25 Days of Christmas

[SC Cy]

I'm a sucker for Freeform's 25 Days of Christmas. Even though I own most Christmas movies and cartoons I still watch when they are on. There's something very nostalgic about this time of year. Two things bug me though...

1. The station's name is Freeform. Maybe in 10 years that will seem normal but for now it's a terrible name.

2. Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is not a Christmas movie.

 

[SWCy13]

And they removed The Grinch from their rotation. Absolute blasphemy.

 

[Angie]

I'm a sucker for Freeform's 25 Days of Christmas. Even though I own most Christmas movies and cartoons I still watch when they are on. There's something very nostalgic about this time of year. Two things bug me though...

1. The station's name is Freeform. Maybe in 10 years that will seem normal but for now it's a terrible name.

2. Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is not a Christmas movie.

To point 1 - I am curious why they renamed it from ABC Family? Did it get bought and needs rebranded (I don't see any evidence online)? Do they want to distance themselves from being family-friendly, and focus more on the shows where a sixteen year old gets pregnant, or where someone got adopted and it's been life-changing because now they're rich/abused/a princess/whatever?

 

[SC Cy]

And they removed The Grinch from their rotation. Absolute blasphemy.

I saw that. It's only playing on one of the HBO's on December 8th.

 

[ISU22CY]

To point 1 - I am curious why they renamed it from ABC Family? Did it get bought and needs rebranded (I don't see any evidence online)? Do they want to distance themselves from being family-friendly, and focus more on the shows where a sixteen year old gets pregnant, or where someone got adopted and it's been life-changing because now they're rich/abused/a princess/whatever?

From what I've gathered they wanted to make more "Teen" trendy so yep about the 16 year that gets knocked up because she was dressing like a hooker and got drugged at the party.

 

[harimad]

1. The station's name is Freeform. Maybe in 10 years that will seem normal but for now it's a terrible name.

It's much better than "ABC Family," especially when you consider that their most popular content (like Pretty Little Liars) really isn't family-friendly.