Comedy

All I Want For Christmas (1991)

December 9, 2009 – 3:35 pm

Santa Claus really has his work cut out for him in this warmhearted family comedy. The O’Fallon kids don’t want toys or video games. All they want is for their divorced parents to get back together!

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American Dad: For Whom the Sleigh Bells Toll

November 29, 2010 – 9:20 am

Stan gives Steve a gun for Christmas even though Francine warns him against it. As usual, Stan ignores her, setting off a chain of events that sends the North Pole into a tizzy.

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American Dad: Rapture’s Delight

November 19, 2009 – 9:58 am

When the Smith family goes to church on Christmas Day, Stan is furious when he can’t get a good seat. While Francine tries to ease his frustration, a moment of divine intervention occurs.

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American Dad: Season’s Beatings

November 28, 2011 – 2:57 pm

Father Donovan holds a Christmas play at the mall and casts Stan as Santa Claus and Roger as Jesus. But after the two get into a fight and cause a scene, Stan is kicked out of the church.

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American Dad: The Most Adequate Christmas Ever

December 3, 2009 – 9:13 am

Stan comes home from a dangerous mission on Christmas Eve and discovers that the rest of the Smith family has spent the day decorating the house. However, it’s not good enough for Stan.

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Bad Santa

November 18, 2009 – 1:11 pm

A refreshingly uncomfortable meeting of humbug and humor, this holiday fare turns those things we’ve come to take as givens [...]

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Battle of the Bulbs

November 23, 2010 – 10:51 pm

When former friends turn bitter rivals, waging a kilowatt war with elaborate lighting displays, competing for the prize of their town’s lights and display contest, things were bad enough. When their children fall in love with each other, short circuits and blown fuses can’t be far behind.

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Better With You: Better With Christmas Crap

November 22, 2010 – 1:30 pm

Mia and Maddie know their parents will give them an avalanche of guilt if they don’t uphold the Putney family Christmas tradition and spend the holiday together at their lake house.

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Better With You: Better With Thanksgiving

November 8, 2010 – 4:01 pm

While spending the holiday at Maddie’s and Ben’s apartment, Mia accidentally finds her late grandmother’s presumably stolen ring hidden in their linen closet.

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Big Time Rush: Big Time Christmas

November 30, 2010 – 11:46 am

Snoop Dogg, Miranda Cosgrove and Brian Boitano guest-star on this one-hour special. The guys are excited to head back to Minnesota for the holidays, but Gustavo tells them they have to stay in L.A. to record a three-song Christmas EP, and it looks like they’ll be spending their first Christmas away from home if they don’t get it done in time.

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The Boondocks: A Huey Freeman Christmas

December 2, 2009 – 4:17 pm

Huey is offered the chance to direct the school Christmas play, but is the school ready for “The Adventures of Black Jesus?”

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A Boyfriend for Christmas

November 16, 2009 – 1:15 pm

Holly’s Christmas wish is to land the perfect boyfriend. But when Santa seems to come through, she has some soul-searching to do.

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Chasing Christmas

November 24, 2009 – 10:00 am

Single father Jack (Tom Arnold) is visited by his old business partner and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future in an attempt to change Jack’s perspective on the holiday.

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Cheers: Christmas Cheers

November 15, 2010 – 4:31 pm

The Christmas episode from the sixth season of “Cheers” (originally aired December 1987)

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Cheers: Thanksgiving Orphans

November 17, 2010 – 12:27 pm

The famous food fight, and an (almost) glimpse of Norm’s little-seen wife Vera, are highlights of this classic 1986 episode of “Cheers.”

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Christmas Caper

December 1, 2011 – 12:43 pm

A woman plots a Grinch-like heist of a suburban town’s entire Christmas loot.

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Christmas Cupid

November 12, 2010 – 2:45 pm

Christina Milian (Be Cool) stars in this Christmas Carol-esque tale about a high-powered Hollywood publicist whose recently deceased client begins haunting her in an attempt to get her to rethink her priorities

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Christmas Do-Over

November 24, 2009 – 11:36 am

Kevin unwittingly gets a chance to go back and do things differently when he is forced to relive one terrible Christmas over and over again.

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Christmas Every Day

December 1, 2011 – 12:33 pm

A 12-year-old boy who is forced to relive his least favorite holiday over and over again until he has learned to appreciate the true meaning of Christmas.

