An Airing of Grievances

Ah Festivus, that holiday for the rest of us.  Break out your Aluminium Poles.  Time for the airing of the grievances of which one constant on my list is the laziness and vapidity of TV programming.

I’m not kidding when I say I consider these pieces a public service.  They take a ton of research (an average Prime Time takes 90 minutes and has 40+ links).

And you have to keep your blog busy and readers distracted.

I’m trying new Tools which will hopefully keep things a little more organized but I’m not expecting much.

It’s a fairly normal Thursday night so we’ll be picking it up at 6 am for early risers and running 24 hours.

As always-

It’s arranged by time and marathons (4 half hour episodes, 3 hour episodes, double features, themes, and Instapeats) may be noted earlier than you expect, but they do also include the running time so you know when they end.

You may notice not a lot from the broadcast and other networks.  That’s because they’re going with regular programming (except for maybe Holiday Episodes) as far as I can tell.  The usual tools are available for broader choices-

Zap2it TV Listings, Yahoo TV Listings

This edition good until Noon.  Now 8 pm.  Now to 11 pm.  Done until dawn, but get to bed early so Santa can come.

6 am

• ESPN– Sports Center marathon (some of it ‘live’) until 3 pm
• MSNBC– Dead Intern until 8 am
• Turner Classic– Beyond Tomorrow

7 am

• ABC Family– Life of Santa Claus
• Speed– Gearz marathon until 3 pm

7:30 am

• Turner Classic– Bundle of Joy

8 am

• ABC Family– Little Drummer Boy (Rankin/Bass day)
• A&E– Criminal Minds marathon until 4 am
• E!– The Whole Nine Yards
• FX– Snow Day
• History– Aliens! until 8 pm
• MSNBC– “News” until 1 pm
• Sci Fi– Next Gen marathon until 6 pm
• USA– Ocean’s Thirteen

8:30 am

• ABC Family– Nestor the Donkey

9 am

• ABC Family– Cranberry Christmas
• Comedy– Colbert Christmas (I went to that)
• Discovery– Survival marathon until 3 pm
• National Geographic– Egypt Unwrapped marathon until 2 pm
• Spike– Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Triple Feature with repeat)
• Turner Classic– Tenth Avenue Angel

9:30 am

• Style– Chasing Liberty
• Toon– Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends (Christmas Special: A Lost Claus)

10 am

• AMC– Miracle on 34th Street and White Christmas in rotation until 6 am
• Comedy– Jon from 12/13
• Disney– Phineas and Ferb marathon until Noon
• E!– Honey
• FX– Dr. Dolittle 2
• Nick– Spongebob marathon until Noon
• Toon– Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer

10:30 am

• Comedy– Stephen from 12/14
• Turner Classic– Holiday Affair
• USA– Bad Boys (Double Feature)

11 am

• ABC Family– Flintstone Christmas
• Lifetime– Marry Me
• Toon– Olive, the Other Reindeer

Noon

• ABC Family– Pinocchio’s Christmas
• Animal Planet– Planet Earth marathon until 6 am
• FX– Peter Pan
• Nick– iCarly marathon until 2 pm
• Spike– Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
• Turner Classic– It Happened on 5th Avenue

1 pm

• ABC Family– ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
• MSNBC– Mrs. Greenspan
• TV Land– Bonanza marathon until 4 pm
• USA– Bad Boys II

1:30 pm

• ABC Family– Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
• Comedy– Duplex

2 pm

• MSNBC– “News”
• National Geographic– Drain the Ocean (just interesting)
• Turner Classic– The Man Who Came to Dinner
• Toon– Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (again)

3 pm

• Discovery– Deadliest Catch marathon until 7 pm
• Lifetime– Will You Merry Me?
• MSNBC– Dead Intern
• Speed– Pinks marathon until 9 pm
• Toon– Powerpuff Girls ‘Twas the Fight Before Christmas

3:30 pm

• ABC Family– Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
• Comedy– Accepted
• Spike– Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
• USA– The Bourne Ultimatum

