Brent Seguine wisely suggests I point out the following. I said Turner Classic Movies is running The Comic early the morning of December 30. That's what their website says, too. Actually, they're running it early the morning of December 31. They believe that a new day starts at 6 AM and that anything earlier than that is part of the previous day.
I really don't get why stations do this…especially one like TCM that has to know a substantial part of those who are interested in a movie they air at 4 AM will be recording it on TiVo or some other kind of the DVR…or even, if they're very primitive, a VCR. That recording device thinks the new day starts at Midnight and it has to be programmed accordingly. If you set your recorder to record The Comic on December 30, you won't get it. In most time zones, the correct time is December 31 at 1 AM. On a real calendar and on my TiVo, that's Friday. But on the TCM calendar, 1 AM on Friday, December 31 is part of Thursday, December 30. Yeah, that makes sense…I don't think.