dark comedy – Holiday TV Specials

The Boys

Air Date: 2019 – Present
Parental Guide Rating: TV-MA
Average Runtime: 55 – 68 minutes

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
4	7	The Insider	31

Related Shows:

The Boys Presents: Diabolical – No known holiday episodes
Seven on 7
Gen V – No known holiday episodes

Streaming on: Amazon Video
Cast: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Dominique McElligott, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Nathan Mitchell, Elisabeth Shue, Colby Minifie, Aya Cash, Claudia Doumit, Jensen Ackles, Cameron Crovetti, Susan Heyward, Valorie Curry, Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Updated: June 13, 2024

Morel Orel

Air Date: 2005 – 2008
Parental Guide Rating: TV-MA
Average Runtime: 11 – 12 minutes

Halloween

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	7	God-Fearing	7

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	10	The Best Christmas Ever	10

Network: Adult Swim
Cast: Scott Adsit, Jay Johnston, Carolyn Lawrence, Britta Phillips, William Salyers, Dino Stamatopoulos, Tigger Stamatopoulos

Updated: April 10, 2024

Tim & Eric’s Bedtime Stories

Also known as Bedtime Stories.

Air Date: 2013 – 2017
Parental Guide Rating: TV-14
Average Runtime: 11 – 22 minutes

Halloween

Title of TV Special/Movie	Year of Release
Haunted House	2013

Related Shows:

Beef House – No known holiday episodes
Check It Out! with Steve Brule – No known holiday episode
Our Bodies – No known holiday episodes
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
- Tim and Eric Nite Live!
Tom Goes to the Mayor

Network: Adult Swim
Cast: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim

Updated: April 22 2024

Ugly Americans

Air Date: 2010 – 2012
Parental Guide Rating: TV-MA
Average Runtime: 22 minutes

April Fools’ Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	17	Fools for Love	31

Halloween

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	11	Hell for the Holidays	11

Network: Comedy Central
Cast: Matt Oberg, Kurt Metzger, Natasha Leggero, Randy Pearlstein, Michael-Leon Wooley, Larry Murphy

Updated: April 2, 2024

Loudermilk

Air Date: 2017 – 2020
Parental Guide Rating: TV-14
Average Runtime: 27 – 30 minutes

Mardi Gras

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	10	Bourbon Street	10

Network: Audience Network/Amazon Prime Video
Cast: Ron Livingston, Will Sasso, Anja Savcic, Laura Mennell, Brian Regan, Ricky Blitt, Timothy Webber, Viv Leacock, Jackie Flynn, Mat Fraser, Sam Bob, Tyler Layton-Olson, Eric Keenleyside, Danny Wattley

Updated: April 1, 2024

Celebrity Deathmatch

Air Date: 1998 – 2007
Parental Guide Rating: TV-14
Average Runtime: 21 minutes

Independence Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	10	4th of July Celebration	22

Halloween

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	19	Halloween Episode I	31
3	17	Halloween Episode II	50

Network: MTV/MTV2
Cast: Steve Austin, Maurice Schlafer, Len Maxwell, Mills Lane, Chris Edgerly, Masasa Moyo, Jim Thornton

Updated: March 30, 2024

Superstore

Air Date: 2015 – 2021
Parental Guide Rating: TV-14
Average Runtime: 22 minutes

New Year’s Eve/Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	11	Lost and Found	22

Groundhog Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
3	12	Groundhog Day	45

Valentine’s Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	14	Valentine’s Day	25

Employee Appreciation Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
4	22	Employee Appreciation Day	22

Easter

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
4	16	Easter	71

Black Friday

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	10	Black Friday	21

Halloween

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	7	Halloween Theft	18
3	5	Sal’s Dead	38
4	4	Costume Competition	59
5	6	Trick-or-Treat	83

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	9	Seasonal Help	20
3	7	Christmas Eve	40
5	10	Negotiations	87

Miscellaneous

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
6	11	*Deep Cleaning	109

*Celebrates all holidays in one day.

