Here is the list of the programming options to expect on TV this coming week:
On December 21, the third season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan will premiere on Amazon online; meanwhile that same day, Emily in Paris will premiere its third season on Netflix.
The VH1 movie Fuhgeddabout Christmas will debut on December 21 at 8 PM. When an Italian American superstar realizes her family is fed up with her workaholic ways, she gets help from her celebrity friends, Santa, and magical elves to give them the best Christmas ever. The ensemble cast includes Nick Cannon, Perez Hilton, Vincent Pastore, Vinny Guadagnino, Teresa Giudice, Justina Valentine, Conceited, Sway, Fetty Wap, Renee Graziano and DC Young Fly.
On December 22, the new Passionflix series The Secret Life of Amy Benson, based on the book Escaping Reality by author Lisa Renee Jones will debut its first two episodes online. After losing her entire family, Amy has spent several years on the run from unknown danger. When she meets Liam on a flight she has no idea her life is about to change, for his part Liam plans to help her whether she likes it or not.
The small screen adaptation of the box office film The Best Man: The Final Chapters will debut on Peacock online on December 22. This limited series will catch up with Harper (Tage Diggs), Robyn (Sanaa Lathan), Jordan (Nia Long), Lance (Morris Chestnut), Quentin (Terrence Howard), Shelby (Melissa De Sousa), Candace (Regina Hall) and Murch (Harold Perrineau) as relationships evolve and past grievances resurface in the unpredictable stages of midlife crisis meets midlife renaissance. The cast also includes Brandon Victor Dixon, Nicole Ari Parker and Ron Canada [among others].
Also on December 22, the holiday movie A Christmas Gift will debut online on BET+. In a failed attempt to cancel Christmas, the McKenzie’s find themselves ultimately navigating through unexpected guests, secrets, and revelations that will have a lasting effect on their families. The film stars Blue Kimble, Noree Victoria, Javon Johnson, Victoria Rowell, Aaron D Spears, Nadia Simms, Tiffany Snow, Marc Jones and Cayen Martin.
The new drama Three Pines will air its season finale online on Amazon on December 23.
On December 23, the holiday romance movie Saving Christmas Spirit will debut online on AMC+. An archaeologist (Ashley Newbrough) discovers the importance of letting a little festive wonder back into her life and finds both history and love. James Robinson co-stars.
Netflix will air a special presentation of the box office movie Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery online on December 23. Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) the only holdover. Instead of an old-money New England family, the mystery centers around Elon Musk-esque tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton), who invites a group of his longtime friends to his private Greek island in the midst of the pand emic. The ensemble cast includes Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Janelle Monae, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Dallas Roberts, Natasha Lyonne, Ethan Hawke and Hugh Grant.
On December 24, the holiday movie The Snowball Effect will debut on UPtv at 7 PM. Rival meteorologists tracking a massive snowstorm in the town of Mistletoe must work together to get home in time for Christmas. Landon Moss and Anjali Khurana star.
The Call the Midwife Holiday Special will debut on PBS on December 25 at 9 PM. With Christmas approaching, the midwives move to their maternity clinic and are delighted when their first patient is a familiar face. Life in Poplar returns to normal after the tragic train crash, and everyone unites for a festive talent show.
On December 25, the Netflix movie Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical will air online. Based on the novel and stage musical, an extraordinary girl with a sharp mind and a vivid imagination takes a daring stand to change her story — with miraculous results. Meet Matilda. The cast includes Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson and Lashana Lynch.
The prequel limited series The Witcher: Blood Origin will debut online on Netflix on December 25. In an elven world 1,200 years before Geralt of Rivia, the worlds of monsters, men and elves merge to become one — and the very first Witcher arises. The cast includes Michelle Yeoh, Sophia Brown and Laurence O’Fuarain.
Lastly also on December 25, the UPtv holiday movie Christmas in Wolf Creek will debut at 7 PM. When a runaway reindeer threatens the annual Christmas play, a struggling couple (Tim Rozon and Nola Martin) must work together to save Christmas for the town and each other.
Mark your calendars!
Rueben's Ramblings 
I love Tom Clancy’s spy novels (for reading and watching the adaptations) so it’s great that John Krasinski returns as CIA agent Jack Ryan for a third season. It’s well worth a watch as he is on the run from everyone! If you haven’t seen the earlier productions or read Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan novels do so and you won’t be disappointed. If you loved Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne or Edward Burlington in the fact based spy thriller Beyond Enkription in The Burlington Files series by Bill Fairclough (MI6 codename JJ) you will like all the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan books and films. See TheBurlingtonFiles website and read Beyond Enkription about a real spy on the run from London to Port au Prince and back. See TheBurlingtonFiles news dated 31 October 2022 about ungentlemanly spies in MI6 and if you are shocked best read Beyond Enkription too!
Thanks for sharing all those details. I thoroughly enjoyed watching Jack Ryan, and can’t wait for the new season, as it looks even more action-packed the previous seasons, and that’s saying something given how action packed those seasons were.
Do read and where possible view these best in class espionage thrillers although Ben’s are not that action packed when compared to the others:
Fiction – Mick Herron – Slow Horses in The Slough House series – an anti-Bond masterpiece laced with sardonic humour
Fiction – Len Deighton – Funeral in Berlin – shame they chose The Ipcress File for a remake rather than this
Non-fiction – Bill Fairclough – Beyond Enkription in The Burlington Files series – a raw noir sui generis novel
Non-fiction – Ben Macintyre – The Spy and The Tr…aitor + A Spy Among Friends – must reads for all espionage cognoscenti