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Reviving classic TV shows may be all the rage now, but James Garner did it before it was fashionable. 

In December of 1981, after The Rockford Files had completed its six-season run, Garner returned to the character that first made him a star. We didn’t call them “reboots” back in the ‘80s, but Bret Maverick is just that: a series that continues the story of a beloved character decades later in a new era and setting.

For as long as there have been televisions, there have been Christmas specials.

The variety programs that were ubiquitous in TV’s early years provided a perfect vehicle for stage-trained performers to entertain national audiences with holiday fare. These episodes typically aired during Christmas week, allowing viewers a chance to celebrate the season with their favorite hosts.

Christmas and television just seem to go together. Families gather during the holiday season, more so than at any other time of the year. We share our favorite films, shows, and specials. And we create memories and traditions that can last a lifetime.

If you do this — or would you like to — then getTV is the place to be. It's where America celebrates Christmas!

Some of gospel, soul, and R&B’s greatest voices come together for getTV’s second original special -The Soul & Spirit Of Christmas!

CeCe Winans, BeBe Winans, Anthony Hamilton and the HamilTones, Take 6, Koryn Hawthorne, and Kyla Jade headline this joyful centerpiece to our “Most Wonderful Month of the Year” celebration premiering Friday, November 23 at 8p ET on getTV.

Everyone knows that Steven Seagal has been a movie actor since the 1980s. But did you know that the action film icon also starred in a weekly TV series?

In November of 1961, 53-year-old Buddy Ebsen guest starred on The Andy Griffith Show as an independent-minded old coot who runs afoul of the law. In November of 1981, 73-year-old Ebsen starred in the TV movie Fire On The Mountain as…an independent-minded old(er) coot who runs afoul of the law. In both cases, Ebsen’s character takes Ron Howard’s character under his wing: first when “Ronnie” played an impressionable seven-year-old and later, when Howard portrayed a cynical 27-year-old.