Holiday TV Episodes - December & New Year's
A list of the TV show winter holiday episodes. Includes episodes with holiday themes that took place or aired at other times of the year. Includes personal favorites as well as episodes not yet seen. Work in progress.
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- DirectorKim MannersStarsJohnny DeppHolly Robinson PeetePeter DeLuiseINS and Internal Affairs show up to investigate Ioki with the allegation that he is not who he claims to be and that he has entered the United States illegally.21 Jump Street. Christmas.
- DirectorMichael SmithStarsMichael WeatherlyFreddy RodríguezGeneva CarrBull is amused when he meets a 9-year-old girl who wants to hire him to help her divorce her parents; Bull is shocked when a judge appoints him her temporary guardian; Marissa discovers disturbing Infomation about her boyfriend.Bull. Christmas.
- DirectorMary Lou BelliStarsMichael WeatherlyFreddy RodríguezGeneva CarrBull and the team take a difficult pro bono murder case before the holidays and realize it will take a Christmas miracle to win; Marissa pushes for an office Christmas party; Taylor embarks on a new romance.Bull. Christmas.
- DirectorDan LernerStarsMichael WeatherlyFreddy RodríguezYara MartinezTAC braces for an un-jolly Christmas when Bull and Benny represent Marissa and her estranged husband after they're charged with money laundering and fraud; Bull and Izzy reach an impasse regarding what they want from their renewed relationship.Bull. Christmas.
- DirectorDennis SmithStarsMichael WeatherlyGeneva CarrYara MartinezBull needs a Christmas miracle when he takes on a sports agency's young assistant who is charged with providing a star client lethal drugs.Bull. Christmas.
- DirectorPhil BondelliStarsErik EstradaLarry WilcoxRobert PineThe Christmas season doesn't mean any less work for Jon and Ponch. At the community church, thieves run off with a 15th century bell that means a great deal to the local kids. They also operate a car theft ring and prey on unsuspecting car sellers by taking the cars for a test drive and not returning. When they get in an auto accident, their strange behavior gives them away and they are arrested.CHiPs. Christmas.
- DirectorDonna DeitchStarsJill HennessyMiguel FerrerKen HowardWhen a veteran cop is murdered in the line of duty, Jordan leads the police and vengeful Detective Eddy Winslow - Max's former partner - to a possible suspect. But after the shooter dies in police custody, Garrett must launch a coroner's investigation to see if Det. Winslow went too far while making the arrest. Elsewhere, Garrett opts to forgo his annual Christmas feast with his ex-wife, Maggie and join Lily for a Thai dining experience, angering his daughter, Abby, while Trey worries if Nigel's invitation for a weekend on the ski slopes also includes a slalom under the sheets.Crossing Jordan. Christmas.
- DirectorJames HawesStarsDavid TennantBillie PiperCamille CoduriIt's Christmas Eve, but this is to be a far from silent night - the cruel Sycorax have come to Earth to enslave mankind and, as ever, only The Doctor can stop them. Unfortunately, he's lying in a coma in Jackie's home...Doctor Who. Christmas.
- DirectorJames StrongStarsDavid TennantKylie MinogueGeoffrey PalmerWhen disaster hits the Titanic, the Doctor uncovers a threat to the whole human race. Battling alongside aliens, saboteurs, robot Angels and a new friend called Astrid, can he stop the Christmas inferno?Doctor Who. Christmas.
- DirectorAndy GoddardStarsDavid TennantDavid MorrisseyDervla KirwanThe Doctor arrives in London on Christmas Eve in 1851 where he encounters the Cybermen and a man who claims he's a Time Lord called the Doctor.Doctor Who. Christmas.
- DirectorToby HaynesStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillFestive edition of the time-travelling drama. The Doctor has one hour to save a crashing spaceship and a miser's soul - but what lurks in the fog?Doctor Who. Christmas.
- 2005–202259mTV-PG7.1 (6.5K)TV EpisodeDirectorFarren BlackburnStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillOn Christmas Eve 1941, the Doctor poses as a caretaker to give recently widowed Madge Arwell and her two children an unforgettable Christmas but things quickly get out of hand when her son Cyril enters a snowy forest world full of dangers.Doctor Who. Christmas.
