MeTV’s ‘A Very Merry MeTV’ Returns with Nostalgic Holiday Cheer


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MeTV, America’s #1 classic television network, is set to spread holiday joy with its annual A Very Merry MeTV programming event, kicking off Sunday, November 23, 2025, at 10:00 AM ET/PT. This two-month celebration will deliver a heartfelt dose of nostalgia, featuring Thanksgiving and Christmas-themed episodes from beloved classic TV shows, along with holiday specials, TV movies, and animated treasures. The festive lineup runs through Christmas Day, offering viewers a warm trip down memory lane.

From November 23-28, MeTV serves up a feast of Thanksgiving-themed episodes from iconic series, setting the stage for the holiday season. The merriment shifts to Christmas programming on November 29, with a sleigh-full of classics to keep spirits bright. New highlights this year include The Love Boat: The Christmas Cruise, a two-hour movie airing November 30, and The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, the original pilot for The Waltons, on December 7. Animated specials like The Story of Santa Claus, A Christmas Carol, and Little Rascals Christmas will air on consecutive Sundays starting November 30.

You can watch MeTV on an antenna in many areas and on Frndly TV or Philo.

Adding to the festive fun, Everybody Loves Raymond joins MeTV’s classic TV library, with holiday-themed episodes airing throughout the season. MeTV’s weekday morning show Toon In With Me will also present a special week of Christmas-themed cartoon shorts starting December 15, ensuring a merry experience for all ages.

Here is the full schedule:

Sunday, November 23

10:00am – The Brady Bunch, “The Un-Underground Movie” 

11:00am – Happy Days, “First Thanksgiving” 

2:00pm – The Beverly Hillbillies, “Elly’s First Date” 

2:30pm – The Beverly Hillbillies, “Turkey Day” 

3:30pm – Gilligan’s Island, “Little Island, Big Gun” 

4:00pm – Mama’s Family, “An Ill Wind” 

5:00pm – The Love Boat, “Best of Friends/Too Many Dads/Love Will Find a Way” 

6-8pm – “A Boy Named Charlie Brown” 

8:00pm – All In the Family, “Archie and the Miracle” 

8:30pm – All In the Family, “The Little Atheist” 

9:00pm – Everybody Loves Raymond, “The Bird” 

9:30pm – Everybody Loves Raymond, “No Fat” 

Tuesday, November 25

12:00pm – The Waltons, “The Thanksgiving Story (Part 1)” 

9:00pm – Everybody Loves Raymond, “Turkey or Fish” 

Wednesday, November 26

12:00pm – The Waltons, “The Thanksgiving Story (Part 2)”  

6:00pm – M*A*S*H, “Yalu Brick Road” 

9:00pm – Everybody Loves Raymond, “No Thanks” 

Thursday, November 27

7:00am – Toon In With Me Thanksgiving Special  

12:00pm – The Waltons, “The Waiting” 

9:00pm – Everybody Loves Raymond, “Fighting In-Laws” 

9:30pm – Everybody Loves Raymond, “Older Women” 

Saturday, November 29 

9:00am – “A Very Merry Bugs Christmas” – MeTV celebrates the season with Bugs Bunny, Daffy and more with the three original shorts featured in the 1979 television special Bugs Bunny’s Looney Christmas Tales, along with three extra holiday cartoons. 

10:00am – The Wild Wild West, “Night of the Whirring Death” 

11:00am – Wagon Train, “The St Nicholas Story” 

12:00pm – The Big Valley, “Judgment in Heaven” 

1:00pm – Gunsmoke, “PS Murry Christmas” 

2:00pm – Bonanza, “A Christmas Story” 

3:00pm – Rawhide, “Twenty-Five Santa Clauses” 

4:00pm – Have Gun-Will Travel, “Be Not Forgetful” 

4:30pm – Wanted Dead or Alive, “Eight Cent Reward” 

10:30pm-1am – House of Svengoolie, “A Very Brady Christmas” 

1:00am- Lost in Space, “Return from Outer Space”

2:00am- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, “Long Live the King”

3:00am- Land of the Giants, “Night of the Thrombeldinbar”

Sunday, November 30  

10:00am – The Brady Bunch, “The Voice of Christmas” 

10:30am – Full House, “Arrest Ye Merry Gentlemen” 

11:00am – Happy Days, “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” 

11:30pm – Laverne & Shirley, “Christmas Eve at the Booby Hatch” 

12-1pm – The Story of Santa Claus (MeTV debut of animated movie) 

1:00pm – Leave It to Beaver, “The Haircut” 

1:30pm – Ozzie & Harriett, “The Miracle” 

2:00pm – The Beverly Hillbillies, “Home for Christmas’ 

2:30pm – The Beverly Hillbillies, “No Place Like Home” 

3:00pm – Gilligan’s Island, “Birds Gotta Swim, Fish Gotta Talk” 

3:30pm – The Lucy Show, “Together for Christmas” 

4-6pm – The Love Boat Movie, “The Love Boat: The Christmas Cruise” (MeTV debut of movie) 

6:00pm – The Andy Griffith Show, “Christmas Story” 

7:00pm – M*A*S*H, “Dear Dad” 

7:30pm – M*A*S*H, “Dear Sis” 

8:00pm – All In the Family, “Christmas Day at the Bunkers” 

8:30pm – All In the Family, “Edith’s Christmas Story” 

9:00pm – All In the Family, “The Draft Dodger” 

9:30pm – Sanford & Son, “Ebenezer Sanford” 

10:00pm – Everybody Loves Raymond, “The Toaster” 

10:30pm – Everybody Loves Raymond, “The Christmas Picture” 

