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November TV Calendar

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The following list provides the dates of the new dramas that will air on streaming services as well as the major and cable networks and the made-for-TV movies and more that will all air during November:

November 2 – The new Amazon streaming series Homecoming will debut online

Show Synopsis: This mind-bending psychological thriller will Julia Roberts as Heidi Bergman, a caseworker at the Homecoming Transitional Support Center, a Geist Group facility helping soldiers transition back to civilian life. Walter Cruz (Stephan James) is one of these soldiers, eager to begin the next phase of his life. Overseeing Heidi and the facility is Colin Belfast (Bobby Cannavale), an ambitious company man whose manic demands point to questionable motives. Four years later, Heidi has started a new life, living with her mother (Sissy Spacek) and working as a small-town waitress, when a Department of Defense auditor (Shea Whigham) comes to her with questions about why she left the Homecoming facility. Heidi begins to realize that there’s a whole other story behind the story she’s been telling herself. Other cast members include Dermot Mulroney, Jacob Pitts, Fran Kranz, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Sydney Tamiia Poitier.

November 2 – The 6th season of House of Cards will premiere on Netflix today

November 3 – The Hallmark Channel movie Christmas Joy will debut at 8 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Joy Holbrook (Kay Panabaker) is a keenly intelligent market researcher with an eye on her company’s top account and garnering a sweet promotion just in time for the holidays. Just as Joy is capturing the attention of the account’s CEO, she receives a call from her Aunt Ruby’s best friend back home in Crystal Falls, NC. Ruby has broken her ankle and needs surgery. Though the timing couldn’t be worse, Joy immediately comes to her Aunt’s bedside only to be reunited with former crush, now hospital administrator, Ben Andrews (Matt Long), son of Ruby’s best friend Shirley. Joy also must navigate Ruby’s stubborn determination to be in control of everything, including the town’s legendary annual Cookie Crawl, a walking home tour where owners display holiday decorations and treat each other to Christmas cookies all while vying to win the prized Golden Wreath Award. To keep Ruby focused on healing, Joy volunteers to take her aunt’s place as chair of the Cookie Crawl much to the amusement of Ben who knows Joy has no idea of the Herculean task before her. Though Joy initially refuses Ben’s attempts to “co-captain,” she begins to soften and let him in, all the while remembering that there truly is no place like home for the holidays.

November 4 – The fourth season of Outlander will premiere on Starz at 8 PM

November 4 – Road to Christmas is the latest holiday movie to debut on the Hallmark Channel at 8 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Los Angeles television producer Maggie Baker (Jessy Schram) unwittingly falls for Danny Wise (Chad Michael Murray), the son and former producer of his mother’s (Teryl Rothery) popular annual Christmas special Julia Wise Lifestyle. When Maggie’s secret plan to reunite Danny and his two brothers with Julia during the live broadcast in Vermont goes awry, Maggie is reminded that above all, it is the love for family and friends that makes the merriest of Christmas.

November 4 – The latest Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Marrying Father Christmas will debut at 9 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: When Miranda Chester (Erin Krakow) set off to find information on her biological father two Christmases ago, she never imagined that her investigation would lead her to both the family she had always longed for and Ian McAndrick (Niall Matter), the love of her life. After her romantic engagement last Christmas, Miranda prepares to marry Ian this Christmas surrounded by his family and her new family, the Whitcombs. The cast also includes Wendie Malick.

November 4 – The new holiday movie The Christmas Switch will debut on UP TV at 7 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Christmas works its magic in this body-switching holiday tale about two very different moms who find that help is where you least expect it and most need it. When struggling singer Audrey and wealthy record executive Julia collide at the mall, they wake up in each other’s lives the next morning. Audrey finds that, though Julia’s life is full of luxury, she’s missing the chance to connect with her family in any real way. Julia finds that though she gets plenty of family time, Audrey can’t say no to anyone, which gives her no time for herself. As Christmas looms closer, the two women rush to figure out how to both help each other and switch back before they miss Christmas morning with their own families. The movie stars Jackie Seiden, Ashley Wood, Oana Gregory, Houston Rhines and John Patrick Jordan.

