2012 Holiday Programming

Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

This holiday season, TCM will be presenting numerous favorites, along with a big surprise discovery. Each Sunday in December, TCM will present a special Christmas double feature, with titles like Little Women (1949), A Christmas Carol (1951), The Bishop's Wife (1947), It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) and We're No Angels (1955).

On Sunday, Dec. 16, TCM will present the very rarely seen made-for-television movie Carol for Another Christmas (1964), a unique take on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol written by Rod Serling, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Sterling Hayden, Eva Marie Saint, Ben Gazzara, Steve Lawrence, Pat Hingle, Robert Shaw, Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland and James Shigeta. The movie was originally televised in 1964 as a Xerox-sponsored special promoting the United Nations.

Sunday, Dec. 2

8 p.m. – Little Women (1949)

10:15 p.m. – All Mine to Give (1957)

Sunday, Dec. 9

8 p.m. – We’re No Angels (1955)

10 p.m. – Lady in the Lake (1947)

Sunday, Dec. 16

8 p.m. –Carol for Another Christmas (1964)

9:30 p.m. – A Christmas Carol (1951)

Sunday, Dec. 23

8 p.m. – The Bishop’s Wife (1947)

10 p.m. – It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)

TCM's holiday programming also includes a collection of movies featuring the armed forces at Yuletide (Dec. 17), a collection of five holiday-themed musicals (Dec. 18), a night of holiday films set in New York (Dec. 20) and a full day of holiday classics of all types, including a primetime lineup featuring four personal picks by TCM host Robert Osborne (Dec. 24).

Monday, Dec. 17 – Christmas in Uniform

8 p.m. – Destination Tokyo (1943)

10:30 p.m. – Battleground (1949)

12:45 a.m. – The Fighting 69th (1940)

2:30 a.m. – Never So Few (1959)

4:45 a.m. – Salute to the Marines (1943)

Tuesday, Dec. 18 – Christmas in Song

8 p.m. – In the Good Old Summertime (1949)

10 p.m. – Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

12 a.m. – On Moonlight Bay (1951)

2 a.m. – The Seven Little Foys (1955)

4 a.m. – The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady (1950)

Thursday, Dec. 20 – Christmas in New York

8 p.m. – Holiday Affair (1950)

9:30 p.m. – The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)

11:15 p.m. – Bachelor Mother (1939)

12:45 a.m. – Never Say Goodbye (1946)

2:45 a.m. – Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)

Monday, Dec. 24 daytime – Holiday Classics

7 a.m. – Meet John Doe (1941)

9:15 a.m. – Susan Slept Here (1954)

11 a.m. – In the Good Old Summertime (1949)

1 p.m. – The Bishop’s Wife (1947)

3 p.m. – Holiday Affair (1950)

4:30 p.m. – Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

6:30 p.m. – Babes in Toyland (1934)

Monday, Dec. 24 primetime – Bob’s Christmas Eve Picks

8 p.m. – The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

10 p.m. – Come to the Stable (1949)

12 a.m. – Auntie Mame (1958)

2:30 a.m. – The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

On Christmas Day, TCM will present a lineup of religious favorites, including Going My Way (1944) and King of Kings (1961). That night, TCM invites movie fans to spend Christmas with the Hardys, with an entire evening of Andy Hardy films, starring Mickey Rooney.

Tuesday, Dec. 25 daytime – Religious Favorites

7:30 a.m. – Going My Way (1944)

9:45 a.m. – The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)

11:30 a.m. – The Nun’s Story (1959)

2:15 p.m. – The Song of Bernadette (1943)

5 p.m. – King of Kings (1961)

Tuesday, Dec. 25 primetime – Christmas with The Hardys

8 p.m. – Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)

9:45 p.m. – Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)

11:15 p.m. – Judge Hardy and Son (1939)

1 a.m. – Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)

2:45 a.m. – Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary (1941)

4:30 a.m. – Life Begins For Andy Hardy (1941)