Kiernan Shipka) has her hands full when Chilling Adventures of Sabrina returns to Netflix on New Year's Eve with its fourth and final installment.
Kiernan Shipka) has her hands full when Chilling Adventures of Sabrina returns to Netflix on New Year's Eve with its fourth and final installment.
Vikings Season 6 Part 2 is coming back soon... but not on History Channel.
The Office moves to Peacock on Jan. 1, now with bonus "superfan episodes." Meanwhile, all eight seasons of How I Met Your Mother head to Amazon at the start of the year. If you're one of the many who became addicted to Cobra Kai when it moved to Netflix (or you're an OG fan from the series' YouTube days), get ready for new episodes to arrive on Jan.
ESPN will air a lion's share of the bowl games, with ABC and CBS picking up a few of the later games. That means a cable subscription will be most useful when seeing who take home college rings this year.
[Warning: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of Bridgerton. Read at your own risk!]Just when all hope seemed to be lost for the turbulent year that has been 2020, Netflix showed up with the wonderful Christmas surprise that was Bridgerton — an eight-episode adaptation of the first novel in Julia Quinn's novel series of the same name, executive produced by Shonda Rhimes and helmed by her protégé Chris Van Dusen. It's the steamiest show that Rhimes has put her name on, and that's saying
Note: With the coronavirus pandemic delaying production on several shows, many of our picks below come with an asterisk as we don't know for sure that they'll be out in 2021. Premieres Thursday, Jan 7 on NBCIn recent years, NBC's must-see Thursday night sitcoms have been coming in bits and pieces rather than a full-fledged block, but two people who have been huge parts of NBC's glory days of yore — Cheers' and The Good Place's Ted Danson and 30 Rock's Tina Fey — are hoping to build a foundation
Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash in which his teenage daughter Gianna also perished. Naya Rivera's death by drowning shocked everyone as we learned how she protected her son and lost her own life in doing so.
Teenage Bounty Hunters and One Day at a Time or went out on their terms like The Good Place and Schitt's Creek. Adding insult to injury, some series were even "un-renewed" this year — including, most painfully, Netflix's GLOW, which was already filming its fourth and final season when production was shut down in the spring. Now, thanks to what Netflix called the challenges of "shooting this physically intimate show with its large ensemble," that fourth season will never be finished.
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[Warning: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of Bridgerton. Read at your own risk!]Just when all hope seemed to be lost for the turbulent year that has been 2020, Netflix showed up with the wonderful Christmas surprise that was Bridgerton — an eight-episode adaptation of the first novel in Julia Quinn's novel series of the same name, executive produced by Shonda Rhimes and helmed by her protégé Chris Van Dusen. It's the steamiest show that Rhimes has put her name on, and that's saying
at midnight ET on Friday, Jan. 1. Check out how to watch the ball drop in Times Square on New Years Eve, wherever you are. If you're without cable and want a no-fuss way to watch the ball drop, you can watch the livestream on NewYorkTimesSquare.org.
Wonder Woman: 1984 day! The highly anticipated sequel to the 2017 blockbuster Wonder Woman is officially in theaters, but because of the coronavirus pandemic, fans can also watch the new movie from the comfort of home — you'll just need HBO Max to watch the new chapter of the Wonder Woman saga. Wonder Woman: 1984 officially became available to stream on Dec. 25 at noon ET/9 a.m. PT. The title will be available for a month at no extra cost to HBO Max subscribers.
[Warning: The following contains light spoilers for Season 1 of Bridgerton. Read at your own risk!] Hello, if you are here, we presume that you have discovered the delightfully delicious Bridgerton on Netflix.
Soul, the newest production from Pixar Studios. The film was originally scheduled to premiere at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival before debuting in theaters Nov.
Bridgerton, the new Netflix period drama about high society in London, wastes little time showing that it's a Shonda Rhimes-backed series — there are dramatic cliffhangers, scandalous romances, and gossipers galore. It is catnip for fans of the mega-producer's hugely popular series like Grey's Anatomy and Scandal.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer? The beloved stop-motion TV special will air many times this holiday season, so you have plenty of chances to watch it on both CBS and Freeform. And don't forget to sing along to the classic carol! Telecast every year since its debut in 1964, the holiday special, which includes the famous title tune as well as "Holly Jolly Christmas" and "We're a Couple of Misfits," will air on both CBS and Freeform this year.
A Christmas Story was released, but this charming tale remains a holiday essential and a familiar favorite. Adapted from Jean Shepherd's short stories, the 1983 vignette-style film journeys back to the Christmas when then-9-year-old Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) wanted nothing more than a grand new Red Ryder BB gun to show up under the tree, despite some alarming protests from certain adults in his life.
Grey's Anatomy mastermind Shonda Rhimes, Bridgerton. And if you start the final season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina by noon on Thursday, you'll have plenty of time left to ring in the New Year and spoil the series finale before the ball drops. All titles debut on Friday, Dec.
A Charlie Brown Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas to Hallmark's Christmas lineup. And don't forget the content over at Netflix and Disney+, each of which has an impressive streaming library along with new specials and movies to get you into the spirit of the season.
