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The holiday movie A Christmas Fumble will debut on OWN on December 10 at 9 PM.

The “queen of crisis management,” Nicole Barnes (Eva Marcille) gets the toughest assignment of her career when she’s asked to handle a breaking scandal for former pro footballer turned TV commentator Jordan Davies (Devale Ellis), whose network contract isn’t going to be renewed because of a violation going back to his college days.

However, Nicole fails to disclose that she and Jordan were once boyfriend and girlfriend — a conflict of interest that could end her own hopes of being made partner at her firm. To make matters worse, Nicole’s efforts to rehabilitate Jordan’s image are constantly undermined by Jordan’s shallow entertainment reporter fiancée.

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On December 10, the Lifetime movie Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas will debut at 8 PM.

Caught in a blizzard on Christmas Eve, estranged mother and daughter Journee (Naturi Naughton) and Nia (Lorea Turner) are forced to take refuge inside a church where a handful of also-trapped parishioners are reeling from the cancellation of their annual holiday concert.

The spirit of the season takes hold as Journee and Nia weather the wintry storm together with the other churchgoers, including handsome youth pastor Adam (Luke James) and a heavenly music teacher (Kirk Franklin), who motivate the mother and daughter to reconcile their differences through music, faith, and love.

With the help from this unlikely yet spirited group of strangers, Journee and Nia band together to help the church salvage not only their holiday traditions, but also their show-stopping Christmas day performance, despite the raging storm outside.

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The UPtv movie A Royal Christmas Match will debut on December 10 at 7 PM.

Princess Camille (Jordana Largy) travels to America to create a cross-cultural college exchange program and falls for Professor Rhett (Matthew MacCaull). But when she discovers he was hired by her father to escort her, aka babysit her, she wonders if he cares more about her or his career.

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The movie Crown Prince of Christmas will debut on Great American Family on December 11 at 8 PM.

Madison (Cindy Busby), an aspiring musician, jokingly tells her overbearing family that she is dating the prince of a small European nation. The joke goes too far as her friend and co-worker Sebastian is roped into impersonating the prince while visiting her family in New Jersey. Little does Madison know that Sebastian happens to be hiding a royal secret.

Jilon VanOver also stars.

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On December 10, the holiday movie Christmas Class Reunion will debut at 8 PM on the Hallmark Channel.

High school classmates, who once dubbed themselves the “cursed class,” reconnect at Christmas for their 15-year reunion. Over the course of their time reconnecting, the classmates challenge each other to remember who they were, who they are, and who they want to be.

The movie stars Aimee Teegarden and Tanner Novlan.

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The Hallmark Channel movie The Most Colorful Time of the Year will debut on December 9 at 8 PM.

Ryan (Christopher Russell) is an elementary school teacher, who learns that he is colorblind. Michelle (Katrina Bowden), an optometrist and mother of one of his students, helps bring color into his life in time for the holidays.

Here is a trailer for The Most Colorful Time of the Year.

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