Musical Matinee

Musical Matinee is a weekend afternoon programming block showcasing musical films on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Since its inception, the block is hosted by Dave Karger and airs on Saturday afternoons Eastern Time (ET). It is currently the network's latest programming block when it first aired on November 5, 2022, with its broadcast of Singin' in the Rain (1952). However, the block is suspended twice every year for TCM's seasonal programming blocks, 31 Days of Oscar and Summer Under the Stars. 
In an interview, Karger described the inspiration behind Musical Matinee: "I've been hosting on TCM for a few years now, and I thought it would be fun and interesting for me to have a weekly franchise of my own, something that I could help develop and program ... My colleague, Eddie Muller, of course, has Noir Alley every weekend, and then Alicia Malone has TCM Imports and Jacqueline Stewart has Silent Sunday Nights. So I was trying to think, well, what is something that I could do and really have a hands-on input in the creation and the planning of it, so I pitched a number of ideas to the TCM folks. And the one that they came back liking the most was this idea of a weekly musical." 
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Category:Programming blocks