Your Weekend’s Actual Schedule December 23-25

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Holiday Programming Top Picks
2011-2012 NCAA College Football Bowl Games – 12/17-1/9 (Varies)

Friday 12/23
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Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me: 2011 Year in Review – 12/23 (8pm ET BBC America)

Saturday 12/24

Christmas Eve Complete Holiday TV Schedule

Sunday 12/25

Christmas Day Complete Holiday TV Schedule

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Here is the updated bowl schedule for the NCAA Bowl-Subdivision teams updated to include the teams playing. There are 35 games played on 24 days, but none on Sunday, January 1, 2012 because the NFL has rights to broadcast games that day.

You can view the complete schedule below:

Bowl
Location Day/Time Network
Gildan New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. Dec. 17 ESPN
Temple vs. Wyoming University Stadium 2 p.m.
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise, Idaho Dec. 17 ESPN
Ohio vs. Utah State Bronco Stadium 5:30 p.m.
R+L Carriers New Orleans New Orleans Dec. 17 ESPN
San Diego State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Mercedes-Benz Superdome 9 p.m.
Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Fla. Dec. 20 ESPN
Florida International vs. Marshall Tropicana Field 8 p.m.
S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia San Diego Dec. 21 ESPN
TCU vs. Louisiana Tech Qualcomm Stadium 8 p.m.
MAACO Las Vegas Las Vegas Dec. 22 ESPN
Arizona State vs. Boise State Sam Boyd Stadium 8 p.m.
Sheraton Hawaii Honolulu Dec. 24 ESPN
Nevada vs. Southern Miss Aloha Stadium 8 p.m.
AdvoCare V100 Independence Shreveport, La. Dec. 26 ESPN2
Missouri vs. North Carolina Independence Stadium 5 p.m.
Little Caesars Detroit Dec. 27 ESPN
Western Michigan vs. Purdue Ford Field 4:30 p.m.
Belk Charlotte, N.C. Dec. 27 ESPN
Louisville vs. NC State Bank of America Stadium 8 p.m.
Military Bowl By Northrop Grumman Washington, D.C. Dec. 28 ESPN
Toledo vs. Air Force RFK Stadium 4:30 p.m.
Bridgepoint Education Holiday San Diego Dec. 28 ESPN
California vs. Texas Qualcomm Stadium 8 p.m.
Champs Sports Orlando, Fla. Dec. 29 ESPN
Florida State vs. Notre Dame Florida Citrus Bowl 5:30 p.m.
Valero Alamo San Antonio Dec. 29 ESPN
Washington vs. Baylor Alamodome 9 p.m.
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Dallas Dec. 30 ESPN
BYU vs. Tulsa Gerald J. Ford Stadium Noon
New Era Pinstripe Bronx, N.Y. Dec. 30 ESPN
Rutgers vs. Iowa State Yankee Stadium 3:20 p.m.
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 30 ESPN
Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest LP Field 6:40 p.m.
Insight Tempe, Ariz. Dec. 30 ESPN
Iowa vs. Oklahoma Sun Devil Stadium 10 p.m.
Meineke Car Care of Texas Houston Dec. 31 ESPN
Texas A&M vs. Northwestern Reliant Stadium Noon
Hyundai Sun El Paso, Texas Dec. 31 CBS
Georgia Tech vs. Utah Sun Bowl 2 p.m.
AutoZone Liberty Memphis, Tenn. Dec. 31 ABC
Cincinnati vs. Vanderbilt Liberty Bowl 3:30 p.m.
Kraft Fight Hunger San Francisco Dec. 31 ESPN
Illinois vs. UCLA AT&T Park 3:30 p.m.
Chick-fil-A Atlanta Dec. 31 ESPN
Virginia vs. Auburn Georgia Dome 7:30 p.m.
TicketCity Dallas Jan. 2 ESPNU
Houston vs. Penn State Cotton Bowl Noon
Outback Tampa, Fla. Jan. 2 ABC
Michigan State vs. Georgia Raymond James Stadium 1 p.m.
Capital One Orlando, Fla. Jan. 2 ESPN
Nebraska vs. South Carolina Florida Citrus Bowl 1 p.m.
Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla. Jan. 2 ESPN2
Ohio State vs. Florida EverBank Field 1 p.m.
Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio Pasadena, Calif. Jan. 2 ESPN
Wisconsin vs. Oregon Rose Bowl 5 p.m.
Tostitos Fiesta Glendale, Ariz. Jan. 2 ESPN
Stanford vs. Oklahoma State U. of Phoenix Stadium 8:30 p.m.
Allstate Sugar New Orleans Jan. 3 ESPN
Michigan vs. Virginia Tech Louisiana Superdome 8:30 p.m.
Discover Orange Miami Jan. 4 ESPN
West Virginia vs. Clemson Sun Life Stadium 8:30 p.m.
AT&T Cotton Arlington, Texas Jan. 6 FOX
Kansas State vs. Arkansas Cowboys Stadium 8 p.m.
BBVA Compass Bowl Birmingham, Ala. Jan. 7 ESPN
SMU vs. Pittsburgh Legion Field 1 p.m.
GoDaddy.com Mobile, Ala. Jan. 8 ESPN
Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois Ladd-Peebles Stadium 9 p.m.
Allstate BCS National Championship Game New Orleans Jan. 9 ESPN
No. 1 LSU vs. No. 2 Alabama Louisiana Superdome 8:30 p.m

