‘The Netflix Afterparty’ Sets December Special (TV News Roundup)

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Eli Countryman In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix shared a trailer for the “Pretend It’s a City'” docuseries about Fran Lebowitz, and Starz offered a teaser video for “Power Book III: Raising Kanan.”Bravo announced plans to bring new series “Below Deck Galley Talk” to television with a 7 p.m. premiere on Jan. 1.

Janet W. Lee In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix unveiled a trailer for “History of Swear Words,” and Fox released a trailer for “Call Me Kat.”Netflix unveiled a trailer for its upcoming series, “History of Swear Words,” set for release on Jan.

Eli Countryman In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix unveiled the premiere date for “Death to 2020,” and HBO Max announced the Season 3 premiere date for “Gomorrah.”HBO Max announced plans to drop the entirety of “Gomorrah” Season 3 on Jan. 21, foregoing the typical waterfall release schedule of the prior seasons.

WATCH: The moment Georgia Love picked Lee Elliot in The Bachelorette finaleReality stars Georgia Love and Lee Elliot were right there with the best of them.The loved up Bachelorette pair were supposed to celebrate their wedding with an Italian fiesta like no other. COVID-19 obviously saw to that (or the lack thereof).

Eli Countryman In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix renewed “Virgin River” for season 3, and Fox announced the premiere date for “The Great North.”Netflix has renewed “Virgin River” for a 10-episode third season. The show follows a midwife and nurse (Alexandra Breckenridge) who relocates to a California town and becomes entrenched in the lives of the townspeople as drama unfolds.

Eli Countryman In today’s TV news roundup, Peacock has made various titles from Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud Network available, and HBO Max renewed “12 Dates of Christmas” for a second season.HBO Max revealed that “Red Bird Lane” has added Crispin Glover to its cast of series regulars, while James Urbaniak, Jamie Clayton, Rya Kihlstedt, Grantham Coleman and Damon Dayoub are set to guest star. Recurring guest stars include .

Eli Countryman In today’s TV news roundup, Showtime announced the premiere date for Season 3 of “Desus & Mero,” and Rooster Teeth and All Elite Wrestling unveiled plans for a podcast premiering Jan. 18.Showtime revealed that “Desus & Mero” will return for Season 3 on Jan. 31.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix has announced an original documentary series based on “Sharing the Wisdom of Time,” the award-winning book written by Pope Francis.The series will recount tales of elders and their lived experiences, told through the eyes of the younger generation.

Natalie Oganesyan editorIn today’s TV news roundup, HBO Max unveiled the teaser trailer for the fourth season of its original dark comedy “Search Party” and production company Sister acquired the exclusive rights to adapt Lydia Millet’s critically-acclaimed novel “A Children’s Bible” to a limited series.HBO Max Original “Search Party,” which will debut its fourth season Jan. 14, released a teaser trailer.

Kevin Hart’s latest Netflix comedy special is drawing record viewership for the streaming giant. More than 21 million Netflix members have watched Kevin Hart: Zero F**ks Given since its November 17 premiere, making it the No. 1 comedy special on the streamer this year, according to Netflix.

Eli Countryman In today’s TV news roundup, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” introduces a Season 13 twist, and Karamo Brown, Tony Hawk and Leslie Jones are set to compete on “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune.”Contestants announced for “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” will include Karamo Brown, Yvette Nicole Brown, Nicole Byer, Drew Carey, Rachael Leigh Cook, Jennie Garth, Chris Harrison, Teri Hatcher, Tony Hawk, Robert Herjavec, Leslie Jones, Jeannie Mai, Joel McHale, Maria Menounos, Chrissy Metz, Kevin Nealon, Patto

Janet W. Lee In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix unveiled a clip from “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” featuring Beth Broderick and Caroline Rhea, and Apple TV Plus released a trailer for “Dickinson” Season 2.Netflix released a clip from Part 4 of “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” that sees Beth Broderick and Caroline Rhea reprising their “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” roles as Aunt Zelda and Aunt Hilda, respectively.

Netflix will team with producer DeVonFranklin on a faith-based feature that is inspired by a real-life COVID-19 recovery. The project is based on the story of a pastor from Northern Ireland, Lee McClelland, who was hospitalized with COVID-19 in the spring.

Of all the shows that could have released a Christmas special this year, perhaps the least likely candidate was HBO’s “Euphoria.” For all its glitter, Sam Levinson’s decidedly nihilistic Gen Z drama is hardly the pinnacle of cheer. In the show’s hypnotic, chaotic first season, its teenage ensemble grappled with substance abuse, violence, codependency, and rape culture.

Eli Countryman In today’s TV news roundup, The CW shared first look images of Tyler Hoechlin in his Superman costume for “Superman & Lois,” and Netflix and Headspace announced three upcoming projects on meditation and sleep.Showtime announced that Rosie O’Donnell, Donald Faison and Griffin Dunne will guest star on episodes of “The L Word: Generation Q” for its upcoming Season 2.

Natalie Oganesyan editorIn today’s TV news roundup, CBS released the premiere date and teaser for its long-awaited drama “Clarice,” and OWN announced the recurring cast and directors for Season 2 of “David Makes Man.”OWN announced Tony Plana, Brittany S. Hall, Erica Luttrell, Zsané Jhé, Bobbi Baker, Patrice Arenas, Trinity Cidel, Brandi Huzzie, Rodney Gardiner and Janmarco Santiago would recur on Season 2 of “David Makes Man.” They join the previously-announced series regulars Kwame Patterson a

Natalie Oganesyan editorIn today’s TV news roundup, Hallmark Channel released its January programming slate, and the National Hispanic Media Coalition announced the graduates of its 2020 Series Scriptwriters Program.Hallmark Channel’s newly rebranded January programming event, “New Year New Movies!,” announced five movie premieres: “Taking a Shot at Love,” “A New Year’s Resolution,” “Two for the Win,” “Love in the Alps” and “Snowkissed.” Kicking off the event is “Taking a Shot at Love,” set to