Eight Crazy Nights

In the new film Funny People, comedian Adam Sandler plays an actor remarkably similar to, well, Adam Sandler. His character, George Simmons, is a former stand-up comic who's become obscenely wealthy and famous through a series of patently terrible films with titles like Merman and Dog's Best Friend (Erik Davis wrote about these movies-within-the-movie and shared clips -- check it out here). Now a little older and trying to beat a possibly fatal medical condition, Simmons takes a new look at his life -- including the crappy but wildly popular movies that made him a star.
The fake movies are truly awful. But not any worse than some of abysmal actual movies made by Sandler himself, like Little Nicky, Eight Crazy Nights, Mr. Deeds, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, etc. Since the character is so baldly modeled on Sandler, one can't help but wonder what he thinks about the …
- Dawn Taylor

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Surviving Christmas (Family Dramedy)
TBS, 1:45 Pm Et
A lonely millionaire (Ben Affleck) pays a family to spend the holiday with them in his childhood home.

Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (Laughing All the Way)
MTV, 6 Pm Et
During Hanukkah, a temperamental lout (Adam Sandler) drinks, gets in trouble with the law, and performs community service.

Debbie Macomber's Mrs. Miracle (Sugarplum Romance)
Hallmark, 8 Pm Et
A single father (James Van Der Beek) hires a nanny (Doris Roberts) to help him care for his 6-year-old twins and gets his life turned around.

White Christmas (Classic Cheer)
AMC, 8 Pm Et
Former Army buddies (Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye) put on a show with a sister act to save their general's hotel in Vermont.

12 Men of Christmas (Sugarplum Romance)
Lifetime, 9 Pm Et
A public-relations executive (Kristin Chenoweth) uses her media savvy to stir excitement in a small Montana town.
What else is showing this season? …
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