Network: NBC
Cast: America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn, Nico Santos, Nichole Sakura, Mark McKinney, Kaliko Kauahi

Updated: March 28, 2024

Grey’s Anatomy

Air Date: 2005 – Present
Parental Guide Rating: TV-14
Average Runtime: 43 – 53 minutes

New Year’s Eve/Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	13	Begin the Begin	22
15	12	Girlfriend in a Coma	329

Valentine’s Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
6	14	Valentine’s Day Massacre	116
8	14	All You Need Is Love	162
11	23	She’s Leaving Home	243

Halloween

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
4	5	Haunt You Every Day	66
10	7	Thriller	203
16	6	Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard	348
19	4	Haunted	404

Día de Muertos

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
15	6	Flowers Grow Out of My Grave	323

Thanksgiving

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	9	Thanks for the Memories	18
10	10	Somebody That I Used to Know	206
18	6	Everyday Is a Holiday (With You)	386

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	12	Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer	21
6	10	Holidaze	112
9	9	Run, Baby, Run	181
18	8	It Came Upon a Midnight Clear	388

Related Shows:

Network: ABC
Cast: Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, T.R. Knight, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens Jr., Isiah Washington, Patrick Dempsey, Kate Walsh, Sara Ramirez, Eric Dane, Chyler Laigh, Brooke Smith, Kevin McKidd, Jessica Capshaw, Kim Raver, Sarah Drew, Jesse Williams, Camilla Luddington, Gaius Charles, Jerrika Hinton, Tessa Ferrer, Caterina Scorsone, Kelly McCreary, Jason George, Martin Henderson, Giacomo Gianniotti, Greg Germann, Jake Borelli, Chris Carmack, Richard Flood, Anthony Hill, Scott Speedman, Alexis Floyd, Harry Shum Jr., Adelaide Kane, Midori Francis, Niko Terho

Updated: March 22, 2024

Raising Hope

Air Date: 2010 – 2014
Parental Guide Rating: TV-PG
Average Runtime: 22 – 30 minutes

Valentine’s Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	14	Jimmy’s Fake Girlfriend	36

Arbor Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
3	18	Arbor Daze	62

Mother’s Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
3	22	Mother’s Day	66

Halloween

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	5	Happy Halloween	5

Thanksgiving

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	9	Meet the Grandparents	9
2	7	Burt’s Parents	29
3	7	Candy Wars	51

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	11	Toy Story	11
2	10	It’s a Hopeful Life	32
3	10	The Last Christmas	54
4	9	The Chance Who Stole Christmas	75

Network: Fox
Cast: Lucas Neff, Martha Plimpton, Garret Dillahunt, Shannon Woodward, Gregg Binkley, Cloris Leachman

Updated: March 28, 2024

Corporate

Air Date: 2018 – 2020
Parental Guide Rating: TV-14
Average Runtime: 22 minutes

Labor Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	7	Labor Day	17

Network: Comedy Central
Cast: Matt Ingebretson, Jake Weisman, Anne Dudek, Adam Lustick, Aparna Nancherla, Lance Reddick

Updated: March 30, 2024

Malcolm in the Middle

Air Date: 2000 – 2006
Parental Guide Rating: TV-PG
Average Runtime: 21 – 23 minutes

Valentine’s Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
4	10	If Boys Were Girls	73

Halloween

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	2	Halloween Approximately	18
7	4	Halloween	133

Thanksgiving

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
5	4	Thanksgiving	89

Pearl Harbor Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
6	4	Pearl Harbor	111

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
3	7	Christmas	48
5	7	Christmas Trees	92
6	6	Hal’s Christmas Gift	113

Network: Fox
Cast: Jane Kaczmarek, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Masterson, Justin Berfield, Erik Per Sullivan, Catherine Lloyd Burns, Frankie Muniz

Updated: March 27, 2024

Difficult People

Air Date: 2015 – 2017
Parental Guide Rating: TV-MA
Average Runtime: 22 – 29 minutes

Passover

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	4	The Courage of a Soldier	4

