On November 23, the Lifetime original movie Seasons of Love will debut on 9 PM.
Kyla (LeToya Luckett from Single Ladies) and Amir’s (Cleo Anthony from Divergent) new romance is thrown for a loop when Amir’s father (Richard Portnow from The Sopranos) suddenly passes away and Kyla’s ex, Miles (Rob Riley from Hit the Floor), comes back into the picture. The two struggle to determine what truly matters to them in this story of life, love and family.
Taraji P. Henson also stars and executive produces, while Gladys Knight and Cliff “Method Man” Smith also star.
The Hallmark Channel movie The Christmas Shepherd will debut on November 23 at 8 PM.
A successful children’s book author and Army widow loses her late husband’s German Shepherd, Buddy, only to later find him adopted by a new family – a single father and his daughter. Each finds a sense of Christmas spirit as they struggle to decide with whom the dog really belongs.
The cast includes Teri Polo (The Fosters) and Martin Cummins (When Calls the Heart).
On November 23, the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries original holiday movie Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas will debut at 9 PM.
When the beloved quartet of postal detectives – Oliver (Eric Mabius), Shane (Kristin Booth), Rita (Crystal Lowe) and Norman (Geoff Gustafson) – discover an urgent letter written to God, they delay their own travel plans to help a little girl who’s mother’s life hangs in the balance on Christmas Eve. With guidance from a mysterious post office volunteer, Jordan (Rob Estes) and Oliver’s former Sunday School teacher (Marion Ross), the Postables are surprised to discover they’ve been a part of more than one miracle on this Christmas Eve.
The Hallmark Channel original movie A Royal Christmas will debut on November 22 at 8 PM.
A young working girl (Lacey Chabert from Party of Five) with a blue-collar background is surprised when her new fiancé announces he is actually a prince of a small sovereign country in Europe. After the couple quickly takes off to spend the holidays at his family’s sprawling, royal castle, she must work hard to win over her disapproving and unaccepting future mother-in-law—the Queen (Jane Seymour) —and find out if love truly can conquer all.
State of Affairs to debut on NBC on November 17 at 10 PM, taking over the time-slot from The Blacklist, which goes on hiatus.
Each day the President is faced with dozens of life and death decisions, and to prioritize the biggest international crises facing the country, one top CIA analyst – Charleston Tucker (Katherine Heigl from Grey’s Anatomy) – assembles the President’s Daily Briefing (PDB).
This list of the most vital security issues facing the nation brings with it moral and political judgment calls for Charleston and her trusted group of brilliant analysts at the agency. Aside from the political minefields she has to walk, Charlie has a close personal relationship with the President (Alfre Woodard) because she was once engaged to her son before a tragic terrorist attack took his life. Charlie survived that attack and is now determined to bring the perpetrators to justice.
The cast includes Leslie Odom, Jr. (Smash) and Adam Kaufman (Without a Trace).
On November 16, the UP Channel original movie Paper Angels will debut at 7 PM.
Abused wife Lynn (Josie Bissett from Melrose Place), leaves her alcoholic husband Darryl (Russell Porter), with her two kids, Thomas and Sara, moving to another town where she works as a waitress to make ends meet. In that same town, we meet Kevin (Matthew Settle from Gossip Girl), whose Marketing & Design company is on the brink of shutting down due to the economy.
Plus, Kevin’s wife Jenny (Kendra Anderson) is in a difficult pregnancy with twins. Thomas starts a new school and becomes the target of a bully who is threatened by how well he plays basketball. Unable to join the high school team, Thomas goes to the community center where he meets Kevin and the two of them become unlikely friends through pickup basketball games. Little do they know the tremendous impact they will have on each other’s families this Christmas through The Salvation Army’s Angel Tree Program.
The Hallmark Channel original movie Angels and Ornaments will debut on November 16 at 8 PM.
Corrine’s (Jessalyn Gilsig from Glee) holiday season gets an unexpected dose of romance when she meets the mysterious Harold, who is on a deadline from a higher power to help Corrine find her true love by Christmas Eve. As the clock ticks down to Harold’s deadline, Corrine must decide if she will open up to Christmas love.
On November 15, the eight-part mini-series The Missing will debut on Starz at 9 PM.
The series centers on the psychological fallout and ensuing years-long manhunt resulting from the sudden disappearance of five-year-old Oliver Hughes while on holiday with his parents in France in 2006.
The cast includes James Nesbitt (The Hobbit trilogy), Tcheky Karyo (Goldeneye) and Frances O’Connor (Timeline and Mr. Selfridge).
The Hallmark Channel movie Northpole will debut on November 15 at 8 PM.
Northpole, the magical city where Santa and his elves live and work is in trouble. Families around the globe have gotten too busy to enjoy the season together, and Northpole depends on their holiday happiness to keep running. In the hopes of turning things around, a determined young elf befriends a little boy with a lot of spirit. His skeptical journalist mom doesn’t have room in her heart for anything but the facts, so it’s going to take a little nudge from his charming teacher to create an unbeatable Christmas team to turn around this town and share the importance of the season with the whole world.
The cast includes Tiffani Thiessen (White Collar), Josh Hopkins (Cougar Town), Bailee Madison (Once Upon a Time), Max Charles (The Amazing Spider-Man and Neighbors) and legendary actors Robert Wagner and Jill St. John.
On November 9, the Hallmark Channel movie A Cookie Cutter Christmas will debut at 8 PM.
Christie Reynolds (Erin Krakow from When Calls the Heart) and Penny Miller (Miranda Frigon from Primeval: New World) have been archrivals ever since a memorable fight over a coveted Christmas recital solo in elementary school. Now adults, they work side-by-side at the same school where they still constantly compete over everything. As the holiday season approaches, the entire school is getting into the spirit with the annual fundraising festival, which will feature an exciting new event—a teacher Christmas Cookie Bake-Off, judged by a tough five-star chef, Chef Krueger (Alan Thicke).
Penny and Christie immediately clash over the contest, both wanting to beat the other to win the grand prize, a free class trip. Christie, however, is hopeless in the kitchen, despite help from her mom, Bev. She doesn’t think she has a chance—until she meets James (David Haydn-Jones from Dear Santa), a new student’s handsome and sweet single dad. In addition to running a charitable shelter, James is also an excellent cook. As both Christie and Penny vie for James’s attention in yet another aggressive battle, Christie starts to tutor his precious, kindhearted daughter Lily and gets to know James outside of school.
As their relationship starts to deepen, and James’ baking expertise guides Christie’s cookie creations, Christie’s competitive edge starts to soften. But at the final bake-off challenge, James is finally caught in the middle of Christie and Penny’s petty feud, and Christie comes to realize life’s most rewarding prizes don’t come with a trophy.
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