Christmas Eve TV

This Thursday is Christmas Eve, and nothing says Merry Christmas more then watching television, with –or without your family. Here’s a look at what’s airing on local Capital Region channels, as well as what movies will be airing on cable.

In Albany, you can enjoy the first airing of Melodies of Christmas, at 5pm, then again at 7:30pm on WRGB. At 8pm you can catch an airing of the classic It’s A Wonderful Life, on WNYT. Or catch Disney’s made for ABC 30-minute animated movie Prep and Landing. If you haven’t watched enough parades this Christmas season then WNYA (MY4-Channel 4) is where you’ll want to be at 8pm; they are airing the Hollywood Christmas Parade, which was held on November 29th in Los Angeles.

After the late local news (at 11:35pm), WNYT and WRGB will air Christmas mass. WNYT will air Christmas Eve at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. And, WRGB will air Christmas at the Cathedral Beacon of Hope.

Christmas Eve on Cable has some great Christmas movies! Here is just some of what’s on:

FX:
4:30pm Christmas with the Kranks

AMC:
A White Christmas (all day starting at 9am)

TBS:
8pm: A Christmas Story (24 hour marathon)

The Disney Channel:
4:00pm: Santa Claus I
5:50pm: Santa Claus II
7:45pm: Santa Claus III

ABC Family: Movies all day. For more information, click here.