- DirectorSaul MetzsteinStarsMatt SmithJenna ColemanTom WardLondon, 1892. Snow is evolving, turning into icy monstrosities, but this is no concern for the Doctor who has given up trying to save the universe, leaving it to a clever young governess named Clara to save the day.Doctor Who. Christmas.
- DirectorJamie PayneStarsMatt SmithJenna ColemanOrla BradyThe Doctor's worst enemies, The Daleks, The Cybermen, The Angels and The Silence, return, as the doctor's eleventh life comes to a close, and his twelfth life begins.Doctor Who. Christmas.
- DirectorPaul WilmshurstStarsPeter CapaldiJenna ColemanNick FrostThe Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. Trapped on an Arctic base, under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call? Santa Claus!Doctor Who. Christmas.
- DirectorDouglas MackinnonStarsPeter CapaldiAlex KingstonMatt LucasWhen a crashed spaceship calls upon the Doctor for help, he finds himself recruited into River Song's squad and hurled into a chase across the galaxy.Doctor Who. Christmas.
- DirectorEdward BazalgetteStarsPeter CapaldiMatt LucasJustin ChatwinOne fateful night in New York City, the Doctor inadvertently causes a young boy to gain superpowers. Returning years later on the trail of the shady Harmony Shoal Institute, he finds the boy all grown up as masked superhero The Ghost.Doctor Who. Christmas.
- DirectorRachel TalalayStarsPeter CapaldiDavid BradleyPearl MackieThe Twelfth Doctor, still refusing to change, goes on a last adventure with the First Doctor.Doctor Who. Christmas.
- DirectorWayne YipStarsJodie WhittakerBradley WalshTosin ColeAs the New Year begins, a terrifying evil is stirring from across the centuries of Earth's history. As the Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz return home, will they be able to overcome the threat to planet Earth?Doctor Who. New Year's.
- DirectorAnnetta LauferStarsJodie WhittakerMandip GillJohn BishopSarah owns and runs ELF storage, and Nick is a customer who visits his unit every year on New Year's Eve. This year, however, their night turns out to be a little different than planned.Doctor Who. New Year's.
- 1993–199846mTV-G7.5 (155)TV EpisodeDirectorJames KeachStarsJane SeymourJoe LandoChad AllenDr. Mike has an "A Christmas Carol" style dream, where she wonders what her life would have been like if she had not become a doctor.Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Christmas.
- DirectorChuck BowmanStarsJane SeymourJoe LandoChad AllenThe town's Christmas spirit is in question when a family who are Jewish immigrants moves to town.Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Christmas.
- 1993–199847mTV-G7.6 (118)TV EpisodeDirectorJerry JamesonStarsJane SeymourJoe LandoChad AllenDr. Mike and her family receive an unexpected gift from Boston, a small poodle unsuited to life on the frontier. Brian has his first crush on Sara, Preston is embarrassed by a painful kidney stone, and the Reverend plans a living nativity.Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Christmas.
- DirectorCarl BinderStarsJane SeymourJoe LandoChad AllenBrian suffers a crisis of faith when the Rev. Johnson is suddenly stricken with progressive blindness at Christmas time and Dr. Mike can't help him. The townspeople are saddened by the Rev. Johnson's affliction, but Brian sees the malady as God's way of punishing the clergyman. The Reverend Johnson's faith is also tested and he decides not to lead the Christmas Eve service. Meanwhile, Dr. Mike consults with Cloud Dancing about the situation, and it's he who finds the words for Dr. Mike to explain to Brian and the Rev. Johnson that they should not consider the blindness a punishment from God, but instead a message that the preacher is to take a new pathDr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Christmas.
- DirectorJames KeachStarsJane SeymourJoe LandoChad AllenAfter accompanying Black Moon's braves safely to the reservation, Dr. Mike and Sully begin the trip home for Christmas but are delayed when they stop to help a hapless young married couple they find wandering in the wilderness. The young couple, Chester and Hallie, are former city dwellers trying to find a new settlement established by their relatives, but are hopelessly lost. Meanwhile, Daniel, who has been wandering all his life, is tempted to give up his job as sheriff to accept an offer to run a mining operation far away from Colorado Springs.Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Christmas.
