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* {{WikipediaLink|CBS}} will air a colorized version of the ''[[I Love Lucy Christmas Special]]'' on December 20th.
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* {{w|CBS}} will air a colorized version of the ''[[I Love Lucy Christmas Special]]'' on December 20th.
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* [[Wikipedia:ABC Family|ABC Family]] has now officially announced their line-up for this year's [[25 Days of Christmas]]. New films this year include ''[[Holidaze]]'' starring Jennie Garth, the WWE Studios film ''[[Christmas Bounty]]'' with Mike "The Miz" Mizerin, and holiday-themed episodes of ''{{WikipediaLink|Melissa & Joey}}'' and ''{{WikipediaLink|Baby Daddy}}'', plus the network's premiere of ''[[Deck the Halls (2006 film)|Deck the Halls]]''.
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* {{w|ABC Family}} has now officially announced their line-up for this year's [[25 Days of Christmas]]. New films this year include ''[[Holidaze]]'' starring Jennie Garth, the WWE Studios film ''[[Christmas Bounty]]'' with Mike "The Miz" Mizerin, and holiday-themed episodes of ''{{w|Melissa & Joey}}'' and ''{{w|Baby Daddy}}'', plus the network's premiere of ''[[Deck the Halls (2006 film)|Deck the Halls]]''.
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*[[Wikipedia:American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] will air the reality competition ''[[The Great Christmas Light Fight]]'' (formerly titled ''Lights, Camera, Christmas'') during the month of December. Also planned by the network is ''[[Lady Gaga & the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular]]'', with co-stars Sir Elton John, RuPaul and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, premiering on Thanksgiving night.
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* {{w|American Broadcasting Company|ABC}} will air the reality competition ''[[The Great Christmas Light Fight]]'' (formerly titled ''Lights, Camera, Christmas'') during the month of December. Also planned by the network is ''[[Lady Gaga & the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular]]'', with co-stars Sir Elton John, RuPaul and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, premiering on Thanksgiving night.
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* [[wikipedia:NBC|NBC]] is producing an animated Christmas special for next year titled ''[[How Murray Saved Christmas]]'', based on the best-selling children's book of the same name by Mike Reiss.
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* {{w|NBC}} is producing an animated Christmas special for next year titled ''[[How Murray Saved Christmas]]'', based on the best-selling children's book of the same name by Mike Reiss.
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* [[wikipedia:Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]] will be airing new Christmas episodes of ''[[:Category:The Simpsons|The Simpsons]]'' and ''{{WikipediaLink|Family Guy}}'' - "[[White Christmas Blues]]" (notably one of the last ''Simpsons'' episodes that was written by [[wikipedia:Don Payne (writer)|Don Payne]], who passed away in March) and "[[Christmas Guy]]", respectively.
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* {{w|Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX}} will be airing new Christmas episodes of ''[[:Category:The Simpsons|The Simpsons]]'' and ''{{w|Family Guy}}'' - "[[White Christmas Blues]]" (notably one of the last ''Simpsons'' episodes that was written by {{w|Don Payne (writer)|Don Payne}}, who passed away in March) and "[[Christmas Guy]]", respectively.
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* [[wikipedia:Ion Television|Ion Television]] will premiere five new made-for-TV movies - ''[[Defending Santa]]'', ''[[My Santa]]'', ''[[Holiday Road Trip]]'', ''[[Christmas Belle]]'', and ''[[All I Want for Christmas (2013)|All I Want for Christmas]]''.
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* {{w|Ion Television}} will premiere five new made-for-TV movies - ''[[Defending Santa]]'', ''[[My Santa]]'', ''[[Holiday Road Trip]]'', ''[[Christmas Belle]]'', and ''[[All I Want for Christmas (2013)|All I Want for Christmas]]''.
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* The Disney Channel is kicking off its "Fa-la-la-lidays" programming event with ''[[Good Luck Jessie: NYC Christmas]]'', a special hour-length crossover between ''Jessie'' and ''Good Luck Charlie'', on November 29th. New Christmas episodes of ''Liv and Maddie'', ''Austin & Ally'', ''A.N.T. Farm'', and ''Dog With a Blog'' will also be premiering.
