TCM Schedule for Monday March 23, 2026 - Musical Matinee in Primetime

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Daytime has a birthday tribute to art director Cedric Gibbons.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM The Catered Affair (1956)
1h 33m | Drama | TV-G
A working-class mother fights to give her daughter a big wedding whether the girl wants it or not.
Director: Richard Brooks. Cast: Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds

7:45 AM I Love Melvin (1953)
1h 16m | Musical | TV-G
A photographer's assistant promises to turn a chorus girl into a cover girl.
Director: Don Weis. Cast: Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Una Merkel

9:15 AM Kismet (1944)
1h 40m | Adventure | TV-G
In the classic Arabian Nights tale, the king of the beggars enters high society to help his daughter marry a handsome prince.
Director: William Dieterle. Cast: Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, James Craig

11:00 AM Little Women (1949)
2h 1m | Drama | TV-G
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy. Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien

1:15 PM Singin' in the Rain (1952)
1h 43m | Musical | TV-G
A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound.
Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly. Cast: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds

3:00 PM The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
1h 58m | Drama | TV-PG
An unscrupulous movie producer uses everyone around him in his climb to the top.
Director: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon

5:00 PM When Ladies Meet (1933)
1h 25m | Comedy | TV-G
A female novelist doesn't realize her new friend is the wife whose husband she's trying to steal.
Director: Harry Beaumont. Cast: Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy

6:30 PM Act of Violence (1949)
1h 22m | Suspense | TV-PG
An embittered veteran tracks down a POW camp informer.
Director: Fred Zinnemann. Cast: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh

8:00 PM Tommy (1975)
1h 51m | Musical | TV-MA
A seemingly handicapped boy becomes a Pinball Wizard.
Director: Ken Russell. Cast: Roger Daltrey, Oliver Reed, Jack Nicholson

10:00 PM Chicago (2002)
1h 53m | Musical | TV-PG
Two death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention, in this Oscar-winning musical.
Director: Rob Marshall. Cast: Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere

12:00 AM Pennies from Heaven (1981)
1h 47m | Musical | TV-MA
A traveling salesman and a schoolteacher's music-inspired dreams lead to
tragedy.
Director: Herbert Ross. Cast: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken

2:00 AM Hair (1979)
2h 1m | Musical | TV-MA
A young man joins a hippie commune on the eve of reporting for military service.
Director: Milos Forman. Cast: John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo

4:15 AM Divine Madness (1980)
1h 35m | Musical | TV-14
Bette Midler performs her songs and raucous comedy at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
Director: Michael Ritchie. Cast: Bette Midler, Jocelyn Brown, Ula Hedwig

[BigmanPigman]

1. I already set my DVR for...

Tommy, Chicago, Hair. I've seen all of them and have the DVDs and video tapes of all of them but it's a pain to get everything set up. I hope it is cooler in CA next week since my neighbors will be closing their windows when they hear me sing along to my favorites. My voice sucks but I love singing (on #11 of course).

A Catered Affair was not given good reviews but I always liked it a lot.