Now that we’ve gluttoned ourselves on the Thanksgiving feast and braved Black Friday (or Cyber Monday, if you hate the crowds), it’s time to focus on the upcoming holiday season. Without a doubt, one of the things that comes along with Christmas trees, twinkling lights, cookies and other obligatory holiday cheer are Christmas TV specials. No offense to those who celebrate other holidays, but the old tried-and-true Christmas TV specials round out the season and give viewers something to look forward to every year.

Here are TV Crunch’s top picks for favorite Christmas TV specials: Read the rest of this entry »

Throw a little love at “A Charlie Brown Christmas” tonight – it’s on at 8 PM on ABC.

I’d say it’s tough to break into the upper tier of tried-and-true holiday TV specials, but “Shrek the Halls” is determined to become a holiday classic.

“Shrek the Halls,” the latest reincarnation of the hugely successful “Shrek” franchise, is making its way to television on Wednesday at 8 PM on ABC. Read the rest of this entry »