Magic Christmas	Hallmark	Dec. 22, 5:00pm
Deck the Halls	HBO	Dec. 22, 5:00pm
Home Alone	FX	Dec. 22, 6:00pm
A Boyfriend for Christmas	Hallmark	Dec. 22, 7:00pm
The Nativity Story	HBO2	Dec. 22, 7:15pm
A Season for Miracles	Hallmark	Dec. 22, 11:00pm
Deck the Halls	HBO2	Dec. 23, 12:30pm
Twice Upon a Christmas	ABC Family	Dec. 23, 1:00pm
Angel in the Family	Hallmark	Dec. 23, 1:00pm
Santa Who?	ABC Family	Dec. 23, 3:00pm
Fallen Angel	Hallmark	Dec. 23, 3:00pm
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus	ABC Family	Dec. 23, 5:00pm
Papa’s Angels	Hallmark	Dec. 23, 5:00pm
Elmo’s Christmas Countdown	ABC	Dec. 23, 7:00pm
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Movie)	ABC Family	Dec. 23, 7:00pm
A Carol Christmas	Hallmark	Dec. 23, 7:00pm
All I Want for Christmas	HBO Family	Dec. 23, 7:00pm
Christmas in Connecticut	TCM	Dec. 23, 8:00pm
Meet the Santas	Hallmark	Dec. 23, 9:00pm
Off Season	Hallmark	Dec. 23, 11:00pm
The Nativity Story	HBO	Dec. 24, 9:15am
Scrooged	HBO Comedy	Dec. 24, 10:10am
Jack Frost	ABC Family	Dec. 24, 11:00am
Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July	ABC Family	Dec. 24, 12:00pm
Deck the Halls	HBO	Dec. 24, 1:15pm
Frosty’s Winter Wonderland	ABC Family	Dec. 24, 2:00pm
Twas the Night Before Christmas	ABC Family	Dec. 24, 2:30pm
Rudolph’s Shiny New Year	ABC Family	Dec. 24, 3:00pm
The Year Without a Santa Claus	ABC Family	Dec. 24, 4:00pm
Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town	ABC Family	Dec. 24, 5:00pm
TV Land’s Merrython	TV Land	Dec. 24, 5:00pm
The Polar Express	ABC Family	Dec. 24, 6:00pm
All I Want for Christmas	HBO	Dec. 24, 6:15pm
A Christmas Carol	TCM	Dec. 24, 6:45pm
It’s A Wonderful Life	NBC	Dec. 24, 8:00pm
The Nativity Story	HBO	Dec. 24, 8:00pm
A Christmas Story Marathon	TBS	Dec. 24, 8:00pm
The Bishop’s Wife	TCM	Dec. 24, 8:00pm
Scrooged	HBO Comedy	Dec. 24, 8:15pm
The Polar Express	ABC Family	Dec. 24, 8:30pm
‘Twas the Night	HBO Family	Dec. 24, 8:30pm
Deck the Halls	HBO	Dec. 24, 9:45pm
A Christmas Story	TBS	Dec. 24, 12:00am
The Bells of St. Mary’s	TCM	Dec. 24, 12:00am

 

Tonight: Ugly Betty & Grey’s Anatomy December 6, 2007

Yay for Thursdays!! I fear that the Thursdays when I can look forward to new episodes of these shows are wearing thin, so I need to relish them while I can.

Tragically, I underestimated my family obligations on Thanksgiving and missed both of these shows (Note to self: always set the DVR, just in case!). Last week… repeats. But tonight there are 2 new episodes which makes me very happy. Watch while you can people, watch while you can.

Thank you Kathy! November 30, 2007

Kathy Griffin totally delivered last night. As hillarious as some of her previous specials? Not quite. Funnier than any other stand-up specials in recent memory? Totally.

And, unbeknownst to me- “Ugly Betty”, “Grey’s Anatomy” and “The Office” were all reruns so it was definitely good to have something to watch. Speaking of reruns, I’m dreading what is in store with the writers guild strike that’s going on… but that’s a whole nother post in itself.

You’re killing me “Pushing Daisies”! November 29, 2007

“Pushing Daisies” first, let me just say, is a great show. I didn’t want to like it because I felt like it was one of those things where a network was trying to trick people into liking a show because it’s quirky. I do not appreciate quirky for quirky’s sake. That’s not this- this show’s got substance.

So why, you ask, is it killing me? Because- there are two female characters- both strong, both highly likable, and both in love with the same (great) guy. Who do I root for? Well, I’m rooting for Olive and here’s why: Ned and Chuck can never touch unless gloves or plastic wrap or some other barrier is involved. So they can’t consumate their relationship- leaving at least this viewer supremely unsatisfied. And I cannot think of a way that the writers could remedy this problem without destroying the integrity of the show. Then you have Olive who is the essence of a sympathetic character. Who has not been in that spot where you pine for someone who’s not interested? She’s cute and perky and just the right kind of weird- to top all this off, even though she’s green with jealousy of Chuck she is not vengeful or spiteful. How could you not love her and be dying to see her get her man? The writers have already tapped into this with their wicked tease of a nude Olive in Ned’s arms which, of course, was a dream. I can only hope that it is to foreshadow future events.

But then what of Chuck? We like her- we don’t want her to be sad! Although as I type this I’m realizing that my desire to see Olive and Ned doing the dirty trumps any affinity I have for Chuck. She can always find another guy who can actually touch her. All I can say is that someone better get some on this show before the end of the season!! Who’s with me?