On the day you give thanks for everything else in your life, you can also give thanks for TV, with TV. The tube is offering comedy and drama marathons, film festivals and other viewing events, extending into the holiday weekend.
Vintage comedy marathons
"Leave It to Beaver" (from late Wednesday midnight to Friday morning at 3 a.m., Antenna TV); “Moesha" (8 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday, BET); “Friends" (11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday, TBS); cartoon “Rocky & Friends" (11 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday, VH1 Classic); “ALF" (6 p.m. Thursday-6 a.m. Friday, Hub); “The Dick Van Dyke Show" (8 a.m.-noon Friday, TV Land).
Hour shows
“House" (6 a.m. Thursday- 6 a.m. Friday, Universal HD); “Psych" (6 a.m. Thursday-6 a.m. Friday, Cloo); 1991 prime-time “Dark Shadows" (6 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, Chiller); “Castle" (Thursday 10 a.m.-11 p.m., TNT); “Star Trek: The Next Generation" (Thursday noon-Friday 6 a.m., BBC America); Kelsey Grammer’s “Boss" (Saturday-Sunday 1-10 p.m., StarzCinema).
Reality/documentary
“Unlikely Animal Friends" (8-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, NatGeo Wild). New look at unusual emotional bonds: rhino and sheep, owl and cat, dog and donkey.
Unscripted marathons
“Tattoo Nightmares" (9 a.m.-noon Thursday) and “Ink Master" (noon-8 p.m. Thursday, Spike); “Breaking Amish" (11 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday, TLC); “Mall Cops: Mall of America" (4 p.m. Thursday-7 a.m. Friday, Destination America).
Movies/miniseries
“The Karate Kid" (9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, again 5 p.m.- 1 a.m., G4).
Film classics for kids (8:45 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, Turner Classic Movies). Studio-era family faves include “Anne of Green Gables," “Lassie Come Home" and “Little Women."
“The Kennedys" (8 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, again 8 p.m.-4 a.m., Reelz); “The Godfather Parts 1-2" (11:30 a.m. Thursday, again 8 p.m., AMC); “Hatfields & McCoys" (6 p.m.-midnight Thursday, History); “Star Wars" films (I-II, 7 p.m.- 2 a.m. Friday; I-IV, 10 a.m.- 11 p.m. Saturday; III-V, 1:30-11 p.m. Sunday, Spike); “Lonesome Dove" (11:30 a.m.- 6 p.m. Sunday, Encore); and “The Wizard of Oz" (3:45 p.m. Sunday, TBS).
Holiday TV
“It’s a SpongeBob Christmas" (9:30 p.m. Friday, CBS/2) premieres after CBS encores “Frosty the Snowman" (8 p.m.), “Frosty Returns" (8:30 p.m.), “Hoops & Yoyo Ruin Christmas" (9 p.m.) and “Jingle and Bell’s Christmas Star" (8 p.m. Friday, Hallmark).
“Home Alone: The Holiday Heist" (8 p.m. Sunday, ABC Family). Comedy sequel debuts after 1990’s original hit “Home Alone" (6 p.m. Sunday, and 8 p.m. Saturday).