Here is a complete listing of all the Christmas related programming on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2011.

Here are other listings and highlights:

You can view a complete listing for the entire month here
Also see our picks of what to watch here
And the complete Christmas Day listings here

And now, our picks for the Christmas specials to watch:

Saturday, December 24, 2011

ABC Family

25 Days of Christmas – The Little Drummer Boy Book II (animated) 7:30a
Puff The Magic Dragon (animated) 8:30a
Rudolph & Frosty’s Christmas in July (animated) 11:30a

BBC America

Doctor Who: Best of the Christmas Specials at 8p
Year-End Special: The Nerdist at 9p
The Graham Norton Show: Christmas Special at 10p

Boomerang

Casper’s First Christmas (animated) 11a

CBeebies US Hispanic

Especial Navidad: Paca y Paya (puppets) at Noon

CLOO

Ho Ho-Home on the Range Western Movie Marathon from 6a to 6a

Comedy Central

Scrubs: My Own Personal Jesus at 230p
Scrubs: My Monster at 3p
Scrubs: My Best Moment at 330p

Discovery Channel

Christmas Eve Marathon: Mythbusters – air times TBD

Encore Family

Santa’s Naughty List:
Alice in Wonderland at 11a
First Kid at 1250p
The Little Rascals at 235p
Problem Child at 4p
Problem Child 2 at 525
Home Alone at 7p
The Goonies at 845p
Dunston Checks in at 1040p

FEARNET

Jack Frost 2 at 6p
Santa’s Slay at 10p

Hallmark Channel

The Ultimate Gift (2006) at Midnight

Lifetime

Holiday Baggage (2009) at Noon
A Diva’s Christmas Carol (2000) at 10p

NBC

It’s a Wonderful Life at 8p

nuvoTV

Action-Packed Christmas Eve at 6p

REELZCHANNEL

Our Favorite Holiday Movies at 730p

Starz Kids & Family

24-Hour Marathon of Disney’s A Christmas Carol from 8p to 8p 12/25

TBS

24 Hours of A Christmas Story at 8p

TCM

Robert Osborne’s Christmas Eve Picks
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) at 8p
Margie (1946) at 10p
Auntie Mame (1958) at Midnight
The Bishop’s Wife (1947) at 230a

TeenNick

‘Tis the season for Degrassi marathon (live-action) 9p

The Hub

Atomic Betty: NO-L 9 (animated) at 7a
Where on Earth is Carmen San Diego (animated) at 8a
The Twisted Whiskers Show (animated) at 830a
Strawberry Shortcake’s Berry Bitty Adventures (animated) at 930a

Travel Channel

Christmas Crazy at 8p

Vme

Great Performances: Sting: A Winter’s Night at 9p
Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli and David Foster: My Christmas at 10p
Great Performances: Renee Fleming: Sacred Songs and Carols at Midnight

Here is a complete listing of all the Christmas related programming on Christmas day, December 25, 2011.

