Thursday, October 30, 2025
ABC's The Golden Girls 40th Anniversary Special on November 11; NBC 2025 Holiday Specials
The Golden Girls is now 40! ABC News will mark the iconic sitcom's 40th anniversary with a one-hour special detailing the incredible inside story of The Golden Girls, featuring series creator Susan Harris, Emmy(R) Award-winning producer Tony Thomas, and many of the show's original writers and producers. The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20 will air on Tuesday, November 11 at 10:00pm and streaming on Hulu the next day.
Paying tribute to the legendary actresses who brought Dorothy, Blanche, Rose and Sophia to life, and to 40 years of friendship, laughter and their famous love of cheesecake, the special will explore how The Golden Girls used uninhibited comedy to rewrite the narrative for women over 50 and how its timeless appeal has created a lasting influence on pop culture.
The special will follow the 20th anniversary episode of Dancing with the Stars, which airs LIVE from 8:00-10:00pm on ABC and Disney+. The Golden Girls premiered in September 14, 1985 on NBC and lasted through 1992. All seven seasons plus The Golden Palace are streaming on Hulu.
In celebration of the upcoming holiday season, NBC will once again bring families together with its beloved annual specials and a lineup of exciting new programming. Favorite perennial programming will once again return to viewers homes with Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade(R), Christmas in Rockefeller Center and several others. New programming for 2025 includes Wicked: One Wonderful Night, Christmas in Nashville, Password Holiday Special and more. Full list of holiday specials and events through January 1 are below.
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
When: Thursday, November 6, 8-10 p.m.
Countdown to the 99th Macy's Thanksgiving Parade(R)
When: Wednesday, November 26, 8-9 p.m. and simulcast on Peacock
A Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving
When: Wednesday, November 26, 9-11 p.m.
99th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade(R)
When: Thursday, November 27, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. (encore at 2 p.m.) and simulcast on Peacock
National Dog Show Presented by Purina
When: Thursday, November 27, 12-2 p.m. and simulcast on Peacock
Christmas in Rockefeller Center
When: Wednesday, December 3, 8-10 p.m. and simulcast on Peacock
Christmas in Nashville
When: Wednesday, December 3, 10-11 p.m.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
When: Thursday, December 4, 8-8:30 p.m. (encore on Dec. 25 at 8 p.m.)
Frosty the Snowman
When: Thursday, December 4, 8:30-9 p.m. (encore on Dec. 9 at 8 p.m.)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
When: Friday, December 5, 8-9:15 p.m. (encore on Dec. 11 at 8 p.m.)
Password Holiday Special
When: Monday, December 8, 10-11p.m. (encore on Dec. 18 at 8p.m.)
Celebrity guest Jonathan Groff.
Shrek the Halls
When: Tuesday, December 9, 8:30-9 p.m. (encore on Dec. 17 at 8 p.m.)
A Motown Christmas
When: Tuesday, December 9, 9-11 p.m. (encore on Dec. 17 at p.m.)
NBC 2025 Year in Review Presented by Access Hollywood
When: Thursday, December 11, 9:15-10 p.m. (one-hour extended version airing Dec. 17 at 10 p.m.)
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
When: Wednesday, December 17, 9 -10 p.m.
A Saturday Night Live Christmas
When: Thursday, December 18, 9-11 p.m. (encore on Dec. 22 at 9 p.m.)
It's a Wonderful Life
When: Wednesday, December 24, 8-11 p.m.
Christmas Eve Mass
When: Wednesday, December 24, 11:30 p.m.-1 a.m.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
When: Thursday, December 25, 8:30-11 p.m.
137th Rose Parade Presented by Honda
When: Thursday, January 1, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. ET / 8-10 a.m. PT and simulcast on Peacock
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Friday, October 30
Happy's Place - "Skeletons in the Closet" (NBC, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Unresolved feelings about their late father arise when Bobbie and Isabella put a photo of Happy on their ofrenda for Día de los Muertos; Emmett tries to avoid Gabby's Halloween pranks at all costs.
Newlyweds - "My Place or Yours" (NBC, 8:30PM ET/PT)
A free-spirited woman and a buttoned-up professor shake up their lives when they unexpectedly get married after a whirlwind courtship.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of October 26)
Friday, October 30
- Kate Berlant (Ghosted/Search Party) - Watch Kate on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This/Central Park/The Good Place) - Kristen appears on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Joe Manganiello (Mythic Quest/How I Met Your Mother) - Joe is a guest on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) - Quinta appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Natasha Leggero (Broke/Dice/Another Period/Free Agents) and Tommy Davidson (The Varnell Hill Show/The Proud Family/Malcolm & Eddie/Between Brothers) - Natasha and Tommy will be on a repeat of Funny You Should Ask at 12:37am on CBS.
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep/The New Adventures of Old Christine/Watching Ellie/Seinfeld/Day by Day) and Allison Janney (Mom/Mr. Sunshine) - Julia and Allison talk about Broadway's Other Desert Cities on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
- Jerry O'Connell (We Are Men/Do Not Disturb/Carpoolers/My Secret Identity) - Jerry appears on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Sophia Bush (Partners) - Sophia talks about And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
- Sherri Shepherd (Mr. Iglesias/Trial & Error/Sherri/Less Than Perfect/Suddenly Susan) - Sherri talks about Broadway's Aladdin on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
- Karyn Parsons (The Job/Lush Life/The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) - Karyn discusses her new novel, Blue Beach, and her iconic role as Hilary Banks on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air on Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
- Marilu Henner (Taxi/Evening Shade) - Marilu is a guest on New York Living on WPIX in New York.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
01/20/26 - The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Golden Age Collection (Blu-ray)
01/27/26 - The New Fred and Barney Show - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/11/26 - Tom and Jerry - The Complete CinemaScope Collection (Blu-ray)
03/24/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 2 (Blu-ray)
04/11/26 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Fourth Season (DVD)
04/21/26 - Famous Studios Champion Collection (Blu-ray) (DVD)
05/19/26 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (DVD)
05/19/26 - Looney Tunes Cartoons - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
06/16/26 - Difficult People - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
06/30/26 - Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
07/14/26 - The Office - The Complete Series - Superfan Extended Episodes (Blu-ray)
07/28/26 - The Bill Dana Show - The Complete Series (DVD)
07/28/26 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)
07/28/26 - The Paper - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
08/25/26 - Perfect Strangers - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
09/08/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 3 (Blu-ray)
09/22/26 - Bridget Loves Bernie - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
10/20/26 - The Quick Draw McGraw Show - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
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