By Rick Gables
Hallmark Channel will premiere its new original movie A Cheerful Christmas, starring Erica Deutschman and Chad Connell, on Sunday, Dec. 15, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Lauren and her best friend Colleen (Tianna Nori) have established the business of their dreams: making people’s Yuletide wishes come true as personal “Christmas Coaches.” Four years to the day after signing their first client, the partners score a major coup when they are hired by the Anderson family, wealthy British royals who have relocated to America from London. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are currently in London and not expected back until Dec. 23. Working with the handsome, impeccably mannered son James, Lauren opens him up to enjoying the seasonal activities he grew up loving. Will the planned events provide the Anderson family with the best Christmas ever and will Lauren win James’ Heart?
NBC will air its Holidays with the Houghs special on Monday, Dec. 16, at 10 p.m. ET/PT, featuring brother and sister and Emmy® Awardwinning choreographers Derek and Julianne Hough, with show-stopping musical and dance performances. The duo’s friendly sibling rivalry will be on full display as they compete in putting their own spin on holiday classics, share family
holiday traditions and create new ones for seasons to come. In addition, there will be special appearances by today’s top recording artists, comedy sketches, heartwarming surprises and celebrity friends dropping by.
Emmy® award-winning Live in Front of a Studio Audience returns to ABC on Wednesday, Dec. 18, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, with newly recreated, live installments of Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin’s Emmy® Award-winning series All in the Family and groundbreaking sitcom Good Times, created by Mike Evans, Eric Monte and developed by Lear. The holiday-inspired live event will reunite executive producers Norman Lear, Jimmy Kimmel, Brent Miller, Will Ferrell, Justin Theroux. Kerry Washington.
A&E will air a 2-part year-end look at the top 40 moments of 2019 from Live PD, hosted by Tom Morris Jr., on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 20 and 21, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The series showcases the policing of America, following diverse police departments from across the country in real time as they patrol their communities.