- DirectorMatthew HastingsStarsColin FergusonSalli Richardson-WhitfieldJoe MortonSheriff Carter relates a Christmas story in which the defensive field malfunctions trapping everyone in town for the holiday. So Fargo throws a big party, unaware that the town is shrinking. All from a quest for the perfect fruitcake.Eureka. Christmas.
- DirectorMatthew HastingsStarsColin FergusonSalli Richardson-WhitfieldJoe MortonSheriff Carter and Allison Blake are secretly planning the perfect holiday surprise for their kids, but a mysterious kaleidoscopic wave of color crashes over Eureka, leaving the entire town and its inhabitants animated.Eureka. Christmas.
- DirectorVirgil W. VogelStarsEfrem Zimbalist Jr.Philip AbbottWilliam ReynoldsHitman Stuart Tilden seriously wounds a businessman in Chicago while seeking the whereabouts of his intended target. The FBI launches an intense investigation, seeking to prevent him from succeeding, and even Assistant Director Arthur Ward will make an arrest in the field as part of the effort. The target is Richard Ghormley, who formerly worked for a criminal. While he wasn't involved with illegal activities, the criminal fears that he knows too much. He is desperately trying to get home from a business trip to San Francisco on Christmas Eve and Tilden is waiting for him there. Colby and other agents rescue his children while Erskine confronts Tilden.The F.B.I. Christmas.
- DirectorJames FrawleyStarsTom BosleyTracy NelsonJames StephensAfter leaving her son with Father Dowling and Sister Stephanie at St. Michael's Parish, a woman is shot and wounded badly. The trail leads Father Dowling and the police to a department store on Christmas Eve. Will it lead to a Christmas miracle?Father Dowling Mysteries. Christmas.
- DirectorRenny RyeStarsJohn NettlesJohn HopkinsJane WymarkNine years after Ferdy Villers killed himself, his family reunites for Christmas, unaware that someone is out for revenge.Midsomer Murders. Christmas.
- DirectorRenny RyeStarsJohn NettlesJason HughesJane WymarkDuring the Christmas days Barnaby has to solve an explosion as well as a number of murders near a freight company while trying to cope with his acting CS who has very strong beliefs about teamwork.Midsomer Murders. Christmas.
- DirectorNicholas LaughlandStarsNeil DudgeonGwilym LeeFiona DolmanBarnaby and Nelson investigate the fatal stabbing of a man with an antique sword during a ghost-hunting party at a 'haunted' manor house.Midsomer Murders. Christmas.
- DirectorGail HarveyStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyAs New Year's Eve and a new century approach, a seemingly unbalanced man who claims to have visited the future in a time machine prevents an accident and murder that he knew were going to happen.Murdoch Mysteries. New Year's.
- DirectorMichael McGowanStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyWhile investigating the murder of a rich benefactor and the theft of children's presents at a Christmas charity pageant, Murdoch discovers suggestions that a Christmas monster, a Krampus, may be involved.Murdoch Mysteries. Christmas.
- 2008– 1h 30mTV-PG8.2 (264)TV EpisodeDirectorT.W. PeacockeStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyMurdoch and Brackenreid investigate a series of brazen robberies targeting Toronto's businessmen just days before ChristmasMurdoch Mysteries. Christmas.
- DirectorGary HarveyStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigDetective Murdoch and Dr. Ogden travel to Vancouver Island to visit Murdoch's brother, RCMP officer Jasper Linney. There, they investigate a murder connected to an archaeologist who has uncovered an ancient Indigenous settlement, leading to encounters with the Songhees and Haida nations. Meanwhile, the Brackenreids are offered an investment opportunity that may not be all it seems, and Crabtree and Higgins plan a ski holiday with their sweethearts Nina Bloom and Ruth Newsome that may be more dangerous than expected.Murdoch Mysteries. Christmas.
- DirectorLaurie LyndStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigMurdoch and company's Christmas at an idyllic country estate turns deadly.Murdoch Mysteries. Christmas.
