Here is a list of programming options to expect on TV this coming week:
On December 14, Empire will air its season three finale at 8 PM on FOX followed by the sneak peek premiere of the new drama Star will air at 9 PM. The new drama Star follows three talented young singers – desperate for a new start and with ambitions of stardom – as they navigate the cut-throat music business. The cast includes Queen Latifah and Benjamin Bratt as well as newcomers Jude Demorest, Ryan Destiny, Brittany O’Grady and Amiyah Scott. Star will move to its regular time slot on January 4.
The second season of the Amazon streaming series The Man in the High Castle will air online on December 16.
On December 17, the latest holiday movie My Christmas Love will debut at 8 PM on the Hallmark Channel. A hopeless romantic who never seems to give a guy a fair chance starts receiving each gift from the song “The 12 Days of Christmas” compliments of an anonymous benefactor. She tries to solve the mystery with the help of her inner circle, including her sister who’s about to have a Christmas wedding, to see if there’s a suitor on the other end that will finally live up to her expectations. The cast includes Meredith Hagner (Royal Pains), Bobby Campo (Scream: The TV Series) and Gregory Harrison (Rizzoli & Isles).
The Hallmark Channel movie Sleigh Bells Ring will debut on December 18 at 8 PM. Laurel is in charge of her hometown’s Christmas parade, and with budget cuts, she’s having trouble making it a special event this year and, after a recent divorce, getting into the holiday spirit. When she and her daughter Scarlett cross paths with a lone farmer who has a sleigh that he claims came from Santa crash-landing on his property years ago, they are both skeptical. But the sleigh would make a great addition to the parade if it could be restored. When the farmer gives Laurel the sleigh for the parade, her ‘luck’ slowly changes.
Also on December 18, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie A Christmas to Remember will debut at 9 PM. A harsh TV personality, Jennifer, needs a break from her own life, so she hops into a car and drives to a small town mountain retreat. On her way there a blizzard veers off the road and she crashes. When she comes to she has complete amnesia and a friendly passerby takes her in. As time passes she still doesn’t remember who she is and the friendly passerby, a widower himself with 3 kids, assimilates her into his family. But as she slowly starts remembering who she is, she prefers the new life she’s built in the small town. The cast includes Mira Sorvino and Cameron Mathison.
Part 2 of the PBS three-part mini-series The Hollow Crown: The War of the Roses will premiere with Henry VI, Part Two airing on December 18 at 9 PM. Bitter rivalries erupt into the Wars of the Roses. The feeble King Henry is overshadowed by Queen Margaret and her faction of Lancastrian Lords, his reign further undermined by disaffected nobles supporting the House of York. Battle and bloodshed ensues and the Yorkists triumph. Edward IV takes the thrown, but his youngest brother Richard has his eyes firmly on the crown. The cast includes Tom Sturridge, Sophie Okonedo and Keeley Hawes (Durrells in Corfu).
Mark your calendars!
