INSIDE: COLLEGE BOWL GAME SCHEDULE December 2018 $7.99 BEST & WORST HOWIE Of 2018! MANDEL George R.R. Martin’s “Not everybody NIGHTFLYERS can sing a song. But Comes To Syfy everybody, whether you’re 5 or 95, can make a WIN! decision that MEGA DVD GIFT can change GIVEAWAY! their lives.” YOUR GUIDE TO HOLIDAY TV! • Christmas Classics REMEMBERING • New Original Movies BURT REYNOLDS • TV’s Best Holiday Episodes MARGOT KIDDER • Family Favorites & More! ANTHONY BOURDAIN ARETHA FRANKLIN & MORE A getTV Christmas IT’S THE MOST U7B<?C;AN7BƟ1 OF THE YEAR EVERY SUNDAY UNTIL CHRISTMAS Plus holiday episodes of your favorite shows every day in December! For the full holiday schedule go to www.get.tv SUN, DEC 2 2p ET – I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS 12a ET – JOHNNY CASH CHRISTMAS 1983 Ann Jillian, Jack Palance, Robert Hays Ricky Skaggs, Merle Haggard 12:30p ET – FATHER KNOWS BEST: 4p ET – ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS 1a ET – MORE HOLIDAY PROGRAMS UNTIL 6A ET HOME FOR CHRISTMAS John Dye, Kathy Ireland Robert Young, Jane Wyatt 6p ET – TWICE UPON A CHRISTMAS MON, DEC 24 2p ET – CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT John Dye, Kathy Ireland CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS FROM 6A ET – 6A ET INCLUDING: Kris Kristofferson, Dyan Cannon, Tony Curtis THE CHRISTMAS WISH 8p ET – 2p ET – YES VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS 4p ET – A TOWN WITHOUT CHRISTMAS Neil Patrick Harris, Debbie Reynolds Richard Thomas, Ed Asner, Charles Bronson Patricia Heaton, Peter Falk JOHNNY CASH CHRISTMAS 1983 10p ET – 4p ET - THE CHRISTMAS GIFT 6p ET – YES VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS Ricky Skaggs, Merle Haggard John Denver Richard Thomas, Ed Asner, Charles Bronson 11p ET – THE MAC DAVIS SPECIAL: THE MUSIC OF THE KID WHO LOVED CHRISTMAS A CHRISTMAS CAROL 6p ET – 8p ET – CHRISTMAS Cicely Tyson, Michael Warren, Sammy Davis Jr. Patrick Stewart, Joel Grey Gladys Knight, Barbara Mandrell, Ronnie Milsap THE SOUL & SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS THE JOHNNY CASH SHOW 8p ET – 10p ET – A NASHVILLE CHRISTMAS 12a ET – 9p ET – A CHRISTMAS CAROL Christmas Episode Wynonna, Emmylou Harris, Lorrie Morgan, Pam Tillis CHER Patrick Stewart, Joel Grey 11p ET – Christmas Episode MORE HOLIDAY PROGRAMS UNTIL 6A ET 1a ET – 11p ET – A NASHVILLE CHRISTMAS 12a ET – THE MAC DAVIS SPECIAL: THE MUSIC OF CHRISTMAS Wynonna, Emmylou Harris, Lorrie Morgan, Pam Tillis 12a ET – THE SOUL & SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS Gladys Knight, Barbara Mandrell, Ronnie Milsap SUN, DEC 23 THE SOUL & SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS 1a ET – MORE HOLIDAY PROGRAMS UNTIL 6A ET 1p ET – 2p ET – MS. SCROOGE TUES, DEC 25 SUN, DEC 9 Cicely Tyson, Katherine Helmond CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS ALL DAY UNTIL 12A ET INCLUDING: 4p ET – A CHRISTMAS CAROL SECRET OF GIVING 1p ET – A NASHVILLE CHRISTMAS 12p ET – Patrick Stewart, Joel Grey Wynonna, Emmylou Harris, Lorrie Morgan, Pam Tillis Reba McEntire 6p ET – MIRACLE IN THE WILDERNESS A NASHVILLE CHRISTMAS 2p ET – A SONG FOR THE SEASON 2p ET – Kris Kristofferson, Kim Cattrall Naomi Judd, Andy Griffith, Gerald McRaney Wynonna, Emmylou Harris, Lorrie Morgan, Pam Tillis 8p ET – YES VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS WALKER, TEXAS RANGER 4p ET – MIRACLE IN THE WILDERNESS 3p ET – Richard Thomas, Ed Asner, Charles Bronson Kris Kristofferson, Kim Cattrall Christmas Episode 10p ET – THE JOHNNY CASH SHOW FATHER KNOWS BEST: HOME FOR CHRISTMAS 6p ET – SECRET OF GIVING 4p ET - Christmas Episode Reba McEntire Robert Young, Jane Wyatt 11p ET – THE JOHNNY CASH CHRISTMAS SHOW (1977) SANFORD AND SON 8p ET – THE CHRISTMAS GIFT 5:30p ET – Christmas Episode Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis ALL IN THE FAMILY John Denver 6p ET – Christmas Episodes MARRIED WITH CHILDREN 10p ET – THE JOHNNY CASH CHRISTMAS SHOW (1977) 8p ET – Christmas Episodes THE STEVE HARVEY SHOW Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis 10p ET – Christmas Episodes 11p ET – A NASHVILLE CHRISTMAS Wynonna, Emmylou Harris, Lorrie Morgan, Pam Tillis The Soul & Spirit of Christmas 12a ET – THE SOUL & SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS 1a ET – MORE HOLIDAY PROGRAMMING UNTIL 6AM ET Primetime Airings: SUN, DEC 16 Dec 3 at 11p ET Dec 14 at 9p ET THE JOHNNY CASH CHRISTMAS SHOW (1977) 1p ET – Head to www.get.tv for additional times Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis Join gospel and R&B music stars CeCe Winans, BeBe Winans, Anthony Hamilton & The HamilTones, Take 6, Koryn Hawthorne and Kyla Jade for an evening of Christmas carols and holiday cheer. WHERE AMERICA H?A?Ƅƈƃ:?