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* The {{w|Disney Channel}} is kicking off its "[[Fa-la-la-lidays]]" programming event with ''[[Good Luck Jessie: NYC Christmas]]'', a special hour-length crossover between ''{{w|Jessie (TV series)|Jessie}}'' and ''{{w|Good Luck Charlie}}'', on November 29th. New Christmas episodes of ''{{w|Liv and Maddie}}'', ''{{w|Austin & Ally}}'', ''{{w|A.N.T. Farm}}'', and ''{{w|Dog With a Blog}}'' will also be premiering.
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* The Hallmark Channel has eleven new Christmas movies expected to premiere this year - ''[[The Christmas Spirit (2013 film)|The Christmas Spirit]]'', ''[[Santa Switch]]'', ''[[Fir Crazy]]'' (originally announced for last year), ''[[The Christmas Ornament]]'', ''[[Let It Snow (film)|Let It Snow]]'', ''[[A Very Merry Mix Up]]'', ''[[Catching a Christmas Star]]'', ''[[Cedar Cove Christmas]]'', ''[[Pete's Christmas]]'', ''[[Finding Christmas]]'', and ''[[Window Wonderland]]''. The Hallmark Movie Channel will also be premiering a movie titled ''[[Christmas with Tucker]]''.
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* The {{w|Hallmark Channel}} has eleven new Christmas movies expected to premiere this year - ''[[The Christmas Spirit (2013 film)|The Christmas Spirit]]'', ''[[Santa Switch]]'', ''[[Fir Crazy]]'' (originally announced for last year), ''[[The Christmas Ornament]]'', ''[[Let It Snow (film)|Let It Snow]]'', ''[[A Very Merry Mix Up]]'', ''[[Catching a Christmas Star]]'', ''[[Cedar Cove Christmas]]'', ''[[Pete's Christmas]]'', ''[[Finding Christmas]]'', and ''[[Window Wonderland]]''. The Hallmark Movie Channel will also be premiering a movie titled ''[[Christmas with Tucker]]''.
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* [[wikipedia:Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] will premiere two new Christmas movies - ''[[Papa Noel]]'', ''[[The Twelve Trees of Christmas]]'', and ''[[A Dollywood Christmas]]''.
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* {{w|Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime}} will premiere three new Christmas movies - ''[[Papa Noel]]'', ''[[The Twelve Trees of Christmas]]'', and ''[[A Dollywood Christmas]]''.
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* [[wikipedia:Up (TV channel)|Up TV]] (formerly known as GMC) has announced two holiday titles for the 2013 holiday season - ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Christmas]]'', starring Drew Lachey, and ''[[Silver Bells (2013 film)|Silver Bells]]'', with Bruce Boxleitner.
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* {{w|Up (TV channel)|Up TV}} (formerly known as GMC) has announced two holiday titles for the 2013 holiday season - ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Christmas]]'', starring Drew Lachey, and ''[[Silver Bells (2013 film)|Silver Bells]]'', with Bruce Boxleitner (already available on DVD and Blu-ray).
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* {{WikipediaLink|Marcia Wallace}}, the voice of [[w:c:simpsons:Edna Krabappel|Edna Krabappel]] from ''[[The Simpsons]]'' (including two of its Christmas episodes), died of pneumonia on October 25th.
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* {{w|Marcia Wallace}}, the voice of [[w:c:simpsons:Edna Krabappel|Edna Krabappel]] from ''[[The Simpsons]]'' (including two of its Christmas episodes), died of pneumonia on October 25th.
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'''October 29th:'''
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* ''[[Cancel Christmas]]'', ''[[Christmas Magic]]'', ''[[A Heartland Christmas]]'', ''[[Home Alone: The Holiday Heist]]'', and ''[[The Town Christmas Forgot]]'' are now available on DVD.
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* Sonar Entertainment released a ''Christmas Classics Collection 6 Pack'' DVD set (containing ''[[An Old Fashioned Christmas]]'', ''[[Mrs. Santa Claus]]'', ''[[Truman Capote's One Christmas]]'', ''[[A Christmas Visitor]]'', ''[[The Christmas Box]]'', and ''[[The Night They Saved Christmas]]'').
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* Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment released four 2-disc DVD sets, each containing six different movies - ''ABC Family Holiday Collection Movie 6 Pack'', ''Faith & Family Holiday Collection Movie 6 Pack'', ''Family Fun Christmas Collection Movie 6 Pack'' and ''Christmas Romance Collection Movie 6 Pack''.
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* A 3-D Blu-ray of ''[[Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas]]'' has been released.