November 6 – The season finale of Mayans M.C. will air on FX at 10 PM

November 6 – The Purge will air its season finale on the USA Network at 10 PM

November 7 – The two-hour series premiere of the new 6-part drama Clique will air on POP at 10 PM

Show Synopsis: The series follows childhood best friends Georgia (Aisling Franciosi) and Holly (Synnove Karlsen) as they embark on the so-called best years of their lives at a university. They are quickly drawn into an alluring world of lavish parties and an elite clique of alpha girls, who intern at a corporation led by their economics professor, Jude (Louise Brearley). But after witnessing an underbelly of drug use, sex, betrayal, violence and self-harm, Holly suspects a darkness lurking behind the corrupt corporation and must work to figure out its mysteries without encountering deadly consequences.

November 8 – The new streaming series The Cry will debut online on Sundance TV today

Show Synopsis: Doctor Who and Victoria alum Jenna Coleman stars in this powerful, psychological thriller that chronicles the collapse of a relationship between two young parents in the aftermath of a tragedy, exploring the myths and truths of motherhood, marriage, and post-partum depression. The cast includes Ewen Leslie.

November 9 – The Netflix original film Outlaw King will debut online today

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Chris Pine takes to the small screen in this epic story about the renowned King of Scots, Robert the Bruce, and the war of liberation he waged against the English occupation of Scotland. The film also stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Florence Pugh, Tony Curran, Stephen Dillane and Steven Cree.

November 9 – The second season of the Amazon streaming series Patriot will premiere today

November 10 – The Hallmark Channel holiday movie It’s Christmas, Eve will debut at 8 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Country music star LeAnn Rimes makes her debut on the Hallmark Channel, playing Eve Morgan, an interim school superintendent whose job it is to travel from city to city turning broken schools around. One day, Morgan is surprised to find she’s been assigned to a high school in her hometown. Eve meets Liam Bailey (Tyler Hynes), single dad of Abby Bailey (Eden Summer Gilmore), and head of a music department that is in the red and under the gun to miraculously turn around or be shut down. Music is close to Eve’s heart; her late father was a jazz musician who taught her how to play music and sing. So raw is her dad’s passing that Eve hasn’t performed in a very long time. Now, the interim school superintendent predisposed to saying no may be persuaded to say yes to save the dreams of many while learning to live her own.

November 11 – The series finale of The Last Ship will air on TNT at 9 PM

November 11 – The season finale of You will air on Lifetime at 10 PM

November 11 – The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie A Veteran’s Christmas will debut at 9 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Captain Grace Garland, a decorated US veteran, returns home after two tours of Search and Rescue in Afghanistan. After being separated from her beloved K9 partner, Grace must rediscover the magic of Christmas. When Grace finds herself stranded in the town of River’s Crossing a couple weeks before Christmas, the local judge Joe Peterson, offers her a place to stay on his property and takes it upon himself to show Grace everything she has been missing; Christmas, family, community, and love. The cast includes Eloise Mumford and Sean Faris.

November 11 – Christmas in Love is the latest Hallmark Channel holiday movie to debut at 8 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Ellie Hartman (Brooke D’Orsay) is an aspiring crafter working in her small town’s bakery making famous Christmas Kringles. When the new, big-city CEO Nick Carlingson (Daniel Lissing) visits the bakery, he arrives filled with modernization ideas destined to lay off many employees. During his visit, Ellie is to teach Nick how to make a Kringle, and determined to show him it’s the people who make the business a success, not machines.

November 11 – The UP TV holiday movie Chandler Christmas Getaway will debut at 7 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: The Chandler family is back for another family Christmas adventure. Not finding any Christmas spirit during a hot December, the Chandlers decide to pack up and head to a cabin for maximum holiday fun. But with old feuds, new feuds and a heap of holiday stress, the Chandler family will have to pull together to make this the best Christmas ever. The movie stars Malinda Williams, Victoria Rowell, GregAllen Williams and DeEtta West.

November 14 – The YouTube original streaming series Origin will debut online today

Show Synopsis: This series is an intergalactic space thriller starring Tom Felton and Natalia Tena that follows a group of outsiders who find themselves abandoned on a ship bound for a distant land. Now they must work together for survival, but quickly realize that one of them is far from who they claim to be.