@H12@:5ƃ@ WATCH ON DISH CHANNEL 373 getTV is a trademark of CPT Holdings, Inc. © 2018 CPE US Networks III Inc. All rights reserved. CONTENTS 1218 On The Cover 8 Mega DVD Giveaway 12 Best & Worst Of 2018 14 Remembrances When is The 18 Guide To Holiday TV Polar Express 25 Nightflyers airing? You can 23 find out in our 28 Howie Mandel massive Movies section starting 30 College Bowl Schedule on page 42, or find it in our exclusive holiday programming In Every Issue calendar. 5 DISH Chatter 10 DISH Free Preview 34 DISH Cinema 236 Channel Directories 242 Puzzle Page Find What You Want To Watch 32 DISH Cinema Calendar 40 Premium Profiler 42 Movie Listings 95 Specials Listings 102 Sports Listings 110 Series Source “The Guest Book’s” Howie’s Back To NEXT MONTH 7 Carly Jibson 28 Make Some Deals Get ready for 112 Daily Programming There’s lots to love Deal or No Deal is 2019’s new TV Listings about TBS’ The Guest back and host Howie lineup filled with big Book, especially Carly Mandel tells us what’s stars (Don Cheadle, Jibson. Here we talk in store for this 2.0 Chris Pine, Christina Hairspray, cheese version of the hit Ricci, The Rock), FREE DIGITAL ISSUE! and Dog the Bounty game show. lots of drama, aliens, Go to: ondishmag.com/all-access/ Hunter. animals and more. On The Cover: Howie Mandel: © 2018 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Credit: Trae Patton/NBC. Miracle on 34th Street: © 20th Century Fox. Courtesy of AMC. The Polar Express: © 2004 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Find Your Channel Number Fast! Contact DISH For 24-hour customer service visit mydish.com/chat Reference or call 1-800-333-DISH (3474) the Channel Directories on pages 236-241 Not all services are available in all areas. PBS programming varies regionally. 3 TM NEWS & VIEWS Editor’s Note Meet The Crew That’s A Wrap Where did this year go?! While the year in TV brought us twisty BARB surprises, unneeded tears (yes, I’m still heartbroken over big character First on my list to DVR: change-ups on The Walking Dead) as well as welcome tears Always at the Carlyle (that live proposal made by director Glenn Weiss during the on Starz Emmy Awards!) and plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, I would summarize 2018 as an emotional year of some amazing TV. Can’t wait for 2019 so I Inside, Ryan A. Berenz does his annual recap of the best and can see: TNT’s I Am the worst of the year. Our year-end edition also marks a time when Night we remember the talented celebrities and industry icons who have departed (see pages 14-17), including DISH’s former president and CEO Joe Clayton. JEFF As for the holidays, there’s no other publication that First on my list to captures your holiday programming options better than we stream: Springsteen on do, seriously. We started in our November issue denoting all the holiday Broadway on Netflix programming with a present icon in your daily programming pages, and Favorite version of A we continue to do that in this issue. Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Christmas Carol: The Movies & Mysteries have an unprecedented number of new original Albert Finney musical movies. AMC took over for Freeform as the home for the Rankin/Bass Scrooge (1970) specials and family-favorite films like Elf and The Polar Express. We’ve got a special holiday section beginning on page 18 that includes a daily calendar of the season’s best, but don’t stop there. Our daily Best Bets tell you more about the new holiday originals and specials, and our KELLIE comprehensive Movies and Specials sections highlight even more — just First on my list to look for that present icon. DVR: ABC’s The Great On behalf of the entire staff at OnDISH Magazine, we wish you the American Baking Show; happiest of holidays and blessings for 2019. the Brit version is way better, but this’ll do. Holiday movie must- Barb Oates, Editor in Chief watches: Elf with my kids; Love Actually with my husband. ON CONTACT US DISTUHNED IN TO YOU™ To contact the publishers of RYAN OnDISH Magazine: Editor in Chief: Barb Oates First on my list to DVR: Director of Editorial: Jeff Pfeiffer email: [email protected] Dr. Pimple Popper’s Managing Editor: Meredith Ennis write: OnDISH Magazine, The 12 Pops of Television Listings Manager: David Lange 9275 N. 49th St., Suite 100, Brown Deer, WI 53223 Christmas on TLC ART & PRODUCTION Executive Art Director: Tom Czisny call: 1-414-352-8700* Best I’ve seen in 2018: Graphic Artist: Rachael Engleman web: ondishmag.com Lodge 49 on AMC COPY twitter: @OnDISHMag Copy Chief: Jill Klitz *Please Note: We are not DISH. Copy Editor: Katie Kuenkler To report a change in address, cancel your VP OF ENTERTAINMENT ADVERTISING TAYLOR magazine or to change any DISH services Tom Comi [email protected] First on my list to you need to contact DISH at mydish.com or BUSINESS call 1-800-333-DISH (3474). DVR: College football Publisher: Andrew DeAngelis bowl games! 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