What To Watch: It's A Wonderful Life, Christmas Story Marathon And More
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On TV this Saturday: Jimmy Stewart realizes he has a Wonderful Life, TBS hosts its annual Christmas Story marathon and Tim Allen's Disney+ series The Santa Clauses airs on ABC. Here are nine programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern. (Also check out our weekly TVLine-Up of premieres and finales, plus our monthly streaming guide.)
Showtimes for December 24, 2022
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Tracking Santa: A Holiday Special Livestream
ABC, Hulu
ABC-owned stations track Santa sightings across America; the Man in Red himself appears for a live Q&A.
ET
The Santa Clauses
ABC
The first two episodes of the recently renewed Disney+ series air back-to-back, as Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) tries to keep up with the demands of the holiday.
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ET
A Christmas Story Marathon
TBS
Through Sunday at 8 pm | Ralphie may or may not grow up to be an advocate for gun control after nearly shooting his eye out. Watch him do it — 12x in a row! (A Christmas Story Christmas, the sequel which follows an adult Ralphie returning home after the death of his dad, is available to stream on HBO Max; watch Peter Billingsley Q&A.)
Black Adam
HBO
Premium cable premiere: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson plays an ancient superhuman released from magic imprisonment; Aldis Hodge (Leverage), Sarah Shahi (The L Word) and Pierce Brosnan (GoldenEye) co-star.
EasyPost Hawai'i Bowl
ESPN
Middle Tennessee State takes on San Diego State, live from University of Hawaii's Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex.
Gospel Superfest Holiday 22
BET, BET Her
Two hours: Donnie McClurkin, Sounds of Blackness, Shirley Caesar and more perform; Rocsi Diaz hosts.
Home Alone
ABC
Revisit this holiday classic where eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) takes on two bumbling burglars (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) after being left [see title] by his family; Catherine O'Hara co-stars.
It's a Wonderful Life
NBC
Settle in with your loved ones and relive this 1946 classic, which stars Jimmy Stewart as a banker who learns what life would have been like without him.
ET
Christmas Eve Mass
NBC
90 minutes: Pope Francis leads Christmas Eve mass, live from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