November 16 – The fourth season of Narcos will air online on Netflix today

November 17 – The original holiday film Christmas at Graceland will debut on the Hallmark Channel at 8 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Laurel (country singer Kellie Pickler), a Chicago-based business executive travels to Memphis to secure one of the city’s oldest family-owned banks. While in Memphis, Laurel reunites with old flame Clay (Wes Brown), a local music promoter with loftier aspirations. Though Laurel tries to keep her eye on the prize of the business acquisition, Clay is very persuasive reminding her of the days when they were a performing duo on the brink of stardom. Now Laurel’s focus turns to the home of the Blues and dreams of making music again.

November 17 – The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Return to Christmas Creek will debut at 9 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: As Christmas approaches, Amelia Hughes (Tori Anderson), a career-focused Chicago app developer lacking in holiday spirit, returns to her small hometown of Christmas Creek to rediscover the meaning of Christmas. There, she reunites with her childhood best friend Mike (Stephen Huszar) and her estranged uncle Harry (Steven Weber), whose mysterious rift with Amelia’s father divided her family during the holiday season when she was a child. As she engages in local holiday festivities — and begins falling for Mike — Amelia finds herself feeling the Christmas spirit. The cast also includes Kari Matchett.

November 17 – The finale of Deutschland 86 will air on Sundance TV at 1 AM

November 17 – The special It’s a Wonderful Lifetime Preview Special will air on Lifetime at 10 PM

Special Synopsis: What if Lifetime never made Christmas movies? In this special, hosted by Melissa Joan Hart, viewers will be taken on a journey exploring how terrible life would be without Lifetime Christmas movies. Melissa will be visited by the “host” of Lifetime Christmas Past, Present, and Future, and along the way, she will preview the 14 exciting movies that are coming to Lifetime this holiday season

November 18 – The season finales of The Durrells in Corfu, Poldark and The Woman in White will air on PBS at 8, 9 and 10 PM respectively

November 18 – The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie A Godwink Christmas will debut at 9 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: As Christmas approaches, Paula (Kimberly Sustad), a St. Louis antique appraiser, reluctantly accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Daniel. Sensing her reticence, her Aunt Jane (Kathie Lee Gifford) invites Paula to her Nantucket home. When Paula visits nearby Martha’s Vineyard, she meets a charming inn owner, Gery (Paul Campbell), and enjoys the celebrating the holiday festivities with him. Although Paula develops feelings for Gery, she moves forward with her engagement, but Aunt Jane reminds her that sometimes we receive messages from above to help determine which direction life should take.

November 18 – The Hallmark Channel movie Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa will debut at 8 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: When Lisa (Jill Wagner) takes a last-minute Christmas trip to her hometown of Evergreen, she finds that the historic general store has been closed. Using her skills as a professional retail designer, Lisa decides to keep local tradition alive and help the good people of Evergreen bring the store back to life. As Lisa charms a local contractor named Kevin (Mark Deklin) into working with her, the pair find themselves facing one surprise after another as they restore the store to its former glory. When the staff at the Kringle Kitchen temporarily accept the store’s beloved ‘Mailbox to Santa’ for safekeeping, the townspeople find and rally around a mysterious 25-year-old letter that never made it to the North Pole. As old traditions are made new again, Lisa finds herself falling for Kevin, the traditions, and the town of Evergreen. The film also stars Holly Robinson-Peete, Barbara Niven, Andrew Francis and Ashley Williams.

November 18 – The new UP TV holiday movie Christmas on the Coast will debut at 7 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Hard-hearted New York novelist Dru Cassadine (Julia Ann Emery), who is known for her holiday romance stories, is desperate to get her mojo back after a string of flops. Deciding that a change of scenery will get her creative juices flowing, she heads home for Christmas to Harbor Point, South Carolina, where she uses the quirky small-town characters as inspiration for her new book. But when she meets handsome widower Brysen Flynn (Burgess Jenkins), she finds that she just may be writing her own love story. The cast also includes Bonnie Bedelia.

