ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas 2013 Schedule

It is that time of year ago when you just stay inside with a blanket on and watch Christmas specials for a month straight. And ABC Family is happy to accommodate with its 25 Days of Christmas tomorrow. Some highlights include the world premiere of the ABC Family Original movie Holidaze starring Jennie Garth and Cameron Mathison as well as an all-new Christmas Special of Melissa & Joey and Baby Daddy. Here is the full schedule (all times PM unless otherwise listed):

Sunday, December 1
(7:00 AM) Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas
(8:30 AM) Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
(10:00 AM) Santa Buddies
(12:00) The Family Man
(3:00) Disney's A Christmas Carol
(5:00) The Polar Express
(7:00) Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Live Action)
Encore Presentation (9:30 PM–12:00 AM ET/PT)

Monday, December 2
(6:00) Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too
(6:30) Mickey's Christmas Carol
(7:00) Jack Frost (1979)
(8:00) The Santa Clause
(10:00 PM–12:00 AM ET/PT) The Santa Clause 3 - The Escape Clause
Encore Presentation (12:00–2:00 AM ET/PT)

Tuesday, December 3
(6:00) The Santa Clause
(8:00) Scrooged
(10:00) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
(12:00 AM) Three Days

Wednesday, December 4
(6:00) Scrooged
(8:00–10:00 PM ET/PT) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
(10:00 PM) Deck the Halls — ABC Family Premiere
(12:00–2:00 AM ET/PT) A Very Brady Christmas

Thursday, December 5
(6:00) Rudolph's Shiny New Year
(7:00) The Polar Express
Encore Presentation (12:00AM)
(9:00) The Muppet Christmas Carol

Friday, December 6
(6:00) Frosty's Winter Wonderland
(6:30) The Muppet Christmas Carol
(8:30) Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Live Action)
(12:00 AM) Prancer

Saturday, December 7
(7:00 AM) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys
(8:30 AM) Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
(10:30 AM) Prancer
(12:30) All I Want For Christmas
(2:30) Disney's A Christmas Carol
(4:30) Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas
(7:00) The Santa Clause
(9:00) The Santa Clause 3 - The Escape Clause
(11:00 PM) Deck the Halls

Sunday, December 8
(7:00 AM) Jack Frost (1979)
(8:00 AM) Christmas Cupid
(10:00 AM) Snowglobe
(12:00) Santa Baby
(2:00) Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe
(4:00) 12 Dates of Christmas
(6:00) The Mistle-Tones
(8:00) Holidaze — ABC Family Original Movie Premiere
(10:00 PM) Holiday in Handcuffs

Monday, December 9
(6:00) Holidaze
(8:00) Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Live Action)
(10:30) Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat

Tuesday, December 10
(6:00) A Chipmunk Christmas
(6:30) Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Live Action)
(9:00) The Year Without a Santa Claus
(10:00) Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
(12:00) Snowglobe

Wednesday, December 11
(6:00) Holiday in Handcuffs
Encore Presentation (12:00 AM)
(8:00) Melissa and Joey – All New Christmas Special
(8:30) Babby Daddy – All New Christmas Special
(9:00) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Thursday, December 12
(6:00) Baby Daddy
(6:30) Melissa and Joey
(7:00) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
(9:00) Scrooged
(12:00) All I Want For Christmas

Friday, December 13
(4:00) Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too
(4:30) Dinsney∙Pixar’s Toy Story
(6:20) Disney∙Pixar’s Toy Story 2
(8:20) Disney∙Pixar’s Toy Story 3
(10:30) Disney•Pixar’s Toy Story of Terror!
(12:00) Chasing Christmas

