Christmas Marathon Listings: What's on This Weekend?

Forget spending talkative time with family. And, if you're out of your fantasy football playoffs, forget today's full slate of NFL action.

Aside from the first day of the NBA season tomorrow, there's a lot of quality television on this holiday weekend, almost all marathon style. To wit...

DECEMBER 24

• Doctor Who (BBC America, 12 am – 8 pm)
• The Real Housewives of New Jersey (Bravo, 6 am – Sunday, 4 am)
• Teen Mom 2 (MTV, 9:30 am – Sunday, 1:30 am)
• NCIS (USA Network, 10 am – Sunday, 2 am)
• Sex and the City (Style Network, 1 – 7:30 pm)
• A Christmas Story (TBS, 8 pm – Sunday, 8 pm)

DECEMBER 25

• Doctor Who (BBC America, 5 am – 9 pm)
• House (Cloo, 6 am – Monday, 6 am)
• Ghost Hunters (Syfy, 9 am – 3 pm)
• The Oprah Winfrey Show (OWN, 10 am – 8 pm)
• Mythbusters (Discovery, 11 am – Monday, 3 am)
• The Real Housewives of... various cities (Bravo, noon – Monday, 4 am)
• The OC (SoapNet, 3 – 7 pm)
• Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (BBC America, 9 – 10:20 pm)
• Downton Abbey (PBS, 9 pm – Monday, 1:30 am)

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