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Christmas in Boston

November 30, 2011 – 3:33 pm

Childhood pen-pals Gina and Seth have created a lifelong friendship based solely on letters and snapshots they’ve sent to each other. Afraid to face the truth, each sends their best friend to pose as them in person, but when the friends start falling for each another, Gina and Seth discover much more than they ever expected.

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Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

December 3, 2009 – 11:47 am

A homemaking specialist (Barbara Stanwyck) who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.

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The Christmas List

November 24, 2009 – 11:43 am

Perfume saleslady Melody Parris (Mimi Rogers) feels like her life is stuck in neutral. Her stick-in-the mud boyfriend won’t commit and she gets passed over for a promotion at the store where she works. She decides to make a Christmas list. After it’s deposited in Santa’s mailbox at the store, she starts getting everything she wanted, but it doesn’t always turn out as she expected.

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A Christmas Story

November 18, 2009 – 3:14 pm

The holidays wouldn’t be complete without Ralphie and TBS’ 24-hour marathon of A Christmas Story.

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Christmas With the Kranks

December 2, 2011 – 9:23 am

Based on the novel Skipping Christmas by John Grisham (!), this outrageous comedy stars Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis [...]

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Chuck

November 18, 2010 – 4:11 pm

It’s the day after Thanksgiving, and Chuck (Zachary Levi) faces the most awkward of family reunions when mom (guest star Linda Hamilton) comes over for dinner — along with the dangerous Alexei Volkoff (guest star Timothy Dalton).

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The Cleveland Show: A Murray Christmas

November 29, 2010 – 9:13 am

When Rallo’s teacher forces him to spend time with senior citizens during the holidays, he meets Murray (guest voice Carl Reiner), who teaches him about Hanukkah.

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A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All

November 18, 2009 – 3:26 pm

Elvis Costello, Feist, Toby Keith, John Legend, Willie Nelson and Jon Stewart help Stephen Colbert weather a snowstorm in this [...]

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Community: Regional Holiday Music

November 28, 2011 – 3:37 pm

When the Greendale Glee Club is unexpectedly sidelined, the school’s effervescent choir director sets about recruiting the study group members to fill in.

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Cougar Town: When the Time Comes

November 8, 2010 – 4:05 pm

Jules says “I love you” to Grayson for the first time. But when Grayson doesn’t reciprocate with the words she wants to hear, she’s determined to host a “romantic” Thanksgiving in order force the moment on of him.

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Dan Vs.: “The Mall Santa”

December 2, 2011 – 9:48 am

Dan’s rage extends even into the festive holiday season in this episode in which he and Chris land jobs at [...]

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Deck the Halls

November 24, 2009 – 4:36 pm

A neighborhood rivalry over who’s got the bigger and better Christmas display rises to outrageous levels in this holiday comedy.

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Denis Leary’s Merry F#$%in’ Christmas Special

November 20, 2009 – 9:53 am

Comedian Denis Leary and his celebrity guests star in an hourlong Christmas special based on his not-so-happy holiday song “Merry [...]

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A Dennis the Menace Christmas

November 19, 2009 – 12:54 pm

Comic mayhem ensues when one of the world’s most benevolently mischievous imps takes on a beloved holiday.

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The Dish: Binge and Spend Holiday Spectacular

November 18, 2010 – 3:34 pm

In this one-hour special episode of The Dish, Danielle Fishel hosts a hilarious holiday-themed extravaganza designed to get you in the festive mood.

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The Dog Who Saved Christmas

November 23, 2009 – 10:44 am

A newly adopted guard dog named Zeus must protect his family’s home from two inept thieves.

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Doogie Howser, M.D.: “Doogie the Red-Nosed Reindeer”

December 2, 2011 – 10:57 am

Doogie pretends to be sick on Christmas Eve so he can attend a party, but eventually returns to the hospital [...]

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Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

November 18, 2009 – 1:26 pm

Jim Carrey plays the green-colored Grinch in this live-action version of Dr. Seuss’ famous holiday tale.

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Elf

November 17, 2009 – 12:01 pm

Will Ferrell stars as Buddy, a human raised by Santa’s elves, who grows way up and realizes he must find his real family, in the 2003 family hit from director Jon Favreau.

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Ernest Saves Christmas

December 1, 2011 – 12:31 pm

Ernest P. Worell, a sweet but silly taxi driver who at times suffers delusions of grandeur, has just chauffeured a rather extraordinary fare: Santa Claus.

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Everybody Loves Raymond: All I Want for Christmas

December 3, 2009 – 11:07 am

A romantic Christmas morning ends when Ray’s family bursts in for eggs Florentine and unwrapping gifts.

