getTV is kicking off its annual “Most Wonderful Month of the Year” holiday programming campaign beginning Thanksgiving weekend with “The Soul & Spirit of Christmas,” special premiering Friday, November 23 at 8PM ET. The show features CeCe Winans and BeBe Winans, Anthony Hamilton & the HamilTones, Take 6, Koryn Hawthorne and Kyla Jade.
Also this season, getTV is running classic television episodes and specials throughout the year.
Among the other highlights of this year’s holiday programming, which begins Thanksgiving Day and runs through New Year’s Day, are:
Thanksgiving Day “First Families of Comedy” marathon, featuring back to back episodes of “Married with Children,” “All in the Family,” “Sanford and Son” and “Good Times”
On Friday, November 23 at 9PM ET, the getTV premiere of “The Patti LaBelle Show,” classic variety special not seen in the U.S. since its Thanksgiving broadcast premiere in 1985, featuring performances by Cyndi Lauper, Luther Vandross and Amy Grant
Holiday movies every Sunday from 2-10PM & 2-6AM ET including:
“A Christmas Carol” starring Patrick Stewart
“Ms. Scrooge,” starring Cicely Tyson
“Christmas in Connecticut,” starring Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson and Tony Curtis
“Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus” starring Richard Thomas, Ed Asner and Charles Bronson
“The Kid Who Loved Christmas,” starring Sammy Davis Jr., Lena Horne, Esther Rolle, Della Reese, Ben Vereen, Vanessa Williams and Charlie Murphy
Classic variety shows every Sunday night from 10PM – 2AM ET, hosted by such stars as Johnny Cash, Andy Williams, Perry Como, Cher, Vanessa Williams and Mac Davis, and featuring such guests as John Wayne, Gladys Knight, Barbara Mandrell, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Everly Brothers, Carl Perkins, Merle Haggard, Ricky Skaggs, The Lennon Sisters, Redd Foxx, Angie Dickinson, Richard Chamberlain, Phil Collins, Shania Twain, Babyface and Luther Vandross, among others
Last year’s holiday special, “A Nashville Christmas,” featuring Wynonna, Emmylou Harris, Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan, returning Sunday, December 9 at 1 & 11PM ET. It’s included as part of a full day of holiday-themed movies starring country artists, including Naomi Judd, Kris Kristofferson, Reba McEntire and John Denver
Multiple holiday-themed episodes of “Married with Children,” “The Steve Harvey Show,” “All in the Family,” “Sanford and Son,” “Good Times,” “Walker Texas Ranger,” “Designing Women,” “’Til Death” and more
A nearly 60-hour Christmas programming marathon beginning Sunday, December 23 at 12:30PM ET until Tuesday, December 25 at 12 midnight
