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The most festive time of the year has a few special additions from the creative minds behind my favorite shows. This list avoids the episodes listed last year, mostly because what’s the fun in some holiday-themed episodes if there’s nothing new under the tree? “How Lily Stole Christmas” – How I Met Your Mother I’m all for having holiday episodes …

The Christmas holiday season brings back so many good memories. The long hours spent in the kitchen baking yummy cookies and pies; sneaking presents in and hiding them throughout the house; carefully wrapping the presents to keep prying eyes from peeking; going back and forth to the grocery store for that one last magical ingredient; hearing Christmas music in every …

Since the end of Fringe‘s second season, Anna Torv has been pulling double duty portraying two characters, both of whom are named Olivia Dunham. The rub is that the two women live in separate worlds; parallel universes. Although technically the same identity, there are subtle (and some not so subtle) ways in which they are set apart. Much credit is …

Dr. Seuss makes a second appearance during the 25 Days of Christmas with ABC Family. Tonight watch the premiere of Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? followed by the premiere of little Jackie Draper and Puff the Magic Dragon. The holidays are all about spending family time and I can’t think of a more fun way to do that! (6:00–6:30 PM …

For a few weeks now, since Gwyneth Paltrow’s guest star spot on Glee in November, I’ve been thinking, “But didn’t she sign on for two episodes? I could’ve sworn I saw reports saying she’d be in two episodes. Where is Holly Holiday?!?” Imagine my relief today when the Interwebz went viral with the news that Gwyneth will indeed return to …

Tonight is the night for encore presentations on ABC Family. Watch Pretty Little Liar, Ashley Benson in Christmas Cupid and finish off your evening with Melissa & Joey‘s Melissa Joan Hart in Holiday in Handcuffs. (6:00 – 7:00 PM ET/PT) A FLINTSTONE CHRISTMAS – (*See Thursday, December 2, for description.) (7:00 – 9:00 PM ET/PT) CHRISTMAS CUPID – (*See Sunday, …

In tonight’s Christmas episode of TNT’s hit series Leverage, Wil Wheaton returns as hacker Chaos to match wits with Aldis Hodge’s Hardison. The two joined reporters on a conference call recently, where it quickly became obvious that any competitiveness their characters have is pure acting. Wil Wheaton is a fan of the show, so when a question about Hardison becoming …

(7:00–7:30 AM ET/PT) FROSTY’S WINTER WONDERLAND – (*See Tuesday, December 7, for description.) (7:30– 8:00 AM ET/PT) ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Actor Joel Grey narrates this animated holiday special adapted from the famous poem by Clement Moore. A kindly clockmaker, a friendly family of mice and a sensitive Santa Claus come together in a story where the citizens are …

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: TELEVISION NEWS Sadly, FX is not renewing their acclaimed new series Terriers (due to low ratings). ABC is finally pulling the plug on The Whole Truth, taking it off the schedule with 7 episodes remaining to air. There is no word if these episodes will be available online. Episodes of …

BBC America has planned a day of Royal programming, starting at 12PM ET. Covering the current Royal Family from Queen Elizabeth II to the next generation, Princes William and Harry and Princess-to-be Kate Middleton. Here’s the lineup. The documentary, Art of Diana, celebrates the life and work of Princess Diana via many and varied pictures of her. Although she was …