Thursday, December 24, 2020

FXM for Christmas, and maybe some other channels too

TCM's been running Christmas-themed movies non-stop since about last Friday, and is going to be doing so through the end of the prime-time lineup tomorrow night. Come December 26, it's increasingly the case that places act as though the Christmas season is completely over. (What ever happened to the 12 days of Christmas?)

Over on FXM, in years past, they've run a loop of the Alastair Sim version of A Christmas Carol from 1951. This year, they're doing something different. At roughly the end of the normal daytime Retro programming block, or starting at 2:30 PM today, they're running that version. But after that's over, at 4:20 PM, they're running a 2019 version, which FX made last year as a three-part TV miniseries starring Guy Pearce. Those two versions will be alternating on a loop through to about 3:30 AM Saturday.

I looked briefly at the other movie channels, first with the listing service set for 4AM on Friday and then at 4PM, and there's surprisingly little in the way of Christmas-themed movies. Starz has a double feature of the 2019 version of Little Women and Elf both Friday morning and Friday night, but in between there's a marathon of Outlander.

SHOxBET also has a double feature on Friday afternoon, with a pair I haven't seen, One Crazy Christmas followed by Holly Day; the synopsis of the latter makes it sound like a reworking of A Christmas Carol.

I suppose if you want some real Christmas cheer, you could tune in to More Max. At 5:10 AM tomorrow, they're running Glengarry Glen Ross, which as everybody knows is the ultimate Christmas movie, now, isn't it?

Merry Christmas to everybody!