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Television, in years past, always left the 7 p.m. central time slot open for family programming. Over the years that has gone away. Fortunately, the major networks continue to air some classic holiday programs for families to view during the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. With that in mind, here is a list of the broadcast information for upcoming classic family holiday shows.

More and more each year, TV executives quake in their stylish, yet affordable boots over the exponential increase in peak TV, even as us ravenous viewers eagerly take it all in. Fall 2015 is no exception, cramming your DVR with everything from superheroes new and old, to Scream-ing gore-fests, animated staples and so much more. You’d need some sort of … television … guidance … periodical to navigate it all, but because we love you, we’ve compiled over 30 of Fall 2015's biggest must-see premieres. Remember to sleep, and take in the onslaught of fall 2015's TV madness by our full preview!

Have you been watching the current season of 'The Biggest Loser' on NBC? One of the Top 3 finalists is from Springfield, Illinois.

This year's Super Bowl will be held on February 1, 2015 on NBC TV in Glendale, Arizona at the University of Phoenix Stadium. With NBC broadcasting the game, Al Michaels will handle the play-by-play. He is the number one football play-by-play man for that network. Fox has Joe Buck and CBS has Jim Nantz. If you had a choice, which one of the three would you rather listen to on television?

They have been the Washington Redskins since 1932, and now there is once again a movement to change the National Football League’s team nickname because it is offensive to many Native Americans.

American Idol just wrapped up their 13th season with Caleb Johnson named as this year's Idol winner. Will he be the last American Idol winner?  The American Idol finale drew 10.1 million viewers, which was down 29% for a year ago.

Last week brought the news that NBC would officially give birth to its 'Rosemary's Baby' remake miniseries in mid-May, though at the time, footage from the four-hour special proved somewhat fleeting. Now, the full cast and horror-filled scope of the new 'Rosemary's Baby' has been revealed in the first completed trailer, and Zoe Saldana's pipes sound like they could use a rest from the screaming. R

A Quincy Senior High School student recently auditioned for 'The Voice'! According to the Quincy Herald-Whig, 15-year-old Savana Santos was one of only 110 nationwide finalists to earn an audition in front of celebrity judges Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Shakira and Usher.

Those who tuned into NBC's live coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi tonight were greeted with a little something extra from the network: during a commercial break, NBC teased the return of 'Heroes,' the television series created by Tim Kring, which ended in 2010. The new standalone series is appropriately titled 'Heroes Reborn,' as teased when the word "Reborn" flashed under th

And lo, the tenure of 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' has come to an end once again, leaving Jay to walk off into that darling sunset with Jimmy Fallon waiting in the wings and a bitter Conan O'Brien making the only jokes. Jay's first-ever guest Billy Crystal joined the late-night host last night to bookend the run, bringing with him a cavalcade of guest stars to send Jay off in style before the