Here are other listings and highlights:

You can view a complete listing for the entire month here
Also see our picks of what to watch here
And the complete Christmas Eve listings here

And now, our picks for the Christmas specials to watch:

Christmas Day: Sunday, December 25, 2011

AMC

Christmas with the Duke Movie Marathon from 9a-2a

BBC America

Doctor Who: The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe at 9p

Boomerang

All Day Holiday special/movie marathon (animated) at 6a-Midnight

CBeebies US Hispanic

Especial Navidad Marathon at Noon

CLOO

Christmas Day Marathon: House from 6a to 6a

Comedy Central

Just Friends at Noon

Cooking Channel

Christmas Day Marathon: Two Fat Ladies from 1p to 8p

Discovery Channel

Christmas Day Marathon: Sons of Guns – air times TBD

FEARNET

Jack Frost 2 at Noon
Santa’s Slay at 4p

GMC

Yule Log from 7a to 11p

Hallmark Movie Channel

Eve’s Christmas (2004) at Midnight

HISTORY

Pawn Stars: A Christmas Special at 8p
Pawn Stars: Secret Santa at 830p

Investigation Discovery

Christmas Day Marathon: On the Case with Paula Zahn from 11a to 2a 12/26

nuvoTV

Christmas Day Marathon: Model Latina Las Vegas at 8a

PBS Kids

Curious George: A Venery Monkey Christmas (animated) check local listings

SOAPnet

Chrismukkah-time in the O.C. at 3p-7p

Sprout

Caillou Movie Marathon (animated) at Noon-6p

Starz Kids & Family

Disney’s A Christmas Carol 24 hour marathon beginning at 8p

TeenNick

Tis the season for Degrassi marathon (live-action) 9p

TCM

Christmas by Leo McCarey:
Going My Way (1944) at 8p
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) at 1015p
Duck Soup (1933) at Midnight
The Milky Way (1936) at 115a
Love Affair (1939) at 3a
Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) at 430a

The Hub

Hub Family Movie: The Christmas Toy 7a

USA Network

USA Movie Character Feast Marathon from 6a to 6a

Vme

Great Performances: Michael Buble: Caught in the Act at 9p
Estudio Billboard: Pedro Fernandez at 11p

WE tv

Christmas Day Marathon: My Fair Wedding with David Tutera from 10a to 10p

ere are our picks for the Christmas related programming to watch in December.

Here are other listings and highlights:

You can view a complete listing for the entire month here
Also see the complete Christmas Eve listings here
And the complete Christmas Day listings here

And now, our picks for the Christmas specials to watch (all times ET):

CMA Country Christmas – 12/1 (9pm ABC)
Iron Chef America: Morimoto vs. Symon Holiday – 12/4 (10pm Food Network)
A Charlie Brown Christmas – 12/5 (8pm ABC)
A Michael Buble Christmas – 12/6 (8pm NBC)
Frosty the Snowman & Frosty Returns – 12/8 (8pm CBS)
The Muppet Christmas – 12/9 (1pm The Hub)
I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown – 12/12 (8pm ABC)
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations holiday special – 12/12 (10pm Travel Channel)
Live from Lincoln Center: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker – 12/14 (8pm PBS)
A Charlie Brown Christmas – 12/15 (8pm ABC)
Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown – 12/16 (8pm FOX)
A Chipmunk Christmas – 12/19 (8:30pm ABC)
Saturday Night Live Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas – 12/20 (9pm NBC)
13th Annual A Home for the Holidays – 12/21 (8pm CBS)
Doctor Who Christmas Special Countdown – 12/23 (9pm BBC America)
It’s a Wonderful Life – 12/24 (8pm NBC)
24 Hours of A Christmas Story (8pm 12/24 – 8pm 12/25 TBS)
Happy New Year, Charlie Brown, and She’s a Good Skate, Charlie Brown – 12/29 (8pm ABC)