Get out your comfiest pants, snuggle under a cozy blanket and pour yourself a tall glass of wine — the holiday TV marathon season has begun! With a tumultuous year soon to be behind Us, we’ve rounded up some of the best showings of classic movies and shows to help you wind down and hold you over into 2017.
From A Christmas Story to Criminal Minds, there’s a channel and a series for everyone to enjoy this holiday weekend. Or if The Golden Girls and Will Grace are more your speed, there’s plenty of that too. (All times listed below are in ET.)
Friday, December 23
Science Channel Midnight to 5 a.m. on January 3: Mythbusters
Spike TV 6 p.m. to midnight on December 24: Cops
FXM 3:30 a.m.: Wake Me When It’s Over 6 a.m.: John Goldfarb, Please Come Home 7:40 a.m.: Way … Way Out 9:30 a.m.: The Pleasure Seekers 11:20 a.m.: A Flea in Her Ear 12:55 p.m.: Beloved Infidel
ION 9 to 11 a.m.: Criminal Minds
We TV 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.: Will Grace
Lifetime 8 a.m.: Holly’s Holiday 10 a.m.: The Santa Con 12 p.m.: Kristin’s Christmas Past 2 p.m.: A Snow Globe Christmas 4 p.m.: All I Want for Christmas 6 p.m.: All About Christmas Eve 8 p.m.: Last Chance for Christmas 10:02 p.m.: 12 Men of Christmas
Oxygen 3 to 10 p.m.: Snapped
USA 2:04 a.m. to 8 p.m.: Law Order
Saturday, December 24
TBS/TNT
8 p.m. to 8 p.m. on December 25: A Christmas Story
IFC 8:15 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.: Lethal Weapon (all four films)
USA 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.: NCIS
Showtime 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.: Shameless
FXM 3 a.m.: Weekend in Havana 4:25 a.m.: That Night in Rio 6 a.m.: Wintertime 7:25 a.m.: If I’m Lucky 8:45 a.m.: Weekend in Havana 10:10 a.m.: That Night in Rio 11:45 a.m.: The Gang’s All Here 1:30 p.m.: Something for the Boys
Freeform
7 a.m.: Jack Frost 8:05 a.m.: Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas 9:40 a.m.: Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas 11:15 a.m.: Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town 12:20 p.m.: The Year Without a Santa Claus 1:25 p.m.: Arthur Christmas 3:30 p.m.: The Polar Express 5:35 p.m.: The Santa Claus 7:40 p.m.: Elf 9:45 p.m.: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 11:55 p.m.: Scrooged
ION 9 a.m.: Christmas Mail 11 a.m.: A Cinderella Christmas 1 p.m.: Christmas With the Andersons 3 p.m.: A Firehouse Christmas 5 p.m.: A Husband for Christmas 7 p.m.: A Christmas in Vermont 9 p.m.: A Golden Christmas 11 p.m.: A Golden Christmas 2
Esquire 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.: The Getaway 5 to 10 p.m.: Knife Fight
MTV 6 a.m. to midnight: Ridiculousness
TV Land 3 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Roseanne 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.: The Golden Girls
VH1 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
We TV 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Will Grace
Lifetime Noon: On Strike for Christmas 2 p.m.: A Christmas Wedding Date 4 p.m.: Christmas on the Bayou 6 p.m.: Dear Secret Santa 8 p.m.: The Flight Before Christmas 10:02 p.m.: A Gift Wrapped Christmas
Sunday, December 25
FXM 3 p.m. to midnight: A Christmas Carol
TLC Noon to 8 p.m.: Say Yes to the Dress
AMC Noon: The Cowboys 3 p.m.: The Outlaw Josey Wales 6 p.m.: El Dorado 9 p.m.: Big Jake 11:30 p.m.: Rio Bravo
Freeform
9:10 a.m.: Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws 11:20 a.m.: Arthur Christmas 1:25 p.m.: The Polar Express 3:30 p.m.: Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town 4:35 p.m.: The Year Without a Santa Claus 5:40 p.m.: Elf 7:45 p.m.: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 9:55 p.m.: Scrooged
ION 1 to 6 p.m.: Leverage
Esquire 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.: Beowulf
TV Land 8:24 a.m. to 5 p.m.: The Golden Girls
Lifetime 11 a.m.: Noel 1 p.m.: Finding Mrs. Claus 3 p.m.: The Christmas Gift 5 p.m.: Christmas in the City 7 p.m.: Dear Santa 9 p.m.: Christmas With the Kranks 11:02 p.m.: Dear Santa
WGN America 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.: America’s Funniest Home Videos
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