Lifetime (TV network) Schedule December 31, 2004

8:00 am 		The Nanny 	"Oh, Say, Can You Ski?" 	Maxwell uses a ski trip with the President to take Fran's mind off trying to get pregnant. Chris Bruno, Mark Chaet, Nora Dunn, Chris Elliot, and Tim Watters guest star. Starring: Charles Shaugnessy, Fran Drescher, Nicholle Tom, Madeline Zima, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane, Benjamin Salisbury, Ann Guilbert, Rachel Chagall, Renee Taylor, Chris Bruno, Mark Chaet, Chris Elliot, Tim Watters, Nora Dunn   [CC] [TV-PG D]
8:00 am 		The Nanny 	"Oh, Say, Can You Ski?" 	
 		 	 	
8:30 am 		Mad About You 	"New Year's Eve" 	Conflicting schedules conspire to keep Paul and Jamie apart on New Year's Eve. Starring: Anne Ramsay, Helen Hunt, Paul Reiser, Leila Kenzle, John Pankow, Hank Azaria, Richard Kind, John Capodice, John F. O'Donohue, Bridget Sienna, Tracy Kolis, Willie Garson, Alan Ruck, Dick Clark   [CC] [TV-PG L]
8:30 am 		Mad About You 	"New Year's Eve" 	
 		 	 	
9:00 am 		The Golden Girls 	The Golden Girls "Nice and Easy"	Running around seems to run in the family when Blanche's niece pays a visit. Starring: Beatrice Arthur, Betty White, Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, Halie Todd   [CC] [TV-PG D]
9:00 am 		The Golden Girls 	The Golden Girls "Nice and Easy"	
 		 	 	
9:30 am 		The Nanny 	The Nanny "The Hanukkah Story" 	Fran prays for a miracle when Maxwell Grace and C.C. are lost following a car accident. Starring: Charles Shaugnessy, Fran Drescher, Nicholle Tom, Madeline Zima, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane, Benjamin Salisbury, Rachel Chagall, Jamie Renee Smith, Sophie Ward, Renee Taylor, Dona Hardy, Ray Charles, Ann Guilbert, Christopher Marquette, Preston Wamsley   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
9:30 am 		The Nanny 	The Nanny "The Hanukkah Story" 	
 		 	 	
10:00 am		The Golden Girls 	The Golden Girls "The Operation"	Dorothy goes over the edge when she goes under the knife. Starring: Beatrice Arthur, Betty White, Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan   [CC] [TV-PG D]
10:00 am		The Golden Girls 	The Golden Girls "The Operation"	
 		 	 	
10:30 am		The Nanny 	The Nanny "The Nanny" 	A door-to-door cosmetics saleswoman falls into a job as a wealthy family's nanny. Starring: Charles Shaugnessy, Fran Drescher, Nicholle Tom, Madeline Zima, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane, Benjamin Salisbury, James Marsden, Jonathan Penner, Renee Taylor, Rachel Chagall, Ray Johnson, Dee Dee Rescher   [CC] [TV-PG L]
10:30 am		The Nanny 	The Nanny "The Nanny" 	
 		 	 	
11:00 am		Miss Lettie and Me 	 	Based on the children's short story by Katherine Paterson. Miss Lettie is a bitter older woman who must care for her grandniece Travis when Travis's mother decides to pursue her dream of becoming a famous singer. Upset by her current situation, Travis befriends Lettie's longtime farmhand, his mother and Lettie's long lost love. Over time, Travis and Lettie slowly develop a deep relationship that enables both to open their hearts. Starring: Irma P. Hall, Mary Tyler Moore, Burt Reynolds, Charles Robinson, Holliston Coleman   [CC] [TV-PG NONE]
11:00 am		Miss Lettie and Me 	 	
 		 	 	
1:00 pm 		No Laughing Matter 	 	A widowed mother and her teenage son must work together to overcome her longtime drinking problem and his hostility towards the world. Starring: Robert Desiderio, Suzanne Somers, Chad Christ, Frank Garrish, Selma Blair, Ann Bosler   [CC] [TV-PG DLS]
1:00 pm 		No Laughing Matter 	 	
 		 	 	
3:00 pm 		Playing to Win: A Moment of Truth Movie	 	A teenage girl falls in love with a charming 20-year-old man, and begins to adopt his compulsive and self-destructive gambling habits. Starring: Shelley Fabares, Teryl Rothery, Lisa Dean Ryan, Malcolm Stewart, David Lascher, Gordon Currie, Kirby Morrow   [CC] [TV-PG L]
3:00 pm 		Playing to Win: A Moment of Truth Movie	 	
 		 	 	
5:00 pm 		On Thin Ice 	 	Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning actress Diane Keaton ("Father of the Bride," "First Wives Club") stars in the LIFETIME Original Movie, "On Thin Ice." Inspired by a true story, Keaton plays Patsy McCartle, a widowed mother of two who starts to deal drugs in order to support her struggling family. Ultimately, she redeems herself by going undercover for the FBI to bust the very gang for which she dealt drugs. This move endangers her family and forces them into the witness relocation program. Starring: Diane Keaton, Michael Rooker   [CC] [TV-14 LV] [SAP]
5:00 pm 		On Thin Ice 	 	
 		 	 	
7:00 pm 		28 Days 	 	A "life of the party" journalist finds a new lease on life in a drug and alcohol treatment center. Starring: Sandra Bullock, Elizabeth Perkins, Steve Buscemi, Dominic West   [CC] [TV-PG LS]
7:00 pm 		28 Days 	 	
 		 	 	
9:00 pm 		Where the Heart Is 	 	A pregnant 15-year-old traveling across the country with her boyfriend is abandoned at a Wal-Mart store in Oklahoma. With no job, no skills and little money, she secretly lives in the Wal-Mart until her daughter is born. She decides to raise her daughter and rebuild her life in Oklahoma, with the help of eccentric but kind strangers. Based on the novel by Billie Letts. Starring: Stockard Channing, Sally Field, Ashley Judd, Dylan Bruno, Natalie Portman, Ray Prewitt, Laura House, James Frain   [CC] [TV-PG L]
9:00 pm 		Where the Heart Is 	 	
 		 	 	
11:00 pm		Steel Magnolias 	 	Several years in the lives of five women in a small town in Louisiana, who offer support and comfort to each other through the ups and downs of relationships with their husbands and children. Starring: Olympia Dukakis, Sally Field, Daryl Hannah, Shirley MacLaine, Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Dylan McDermott, Tom Skerritt   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
11:00 pm		Steel Magnolias 	 	
 		 	 	
1:30 am 		Providence 	"The Storm" 	A Nor-Easter slams Providence and inspection threatens the clinic's closing. While Sydney attempts to save a pregnant woman, Jim and Joanie deal with the storm's aftermath and Robbie plans an impulsive marriage to Heather in Vegas. Michelle Krusiec, and Dana Daurey guest star. Starring: Mike Farrell, Seth Peterson, Paula Cale, Melina Kanakaredes, Concetta Tomei, Dana Daurey, Michelle Krusiec   [CC] [TV-PG L]
1:30 am 		Providence 	"The Storm"