ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas: Day 12

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 …

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The Weekly Round-Up for Dec. 7 to 11

Here are the entertainment news items for this week (December 7 to 11): CONDOLENCES Gene Barry, star of the late 1950’s series Bat Masterson and later on Burke’s Law, passed away at the age of 90 of congestive heart failure. Rest in Peace, Mr. Barry. NEWS Andrew McCarthy directed an episode of Gossip Girl that will air next year. After …

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NGTV Guide: Friday, December 11

We get another double-shot of Dollhouse tonight as FOX burns off the remaining episodes, and it’s our last Ugly Betty of the year. Dollhouse – FOX 8/7c “Meet Jane Doe” – Echo finds herself lost in the world-at-large while battling her multiple-memory downloads; Topher learns the devastating effects science will have on the future; Adelle becomes involved in a power …

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ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas: Day 11

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 …

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Top 10 Favorite Holiday Music

Ah, the sounds of Christmas. You gotta love them! The tunes that run through your mind as you do your shopping or prepare your holiday cards. The songs playing on your radio as you decorate that tree. Perhaps you have favorites that you and your family sing together at your holiday gathering. Or maybe you are one of those who …

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NGTV Guide: Thursday, December 10

It’s a night of holiday-themed episodes and guest stars as TV land gets in the Christmas spirit! Community – NBC 8/7c “Comparative Religion” – A bully (Anthony Michael Hall) challenges Jeff, who’s also worried about failing Spanish. Elsewhere, Shirley plans a Christmas party for the gang without realizing that not all of them celebrate the holiday. Bones – FOX 8/7c …

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ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas: Day 10

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 …

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NGTV Guide: Wednesday, December 9

I hope you’re sitting down…tonight is the last episode of Glee until April and possibly the last episode of Eastwick ever. Enjoy them while you can! Glee – FOX 9/8c – MID-SEASON FINALE “Sectionals” – Quinn’s secret unravels as the sectionals approach, threatening club cohesion at the worst possible time. Meanwhile, Sue’s scheming continues apace (and then some); and Will …

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ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas: Day 9

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 …

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They Deserve Their Own Show (Part 27)

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Laura Mennell – Like so many Canadian actors, Laura has made a guest appearance in both Stargate: SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis but has also appeared in Special Unit 2, Andromeda, The L Word, Flash Gordon, Blood Ties, The …

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