November 19 – The 6-hour AMC event series The Little Drummer Girl will debut at 9 PM, airing two episodes

Mini-Series Synopsis: Based on the John le Carré best-selling literary masterpiece, the mini-series weaves a suspenseful and explosive story of espionage and high-stakes international intrigue. Set in the late 1970s, the pulsating thriller follows Charlie (Florence Pugh), a fiery actress and idealist whose resolve is tested after she meets the mysterious Becker (Alexander Skarsgård) while on holiday in Greece. It quickly becomes apparent that his intentions are not what they seem, and her encounter with him entangles her in a complex plot devised by the spy mastermind Kurtz (Michael Shannon). Charlie takes on the role of a lifetime as a double agent while remaining uncertain of her own loyalties. The cast includes Charles Dance and Max Irons.

NOTE: Parts 3 through 6 will air on November 20 and November 21 (two episodes each night).

November 19 – The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Last Vermont Christmas will debut at 9 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Every year, three sisters, Megan (Erin Cahill), Bethany, and Mary, reunite every Christmas in their childhood home. This year, though, their parents have put the house up for sale, and the buyer is Nash (Justin Bruening), Megan’s former childhood sweetheart.

November 20 – Hope at Christmas is the latest Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie that will debut at 9 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Sydney Ragsdale (Scottie Thompson), recently divorced, decides to spend Christmas in a house she inherited with her young daughter. As Sydney begins to spend more time at the local bookstore, she meets a teacher, Mac (Ryan Paevey), who also fills in for the town Santa. Mac tries to make Christmas wishes come true, and this year Sydney is at the top of his ‘nice’ list. As a new opportunity with the bookstore unfolds, Mac helps Sydney open herself up to life, love, and believing in the spirit of Christmas again.

November 21 – The Hallmark Channel movie Reunited at Christmas will debut at 8 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Frazzled and struggling with writer’s block, novelist Samantha (Nikki DeLoach), along with her boyfriend (Mike Faiola), heads home to her late grandmother’s home to spend Christmas. While at home with family, her grandmother’s wise words reveal the true meaning of Christmas with Samantha at a time when she most needs encouragement.

November 21 – The Lifetime holiday movies My Christmas Inn and A Christmas Arrangement will debut at 8 and 10 PM respectively

MOVIE SYNOPSIS (My Christmas Inn): With the holiday season in full swing, Jen Taylor (Tia Mowry-Hardict) is about to score a big promotion at the San Francisco ad agency where she works. But her life is unexpectedly turned upside down when she inherits a cozy inn in Alaska from her aunt. When she goes to inspect the property and meets handsome town attorney Steve Anderson (Rob Mayes), she’s surprised to find that nothing is what she expected. The small town community is full of fun and festive Christmas traditions and soon, Jen starts wondering if the inn might just be the place she belongs, and if Steve could be the Mr. Right she has been waiting for. The film also stars Jackée Harry, Tim Reid and Erin Gray.

MOVIE SYNOPSIS (A Christmas Arrangement): Flower shop owner Poppy (Nicky Whelan), enters the annual holiday floral show for a chance to win the grand prize but standing in her way of victory is Garrett (Miles Fisher), the underappreciated protégé of florist extraordinaire, Blair (Daphne Zuniga). While Poppy and Garrett’s rivalry heats up on the flower show floor, an undeniable romance begins amidst a whimsical holiday backdrop.

November 22 – The Christmas Chronicles is the latest Netflix feature to debut online

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: The story of sister and brother, Kate and Teddy Pierce(Darby Camp and Judah Lewis), whose Christmas Eve plans is to catch Santa Claus (Kurt Russell) on camera turns into an unexpected journey that most kids could only dream about. The cast includes Oliver Hudson, Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Lamorne Morris.

November 22 – The Hallmark Channel holiday movie Christmas at the Palace will debut at 8 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Katie, a former professional ice skater (Merritt Patterson), is hired by the king of San Senova, Alexander (Andrew Cooper), to help his daughter in a Christmas ice skating performance. As Katie spends time in the castle and with the king, she and Alex begin to develop feelings for each other and ultimately fall in love. But will the tradition-loving people of San Senova allow their king to make a foreigner their queen? The movie includes Brittany Bristow.

