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After the presents are opened, the halls are decked and the roast beast is carved, a lot of folks are looking to hit the movie theater or settle in front of their favorite holiday movies or TV show marathons. Zap2it's got you covered for all your Christmas weekend TV programming.

Friday, Dec. 24

A&E: "Criminal Minds" marathon

ABC Family: 25 Days of Christmas ("Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys," "Mickey's Christmas Special," "Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too," "Jack Frost," "Frosty's Winter Wonderland," "'Tas the Night Before Christmas," "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town," "The Year Without Santa Claus" and "Rudolph's Shiny New Year.")

 

AMC: "Miracle on 34th Street," "White Christmas" marathon

Animal Planet: "Planet Earth" marathon

BBC America: "Doctor Who" marathon

Cartoon Network: Various cartoon holiday episodes

Cmt: "A Smoky Mountain Christmas," "Larry the Cable Guy's Star-studded Christmas Extravaganza," "Larry the Cable Guy...

Today smells. There's nothing on. "Glee" won't be back until like next October or whatever the hell. TV is lame. It's No Whining Wednesday and I'm feeling so very whiny, but Lord knows I love me some Lainey Lickabrainey and I know how she loves it when we all quit our crybaby fussing for just five goddamn minutes a week, so I will Try to find the positive in the sack o' crap TV schedule for today.

7:00pm Est

Nickelodeon: "iCarly." Also known as "The Only Show I Watch Besides Glee" but also-also known as "Another Show With No New Episodes Until Approximately 2014". This one is the episode where Carly and Sam both have the hots for Freddie's nerd/not-nerd friend and they end up having a competition to see who can kiss him first. This is also the episode where Spencer has a repairman come fix the elevator,...

At 7, ABC Family has Pixar Short Films (repeated at 9). At 8, CBS has Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, followed by The Grammy Nominations Concert Live. NBC has Christmas in Rockefeller Center at 8. Fox has a new So You Think You Can Dance at 8, then a new Glee. Cartoon Network has a new Destroy Build Destroy at 8. Hallmark has The Christmas Choir at 8, followed by I'll Be Home For Christmas. BBC Amercia has the season premiere of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares at 8, then the season finale of Mary Queen of Shops. At 8:30, ABC has a new episode of The Middle. At 9, DirectTV 101 has a new Friday Night Lights. Discovery has a new Mythbusters. A&E has the season premiere Dog The Bounty Hunter at 9, then the series premiere of Steven Seagal: Lawman (two episodes). Food Network has a new Throwdown with Bobby Flay at 9. Syfy has a new Ghost Hunters at 9, followed...

Drag Me to Hell

Girl says no to woman at the bank, and soon falls under the wrath of the woman's witchy gypsy ways. It sounds like you're regular ol' horror movie, but it's also Sam Raimi's return to the genre. I wasn't the biggest fan of the film, but considering the fact that most of the people I know loved it, I'll defer to them. In his review, Peter Martin said: "Raimi has made a joyful romp through his personal horror playground and come up with a very entertaining horror-comedy that gets back to the basics." Buy it. Also on Blu-ray.

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The Proposal

Sandra Bullock is an easy-to-hate boss ... until she's about to be deported back to Canada. Desperate to keep her job and stay in the U.S., she whips up a marriage of convenience with her assistant Ryan Reynolds.