Follow
ABC Family is gearing up for a wonderful November, and here I have all the programming scoop for it.
Saturday, November 3
ABC Family Premiere
P.S. I Love You
(8:00 PM – 11:00 PM ET/PT)
A grieving widow (Hilary Swank) receives a series of messages that her late husband (Gerard Butler) left to encourage her to establish a new life and ease the loss.
Encore on (Sunday, November 4 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET/PT)
Sunday, November 4
Basic Cable Premiere
Secretariat
(7:00 PM – 9:30 PM ET/PT)
Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) takes over her ailing father’s Thoroughbred farm and, together with trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich), fosters a colt that wins horse racing’s Triple Crown in 1973.
Saturday, November 10
Basic Cable Premiere
Charlie St. Cloud
(8:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET/PT)
After losing his brother in a terrible accident, a young man (Zac Efron) feels torn between honoring a promise he made four years earlier and pursuing a romance with a former classmate.
Encore on (Sunday, November 11 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET/PT)
Sunday, November 11
World Television Premiere
The Notebook: Special Edition
(8:00 PM – 11:00 PM ET/PT)
Based on the best-selling novel written by Nicholas Sparks, Duke (James Garner) tells the sweet love story about Allie (Rachel McAdams) and Noah (Ryan Gosling), two young lovers coming from different backgrounds but deeply drawn together and forced apart the same summer. Several years later, Allie is to wed a young soldier named Lon (James Marsden) but can’t completely get over Noah, especially after seeing his picture in the newspaper. After reconnecting, their bond proves to be stronger than ever.
The movie includes over ten minutes of deleted scenes, previously only available on the special features of the DVD/BluRay. For the first time ever, the scenes have been edited back into the film, for a richer, more meaningful viewing experience.
COUNTDOWN TO 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGINS (NOVEMBER 18-30)
Join ABC Family as we “Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas,” beginning November 18th with all of your favorite holiday programming, including “Holiday in Handcuffs,” “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” “Home Alone,” “A Boy Named Charlie Brown,” an airing of “The Blind Side” on Thanksgiving night, Pixar favorites “Wall*E,” and “Up,” a special “Christmas Episode of The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” the basic cable premiere of “Nanny McPhee Returns, ” and for the first time on television, “Home Alone: The Holiday Heist.”
-more-
November Programming Highlights page 2 –
Friday, November 23
Basic Cable Premiere
Nanny McPhee Returns
(8:30 PM – 11:00 PM ET/PT)
Magical Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson) returns to help a harried mother (Maggie Gyllenhaal) who is trying to care for five children and tend the family farm while her husband is away at war.
Encore on (Saturday, November 24 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET/PT)
Sunday, November 25
World Television Premiere
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
(8:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET/PT)
Eight-year-old Finn (Christian Martyn) is terrified to learn his family is relocating from sunny California to Maine, and the scariest house he has ever seen! Convinced that his new house is haunted, Finn sets up a series of elaborate traps to catch the “ghost” in action. Left home alone with his sister (Jodelle Ferland) while their parents are stranded across town, Finn’s traps catch a new target – a group of thieves (Malcolm McDowell, Debi Mazar, Eddie Steeples) who have targeted Finn’s house.
Encore at (10:00 PM – 12:00 Midnight ET/PT)
Encore on (Wednesday, November 28 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET/PT)
Will you watch ABC Family on November? Follow me on Twitter for more ABC Family scoop.