
The Best Ways to Watch ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ on TV & Streaming

It’s a Wonderful Life is a holiday staple and has been for decades, but there’s more than one way to watch the 1946 Frank Capra classic on television. While it may not have been a box office success, the film starring James Stewart and Donna Reed became a Christmas mainstay when it fell into the public domain, which allowed it to be broadcast without licensing or royalty fees. Now, it airs across the winter months beginning during the week of Thanksgiving and through the holiday season. Before streaming, broadcast television was the only way to watch unless you had a physical copy of the film, but now, there are a bevy of options for those determined to revisit George Bailey’s (Stewart) epic story. As viewers know by now, It’s a Wonderful Life reflects on the life of George, a man who has put others in his life before himself,...
- 11/23/2022
- TV Insider
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