12:30 pm
Frosty the Snowman
Inspired by the holiday tune “Frosty the Snowman,” this classic animated Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass special follows the Snowman after he’s brought to life the day before Christmas.  (1969, CBS) 

12:55 pm
Babar: “Child in the Snow”
In this program, based on characters from the books by Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff, Babar the elephant takes his family to his isolated cabin in the tranquil, snowy woods. Babar's children are more interested in going skiing than exploring the woods until they overhear Cornelius, an elder, telling Babar's wife, Celeste, about the time Babar was lost in the woods during a snowstorm and was saved by a mystical white mammoth. The children set out to find the white mammoth, but they get caught in a blizzard. Babar must do all he can to save his children. (1991, HBO)

1:20 pm , 3:30 pm
She’s a Good Skate, Charlie Brown
In this special program, Peppermint Patty prepares for a regional skating competition with a very unique and unusual coach: Snoopy! (1980, CBS)

1:50 pm , 4:00 pm
Fraggle Rock: “The Bells of Fraggle Rock”
At the winter solstice, underground, the Fraggles prepare for their annual celebration, the Festival of the Bells, in which all Fraggles gather to ring bells to celebrate the season, and—according to legend—to keep the rock that they live in from freezing during the winter months. (1984, HBO)

2:15 pm
Camp Lazlo: “Snow Beans”
In this episode, the campers from Camp Kidney and Acorn Flats take a skiing/snowboarding trip to Mt. Whitehead. Scoutmaster Lumpus is excited to spend time with Miss Doe on the chair lift but gets stuck chaperoning camper Lazlo after it is revealed they are both newbies who must stay together. When they get stuck on the chair lift, Miss Doe and the other campers set out on a mission to rescue them. (2006, Cartoon Network)

2:30 pm
Pingu: “Pingu on a Sled Race”
In this imaginative claymation series from Switzerland about Pingu, a young penguin living at the South Pole, Pingu gets more than he bargained for when he races his friends Pingo and Pingg down a snow-covered mountain on the freshly polished—and very slippery—blades of his toboggan. (1990, SRG/DRS, Switzerland)

2:35 pm
What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown
In this program, Snoopy leads a charmed “dog's life,” which includes a starting position on all the sports teams, a desk at school, a private secretary, and a doghouse that becomes a fighter plane. But he finds out what a real dog's life is like in a nightmare in which he is transported to a frozen Arctic wasteland and made a member of a pack of ferocious sled dogs. (1978, CBS)

3:00 pm
Teen Titans: “Snowblind”
The Teen Titans are summoned to snowy Russia to help a village under attack by a radioactive monster. They must confront Red Star, a powerful outcast who thrives on radiation. (2005, Cartoon Network)

3:25 pm
Pingu: “Pingu Plays Hockey”
In this imaginative claymation series from Switzerland about Pingu, a young penguin living at the South Pole, Pingu and his friends play hockey with skilled and vicious opponents who learn a lesson about fair play and friendship. (1990, SRG/DRS, Switzerland)

4:25 pm
Boy Meets World: “Stormy Weather”
In this episode, Eric (Will Friedle) is having trouble balancing his schoolwork with his internship at the local news station. When a severe snowstorm hits Philadelphia and the weatherman is stuck at home, Eric fills in. On his eighteenth birthday he decides he wants to drop out of school to work at the news station but soon learns the “real world” isn’t what he expected. Meanwhile, Mr. Turner (Anthony Tyler Quinn) begins dating Shawn’s (Rider Strong) girlfriend’s mother, much to the despair of the young teenage couple. (1996, ABC)

4:55 pm
Gilmore Girls: “Rory’s Dance”
In this wintery episode, Rory (Alexis Bledel) is initially reluctant to attend her first school dance at Chilton but changes her mind when Lorelai (Lauren Graham) convinces her she will have fun. Lorelai makes Rory’s dress and injures her back after falling over the dress’s mannequin. Rory is escorted to the dance by her boyfriend, Dean (Jared Padalecki), who finds himself in a verbal sparring match with Tristan (Chad Michael Murray), one of Rory’s classmates who doesn’t seem to care that Rory has a date. Meanwhile, Emily (Kelly Bishop), who wanted to be present for Rory’s departure, stays to help her injured daughter. All is well until Rory and Dean fall asleep at Miss Patty’s (Liz Torres) dance studio and Rory arrives home the next morning, creating chaos in the Gilmore household. (2000, WB)

12:10 pm, 5:25 pm
Black-ish: “Martin Luther Skiing Day”
In this episode, Dre (Anthony Anderson) happily prepares for the family's annual Martin Luther "s-Kiing" Day trip but is upset to learn that his children know very little of Dr. King’s accomplishments. The Johnson Family realizes that the holiday can be both a vacation and a time for learning. (2015, ABC)

12:40 pm
Boondocks: “The Return of the King”
This episode presupposes an alternate history in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. did not die from the assassination attempt on his life in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968, but instead fell into a coma and awoke in October, year 2000. Viewers witness Dr. King handle the struggles of a new century. (2006, Cartoon Network) 

1:05 pm
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. & Malcolm X on Television, June 1963
While Dr. Matin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X only met briefly in real life and were never on television together, the Paley Center preserves two separate rare interviews with Dr. King and Malcolm X broadcast just days apart in June 1963. We have selected highlights from Dr. King’s interview on Open End with David Susskind (June 9), and Malcolm’s interview in a roundtable discussion on The Open Mind (June 12) to juxtapose how these two leaders were approaching the civil rights struggle in June 1963. You will see that at this point in history Dr. King and Malcolm X had divergent views on using violence to combat racism, showcasing the movement’s complexity. Dr. King’s nonviolent commitment and Malcolm X’s assertive stance both contributed significantly as they used the parlance of the times trying to convince a national television audience that substantial change was needed to ensure justice and freedom for all. (1963, PBS; 2024, Paley Center for Media)

1:25 pm
The Wonderful World of Disney: Selma, Lord, Selma
This made-for-television movie is based on the real events that took place in the 1960s in Selma, Alabama, during the Civil Rights Movement, as seen from the eyes of a young girl, Sheyann Webb (Jurnee Smollett). The program begins with Sheyann meeting Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Clifton Powell) on the first day he arrives in town to begin a series of peaceful demonstrations as a push to get African Americans registered to vote. Dr. King, Sheyann, and other supporters face a series of dangerous obstacles as they approach the day of their march in Montgomery, but they continue to stand up and speak out for freedom and equality. (1999, ABC)

3:25 pm
Peter Jennings Reporting: I Have a Dream
In this ABC News special, Peter Jennings takes viewers through the events leading up to the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, given on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963. The program includes archival and news footage and interviews with civil rights leaders including Representative John Lewis, Dorothy Cotton, Rev. Walter Fauntroy, Rev. C.T. Vivian, and Clarence Jones. (2003, ABC)

4:25 pm
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years: No Easy Walk, 1961-1963
In the fourth episode of PBS’s documentary series Eyes on the Prize, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr emerges as the Civil Rights Movement’s most well-known leader. The episode covers the Movement between 1961–63, highlighting the successes and failures of mass demonstrations, and recounts the events leading up to the triumphant March on Washington in August 1963. (1987, PBS)