Winter TV Preview: 16 Shows to Watch This Season

Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.

A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.

Three families celebrate Christmas at turning points in their lives.

Family man Clark Griswold is determined to stay at home and provide a warm, fun-filled Christmas for his family. But life has a way of throwing wet logs on his fire.

NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.

Classic Charles Dickens holiday tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser's miser who has a huge change of heart after spirits whisk him into the past, present, and future.

Notorious pirate Blackbeard rules over a rogue nation in the Bahamas, but his power is threatened when the British government hires an assassin to infiltrate his marauding band of outlaws and kill him.