Thursday, December 30, 2021
New Year's Eve 2021 and New Year's Day 2022 TV Marathons

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!

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Sunday, January 18
Animal Control - "Bear Cubs and Broncos" (Fox, 9:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Tensions erupt when the two rival animal control precincts are forced to merge due to budget cuts; Frank and Templeton clash during a bear cub rescue as they fight for control; Emily and Shred try to hide their romance from the team.
Going Dutch - "The Laser's Edge" (Fox, 9:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
An intense battle of laser tag combat; Captain Maggie avoids third-wheeling Major Shah and Celeste.
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins - "Pilot" (NBC, 10:00PM ET/PT)
Twenty years after a career-ending scandal, former running back Reggie Dinkins enlists filmmaker Arthur Tobin to make a documentary he hopes will rehabilitate his image.
St. Denis Medical - "A Waste of time and Marble" (NBC, 10:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
With the threat of a nurse walkout, Alex is caught between her colleagues and Joyce; Ron and Bruce go above and beyond to help an unexpected patient.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of January 12)
Friday, January 16
- Denis Leary (Going Dutch/No Good Deed/Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll/The Job) - Watch Denis on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Chelsea Handler (Are You There, Chelsea?) - Chelsea appears on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Jodie Foster (Paper Moon/Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice/The Courtship of Eddie's Father) - Jodie is a guest on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Simu Liu (Kim's Convenience) - Simu appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Walton Goggins (The Righteous Gemstones/The Unicorn/Vice Principals) - Walton talks about Fallout on Live with Kelly and Mark (check your local listings) and with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Kim Fields (The Upshaws/Living Single/The Facts of Life/Baby, I'm Back) - Kim talks about The Upshaws with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Belissa Escobedo (Happy's Place) - Belissa talks about Happy's Place on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
New on DVD and 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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