TV Roundup: What to Watch Over New Year's Weekend
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How will you ring in 2012?If you love ringing in the new year with all-day TV marathons and special New Year's Eve extravaganzas, then we've got you covered.
To close out 2011 the networks are bringing you all the TV you could ever ask for, including Law & Order fests, marathons of hot new shows like Once Upon a Time, and a bevy of musical performances from Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj, and many others. So kick off the new year in style by checking out our full list of what to watch over the holiday weekend!
Friday, Dec. 30
Jersey Shore (MTV, 12 am — Saturday, 11 pm) Get pumped up for your New Year's Eve shenanigans by watching Snooki and The Situation do a bunch of stupid stuff.
CSI (USA Network, 9 am — Saturday, 5 am) Season 11 marathon.
It Only Hurts When I Laugh (truTV, 11 am — 5 pm) Check out this marathon of hilarious home videos.
Awkward (Logo, noon — 6 pm) This MTV teen comedy is a secret treasure, so get acquainted with it. You can thank us later.Criminal Minds (A&E, noon — 4:02 am) Watch people get murdered in horrific ways until the wee hours of the morning.
The Millionaire Matchmaker (Bravo, noon — 9 pm) Watch Patti Stranger try and set up poor dateless millionaires.
Will & Grace (Lifetime, noon — 4 pm) Watching Karen will make you feel like less of a lush this New Year's Eve.
Brides of Beverly Hills (TLC, 1 — 5 pm) Four hours of rich brides-to-be trying on dresses that most of us mere mortals could never afford. Sold!
Nite Tales (Chiller, 8 pm — Saturday, 3:30 am) Get your creep on.
Saturday, December 31
100 Most Shocking Music Moments (VH1, 3 — 9 am) For all you insomniac music lovers out there.
Fear Factor (Chiller, 6 am – Sunday 6 am) A full day of people eating various bugs! WEEEEE!
Monk (Cloo, 6 am – Sunday, 6 am) Snuggle up and watch the OCD detective solve crimes all over again.
Oddities (Science Channel, 6 am – Sunday, 3 am) The weirdest — and coolest — stuff in the world.
NCIS (USA Network, 10 am – 11 pm) The USA network gives us all what we really want: copious amounts of Tony Dinozzo.
America’s Next Top Model (Style Network, 11 am – 11 pm) Cycle 15 marathon. Who will end up on the cover of Vogue Italia?!
Notarized 2011 (BET, 11 am – 7 pm) Counting down the biggest music videos of the year.
The Walking Dead (AMC, 11 am – Sunday, 1 am) Get your zombie on with a marathon of the first season and the first half of the second season.
The Amanda Show (TeenNick, noon – 8 pm) Little Amanda Bynes!
Adventure Time (Cartoon Network, 1 – 7 pm) Because kids like TV marathons too.
The Real Housewives of… (Bravo, 1 pm – Sunday, 2 am) Why present only one Real Housewives series when you can mix them all together into an insanely awesome Real Housewives cocktail?100 Greatest Songs of the ’00s (VH1, 2 – 7 pm) All pre-millennial music need not apply.
Twilight Zone (Syfy, 2 pm – midnight) 40 viewer selected episodes of the classic horror series.
Braxton Family Values (WE tv, 3 pm – Sunday, 1 am) All the Toni Braxton you could ever ask for and some more after that.
Dog the Bounty Hunter (A&E, 3 pm – 4:02 am) A bounty hunter's work is never done.
Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys (Sundance, 3 – 7 pm) The title of the show really says it all, doesn't it?
The Oprah Winfrey Show (OWN, 3 – 9 pm) WE MISS YOU OPRAH! We miss you so much.
Moonshiners (Discovery, 6 pm – Sunday, 3 am) A show about booze seems pretty fitting for New Year's weekend, no?
The Three Stooges (IFC, 6 pm – Sunday, 6 am) Watch it with your Dad.
2012: Countdown to Armageddon (National Geographic Channel, 7 – 8 pm) Wait, do they mean the real armageddon or the Ben Affleck movie?
The Big Bang Theory (TBS, 7 pm – midnight) A full night of geek love.
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network, 7 pm – Sunday, 4 am) It's best to decide ahead of time what greasy hangover food to eat on New Year's Day.
All the Best, All the Worst of 2011 (CNN, 8 – 9 pm) CNN doesn't really get too creative with the show titles, does it?
New Year’s Rockin’ Eve: The 40th Anniversary Party (ABC, 8 – 10 pm) Jenny McCarthy and Fergie host a countdown of the top 40 performances ever.
Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012 (ABC, 10 – 11 pm, 11:30 pm – Sunday, 2:13 am) New York performances from Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Pitbull, and Carlos Santana. Los Angeles performances from Robin Thicke, The Band Perry, blink-182, Christina Perri, Florence + The Machine, Gym Class Heroes, LMFAO, OneRepublic, Nicki Minaj, Taio Cruz and will.i.am.New Year’s Eve With Carson Daly (NBC, 10 – 11 pm, 11:30 pm – Sunday, 12:30 am) Drake, The Roots, Tony Bennett, Jessie J, Blake Shelton, Cee Lo Green, Smash star Megan Hilty, Jimmy Fallon, and Rick Gervais will all show up to help ring in the new year.
Stick Clark: Party Like It’s the 90s (TeenNick, 10 pm – Sunday, 6 am ) A marathon of The Secret Life of Alex Mack, All That, Ren & Stimpy, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Kenan & Kel, Doug, and Clarissa Explains It All.
106 & Party 2011 (BET, 11 pm – Sunday, 1 am) Ring in the new year with performances from Diggy Simmons, Young Jeezy, Wale and more.
All American New Years (Fox News, 11 pm – Sunday, 12:30 am) New Year's Eve Fox News style! Bill Hemmer and Megyn Kelly host live from Times Square, with performances by Big & Rich, Trace Atkins, and the cast of Rock of Ages.
American Country New Year’s Eve Live (Fox, 11 pm – Sunday, 12:30 am) For all the country fans: American Idol‘s Lauren Alaina and Rodney Atkins.
Batman (The Hub, 11 pm – Sunday, 6 am) Fact: Adam West was a pretty awesome Batman.
Coldplay New Year’s Eve: An Austin City Limits Special (PBS, 11 pm – Sunday, 12:30 am) Celebrate the new year with some mopey rock music.
MTV New Year’s Eve 2012 (MTV, 11 pm – midnight) Teen Wolf‘s Tyler Posey and Demi Lovato host. With performances from Lovato, Selena Gomez, J Cole, Jason Derulo, and Mac Miller.
New Year. No Limits. (ESPN, 11 pm – midnight) Snowmobile freestyler Levi LaVallee and FMX rider Robbie Maddison attempt to sail over the San Diego harbor. Yeah, you read that right.
New Year’s Eve Live With Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin (CNN, 11 pm – Sunday, 12:30 am) And the prize for the strangest host pairing goes to...
The Soup (E!, 11 – 11:30 pm) | Joel McHale looks back at the top clips of 2011.
Sunday, January 1
UFC (Fuel TV, midnight – midnight) 24 hours of Ultimate Fighting. Seems like too many hours, but if you like that sort of thing...
Law & Order (TNT, 4 am – 2 pm) The perfect marathon to watch after a long, crazy night out.V.I.P. (Logo, 4 am – 10 pm) We forgot there were enough episodes of this hilarious Pamela Anderson show to even run a marathon of it!
Degrassi: The Next Generation (TeenNick, 6 am – 4 pm) A full day of dishy teen drama.
How It’s Made (Science Channel, 6 am – Monday, 3 am) How do they make tequila? And why did we drink so much of it last night?
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (USA Network, 6 am – Monday, 4 am) When you get sick of TNT's Law & Order marathon, switch on over to SVU.
Psych (Cloo, 6 am – Monday, 6 am) A full day of watching Shawn act like a crazy person while Gus looks on disapprovingly.
Torchwood: Miracle Day (Starz Edge, 6 am – 3:14 pm) The British hit series heads to America.
Absolutely Fabulous Hangover Helper (BBC America, 7:20 am – Monday, 6 am) Edina and Patsy will make your New Year's Eve festivities look like child's play.
House (Oxygen, 8 am – Monday, 3 am) Medical mysteries! Hugh Laurie!
Looney Tunes (Cartoon Network, 9 am – 6 pm) Feel free to act like a kid again before you go back to work on Monday.
The Lying Game (ABC Family, 9 am – 7 pm) Catch up before the Season 1.5 premiere airs on Monday night at 9pm.
Gold Rush (Discovery, 10 am – Monday, 3 am) There's gold in them there hills!
One Life to Live (SoapNet, 10 am – midnight) Gone but not forgotten. Watch some classic episodes that feature a few future TV stars.
The Game (BET, 11 am – 11 pm) A full 12 hours of professional football players and their wives.
Samantha Who? (TV Guide Network, 11 am – 5 pm) This Christina Applegate and Melissa McCarthy comedy was way better than most people gave it credit for. Storage Wars (A&E, noon – Monday, 4:02 am) All fighting over old junk, all the time.
George Lopez (Ion Television, 1 pm – Monday, 3 am) Episodes of Lopez's canceled talk show still live on...
My Fair Wedding With David Tutera (WE tv, 2 pm – Monday, 5 am) A marathon followed by a new episode at 9 pm.
Hell on Wheels (AMC, 3 – 11 pm) A lot of critics really didn't like this show. See if you disagree with them.
Once Upon a Time (ABC, 7 – 11 pm) Catch up with one of the fall's fairest new shows.
Pawn Stars (History, 7 pm – Monday, 4:02 am) Spend the first day of 2012 haggling over the price of
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