sunday
I did do picks for Friday and Saturday, but they’re nowhere to be found on the server. Color me puzzled. There were server problems on Thursday, suspect maybe this is related. Anyway. Sorry about that!
Two kind anonymous souls donated money to my cause last week– Thanks! And thanks to everyone who has sent email or shown support/appreciation in other ways. You rock!
Starsky and Hutch marathon continues on TV Land (5am Saturday – 5am Monday).
It’s Christmas, Beverly Hills style: Beverly Hills, 90210 (FX, 7am-3pm). That’s a whole lot of Christmas episodes from one series.
Lucky Deborah Kerr is torn between Cary Grant and Robert Mitchum in The Grass is Greener (TCM, 9am).
Bing Crosby Christmas: Like the Ones We Used To Know (Bravo, 10am-11am; 3pm-4pm). A compilation of footage from old Bing Crosby Christmas specials.
Godzilla vs. Monster Zero (AMC, 10:30am). Aliens control Godzilla, Rodan, et al. Or do they?
Hawaiian collectibles, thrift store finds, American folk art, early photographs of the Beatles on The Incurable Collector (Bravo, 11am). With host John Larroquette.
I saw an article someplace about how teens love Trading Spaces (TLC, 11am-2pm). Really!
Al Roker’s Colonial Christmas (Food Network, 1pm).
Part 1 (of 3) of Walking with Dinosaurs (Discovery Channel, 2pm).
White Christmas is probably my favorite holiday movie; Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen star. I can’t seem to find it airing on any cable networks, but it may be airing on your local station, so watch those listings (or, better yet, check out the DVD). (In Minneapolis/St. Paul area it airs at 2:30pm on KMSP-9).
Mark Linn Baker guest stars as a man who sees a unicorn on a pretty cool Christmas episode of Ally McBeal (FX, 3pm).
Drew Barrymore, Ed Asner, Dan Castellaneta, Peter MacNicol, Tim Meadows, Jay Mohr, Joey Pants, and Michael Stipe provide voices for the charming Olive, The Other Reindeer (Nick, 3pm-4pm). Followed by a Christmas and Kwanzaa episodes of Rugrats (Nick, 4pm, 4:30pm).
Sting in Tuscany: All The Time (A&E, 4pm-7pm).
Reed Diamond, Kristin Davis, and Tim Meadows in Three Days (ABC Family Channel, 5pm). A man wishes he could relive the three days leading up to his wife’s death, around Christmas time.
Whoopi Goldberg, Victor Garber in Call Me Clause (TNT, 5pm).
Singin’ In the Rain (TCM, 5pm) is most definitely a film essential.
Alton Brown will make you want to make a fruitcake on Good Eats (Food Network, 5:30pm).
Junkyard Wars (TLC, 6pm-8pm; midnight-2am). U.S. vs. U.K. face off.
Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too (ABC, 6pm).
New Christmas episodes of King of the Hill (FOX, 6:30pm), The Simpsons (FOX, 7pm), and Malcolm in the Middle (FOX, 7:30pm). May be delayed ‘cuz of football, dangit.
BBC America airs all four parts of the Gormenghast mini series, twice (BBC, 7pm-11pm; 11pm-3am).
Aw. It’s The Red Balloon (TCM, 7pm-8pm). I remember seeing this when I was a kid.
The angels of Touched By An Angel (CBS, 7pm) help a family who is devastated because a friend of theirs went missing on September 11th.
Another airing of A Charlie Brown Christmas (ABC, 7pm-8pm). Restored, with a documentary and other extra stuff.
Christmas in Washington (TNT, 7pm-8pm; 10pm-11pm). New holiday special.
Christmas episode of Doc (PAX, 7pm).
NBC airs Titanic (NBC, 7:52pm). Well, just part of it (it’s part 1 of 2). Did you notice that weird start time? That’s what the TV listings say. Conclusion airs tomorrow night.
Sydney somehow gets a Christmas gift in a holiday episode of Alias (ABC, 8pm). While also being chased and threatened and stuff. Like, they think she’s a double agent (and she is, too!).
A teenager dies while “performing an idiotic stunt for a cable TV show” and Doggett and Reyes find something more ominous (of course) at work in a new episode of The X-Files (FOX, 8pm) called “Lord of the Flies.” May start a little late ‘cuz of football. May also contain lots and lots of flies.
The legendary 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (TCM, 8pm).
Patricia Heaton and Peter Falk in the new holiday movie A Town Without Christmas (CBS, 8pm).
Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Joel Grey, et al in A Christmas Carol (TNT, 8pm, 11pm).
White House Christmas (HGTV, 8pm, 11pm). A look behind-the-scenes at what went into decorating the White House this holiday season.
Drew Barrymore Revealed (E!, 9pm).
Rerun of an old Law & Order: Special Victim’s Unit (USA, 10pm) from last year, with guest star Khandi Alexander.
Yet another airing of this week’s episode of 24 (FX, 10pm). The 4am-5am episode. Where Kiefer takes a catnap. Oh wait, that’s not it.
Chris’ stalker disappears, so he hires a detective to find her on The Chris Isaak Show (VH1, 11pm).
