List of television show marathons airing on U.S cable stations on Thanksgiving: Thursday November 27, the day after Thanksgiving: Friday November 28, Saturday November 29 and Sunday November 30th 2008.
(updated 6:35 pm EST, Tuesday 11-25-2008)
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Thanksgiving Thursday November 27th 2008:
A&E: Cold Case Files / The First 48Animal Planet: Blue Planet: Seas of Life
BBC America: Gavin and Stacey
Bravo: Kathy Griffin Standup / Real Housewives
Cartoon Network: Chowder
Comedy Central: Reno 911!
Discovery: Dirty Jobs
Discovery Health: Plastic Surgery: Before & After
Discovery HD: Street Customs
Disney: The Suite Life
DIY: Cool Tools
E!: Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Fox Movie Channel: Planet of the Apes movies
Fox Reality: Hell's Kitchen
G4: Arrested Development
ID: Dateline
Logo: Sordid Lives
Military: Tank Overhaul
MSNBC: Lockup: Raw
MTV: Parental Control / Run's House
MTV2: Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew
The N: Drake & Josh
Oxygen: Bad Girls Club
Speed: Wrecked
Spike: CSI: New York
TBS: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
TLC: Jon & Kate Plus 8
TNT: The Closer
Travel: Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern
Toon Disney: Goof Troop / Goofy movies
TruTV: Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege and Justice / Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest Criminals
TV Land: I Love Lucy
USA: House
Versus: Rocky movies
WGN: Newhart
Day After Thanksgiving: Friday November 28th 2008:
A&E: CSI: Miami
Animal Planet: Untamed & Uncut
BBC America: Monty Python's Flying Circus
Bravo: Million-Dollar Listing
Cartoon Network: Johnny Test
Discovery: Deadliest Catch
Discovery Health: Trauma: Life in the ER
Disney: Wizards of Waverly Place / Hannah Montana
Food Network: Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Fox Movie Channel: Planet of the Apes movies
Fox Reality: Hell's Kitchen
FX: The Bernie Mac Show
G4: Ninja Warrior
History: Cities of the Underworld
ID: 48 Hours: Hard Evidence
MTV: True Life
MTV2: Life of Ryan / Run's House
The N: Drake & Josh
National Geographic: The Dog Whisperer
Nickelodeon: Spongebob SquarePants
Oxygen: Snapped / Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood
Planet Green: Greensburg
Sci-Fi: Mork & Mindy
Soap: Beverley Hills 90210 (original series)
Speed: PINKS All Out
Spike: CSI / CSI: NY
TLC: What Not To Wear
Travel: Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
TruTV: Forensic Files / Speeders
TV Guide Network: Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp
TV Land: Beverly Hillbillies / Sandford and Son / The Cosby Show
USA: The Starter Wife
VH1: The Greatest
WE: Amazing Wedding Cakes / My Fair Wedding
Saturday November 29th 2008:
BET: The Parkers
Bravo: Project Runway
Discovery: Mythbusters
Discovery Kids: Bindi The Jungle Girl
DIY: Cool Tools
Fox Movie Channel: Planet of the Apes movies
Fox Reality: Hell's Kitchen
Logo: Sordid Lives
MTV: MADE
The N: Drake & Josh
Oxygen: Real Housewives
Planet Green: Emeril Green
Sci-Fi: 3 Movies based on Stephen King books
Speed: Gearz / PINKS
TV Guide Channel: Look-A-Like
TV Land: I Love Lucy
VH1: I Love the New Millenium
Sunday November 30th 2008:
Animal Planet: Miami Animal Police
BET: Steve Harvey Show
Bravo: Real Housewives / Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Discovery Kids: Bindi The Jungle Girl
Discovery HD: Overhaulin'
Discovery Health: Dr. G: Medical Examiner
DIY: Cool Tools
E!: Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Fox Movie Channel: Planet of the Apes movies
Fox Reality: Solitary
G4: Whacked Out Videos
Green: Go for the Green
MTV2: From G's to Gents
Nickelodeon: Fairly OddParents
The N: Drake & Josh
Soap: General Hospital
Speed: Ultimate Factories
Style: Clean House
Planet Green: Go For The Green
TLC: Untold Stories of the ER
TNT: Lord of the Rings movie trilogy
Travel: Food Paradise
TruTV: Surf & Rescue: Dewey Beach / Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel
TV Land: I Love Lucy
WE: Bridezillas
I'll update this list as I find more marathons
(updated 6:35 pm EST, Tuesday 11-25-2008)
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5 comments:
Thank you for this fabulous and useful list! I'm sorry there's no Twilight Zone marathon, which I think might have started this trend back in the 80s. But you can't go wrong with Monty Python.
Laura
www.HellishHolidays.com
Fox Movie Channel has Planet of the Apes movies all day Friday, Nov. 28.
this is a great public service! thanks for taking the time to put this together :-) i too was hoping for a "twilight zone" marathon...
Hello all! Great list! There are a lot of marathons, but it is sad to see Sci Fi dump their "Twilight Zone Marathon". The concept of the TZ Marathon was first done in the 80's, as Laura said, in Boston (by WSBK, I believe), and was most successfully done by KTLA in Los Angeles, and then many stations who had TZ started doing it. Sci Fi took it over when they bought the series. I was head of Programming for KTLA and it was always a very popular and much anticipated event! It had the perfect combination of terrific episodes, half-hour length (which made it easy to pop in and enjoy an ep or two), and total pop culture exposure so that almost everybody had a favorite that they were excited to see again. Really, just the ideal marathon material.
Thanks again for this great list! I think these days many programmers just throw together a bunch of things thinking it makes a great marathon, but you have to have the right material and put it together with a little love, I think.
Happy Thanksgiving!
thanks for all of your efforts!
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