Holiday weekends are when most TV networks punt and this weekend is no exception. We have marathons galore: TBS' 24 hours of A Christmas Story, FX's day of Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, and various "Dirty Jobs" and "MythBusters" marathons on Discovery among others. BBC America will be having a Doctor Who marathon on Saturday culminating in the premiere of "Doctor Who - A Christmas Carol" at 9pm. We suggest finishing off Sunday with a commercial-free viewing of The Wizard of Oz on TCM, followed by the incredible short film that you might remember from your preschool days, The Red Balloon. more ›

Remember when Charlie Brown had a bad case of S.A.D. and after he gave Lucy a nickle, she tells him that he needs more "involvement." Then they put on a nativity play and well, you know the rest. It's December and Los Angeles is rife with holiday plays and musicals. Just because you're too old to land the starring role in the Christmas pageant, or don't happen to have kids who are performing in one, don't think you get to skip your seasonal dose of fabricated sentiment. Afterall, when it's 80 degrees outside, we Angelinos can use all the holiday cheer (or parodies there of) we can possibly stand. more ›

Heat 101, Lakers 85 - Dwane Wade filled the Laker's stockings with 40 pieces of coal, errrr, points, and Kobe was about as useful as Rudolph on a sunny afternoon. In a game hyped by the NBA as a new Christmas tradition and hyped by commentators as a matchup of two top scorers, Miami took control early and never faltered. The Heat have now won three in a row against the Lakers on Christmas day.... more ›

Hope for DVDs in your stockings and lots of trips to your cinema center - this weekend and next week will be reruns of just about everything including late night programming. I guess the idea is that you're supposed to be spending time with people you love or like or something. Today - Saturday College Basketball is scattered all over the tube from morning 'til night. "A Christmas Carol" (TCM, 11:00 a.m.) This is... more ›

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