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Everybody Loves Raymond: Christmas Present

December 3, 2009 – 11:14 am

Ray buys an elaborate Christmas gift for Debra.

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Everybody Loves Raymond: The Christmas Picture

December 3, 2009 – 10:20 am

Ray (Ray Romano) tries to organize a family photo shoot for a Christmas present to his parents.

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Family Guy: A Very Special Family Guy Freakin’ Christmas

December 2, 2009 – 4:11 pm

Peter accidentally gives away all the Christmas presents; Brian burns Lois’ dinner; Stewie agrees to be good for Santa.

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Family Guy: Road to the North Pole

November 29, 2010 – 9:18 am

After getting the brush-off from a mall Santa, Stewie and Brian travel to the North Pole to teach Santa a lesson in holiday cheer.

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Family Ties: “A Keaton Christmas Carol”

December 2, 2011 – 9:57 am

Alex P. Keaton gets the Scrooge treatment in this Dickensian episode, where he finds the spirit of Christmas in a [...]

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Family Ties: “Miracle in Columbus”

December 2, 2011 – 10:47 am

Skippy asks Alex to substitute for him as a mall Santa, and Alex agrees after hearing about the generous hourly [...]

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Fresh Prince of Bel Air: ‘Twas the Night Before Christening

November 18, 2009 – 3:16 pm

Vivian tells her sisters each can be the godmother; guests Boyz II Men.

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Fresh Prince of Bel Air: Christmas Show

December 3, 2009 – 11:21 am

A robber makes off with the family’s Christmas gifts.

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Fresh Prince of Bel Air: Deck the Halls

December 3, 2009 – 11:22 am

Will’s holiday decorations rile the neighbors.

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Futurama: A Tale of Two Santas

December 2, 2010 – 10:14 am

Bender takes over as Santa Claus to bring back Xmas spirit.

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Futurama: The Futurama Holiday Spectacular

December 2, 2010 – 10:16 am

The Planet Express crew learns the true meaning of Xmas, Robanukah and Kwanzaa.

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Futurama: Xmas Story

December 2, 2010 – 10:13 am

Fry learns how Xmas has changed in the last 1,000 years when he is attacked by the evil robotic Santa Claus.

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Glee

November 28, 2011 – 3:03 pm

McKinley High’s glee club is in the holiday spirit and ready to ring in the New Year in this new holiday episode.

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Glee: A Very Glee Christmas

November 29, 2010 – 9:04 am

Finn tries to bring a little holiday cheer to McKinley High, and Artie discovers that Brittany still believes in Santa. Meanwhile, the teachers pick their Secret Santas, and one manipulative coach rigs the gift-giving in her favor.

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Glenn Martin, DDS: A Very Martin Christmas

December 1, 2010 – 4:06 pm

This special features three fanciful, holiday-themed stories, all narrated by a talking Canine (voiced by Mel Brooks). The first vignette features an original song by Billy Idol.

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Happy Days: “All I Want for Christmas”

December 2, 2011 – 11:22 am

Fonzie, working as Santa’s helper, faces a tough task when Heather asks Santa to get Ashley and her parents back [...]

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Happy Days: “Christmas Time”

December 2, 2011 – 10:02 am

Not even The Fonz can keep his cool for long with a merchant seaman from the Orient delivers to him [...]

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Happy Days: “White Christmas”

December 2, 2011 – 10:06 am

When a blizzard blows through Milwaukee, Howard and Joanie are stranded at Cunningham Hardware, while the orphanage’s favorite Santa (Fonzie) [...]

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Happy Endings: Grinches Be Crazy

November 28, 2011 – 1:33 pm

Max, desperate for cash, agrees to dress up as Santa for Penny’s charity event; Jane accidently gives housekeeper Gita the envelope stuffed with money for their big Christmas getaway to Turks & Caicos, instead of the $200 Christmas tip she had planned — and she schemes to get the cash back.

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Holiday in Handcuffs

November 23, 2009 – 3:05 pm

A young woman has a breakdown at Christmas and desperately kidnaps a handsome guy to take home to her parents. Can she keep her misdeed a secret from her family and convince them that they are a happy couple or will everyone’s Christmas be ruined?

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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

November 24, 2009 – 9:28 am

Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) is back, and this time his playground is New York City. Separated from the rest of [...]

