The Thanksgiving Day TV marathon … it’s probably responsible for thwarting more family dramas than we’ll ever know. When the fam gets to be too much, the boob tube can provide a bit of solace (i.e. escape), whether it be from a Brady Bunch marathon (“My nose, my nose, my nose!”) or the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade or NBC’s annual National Dog Show, hosted by the not real J. Peterman.
Whatever’s your TV pleasure – and your family drama to avoid – there’s surely something on TVScreener.com‘s Thanksgiving Day (and Friday, for nursing those tryptophan hangovers) Viewing Guide to make your Turkey Day less of a turkey. And don’t call me Shirley.
PS – A general channel surfing rule of thumb: Lifetime Movie Network … always something worthy of your guilty pleasure viewing hours there.
THURSDAY (all times ET)
MARATHONS:
Cake Boss (TLC): 6AM-3AM Friday
Supernanny (Style): 6AM-3AM Friday
House (USA): 7AM-7PM
The Godfather I, II and III (AMC): 7:30AM-8PM
Cool Tools (DIY): 8AM-4AM Friday
First 48 (A&E): 8AM-11PM
Genius of Photography (Ovation): 8AM-2AM Friday
James Bond movie marathon (SyFy): 8AM-5:30AM Friday (includes Dr. No, License to Kill, Live and Let Die, The Spy Who Loved Me, Tomorrow Never Dies, Casino Royale, For Your Eyes Only and The Man with the Golden Gun)
House Hunters and House Hunters International (HGTV): 8:30AM-6PM
The Brady Bunch (TV Land): 9AM-6PM
Cats 101 and Dogs 101 (Animal Planet): 9AM-7PM
Food Paradise (Travel): 9AM-8PM (including episodes on donuts, breakfast, ice cream, sandwiches, hot dogs, steak, hamburger, bar food, barbecue and more steak)
MythBusters (Discovery Channel): 9AM-3AM Friday
Top Chef (Bravo): 9AM-4:30PM
Band of Brothers (Spike): 9:30AM-9PM
The Closer (TNT): 10AM-6PM
My Fair Wedding with David Tutera (WE): 10AM-5PM
Snapped (Oxygen): 10AM-2AM (Saturday)
Biography on CNBC (CNBC): 11AM-6PM
Lockup (MSNBC): 11AM-5AM Friday
Home Alone (FX): Noon-midnight (is Home Alone the new A Christmas Story with this all-day airings?)
World’s Strictest Parents (MTV): Noon-8PM
Real Housewives of Orange County (Bravo): 4:30PM-11PM
Pawn Stars (History): 8PM-3AM Friday
George Lopez (the sitcom) (Nick): 9PM-6AM on Friday
AND:
– Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC): 9AM
– Tommy Boy (a classic) (TBS): 10AM
– The National Dog Show (NBC): Noon
– The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (Nick): 3PM
– A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (ABC): 8PM
– Beyonce: I Am … Yours (ABC): 9PM
– CNN Heroes: An All-star Tribute (CNN): 9PM
– Elf (USA): 9PM
– Love Actually (Lifetime): 9PM (PERFECT holiday movie. Trust me)
– Martha Stewart’s Christmas Special (FLN): 9PM
– NBC’s People of the Year (NBC): 9PM
– Punkin Chunkin (Science): 9PM
– Paul McCartney: Good Evening New York City (ABC): 10PM
– Great Performances with Mary J. Blige, Andrea Bocelli and David Foster (PBS): Check local listings for time and channel
FRIDAY (all times ET)
MARATHONS:
Say Yes to the Dress (TLC): 6AM-10PM
NCIS (USA): 6:30AM-12:30PM
Criminal Minds (A&E): 8AM-11PM
James Bond movie marathon (SyFy): 8AM-5:30AM Saturday (includes Thunderball, From Russia With Love, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever, Casino Royale, GoldenEye, Goldfinger and Never Say Never Again)
Real Housewives of New Jersey (Bravo): 8AM-5PM
That ’70s Show (FX): 8AM-5PM
Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern (Travel): 9AM-8PM
Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel): 9AM-3AM Friday
Mission: Organization (FLN): 9AM-3PM
Moonlight (Chill): 9AM-5PM
Sanford & Son (TV Land): 9AM-4PM
Everybody Hates Chris (BET): 10AM-6PM
Caught on Camera (MSNBC): 11AM-5AM Saturday
Law & Order (TNT): 11AM-7PM
Golden Girls (WE): Noon-7PM
Seinfeld (TBS): Noon-4PM
100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the ’80s (VH1 Classic): 1PM-6PM
Beverly Hills 90210 (SoapNet): 1PM-9PM
I’m Alive (Animal Planet): 1PM-10PM
White Collar (USA): 1:30-7PM
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network): 2PM-11PM
Ultimate Factories (NGC): 2PM-8PM
The Andy Griffith Show (TV Land): 4PM-10PM
100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (VH1): 6PM-11PM
Til Debt Do Us Part (CNBC): 6PM-9PM
AND:
– Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas (PBS): 9AM
– Storytellers: Foo Fighters (VH1): 11AM and 11PM
– Toys We Grew Up With (HGTV): 1PM
– 25 Great Holiday Ideas (HGTV): 3PM
– Bowfinger (my al-time favorite movie about Hollywood – Fake Purse Ninjas!) (Comedy Central): 4:45PM
– SpongeBob SquarePants (new episode) (Nick): 8PM
– Monk (penultimate episode of the series) (USA): 9PM
– White Collar (new episode) (USA): 10PM
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