November 22 – The Christmas Contract movie will debut on Lifetime at 8 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: It’s Jolie’s (Hilarie Burton) first time going back home to Louisiana since her devastating break-up with Foster Burke). Seeing him is inevitable as their parents run the town’s annual Christmas Market together, but when she discovers Foster is bringing home a new girlfriend, Jolie cannot bear the thought of going home alone and seeing them together. Her best friend Naomi (Danneel Ackles) suggests that Jolie bring her flaky brother, Jack (Robert Buckley), home for Christmas as he has no plans this year. Jolie, a professional web designer, is hesitant; so, Naomi, a lawyer, creates a Christmas contract to give them both something they want—a buffer for those awkward moments around Jolie’s ex and a website to help sell Jack’s upcoming novel. Unbeknownst to them, the Christmas contract proves to be so much more than what they signed up for. Cast members include Antwon Tanner, Jordan Ladd, Cheryl Ladd, Bruce Boxleitner, Jason London and a musical appearance by Tyler Hilton.

November 23 – The season finale of the Amazon streaming series The Romanoffs will air online today

November 23- The Hallmark Channel movie Pride, Prejudice and Mistletoe will debut at 8 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Darcy (Lacey Chabert) has always worked hard to prove herself and be successful on her own terms, even choosing to start her own company, rather than work with her father. Returning to her hometown for Christmas, Darcy reconnects with an old rival, restaurant owner Luke (Brendan Penny), and they are forced to plan a charity event together. As Darcy spends time with her family and Luke, she starts to realize what matters most in life and sets out to mend her relationship with her father, and possibly fall in love.

November 23 – The holiday Lifetime movie Poinsettias for Christmas and Every Other Holiday will air at 8 and 10 PM respectively

MOVIE SYNOPSIS (Poinsettias for Christmas):  It’s just weeks before Christmas when Ellie (Bethany Joy Lenz) gets a call to return home to help her father (John Schneider) on the family’s poinsettia farm. The family business is on the line to deliver tens of thousands of plants for the town’s annual parade. The problem is — the poinsettias have yet to turn red! As Ellie searches for the solution, she is reminded of where her heart truly lies as she falls in love with both her roots and a local botanist (Marcus Rosner). The cast includes Lauren London and Sharon Lawrence.

MOVIE SYNOPSIS (Every Other Holiday): Recently separated parents Tracie (Schulyer Fisk) and Rick (David Clayton Rogers) spend every other holiday with their young daughters Harper and Ava. But this Christmas, the girls have only one thing on their wish lists — to spend Christmas with both Mom and Dad at Tracie’s family farmhouse. The temporary reunion will be no walk in the park for Tracie and Rick, but perhaps this Christmas gathering can help rekindle the lost romance between the two and make their daughters’ greatest wish come true. The film also stars Dee Wallace, Glenn Morshower and Abby James Witherspoon.

November 24 – The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane will debut at 9 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Emma (Alicia Witt) returns home to celebrate Christmas for the last time with her siblings in the house they grew up in. After their parents’ recent passing, the siblings reluctantly agree to sell the family home on Honeysuckle Lane, leaving Emma in charge of their belongings. While Emma’s mother’s collection is being appraised, they find a hidden surprise that takes them on a journey to discover the power of love and family during the holidays. The film also stars Colin Ferguson.

November 24 – The Hallmark Hall of Fame holiday movie Christmas Everlasting will debut at 8 PM on the Hallmark Channel

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Christmas is fast approaching and years of long workdays employed at New York’s top corporate law firm are about to pay off now that Lucy Toomey (Tatyana Ali) will be made partner after the New Year. However, when Alice, her older sister with special needs, unexpectedly passes away, Lucy returns back to Nilson’s Bay, Wis., to attend the funeral and handle her estate. While Lucy dreads returning to her childhood home, she also feels real sorrow that she was too busy to take her sister’s last call. Once back in Nilson’s Bay, Lucy meets Peter (Dondre T. Whitfield), her old high school sweetheart and Alice’s former attorney, who informs her of the terms of Alice’s eccentric will that states in order for Lucy to inherit the family home, she must live there for 30 days through the holidays. The film also stars Patti LaBelle and Dennis Haysbert.

