Christmas TV Schedule: December 6-13
Even though there’s a million ways to watch video content these days, I still love to watch all the classic holiday specials as they air live on TV. Below you can find a round-up of most every holiday TV special with the date, time, and channel it will be airing on. I’ve highlighted some of my favorites/ the most popular specials at the top of each day as well. Each week, I will post an updated schedule for the following week leading up to Christmas. Merry Christmas!
xoxo
Emily
It’s A Wonderful Life on USA at 8pm
A Charlie Brown Christmas tonight on ABC at 8pm
The Grinch cartoon & Elf on the Shelf on TBS tonight at 8pm
5:00am – MASH (AMC)
5:00am – Home for Christmas Day (2017) (Hallmark Movies)
5:30am – MASH (AMC)
6:00am – The Christmas Parade (2014) (Hallmark)
6:00am – OutDaughtered (TLC)
6:30am – Martin (VH1)
7:00am – Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983) (Freeform)
7:00am – Lucky Christmas (2011, Elizabeth Berkley) (Hallmark Movies)
7:30am – Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (Freeform)
7:30am – Shade: Queens of NYC (Fusion)
8:00am – My Christmas Dream (2016, Danica McKellar, Deidre Hall) (Hallmark)
8:00am – Naughty & Nice (2014) (UP)
8:20am – Jack Frost (1998, Michael Keaton) (HBO 2)
9:00am – On Strike for Christmas (2010, Daphne Zuniga) (Lifetime)
9:00am – Christmas in Connecticut (1945, Barbara Stanwyck) (AMC)
9:00am – A Christmas Wish (2011, Kristy Swanson) (Hallmark Movies)
10:00am – Home & Family (Hallmark)
10:00am – The Christmas Consultant (2012) (Lifetime)
11:00am – Joyful Noise (2012, Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton) (AMC)
11:00am – The Middle (Freeform)
11:00am – The Christmas Blessing (2005, Neil Patrick Harris, Rob Lowe) (Hallmark Movies)
11:30am – The Middle (Freeform)
11:30am – Eve (TV One)
12:00pm – Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish (1998, Eugene Levy, Martin Mull) (Freeform)
12:00pm – Home & Family (Hallmark)
1:00pm – Moonlight & Mistletoe (2008, Candace Cameron-Bure, Tom Arnold) (Hallmark Movies)
1:00pm – Long Island Medium (TLC)
1:30pm – Last Holiday (2006, Queen Latifah) (AMC)
2:00pm – Once Upon a Holiday (2015) (Hallmark)
2:05pm – Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1970, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
3:00pm – Last Vermont Christmas (2018) (Hallmark Movies)
3:00pm – National Christmas Tree Lighting (Ovation)
3:10pm – The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (Freeform)
3:30pm – The Cleveland Show (Comedy Central)
4:00pm – Christmas List (2016, Alicia Witt) (Hallmark)
4:30pm – Elf Pets: Santa’s St. Bernards Save Christmas (2018) (Cartoon Network)
4:30pm – A Clapton Christmas (MTV Live)
4:50pm – Christmas With the Kranks (2004, Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis) (Freeform)
5:00pm – Christmas Everlasting (2018, Tatyana Ali, Patti LaBelle) (Hallmark Movies)
6:00pm – Elf (2003, Will Ferrell) (AMC)
6:00pm – A Majestic Christmas (2018) (Hallmark)
6:00pm – Dear Secret Santa (2013) (Lifetime)
6:30pm – The Christmas Experience (TBN)
7:00pm – Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane (2018, Alicia Witt) (Hallmark Movies)
8:00pm – A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) (ABC)
8:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Chevy Chase) (AMC)
8:00pm – A Shoe Addict’s Christmas (2018, Candace Cameron-Bure) (Hallmark)
8:00pm – Jingle Belle (2018) (Lifetime)
8:00pm – Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966 cartoon) (TBS)
8:00pm – Christmas in Vermont (2016) (UP)
8:00pm – It’s A Wonderful Life (1946, James Stewart, Donna Reed) (USA)
8:30pm – The Elf on the Shelf: An Elf’s Story (2011) (TBS)
9:00pm – The Great American Baking Show: Holiday Edition (ABC)
9:00pm – A Princess for Christmas (2011, Sir Roger Moore) (Hallmark Movies)
9:30pm – Small Town Big Deal (RFDTV)
10:00pm – Christmas in Evergreen (2017) (Hallmark)
10:00pm – A Twist of Christmas (2018) (Lifetime)