Saturday, December 14
(7:00 AM) Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
(7:30 AM) Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
(8:00 AM) Winnie The Pooh — ABC Family Premiere
(9:30 AM) Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too
(10:00 AM) Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas
(11:30 AM) Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
(1:00) Mickey's Christmas Carol
(1:30) Disney•Pixar’s Toy Story of Terror!
(2:00) Dinsney∙Pixar’s Toy Story
(3:50) Disney∙Pixar’s Toy Story 2
(5:50) Disney∙Pixar’s Toy Story 3
(8:00) Disney's The Little Mermaid — ABC Family Premiere
Encore Presentation (9:45–11:30 PM ET/PT)
(11:30 PM) The Muppet Christmas Carol

Sunday, December 15
(7:30 AM) Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas
(9:00 AM) Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
(10:30 AM) Disney Prep and Landing
(11:00 AM) Disney Prep and Landing: Naughty vs. Nice
(11:30 AM) Mickey's Christmas Carol
(12:00) – I'll Be Home for Christmas
(2:00) All I Want For Christmas
(4:00) Deck the Halls
(6:00) The Muppet Christmas Carol
(8:00) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
(10:00) Scrooged

Monday, December 16
(7:00 AM) Snow
(7:00) The Santa Clause
(9:00) The Santa Clause 2
(11:00) The Santa Clause 3 - The Escape Clause
(1:00 AM) Disney Prep and Landing
(1:30 AM) Disney Prep and Landing: Naughty vs. Nice

Tuesday, December 17
(7:00 AM) Three Days
(11:00 AM) Unlikely Angel
(1:00) Prancer
(3:00) – I'll Be Home for Christmas
Encore Presentation (12:00 AM)
(5:00) The Santa Clause
(7:00) The Santa Clause 2
(9:00) The Polar Express

Wednesday, December 18
(7:00 AM) Holidaze
(9:00n AM) Secret Santa
(11:00 AM) The Mistle-Tones
(1:00) Santa Baby
Encore Presentation (12:00 AM)
(3:00) Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe
(5:00) The Polar Express
(7:00) Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too
(7:30) Mickey's Christmas Carol
(8:00) Mary Poppins

Thursday, December 19
(7:00 AM) Eloise at Christmastime
(9:00 AM) Mary Poppins
(12:00) 12 Dates of Christmas
(2:00) Holiday in Handcuffs
(4:00) The Family Man
(7:00) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys
(8:30) Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas
(12:00) Deck the Halls

Friday, December 20
(7:00 AM) Chasing Christmas
(9:00 AM) Christmas Every Day
Encore Presentation (12:00–2:00 AM ET/PT)
(11:00 AM) Christmas Do-Over
(1:00) The Family Man
(4:00) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys
(5:30) Frosty's Winter Wonderland
(6:00) A Chipmunk Christmas
(6:30) Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Live Action)
(9:00) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Saturday, December 21
(7:00 AM) Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
(7:30 AM) The Little Drummer Boy
(8:00 AM) Pinocchio's Christmas
(9:00 AM) The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
(10:00 AM ) 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
(10:30 AM) Rudolph's Shiny New Year
(11:30 AM) Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
(1:30) The Year Without a Santa Claus
(2:30) Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
(3:30) A Chipmunk Christmas
(4:00) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
(6:00) The Santa Clause
(8:00) The Santa Clause 2
(10:00 PM) The Santa Clause 3 - The Escape Clause
(12:00) The Mistle-Tones

Sunday, December 22
(7:00 AM) The Year Without a Santa Claus
(8:00 AM) Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
(9:00 AM) I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
(11:00 AM) Unaccompanied Minors
(1:00) The Santa Clause
(3:00) The Santa Clause 2
(5:00 PM) The Santa Clause 3 - The Escape Clause
(7:00) Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Live Action)
Encore Presentation (9:30 PM–12:00 AM ET/PT)

Monday, December 23
(7:00 AM) I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
(9:00 AM) A Dennis the Menace Christmas
(11:00 AM) Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
(1:00) Deck the Halls
(3:00) Disney's A Christmas Carol
(5:00) Jack Frost (1979)
(6:00) Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
(7:00) The Year Without a Santa Claus
(8:00) The Muppet Christmas Carol
(10:00 PM) The Polar Express
(12:00 AM) Scrooged

