Starz Family announces a family-friendly collection of television premieres and programming to air this holiday season. The line-up includes a little something for everyone: For animation fans, The Incredibles and Chicken Little; for fantasy nuts, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; for golfers, The Greatest Game Ever Played; and, last but not least, for all of us Lindsey Lohan fans, Herbie: Fully Loaded. On December 2, Starz will air the World Premiere of a new animated Christmas special, The Happy Elf, featuring the voice of Harry Connick, Jr. This marathon sounds like a great treat (or babysitter) for parents looking for a little R&R during the busy holiday season.
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SHARE YOUR HOLIDAY SEASON WITH STARZ KIDS & FAMILY
Spread Season Cheer with Holiday Marathons, Television Premieres and
Family-Friendly Programming Thanksgiving Through New Years
Enter the Cruisin’ With the Family Sweepstakes for a Chance to Win a
Disney Cruise Line® Vacation for Ten People
Englewood, Colo., Nov. 6, 2006 – Starz Kids & Family brings seasonal cheer to its viewers with their annual Holidays are Better with Starz Kids & Family campaign featuring a family-friendly collection of television premieres and programming that appeal to everyone, plus a family sweepstakes.
The season begins with the Thanksgiving Day marathon and tune-in later in the season for the commercial-free television premiere of The Happy Elf and the full-length special Eloise: Little Miss Christmas. Finally, don’t miss a marathon of holiday films airing on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and the New Year’s Day Eloise marathon. The Cruisin’ with the Family Sweepstakes runs throughout the holiday season featuring a Disney Cruise Line® vacation for ten for the winner.
Starz Kids & Family will make your holiday better with the following events (all times are ET/PT):
Enjoy your turkey and a Thanksgiving Day marathon of family-friendly hits beginning at 6 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 23. Movies that will air during the marathon include The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Chicken Little, The Incredibles and more.
The Eloise series continues with the full-length special Eloise: Little Miss Christmas premiering on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 3:15 p.m. In this special, join Eloise and her friends as they plan a holiday extravaganza at The Plaza.
Join Eubie the Elf for the commercial-free television premiere of The Happy Elf on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. Highlighted by Harry Connick, Jr. as the animated narrator, The Happy Elf tells the story of Eubie the Elf, one of Santa’s helpers whose overly enthusiastic, rose-colored view of the holiday season is put to the test when he sets out to bring Christmas joy a dreary town called Bluesville.
Snuggle up for a marathon of holiday films airing from 10 a.m. on Christmas Eve until 6 p.m. on Christmas day. Movies featured during the Christmas Marathon include Little Miss Christmas, The Happy Elf, Christmas with the Kranks, Must be Santa, I’ll be Home for Christmas and more.
Spend New Year’s Day with The Plaza’s favorite resident – Eloise! Eloise, the first-ever animated series based on the classic books written by Kay Thompson and illustrated by Hillary Knight, premiered on Starz Kids & Family in October. For the first time ever we are presenting the series of full-length specials, which were originally adapted for the series, in a day-long marathon beginning at 6 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 1, 2007.
An exclusive clip from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey Saves Santa will also air throughout the holiday season on Starz Kids & Family.
The Cruisin’ with the Family Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:01 a.m. ET Wednesday, Nov. 1 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. ET Monday, Jan. 1, 2007. The sweepstakes is open to legal U.S. residents who are 18 years of age or older as of the promotion period start date. To enter the sweepstakes go to http://www.starz.com during the promotion period, click on Contests, Sweepstakes and Features banner and the Cruisin’ with the Family Sweepstakes link, complete the entry form and click the submit button. The limit is one entry per person per day. Eligible entrants will have a chance to win:
* One (1) grand-prize: Disney Cruise Line® vacation for up to ten people to be taken aboard the Disney Wonder®. The prize includes a 4-night cruise aboard the Disney Wonder® to Nassau and Castaway Cay® in the Bahamas, with three deluxe ocean view staterooms; all onboard meals; government taxes and fees; onboard gratuities for stateroom host/hostess, dining room server, assistant server and head server; round-trip coach airfare between the U.S. gateway airport nearest winner’s home and Orlando International Airport; and round-trip ground transfers between Orlando International Airport and Port Canaveral via Disney Cruise Line® transportation.
The Cruisin’ with the Family Sweepstakes is sponsored by Starz Entertainment.
Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz® and Encore® brands with approximately 14.9 million and 26.6 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HDTV, Starz On Demand and VongoSM. Starz Entertainment is an operating unit of Starz LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group, www.starz.com.
(all times listed are ET/PT)
Thanksgiving Marathon
Thursday, Nov. 23
6 a.m. – The Nuttiest Nutcracker
7 a.m. – Chicken Little
8:30 a.m. – The Incredibles
10:35 a.m. – Spymate
12:05 p.m. – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2:35 p.m. – Chicken Little
4 p.m. – The Incredibles
6 p.m. – Herbie: Fully Loaded
7:42 p.m. – Behind the Magic of Narnia
8 p.m. – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
10:30 p.m. – The Greatest Game Ever Played
Christmas Marathon
Sunday, Dec. 24
10 a.m. – A Hollywood Christmas
11:35 a.m. – Must be Santa
1:10 p.m. – I’ll be Home for Christmas
2:40 p.m. – Christmas with the Kranks
6 p.m. – Must be Santa
7:35 p.m. – I’ll be Home for Christmas
9:05 p.m. – Christmas with the Kranks
10:45 p.m. – A Hollywood Christmas
Monday, Dec. 25
12:15 a.m. – Christmas on Division Street
1:50 a.m. – I’ll be Home for Christmas
3:20 a.m. – Christmas with the Kranks
5:05 a.m. – Eloise: Little Miss Christmas
11:35 a.m. – An All Dogs Christmas Carol
1 p.m. – A Very Wompkee Christmas
2 p.m. – The Nuttiest Nutcracker
2:50 p.m. – The Happy Elf
3:40 p.m. – Eloise: Little Miss Christmas
4:45 p.m. – An All Dogs Christmas Carol
New Year’s Day Eloise Marathon
Monday, Jan. 1, 2007
6 a.m. – Me, Eloise
7 a.m. – Eloise: Little Miss Christmas
8:15 a.m. – Eloise Goes to School
9:10 a.m. – Eloise in Hollywood
10 a.m. – Eloise’s Rawther Unusual Halloween
10:50 a.m. – Eloise in Springtime
11:40 a.m. – Me, Eloise
12:35 a.m. – Eloise: Little Miss Christmas
1:45 p.m. – Eloise Goes to School
2:35 p.m. – Eloise in Hollywood
3:30 p.m. – Eloise’s Rawther Unusual Halloween
4:15 p.m. – Eloise in Springtime
5:05 p.m. – Me, Eloise
