The 2009 Holiday Marathon and Specials Roundup

When you're exhausted from family time, wrapping paper, and dirty dishes, there's nothing like a good TV marathon or holiday special to give yourself a break. Check out our roundup of what to watch this holiday season (all times ET/PT unless otherwise noted):

Wednesday, Dec. 23
Dog the Bounty Hunter marathon (8 a.m.-10 p.m., A&E)
Man v. Food marathon (9 a.m.-3 a.m. Dec. 24, Travel)
America's Next Top Model marathon (10 a.m.-10 p.m., Bravo)
Miracle on 34th Street(7:30 p.m., ABC Family)
A Home for the Holidays with Faith Hill (8 p.m., CBS)

Thursday, Dec. 24
Ghost Hunters Internationalmarathon (8 a.m.-6 a.m. Dec. 25, Syfy)
The First 48 marathon (8 a.m.-midnight Dec. 25, A&E)
The West Wing holiday episodes marathon (8 a.m.-1 p.m., Bravo)
White Christmasmarathon (9 a.m.-4:45 a.m. Dec. 25, AMC)
A Christmas Story marathon (10 p.m.- 8 p.m. Dec. 25, TBS)
Holiday movie marathon (noon-midnight Dec. 25, Hallmark)
Millionaire Matchmaker marathon (1-9 p.m., Bravo)
Night at the Museum marathon (6:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Dec. 25, FX)
It's A Wonderful Life(8 p.m., NBC)

Friday, Dec. 25
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacationmarathon (6:30 a.m.-12:30 a.m. Dec. 26, AMC)
Night at the Museum marathon (7a.m.-7:30 p.m., FX)
Criminal Minds marathon (8 a.m.-midnight Dec. 26, A&E)
Dogs 101/Cats 101marathon (9 a.m.-7 p.m., Animal Planet)
Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade (10 a.m., ABC)
Bones marathon (noon-8 p.m., TNT)
Dirty Dancing marathon (12 p.m.-midnight Dec. 26, TV Guide Network)
Holiday movie marathon (1-11 p.m., Lifetime)
I'm Alive marathon (7-11 p.m., Animal Planet)

Saturday, Dec. 26
NCIS marathon (9 a.m.-2 a.m. Dec. 27, USA)
Real Housewives of Orange County marathon (3-9 p.m., Bravo)

Sunday, Dec. 27
Law & Order: SVU marathon (9 a.m.-5 a.m. Dec. 28, USA)
Real Housewives of New York City marathon (11 a.m.-6 p.m., Bravo)

Thursday, Dec. 31
Burn Notice marathon (6 a.m.-6 a.m. Jan. 1, USA)
Three Stooges marathon (7 a.m.-6 a.m. Jan. 1, AMC)
Twilight Zone marathon (8:30 a.m.-6 a.m. Jan. 2, Syfy)
Real Housewives of Atlanta marathon (1-6:30 p.m., Bravo)
Dog Whisperer marathon (7-11 p.m., NatGeo)
The Thin Man marathon (8 p.m.-5:45 a.m./ET, 5 p.m.-3:45 a.m./PT, Jan. 1, TCM)
Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2010(10 p.m. live/ET, 10 p.m. pretaped/PT, ABC)
Billboard's New Year's Eve Live (11 p.m. live/ET, 11 p.m. pretaped/PT, Fox)
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2010(11:30 p.m. live/ET, 11:30 p.m. pretaped/PT, ABC)
New Year's Eve With Carson Daly(11:35 p.m. live/ET, 11:35 pretaped/PT, NBC)

Friday, Jan. 1
Law & Order: SVUmarathon (6 a.m-6 a.m. Jan. 2, USA)
Biggest Loser marathon (8 a.m.-8 p.m., Bravo)
Cheaters marathon (9 a.m.-9 p.m./ET, 6 a.m.-6 p.m./PT, G4)
One Tree Hill (2 p.m.-midnight Jan. 2, SoapNET)

Sat, Jan. 2
NCIS marathon (9 a.m.-4 a.m. Jan. 3, USA)
House marathon (6 p.m.-4 a.m. Jan. 3, Bravo) 

Sunday, Jan. 3
House marathon (9 a.m.-4 a.m. Jan. 4, USA)

Programming subject to change