Cartoon Network Announces Christmas 2012 Highlights
via Cartoon Network press release:
CARTOON NETWORK PRESENTS ALL-NEW HOLIDAY SPECIALS AND 24-HOURS OF CLASSIC CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
Regular Show, Annoying Orange, MAD, The Looney Tunes Show and The Amazing World of Gumball to Premiere Original Holiday Fare
24-Hours of Favorite Holiday Specials and Movies Beginning on Christmas Eve at 6 a.m. (ET, PT)
It’s time to laugh as if you had a belly full of jelly and enjoy that warm, fuzzy holiday feeling when Cartoon Network kicks off its holiday programming on Monday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. (ET, PT) with a week full of all new holiday specials from Regular Show, Annoying Orange, The Amazing World of Gumball, The Looney Tunes Show and MAD. Then beginning Christmas Eve, Cartoon Network gives the gift of 24 hours of animated holiday classics like Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale. Bright spots of Cartoon Network’s holiday programming schedule include:
ALL-NEW CARTOON NETWORK HOLIDAY EPISODES
Monday, December 3
- 8 p.m. (ET, PT): Regular Show: “The Christmas Special” – Mordecai and Rigby have to destroy a gift for Santa to save Christmas. The episode features Emmy Award(R)-winner Ed Asner as Santa Claus and Academy Award(R)-nominee Thomas Haden Church as a rogue elf.
- 8:30 p.m. (ET, PT): Annoying Orange: “Orange Carol” – It’s Christmas Eve, and Orange’s annoying antics are spoiling everyone’s holiday cheer. Will a visit from three ghosts bring Orange the Holiday spirit? Or will he end up alone, annoying only himself?
Tuesday, December 4
- 7 p.m. (ET, PT): The Amazing World of Gumball: “Christmas”- Santa Claus is coming to town. Unfortunately, he gets run over by the Wattersons, so it’s up to them to save Christmas.
- 7:30 p.m. (ET, PT): The Looney Tunes Show: “A Christmas Carol” – When the overwhelming heat zaps everyone’s enthusiasm for Christmas, Lola (voiced by Kristen Wiig) decides to stage her own version of “A Christmas Carol” to renew the town’s holiday spirit, while Foghorn and Daffy set off for the North Pole to set up a giant fan that will blow cold air down to their sweltering town. It all culminates with “Christmas Rules,” an all-new Merrie Melody performed by the cast of The Looney Tunes Show singing about why Christmas is such a wonderful holiday.
Thursday, December 6
- 8 p.m. (ET, PT): MAD: “Fantastic Four Christmases/ Red and White Collar” – It’s a MAD Christmas Special! The kids of the Fantastic Four have to go to all four relatives’ houses in one day, and deal with yuletide super villains! Then, Santa is let out of jail and teams up with the FBI! Plus Christmas commercials, Spy vs. Spy and more!
HOLIDAY SPECIALS
Tuesday, December 4
- 5:30 p.m. (ET, PT): Abominable Christmas – After two Abominable Snowkids are chased from their mountain hideaway, they are forced to spend Christmas with the most feared animal of them all: humans. Despite their mischief, they learn the meaning of Christmas as they help the family learn the importance of each other.
- 6:30 p.m. (ET, PT): Scooby-Doo: Haunted Holidays – Scooby-Doo and the gang participate in a holiday parade where they discover an abandoned haunted clock tower with a troubled past. The sinister snowman haunts the streets and accompanied with a large blizzard, threatens to close down the toy store for good.
Wednesday, December 5
- 7:30 p.m. (ET, PT): Smurfs: A Christmas Carol – At Christmas, Grouchy Smurf behaves badly to everyone and it takes the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future to teach him to appreciate Christmas.
24 HOURS OF CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE:
Monday, December 24
- 6 a.m. (ET, PT): Powerpuff Girls Twas the fight Before Christmas
- 7 a.m. (ET, PT): Code Name: Kids Next Door: “Operation Naughty”
- 7:30 a.m. (ET, PT): Code Name: Kids Next Door: “Operation Snow”
- 8 a.m. (ET, PT): Johnny Test: “Big Snow Job” and “Snowmen”
- 8:30 a.m. (ET, PT): Johnny Test: “Snow Ball” and “Holly Jolly”
- 9 a.m. (ET, PT): The Looney Tunes Show: “A Christmas Carol”
- 9:30 a.m. (ET, PT): Olive the Other Reindeer
- 10:30 a.m. (ET, PT): A Scooby Doo Christmas
- 11 a.m. (ET, PT): Garfield: “Home for the Holidays”
- 12 p.m. (ET, PT): Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends: “A Lost Claus”
- 12:30 p.m. (ET, PT): The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack : “Low Tidings”
- 1 p.m. (ET, PT): Chowder: “Knishsmas”
- 1:30 p.m. (ET, PT): Billy & Mandy Save Christmas
- 2:30 p.m. (ET, PT): Ed, Edd n Eddy’s Jingle, Jingle, Jangle
- 3 p.m. (ET, PT): Johnny Test: “Snow Ball” and “Holly Jolly”
- 3:30 p.m. (ET, PT): Tom and Jerry Nutcracker
- 4:30 p.m. (ET, PT): Abominable Christmas
- 5:30 p.m. (ET, PT): Scooby Doo: Haunted Holidays
- 6 p.m. (ET, PT): Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
- 6:30 p.m. (ET, PT): The Amazing World of Gumball : “Christmas”
- 7 p.m. (ET, PT): The Looney Tunes Show: “A Christmas Carol”
- 7:30 p.m. (ET, PT): Adventure Time: “Holly Jolly Secrets”
- 8 p.m. (ET, PT): Regular Show Christmas Special
- 8:30 p.m. (ET, PT): Annoying Orange: “Orange Carol”
Tuesday, December 25
- 6 a.m. (ET, PT): A Johnny Bravo Christmas
- 6:30 a.m. (ET, PT): The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack : “Low Tidings”
- 7 a.m. (ET, PT): Chowder: “Knishsmas”
- 7:30 a.m. (ET, PT): Tom and Jerry Nutcracker
- 8:30 a.m. (ET, PT): Abominable Christmas
- 9:30 a.m. (ET, PT): Scooby Doo: Haunted Holidays
- 10 a.m. (ET, PT): Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
- 10:30 a.m. (ET, PT): The Looney Tunes Show: “A Christmas Carol”
- 11 a.m. (ET, PT): Adventure Time: “Holly Jolly Secrets”
- 11:30 a.m. (ET, PT): Johnny Test: “Snow Ball” and “Holly Jolly”
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