Here are picks for the Holiday programs – and a few December specials – airing this week on TV and radio. (See my full Holiday Program Guide here.)
TV Land Merrython (8 p.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, TV Land): Enjoy a holiday visit with old TV friends when TV Land’s replays Christmas episodes from “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “King of Queens,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Golden Girls,” “Roseanne” and “The New Adventures of Old Christine.”
Hanukkah Lights 2015 (7 p.m. Monday, WVXU-FM): New Hanukkah stories hosted by Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz. Or tune in WGUC-FM at 7 p.m. Monday for “Candles Burning Brightly,” a one-hour celebration of Hanukkah.
Mickey’s Christmas Carol (6 p.m. Wednesday, ABC Family): Disney’s version of “A Christmas Carol” starring Mickey Mouse, Scrooge McDuck and the gang.
Miracle on 34th Street (7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Thursday, AMC): The original 1947 version with Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O’Hara and Natalie Wood.
White Christmas (11:30 p.m. Thursday, 2:15 p.m. Friday AMC): The 1952 Christmas classic starring Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye and Norwood natives Vera-Ellen (and George Chakiris as a dancer).
The best of the non-Christmas specials this week:
Sinatra 100 – An All-Star Grammy Concert (9 p.m. Sunday, Channel 12, CBS): Tony Bennett, Carrie Underwood, Garth Brooks, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Adam Levine and User perform Frank Sinatra’s greatest hits.
TV’s Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center For Media Special (8 p.m. Monday, Channel 19, Fox): Celebration of Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Homer and Bart Simpson, Donald Duck, SpongeBob SquarePants, Scooby-Doo and the people who provide their voices.
Toy Story 20th Anniversary Special (8 p.m. Wednesday, Channel 9, ABC): Animators, producers and some of the stars talk about the hit 1995 film. Followed by the movie at 9 p.m.
Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors (9 p.m. Thursday, Channel 5, NBC): New bio film about Dolly Parton’s Great Smokey Mountains childhood in 1955 with Alyvia Alyn, Jennifer Nettles, Gerald McRaney and Ricky Schroder.
The Muppet Movie (7 p.m. Friday, AMC): Kermit and friends go to Hollywood in the first Muppet movie, filmed in 1979.
CSO Presents Lumenocity 2015: Masters & Dreamers (9 p.m., Saturday, Channel 48): CET repeats the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s third Washington Park concert with animation.