11:00pm – The Dick Van Dyke Show, “Alan Brady Show Presents” 

11:30pm – The Mary Tyler Moore Show, “Christmas and the Hardluck Kid II” 

12:00am – The Honeymooners, “Twas the Night Before Christmas” 

Sunday, December 7 

11:00am – Happy Days, “Richie Branches Out” 

11:30am – Laverne & Shirley, “Oh Come All Ye Bums” 

12:00pm – A Christmas Carol (MeTV debut of animated special) 

12:30pm – Little Rascals Christmas (MeTV debut of animated special) 

2:00pm – The Beverly Hillbillies, “Clampetts Get Culture” 

2:30pm – The Beverly Hillbillies, “Christmas at the Clampetts” 

3-5pm – The Waltons Movie, “The Homecoming: A Christmas Story”

5:00pm – The Love Boat, “Lonely at the Top/Silent Night/Divorce Me, Please” 

Sunday, December 14

11:00am – Happy Days, “Christmas Time” 

11:30am – Laverne & Shirley, “Friendly Persuasion” 

12-1pm – A Very Merry Bugs Bunny Christmas 

2:00pm – The Beverly Hillbillies, “The Christmas Present” 

2:30pm – The Beverly Hillbillies, “Week Before Christmas” 

3-5pm – A Very Brady Christmas

5:00pm – The Love Boat, “The Christmas Presence” 

7:00pm – M*A*S*H, “Death Take a Holiday” 

7:30pm – M*A*S*H, “’Twas the Day After Christmas” 

8:00pm – All In the Family, “Edith’s Crisis of Faith (Pt 1)” 

8:30pm – All In the Family, “Edith’s Crisis of Faith (Pt 2)” 

9:00pm – Good Times, “Penny’s Christmas” 

9:30pm – Good Times, “Traveling Christmas” 

Sunday, December 21

11:00am – Happy Days, “White Christmas” 

11:30am – Happy Days, “All I Want For Christmas” 

12-2pm – Snoopy Come Home (Movie) 

2:00pm – The Beverly Hillbillies, “Christmas in Hooterville” 

2:30pm – Petticoat Junction, “Cannonball Christmas” 

4:00pm – Mama’s Family, “Santa Mama” 

4:30p – Mama’s Family, “Mama Gets Goosed” 

5:00pm – The Love Boat, “Santa, Santa, Santa/Another Dog Gone Christmas/Noel’s Christmas Card” 

8:00pm – All In the Family, “The Bunkers Go West” 

8:30pm – All In the Family, “California, Here We Come (Pt 1)” 

9:00pm – All In the Family, “California, Here We Come (Pt 2)” 

Monday, December 22 

12:00pm – The Waltons, “The Best Christmas” 

9:00pm – Everybody Loves Raymond, “Christmas Present” 

Tuesday, December 23 

6:00am – Adam-12, “Log 122: Christmas: The Yellow Dump Truck” 

10:00am – Matlock, “Santa Claus” 

12:00pm – The Waltons, “The Spirit” 

9:00pm – Everybody Loves Raymond, “Season’s Greetings” 

12:35am – The Twilight Zone, “Five Characters in Search of an Exit” 

1:05am – Alfred Hitchcock Presents, “Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid” 

1:35am – Alfred Hitchcock Presents, “Back for Christmas” 

Wednesday, December 24 

6:00am – Adam-12, “Log 96: Pilgrimage” 

10:00am – Matlock, “The Gift” 

11:00am – In The Heat of the Night, “My Name is Hank” 

12:00pm – The Waltons, “The Children’s Carol Part 1” 

9:00pm – Everybody Loves Raymond, “The Thought That Counts” 

9:30pm – Everybody Loves Raymond, “Jazz Records” 

11:00pm – Carol Burnett and Friends, “Nobody Does It Like Me”

12:35am – The Twilight Zone, “Changing of the Guard” 

1:05am – Alfred Hitchcock Presents, “The Festive Season” 

5:00am – Dragnet, “The Christmas Story” 

Thursday, December 25 

6:00am – Adam-12, “Christmas” 

9:00am – Leave It to Beaver, “The Haircut” 

10:00am – Matlock, “The Scrooge” 

11:00am – In The Heat of the Night, “Blessings” 

12:00pm – The Waltons, “The Children’s Carol Part 2” 

4:00pm – Wagon Train, “The Mary Ellen Thomas Story” 

6:00pm – M*A*S*H, “Dear Dad” 

6:30pm – M*A*S*H, “Dear Sis” 

8:00pm – The Andy Griffith Show, “Christmas Story” 

9:00pm – Everybody Loves Raymond, “The Ball” 

9:30pm – Everybody Loves Raymond, “All I Want For Christmas” 

10:00pm – Hogan’s Heroes, “Prisoner’s Prisoner” 

11:00pm – Carol Burnett and Friends, “Mrs. Wiggins/Harry’s Mirage and Grill” 

TOON IN WITH ME – MONDAY, DECEMBER 15-THURSDAY 25, 2025

TOON IN WITH ME– “A Very Merry Toon In With Me” (Monday, December 15 from 7-9 am ET/PT)

TOON IN WITH ME– “A Very Merry Toon In With Me” (Tuesday, December 16 from 7-9 am ET/PT)

TOON IN WITH ME– “A Very Merry Toon In With Me” (Wednesday, December 17 from 7-9 am ET/PT)

TOON IN WITH ME– “A Very Merry Toon In With Me” (Thursday, December 18 from 7-9 am ET/PT)

TOON IN WITH ME– “A Very Merry Toon In With Me” (Friday, December 19 from 7-9 am ET/PT

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