I've searched high and low but I can't find any definitive info on when and where A Christmas Carol will be broadcast this year. I'm particularly interested in the George C. Scott or Alastair Sim versions, but I'll take what I can get. Anyone know where to find this info?

I'm sure that they will both have to be shown somewhere.

I do know that on Voom they had Mr Magoo's christmas carol in HD last year.

AMC Sun, Dec 9, 10:00 PM EST
AMC Mon, Dec 10, 11:15 AM EST
AMC Sat, Dec 15, 3:45 PM EST
AMC Sun, Dec 16, 6:45 AM EST

Unfortunately, I don't have AMC on my Dish package... :(

I saw A Christmas Carol yesterday on TNT-HD. It was the Patrick Stewart version. The picture did not look distorted and was 16:9. According to IMDB, it is 1.33:1 aspect ratio and it was a made for TV movie. So this brings a couple questions. First, was the movie filmed or made on video? It looked like a higher quality than typical upconverted SD. Second, how was it in 16:9? Did they crop the 4:3 version or was it actually filmed in a wider aspect ratio like 1.85:1 with minimal cropping or even open matte for the TNT-HD version.

I saw A Christmas Carol yesterday on TNT-HD. It was the Patrick Stewart version. The picture did not look distorted and was 16:9. According to IMDB, it is 1.33:1 aspect ratio and it was a made for TV movie. So this brings a couple questions. First, was the movie filmed or made on video? It looked like a higher quality than typical upconverted SD. Second, how was it in 16:9? Did they crop the 4:3 version or was it actually filmed in a wider aspect ratio like 1.85:1 with minimal cropping or even open matte for the TNT-HD version.

I believe TNT traditionally uses film for their original productions. If it was originally 4x3, and it's being shown 16x9 without stretching, then it has been cropped on the top or bottom or both.