The Weekend’s Top TV Shows, Dec. 24-25

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By NotWithoutMyTV | Saturday, December 24, 2011 | 12:00 am | 6 Comments
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Saturday, Dec. 24

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Rocky II (Versus, 5 pm) Underdog Philadelphia fighter Rocky Balboa gets another shot at heavyweight champ Apollo Creed.

Sports Reporter: “Hey, Rock! Doya think ya got brain damage?”

Rocky: “I don’t see any.”

All the Best, All the Worst of 2011 (CNN, 7 pm) 2011 in politics, pop culture, the economy and entertainment.

If the Black-Eyed Peas don’t fall under “Best”… then…

The Sound of Music (ABC, 8 pm) A novitiate leaves her convent and becomes governess to Capt. Von Trapp’s seven children in Austria before World War II.

The nuns go on a sabotage mission against Nazis! Why didn’t anybody tell me about that?

Doctor Who (BBC America, 8 pm) Highlights from the Christmas specials.

More batteries for my sonic screwdriver? None of you put any thought into my gift at all!

World Poker Tour Season IX (Roots Sports Network, 8 pm) Episode: WPT World Championship IX.

Poker? I hardly know her!

The Nerdist: the Year in Review (BBC America, 9 pm) Chris Hardwick counts down the year’s top nerd moments.

Ninety-nine of the 100 moments will be from Comic-Com.

Miracle on 34th Street (Turner Classic Movies) An adwoman’s lawyer boyfriend tries to prove that Macy’s Santa Claus is the real thing.

Dear Santa, please find me a nice short sale with a back yard for Fluffy.

Pitch Black (Showtime Extreme, 9 pm) After crash landing on a distant planet, survivors must fight deadly creatures that come out only at night.

Hang your stocking with care, then watch Vin Diesel blast the shit out of some creepy aliens.

A Christmas Story (TBS, 10 pm) In the 1940s, little Ralphie tries to convince his parents to get him a Red Ryder range-model BB gun for Christmas.

Scut Farkus rides again.

World’s Dumbest Brawlers (TruTV, 9 pm) A fight at a wedding; mascot melee at a game; high-school wrestler takes down the ref.

Please be a gypsy wedding, please be a gypsy wedding…


Sunday, Dec. 25th

It’s Christmas Day. The networks know they can’t compete with the entertainment value of Aunt Sophie getting stewed on eggnog and trying to dance with the Christmas tree. Everything’s a rerun. So have a cookie (or a whole tray), and go wassailing (whatever the heck that is).

By day, I'm an editor. That means I get a cruel thrill out of identifying the parts of other people's creative projects that suck, and alerting those people to said suckage. Sometimes, I get paid for it. I've been known to lose my appetite after seeing how a Thai menu has folded, spindled, and mutilated the Queen's English. Imagine what TV does to me! I guess that's why I wanted to be a recapper at TVgasm. My friends have heard all of my rants, and they are sick of them. TVgasm is a whole new captive audience! So, let's make a compact, you and I: you agree to read my recaps and take what amusement you can from them, and I agree to put into the print the outrageous observations about the show that you thought, but were too PC to say. Let's share our joyous rage after wasting another perfectly good hour in front of the television.

Oh, and I still believe that Magnum, P.I. was the greatest show on television. Although I have not seen Thomas Magnum fishtail that Ferrari in the opening credits since I was 14. If Magnum, P.I. actually sucked, keep your damn squeal hole shut and don't ruin it for me, OK?

6 Comments

  1. 1
    CattyFan cattyfan
    Posted December 24, 2011 at 6:46 am

    I think I’m going to take my husband to the Christmas Story House in Cleveland on our way back from Wisconsin. He loves the movie…but I’m not letting him buy a Major Award Lamp.

  2. 2
    Enrique's Mole
    Posted December 24, 2011 at 7:48 am

    Why isn’t March of the Wooden Soldiers on with Laurel and Hardy? That used to be a holiday staple in the North East!!!

  3. 3
    sarcasatire sarcasatire
    Posted December 24, 2011 at 11:05 pm

    The only thing worth watching on Christmas day is the yuletide log.

  4. 4
    Classy Drunk Classy Drunk
    Posted December 25, 2011 at 7:30 am

    I love Rocky. My favorite is the fourth installment where a 5’6 Sly Stallone goes up against the big bad cheating Russian. Once again America comes out on top. This is not propaganda at all.

  5. 5
    CattyFan cattyfan
    Posted December 25, 2011 at 5:09 pm

    I have all the Rockys on DVD. I’ve watched them all in a weekend before.

    Tonight, however, it’s Packers vs. Bears.

    Green Bay…the Other Holy Land.

  6. 6
    dazzyfresh
    Posted December 27, 2011 at 1:24 pm

    A Christmas Story with a load of sports WAS the gift that keeps on giving…

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