- DirectorKatie BolandStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigMurdoch investigates the murder of a slum landlord found in Santa's toy sack at a department store Christmas parade.Murdoch Mysteries. Christmas.
- DirectorOmar MadhaStarsElyes GabelKatharine McPheeEddie Kaye ThomasA 10-year-old boy is trapped in a rockslide/sinkhole near the beach. The team must find a way to rescue him before the rising tide fills it up with water.Scorpion. Christmas.
- DirectorAdam RodriguezStarsElyes GabelKatharine McPheeEddie Kaye ThomasIt's Christmas Eve, and Team Scorpion must prevent a catastrophe when torrential rains create a large crack in a dam. They fight to save an entire town from the threat of being wiped out in its wake.Scorpion. Christmas.
- DirectorMilan CheylovStarsElyes GabelKatharine McPheeEddie Kaye ThomasTeam Scorpion's mountain getaway on Christmas Eve turns deadly when they cross paths with gun-runners and Ralph is kidnapped.Scorpion. Christmas.
- DirectorLeVar BurtonStarsElyes GabelKatharine McPheeEddie Kaye ThomasWalter takes a fall and is knocked out, his unconscious mind dreams of a world where Team Scorpion never existed.Scorpion. Christmas.
- DirectorAlan GoluboffStarsDeanne BrayYannick BissonRick PetersIn the middle of the Christmas season, a mysterious Santa has been robbing banks with a few little helpers. Bobby tries to present a good image to the press but a determined reporter is eager to attack the F.B.I and Sue's rocky relationship with her mother ensues when her parents stay over.Sue Thomas F.B.Eye. Christmas.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggMervyn JohnsSteed has been having bad dreams involving Christmas trees and a man dressed as Santa Claus. At a party given by publisher and Dickens fan Brandon Storey, two telepathic spies attempt to read Steed's mind and make sense of the dream. However, the dream is echoed exactly by the events of the party, enabling Steed to spot the villains in advance and identify the dangerous Santa.The Avengers. Christmas.
- DirectorWin PhelpsStarsMichael ChiklisTheresa SaldanaKaj-Erik EriksenAn elderly woman is killed in her home during the Christmas season and Tony discovers what really happened.The Commish. Christmas.
- DirectorRob HeddenStarsMichael ChiklisTheresa SaldanaKaj-Erik EriksenA heart set for transplant to the daughter of one of Tony's men is stolen from the ambulance. The squad sets out to find it before it's too late. Cyd walks the beat looking for a Santa that isn't satisfied with just cash donations.The Commish. Christmas.
- DirectorKim MannersStarsMichael ChiklisTheresa SaldanaKaj-Erik EriksenTony hopes a burglary investigation will help an old friend recover from the death of his wife; David doesn't have the money he saved to buy his dad's Chanukah gift.The Commish. Hanukkah.
- DirectorTucker GatesStarsMichael ChiklisTheresa SaldanaKaj-Erik EriksenThe commissioner sets out to trap a serial rapist in a Santa Claus mask who's been terrorizing the city.The Commish. Christmas.
- DirectorMichael O'HerlihyStarsEdward WoodwardKeith SzarabajkaRichard JordanMcCall and Gage protect a young boy who is being terrorized by a group of men who want him out of the neighbourhood because he has AIDS.The Equalizer. Christmas.
- DirectorJack KennyStarsEddie McClintockJoanne KellySaul RubinekPete and Myka hunt down a malevolent artifact-wielding Santa Claus and come to the aid of a businessman. Meanwhile, Artie is reunited with his estranged father Isadore after 30 years.Warehouse 13. Christmas.
- DirectorJack KennyStarsEddie McClintockJoanne KellySaul RubinekIt's nearly Christmas, and a brush with the upholstery brush of Philip Van Doren Stern bears Pete from his wonderful life into a world where he's never been born.Warehouse 13. Christmas.
- DirectorJon EastStarsScott FoleyLauren CohanAna OrtizThe team heads to Europe to transport a dangerous prisoner for interrogation, and the prisoner is Will's former boss; Jai helps organize a Secret Santa gift exchange for an off-season Spy Christmas.Whiskey Cavalier. Christmas.