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Home Alone 4

November 24, 2009 – 9:58 am

Kevin McCallister (Mike Weinberg) has to save his family from more home invaders. This holiday season, Kevin decides to spend [...]

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Home Improvement: ‘Twas the Blight Before Christmas

December 3, 2009 – 10:59 am

Brad would rather spend Christmas with friends than family.

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Home Improvement: ‘Twas the Flight Before Christmas

December 3, 2009 – 11:05 am

Tim and Al are stranded in a small-town airport on Christmas Eve.

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Home Improvement: ‘Twas the Night Before Chaos

December 3, 2009 – 11:01 am

Tim and his brother put a Christmas display on the roof.

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Home Improvement: Bright Christmas

November 18, 2009 – 3:42 pm

In season seven’s holiday episode, Tim does the ultimate Christmas decorating display, while Jill worries about her mother dating.

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Home Improvement: Home for the Holidays

November 18, 2009 – 3:48 pm

In season eight’s “Home for the Holidays,” Randy returns from Costa Rica for Christmas only to discover that changes have taken place in his absence and that life has gone on without him

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Home Improvement: Yule Better Watch Out

December 3, 2009 – 10:57 am

Tim tries to outdo a neighbor’s holiday decorations.

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How I Met Your Mother: Blitzgiving

November 17, 2010 – 12:45 pm

When Ted leaves the bar early to prepare a Thanksgiving feast for his friends, the gang winds up partying all night with The Blitz (guest star Jorge Garcia), an old friend from college who has bad luck.

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How I Met Your Mother: Slapsgiving

November 17, 2010 – 12:37 pm

Over Thanksgiving, Robin and Ted experience a backslide that starts with a joke Ted makes about Robin’s new, older guy, then leads to a fight, which leads to them sleeping together.

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How I Met Your Mother: Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap

November 17, 2010 – 12:40 pm

When Lily’s estranged father shows up unannounced on Thanksgiving, we learn what led her to stop speaking to him three years ago.

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I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

November 24, 2009 – 8:37 am

After learning that his best friend’s parents are getting a divorce, Justin (Dylan and Cole Sprouse) fears the worst when he sees his mother kissing Santa Claus. Justin concludes that the only way to keep Santa away from his mother on Christmas Eve is to be naughty, so he transforms into a holiday problem child.

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I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998)

November 20, 2009 – 4:26 pm

The road home to Christmas dinner is an obstacle course of comic proportions for college student Jake, but the closer he gets to home, the more thoroughly he realizes the importance of family … and the true meaning of Christmas.

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iCarly: iChristmas

December 1, 2011 – 4:30 pm

In an attempt to spice up the Christmas tradition with an unconventional tree, Spencer accidentally sets fire to all of Carly’s presents. Distraught, she wishes that she had a normal brother. A Christmas angel visits Carly and shows her exactly what her life would be like if Spencer were more normal.

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas

November 30, 2010 – 3:17 pm

In this hourlong special, the Paddy’s gang try to rediscover the holiday spirit as they embark on an adventure filled [...]

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Jack Frost (live action)

November 24, 2009 – 9:35 am

The irresponsible and unreliable father of a young boy is killed in a car crash, but the father gets another chance to make things right with his son when he is reincarnated as a magical snowman.

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Jeff Dunham’s Very Special Christmas Special

November 20, 2009 – 9:47 am

Filmed at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, Wisc., this standup special features ventriloquist Jeff Dunham and his puppet pals Walter, [...]

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Just Shoot Me: Christmas? Christmas?

December 3, 2009 – 11:09 am

It’s Christmas time and Jack throws his annual party at the office.

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Just Shoot Me: How the Finch Stole Christmas

December 3, 2009 – 11:11 am

Finch sneaks a look at the office Christmas presents and is disappointed when he discovers that it’s not what he wanted.

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Just Shoot Me: Jesus, It’s Christmas

December 3, 2009 – 11:13 am

At Maya’s urging, the gang agrees to forego the usual gift-giving tradition and pool their money into a donation for someone less fortunate.

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King of the Hill: ‘Twas the Nut Before Christmas

December 2, 2009 – 4:27 pm

Bill buys gifts for the children who write letters to Santa Claus.

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Larry the Cable Guy’s Hula-Palooza Christmas Luau

November 18, 2009 – 3:19 pm

Larry is back with another holiday special. This 90-minute event includes guest stars Kenan Thompson, Caroline Rhea, George Lindsey, comedians [...]

