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05:00
A Grandpa for Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
After his estranged daughter is hospitalized, eighty-year-old Bert Riley takes Becca, the granddaughter he never met, under his wing.
Director: Harvey Frost
Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Juliette Goglia, Katherine Helmond, Richard Libertini, Tracy Nelson, Jamie Farr
(Made For TV, 2007, PG, 3 Star)
07:00
A Hobo's Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Walking out on his family 20 years ago, a hobo caused a bitter rift between himself and his family. However, it's Christmas, and he's back; what better time to heal past wounds?
Director: Will Mackenzie
Starring: Barnard Hughes, Gerald McRaney, Wendy Crewson, William Hickey, Lee Weaver, Jamie Sorrentini
(Made For TV, 1987, PG, 3 Star)
09:00
The Year Without a Santa Claus (Film) Film icon U certificate
Mrs. Santa Claus tells the story of the year when Santa Claus, feeling ill and unwanted, decided to take a holiday.
Director: Ron Underwood
Starring: Mitchel Baker, Hunter Ballard, Aaron Beelner, John T. Billingsley, David Blackwell, Dodie Brown
(2006, U, 1 Star)
11:00
Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A profound love develops between two young people from very different social classes, Mary and Joseph, which sustains them through the hardship of life under Roman conquerors.
Director: Eric Till
Starring: Blanche Baker, Lloyd Bochner, Colleen Dewhurst, Shay Duffin, Jeff East, Paul Hecht
(Part 1 of 2, Made For TV, 1979, PG, 3 Star)
13:00
Annie Claus is Coming to Town (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Santa's daughter takes her first trip away from the North Pole during the Christmas season hoping to find adventure and love in sunny California.
Director: Kevin Connor
Starring: Maria Thayer, Sam Page, Nay Nay Kirby, Vivica A. Fox, Ryan Bittle, Randy J. Goodwin
(Made For TV, 2011, PG, 2 Star)
15:00
A Holiday to Remember (Film) Film icon U certificate
Love reunites two very different people at Christmas when a successful career woman and her young daughter try to make a new life for themselves in a small town, in this warmhearted romantic comedy.
Director: Jud Taylor
Starring: Connie Sellecca, Randy Travis, Rue McClanahan, Elizabeth Lennie, Asia Vieira, Richard Fitzpatrick
(Made For TV, 1995, U, 1 Star)
17:00
A Song for the Season (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
A town stands on the verge of losing its best teacher when a school board cuts the local school budget. But can a Christmas miracle save the day and give a gift of music to an entire community?
Director: Bobby Roth
Starring: Naomi Judd, Daniel Speck, Andy Griffith
(1999, U, 3 Star)
19:00
The Christmas Pageant (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
When a temperamental Broadway director is fired from yet another job, she is forced to direct a community Christmas pageant.
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Starring: Charlene Amoia, Candice Azzara, C. Stephen Browder, Brendan Patrick Connor, Jon Falkow, Kate Flannery
(Made For TV, 2011, PG, 3 Star)
21:00
Hans Christian Andersen (Drama) PG certificate
My Life as a Fairytale.
An account of the life of Hans Christian Andersen, a young man with a penchant for storytelling but struggles to find his place in the world.
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, PG)
23:00
Little Women (Drama) PG certificate
Meredith Baxter, Susan Dey, and William Shatner are the stars of this Emmy-winning mini-series based on Louisa May Alcott's classic about four sisters growing up in the American Civil War.
Starring: Meredith Baxter, Susan Dey
(Part 1 of 2, PG)
01:00
Little Women (Drama) PG certificate
Meredith Baxter, Susan Dey, and William Shatner are the stars of this Emmy-winning mini-series based on Louisa May Alcott's classic about four sisters growing up in the American Civil War.
Starring: Meredith Baxter, Susan Dey
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, PG)
03:00
The Christmas Choir (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
When a man at an all time low meets some homeless citizens, he is touched by their warmth and begins a choir. Follow his progress in this feel good film about love, redemption and second chances.
Director: Peter Svatek
Starring: Marianne Therien, Claudia Ferri, Jason Gedrick, Luis Oliva, Rhea Perlman, Cindy Sampson
(Made For TV, 2008, PG, 4 Star)
05:00
Undercover Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Jake Cunningham is an uptight, workaholic FBI agent from a wealthy family. Jake is assigned to protect Brandi O'Neill, a lower class cocktail waitress, after she turns in her billionaire boyfriend for tax fraud. Jake is called home unexpectedly during the holidays, and must take Brandi with him.They pose as a couple to his parents, who are less than approving of their son's new 'girlfriend'.
