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The PUBLIC TELEVISION FEATURE FILM PACKAGE Season 5 is available for station use from January 2026 - December 2027 and includes 93 films, with titles spread over a two year period. Each film has a one-month public television window. The package includes 45 Warner Brothers classic titles, 35 features from the MGM library and 13 Lionsgate movies.

January 2026
After The Thin Man 
Episode #: 5001
Broadcast window: 1/1/2026
Film Studio: WB
Released: 1936
Theatrical rating: not rated
Theatrical runtime: 1h 53m
Director: W. S. Van Dyke
Top billed cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy and James Stewart
Synopsis: Recently returned home from vacation, private detective Nick Charles (William Powell) and his socialite wife, Nora (Myrna Loy), are back on the case when Nora's cousin, Selma (Elissa Landi), reports her husband Robert (Alan Marshal) missing. As the duo search for the disreputable Robert, Selma's friend David Graham (James Stewart), who secretly pines for her, aids the investigation. When the three begin to unravel Robert's secret life, the missing persons case turns into one of murder.

Thin Man, The 
Episode #: 5002
Broadcast window: 1/1/2026
Film Studio: WB
Released: 1934
Theatrical rating: not rated
Theatrical runtime: 1h 33m
Director: W. S. Van Dyke
Top billed cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy
Synopsis: Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 
Episode #: 5003
Broadcast window: 1/1/2026
Film Studio: MGM
Released: 1968
Theatrical rating: G
Theatrical runtime: 2h 25m
Director: Ken Hughes
Top billed cast: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Heather Ripley, Adrian Hall
Synopsis: An eccentric professor invents wacky machinery but can't seem to make ends meet. When he invents a revolutionary car, a foreign government becomes interested in it, and resorts to skulduggery to get their hands on it.
Dick Van Dyke stars as eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts, who creates an extraordinary car called Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It not only drives but also flies and floats as it leads him, his two children and his beautiful lady friend, Truly Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes), into a magical world of pirates, castles and endless adventure.

Judy 
Episode #: 5004
Broadcast window: 1/1/2026
Film Studio: Lionsgate
Released: 2019
Theatrical rating: PG-13
Theatrical runtime: 1h 58m
Director: Rupert Goold
Top billed cast: Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock, Rufus Sewell, Michael Gambon
Synopsis: The showbiz legend, Judy Garland arrives in London to perform her final concerts. After working for 45 of her 47 years, she is haunted by memories of a childhood lost to Hollywood and longs to be back home with her kids.

Great Escape, The 
Episode #: 5005
Broadcast window: 1/1/2026
Film Studio: MGM
Released: 1963
Theatrical rating: not rated
Theatrical runtime: 2h 52m
Director: John Sturges
Top billed cast: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough
Synopsis: Imprisoned during World War II in a German POW camp, a group of Allied soldiers are intent on breaking out, not only to escape, but also to draw Nazi forces away from battle to search for fugitives. Among the prisoners determined to escape are American Captain Virgil Hilts and British Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett. Outwitting their captors by digging a tunnel out of the prison grounds, the soldiers find the stakes much higher when escape becomes a reality.

DISTRIBUTOR: American Public Television
APT PROGRAM SERVICE: Syndication
PRODUCER: Warner Brothers, MGM, Lionsgate
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Contract period: 01/01/2026-12/31/2027
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