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Larry the Cable Guy’s Star Studded Christmas Extravaganza

November 18, 2009 – 3:25 pm

This throwback to old-school holiday specials finds Larry welcoming guest stars including Toby Keith, Lewis Black, Fred Willard, Victoria Jackson, [...]

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Last Man Standing: Last Christmas Standing

November 28, 2011 – 1:18 pm

Mike’s Christmas spirit gets dampened when Ryan (Nick Jonas), the father of Kristin’s baby, unexpectedly comes back to town after a long absence.

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Laverne & Shirley: “Oh Come All Ye Bums”

December 2, 2011 – 11:22 am

Laverne, Shirley and their friends work to raise money for Frank’s annual Pizza Bowl Christmas for indigent men.

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Laverne & Shirley: “Oh Hear the Angels’ Voices”

December 2, 2011 – 10:20 am

Laverne and Shirley, along with their friends, entertain at a hospital Christmas party.

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Meet the Santas

November 23, 2009 – 4:23 pm

As a requirement for recently inheriting his father’s North Pole throne, Nick Claus must have a wife, and he’s found her in single-mom Beth Marshall. With Christmas only four days away, the countdown to the wedding of the year is here. But trouble brews when Beth’s mother, a class-conscious non-believer, casts doubts on her future son-in-law’s sanity.

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The Middle: A Christmas Gift

November 28, 2011 – 1:22 pm

On a tipsy whim – and against Mike’s wishes – Frankie decides to throw a Christmas Eve party at the house.

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The Middle: A Simple Christmas

November 22, 2010 – 1:27 pm

The Hecks count down the 12 days of Christmas with Frankie’s parents, Pat (Marsha Mason) and Tag (Jerry Van Dyke), when they come to town to spend the holiday with the family – much to Mike’s dismay.

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The Middle: Thanksgiving II

November 8, 2010 – 3:58 pm

Mike begrudgingly invites his brother, Rusty (guest star Norm Macdonald), who is temporarily living in a tent, and his father, Big Mike, who has recently broken his hip, to join him for the annual Heck family Thanksgiving.

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Mike & Molly: Molly Gets a Hat

November 17, 2010 – 12:49 pm

When Mike’s overbearing mother buys Molly a new hat as a gesture of goodwill, Molly feels obliged to invite her to spend Thanksgiving with her family.

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Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

November 24, 2009 – 12:53 pm

Everyone, especially children, knows that the holiday season is a time for miracles. However, 6-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about [...]

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A Miser Brothers’ Christmas

November 23, 2009 – 10:43 am

Heat Miser and Snow Miser must put aside their difference to help save Christmas in this sequel to “The Year Without a Santa Claus.”

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Modern Family: Express Christmas

November 28, 2011 – 1:29 pm

The family is gathered at Jay and Gloria’s pool on a sunny December day, and that’s where they realize that everyone will be scattered this coming Christmas, so if they want to celebrate together, then it will have to be today! So everyone sets off on their respective duties for an “Express Christmas.”

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The Muppet Christmas Carol

December 1, 2011 – 3:53 pm

Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzy, Gonzo and the gang tell their own version of Charles Dickens’ classic holiday story, with a [...]

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National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

December 14, 2009 – 1:27 pm

The Griswolds are back for another disastrous outing in this 1989 comedy.

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New Girl: Christmas

November 28, 2011 – 3:07 pm

The gang attends Schmidt’s (Max Greenfield) holiday office party and Jess frets when she receives an expensive gift from Paul (guest star Justin Long).

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The Office: A Benihana Christmas

December 3, 2009 – 10:13 am

Tensions mount on the party planning committee between Angela, Pam, and Karen, leaving the office with two competing Christmas parties. Two-part episode.

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The Office: Christmas Party

December 3, 2009 – 10:09 am

After Michael suggests a game of “Yankee Swap” with the Secret Santa gifts, everyone fights over Michael’s gift to Ryan, bringing morale to an all-time low.

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The Office: Christmas Wishes

November 28, 2011 – 3:46 pm

Andy tries to make this year’s Christmas the best ever by granting each person’s holiday wishes. Meanwhile, Robert California tries to drown his sorrows at the office party.

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The Office: Moroccan Christmas

December 3, 2009 – 10:16 am

Phyllis’ Moroccan-themed holiday party goes up in flames when Meredith’s hair catches on fire and Michael is forced to deal with the accident. Meanwhile, Dwight corners the market on the hottest toy of the Christmas season.

