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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 …

With DVR viewership on the rise and ad viewing down (‘though not as much as originally feared), networks and advertisers are working to find new ways to sell products to viewers. Product placement has been around almost from the dawn of TV, but it’s usually so awkwardly executed that it detracts from the show and draws ire from viewers. Recent …

After eight seasons of solving other people’s mysteries, Adrian Monk finally gets closure on the greatest mystery of his career tonight when the truth about Trudy’s death is revealed in the Monk series finale. Part one of the finale saw Monk poisoned with three days to live unless the toxin can be identified and an antidote administered. Unfortunately, the man …

Start your holiday TV viewing off tonight with Frosty’s Winter Wonderland, then sit tight as ABC Family begins their Harry Potter weekend. An all-star cast lends its talents to this Christmas special shot in “animagic” (stop-motion animated puppetry). Everyone’s favorite snowman, Frosty, plans to marry, but not if the evil Jack Frost can help it. Can the children save Frosty …