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It’s Friday and ABC Family kicking off a Pixar weekend with Cars and Pixar Shorts. Beginning at 7:30 PM, ET: From the acclaimed creators of “Toy Story,” “The Incredibles,” and “Finding Nemo” comes a high-octane adventure comedy that shows life is about the journey, not the finish line. Hotshot rookie race car Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) is living life in …

Tonight we are treated to a double dose of Jack Frost as ABC Family brings us both the animated version and the live action version, starring Michael Keaton. (6:00-6:30 PM ET/PT) THE STORY OF THE FIRST CHRISTMAS SNOW – (*See Saturday, December 12, for description.) (6:30-7:00 PM ET/PT) NESTOR, THE LONG-EARED CHRISTMAS DONKEY – (*See Saturday, December 12, for description.) …

Disney helps us through the mid-week doldrums with HAPPY FEET. (6:00-7:00 PM ET/PT) PINOCCHIO’S CHRISTMAS – (*See Saturday, December 12, for description.) (7:00-7:30 PM ET/PT) MICKEY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL – (*See Tuesday, December 8, for description.) (7:30-8:00 PM ET/PT) WINNIE THE POOH & CHRISTMAS TOO – (*See Tuesday, December 8, for description.) (8:00-10:30 PM ET/PT) HAPPY FEET In the great nation …

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Jessica Collins – Not to be confused with the other actress Jessica Collins who was highlighted earlier, this Jessica Collins is a relative newcomer to the industry but had guest roles in Ghost Whisperer and Law & Order: …

An actress you are seeing more and more of and who you may not be able to easily place, Archie Panjabi is racing up the star-o-meter with her electrifying performance on the hit CBS series The Good Wife. An English actress, who started her career on a little known film Bideshi, Archie has been busily working for the past decade …

There are 10 days left until Christmas and ABC Family is certainly doing its part to help generate holiday spirit. Tonight’s lineup has us searching for Santa and Home Alone – again. (6:00-7:00 PM ET/PT) GOTTA CATCH SANTA CLAUS Trevor in his heart of hearts believes the big guy, Santa, is out there. That is until his friend, Veronica, challenges …

Spend your Monday night with Eloise, Pooh, Tigger and Mary Poppins! (5:00-7:00 PM ET/PT) ELOISE AT CHRISTMASTIME Based on the bestselling children’s books written by Kay Thompson, the title character Eloise (Sofia Vassilieva) is warned not to interfere as the Plaza Hotel prepares for a romantic Christmas Eve wedding. But Eloise can’t resist and Nanny (Julie Andrews) cannot seem to …

Start your Sunday holiday viewing off with that obnoxious feline, Garfield in A Garfield Christmas. In this holiday special, Garfield travels with Jon and Odie to the countryside to celebrate Christmas with Jon’s farm family. While there, Odie begins working on a mysterious gift, and Garfield stumbles upon some old love letters to Grandma. On Christmas morning, after it seems …

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 …