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Once Upon A Christmas

November 24, 2009 – 12:15 pm

Disillusioned with all the greed in the world, Santa is ready to throw in the towel, but his daughter persuades him to give the mortals one last chance if she can prove that even one family can change and become giving and caring again.

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Parks and Recreation: Citizen Knope

November 28, 2011 – 3:41 pm

Unable to get work done from inside the Parks Department, Leslie forms a citizen action group and fights from the outside. Meanwhile, everyone in the office brainstorms ideas for what to get Leslie for Christmas.

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The PJs: How the Super Stole Christmas

December 2, 2009 – 4:23 pm

Thurgood tries to make enough money to buy Muriel a computer for Christmas.

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles

December 3, 2009 – 12:02 pm

In this 1987 comedy, what was intended to be a two-hour trip becomes a heavily delayed trip home for an uptight ad executive (Steve Martin).

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Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice

November 28, 2011 – 2:18 pm

The yuletide adventures of Christmas elves Lanny and Wayne continue this season. With the Big 2-5 fast approaching, Wayne and Lanny must race to recover classified North Pole technology that has fallen into the hands of a computer-hacking Naughty Kid.

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Prep & Landing: Operation Secret Santa

October 20, 2010 – 2:26 pm

This 7-minute animated short is a follow-up to last year’s popular Disney Prep & Landing, and airs during the showing of A Charlie Brown Christmas. It follows the comic adventures of Santa’s stealthiest elves, Lanny and Wayne, who must retrieve a mysterious item hidden in Santa’s office.

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A Princess For Christmas

December 1, 2011 – 5:01 pm

Sir Roger Moore makes his return to television in this original movie that is part of Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas event.

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Psych: The Polarizing Express

November 17, 2010 – 1:22 pm

In this holiday episode, Shawn’s antics cause evidence to be thrown out in the high-profile prosecution of a known crime lord named Czarsky, resulting in the dismissal of the entire case and the firings of not only the Psych agency but also of Henry as their liaison.

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Raising Hope: It’s a Hopeful Life

November 28, 2011 – 3:12 pm

Jimmy falls into a dreamlike state and discovers what his life would’ve been like if he had never met Hope’s serial-killer mother, Lucy (guest star Bijou Phillips).

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Raising Hope: Toy Story

November 29, 2010 – 9:06 am

Every year, Burt gets the season’s hottest toys and sells them off for money, and Jimmy is always disappointed because his dad never saves him any of the cool gifts. This year, Burt lets Jimmy in on his scheme and agrees to split half the cash with him, but Jimmy makes him promise to save one toy for Hope.

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Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish

November 19, 2009 – 1:03 pm

When Richie Rich’s nasty cousin Reggie Van Dough causes Richie’s sleigh full of orphans’ Christmas gifts to run down pedestrians, attack neighborhood homes and fly past the orphanage, Richie wishes he was never born. But he gets more than he bargained for when Professor Keanbean invents a wishing machine that magically transports Richie to an alternate universe where Reggie rules with an iron fist

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Robot Chicken’s Half-Assed Christmas Special

December 2, 2009 – 4:02 pm

This Christmas special parody features send-ups of Charlie Brown, Santa Claus and more.

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Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe

November 19, 2009 – 1:07 pm

Jenny McCarthy is back as Mary Class, Santa’s business minded daughter, starring alongside Paul Sorvino and Dean McDermott. Santa (Sorvino) is in the midst of a late-life crisis and is ready to pass on the reins to Mary, who is torn between taking over the family business and running her own high stakes firm in New York City.

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Santa Buddies

November 12, 2010 – 11:27 am

Disney’s talking puppies take a fantastic journey to the magical world of the North Pole as they try to remind Puppy Paws, Santa Paws’ feisty son, of the true meaning of Christmas.

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The Santa Clause

November 12, 2010 – 1:35 pm

Tim Allen stars as Scott Calvin, a divorced father whose strained relationship with his son begins to mend only after a bizarre twist of fate transforms him into the new Santa Claus.

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The Santa Clause 2

November 23, 2009 – 3:34 pm

After eight years as the jolly old St. Nick, Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) has grown to truly love his job [...]

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The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

November 19, 2009 – 1:04 pm

Holiday magic mixes with comical chaos as Tim Allen reprises his role of Scott Calvin, a.k.a. Santa, as he juggles a full house of family and the mischievous Jack Frost (Martin Short) — whose chilling Santa envy has him trying to take over the “big guy’s” holiday.

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Santa Who?