Tuesday, December 24
(7:00 AM) A Very Brady Christmas
(9:00 AM) 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
(11:00 AM) Scrooged
(1:00) The Polar Express
(3:00) The Muppet Christmas Carol
(5:00) The Santa Clause
(7:00) The Santa Clause 2
(9:00) The Santa Clause 3 - The Escape Clause
(12:00 AM) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Wednesday, December 25
(7:00 AM) Frosty's Winter Wonderland
(7:30 AM) The Year Without a Santa Claus
(8:30 AM) Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
(11:00 AM) The Muppet Christmas Carol
Encore Presentation (12:00–2:00 AM ET/PT)
(1:00) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Encore Presentation (9:00–11:00 PM ET/PT)
(3:00) The Santa Clause
(5:00) The Santa Clause 2
(7:00) The Santa Clause 3 - The Escape Clause

2013 9th Green Holiday Schedule

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, or as those outside the U.S. like to call it, Thursday. So I hope you have (or had, depending on when you read this) a great Turkey Day. Just a heads up with the holidays upon us, here’s a look at the schedule the 9th Green will be taking the next couple weeks as well as a list of the best of 2013 and on day that are not listed, they will be filled by the regular reviews and such you have come to find at the 9th Green (card subject to change):


November 28-29 - Off for Thanksgiving
November 30 – ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas Schedule
December 2 - Induction into the Scooter Hall of Fame
December 19 - Lyrics Quiz: Best of 2013
December 21 - Worst Songs of 2013
December 22 – Best Performances of 2013
December 23 - Best Albums of 2013
December 24-25 - Off for Christmas
December 26 - Best Videos of 2013
December 27 - Best Mash-ups of 2013
December 28 - The Most Entertaining People of 2013
December 29 – 9th Green’s Reader’s Favorite Songs of 2013*
December 30 - 100 Best Songs of 2013
December 31/January 1 - Off for New Years
January 2 - Induction into the Scooter Hall of Fame
January 3 - Best Movies of 2013


*As you may have noticed, on the 29th I will have a Reader’s poll on what you all thought were the best songs of the year.

All you have to do is fill out the form below. If you have problems with it, feel free to e-mail me, ScooterMcGavin9thGreen(at)gmail(dot)com, your list. So if you would sometime time before Christmas fill out the form below, I will put a link at the top of the sidebar if you want to think about it. And as an added bonus, if you send me your list this year you can win a $5 Gift Certificate to iTunes. Please note, only people with American accounts can win but foreigners are still welcome to voice their opinions. Winners will be contacted sometime between Christmas and New Years.


If you need a refresher of songs from the last twelve months, check out the list of the albums I reviewed, just look at the labels in the side bar. All the songs from those albums are eligible, look through the music videos I highlighted the past year and of course any song released this year is okay too even if I didn’t talk about it. Your nominations will be confidential and I won’t disclose it here at the 9th Green, so if you enjoy the 9th Green please fill out the form by December 26.

Previewing Boston's Finest and Marshal Law: Texas

Even though they were not filming during Patriots Day, the Boston Bombing looms large after the first episode of the new season of Boston’s Finest. It opens on July 4, the first major event since the bombing at the Boston Marathon and the cops and the general public is hesitant about the festivities. Of course the Boston Police Department has deployed extra forces and most of the officers you met last season are on duty. This includes Jenn Penton, who joined the force after a military stint on Afghanistan; Diamantino “D” Araujo and Manny Canuto, members of the gang squad (gangs use the holiday to mask gunshots with the sound of firecrackers); and Greg and Nancy Dankers who work opposite shifts. This season we also go on Boston Harbor where there are different difficulties from their land stricken breather.

