Syfy Special Holiday 2009 Programming

[Press Release - Released by Syfy]

To celebrate the holiday season, Syfy decorates its schedule with a wide range of programming treats from paranormal visitors to deep space drama. Running Wednesday, December 23, through Saturday, January 2, the 11-day festival is highlighted by the traditional New Year's Eve, 46-hour marathon of the TV classic The Twilight Zone.

Syfy kicks off the holiday festival with ghosts of Christmas past, a twenty-eight episode marathon of Ghost Hunters. The best of the #1 paranormal investigative series on television runs Wednesday, December 23, from 7PM-12AM (ET/PT), resuming Christmas Eve, Thursday, December 24, from 8AM-5AM (ET/PT).

On Christmas Day, Friday, December 25, Syfy presents a Stargate Universe marathon during the 8:30AM-5:30PM
(ET/PT) time period, followed on Saturday, December 26, by a different twist on the season of giving with Saw I, Saw II and Saw III airing 4:30-9PM (ET/PT).

The annual The Twilight Zone marathon starts Thursday, December 31, at 8AM (ET/PT), and throughout Friday, January 1, before concluding at 6AM
(ET/PT) Saturday, January 2. This year's theme is "Twist Endings," featuring uncut episodes and special interstitials, airing December 31 and January 1 from
7PM-12AM (ET/PT).

Online, DVICE -- the heavily-trafficked tech and gadget blog powered by Syfy -- is offering 12 days of gift guides for holiday shopping from Monday,

November 23, through Friday, December 11:
Monday, November 23: Tech gifts that will never go obsolete
Tuesday, November 24: Here's what billionaires are giving each other
Wednesday, November 25: 10 other e-readers you should consider before giving a Kindle
Friday, November 27: Most offensive gadget gifts
Monday, November 30: Do not give these gadgets to your girlfriend
Tuesday, December 1: Best sci-fi gadgets of the holiday season
Wednesday, December 2: The DVICE guide to buying a TV this holiday
Friday, December 4: Tech toys you can't buy in America
Monday, December 7: Best steampunk gifts
Tuesday, December 8: What we'd be giving each other in a retro '50s vision of the future
Wednesday, December 9: Gifts that will save the planet
Friday, December 11: Tech gifts you'll have to wait until next year to buy

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