TCM Weekly Highlights: April 19-25 & Full April 2026 Calendar

If you’re in the mood for a movie marathon celebrating the comic Blondie, TCM has you covered this week, with a triple feature of films starring Penny Singleton. The channel’s month-long tribute to the Lone Star State continues with the Oscar-winning Places in the Heart, and April’s star of the month, Sophia Loren, wraps up her reign with a screening of her classic Marriage Italian Style. Plus, you can look forward to rocking Friday with the Ramones in the Roger Corman-produced Rock ‘n’ Roll High School and more.

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Sunday, April 19

Blondie Triple Feature

Beginning at 8 pm

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Based on a comic strip, the Blondie franchise was made up of a series of 28 films, all starring Penny Singleton as Blondie Bumstead. Tune in to tonight’s triple feature, starting with Life With Blondie (1945), which follows the character’s family dog, Daisy, as she becomes a top-dog model and piques the interest of a gang. Blondie’s Lucky Day (1946) plays next, where Blondie goes into business with Dagwood (Arthur Lake). Lastly, Blondie in the Dough (1947) shares the story of when Blondie opens a bakery in her home, leading to a world of problems for the Bumstead family.

Daily Lineup

6 am Yolanda and the Thief (1945)
8 am The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
10 am His Kind of Woman (1951)
12:15 pm Until They Sail (1957)
2 pm The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
4:15 pm National Velvet (1944)
6:30 pm Jeopardy (1953)
8 pm Life With Blondie (1946)
9:30 pm Blondie’s Lucky Day (1946)
10:45 pm Blondie in the Dough (1948)
12:15 am Limite (1931)
2:45 am Yoyo (1965)
4:30 am La Strada (1954)

Monday, April 20

Star of the Month: Sophia Loren

Beginning at 8 pm

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Sophia Loren takes center stage tonight, starting with A Countess From Hong Kong (1967), the romantic comedy directed by Charlie Chaplin in his final film as a director. Loren plays a Russian countess who stows away in the cabin of a wealthy American diplomat, played by Marlon Brando, setting off a battle of wills. The movie is not as frequently discussed as some of Loren’s other classics, which makes it an especially interesting choice for this spotlight. It also stars Sydney Chaplin (Chaplin’s son), Tippi Hedren, Patrick Cargill, and Margaret Rutherford. The lineup continues with It Started in Naples (1960), Marriage Italian Style (1964), Ghosts — Italian Style (1967), and A Special Day (1977).

Daily Lineup

6:30 am Grand Prix (1966)
9:30 am The Dirty Dozen (1967)
12 pm A Dispatch From Reuters (1940)
1:45 pm The Singing Nun (1966)
3:30 pm The Nun’s Story (1959)
6:15 pm A Dog of Flanders (1959)
8 pm A Countess From Hong Kong (1967)
10:15 pm It Started in Naples (1960)
12 am Marriage Italian Style (1964)
1:45 am Ghosts — Italian Style (1967)
3:30 am A Special Day (1977)
5:30 am MGM Parade (1955)

Tuesday, April 21

Starring Kay Francis

Beginning at 8 pm

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Kay Francis was one of the defining screen sophisticates of early ’30s Hollywood, and tonight’s lineup is a strong reminder of how effortlessly she could pull off an emotional performance. If there is one title to build the evening around, it is tonight’s first film, One Way Passage (1932), the beautiful and bittersweet romance she made with William Powell, following two doomed lovers on an ocean voyage. Even among a lineup full of great melodramas, this is the performance that shows why she was once one of Warner Bros.’ biggest female stars. Other Francis films airing tonight include Confession (1937), Give Me Your Heart (1936), Man Wanted (1932), My Bill (1938), and The Keyhole (1933).

Daily Lineup

7:45 am The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
10 am The Swan (1956)
12 pm Oklahoma! (1955)
2:30 pm The Secret Garden (1949)
4:15 pm Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
6:15 pm The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
8 pm One Way Passage (1932)
9:15 pm Confession (1937)
11 pm Give Me Your Heart (1936)
12:45 am Man Wanted (1932)
2 am My Bill (1938)
3:15 am The Keyhole (1933)
4:30 am The House on 56th Street (1933)

Wednesday, April 22

Joshua Logan Mini Marathon

Beginning at 8 pm

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Highlights of the lineup include South Pacific, which follows a World War II nurse and a Marine officer whose romances with island locals are challenged by deeply ingrained racial prejudices. The week also includes Fanny, the story of a young woman in Marseille who, after being abandoned by her sailor lover, marries another man to protect her unborn child and secure her future.

Daily Lineup

Thursday, April 23

TCM Spotlight: Deep in the Heart of Texas

Beginning at 8 pm

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Tonight’s Texas spotlight begins with two of the most moving films ever made about ordinary people trying to hold onto dignity in difficult times. First is Places in the Heart (1984), with Sally Field giving a deeply felt performance as a widow fighting to keep her farm during the Depression. Then comes Tender Mercies (1983), the powerful drama that earned Robert Duvall an Oscar for his portrayal of a washed-up country singer searching for redemption. After those two films, the night continues with A Well Spent Life (1971), Written on the Wind (1956), Blossoms in the Dust (1941), and Boom Town (1940).

Daily Listings

Friday, April 24

Roger Corman Tribute: Rock ‘n’ Roll High School

TCM, 9:45 pm

Riff Randell (P.J. Soles) meets her music idols, The Ramones in Rock ‘n’ Roll High School

Roger Corman made a career out of turning small budgets into big entertainment, and this 1979 film shows just how great he was at it. Executive produced by Corman, this chaotic teen comedy stars P.J. Soles as a rebellious student who declares war on her school’s strict new principal. The film also features the Ramones, whose music helps fuel the movie’s anarchic and punk spirit.

Daily Listings

8 am The Canterville Ghost (1944)
10 am Beauty and the Beast (1946)
12 pm Quentin Durward (1955)
2 pm Knights of the Round Table (1953)
4 pm The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
6 pm The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
8 pm Boxcar Bertha (1972)
9:45 pm Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979)
11:30 pm The Shooting (1967)
1:15 am Roger Corman: The Pope of Pop Cinema (2025)
2:15 am Stakeout on Dope Street (1958)

Saturday, April 24

Pick Your Poison

Beginning at 8 pm

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Murder has rarely been as funny as it is in tonight’s double feature, which begins with the classic dark comedy Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). Cary Grant gives one of his most memorable comic performances as a man who learns that the sweet elderly aunts who raised him have a shocking little secret: They have been poisoning lonely men as an act of charity. The night continues with Murder, He Says (1945), another comedy that finds humor in some very strange circumstances.

Daily Listings

6 am Three Daring Daughters (1948)
7:45 am I Love You Again (1940)
9:30 am Holt of the Secret Service (1941)
10 am Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure (1959)
11:30 am Easy Life (1944)
12 pm It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)
2 pm Berlin Express (1948)
3:45 pm The Bad Seed (1956)
6 pm Moonstruck (1987)
12 am 711 Ocean Drive (1950)
2 am I Confess (1953)
4 am The Wrong Man (1956)

Click here to download the full printable April 2026 TCM schedule.

Lauren Novak, Brian Bishop, T’Neil Gooden, and Miriam Norwitz were all contributing writers.

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