November 30, 2011 – 11:35 am

Santa Claus develops amnesia after accidentally falling out of his sleigh, and only the innocence of a small child can save him.

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Saturday Night Live Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

November 18, 2009 – 2:25 pm

A look at the funniest and most festive holiday sketches in the history of “SNL.” Also includes guest appearances by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, and new sketches with Gillly (Kristen Wiig).

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The Search For Santa Paws

November 30, 2011 – 3:56 pm

This original film shows how the friendship of Santa Claus and Santa Paws, shown in “Santa Buddies,” began.

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Secret Santa

December 1, 2011 – 12:45 pm

Eager journalist Rebecca has been assigned to uncover the true identity of her town’s legendary Secret Santa. But will she publish the scoop, or decide that the spirit of Christmas is something worth saving?

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Seinfeld: The Strike

December 3, 2009 – 10:40 am

George’s father invents a new holiday, Festivus, while Kramer returns to work at the bagel shop.

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Shake It Up: Jingle It Up

December 1, 2011 – 12:23 pm

CeCe does some last minute Christmas shopping for her mom, but buys herself a purse instead. With no money left for her mom’s scarf, CeCe gets herself a couple of jobs at the mall to make some extra cash.

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The Simpsons: O Brother, Where Bart Thou?

November 19, 2009 – 9:46 am

One snowy day in Springfield, Lisa informs Bart that she and Maggie share a bond that Bart will never understand because he doesn’t have a brother, so Bart asks Homer for a baby brother.

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The Simpsons: The Fight Before Christmas

November 29, 2010 – 9:10 am

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Springfield, but while Marge gets in the holiday spirit, it’s bah humbug for the rest of the family. Martha Stewart provides a guest voice, and Katy Perry stars as herself in a live-action sequence.

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Snow

November 24, 2009 – 8:42 am

In a reinvention of the Santa Claus myth, this ABC Family holiday movie finds Nick (Tom Cavanagh) reluctantly taking over the family business at the North Pole. As if that wasn’t pressure enough, with only three days before the big night, one of Nick’s young reindeer, Buddy, is captured and taken to a zoo.

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Snow 2: Brain Freeze

November 24, 2009 – 8:45 am

Tom Cavanagh reprises his role as Nick Snowden, aka “Santa,” in “Snow 2 Brain Freeze.” Nick is preparing for his biggest day of the year – Christmas. In the rush of getting his reindeer ready, he jumps through his magic mirror and hits his head upon landing, causing Nick to lose his memory and forget who he is.

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Snowglobe

November 24, 2009 – 12:49 pm

A mystical snow globe transports Angela, who longs for the perfect Christmas away from her boisterous family, into an idyllic Christmas winter wonderland.

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Sons of Mistletoe

November 24, 2009 – 11:38 am

An heiress, Helen Radke (Roma Downey), returns home during the holidays following her father’s death to settle his estate, which includes a boys’ home established by him over 60 years ago.

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South Park: A Very Crappy Christmas

November 19, 2009 – 12:28 pm

With Mr. Hankey M.I.A. on Christmas, the boys decide to head into the sewers to find him. There, they meet [...]

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South Park: Christmas in Canada?

November 19, 2009 – 1:33 pm

Ike’s biological parents, Harry and Elise Gints, unexpectedly arrive on the Broflovskis’ doorstep during the family’s Hanukkah celebration, ready to [...]

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South Park: Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson

November 19, 2009 – 12:00 pm

Stan goes against his parents’ wishes to join his friends for a holiday trip to Cartman’s grandmother’s house in Nebraska, [...]

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South Park: Mr. Hankey’s Christmas Classics

November 19, 2009 – 12:58 pm

Originally aired to coincide with the release of a holiday CD by the same name, this episode — which is [...]

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South Park: Red Sleigh Down

November 19, 2009 – 1:37 pm

Finding himself in desperate need of a huge good deed to make the shift from the naughty to the nice [...]

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South Park: Woodland Critter Christmas

November 19, 2009 – 1:12 pm

A group of Woodland Christmas Critters enlists Stan to help protect a porcupine named Porcupiney, who is pregnant with the [...]

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Suburgatory: The Nutcracker

November 28, 2011 – 1:25 pm

When Tessa overhears George break up with his girlfriend, Zoe, on Skype, she blames herself for his failed relationship and decides that she’s going to get them back together.

