INSP’s 2020 Christmas Guide
We hear those spurs a-jingling, ring-ting-tingle-ing, too! Get ready for a Wild West Christmas—with a couple of favorite Christmas movies and shows on tap, in the spirit of the season!
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Featured Christmas Movies:
The Waltons: The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
The pilot movie that launched the series, The Waltons! It’s Christmas 1933. The family eagerly awaits the return of John Sr. who is away seeking work.
Wed, Dec 24 | 3PM ET
The Waltons: The Children’s Carol
Two young English children seek refuge from the war on Walton’s Mountain during the Christmas season, while Olivia finds her faith is being tested, and Jim‐Bob rebuilds an old short‐wave radio.
Thurs, Dec 25 | 3PM ET
Christmas in the Smokies
Christmas in the Smokies is a modern Christmas classic set in the Smoky Mountains. It tells the story of a family’s journey to save their historic berry farm against all odds during one fateful holiday season.
Thurs, Dec 25 | 5PM ET
BONUS: McLintock!
Brawls! Gunfights! Government corruption! GW has a whole passel of troubles, the most terrifying of all—the return of his soon-to-be ex-wife! Katherine is back, bent on divorce and custody of their teenage daughter. But GW has other plans. Can he convince his high-society ex to fall in love again?
Thurs, Dec 25 | 8PM ET
Favorite Christmas Episodes:
The Waltons
The Best Christmas
Mon, Dec 21 | 3PM ET
The Waltons
The Spirit
Tues, Dec 22 | 4PM ET
Bonanza, The Lost Episodes
A Christmas Story
Wed, Dec 23 | 5PM ET
Wanted Dead or Alive
Eight Cent Reward
On Christmas Eve, Josh is assigned his most important mission to date from a young boy who has only eight cents. The boy wants Josh to bring Santa Claus to town.
Thursday, Dec 24 | 7:30AM ET
The Big Valley
Judgement in Heaven
Jarrod arranges for the girlfriend of a murderous outlaw to be released from jail so she can spend Christmas with the Barkley’s. She’s a wildcat, and with her boyfriend still on the loose, she defiantly vows to re‐join him at the first opportunity.
Tues, Dec 24 | 9AM ET & 1AM ET
Gunsmoke
Magnus
Chester is embarrassed when he learns that his uncivilized brother, Magnus, is coming to Dodge City for Christmas. They haven’t seen each other in years. After he arrives, Chester realizes his brother is more civilized than he thought.
Tues, Dec 24 | 11AM ET &7PM ET
Walker, Texas Ranger
A Ranger’s Christmas
Walker tells a Christmas story to a group of children about Hayes Cooper, a Scrooge‐like Texas Ranger from 1876, who gets his Christmas spirit back.
Tues, Dec 24 | 3AM ET
Walker, Texas Ranger
A Matter of Faith
The Texas Rangers investigate a rash of armored truck burglaries by men dressed as Santa. Meanwhile, gang members rob a church where former gang members currently attend.
Thurs, Dec 19 | 9PM ET
Tues, Dec 24 | 2AM ET