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'''November 5th:'''
'''November 5th:'''
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* Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is releasing new DVDs and Blu-rays of ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' and ''[[A Very Merry Pooh Year]]''.
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* {{w|Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment}} has released new DVDs and Blu-rays of ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' (which also includes ''[[Pluto's Christmas Tree]]'' as one of five bonus shorts) and ''[[A Very Merry Pooh Year]]''.
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* Anniversary Edition Blu-ray/DVD combo packs for ''[[A Christmas Story]]'', ''[[Scrooged]]'', and ''[[Elf (movie)|Elf]]'' are being released.
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* Anniversary Edition Blu-ray/DVD combo packs for ''[[A Christmas Story]]'', ''[[Scrooged]]'', and ''[[Elf (movie)|Elf]]'' have been released by {{w|Warner Home Video}}.
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* A single-disc DVD featuring "[[Lucy's Christmas Special]]" will be released.
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* A single-disc DVD featuring "[[Lucy's Christmas Special]]" has been released.
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* ''[[Mister Scrooge to See You!]]'' will premiere on home video.
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* A new direct-to-video film titled ''[[Mister Scrooge to See You!]]'' was released.
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* "[[I Heard the Barks on Christmas Day]]" will be made available on the ''Pound Puppies: Holiday Hijinks'' DVD.
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* "[[I Heard the Barks on Christmas Day]]" is now available on the ''{{w|Pound Puppies (2010 TV series)|Pound Puppies}}: Holiday Hijinks'' DVD.
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* MPI Home Video is releasing a DVD of ''[[Perry Como's Christmas Show]]'' as well as a new single-disc compilation DVD titled ''Classic TV Comedy Christmas''.
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* {{w|MPI Home Video}} has released a DVD of ''[[Perry Como's Christmas Show]]'', as well as a new single-disc compilation DVD titled ''Classic TV Comedy Christmas'' (which contains "[[Christmas Party (The Honeymooners)|''The Honeymooners''' Christmas Party]]", "[[A Very Merry Christmas (The Donna Reed Show)|A Very Merry Christmas]]", "[[Christmas Came a Little Early]]", "[[Cannonball Christmas]]", "[[Home for Christmas (The Beverly Hillbillies)|Home for Christmas]]", and "[[It's Christmas Time in the City]]").
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* "[[Invasion of the Secret Santas!]]" will be included on Warner Archive's ''Batman: The Brave and the Bold: The Complete First Season'' manufacture-on-demand Blu-ray set.
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* "[[Invasion of the Secret Santas!]]" is now available in high-definition on {{w|Warner Archive}}'s ''{{w|Batman: The Brave and the Bold}}: The Complete First Season'' manufacture-on-demand Blu-ray set.
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* Warner Archive has also released the ''{{w|Flo}}: The Complete Series'' manufacture-on-demand DVD set, which contains "[[The Miracle of Casa de Huevos]]".
'''November 12th:'''
'''November 12th:'''
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* ''The Carol Burnett Show: Christmas With Carol'', a DVD containing two full Christmas-themed episodes and bonus Christmas-themed sketches, will be released.
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* ''{{w|The Carol Burnett Show}}: Christmas With Carol'', a DVD containing two full Christmas-themed episodes and bonus Christmas-themed sketches, will be released.
* A new direct-to-video film titled ''[[A Country Christmas (2013 film)|A Country Christmas]]'' will be released.
* A new direct-to-video film titled ''[[A Country Christmas (2013 film)|A Country Christmas]]'' will be released.
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'''January 14th:'''
'''January 14th:'''
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* Shout! Factory's ''V.R. Troopers: Season Two, Volume Two'' DVD set, which contains "[[Santa's Secret Trooper]]", will be released.
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* Shout! Factory's ''{{w|V.R. Troopers}}: Season Two, Volume Two'' DVD set, which contains "[[Santa's Secret Trooper]]", will be released.
'''January 28th:'''
'''January 28th:'''
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* The ''Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain: The Complete Series'' DVD set, which contains "[[Yule Be Sorry]]", will be released.
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* The ''{{w|Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain}}: The Complete Series'' DVD set, which contains "[[Yule Be Sorry]]", will be released.
'''February 4th:'''
'''February 4th:'''
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* The ''Family Matters: The Complete 4th Season'' DVD set, which includes "[[It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Urkel]]", will be released.
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* The ''{{w|Family Matters}}: The Complete 4th Season'' DVD set, which includes "[[It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Urkel]]", will be released.
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