4 pm

• FX– Alvin and the Chipmunks
• MSNBC– Prison Porn until 7 am.  Merry eksmas!
• Nick– Spongebob marathon until 7 pm
• Turner Classic– In the Good Old Summertime
• Toon– Billy & Mandy Save Christmas

5 pm

• ABC Family– Mickey’s Christmas
• Lifetime– A Christmas Wedding
• National Geographic– Before Columbus

5:30 pm

• ABC Family– ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (again)

6 pm

• ABC Family– Jack Frost
• Comedy– Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
• FX– Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! x 4
• Sci Fi– Eureka (Holiday Special)
• Turner Classic– Scrooge
• USA– National Treasure (Double Feature)

6:30 pm

• Spike– Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Triple Feature)

7 pm

• ABC Family– Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
• Discovery– Dirty Jobs marathon until 3 am
• ESPN2– College Hoopies, Cancun Governor’s Cup, Consolation Game
• Lifetime– Eve’s Christmas
• National Geographic– Diamonds and Gold until 3 am
• Nick– Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh
• Sci Fi– Warehouse 13 (Holiday Special)
• TBS– Seinfeld (Series Premier repeat)
• TLC– Christmas Lights marathon until 3 am
• Toon– Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends Christmas Special: A Lost Claus (again)

7:30 pm

• ABC Family– ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (third time’s the charm)

8 pm

• ABC– Disney Prep & Landing
• NBC– It’s A Wonderful Life
• Fox– Are We Done Yet?
• ABC Family– Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
• Bravo– Casino Royal x 2
• Comedy– Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay x 2
• Disney– Santa Buddies
• E!– Honey
• ESPN– College Throwball, Sheraton Hawaii Bowl: Hawaii vs. Tulsa
• History– American Pickers marathon until 11 pm
• TBS– A Christmas Story marathon until 8 pm tomorrow
• Turner Classic– The Bishop’s Wife
• TNT– The Holiday
• TV Land– National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
• VH1– Grease

8:30 pm

• ABC– Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation
• USA– National Treasure: Book of Secrets

9 pm

• ABC– The Santa Clause 2
• ABC Family– The Year Without a Santa Claus
• ESPN2– College Hoopies, Cancun Governor’s Cup, Final
• Lifetime– A Boyfriend for Christmas
• Speed– Hollywood Car Chases marathon until 1 am
• Toon– Billy & Mandy Save Christmas (again)

9:30 pm

• Spike– Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

10 pm

• ABC Family– Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
• Disney– Phineas and Ferb
• E!– The Soup (premier)
• MTV– Bad Santa x 2
• Sci Fi– Next Gen marathon until 6 am
• Turner Classic– Make Way for Tomorrow (politically significant movies all the time)

10:30 pm

• E!– Fashion Police (premier)
• Nick– Glenn Martin, DDS (Holiday Special)
• TNT– This Christmas
• VH1– Pretty In Pink

11 pm

• USA– The Pacifier

11:30 pm

• CBS– A Christmas for Everyone (premier)
• NBC– Christmas Eve (premier)

Midnight

• ESPN2– WSP marathon until 3 am
• History– American Pickers marathon until 11 pm
• Turner Classic– Remember the Night

12:30 am

• VH1– Back to School

1 am

• Comedy– Employee of the Month
• E!– The Soup (Instapeat)
• Speed– Pinks marathon until 4 am
• Spike– Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
• TNT– Mr. Holland’s Opus
• USA– Ocean’s Thirteen (again)

1:30 am

• E!– Fashion Police (Instapeat)

2 am

• Turner Classic– Meet Me In St. Louis

2:30 am

• Disney– ‘Twas the Night

3 am

• ESPN– College Throwball, Sheraton Hawaii Bowl: Hawaii vs. Tulsa
• National Geographic– The Gospel of Judas

3:30 am

• Comedy– The Futurama Holiday Spectacular

4 am

• Turner Classic– Bell, Book and Candle
• Toon– Feast of Alvis

5 am

• NBC– Christmas Liturgical
• National Geographic– The First Christians