A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
ABC, 9:00 p.m. ET
The best animated TV special ever made – and 50 years later, to see the half-hour program intact, on commercial broadcast TV, takes an hour, to make room for enough of those commercials. But whatever the cost, so to speak, it’s a family tradition well worth continuing and passing on. A Charlie Brown Christmas, music and message and all, is perfect.