Are you looking for great family friendly shows and movies to watch with your kids this Christmas season? Check out The Hub, a cable TV network for families by Discovery Kids and Hasbro. You can find the channel for your local area with their Channel Locator. In Akron for Time Warner Cable, it is channel 111 or for DIRECTV it is 294.
Check out holiday-themed episodes of its regular animated and live-action series starting December 20th. This includes “The Twisted Whiskers Show,” “Honey I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show,” “Family Ties,” “Happy Days,” “Laverne & Shirley” and “Atomic Betty.” Enjoy the three-day holiday weekend of programming that includes two new episodes of “R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour: The Series,” from the best-selling author and master of scary tales, R.L. Stine.
Highlights of The Hub holiday schedule follow:
- “The Christmas Toy” (Friday, December 24, 8 a.m. – 9 a.m. ET; and Saturday, December 25, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. ET) Jim Henson Christmas special where the toys in the playroom magically come to life when people are not around.
- “The Adventures of Chuck & Friends” (Friday, December 24, 10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. ET; and Saturday, December 25, 10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. ET) A new holiday-themed episode of the animated series “The Adventures of Chuck & Friends.”
- “Atomic Betty: NO-L 9” (Friday, December 24, 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. ET; and Saturday, December 25, 11 a.m. – noon ET) Atomic Betty (Tajj Isen) has to stop Maximus from turning singing planets from a forgotten constellation into ornaments for his Christmas tree.
- “Hubworld” (Friday, December 24, 6:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. ET) A special holiday-themed episode of the weekly, live-action pop culture magazine show “Hubworld,” that infuses what’s happening in the life of everyday kids with what’s happening on The Hub. Actor-magician Justin Willman hosts.
- “Family Game Night” (Friday, December 24, 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. ET) The Hub presents a special holiday-themed episode of the new live-action series “Family Game Night,” featuring your favorite Hasbro board games that become larger-than-life experiences where families compete for cash and prizes!
- “Muppets Christmas Carol” (Friday, December 24, 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. ET; and Saturday, December 25, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. ET) The Muppets take on the Dickens classic about the miserly Scrooge (Michael Caine) learning the true meaning of Christmas after being visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.
- “R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour: The Series” (Saturday, December 25, 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. ET; and Saturday, December 25, midnight and 12:30 a.m. ET) Anthological storytelling returns to television in this half-hour live-action children’s series, based on the works of best-selling author and master of scary tales, R.L. Stine. The Hub will premiere two new episodes “A Creature Was Stirring” (8 p.m.) and “The Dead Body” (8:30 p.m. ET.)
- “Muppets Take Manhattan” (Saturday, December 25, 9 p.m. – 11 p.m. ET; and Sunday, December 26, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. ET) Kermit, Fozzie Bear and the entire cast of Kermit’s musical Manhattan Melodies head for the Big Apple with plans to turn their small play into a big hit!
- “Larger Than Life” (Sunday, December 26, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. ET; and Sunday, December 26 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. ET) Jack Corcoran (Bill Murray) is left an Elephant in his father’s will and has to get the animal from the East Coast to California in just 5 days so he does not miss his big speaking engagement.
- “Good Boy!” (Friday, December 31, 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. ET; and Saturday, January 1, 2011, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. ET) A canine agent, Hubble (Matthew Broderick), from the star Sirius has been sent to verify the rumors that dogs have failed to take over the Planet Earth. Starring Molly Shannon, Kevin Nealon, and Cheech Marin.
Additional Hub holiday programming includes: (All time ET)
- “The Wonder Years” (Monday, December 20, 9 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.; Tuesday, December 21, 9 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.; Wednesday, December 22, 9 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.; Thursday, December 23, 9 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. and Thursday, December 30, 9 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.)
- “Happy Days” – (Monday, December 20, 10:30 p.m. – 11 p.m.; Tuesday, December 21, 10 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. – 11 p.m.; Wednesday, December 22, 10 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. – 11 p.m.)
- “Laverne & Shirley” – (Tuesday, December 21, 11 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.; Wednesday, December 22, 11 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. and Thursday, December 30, 11 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.)“Pictureka!” – (Wednesday, December 22, 4 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Thursday, December 23, 4 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Friday, December 24, 4 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.)
- “Family Ties” – (Wednesday, December 22, 8 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.; Thursday, December 23, 8 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.)“Doogie Howser, M.D.” – (Wednesday, December 22, 9:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.)
- “Fraggle Rock” – (Wednesday, December 24, 2:30 p.m. – 3 p.m.)
- “Atomic Betty” – (Friday, December 24, 2:30 p.m. – 3 p.m.)“Honey I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Series” – (Saturday, December 25, 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.)
- “The Adventures of Chuck & Friends” – (Monday, December 27, 9 a.m. – 1p.m.)
- “The Twisted Whiskers Show” – (Monday, December 27, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.)
- “The WotWots” – (Tuesday, December 28, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.)
- “My Little Pony Friendship is Magic” – (Tuesday, December 28, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.)
- “Animal Mechanicals” – (Wednesday, December 29, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.)
- “Pound Puppies” – (Wednesday, December 29, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.)
- “Dennis and Gnasher” – (Thursday, December 30, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.)
- “G.I. Joe Renegades” Marathon – (Thursday, December 30, 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.)
- “Cosmic Quantum Ray” – (Friday, December 31, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.)
- “G.I. Joe Renegades” and ‘Transformers: Prime’” – (Friday, December 31, 4 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.)
- “Transformers Prime” Marathon – A Hub Original Series:
- “Transformers Prime”- Part 1 of “Darkness Rising” (Friday, December 31, 4:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.)
- “Transformers Prime” – Part 2 of “Darkness Rising” (Friday, December 31, 5 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.)
- “Transformers Prime” – Part 3 of “Darkness Rising” (Friday, December 31, 5:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.)
- “Transformers Prime” – Part 4 of “Darkness Rising” (Friday, December 31, 6 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.)
- “Transformers Prime”- Part 5 of “Darkness Rising” (Friday, December 31, 6:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.)
“Naughty or Nice” contest
The Hub is hosting a “Naughty or Nice” contest on Saturday, December 25, 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. ET. Children can vote online beginning Monday, December 6 for their picks of The Hub’s naughtiest and nicest animated characters. The top two winners from each category will be featured on The Hub. For additional contest information and to vote for your favorite characters, visit www.hubworld.com/vote
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