Monday, May 25, 2015

Memorial Day 2015 TV Marathons

Happy Memorial Day! As usual, we have the holiday marathons on a holiday for you! As we pay tribute to our troops every year on this day, let's have some fun as well watching TV marathons on the tube on this day off! If you're not going outside in the heat, then there are plenty of TV options for you on this day! Are you headed to the shore or would you rather watch some good TV marathons like Quantum Leap? Leap into summer! So bring out your lawn chair, throw some burgers on the BBQ, and watch some television!

Among the marathons today are the marathons we have previously mentioned, such as the Quantum Leap marathon on COZI TV starting at 6am. Sitcoms getting the marathon treatment on this day include Hot in Cleveland marathon on TV Land today from 9am-9pm. IFC wil say hello to The Monkees with a marathon from 6:30am-6pm. Logo will have a Roseanne marathon today from 10am-4pm. FXX has a marathon of The Simpsons from 6pm-12am. Comedy Central will have a Tosh.0 marathon beginning at 9am and running to 1:30pm, followed by Drunk History marathon to 7pm. VH1 Classic will showcase Saturday Night Live from 7pm-1am tonight. Other sitcoms airing today will be in their regular blocks, like My Wife & Kids on MTV2 from 9am-1pm.

Moving on to dramas, Hallmark has a marathon of The Waltons beginning at 2pm today. If you want some mystery, then spend the day with Dick Van Dyke with a marathon of Diagnosis Murder on Hallmark Movie Channel beginning at 1pm. It wouldn't be a holiday without a marathon of Criminal Minds and once again A&E will have a marathon from 8am-2pm. ION will have a marathon of Blue Bloods this year from 9am-3am. USA Network has a marathon of CSI from 9am-8pm. TNT will have a promotional marathon for The Last Ship from 10am-8pm, which returns June 21 on TNT for its new season. Friday Night Lights will get a marathon today on CMT from 9:30am-8pm. Other notable marathons include Defiance on Syfy and a Walker Texas Ranger marathon on TV Land. And kick butt with Kristen Bell as Veronica Mars gets a marathon on Pivot from 11am-9pm. POP will showcase the short-lived series Jericho with a marathon from 10am-6pm. It wouldn't be a holiday without a Law & Order marathon, and Sundance has that covered from 3pm-3am.

Reality series wise, Esquire will showcase American Ninja Warrior with a marathon from 7am-8pm. Cloo has a 24-hour marathon of Cops starting at 6am. Spend the day with Kim Kardashian in Keeping Up with the Kardashians on E! from 2pm-12am. MTV has a marathon of Teen Mom from 12pm-11:30pm. Other reality best bets for the day are World's Dumbest... marathon on truTV, The Real Housewives of Orange County marathon on Bravo, Chopped marathon on Food Network, Dr. Phil on OWN from 7am-2pm, Pawn Stars marathon on History, Kendra On Top marathon on WE tv and The Little Couple marathon on TLC.

If you like movies on TV, watch Antenna TV's Memorial Day Cinema Salute begins at 7am. Oxygen will have a marathon of Legally Blonde from 6pm-12:30am. AMC will have a Saving Private Ryan movie marathon from 10am-10pm. Encore has a Bruce Willis movies marathon from 6am-1:30am. IFC will have an evening marathon of The Matrix films beginning at 6pm. And you can of course catch movies all day on Lifetime, LMN, AMC Family, TCM and other networks that usually air movies.
For the full times of these marathons and much more marathons we didn't cover, check out the full list from our pals at TV Tango!


Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Wednesday, January 22

Shifting Gears - "Job" (ABC, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Riley, desperate for work, reluctantly takes a job at Matt’s shop. Meanwhile, Gabriel and Stitch secretly stray from Matt’s vision on a high-stakes restomod project.

Abbott Elementary - "Strike" (ABC, 8:30PM ET/PT)
City buses have stopped running due to a strike, resulting in many students being absent from school. The teachers at Abbott try to find creative solutions and adapt to hybrid learning. Meanwhile, Gregory and O’Shon strike up a friendship.

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Wednesday, January 22

  • Lucy Liu (Joey/Pearl) - Watch Lucy on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC. She also chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
  • Ronny Chieng (Young Rock/Ronny Chieng: International Student) - Ronny hosts Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
  • Utkarsh Ambudkar (Ghosts/White Famous), Betsy Sodaro (Ghosts/Duncanville/Disjointed/Animal Practice) and Punam Patel (Ghosts/Return of the Mac/Kevin from Work) - Utkarsh, Betsy and Punam are guests on After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
  • Morris Chestnut (Out All Night) - Morris talks about Watson on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am, on CBS Mornings Plus in the 9am hour, and on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
  • Andrew Rannells (Girls/The New Normal) and Nick Kroll (Big Mouth/The League/Cavemen) - Andrew, Nick and Lin-Manuel Miranda are chatting with Drew about their Broadway show All In: Comedy About Love on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings. They're also talking to Drew about parenting advice, how they were raised and how comedy brings people together.


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