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As fans of the hot TNT crime series The Closer know, Sgt. Gabriel is the one team member that Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick) always seemed to take an interest in. In fact, she appears to mentor him much of the time. We’ve taken an interest in him as well. So, although it’s a bit late this week, …

Happy Saturday! Are tree-trimming and holiday decorating on your To Do list today? If your kids are like mine, after they trim the bottom half of the tree, they are D-O-N-E, done! ABC Family can help with an all day long, holiday classics marathon. Here’s your schedule! (7:00-7:30 AM ET/PT) THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY Based on the Christmas song, the …

Tonight, a repeat of The Year Without A Santa Claus ushers in Tim Allen and The Santa Clause 2. After eight years as the jolly old St. Nick, Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) has grown to truly love his job as Santa Claus. However, things start to fall apart when an overlooked clause is brought to his attention – he must …

Tonight we begin with a repeat of SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN, beginning at 7:00-8:00 PM ET/PT, followed by HOLIDAY IN HANDCUFFS. Melissa Joan Hart shows us quite the creative way to catch Mario Lopez. Holiday in Handcuffs is a story about a modern young woman who has a breakdown at Christmas and desperately kidnaps a handsome guy to …

Tonight brings a couple of repeat favorites and Santa. RUDOLPH’S SHINY NEW YEAR – (*See Tuesday, December 8, for description.) (7:00-8:00 PM ET/PT) SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN Fred Astaire narrates this tale of Kris Kringle (Mickey Rooney), a young boy with an immense desire to do good things for others. In his home village of Sombertown, Kris has …

We are on the eighth day of holiday television viewing in the countdown to Christmas, and tonight begins with The Mouse. MICKEY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL A Disney version of the classic Dickens’ tale finds Mickey Mouse as Bob Cratchit and Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge. The animated special’s cast of characters also includes Minnie Mouse as Mrs. Cratchit, Goofy as Jacob …

Fact: Emily Deschanel prefers to sleep in on Christmas while Zooey prefers to get up early. That’s just one of the details we learned when sisters, and now co-stars, Emily and Zooey Deschanel participated in a conference call with reporters last week to promote Zooey’s guest turn as Brennan’s cousin on the December 10 episode of Bones. Working together for …

Tonight is one of my personal favorites. ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS is narrated by the wonderful and talented Joel Grey, and features the song, Christmas Chimes Are Calling, which I look forward to every year. It’s one of those catchy tunes that stay with you after you’ve heard it once. This animated holiday special is adapted from the famous …

Today we have Mickey, Dennis and more Harry for your holiday viewing pleasure. MICKEY’S TWICE UPON A CHRISTMAS – ABC Family Premiere Mickey and friends share tales about the importance of sharing, the necessity of opening your heart to loved ones, the appreciation of people for who they are, and the rewards of unselfishness. (Animated) (7:00-8:30 AM ET/PT) A DENNIS …

Happy Saturday! It’s Day 5 of the 25 Days of Christmas programming and ABC Family has your holiday viewing scheduled for you. Are you ready? MICKEY’S ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS – ABC Family Premiere A collection of three Christmas tales with some of Disney’s favorite characters: “Donald Duck Stuck on Christmas” find Donald’s nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie, wishing for …