Thanksgiving 2025: The Best TV & Movie Marathons This Holiday Weekend

Turkey day is upon us once again, which means it’s time for food, family, and friends … and maybe a few TV marathons, too.

This year, there are a ton of great movie and television marathons happening across the various networks, and there’s a little something for everyone: DIY shows, cooking competition series, blockbuster movies, procedural drama binges, and so much more.

To help guide your Thanksgiving 2025 marathoning, here is a rundown of some of the best TV and movie marathons happening on the small screen this year (all times Eastern).

Thursday, 11/27

• Bad Moms movies (Bravo — 2:30 – 11:30 p.m.)
• Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown (Food Network — 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.)
• Criminal Minds (Pop TV — 12 p.m. – 8 p.m.)
• FBI (Ion Television — 11 a.m. – 3 a.m. Friday)
• Fixer Upper: Welcome Home (Magnolia — 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.)
• Holiday Baking Championship (Food Network — 6 p.m. – 4 a.m. Friday)
• It’s a Wonderful Life (E! — 6 a.m. – 6 a.m. Friday)
• James Bond movies (BBC America — 12:30 p.m. – 11 p.m.)
• Log Cabin Living (Destination America — 7 a.m. – 12 p.m.)
• Teen Titans Go! (Adult Swim — 6 a.m. – 5 p.m.)
• Thanksgiving ID specials (Investigation Discovery — 8 p.m. — 4 a.m. Friday)

Friday, 11/28

• Bones (BBC America — 2 p.m. – 6 a.m. Saturday)
• Cars movies (Freeform — 12:35 p.m. – 8:20 p.m.)
• Christmas ID specials (Investigation Discovery — 8 p.m. – 4 a.m. Saturday)
• Diners, Drive-ins & Dives (Food Network — 6 a.m. – 5 a.m. Saturday)
• Holiday Baking Championship (Cooking Channel – 4 p.m. – 4 a.m. Saturday)
• Ice Age movies (Freeform — 7 a.m. – 1:05 p.m.)
• Law & Order (Pop TV — 6 a.m. – 8 p.m.)
• Malcolm in the Middle (Fuse — 7 a.m. – 6 a.m. Saturday)
• Marvel movies (FX — 7 a.m. – 4 a.m. Saturday)
• Mind Your Business (Bounce TV — 1 p.m. – 11 p.m.)
• Murder in the Heartland (Investigation Discovery — 2 p.m. – 8 p.m.)
• Tom Hanks movies (AMC — 2 p.m. – 10 a.m. Saturday)
• The Unbelievable With Dan Aykroyd (History Channel — 7 a.m. – 3 a.m. Saturday)

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Saturday, 11/29

• Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation (Magnolia Network — 7 a.m. – 6 p.m.)
• The Bernie Mac Show (Bounce TV — 6 a.m. – 1 p.m.)
• Bill Murray Movies (AMC — 12 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.)
• Dark Side of the Ring (Vice TV — 10 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.)
• Dead of Winter (Investigation Discovery — 4 p.m. – 10 p.m.)
• Holiday Wars (Food Network — 7 p.m. – 4 a.m. Sunday)
• Lakefront Bargain Hunt: Renovation (Magnolia Network — 7 p.m. – 4 a.m.)
• Married… With Children (Logo — 5 a.m. – 9 p.m.)

Sunday, 11/30

• Christmas With the Cranks (AMC — 5 p.m. – 11 p.m.)
• Dark Side of the ’90s (Vice TV – 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.)
• Fixer Upper (Magnolia Network — 1 p.m. – 4 a.m. Monday)
• It: Welcome to Derry (HBO — 3:55 – 10 p.m.)
• Naked and Afraid (Discovery Channel — 11 a.m. – 4 a.m. Monday)
• Pirates of the Caribbean movies (E! — 1 p.m. – 2 a.m. Monday)
• Real Housewives of Potomac (Bravo — 12 p.m. – 9 p.m.)
• The Santa Clause movies (FX — 1 p.m. – 7 p.m.)

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