After Boston’s Finest, TNT will travel almost 2,000 miles southwest to Houston for their newest show Marshal Law: Texas. Nope, Governor Rick Perry has not declared Martial law for a reality series, despite the similar sounding phrase this show follows the U.S. Marshal Service located in Houston, Texas. Think Justified: The Reality Series. But where Raylan Givens never leaves the headquarters without his trusty hat, these Marshals routinely go on the hunt looking more like S.W.A.T. teams compete with helmets and bulletproof vests.

Business is booming for the Marshal Service in Houston with 30,000 fugitives on the lamb in the city, some of them for very violent crimes. But much like Raylan, these Marshals are not messing around. For instance, in tonight’s premiere, they corner a fugitive in a house currently for sale and bust out most windows, tearing down blinds to get a better looked at an armed man who is wanted for shooting his girlfriend and go in armed with semi-automatic weapons. To give each case deeper importance, we also get to hear from victims of the fugitives or their family. If you enjoyed the first season of Boston’s Finest, you will definitely want to stick around for Marshal Law: Texas.

Boston’s Finest airs Tuesdays at 9:00 on TNT followed by Marshal Law: Texas at 10:00. You can download Boston's Finest on iTunes

Previewing Major Crimes: Season 2 Winter Half

Major Crimes returns tonight to close out its last eight episodes of the season tonight. This past summer, Raydor and the detectives in the squad finally settled into a good working relationship. But they are now under the watchful eye of Deputy District Attorney Emma Rios, who has been assigned to shadow investigations and work with Raydor’s team to build successful cases and secure plea deals whenever possible. Then there was Rusty who struggled to come to terms with his past and pushed away a female classmate without explanation.

The winter season starts off with a double murder of two teenagers who get caught with the new drug of choice, molly, laced with a little something extra. This of course brings in the local NARC to help solve the case. Next week’s installment entitled Jailbait bring a new double meaning to the term when a juvenile rapist is murdered and the team is tasked with finding the murderer. Usually on shows like this I can spot the perp a half an hour before the reveal, but this episode was one of the few times I was legitimately shocked by who did it.

The detectives also follow a money trail full of surprises when a body turns up at a posh country club. These episodes also promise to reveal the mysterious person sending letters to Rusty and Raydor, while Rusty finally testifies against Phillip Stroh. Jon Tenney will also return to direct the December 16 episode and will appear as FBI Agent Fritz Howard in two episodes.

Major Crimes airs Mondays at 9:00 on TNT. You can also download Major Crimes on iTunes.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: 11/24/13

Once Upon a Time: Just when I thought they could not ruin Peter Pan anymore, they make his origin story an adult. Sure it makes absolutely no sense that Peter Pan’s shadow predates Peter Pan, but that is the kind of writing you get on this show. And even though I doubt that either will stick, but I have no problem with Henry dying or Rumplestilkin getting trapped in Pandora’s Box. And though the promo monkeys suggested not guessing what happens next, they bring Henry back to life and the second half of the season is Henry becoming the new leader of the Lost Boys.
You can stream recent episodes on Hulu. You can also download Once Upon a Time on iTunes.

Homeland: I was hoping he would just rot in the half finished building for the rest of eternity but it looks like Brody will be back on American soil by next episode. And he will probably get a full pardon even though he is a known associate of Abu Nazir, tried to blow up the Vice President and other high ranking officials, and they succeeded in killing the Vice President the following season. Maybe if we are lucky, they will ship him overseas to help their asset in Iran.

The Walking Dead: Where has the fake cop been this whole time? Of course like every interesting character this show introduces, I fully expect her to be dead by the end of next episode. I do wonder if these new people are cousins to the Greene family because it is distracting how much the one looks exactly like Maggie.
You can download The Walking Dead on iTunes.

Revenge: When the promo monkeys hyped someone from Emily’s past coming back, I rolled my eyes when her gay husband showed up. Oops, he was not it. Then when the reporter got all Deep Throat meeting in a parking garage, I just assumed the British chick was back in town. Nope, Lydia is back from the dead. Wait, what? I thought she was dead, except I do not remember how. I remember he falling off her balcony onto a car but I thought she survived that. (I had to look it up, she was supposed to be on the airplane that exploded at the end of season one. So Lydia was not on it, Victoria was not on it, who exactly was on the airplane?)
You can stream recent episodes on Hulu. You can also download Revenge on iTunes.

