{"id":15018,"date":"2020-11-23T15:22:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T20:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=15018"},"modified":"2020-11-23T15:22:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T20:22:08","slug":"abc-brightens-wednesday-nights-with-the-great-christmas-light-fight-with-two-back-to-back-episodes-premiering-wednesday-december-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/23\/abc-brightens-wednesday-nights-with-the-great-christmas-light-fight-with-two-back-to-back-episodes-premiering-wednesday-december-9\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC Brightens Wednesday Nights With \u2018The Great Christmas Light Fight\u2019 With Two Back-to-Back Episodes Premiering Wednesday, December 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15019\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/the-great-christmas-light-fight.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/the-great-christmas-light-fight.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/the-great-christmas-light-fight-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/the-great-christmas-light-fight-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/the-great-christmas-light-fight-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/the-great-christmas-light-fight-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><br \/>\nIt\u2019s beginning to look a lot like Christmas as ABC\u2019s tree-mendously popular decorating competition series, \u201c<strong><em>The Great Christmas Light Fight<\/em><\/strong>,\u201d takes over Wednesdays in December as it returns for its eighth season, airing two back-to-back episodes on Wednesday, December 9 (8:00-10:00PM EST), on ABC. Following the season eight premiere, new episodes will air Wednesday, December 16 (8:00-10:00PM EST), and Wednesday, December 23 (9:00-11:00PM EST).<\/p>\n<p>The popular festive series features returning celebrity judges: lifestyle expert Carter Oosterhouse and famed interior designer Taniya Nayak. View and download the season eight trailer here. All isn\u2019t always calm, but all is definitely bright as season eight of the Christmas classic takes viewers across the country to the most elaborate and awe-inspiring holiday displays in the nation. This holiday season, we will once again see four fantastic families face off in each one-hour episode and compete to win $50,000 should they \u201csleigh\u201d the competition.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2722600773\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Taking Christmas decorating to another level, the Heavyweights special will return for its third year featuring a first-ever parade of one-of-a-kind sparkling floats and a mile-long drive-through with over a million synchronized lights, to name a few, that viewers will never forget.<\/p>\n<p>S08E02 (8:00-9:00PM EST) \u2013 It\u2019s beginning to look a lot like Christmas as season eight of the holiday classic begins. Four festive families face off in the season premiere with the Reynolds family showcasing their vibrant and whimsical handcrafted garden display in La Verkin, Utah; the Fiore family building a stunning Christmas town surrounding their home with facades completely encased in brilliant lights in Wilmington, Massachusetts; the Trevisano family building a cozy Teddy Bear Christmas Land with twinkling lights filled with over 100 stuffed teddy bears in St. Louis, Missouri; and the Barbieri family, putting on the Lights on Liberty display, featuring pyrotechnics, hand-built animatronics and a giant storybook, for its 40th year in Deer Park, New York. Tune in to watch judge Taniya Nayak choose the winner of the $50,000 and the coveted Light Fight Trophy on ABC\u2019s \u201c<em>The Great Christmas Light Fight<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>S08E05\u201d (9:00-10:00PM EST) \u2013 The holiday festivities continue as the Sumner family transforms their house into a Christmas time machine, featuring vintage animatronic Christmas scenes in every window in Jenks, Oklahoma; the DeBolt family then puts on an incredible synchronized light show, featuring dancing lights, vibrant colors and even a little comedy in Boise, Idaho; the Stott Family displaying motorized trains, a towering castle and a massive mountain in their backyard in Fontana, California; and the Markowski family creating a drive-through experience incorporating huge wire-frame-moving elements and unique pieces inspired by local children in Brownsville, Tennessee. Watch as judge Carter Oosterhouse decides who will become the winners of ABC\u2019s \u201c<em>The Great Christmas Light Fight<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The Great Christmas Light Fight<\/em>\u201d comes from Fremantle (\u201c<em>American Idol<\/em>,\u201d \u201c<em>America\u2019s Got Talent<\/em>\u201d). Brady Connell, Max Swedlow (both \u201c<em>Extreme Makeover: Home Edition<\/em>\u201d) and Felicia Aaron White are executive producers for the series. 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