‘A Very Merry MeTV’ Brings the Best Holiday-Themed Classic TV Shows

VERY MERRY METV
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Ready or not, the holidays are coming soon. If you need a break from all of the hustle and bustle, why not have a relaxing evening with MeTV? Starting on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, MeTV brings viewers Very Merry MeTV programming full of Thanksgiving and later Christmas nostalgia from some of your favorite shows including Happy Days and The Waltons.

A Very Merry MeTV is full of holiday-themed episodes, TV movies, animated classics, holiday specials and more. There are over 100 programs to choose from for the months of November and December. Get the full schedule below:

‘A Very Merry MeTV’ 2024 Schedule on the MeTV Network

All Times ET/PT

Sunday, Nov. 24

HAPPY DAYS, Erin Moran, in the Thanksgiving special, celebrating the 150th episode. 1974-1984.

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11am, Happy Days, “First Thanksgiving”

2pm, The Beverly Hillbillies, “Elly’s First Date”

2:30pm, The Beverly Hillbillies, “The Thanksgiving Spirit”

3:30pm, Gilligan’s Island, “Little Island, Big Gun”

4pm, Mama’s Family, “An Ill Wind”

5pm, The Love Boat, “Best of Friends/Too Many Dads/Love Will Find a Way”

6pm, “A Boy Named Charlie Brown”

8pm, All in the Family, “Archie and the Miracle”

8:30pm, All in the Family, “The Little Atheist”

THE WALTONS, Richard Thomas, 'The Thanksgiving Story,' aired November 15, 1973

The Waltons, “The Thanksgiving Story” Everett Collection

Tuesday, Nov. 26

12pm, The Waltons, “The Waiting”

Wednesday, Nov. 27

12pm, The Waltons, “The Thanksgiving Story (Part 1)”

Thursday, Nov. 28

12pm, The Waltons, “The Thanksgiving Story (Part 2)”

7:30pm, M*A*S*H, “Yalu Brick Road”

9pm, The Beverly Hillbillies, “Turkey Day”

Sunday, Dec. 1

11am, Happy Days, “Guess Who’s Coming to Christmas”

11:30am, Laverne & Shirley, “Christmas Eve at the Booby Hatch”

6pm, Snoopy Come Home

SNOOPY, COME HOME, from left: Woodstock, Snoopy, Lucy Van Pelt, 1972

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Tuesday, Dec. 3

10am, Matlock, “The Gift”

11am, In the Heat of the Night, “My Name Is Hank”

12pm, The Waltons, “The Best Christmas”

2pm, Bonanza, “Gabrielle”

9pm, The Beverly Hillbillies, “Clampetts Get Culture”

9:30pm, Green Acres, “An Old-Fashioned Christmas”

10pm, Hogan’s Heroes, “Prisoner’s Prisoner”

Wednesday, Dec. 4

6am, Adam-12, “Log 122: Christmas: The Yellow Dump Truck”

6:30am, Adam-12, “Log 96: Pilgrimage”

10am, Matlock, “Santa Claus”

Saturday, Dec. 7

BUGS BUNNY'S LOONEY CHRISTMAS TALES, (from left): Bugs Bunny, Tasmanian Devil (as Santa Claus), 1979.

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9am, “A Very Merry Bugs Christmas” — MeTV celebrates the season with Bugs Bunny, Daffy and more with the three original shorts featured in the 1979 television special Bugs Bunny’s Looney Christmas Tales, along with three extra holiday cartoons.

10am, The Wild Wild West, “Night of the Whirring Death”

11am, Wagon Train, “The St. Nicholas Story”

12pm, The Big Valley, “Judgment in Heaven”

1pm, Gunsmoke, “P.S. Murry Christmas”

2pm, Bonanza, “A Christmas Story”

4pm, Rawhide, “Twenty-Five Santa Clauses”

5pm, Have Gun-Will Travel, “Be Not Forgetful”

5:30pm, Wanted Dead or Alive, “Eight Cent Reward”

1am, Lost in Space, “Return From Outer Space”

2am, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, “Long Live the King”

3am, Land of the Giants, “Night of the Thrombeldinbar”

Sunday, Dec. 8

BRADY BUNCH, Florence Henderson, Eve Plumb, Barry Williams, Maureen McCormick, Susan Olsen, Christopher Knight, Mike Lookinland, (Season 1), 1969-74

