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The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, December 4, 2020 18 Cable Conversion Chart O SB C NB GG N Dish DTV ABC WIVT Binghamton - 6 - - - 6 - - ABC WUTR Utica 7 - - 7 10 - 20 20 CBS WKTV2 Utica 5 3 - - - - 12 - CBS WRGB Schenectady 26 - 6 - 6 - - - CBS WTVH Syracuse - - - - - - - 5 CW+ WBU Utica 11 - - - - - - - FOX WFXV Utica 6 9 - 6 - - 33 33 FOX WICZ Binghamton 3 3 - 3 - 10 - - FOX WOLF Scranton - - - 10 - - - - FOX WXXA Albany - - 8 - 8 - - - IND WISF Oneonta - 1231 - - - - - - MNT WPNY Utica - - - 27 - - - - NBC WBGH Elmira - 5 - - - 5 - - NBC WKTV Utica 4 - - 4 - 17 2 2 NBC WNYT Albany - - 13 2 13 - - - NBC WSTM Syracuse - - - - - 3 - - NBC WTEN Albany - - 10 - - - - - PBS WCNY Syracuse 12 12 - 12 - 12 - - PBS WMHT Schenectady - - 11 - 11 - - - PBS WSKG Binghamton 8 8 - 8 - 7 - - WGN Chicago 25 25 87 - 87 28 239 307 ABC FAMILY 16 16 35 16 35 25 180 311 AMERICAN HEROES CHANNEL 140 140 140 140 140 140 195 287 AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS 66 66 29 66 29 66 131 254 ANIMAL PLANET 67 67 132 67 132 67 184 282 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 42 42 38 42 38 42 118 265 BRAVO 29 29 59 29 59 29 129 237 CABLE NEWS NETWORK 15 15 46 15 46 24 200 202 CNN INTERNATIONAL - - 216 - 216 - - - CARTOON NETWORK 59 59 32 59 32 59 176 296 CINEMAX 531 531 531 531 531 531 310 515 CINEMAX 2 (MOREMAX) 532 532 532 532 532 532 312 517 CNBC 39 39 48 39 48 39 208 355 COMEDY CENTRAL 32 32 36 32 36 32 107 249 COUNTRY MUSIC TELEVISION 30 30 293 30 293 30 166 327 CSPAN 47 47 14 47 14 18 210 350 CSPAN2 226 226 21 92 21 92 211 351 DISCOVERY CHANNEL 41 41 37 41 37 41 182 278 DISCOVERY LIFE 70 70 180 70 180 70 - 261 DISNEY CHANNEL 51 51 34 51 34 51 172 290 E! 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This year's premiere will air on the network, Wednesday, Dec. 9. As usual, the show will run for three consecutive weeks, and each week will feature back- to-back episodes for a total of six shows. The idea behind the compe- tition is actually pretty simple: the goal is for each team to create an impressively elabo- rate Christmas light display for the judges. Lifestyle expert Carter Oosterhouse ("Trading Spaces") and renowned interi- or designer Taniya Nayak ("Ra- chel Ray") will be hosting and judging the series. Once again, the series will showcase the incredibly imagi- native and fabulously executed Christmas light displays that are designed and brought to life by that week's roster of contestants. Each episode con- sists of four families, every one of them ready to get their holi- day creativity flowing. The show has become a fes- tive fan favorite, getting view- ers in the mood for the holiday season. After all, Christmas can't begin until the light fight starts, so it's no surprise that ABC has already picked up "The Great Christmas Light Fight" for a ninth season, air- ing in 2021. The family teams chosen for the show are given just three weeks to build their light dis- plays. Putting up the lights with a whole 21 days to do it might not, at first glance, seem too difficult, but there's a catch: the teams aren't allowed to hire any help. Left to design and build the lighting display completely by themselves is no picnic — a lot of hard work is involved in creating their jolli- est layouts. It is not just how good the lights look that decides each show's winner, either. There are three categories that the judg- es use to evaluate the displays, from their use of lights to the overall design and, finally, how well their display reflects the spirit of Christmas. Each competing team's work of art is individually fea- tured on the show, with the judges careful to consider each aspect of the design to decide who gets to walk away with the $50,000 grand prize and, of course, the coveted Light Fight trophy (to be personally delivered to their home by the judges). In addition to the family contests, the Heavyweights special will be returning for its third year as well this season. The specials are an attempt to take Christmas light decorat- ing to a whole new level. This season will feature the first-ev- er parade of unique sparkling floats — a mile-long drive-by with what's expected to be over a million synchronized lights. Now that's a light show that even Santa wouldn't miss! But despite all of its good will and merriment, it looks like this is one show that has also made the naughty list. Hand- in-hand with the popularity of "The Great Christmas Light Fight," there's been some con- troversy brewing. Many fans believe that there shouldn't be any for-profit priz- es allowed in the Heavy- weights special, though there have been several doled out in previous years. Other critics feel strongly that the judges shouldn't consider any interior decorations in their evalua- tions, either — if you can't see it from the road, it shouldn't count. But it's allowed this sea- son and contestants have gone all out. The Season 8 trailer shows one man putting all of his furniture into storage with the idea of turning his house into a fully functional winter wonderland. And while some of the contestants have fea- tured Disney characters in their displays, there's an ongoing battle about whether they're actually considered "Christ- massy" enough. Still, since Walt Disney is ABC's parent company, it's unlikely that they'd be too upset by seeing Disney characters in the dis- plays. Battle of the lights: 'The Great Christmas Light Fight' returns to ABC featurestory Taniya Nayak as seen in "The Great Christmas Light Fight"

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