November 24 – The holiday movies Every Day is Christmas and Christmas Harmony will debut on Lifetime at 8 and 10 PM respectively

MOVIE SYNOPSIS (Every Day is Christmas): Inspired by the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, shrewd money manager Alexis Taylor (Toni Braxton) gets the holiday visit of a lifetime. A self-proclaimed workaholic who ‘humbugs’ love, Alexis ends up embracing the spirit of Christmas when her past, present, and future collide, forcing her to risk the one thing money can’t buy: her heart. The cast includes Michael Jai White, Towanda Braxton and Gloria Reuben.

MOVIE SYNOPSIS (Christmas Harmony): Soft-spoken Harmony (Kelley Jakle) is used to living in the shadow of her pop star boyfriend, but when he breaks up with her right before the holiday season, she returns to her quaint hometown to discover the heart and music that her big city life has been missing. The film also stars Chandra Wilson, Adam Mayfield and Sally Struthers.

November 25 – The Hallmark Channel holiday movie A Shoe Addict’s Christmas will debut at 8 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: As Christmas approaches, Noelle (Candace Cameron Bure) is at a crossroads in her life when it seems that love, a connection with her father, and her dream career are out of reach. When she stays late at her job in a department store on a snowy Christmas Eve, she accidentally gets locked in after closing. She isn’t too concerned about the prospect of spending the night in the store… until a quirky woman appears out of nowhere in the shoe department and tells Noelle that she’s her guardian angel. Soon, Noelle finds herself revisiting Christmases past, present, and future as she must work with her new neighbor, a handsome, Christmas-loving firefighter, to plan the annual Christmas Charity Gala. Will visiting the holidays of yesterday and tomorrow help Noelle take new chances and discover the true spirit of Christmas? And in realizing that the only thing standing in her way of leading a fulfilling life is herself, will the love she has longed for all her life be the best surprise gift of all? The cast includes Luke Macfarlane and Jean Smart.

November 25 – Dirty John is the new limited event series to debut on Bravo at 10 PM

Show Synopsis: Based on the articles and breakout true crime podcast with over 30 million downloads from Los Angeles Times reporter Christopher Goffard, the series tells the cautionary tale of how a whirlwind romance between Debra Newell (Connie Britton) and the charismatic con-man John Meehan (Eric Bana) spiraled into a frightening web of deception, denial and mental terror that nearly tore a family apart. The cast includes Jake Abel, Jean Smart, Julia Garner, Juno Temple, Cliff Chamberlain, Kevin Zegers and Sprague Grayden.

November 25 – The new holiday movie The Truth About Christmas will debut on Freeform at 9 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: The film centers on Jillian (Kali Hawk), a successful political consultant, confident in her ability to put a spin on anything whose next big project is the upcoming mayoral campaign for her boyfriend, George (Damon Dayoub). On the way to meet George’s family for the first time during the holidays, an unusual confrontation with a toy store Santa results in a drastic change in Jillian where she can’t stop herself from wildly spilling the truth.

November 25 – The season finale of The Walking Dead will air on AMC at 9 PM

November 25 – The Lifetime holiday movies Jingle Belle and Christmas Perfection will debut at 8 and 10 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS (Jingle Belle): Every year, Isabelle (Tatyana Ali) and her high school sweetheart Mike (Cornelius Smith Jr.), rocked their small town’s annual Christmas Eve Pageant with a sweet Christmas duet. But after graduation, Isabelle left to study at Juilliard in New York – leaving Mike behind. Years later, when Isabelle returns to her hometown to write music for the annual Christmas Eve Pageant, she is shocked to learn that Mike is the one directing the show. Can Isabelle and Mike put the past behind them and reunite on stage for another show-stopping duet? The film will also star Loretta Devine, Valarie Pettiford, Obba Babatunde, Keshia Knight Pulliam and Tempestt Bledsoe.

