ION Television
Home for the Holidays
ION Television’s lineup ranked #2 among networks airing holiday movies in 2019, averaging 919,000 households in primetime. Beginning Thanksgiving weekend, ION Television will once again be “Your Home for the Holidays.” Featuring a festive lineup of fan favorites, ION is kicking off the holiday season in November 2023, with special holiday fare airing weekends in December through Christmas Day.
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2023 ION Television Christmas Movie Premieres
“Home for the Holidays” begins November 24th on ION Television.
2023 ION Home for the Holidays Schedule
PLEASE NOTE: Date/times are subject to change (all times shown in ET)
Airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times/dates can vary by TV provider.
Schedule last updated on 12/13/23
Friday, November 24, 2023
- 10:00am – A Royal Christmas Engagement
- 12:00pm – A Prince for Christmas
- 2:00pm – A Christmas Princess
- 4:00pm – A Prince and Pauper Christmas
- 6:00pm – A Christmas Witness
- 8:00pm – The Christmas Thief
- 10:00pm – The Case of the Christmas Diamond
Saturday, November 25, 2023
- 12:00am – The Search for Secret Santa
ION Holiday December Updates
No movies are currently scheduled through Monday, December 25th on the regular ION Television channel, we realize this is a huge disappointment for so many. Hopefully ION will reconsider and reverse this poor decision next year.
ION Plus TV will be airing holiday movies all day weekdays now through Christmas day. ION Plus is available to stream for free through Amazon Freevee.
What channel is ION Television?
- DirecTV – Channel 305
- DISH Network – Channel 216
Available on most cable networks. Check with your local provider for channel.
Don’t have cable? We recommend (and use ourselves!) FrndlyTV streaming services. Plans start at $6.99 per month for 40+ channels including ION Television, both Hallmark channels, Lifetime, Great American Family (GAC), UPtv, and more. Watch all your favorite holiday programming without expensive cable costs. Sign Up for Frndly TV Now (free 7-day trial with this link, cancel anytime)
ION Television Christmas Schedule Archives
- 2022 ION Television Home for the Holidays
- 2021 ION Christmas Movie Schedule
- 2020 ION Christmas Movie Schedule
- 2019 ION Christmas Movie Schedule
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Extremely unhappy that the Christmas movies are not on ION this year. Don’t know why the decision was made not to air them except on Plus. You’ve managed to ruin my Christmas season without ION movies. Maybe you could put them back on before Christmas Eve. Like maybe today!!!
Laff tv is showing Christmas movies every fri. and sat. nights, beginning at 8:00 pm. Really enjoying them!
So will there be any Christmas movies on Dec. 22, 23, 24, 25, 2023? if so, which ones? I really, really, would like to know. Please, Please, Please, let me knowif there will or will not be christmas movies on those days. Sonja
Hi Sonja, we only have the schedule through the 20th as of right now. As soon as I know, I will post here right away.
What happened to the Christmas movies your station used to play every Saturday night and all day Sunday during the Christmas season. Miss watching them. Are you people trying to do away with Christmas? Very disappointed in you guys. Please keep the season alive with Christmas movies!
Such a disappointment this year. After a long history of these lovely Christmas movies being simply available on REGULAR TV, we can no longer view them unless on top of the cable fee that I’m already paying, I pay for streaming access. I will definitely miss this treat, but will not be shelling out one more penny for TV.
Where are all those great Christmas movies that ION TV used to show all day every weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas? They were a tradition in our family and now that our granddaughters are older we were hoping to continue the tradition with them. Please bring them back!!!
I just discovered that the LAFF Channel (antenna tv, not cable) is showing holiday movies for several hours Friday and Saturday. At least some are the same that ion has shown.
What happened to the Christmas movies, I was so looking forward to watching them like every year, when I heard the advertisements at Thanksgiving watched movies that weekend then nothing, so I looked it up and found there won’t be any till Dec 18th
I guess I won’t be watching ION TV this year leading up to make my Christmas Merry.
I missed my favorite Christmas movie: A Christmas Witness. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE AIR IT AGAIN IN DECEMBER! Thank you so much!
Susie, A Christmas Witness will air on ION Plus December 4th: https://www.countdownuntilchristmas.com/channel/ion-plus-television/
Will there be any Christmas movies on Dec. 22, 23, 24, 25, 2023? if so, which ones? I really, really, would like to know, Please, Please, Please, let me know. Sonja
Where is each weeks christmas movie schedule?
It is looking like there was a poor decision made not to show them. I will be very happy if I am wrong and a schedule of them comes out.
What happened to the Christmas movies that would come on on Sunday’s. My husband and I really enjoyed watching them. Please bring them back