While the weather outside is about to be frightful, CTV and its suite of specialty channels promise to keep things warm and delightful with a holiday lineup featuring an array of fan-favourite and new seasonal movies, festive specials, binge-worthy marathons, and holiday-themed episodes of celebrated series.
CTV’s 2023 Holiday Schedule
Sharing the magic of the season, viewers can cozy up with CTV, CTV.ca, and the CTV app to enjoy classic holiday movies including ELF (Friday, Dec. 1 at 9 p.m. ET/PT), which celebrates its twentieth anniversary, CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS (Saturday, Dec. 9 at 9 p.m. ET/PT), HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK (Saturday, Dec. 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT), THE HOLIDAY (Friday, Dec. 22 at 8 p.m. ET/PT), HOME ALONE (Sunday, Dec. 24 at 8 p.m. ET/PT), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Sunday, Dec. 24 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT), and more. CTV also decorates its holiday lineup with seasonal specials and episodes of fan-favourite series SHARK TANK (Friday, Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. ET/PT), MASTERCHEF JUNIOR (Monday, Dec. 11 at 8 p.m. ET/PT), GORDON RAMSAY’S ROAD TRIP: CHRISTMAS VACATION (Monday, Dec. 11 at 10 p.m. ET/PT), THE MASKED SINGER: HOLIDAY SING-A-LONG (Tuesday, Dec. 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT), CMA COUNTRY CHRISTMAS (Thursday, Dec. 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT), PASSWORD (Monday, Dec. 18 at 10 p.m. ET/PT), and NIGHT COURT (Saturday, Dec. 23 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT).
CTV2 continues the gifting spirit with holiday-themed episodes of CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE (Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 9 p.m. ET/PT), the season finale of THE $100,000 PYRAMID (Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 10 p.m. ET/PT), and LEGO MASTERS HOLIDAY BRICKTACULAR (Monday, Dec. 18 and Tuesday, Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. ET/PT), and keeps the celebrations going with THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY: MAGICAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION (Sunday, Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. ET/PT), THE SANTA CLAUSE (Sunday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. ET/PT), FROZEN (Sunday, Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. ET/PT), THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Sunday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. ET/PT), MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (Wednesday, Dec. 20 at 8 p.m. ET/PT), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Friday, Dec. 22 at 8 p.m. ET/PT), and more seasonal movies every Monday through Friday at 12 p.m. (noon) ET/PT and 2 p.m. ET/PT from Dec. 11 through the holidays.
A holiday tradition for many, THE ORIGINAL SANTA CLAUS PARADE (Saturday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. ET/PT) returns to CTV, CTV.ca, and the CTV app.
CTV Holiday Hub 2023
The home for all things festive, CTV’s Holiday Hub – available on CTV.ca and the CTV app with no subscription or sign in required – offers more than 250 titles and 18 curated collections, including free movies, dozens of seasons to binge, beloved holiday-themed CTV Throwback episodes, unlocked specials, festive recipes, and more. From now until January 5, viewers are in for a holiday treat with hit movies like THE HOLIDAY, access to binge full seasons of CTV Original series SULLIVAN’S CROSSING and BATTLE OF THE GENERATIONS, as well as LOVE ISLAND USA, and holiday episodes of classic throwback series THE NANNY, DAWSON’S CREEK, MARRIED…WITH CHILDREN, and more.
CTV Specialties Holiday Schedule and Holiday Freeview
CTV Specialty programming, also available on CTV.ca and the CTV app, further complements the festive celebrations, with CTV Life Channel reveling in the merriest season with more than 150 hours of the brightest holiday movies, including A PARIS CHRISTMAS WALTZ (Friday, Nov. 24 at 8 p.m. ET), CATCH ME IF YOU CLAUS (Saturday, Nov. 25 at 8 p.m. ET), MY CHRISTMAS HERO (Friday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. ET), CHRISTMAS ON WINDMILL WAY (Friday, Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. ET), A NOT SO ROYAL CHRISTMAS (Saturday, Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. ET), THE JINGLEBELL JUBILEE (Friday, Dec. 15 at 6 p.m. ET), MEET ME UNDER THE MISTLETOE (Friday, Dec. 22 at 6 p.m. ET), AN ICE PALACE ROMANCE (Friday, Dec. 22 at 8 p.m. ET), and much more. To unwrap all of the films CTV Life Channel has to offer this season, click here. For those with a hunger for the holiday spirit, the premiere of MARY MAKES IT EASY: GOOD (BA)KING WENCESLAS (Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 8 p.m. ET) promises to stuff their stockings.
Those in need of a holiday from the holidays are invited to CTV Sci-Fi Channel, destination for fan-favourite and action-packed marathons, every Sunday beginning November 26. The marathons include revered Marvel favourites THE AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR (Sunday, Nov. 26 at 5 p.m. ET), THE AVENGERS: ENDGAME (Sunday, Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. ET), CAPTAIN MARVEL (Sunday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. ET), and SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (Sunday, Dec. 10 at 8:30 p.m. ET).
Giving viewers the gift that keeps on giving, CTV’s suite of specialty channels offers a holiday nationwide free preview from Thursday, Dec. 21 through Tuesday, Jan. 9. The CTV Life Channel, CTV Sci-Fi Channel, CTV Drama Channel, and CTV Comedy Channel freeview is available through participating television service providers across the country, including but not limited to Bell, Bell Aliant, BellMTS, Cogeco, Eastlink, Rogers, SaskTel, Shaw, Telus, and participating members of the CCSA.
All programming scheduling is subject to change (all times are ET/PT). Visit CTV.ca to confirm local broadcast times. For additional holiday programming updates, follow @CTV_PR.