10:15pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Chevy Chase) (AMC)
11:00pm – Magic Stocking (2015) (Hallmark Movies)
11:30pm – The Simpsons (FXX)
12:00am – Call Me Claus (Freeform)
12:00am – Nine Lives of Christmas (2014, Brandon Routh) (Hallmark)
12:00am – The Cast of A Christmas Story: Where Are They Now? (Pop)
12:01am – Jingle Belle (2018) (Lifetime)
12:30am – Last Holiday (2006, Queen Latifah) (AMC)
1:00am – Christmas Secret (2014) (Hallmark Movies)
1:30am – A Clapton Christmas (MTV Live)
1:30am – Small Town Big Deal (RFDTV)
2:00am – A Holiday Engagement (2011, Shelley Long, Haylie Duff) (Hallmark)
2:04am – A Twist of Christmas (2018) (Lifetime)
2:30am – The Christmas Experience (TBN)
3:00am – Joyful Noise (2012, Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton) (AMC)
3:00am – Christmas in Angel Falls (2017, Rachel Boston, Beau Bridges) (Hallmark Movies)
3:00am – Because of Bethlehem: TBN Christmas Special (TBN)
3:10am – The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Sundance)
4:00am – Christmas Incorporated (2015) (Hallmark)
4:40am – Lavell Crawford: Home for the Holidays (Showtime Extreme)
4:56am – George Lopez (Nick)
A Christmas Story on TBS at 7pm & 9pm!
5:00am – Angel in the Family (2004, Meredith Baxter) (Hallmark Movies)
5:30am – MASH (AMC)
6:00am – Window Wonderland (2013, Naomi Judd, Cameron Mathison) (Hallmark)
6:00am – OutDaughtered (TLC)
6:25am – Jack Frost (1998, Michael Keaton) (HBO)
6:30am – George Lopez (Nick)
7:00am – The Middle (Freeform)
7:00am – A Song for Christmas (2017) (Hallmark Movies)
7:30am – Jingle All the Way 2 (Freeform)
8:00am – Christmas at Holly Lodge (2017, Alison Sweeney) (Hallmark)
8:00am – Christmas Crush (2012) (Lifetime)
8:00am – Christmas Princess (2017) (UP)
8:30am – Cowboy Church (RFDTV)
9:00am – The Nativity Story (2006) (AMC)
9:00am – The Town Christmas Forgot (2010, Lauren Holly) (Hallmark Movies)
10:00am – Muppet Babies (Disney)
10:00am – Home & Family (Hallmark)
10:00am – The Big Valley (INSP)
10:00am – A Christmas Wedding Date (2012) (Lifetime)
10:00am – Christmas Angel (2012) (UP)
10:30am – A Clapton Christmas (MTV Live)
11:00am – The Little Drummer Boy: Book II (1976, Rankin/Bass) (AMC)
11:00am – Call Me Claus (Freeform)
11:00am – Once Upon a Christmas Miracle (2018) (Hallmark Movies)
11:00am – Ghost Whisperer (Pop)
11:04am – Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns (BET)
11:30am – The Story of the First Christmas Snow (1975, Rankin/Bass) (AMC)
12:00pm – The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985, Rankin/Bass) (AMC)
12:00pm – Home & Family (Hallmark)
12:00pm – Will You Merry Me? (2008) (Lifetime)
1:00pm – DuckTales (Disney)
1:00pm – A Bramble House Christmas (2017) (Hallmark Movies)
1:05pm – A Bad Moms Christmas (2017, Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell) (Showtime Showcase)
1:10pm – Unaccompanied Minors (2006) (Freeform)
1:15pm – The Leprechauns’ Christmas Gold (1981, Rankin/Bass) (AMC)
1:15pm – Office Christmas Party (2016, Jason Bateman) (Showtime Extreme)
1:45pm – Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977, Rankin/Bass) (AMC)
1:50pm – Surviving Christmas (2004, Ben Affleck) (HBO Signature)
2:00pm – Disney Parks Presents a 25 Days of Christmas Holiday Party (Disney)
2:00pm – Christmas in Homestead (2016) (Hallmark)
2:00pm – Noel (2004) (Lifetime)
2:15pm – Jack Frost (1979, Rankin/Bass) (AMC)
3:00pm – Return to Christmas Creek (2018, Steven Weber) (Hallmark Movies)
3:30pm – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland (1976, Rankin/Bass) (AMC)
4:00pm – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974, Rankin/Bass) (AMC)
4:00pm – With Love, Christmas (2017) (Hallmark)
4:00pm – 12 Men of Christmas (2009) (Lifetime)
4:30pm – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (1976, Rankin/Bass) (AMC)
5:00pm – Finding Christmas (2013) (Hallmark Movies)
5:45pm – The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974, Rankin/Bass) (AMC)
