Thursday, December 30, 2021

New Year's Eve 2021 and New Year's Day 2022 TV Marathons

Antenna TV's New Year's Eve Dance Party Marathon

Welcome to a special New Year's style edition of the News Blog! As we end 2021 and start 2022, today we will give you a marathon recap on TV for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, which is the perfect cure for the Omicron variant! Some of the major TV stunts include Antenna TV's New Year's Eve Dance Party Marathon starting at 8pm through 5am on New Year's Eve with shows such as One Day at a Time, Bewitched, Alice, and Gimme a Break! Then on New Year's Day, "New Year's Day Fresh Start" marathon starting at 10am through 12:30am with first episodes and other firsts happening which includes Welcome Back, Kotter and Bachelor Father returns to the line-up! Sister network is launching The Drew Carey Show with the "Straight from Cleveland! Drew Carey's New Year's Eve Party" starting at 8pm on New Year's Eve. Then on New Year's Day, just like Antenna TV, it's the "New Year's Day Fresh Start" marathon starting at 8am with first episodes and other firsts happening which includes The John Larroquette Show and Suddenly Susan joining the line-up! COZI TV welcomes in 2022 with a toast to Columbo. Starting at 8 a.m. on New Year's Day tune in to COZI TV as they are offering a special toast to Columbo fans from coast-to-coast this New Year's Day.

Syfy has its 26th annual Twilight Zone New Year's Eve and Day marathon that starts New Year's Eve at 2am continuing through early morning Sunday. WPIX in New York will of course have their annual The Honeymooners marathon starting at 11pm on New Year's Eve through 5pm on New Year's Day (with a break for E/I block in the morning from 8am-11am). 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 10th straight year.

TV One has a New Year's Eve marathon of Good Times starting at 6am through 3am, followed by a New Year's Day marathon of Sanford & Son also from 6am-3am. TV Land will have their regular schedule block on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, with multiple shows such as Mike & Molly, The Andy Griffith Show, Everybody Loves Raymond and more. FXX will air nothing but Family Guy on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day that ends at 2am on early Jan. 2. Comedy Central ends the year with a The Office marathon from 9am-1am and then starts the year with more on New Year's Day from 8am-12am. E! will air drama Las Vegas starting at 1am on New Year's Eve night with Back to the Future movie trilogy during the day and The Karate Kid trilogy on New Year's Day. USA Network has a Law & Order: SVU Resolve to Watch New Year's Eve marathon starting at 6am on New Year's Eve and Chicago P.D. on New Year's Day following EPL Soccer. Other notable marathons on New Year's Eve include Godzilla movie marathon on Comet, Hawaii Five-0 New Year's Eve/SVU on New Year's Day on ION, more Twilight Zone on Decades, Law & Order NYE marathon/Columbo on NYD on Sundance, The Librarians marathon on UPtv and a Doctor Who marathon on BBC America that has already started and runs through 6am on Jan. 2.

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 2022 special on New Year's Eve from 8pm-10pm, followed by its annual specials at 10pm and 11:30pm. NBC and CBS air their own New Year's Eve specials hosted by Miley Cyrus & Pete Davidson and Bobby Bones & Rachel Smith, respectively. Movie wise, AMC, TNT, 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 Friday and Saturday for all of this!

Antenna TV's New Year's Day Fresh Start Marathon


Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Thursday, October 30

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "A Will and a Dead Man’s Wife" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Georgie’s not ready for his mother to start dating again. Meanwhile, Jim and Audrey struggle to make their wills.

Ghosts - "Halloween 5: The Mummy" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Sam and Jay’s Halloween takes a spooky turn when they accidentally unleash a mummy ghost.

Complete TV Listings


Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of October 27)

Thursday, October 30

  • Emma Stone (The Curse) - Catch Emma on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
  • Justine Lupe (Nobody Wants This/Cristela) - Justine talks about Nobody Wants This on Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
  • Harland Williams (The Geena Davis Show/Simon) - Harland is a guest on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
  • Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building) - Steve chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
  • Patti LaBelle (Out All Night) - Patti is whipping up something tasty in the kitchen, plus a special announcement just for the Tam Fam on Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
  • Ariana Greenblatt (Stuck in the Middle) - Ariana talks about Now You See Me: Now You Don't on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
  • Leanne Morgan (Leanne) - Leanne co-hosts NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
  • Niecy Nash-Betts (Reno 911!/Getting On/The Soul Man/Do Not Disturb) - Niecy talks about her upcoming Hulu series All's Fair on Sherri, so check your local listings.
  • Wendie Malick (Hot in Cleveland/Big Day/Jake in Progress/Just Shoot Me!), Jane Leeves (Hot in Cleveland/Frasier/Throb) and Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/One Day at a Time) - Hot in Cleveland co-stars Wendie Malick and Jane Leeves are surprising Valerie Bertinelli for a cast reunion and to dish on their time working on the hit show on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
  • Joel Kim Booster (Loot/Shrill) - Joel talks about Apple TV's Loot on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.


New on DVD and Blu-ray

Frasier (2023) - Season Two Abbott Elementary - The Complete Third Season The Drew Carey Show - The Complete Series* (missing 4 episodes and some music has been replaced or altered) Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray) Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - The Complete First Season

01/28 - Wait Till Your Father Gets Home - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/04 - The Wayans Bros. - The Complete Series
03/11 - Frasier (2023) - Season Two
04/01 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Third Season
05/13 - The Drew Carey Show - The Complete Series* (missing 4 episodes and some music has been replaced or altered)
06/06 - Shoresy - Season 2
06/17 - Looney Tunes - Collector's Vault - Volume 1 (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)
10/07 - Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - The Complete First Season

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