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TV LAND UNWRAPS A SACK LOAD OF HOLIDAY CHEER WITH CLASSIC CHRISTMAS EPISODES BEGINNING MONDAY, DECEMBER 24
New York, NY, December 10, 2007 – Jingle Bells ring when TV Land rolls out a collection of classic Christmas episodes during TV Land’s 8th Annual Merry-thon. The twenty-four hour celebration begins Monday, December 24 through Tuesday, December 25 from 5:00pm - 5:00pm (ET/PT): features some of America's favorite television families including - The Ingalls, The Jeffersons, The Bunkers, The Bradys, and more. Tune in as the Ingalls recall their fondest memories of Christmases past, Louise help George find the father he never knew, Cindy ask Santa for help and Edith and Archie feast on a holiday dinner.
TV Land's 8th Annual Merry-thon block schedule is as follows (all times listed are ET/PT):
EST Merry-thon 12/24-12/25 5:00PM Gunsmoke #146
6:00PM Little House #167
7:00PM Good Times #97 All in the Family #194 8:00PM MASH #203 MASH #228 9:00PM Beverly Hillbillies #50 Jeffersons #99 10:00PM Sanford and Son #104 Three's Company #20 11:00PM MASH #203 MASH #228 12:00AM Cheers #133 Night Court #2 1:00AM Night Court #90
2:00AM Designing Women #34 Designing Women #131 3:00AM Wings #17 Wings #60 4:00AM Highway to Heaven #62
5:00AM Little House #167
6:00AM Gunsmoke #146
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TV Land's 8th Annual Merry-thon block schedule is as follows (all times listed are ET/PT) con’t:
7:00AM Green Acres #46 Addams Family #49
8:00AM All in the Family #26 All in the Family #149 9:00AM Brady Bunch #12 Cheers #12 10:00AM Wings #17 Wings #60 11:00AM Night Court #2 Night Court #90 12:00PM Sanford and Son #104 Cheers #133 1:00PM Brady Bunch #12 Jeffersons #49 2:00PM Jeffersons #99 All in the Family #26 3:00PM All in the Family #149 Three's Company #20 4:00PM Good Times #97 Good Times #121
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