Yom Kippur

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
3	1	Passover Bump	19

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	8	Difficult Christmas	8

Streaming on: Hulu
Cast: Julie Klausner, Billy Eichner, James Urbaniak, Andrea Martin, Cole Escola, Shakina Nayfack

Updated: June 10, 2024

The Afterparty

Air Date: 2022 – 2023
Parental Guide Rating: TV-MA
Average Runtime: 31 – 48 minutes

St. Patrick’s Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	5	High School	5

Network: Apple TV+
Cast: Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, Ike Barinholtz, Ben Schwartz, Ilana Glazer, Jamie Demetriou, Dave Franco

Updated: March 30, 2024

Tales from the Crypt

Also known as HBO’s Tales from the Crypt.
Since this is a horror series, it is perfect for the Halloween season.

Air Date: 1989 – 1996
Parental Guide Rating: TV-MA
Average Runtime: 22 – 39 minutes

Halloween

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
5	2	Only Skin Deep	67

Related Shows:

Tales from the Cryptkeeper – No known holiday episodes

Network: HBO
Voiced by: John Kassir

Updated: March 28, 2024

Invader Zim

Air Date: 2001 – 2006
Parental Guide Rating: TV-Y7
Average Runtime: 24 minutes

Halloween

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	14	Halloween Spectacular of Spooky Doom	14

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	7	The Most Horrible X-Mas Ever	27

Network: Nickelodeon/Nicktoons
Cast: Richard Steven Horvitz, Andy Berman, Rosearik Rikki Simons, Melissa Fahn, Jhonen Vasquez, Rodger Bumpass, Lucille Bliss, Wally Wingert, Kevin McDonald

Updated: March 25, 2024

House

Also known as House, M.D.

Air Date: 2004 – 2012
Parental Guide Rating: TV-14
Average Runtime: 41 – 49 minutes

Valentine’s Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
3	14	Insensitive	60

Thanksgiving

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
6	9	Ignorance Is Bliss	119

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
3	10	Merry Little Christmas	56
4	10	It’s a Wonderful Lie	80
5	11	Joy to the World	97

Related Shows:

Nurse Jeffrey – No known holiday episodes

Network: Fox
Cast: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer, Peter Jacobson, Kal Penn, Olivia Wilde, Amber Tamblyn, Odette Annable, Charlyne Yi

Updated: March 24, 2024

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

Air Date: 2001 – 2007
Parental Guide Rating: TV-Y7-FV
Average Runtime: 7 – 11 minutes

Father’s Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
5	10a	Dad Day Afternoon	70a

Halloween

Title of Special	Year of Release
Underfist: Halloween Bash	2008

Also referred to as Underfist, considered a spin-off special.

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
4	7	Billy and Mandy Save Christmas [Part I]	59
4	8	Billy and Mandy Save Christmas [Part II]	60

Related Shows:

Evil Con Carne – No known holiday episodes
- Grim & Evil
What a Cartoon! – No known holiday episodes

Network: Cartoon Network
Cast: Grey DeLisle, Richard Steven Horvitz, Greg Eagles, Vanessa Marshall, Jennifer Hale, Jane Carr, Rachael MacFarlane, Phil LaMarr, Dee Bradley Baker, Armin Shimerman, Diedrich Bader, Maxwell Atoms, David Warner, Martin Jarvis, Debi Derryberry, Chris Cox, Renee Raudman, Fred Willard, C. H. Greenblatt

Updated: March 22, 2024

Dexter

Air Date: 2006 – 2013
Parental Guide Rating: TV-MA
Average Runtime: 47 – 58 minutes

Halloween

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	4	Let’s Give the Boy a Hand	4

Thanksgiving

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
4	9	Hungry Man	45

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	11	Truth Be Told	11

Related Shows:

Dexter: New Blood – No known holiday episodes

Network: CBS
Cast: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, Erik King, Lauren Vélez, David Zayas, James Remar, C. S. Lee, Desmond Harrington, Aimee Garcia, Geoff Pierson

Updated: March 31, 2024