A family-"friendly" Thanksgiving

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving for those of us in the US. With the holiday, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that there's a fair amount of lighter stuff to watch that parents shouldn't be uncomfortable if their kids join in. TCM is running such family films all day, starting at 6:00 AM with Captains Courageous.

There's also stuff that's more traditionally girl-friendly, with the 1949 (ie. Elizabeth Taylor and June Allyson) version of Little Women coming on TCM at 3:45 PM tomorrow.

If you have the Encore package of channels (or, if you have DirecTV, you should be getting the free preview), StarzEncore Classics is scheduled to air Roman Holiday against the end of Little Women, or starting at 5:09 PM tomorrow. I tend to think of it as OK for older kids to watch (younger ones might find it boring), which makes it family-friendly even if it's not about a family.

FXM isn't doing much particularly notable in terms of families, although you'll have another chance to watch The Silent Call tomorrow morning at 6:00 AM. And if you're in one of those families where having to deal with everyone is a chore, then you might enjoy The Sound and the Fury as your post-Thanksgiving movie. But that's a subject for tomorrow's post, since I aired it the last time it ran with the intention of doing a full-length post on it.

And if you want something that's decidedly not family-friendly, Showtime will be showing the 1980s version of Scarface early Friday morning at 3:05 AM Friday.

Happy Thanksgiving, especially to our Canadian readers. ;-)