military – Holiday TV Specials

McHale’s Navy

Air Date: 1962 – 1966
Parental Guide Rating: TV-G
Average Runtime: 30 minutes

Easter

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
3	27	Chuckie Cottontail	99

Mother’s Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	25	The Mothers of PT 73	25

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	11	The Day They Captured Santa Claus	11

Friday the 13th

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
3	1	The Ghosts of 73	73

Network: ABC
Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Joe Flynn, Tim Conway, Bob Hastings, Carl Ballantine, Gary Vinson, Billy Sands, Edson Stroll, John Wright, Gavin McLeod, Yoshio Yoda

Updated: May 14, 2024

NCIS: Los Angeles

“Naval Crime Investigative Service”
Also known as NCIS: LA.

Air Date: 2009 – 2023
Parental Guide Rating: TV-14
Average Runtime: 42 – 44 minutes

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	10	Brimstone	10
2	11	Disorder	35
3	11	Higher Power	59
4	10	Free Ride	82
5	12	Merry Evasion	108
6	11	Humbug	131
7	11	Cancel Christmas	155
8	11	Tidings We Bring	179
9	11	All Is Bright	203
10	11	Joyride	227
12	6	If the Fate Allows	168

Related Shows:

JAG
- NCIS
- NCIS: Hawai’i
- NCIS: New Orleans
- NCIS: Origins – No known holiday episodes
- NCIS: Sydney – No known holiday episodes

Network: CBS
Cast: Chris O’Donnell, Peter Cambor, Daniela Ruah, Adam Jamal Craig, Linda Hunt, LL Cool J, Barrett Foa, Eric Christian Olsen, Renée Felice Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Nia Long, Medalion Rahimi, Caleb Castille, Gerald McRaney

Updated: March 27, 2024

NCIS: Hawai’i

Air Date: 2021 – Present
Parental Guide Rating: TV-14
Average Runtime: 44 – 45 minutes

Pearl Harbor Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	9	Imposter	9

Related Shows:

JAG
- NCIS
  - NCIS: Los Angeles
  - NCIS: New Orleans
  - NCIS: Origins – No known holiday episodes
  - NCIS: Sydney – No known holiday episodes

Network: CBS
Cast: Vanessa Lachey, Alex Tarrant, Noah Mills, Yasmine Al-Bustami, Jason Antoon, Tori Anderson, Kian Talan

Updated: March 27, 2024

NCIS

“Naval Criminal Investigative Service”

Air Date: 2003 – Present
Parental Guide Rating: TV-14
Average Runtime: 39 – 44 minutes

Valentine’s Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
13	14	Decompressed	296
17	15	Lonely Hearts	393

Mother’s Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
7	16	Mother’s Day	154

Halloween

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	5	The Bone Yard	28
3	6	The Voyeur’s Web	52
4	6	Witch Hunt	76
5	6	Chimera	100
6	6	Murder 2.0	119
7	5	Code of Conduct	143
8	6	Cracked	168
9	6	Thirst	192
10	5	The Namesake	215
11	6	Oil & Water	240
12	6	Parental Guidance Suggested	264
15	6	Trapped	336
16	6	Beneath the Surface	360

Thanksgiving

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
7	9	Child’s Play	147
9	10	Sins of the Father	196
10	7	Shell Shock (Part II)	217
12	9	Grounded	267
13	10	Blood Brothers	292
14	8	Enemy Combatant	314
15	9	Ready or Not	339
20	8	Turkey Trot	442

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	10	Chained	33
6	11	Silent Night	124
7	10	Faith	148
8	10	False Witness	172
9	11	Newborn King	197
10	10	You Better Watch Out	220
11	11	Homesick	245
12	10	House Rules	268
13	11	Spinning Wheel	293
14	10	The Tie That Binds	316
15	10	Double Down	340
16	10	What Child is This?	364
17	10	The North Pole	388

Related Shows:

JAG
- NCIS: Hawai’i
- NCIS: Los Angeles
- NCIS: New Orleans
- NCIS: Origins – No known holiday episodes
- NCIS: Sydney – No known holiday episodes

Network: CBS
Cast: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, David McCallum, Sean Murray, Cote de Pablo, Lauren Holly, Rocky Carroll, Brian Dietzen, Emily Wickersham, Wilmer Valderrama, Jennifer Esposito, Duane Henry, Maria Bello, Diona Reasonover, Katrina Law, Gary Cole

MAS*H

“Mobile Army Surgical Hospital”
Also known simply as MASH.

Air Date: 1972 – 1983
Parental Guide rating: TV-PG
Average Runtime: 25 -26 minutes

Easter

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
3	24	Private Charles Lamb	62

April Fools’ Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
8	25	April Fools	198

Father’s Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
9	4	Father’s Day	202

Thanksgiving

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
8	10	The Yalu Brick Road	183

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	12	Dear Dad	12
4	9	The Kids	81
7	15	Dear Sis	162
9	5	Death Takes a Holiday	203
10	10	‘Twas the Day After Christmas	228

Network: CBS
Cast: Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit, Larry Linville, Gary Burghoff, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Jamie Farr, William Christopher, David Ogden Stiers

Updated: March 27, 2024

JAG

“Judge Advocate General”

Air Date: 1995 – 2005
Parental Guide Rating: TV-14
Average Runtime: 42 – 47 minutes

Father’s Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	14	Father’s Day	14

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
4	11	Jaggle Bells	72
5	11	Ghosts of Christmas Past	96
7	11	Answered Prayers	145
8	11	All Ye Faithful	169
9	11	A Merry Little Christmas	193
10	10	The Four Percent Solution	215

Related Shows:

NCIS
- NCIS: Hawai’i
- NCIS: Los Angeles
- NCIS: New Orleans
- NCIS: Origins – No known holiday episodes
- NCIS: Sydney – No known holiday episodes

Network: NBC/CBS
Cast: David James Elliott, Catherine Bell, Patrick Labyorteaux, John M. Jackson, Scott Lawrence, Zoe McLellan, Tracey Needham

Updated: March 25, 2024