Christmas Movies & TV Schedules

What Christmas Movies are airing today or this week?

The networks below air Christmas movies and holiday programming all season long, and we update this schedule every week. The live schedule currently covers Hallmark Channel and Great American Family (GAC), with Lifetime, AMC, TCM, ION, UPtv, Freeform and others added as their holiday lineups roll out. All times are Eastern.

The weekly Christmas movie schedule is below.

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New and premiere titles are marked “New” in the schedule above. All times are Eastern, and we update the schedule every week.

How to use the Christmas movie schedule

This page tracks the Christmas movies airing on Hallmark Channel and Great American Family (GAC), the two networks that start their holiday movies the earliest and run them the longest. Browse the live schedule above by date and time to see what is on, and check back each week as we add new airings and more networks, including Lifetime, AMC, TCM, ION, UPtv and Freeform, once their holiday lineups begin.

Christmas movie schedule FAQ

What time zone are the listings in?
All air times are shown in Eastern Time (ET). Subtract one hour for Central, two for Mountain and three for Pacific.

How often is the Christmas movie schedule updated?
We refresh it every week, and more often during the peak Christmas movie season.

Which networks show Christmas movies?
Hallmark Channel and Great American Family lead the season, with Lifetime, AMC, TCM, ION, UPtv and Freeform adding holiday films as their lineups roll out.

When do Christmas movies start airing?
Hallmark and GAC air holiday movies year-round on select days, often Fridays, then ramp up to a full daily lineup once their official Christmas events launch in the fall.