6:00pm – Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas (1999) (Disney Jr)
6:00pm -The Christmas Cottage (2017, Merritt Patterson) (Hallmark)
6:00pm – Dear Santa (2011) (Lifetime)
7:00pm – Donkey’s Caroling Christmas-tacular (2010) (AMC)
7:00pm – Operation Christmas (2016) (Hallmark Movies)
7:00pm – The Jimmy Sturr Show (RFDTV)
7:00pm – A Christmas Story (1983, Peter Billingsley) (TBS)
7:00pm – Christmas Catch (2018) (UP)
7:15pm – The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005) (AMC)
7:30pm – Merry Madagascar (2009) (AMC)
7:30pm – Elf Pets: Santa’s St. Bernards Save Christmas (2018) (Cartoon Network)
7:30pm – The Duttons Through the Years (RFDTV)
8:00pm – Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You (2017) (AMC)
8:00pm – Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives (Food)
8:00pm – Mingle All the Way (2018) (Hallmark)
8:00pm – Christmas Lost and Found (2018) (Lifetime)
8:00pm – Office Christmas Party (2016, Jason Bateman) (Showtime Extreme)
8:05pm – The Best Man Holiday (2013, Taye Diggs) (FXM)
9:00pm – Christmas at Belmont 2017 (PBS)
9:00pm – South Park (Comedy Central)
9:00pm – Christmas Wonderland (2018) (Hallmark Movies)
9:00pm – A Christmas Story (1983, Peter Billingsley) (TBS)
9:00pm – Falling for Christmas (2016) (UP)
9:50pm – Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009, Jim Carrey) (Freeform)
10:00pm – The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974, Rankin/Bass) (AMC)
10:00pm – The Sweetest Christmas (2017, Lacey Chabert) (Hallmark)
10:00pm – A Bad Moms Christmas (2017, Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell) (Showtime Showcase)
10:00pm – Modern Family (USA)
10:03pm – The Christmas Pact (2018) (Lifetime)
10:25pm – The Best Man Holiday (2013, Taye Diggs) (FXM)
10:30pm – Modern Family (USA)
11:00pm – Once Upon a Christmas Miracle (2018) (Hallmark Movies)
11:00pm – Modern Family (USA)
11:15pm – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (1976, Rankin/Bass) (AMC)
11:30pm – Modern Family (USA)
11:55pm – A Belle for Christmas (2014, Dean Cain, Kristy Swanson) (Freeform)
12:00am – The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2008, Henry Winkler) (Hallmark)
12:01am – Christmas Lost and Found (2018) (Lifetime)
12:30am – Miracle on 34th Street (1947, Natalie Wood) (AMC)
12:50am – Surviving Christmas (2004, Ben Affleck) (HBO Signature)
1:00am – Christmas in the Air (2017) (Hallmark Movies)
1:00am – The Big Valley (INSP)
1:00am – Alfred Hitchcock Presents (MeTV)
2:00am – Sleigh Bells Ring (2016) (Hallmark)
2:04am – The Christmas Pact (2018) (Lifetime)
2:45am – White Christmas (1954, Bing Crosby) (AMC)
3:00am – Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives (Food)
3:00am – Northpole: Open for Christmas (2015, Lori Loughlin) (Hallmark Movies)
4:00am – Love You Like Christmas (2016) (Hallmark)
4:31am – Arthur Christmas (2011) (Starz Kids)
Rudolph & Frosty tonight on CBS at 8 PM
Holiday Inn on TCM at 8 PM
The Santa Claus at 9 PM on Freeform
5:00am – Last Vermont Christmas (2018) (Hallmark Movies)
5:00am – The Christmas Experience (Hillsong)
6:00am – Switched for Christmas (2017, Candace Cameron-Bure) (Hallmark)
7:00am – The Little Drummer Boy (1968, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
7:00am – All I Want for Christmas (2007) (Hallmark Movies)
7:30am – MASH (AMC)
7:30am – Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too (Freeform)
8:00am – MASH (AMC)
8:00am – A Belle for Christmas (Freeform)
8:00am – A December Bride (2016) (Hallmark)
8:30am – MASH (AMC)
9:00am – Christmas in Connecticut (1945, Barbara Stanwyck) (AMC)
9:00am – Our First Christmas (2008, John Ratzenberger) (Hallmark Movies)
10:00am – The Mistletoe Promise (2016) (Hallmark)
10:00am – Fred Claus (2007, Vince Vaughn) (TBS)
10:10am – Unaccompanied Minors (2006) (Freeform)
11:00am – Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane (2018, Alicia Witt) (Hallmark Movies)
11:30am – White Christmas (1954, Bing Crosby) (AMC)