Masters of Sex: An episode of Masters of Sex without any sex. Unless you consider seeing the inside of a lady count. I do now wonder if Dr. Haas and Vivian will meet each other again in the sex study. Now that she has had an orgasm it seems like she would try to reenroll (unless she was too embarrassed by the first rejection). And I wonder if Barton himself will ever partake in some sort a way even if it is just a way to “cure” himself.

Castle: Number one rule of television: if you do not find a body, they are not dead. And even if you do find a body, there is still a fifteen percent chance they still not turn out to be dead. So I never for a moment thought the serial killer was actually dead. And now that he has a plastic surgeon girlfriend, he could end up being anyone. He may even show up as Ryan’s doppelganger at some point.
You can stream recent episodes on Hulu. You can also download Castle on iTunes.

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: I was worried when they said the episode would tie into the movie because I do not like going to movies and prefer to watch them from the comforts of the couch. Thankfully they did not spoil anything (sure they were cleaning up after London was destroyed but you could tell from the trailer a city was getting destroyed; that an a city inevitably gets destroyed in every superhero movie). But it was a bit disappointing that they had a movie tie in episode and none of the characters from the movie showed up. They really could not have run into Natalie Pirtman for a second or two?
You can stream recent episodes on Hulu. You can also download Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on iTunes.

Sons of Anarchy: Wow, they actually killed off Clay. He had to die at some point, but after he survived two gunshot to the chest from Opie I assumed he was going to manage to survive until closer the series finale. But here he is shot by Jax during the antepenultimate episode of the penultimate season. So now what? The series has always been about a power struggle between Jax and Clay and now with Clay off the board for the reminder of the series there is a gaping hole. The rest of the series cannot possibly be about the power struggle between Tara and Gemma could it?
You can download Sons of Anarchy on iTunes.

Survivor: Blood vs. Water: If I had not seen just the day before a dude shoot his step-father in the throat in front of his mother and wife, what Ciera did to her mother would have been the most coldblooded thing on television this week. It is one thing to vote your mother out, it is other to writer her name down then put “mom” in parentheses so she, and everyone in the world, knows that you shot your mother in the throat. And it was awesome and almost makes this horrible Blood vs. Water idea worth it. The most bizarre thing is that Ciera could be in the driver’s seat. The promo monkeys make it seem like the newbies are going to ban together to oust the veterans. The she could easily get in the final three. Once there she could actually win because people may be weary of voting for Caleb (because Colton is evil) and Hayden (who already won a rival reality show). Of course whenever the promo monkeys suggests something, it almost always goes wrong, which means one of the newbies will either not flip on the veterans or let the veterans get wind and Tyson will use his Idol.
You can stream recent episodes on cbs.com. You can also download Survivor: Blood vs. Water on iTunes.

Nashville: If I were Rayna I would have totally let the police arrest me and then win the war in the court of public opinion. I really doubt a digital single is really going to completely placate the head of the record label.
You can stream recent episodes on Hulu. You can also download Nashville on iTunes.

The Big Bang Theory: It doe not even matter if Amy pointed out how wrong it was, the writers should have never have heldon make the slavery comparison, it just was not funny. It did not help that this episode just aired after Sarah Palin also made a very inappropriate slavery comparison.
You can stream recent episodes on cbs.com. You can also download The Big Bang Theory on iTunes.

Parenthood: Max is typically my least favorite character on the show, but Max asking out Hank’s daughter and the uncomfortable position that put Hank in was hilarious. Can’t they just have Hank’s daughter move back to California permanently? It would completely make up for the downer that the Julia storyline has been this season.
You can stream recent episodes on Hulu. You can also download Parenthood on iTunes.