FETV’s Christmas Eve Marathon Keeps Things Merry with ‘Bewitched,’ ‘Dragnet’ and a Rare ‘Father Knows Best’ TV Movie

FATHER KNOWS BEST: HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, (from left): Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, 1977.
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Starting at 8am EST on Christmas Eve, FETV has an extra dose of holiday cheer, with over 12 hours of classic Christmas programming that includes episodes of  The Adventures of Ozzie and HarrietThe Beverly Hillbillies, Bewitched,  Perry MasonDragnet 1967and Adam-12. And to top it all off, the night concludes with the 1977 made-for-TV movie, Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas, which is not available for streaming anywhere.

So grab your eggnog, wrap those last presents, and get ready to remember Christmases long ago!

All times EST.

8am: Dragnet 1967, “The Christmas Story”

8:30am: Adam-12, “Log 122: Christmas—The Yellow Dump Truck”

9am: Adam-12, “Log 46: Pilgrimage”

9:30am: Adam-12, “Christmas”

10am: Hazel, “Hazel’s Christmas Shopping”

10:30am: Hazel, “Just 86 Shopping Minutes to Christmas”

11am: Leave It to Beaver, “The Haircut”

11:30am: The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, “The Christmas Tree Lot”

12pm: Bewitched, “Santa Comes to Visit and Stays and Stays”

12:30pm: Bewitched, “Sisters at Heart”

1pm: Daniel Boone, “The Christmas Story”

BEWITCHED, (Santa Claus Comes To Visit and Stays and Stays, 1969-70 Season), Elizabeth Montgomery, Ronald Long as Santa Claus, 1964-72

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2pm: Laramie, “A Sound of Bells”

3pm: The Lone Ranger, “Christmas Story”

3:30pm: Petticoat Junction, “Cannonball Christmas”

4pm: The Beverly Hillbillies, “Home for Christmas”

5pm: Perry Mason, “The Case of the Nine Dolls”

6pm: Dragnet 1967, “The Christmas Story”

6:30pm: Adam-12, “Log 122: Christmas—The Yellow Dump Truck”

7pm: Quincy ME, “Dear Mummy”

8pm: Perry Mason, “The Case of the Misguided Missile”

9pm: The Adventures of Ozzy and Harriet, “A Piano for the Fraternity”

9:30pm: Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas (1977 reunion film)

 

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