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10am, The Brady Bunch, “The Voice of Christmas”

11am, Happy Days, “Tell It to the Marines”

11:30pm, Laverne & Shirley, “O Come All Ye Bums”

2pm, The Beverly Hillbillies, “Home for the Holidays’

2:30pm, The Beverly Hillbillies, “No Place Like Home”

3pm, Gilligan’s Island, “Birds Gotta Swim, Fish Gotta Talk”

4pm, Mama’s Family, “Santa Mama”

4:30pm, Mama’s Family, “Mama Gets Goosed”

5pm, The Love Boat, “Lonely at the Top/Silent Night”

6pm, The Andy Griffith Show, “Christmas Story”

7pm, M*A*S*H, “Dear Dad”

7:30pm, M*A*S*H, “Dear Sis”

8pm, All in the Family, “Christmas Day at the Bunkers”

8:30pm, Good Times, “Penny’s Christmas”

9pm, Good Times, “Traveling Christmas”

9:30pm, Sanford & Son, “Ebenezer Sanford”

10:30pm, Carol Burnett & Friends, “Mrs. Wiggins/Harry’s Mirage and Grill”

11pm, The Dick Van Dyke Show, “Alan Brady Show Presents”

12pm, The Honeymooners, “Twas the Night Before Christmas”

Wednesday, Dec. 11

MATLOCK, (from left): Bryan Cranston, Andy Griffith, 'The Gift', (Season 2, aired Dec. 22, 1987), 1986-95.

Bryan Cranston as Santa in Matlock: “The Gift” Viacom/Courtesy: Everett Collection

10am, Matlock, “The Gift”

11am, In the Heat of the Night, “Blessings”

Sunday, Dec. 15

11am, Happy Days, “White Christmas”

11:30am, Laverne & Shirley, “Friendly Persuasion”

2pm, The Beverly Hillbillies, “Christmas at the Clampetts”

2:30pm, The Beverly Hillbillies, “Christmas Present”

3pm, A Very Brady Christmas

5pm, The Love Boat, “The Christmas Presence”

8pm, All in the Family, “The Bunkers Go West”

8:30pm, All in the Family, “California, Here We Come (Part 1)”

9pm, All In the Family, “California, Here We Come (Part 2)”

Wednesday, Dec. 18

THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES, Donna Douglas, Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Max Baer, 1962-1971

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9am, The Beverly Hillbillies, “Week Before Christmas”

Friday, Dec. 20

5am, Petticoat Junction, “Cannonball Christmas”

5:30am, Petticoat Junction, “Santa Claus Special”

Sunday, Dec. 22

9am, Saved by the Bell, “Home for Christmas Part 1”

9:30am, Saved by the Bell, “Home for Christmas Part 2”

11am, Happy Days, “All I Want for Christmas”

1pm, Snoopy Come Home

3pm, A Boy Named Charlie Brown

5pm, The Love Boat, “Santa, Santa, Santa/Another Dog Gone”

8pm, All in the Family, “Edith’s Christmas Story”

8pm, All in the Family, “The Draft Dodger”

9pm, All in the Family, “Edith’s Crisis of Faith (Part 1)”

9:30pm, All in the Family, “Edith’s Crisis of Faith (Part 2)”

Monday, Dec. 23

ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS, from left: Bobby Clark, Barry Fitzgerald, as department store Santa Claus, 'Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid,' (Season 1, Episode 12, aired Dec 18, 1955), 1955-1962.

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12:30am, The Twilight Zone, “Changing of the Guard”

1am, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, “Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid”

1:30am, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, “Back for Christmas”

Tuesday, Dec. 24

7pm, M*A*S*H, “Death Takes a Holiday”

7:30pm, M*A*S*H, “’Twas the Day After Christmas”

8pm, The Andy Griffith Show, “Christmas Story”

9pm, The Beverly Hillbillies, “Christmas in Hooterville”

11pm, The Carol Burnett Show, “Nobody Does It Like Me”

11:30pm, Holiday Greetings From The Ed Sullivan Show

5am, Highway Patrol, “Christmas Story”

5:30am, Dragnet, “The Christmas Story”

Wednesday, Dec. 25

6am, Adam-12, “Christmas”

7am, Toon in With Me Christmas

12pm, The Waltons, “The Children’s Carol (Part 1)”

1pm, The Waltons, “The Children’s Carol (Part 2)”

 

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