Turn On, Tune In

Cable World, Nov 3, 2003

FOX SPORTS WORLD Premios Fox Sports (Dec. 21) is the network's inaugural tip of the cap to U.S. Hispanic and Latin American athletes.

FX Thanksgiving Day movie marathon for guys includes Tao of Steve, Big and Edward Scissorhands.

G4 Holiday Hit List (Nov. 21) guides viewers through the holiday shopping maze to the year's best video games.

GAME SHOW NETWORK Feast of Favorites Thanksgiving day marathon touts "the greatest game shows of all time."

GOLF CHANNEL Year-end specials include The Year in Golf (Dec. 16) and Fitting a Tiger (Dec. 27).

HALLMARK CHANNEL Original movie premieres A Time to Remember, with Doris Roberts and Dana Delany (Nov. 23), and A Carol Christmas with Tori Spelling and William Shatner (Dec. 7), plus other Hallmark holiday films.

HBO Original movie Angels in America over two Sunday nights (Dec. 7 and 14) is an epic on sex, politics, religion, faith, AIDS and love starring Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson; Mike Nichols directed this film of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

HGTV White House Christmas Memories (Nov. 29) features First Lady Laura Bush and former First Lady Hillary Clinton, while The White House Christmas 2003 (Dec. 14) goes behind the scenes for an exclusive peek at the official presidential celebration. Month-long holiday-themed programming includes decorating tips in Room by Room for Christmas, Decorating Cents: Holiday Style and Christmas Design on a Dime (all Nov. 28).

HISTORY CHANNEL A Very Ermey Christmas special features R. Lee Ermey of Mail Call fame (Dec. 21) showing how U.S. troops have celebrated the season under trying conditions from World War I to present day.

HITN The Hispanic network's Christmas Day lineup include Yo Encontre a Papa Noel (Here Comes Santa Claus), a film for the whole family.

INSPIRATION NETWORK INSP holiday programming includes The Perfect Gift and the I Gospel Christmas Special (Nov. 29), Hope for the Holidays (Dec. 6), Down Home Christmas (Dec. 13) and the New Year's Eve music special Celebration 2004 (Dec. 31).

LIFETIME Original movie premiere Comfort and Joy (Dec. 1), starring Nancy McKeon, the ISU Grand Prix of Skating series hosted by Nancy Kerrigan (Dec. 5-21) and holiday-themed movies throughout December.

NFL NETWORK: On Thanksgiving Day, Football America: The Bravest Team looks at the 2002 season of the New York City Fire Department, which lost 22 active and former members of the FDNY football team on 9/11, and NFL Films' Giving Thanks. Dec. 22 brings NFL Football Follies (100 goofy moments) and NFL Films Presents: Christmas Day.

NICK Nick at Nite Holiday Special (Nov. 28) for big kids plus plenty of seasonal goodies for the little ones.

NOGGIN Warm and Fuzzy Holiday Party (Dec. 14) on Noggin, and on The N, Degrassi: The Next Generation hourlong year-end holiday finale (Dec. 19) while the Real Access series - billed as the first interactive entertainment newsmagazine for teens, produced with Access Hollywood - premieres on New Year's Eve. World AIDS day (Dec. 1) features A Walk in Your Shoes: Living With HIV/AIDS.