12:00pm – Coming Home for Christmas (2017, Danica McKellar) (Hallmark)
12:00pm – Meet John Doe (1941, Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck) (TCM)
12:15pm – Deck the Halls (2006, Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick) (Freeform)
1:00pm – Christmas Everlasting (2018, Tatyana Ali, Patti LaBelle) (Hallmark Movies)
2:00pm – A Majestic Christmas (2018) (Hallmark)
2:15pm – Miracle on 34th Street (1947, Natalie Wood) (AMC)
2:20pm – Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009, Jim Carrey) (Freeform)
3:00pm – Christmas Secret (2014) (Hallmark Movies)
4:00pm – Christmas Getaway (2017) (Hallmark)
4:25pm – Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1970, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
4:30pm – The Sons of Mistletoe (AMC)
5:00pm – A Godwink Christmas (2018, Kathie Lee Gifford) (Hallmark Movies)
6:00pm – Reunited at Christmas (2018) (Hallmark)
6:30pm – Jingle All the Way (1996, Arnold Schwarzenegger) (AMC)
7:00pm – Once Upon a Christmas Miracle (2018) (Hallmark Movies)
8:00pm – The Great American Baking Show: Holiday Edition (ABC)
8:00pm – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964, Rankin/Bass) (CBS)
8:00pm – Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings: Holiday Magic (Freeform)
8:00pm – Homegrown Christmas (2018, Lori Loughlin) (Hallmark)
8:00pm – Santa’s Boots (Lifetime)
8:00pm – Holiday Inn (1942, Bing Crosby) (TCM)
8:30pm – The Santa Clause 2 (2002, Tim Allen) (AMC)
9:00pm – Frosty the Snowman (1969, Rankin/Bass) (CBS)
9:00pm – The Santa Clause (1994, Tim Allen) (Freeform)
9:00pm – Memories of Christmas (2018, Christina Milian) (Hallmark Movies)
9:30pm – Frosty Returns (1992, Rankin/Bass) (CBS)
10:00pm – Christmas at Pemberley Manor (2018) (Hallmark)
10:00pm – The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941, Bette Davis) (TCM)
11:00pm – The Polar Express (2004, Tom Hanks) (AMC)
11:00pm – The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006, Tim Allen, Martin Short) (Freeform)
11:00am – Angel of Christmas (2015, Holly Robinson Peete) (Hallmark Movies)
12:00am – Christmas Under Wraps (2014, Candace Cameron-Bure) (Hallmark)
1:00am – Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings: Holiday Magic (Freeform)
1:00am – The Perfect Christmas Present (2017) (Hallmark Movies)
2:00am – A Royal New Year’s Eve (2017, Cheryl Ladd) (Hallmark)
3:00am – Charming Christmas (2015) (Hallmark Movies)
3:30am – Gremlins (1984) (AMC)
4:00am – Christmas Festival of Ice (2017) (Hallmark)
6:00am – Rudolph & Frosty’s Christmas in July (1979, Rankin/Bass) (AMC)
7:00am – Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too (Freeform)
7:30am – Deck the Halls (2006, Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick) (Freeform)
8:15am – Christmas in Connecticut (1945, Barbara Stanwyck) (TCM)
8:30am – Gremlins (1984) (AMC)
9:30am – Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1970, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
2:45pm – Christmas With the Kranks (2004, Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis) (Freeform)
4:00pm – Jingle All the Way (1996, Arnold Schwarzenegger) (AMC)
4:50pm – The Santa Clause (1994, Tim Allen) (Freeform)
5:00pm – Love Actually (2003, Hugh Grant) (TBS)
6:00pm – The Santa Clause 2 (2002, Tim Allen) (AMC)
6:55pm – The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006, Tim Allen, Martin Short) (Freeform)
7:00pm – Christmas with a Prince (UP)
8:00pm – Dancing With the Stars: Juniors (ABC)
8:00pm – Christmas Wonderland (2018, Emily Osment) (Hallmark)
8:00pm – A Christmas in Tennessee (Lifetime)
8:00pm – It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947) (TCM)
8:30pm – The Polar Express (2004, Tom Hanks) (AMC)
9:00pm – Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000, Jim Carrey) (Freeform)
9:00pm – Once Upon a Christmas Miracle (2018) (Hallmark Movies)
9:00pm – A Fairytale Christmas (UP)
11:35pm – Love the Coopers (2015, Ed Helms) (Freeform)