November 25 – The original holiday movie Christmas Cupid’s Arrow will debut at 9 PM on ION

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Holly (Elizabeth Harnois), a professor at a small college, has had a long history of finding the wrong guy. She’s accomplished quite a bit in her life, but after her younger sister announces she is pregnant, Holly decides she is going to make an effort to meet Mr. Right. Meanwhile, David (Jonathan Togo), another professor, is a single father, very smart and kind, but not the type that Holly takes notice of when the two are assigned to plan the Christmas Formal. At the insistence of her best friend, Holly signs up for the dating website “Cupid’s Arrow,” where she meets Josh (Chad Michael Collins), an attorney just hired by the school. He’s everything she wants on the surface, but has little to say beyond his work and good looks. Josh and David were roommates in college, so Josh recruits David to write poetic messages in an attempt to win Holly over. Eventually, Holly notices that Josh’s spoken words don’t match the glowing, beautifully written texts and emails she’s grown to adore. After confronting Josh, she begins to realize that the man she fell in love with may just be the one who wrote those words to her.

MOVIE SYNOPSIS (Christmas Perfection): As a kid, Darcy (Caitlin Thompson) had no control over her family’s holidays and thus, has grown up to be a Christmas control freak — so much so that she loses sight of what the holidays actually mean. Suddenly, she finds herself magically transported into her idea of the perfect Christmas Village and learns that ‘perfection’ isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. The cast includes James Henri-Thomas and Robbie Silverman.

November 25 – The ION holiday movie A Wedding for Christmas will debut at 9 PM.

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Haley Foster (Cristine Prosperi) built a big city life in Los Angeles as a top wedding planner at an elite and powerful company run by Ms. Reynolds (Vivica A. Fox). When her sister, Angela (Natalie Mauro), insists on getting married Christmas Day on the tree farm in their old hometown of Truxton, Haley is resigned to make her sister’s dreams come true and her parents happy. Returning to her hometown not only brings back fond memories, but also reunites Haley with Angela’s childhood pal, Carter (Colton Little). Soon sparks begin to fly. Will Haley head back to the city where her new life lies or will she tumble in love again with her old town and Carter?

November 28 – The season premiere of Vikings will air on the History Channel at 9 PM

November 30 – A Very Nutty Christmas is the latest Lifetime holiday movie to debut at 8 PM

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Hard-working bakery owner Kate Holiday (Melissa Joan Hart), has more cookie orders than she has time to fill this holiday season, and when her boyfriend suddenly breaks up with her, any shred of Christmas joy she was hanging onto, immediately disappears. After Kate hangs the last ornament on the tree and goes to bed, she awakens the next morning to a little bit of Christmas magic. She gets the surprise of her life when Chip (Barry Watson), a handsome soldier who may or may not be the Nutcracker Prince from Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker,” appears in her living room.” The film also stars Marissa Winokur, Conchata Ferrell and Rizwan Manji.

November 30 – The Netflix movie sequel A Christmas Prince: Royal Wedding will debut online today

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Taking place a year after the events of the first film, in which Amber (Rose McIver) helped Prince Richard (Ben Lamb) claim his rightful place as the king, the happy love birds must now plan their upcoming nuptials set to take place during Christmas. But everything goes awry when Amber starts to wonder whether or not she’s ready to take on the role of the queen. Plus, Richard will be forced to deal with a political crisis that threatens to tarnish not only the holiday season but the future of the kingdom.

Mark your calendars!

Using her favorite online handle, Rueben is an East Coast-bred gal who is now a permanent Californian and a lifelong tv-oholic. She watches at least 25 TV shows a week, goes to the movies as often as possible, listens to music every waking moment, reads every day and “plays” on the internet every chance she can. Some of her current favorite TV shows are Outlander, Sweet Magnolias, Wednesday, The Mandalorian, The Equalizer, Fire Country, Miss Scarlet, Hudson & Rex, SkyMed, The Rookie, Bridgerton, Cobra Kai, Virgin River, The Witcher, Leverage: Redemption and School Spirits. She is looking forward to the fall TV season, including the return of Outlander, Tracker and The Equalizer and the debuts of the new dramas Matlock, Murder In a Small Town, NCIS: Origins and Cross. Follow her on Bluesky @ruebensramblings.bsky.social or contact her at rueben@nicegirlstv.com. Please also check out Rueben's Ramblings website for even more entertainment news.