Chicago Tribune

Top 10 for your holiday TV watching: from warm and retro to ‘Baking It’

ENTER-TV-HOLIDAY-WATCHING-MCT.

Holiday television was once relegated to tinsel-themed episodes on the broadcast networks and the occasional TV movie thrown in, with the Hallmark Channel doing the heavy lifting. Now? It’s an embarrassment of … something: Cheapo movies, reality shows, old classics you can dig up on streaming and more.

Everyone’s looking for something the whole family can watch without descending into chaos. With that in mind, here’s a sampling of what’s on offer this year. If a junk drawer were a TV list … well,

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune8 min read
True Public Cost Of Bears Stadium Would Be Billions More Over Time
In their effort to persuade politicians and the public that government support for a new domed stadium development on the city’s lakefront would be a sound investment, the Chicago Bears repeatedly tried to stress that taxpayers would not carry an ove
Chicago Tribune3 min readPoverty & Homelessness
Commentary: Multigenerational Households Are Key To Better Support For Kids Of Single Mothers
Decades of research show that on average, children who grow up with parents who are not married and living together have worse achievement and behavioral and well-being outcomes than children of two-parent homes. Despite this evidence, rates of nonma
Chicago Tribune3 min read
Review: Solo ‘Hamlet’ At Chicago Shakes Is From An Eddie Izzard Unwilling To Compromise
CHICAGO — Back in 2010, Eddie Izzard sold out the United Center in Chicago. The trailblazing British comedian told me at the time of a burning need to prove comics could fill arenas. I first wrote about Izzard in a solo show called “Dressed to Kill”

Related Books & Audiobooks