TV Land Unwraps a Sack Load of Holiday Cheer with Classic Christmas Episodes Beginning Monday, December 24

TV Land Unwraps a Sack Load of Holiday Cheer with Classic Christmas Episodes Beginning Monday, December 24

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Jingle Bells ring when TV Land rolls out a collection of classic Christmas episodes during TV Land's 8th Annual Merry-thon. The twenty-four hour celebration begins Monday, December 24 through Tuesday, December 25 from 5:00pm - 5:00pm (ET/PT): features some of America's favorite television families including -- The Ingalls, The Jeffersons, The Bunkers, The Bradys, and more. Tune in as the Ingalls recall their fondest memories of Christmases past, Louise help George find the father he never knew, Cindy ask Santa for help and Edith and Archie feast on a holiday dinner.

TV Land's 8th Annual Merry-thon block schedule is as follows (all times listed are ET/PT):

   EST                 Merry-thon 12/24-12/25   5:00PM              Gunsmoke #146   6:00PM              Little House #167   7:00PM              Good Times #97                       All in the Family #194   8:00PM              MASH #203                       MASH #228   9:00PM              Beverly Hillbillies #50                       Jeffersons #99   10:00PM             Sanford and Son #104                       Three's Company #20   11:00PM             MASH #203                       MASH #228   12:00AM             Cheers #133                       Night Court #2   1:00AM              Night Court #90   2:00AM              Designing Women #34                       Designing Women #131   3:00AM              Wings #17                       Wings #60   4:00AM              Highway to Heaven #62   5:00AM              Little House #167   6:00AM              Gunsmoke #146   7:00AM              Green Acres #46                       Addams Family #49   8:00AM              All in the Family #26                       All in the Family #149   9:00AM              Brady Bunch #12                       Cheers #12   10:00AM             Wings #17                       Wings #60   11:00AM             Night Court #2                       Night Court #90   12:00PM             Sanford and Son #104                       Cheers #133   1:00PM              Brady Bunch #12                       Jeffersons #49   2:00PM              Jeffersons #99                       All in the Family #26   3:00PM              All in the Family #149                       Three's Company #20   4:00PM              Good Times #97                       Good Times #121   

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