Lupin (Neflix)Premiere Date: Jan. 8Book: Arsene Lupin: The Gentleman Thief by Maurice LeblancOmar Sy stars in this modern-day crime/heist drama inspired by the turn-of-the-century adventure stories of Arsène Lupin, an aristocratic burglar who targets the rich and powerful.
[Warning: The following contains spoilers for the Season 16 finale of The Bachelorette. Read at your own risk!]"What do I do with that?" says Tayshia Adams to her Bachelorette producers when Ben shows up on her doorstep to profess his love for her after being dumped, but it is also me to my television once Tayshia says she's confused about Ben showing up on her doorstep to profess his love for her after being dumped but then MAKES OUT WITH BEN.
After We Collided, the romantic sequel to 2019's After, taking the No. 1 spot, bumping How the Grinch Stole Christmas to No.
Macaulay Culkin run circles around dim-witted robbers, catch Chevy Chase as he causes a city blackout with faulty Christmas lights, or follow Jack Skellington's journey to save Santa Claus. Whatever your pleasure, Amazon Prime is the place to go this season. There are old-time winter wonderland favorites alongside a few holiday gems you might've missed the first time around.
massive collection of recommendations, or our list of suggestions of what to watch next based on shows you already like. (Disclosure: Links to retailers may earn money to support our work.) Named for the classic 1984 song by Wham! we all know and love, this romcom stars Emilia Clarke as Kate Andrich, a young Londoner who aspires to be a singer while working as an elf in a year-round Christmas store.
massive collection of recommendations, or our list of suggestions of what to watch next based on shows you already like. (Disclosure: Links to retailers may earn money to support our work.) "No matter who you are, no matter what you do, the magic lives inside of you." If you love the magic, music, and miracles of the holiday season, then Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey has it all.
Hulu has a pretty solid collection of holiday movies, and the list expands even more if you have the streamer's premium subscriptions to Live TV, HBO Max, Showtime, or Starz. For our picks of the best holiday movies on Hulu, though, you don't need anything more than the base subscription.Though holiday movies can span all genres, the selection on Hulu is largely the cheesy romance films that are perfect for watching when you want a good happy cry or just need a pick-me-up.
Disney Plus has tons to enjoy — old and new — that you can watch right now. If you're looking for more things to watch, you can also look at our massive collection of recommendations, or our list of suggestions of what to watch next based on shows you already like. (Disclosure: Links to retailers may earn money to support our work.) Starring Anna Kendrick and Bill Hader, Noelle is a magical tale of the Kringle family.
Note: With the coronavirus pandemic delaying production on several shows, many of our picks below come with an asterisk as we don't know for sure that they'll be out in 2021. Premieres Thursday, Jan 7 on NBCIn recent years, NBC's must-see Thursday night sitcoms have been coming in bits and pieces rather than a full-fledged block, but two people who have been huge parts of NBC's glory days of yore — Cheers' and The Good Place's Ted Danson and 30 Rock's Tina Fey — are hoping to build a foundation
How the Grinch Stole Christmas taking over the No. 1 spot, which is fitting, while the recently added Ariana Grande concert doc Excuse Me, I Love You comes in second.
Soul, the newest production from Pixar Studios. The film was originally scheduled to premiere at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival before debuting in theaters Nov.
Wonder Woman: 1984, The highly-anticipated sequel to the 2017 blockbuster Wonder Woman will be heading to theaters but because of the coronavirus pandemic, fans can watch the new movie from the comfort of home - you'll just need HBOMax to watch the new chapter of the Wonder Woman saga. Look for Wonder Woman: 1984 when it premieres December 25 on HBOMax at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. ET. The title will be available for a month at no extra cost to HBO Max subscribers.
The Office moves to Peacock on Jan. 1, now with bonus "superfan episodes." Meanwhile, all eight seasons of How I Met Your Mother head to Amazon at the start of the year. If you're one of the many who became addicted to Cobra Kai when it moved to Netflix (or you're an OG fan from the series' YouTube days), get ready for new episodes to arrive on Jan.
Bridgerton's first episode to recognize all the makings of a Shonda Rhimes-backed series — dramatic cliffhangers, scandalous romances, and gossipers galore. It is catnip for fans of the mega-producer's hugely popular series like Grey's Anatomy and Scandal.
Monk was right: It's a jungle out there. And if you've spent the past few months watching each and every one of Monk's 125 episodes with a dedication that would make the good detective proud, the only thing scarier than the outside world might be figuring out what to watch next.
Regina King's directorial debut, the film One Night in Miami, which imagines a meeting between Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree), Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge), and Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.) in a Miami hotel room in 1964, immediately after Ali's title win over Sonny Liston.
Look Who's Talking and Austin Powers movies. If you're a fan of retro TV, be sure to check out HGTV's A Very Brady Renovation, in which the actual house in North Hollywood, California gets an update and expansion with all the grown-up Brady kids participating in the reno with the Property Brothers. There's also a terrific Hulu original film, Derek Delgaudio's In and Of Itself, which at first seems to be a show about magic but turns out to be about so much more than that.