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On November 20, the Netflix holiday movie The Merry Gentlemen will debut online.
To save the Rhythm Room, her parents’ small-town performing arts venue, a former big-city dancer (Britt Robertson) stages an all-male, Christmas-themed revue.
The ensemble cast includes Chad Michael Murray, Marla Sokoloff, Beth Broderick, Michael Gross, Coles Prattes and Maxwell Caulfield.
Here is a trailer for The Merry Gentlemen:
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On November 19, the behind-the-scenes NBC special Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked will air at 10 PM (ahead of the theatrical release on November 22).
The special features Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang and Marissa Bode, who all star in “Wicked,” as they share personal memories, intimate video diaries and revealing secrets about their personal journeys through the making of the Universal Pictures film. The special was filmed on the set of the film and will also include a scene from the film that has not yet been seen.
Here is a trailer for that behind-the-scenes special:
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On November 19, the action-comedy Interior Chinatown will debut online on Hulu.
Based on Charles Yu’s award-winning book of the same name, the show follows the story of Willis Wu (Jimmy O. Yang), a background character trapped in a police procedural called Black & White.
Relegated to the background, Willis goes through the motions of his on-screen job, waiting tables and dreaming about a whole world beyond Chinatown.
When he inadvertently becomes a witness to a crime, Willis begins to unravel a criminal web in Chinatown, his family’s buried history, and what it feels like to be in the spotlight.
The cast includes Chloe Bennet, Archie Kao, Diana Lin, Lisa Gilroy, Ronny Chieng and Sullivan Jones.
Here is a trailer for Interior Chinatown:
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On November 18, the Roku Channel movie Jingle Bell Love will debut online.
The film follows Jack Cooper (Joey McIntyre) as he visits his late wife’s hometown for Christmas — and he gets more than he bargained for when his determined daughter decides to match him up with a charming local shop owner (Michelle Morgan).
Here is a trailer for Jingle Bell Love:
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Confessions of a Christmas Letter is the newest holiday movie set to debut on the Hallmark Channel on November 17 at 8 PM.
Settie Rose (Angela Kinsey), a quirky family matriarch, enters her town’s annual holiday letter-writing contest but needs help, so she hires struggling novelist Juan (Alec Santos) to craft the perfect letter.
When a mix- up leads to the rumor that Juan is engaged to Settie’s daughter Lily (Lillian Doucet- Roche), the whole family scrambles to keep up the charade. As Juan bonds with the Roses and overcomes his writer’s block, Settie learns that embracing her imperfect family is what truly makes her story special.
Here is a trailer for Confessions of a Christmas Letter:
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On November 17, the Lifetime movie Holiday in Happy Hollow will debut at 8 PM.
Real estate developer Gracie’s (Tamara Almeida) ambitious new project faces an unexpected roadblock when she stumbles upon a quirky detail from the past: the charming Christmas tree farm she has purchased once raffled off tiny one-foot deeds to local families, each holding a sentimental piece of the land. To salvage her vision, she must team up with local historian Jack (Cody Ray Thompson), embarking on a heartfelt quest to track down these families and persuade them to part with their cherished slices of the farm.
There is no trailer for Holiday in Happy Hollow, unfortunately.
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The UPtv holiday movie A Very English Christmas will debut on November 17 at 7 PM.
Christmas in the English countryside wasn’t in Emma’s (Kimberley Nixon) plans until her sister, Amy (Poppy Gilbert), plans her wedding for Christmas eve. Dylan (Lewis Griffiths), Amy’s co-Christmas market owner, teams up with Emma to bring order to the whirlwind wedding.
Here is a trailer for A Very English Christmas:
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On November 17, the holiday movie A Cozy Christmas Quilt will debut on Great American Family at 8 PM.
Harmon Walsh (Liam Sullivan), a firefighter, and Ferelith Young (Amy Walker), a quilting teacher, are drawn together to make the perfect quilt for Liam’s sister Lauren’s (Alia Desantis) Christmas wedding. After a rocky start, the pair is forced to put differences aside and decide what is most important this Christmas.
Here is a trailer for A Cozy Christmas Quilt (formerly known as The Fabric of Christmas):
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The new Taylor Sheridan drama Landman will debut online on November 17 on Paramount+.
Set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas, the series is a modern-day tale of fortune seeking in the world of oil rigs.
It’s an upstairs/downstairs story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires fueling a boom so big, it’s reshaping our climate, our economy and our geopolitics.
The ensemble cast includes Billy Bob Thornton, Ali Larter, Kayla Wallace, Jacob Lofland, James Jordan, Michelle Randolph, Mark Collie, Paulina Chavez, Andy Garcia, Demi Moore, Michael Pena and Jon Hamm.
Here is a trailer for Landman:
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On November 17, the new series Dune: Prophecy will debut on HBO at 9 PM.
The series, created by acclaimed author Frank Herbert, and set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit.
Among the ensemble cast is Emily Watson, Jodhi May, Mark Strong, Olivia Williams, Travis Fimmel and Yerin Ha.
Here is a trailer for Dune: Prophecy:
The series will also debut online on Max today.
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