Director: Nadia Tass
Starring: Jami Gertz, Shawn Christian, Tyne Daly, Winston Rekert, Anne Hawthorne, Alexandra Harvey
(Made For TV, 2003, U, 3 Star)
True Movies 2
05:00
Iron Road (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
A poor but feisty Chinese woman, disguised as a boy, joins the railroad crew in the Rocky Mountains to search for her long-lost father, and falls in love with the son of the railroad tycoon.
Starring: Betty Sun, Luke MacFarlane, Sam Neill, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Kenneth Mitchell, Peter O'Toole
(Part 1 of 2, 2008, U, 3 Star)
07:00
The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Test. Series 4, episode 20.
Olivia Walton must choose between her family and a career when she is offered a remarkable business opportunity.
(1976, PG)
08:00
The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Quilting. Series 4, episode 21.
Mary Ellen stubbornly defies her grandmother when she rebels against a solemn mountain custom. John-Boy then confronts her about her attitude.
(1976, PG)
09:00
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (Drama) PG certificate
When a full-scale war is engaged by the evil Scarran Empire the Peacekeeper Alliance has but one hope: reassemble human astronaut John Crichton.
Starring: Ben Browder
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, PG)
11:00
Holiday Baggage (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Cheryl Ladd stars as a single mother with a demanding job. When she invites her ex-husband to her home for the holidays she has one condition: he must reconcile with their daughters.
Director: Stephen Polk
Starring: Cheryl Ladd, Barry Bostwick, Julia Sobaski, Stephen Polk, Leah Wagner, Joshua Swanson
(2008, PG, 3 Star)
13:00
Boss of Bosses (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Academy Award nominee Chazz Palminteri stars as infamous crime boss Paul Castellano in this powerful and moving story of the rise and fall of the notorious head of the Gambino crime family.
Director: Dwight H. Little
Starring: Chazz Palminteri, Angela Alvarado, Jay O. Sanders, Clancy Brown, Daniel Benzali, Mark Margolis
(Made For TV, 2001, 15, 3 Star)
15:00
Little House on the Prairie (Drama) 3 star rating PG certificate
A Christmas They Never Forgot.
Snowbound on the Ingalls homestead on Christmas eve, Caroline, Laura and Hester Sue share memories of Christmases past.
(Part 11, 1974, PG, 3 Star)
16:00
Road to Avonlea (Drama) PG certificate
Otherwise Engaged.
Gus is promoted to assistant manager at the hotel, and with his new position and salary, asks Felicity to marry him. Will she or won't she?
(Part 11, PG)
17:00
The Silent Lovers (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
An expose of the love affair between the enigmatic Greta Garbo and the heartthrob actor John Gilbert - one of the most famous and bizarre in Hollywood history.
Director: John Erman
Starring: Brian Keith, Barry Bostwick, Harold Gould, John Rubinstein, James Olson, Barney Martin
(Made For TV, 1980, PG, 3 Star)
19:00
The Man Who Captured Eichmann (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
In 1960, the Israeli Secret Service learns that former SS Lietuenant Colonel Eichmann, a key figure in the Jewish holocaust of WWII, is living in Argentina. Explore the effort to capture Eichmann.
Director: Irving Cummings, William A. Graham
Starring: Robert Duvall, Arliss Howard, Jeffrey Tambor, Jack Laufer, Nicolas Surovy, Joel Brooks
(Made For TV, 1996, PG, 3 Star)
21:00
The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)
22:00
Convoy (Film) Film icon 15 certificate
Based on C.W. McCall's song "Convoy", a group of truckers are entrapped by the unscrupulous Sheriff Lyle. They arrange to form a truck convoy under the leadership of Martin 'Rubber Duck' Penwald.
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young, Madge Sinclair, Franklyn Ajaye
(1978, 15, 2 Star)
00:00
The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)
01:00
Final Jeopardy (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Richard Thomas and Mary Crosby star as a small-town couple terrorized when they become lost at night deep in urban Detroit.
Director: Michael Pressman
Starring: Richard Thomas, Mary Crosby, Jeff Corey, Jonathan Goldsmith, Michael Kavanagh, Joey Sagal
(Made For TV, 1985, 15, 3 Star)
03:00
Undue Influence (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Lawyer Paul Madriani becomes embroiled in his most baffling case; defending his sister-in-law in a sinister murder case. In pursuit of the truth he exposes a chain of secrets and cover-ups.
Director: Bruce Pittman
Starring: Brian Dennehy, Patricia Richardson, Jean Smart, Alan Rosenberg, Joe Grifasi, Richard Masur
(Part 1 of 2, Made For TV, 1996, PG, 3 Star)
05:00
Iron Road (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
A poor but feisty Chinese woman, disguised as a boy, joins the railroad crew in the Rocky Mountains to search for her long-lost father, and falls in love with the son of the railroad tycoon.
Starring: Betty Sun, Luke MacFarlane, Sam Neill, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Kenneth Mitchell, Peter O'Toole
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, 2008, U, 3 Star)
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