1:30am – Nothing Like the Holidays (John Leguizamo) (AMC)
3:45am – A Holiday to Remember (1995, Randy Travis) (AMC)
CMA Country Christmas on ABC tonight
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation at 7 + 9:15 PM on AMC
7:00am – This Christmas (2007, Idris Elba) (Freeform)
11:00am – Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings: Holiday Magic (Freeform)
12:00pm – Love the Coopers (2015, Ed Helms) (Freeform)
2:00pm – Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987, Steve Martin, John Candy) (AMC)
2:35pm – Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish (1998, Eugene Levy, Martin Mull) (Freeform)
4:40pm – The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (Freeform)
6:20pm – Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000, Jim Carrey) (Freeform)
7:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Chevy Chase) (AMC)
8:00pm – CMA Country Christmas (ABC)
9:00pm – No Sleep ‘Til Christmas (Freeform)
9:15pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Chevy Chase) (AMC)
10:00pm – The Great Christmas Light Fight (ABC)
11:30pm – Last Holiday (2006, Queen Latifah) (AMC)
12:00am – Holiday in Handcuffs (2007, Melissa Joan Hart, Mario Lopez) (Freeform)
4:30am – Pinocchio’s Christmas (1980, Rankin/Bass) (AMC)
Elf at 7 + 9 PM on AMC
7:00am – Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too (Freeform)
7:30am – Unaccompanied Minors (2006) (Freeform)
9:00am – Joyful Noise (2012, Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton) (AMC)
11:00am – Pop Up Santa Holiday Special (Freeform)
11:30am – Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987, Steve Martin, John Candy) (AMC)
12:35pm – Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish (1998, Eugene Levy, Martin Mull) (Freeform)
1:30pm – Prancer (1989, Sam Elliott) (AMC)
2:40pm – The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (Freeform)
4:00pm – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland (1976, Rankin/Bass) (AMC)
4:20pm – Jingle All the Way 2 (Freeform)
4:30pm – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (1976, Rankin/Bass) (AMC)
5:45pm – The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974, Rankin/Bass) (AMC)
7:00pm – Elf (2003, Will Ferrell) (AMC)
8:31pm – The Kids Are Alright (ABC)
9:00pm – black-ish (ABC)
9:00pm – Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas (Pentatonix, Toby Keith) (NBC)
9:00pm – Elf (2003, Will Ferrell) (AMC)
10:00pm – Hollywood Game Night (NBC)
12:00am – Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure (2011, Curtis Armstrong) (Freeform)
1:00am – Joyful Noise (2012, Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton) (AMC)
3:30am – To Grandmother’s House We Go (1992, Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen) (AMC)
John Legend Christmas Special tonight on NBC
7:00am – Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure (2011, Curtis Armstrong) (Freeform)
9:00am – The Little Drummer Boy: Book II (1976, Rankin/Bass) (AMC)
9:30am – Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977, Rankin/Bass) (AMC)
10:00am – To Grandmother’s House We Go (1992, Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen) (AMC)
11:30am – Jingle All the Way 2 (Freeform)
12:00pm – Gremlins (1984) (AMC)
1:30pm – Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas (1999) (Freeform)
3:00pm – Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas (2004) (Freeform)
7:00pm – The Santa Clause 2 (2002, Tim Allen) (AMC)
8:00pm – The Goldbergs (ABC)
8:00pm – Ellen’s Game of Games (NBC)
8:30pm – American Housewife (ABC)
9:00pm – Modern Family (ABC)
9:00pm – Little Big Shots (NBC)
9:00pm – Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009 Jim Carrey) (Freeform)
9:30pm – The Santa Clause 2 (2002, Tim Allen) (AMC)
9:31pm – Single Parents (ABC)
10:00pm – A Million Little Things (ABC)
10:00pm – A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy (NBC)
12:00am – Call Me Claus (Freeform)
2:30am – Gremlins (1984) (AMC)
