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.