&quot;Moonlighting&quot; - It's a Wonderful Job (1986)A sitcom making an homage to &quot;It's a Wonderful Life&quot; — or classic Christmas tales in general — is nothing special, let alone messed up. But &quot;Moonlighting&quot; earned its spot on this list when it decided to focus not on the importance of friends and family during the holiday season, but of business itself. Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) decides her life would have been better had she never opened the detective agency with David (Bruce Willis), but her guardian angel appears (!) to tell her otherwise. Not only is Maddie's life worse and David's better (he's married to a supermodel), but non-detective Maddie is suicidal. Apparently it's not enough to show your lead actor sad or on the ropes financially — she needs to be on the verge of taking her own life. Merry Christmas everyone!

&quot;Batman: The Animated Series&quot; - Christmas with the Joker (1992)Though there are plenty of oddities to this episode in relation to...<br/>
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