Friday, December 28, 2018

New Year's Eve 2018 and New Year's Day 2019 TV Marathons

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Welcome to a special New Year's style edition of the News Blog! As we end 2018 and start 2019, today we will give you a marathon recap on TV for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day! Some of the major TV stunts include Antenna TV's The Paul Lynde Show Year's Eve Marathon on New Year's Eve from from 6pm-3:30am and once again a New Year Kick-off with Coach marathon on New Year's Day from 5am-4am. COZI TV will have a launch marathon of The Office on New Year's Day, as we mentioned starting at 10am. Syfy has its 23rd annual Twilight Zone New Year's Eve and Day marathon that starts a day early on Sunday, Dec. 30 at 11pm continuing through Wednesday, Jan. 2 at 6am. Encore Love has a Knight Rider marathon beginning at 8pm on New Year's Eve lasting through 9pm New Year's Day. IFC will have a Batman marathon as soon as the "bat time" strikes midnight to ring in 2019! WPIX in New York will of course have their annual The Honeymooners marathon starting at 11:59pm on New Year's Eve through 4pm on New Year's Day. Also in New York City, WLNY-TV 55/10 will have a marathon of The Odd Couple once again starting at 10pm on New Year's Eve night through 9pm on New Year's Day for the seventh straight year.

TV One has a New Year's Day marathon of Sanford & Son starting at 6am. Friends gets two marathons on New Year's Eve, one on TBS from 8am-1pm then Nick at Nite from 9pm-5:30am. TV Land will go with The Goldbergs marathon on New Year's Eve from 2pm-6pm into a marathon of Two and a Half Men from 6pm-2am. TBS airs a Family Guy block on New Year's Eve from 5pm-11pm. FXX will bring us another marathon of The Simpsons that starts on New Year's Eve at 6pm and runs through New Year's Day at 11:59pm. Comedy Central ends the year with a Reno 911 marathon on New Year's Eve starting at 9am. USA Network has a Law & Order: SVU Resolve to Watch New Year's Eve and Day marathon starting at 12am on New Year's Eve. Escape launches Law & Order and Boston Legal with a New Year's Day launch. AMC goes for a marathon of The Walking Dead on New Year's Eve from 9am-5:30am. WGN America has a marathon of In the Heat of the Night from 8am-7pm. Other notable marathons on New Year's Eve includes Sex and the City on E!, Criminal Minds on both ION and WEtv, CSI: Miami on WEtv earlier in the day and Doctor Who on BBC America.

It won't be the end of the year and the start of the year without ABC's Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2019 special on New Year's Eve from 8pm-10pm, followed by its annual specials at 10pm and 11:30pm. NBC and Fox air their own New Year's Eve specials hosted by Carson Daly and Steve Harvey, respectively. Movie wise, Pop, TNT, TBS, Freeform and many others will air movies on New Year's Day, while Hallmark Channel continues to air Christmas movies on New Year's Eve. Tune in Monday and Tuesday for all of this!


Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Monday, January 19

The Neighorhood - "Welcome to Spades" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Marty and Courtney’s nanny search takes an awkward turn, while Calvin’s secret spades night stirs tension at home. Meanwhile, Dave’s new hobby tests everyone’s patience, and a texting miscommunication between Tina and Gemma leads to a fiery confrontation.

DMV - "The Next Window" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
At the Big Sac holiday party, Colette tries to impress Noa before his single “window” closes. Meanwhile, Barb’s effort to save the East Hollywood DMV backfires when she accidentally tackles the director, but assistant Sally (Leslie Jones) steps in to help.

Complete TV Listings


Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of January 19)

Monday, January 19

  • Michael B. Jordan (The Assistants) - Watch Michael on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Joel McHale (Animal Control/The Great Indoors/Community) - Joel appears on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Sarah Silverman (The Sarah Silverman Program) - Sarah is a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
  • François Arnaud (The Moodys) - Andy Cohen interviews François on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 9pm on Bravo.
  • Billy Bob Thornton (Hearts Afire) - Billy Bob talks about Landman on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
  • Pam Grier (Bless This Mess) - Pam talks about the "Pam Grier Soul Flix" channel with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
  • Denis Leary (Going Dutch/No Good Deed/Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll/The Job), Danny Pudi (Going Dutch/Mythic Quest/Powerless/Community) and Taylor Mislak (Going Dutch) - Denis, Danny and Taylor talk about Fox's Going Dutch on a repeat of Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.


New on DVD and Blu-ray

Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray) Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - The Complete First Season (DVD) St. Denis Medical - Season One (Blu-ray) Happy's Place - Season One (Blu-ray) Two and a Half Men - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)

07/22 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
08/26 - The Huckleberry Hound Show - The Complete Original Series (Blu-ray)
09/30 - Touché Turtle and Dum Dum - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
10/07 - Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - The Complete First Season (DVD)
10/14 - Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
10/28 - St. Denis Medical - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/04 - Happy's Place - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/11 - Rick and Morty - Season 8 (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/11 - SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete Fifteenth Season (DVD)
11/11 - Two and a Half Men - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
12/02 - Tom and Jerry - The Golden Era Anthology (1940-1958) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
12/16 - Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
12/16 - Wally Gator - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
01/20 - The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Golden Age Collection (Blu-ray)
01/27 - The New Fred and Barney Show - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/11 - Tom and Jerry - The Complete CinemaScope Collection (Blu-ray)

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