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The Suite Life on Deck: A London Carol

December 2, 2010 – 10:35 am

Cody and Bailey approach their friends to help out with their charity event, but London refuses. But when her magic mirror takes her to her past, present and future, she learns the importance of giving and being a good friend

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Surviving Christmas

December 3, 2009 – 10:00 am

Facing another Christmas alone, Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) decides to go back to his idyllic childhood home to spend the holidays with family. There is, however, one problem: the people living there now are not Drew’s family.

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The Cleveland Show: Die Semi-Hard

November 28, 2011 – 2:49 pm

To help pass the time while posing in a holiday nativity scene, Cleveland tells his family his own version of one of his favorite holiday stories – “Die Hard.”

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The Simpsons: Holidays of Future Passed

November 28, 2011 – 2:55 pm

This episode flashes forward 30 years to a futuristic Springfield, where Bart (Nancy Cartwright) and Lisa (Yeardley Smith) have children of their own and decide to spend the holidays as one big family at Homer and Marge’s house.

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True Jackson, VP: True Parade

December 7, 2009 – 11:04 am

After Max challenges the designers to all come up with a big idea that will help promote Mad Style, True designs a jacket for game show host, Burt Burlington, to wear in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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12th Annual Merrython

December 3, 2009 – 11:58 am

TV Land delivers holiday cheer to viewers during a festive primetime marathon of Christmas episodes of classic shows such as Everybody Loves Raymond, Roseanne, Home Improvement, Three’s Company, The Nanny and M*A*S*H.

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12 Dates of Christmas

November 30, 2011 – 11:31 am

A young woman relives the same first date on Christmas Eve over and over again until she learns to open up her world to new things and stop living in the past.

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12 Men of Christmas

November 16, 2009 – 11:50 am

Kristin Chenoweth stars in this Lifetime Original Movie about a down-on-her-luck PR exec who flees to small town Montana.

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Twice Upon A Christmas

November 24, 2009 – 12:18 pm

Kristin Claus is suffering from acute memory loss but when a bizarre coincidence helps everything to click into place, Kristin realizes that she must again save Christmas or see Santa forced into early retirement.

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Two and a Half Men: Warning, It’s Dirty

December 1, 2009 – 2:34 pm

Charlie coaches Jake on the art of infidelity while his girlfriend is away for Christmas. Carl Reiner guest stars.

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Tyler Perry’s House of Payne: Oh Christmas Payne

December 3, 2009 – 10:30 am

When Jazmine fails to appreciate the real meaning of Christmas, family members and friends share their own versions of the Nativity story, with the family taking on the roles of Mary, Joseph and the innkeeper.

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Tyler Perry’s House of Payne: The Wench Who Saved Christmas

December 3, 2009 – 10:25 am

Curtis is preparing for him and Ella’s New Year’s Eve trip to Hawaii. Ella cancels the trip so she and Curtis can spend Christmas with C.J. and the kids.

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Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns: Meet the Christmas Spirit

December 3, 2009 – 10:33 am

Brown is directing the hospital’s Christmas show, but his unhappiness the family’s performance leads them all to quit. Meanwhile, Joaquin befriends a boy from the hospital and learns that it’s better to give than receive.

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Unaccompanied Minors

November 19, 2009 – 4:42 pm

This holiday romp that finds a huge blizzard shutting down Hoover International Airport on Christmas Eve. En route to their father’s house for the holidays, Spencer and his little sister, Katherine are ushered to the airport’s Unaccompanied Minors Room, a holding cell for dozens of stranded, parent-free kids from all over the country. Desperate to escape, they and other UMs turn Christmas at the airport into holiday pandemonium.

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Victorious: A Christmas Tori

December 1, 2011 – 4:28 pm

It’s holiday time at Hollywood Arts and the kids have to find the perfect Secret Santa gifts for each other because whoever gives the worst gift has to go door-to-door yodeling with Sikowitz.

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The Wonder Years: “Christmas”

December 2, 2011 – 9:38 am

In this holiday-themed episode of the beloved series, the Arnold family wants a color television, while Kevin tries to find [...]

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The Wonder Years: “A Very Cutlip Christmas”

December 2, 2011 – 10:09 am

Kevin spots his gym coach working as a mall Santa.

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The Wonder Years: “Let Nothing You Dismay”

December 2, 2011 – 10:44 am

Kevin works to buy Winnie a gift, and Jack’s business partner bails out on him.

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Zeke and Luther: Bro Ho Ho

November 30, 2010 – 11:38 am

Zeke and Luther get jobs as a mall Santa and his elf, and inadvertently antagonize a bitter elf who assumes they are after his job.

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