December TV Has Holiday Highlights But So Much More

For a country that practically invented romance, it’s surprising that there hasn’t been an installment of "Love Is Blind," the show where people vow to marry sight unseen — until now. This season, we travel to Italy to find out if l’amore is really cieco.

When you think of the five families of New York, the Christmas tree salesmen of the boroughs probably aren’t what come to mind. This documentary interviews and follows the frenemies through the holiday season, selling joy to New Yorkers. We’re betting no one sleeps with the fishes out of this crew.

We love it when Dave stops by for a chat, and this time, it’s an intimate conversation with Adam Sandler. They’ll discuss his career, from "SNL" to his film career and hopefully have some laughs along the way.

Alexandra Breckenridge ("Virgin River") stars in this holiday rom-com about a woman who poses as Santa at a ski resort to score free lessons for her daughter. It all goes awry when she falls for the resort’s charming manager.

When a stressed-out mom (Michelle Pfeiffer) goes unappreciated for all she does to makes the holidays merry, she slips away on a road trip to leave her family to fend for themselves. The cast includes Felicity Jones, Denis Leary, Chloë Grace Moretz, Danielle Brooks, Maude Apatow, Jason Schwartzman, Eva Longoria and Joan Chen.

Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey are dueling matriarchs in Washington Territory, 1854, in this new western series. Kurt Sutter ("Sons of Anarchy") created the action-packed project back in 2021.

Tracing the short but impactful career of music icon Jeff Buckley, this documentary shows behind-the-scenes new footage of Buckley, plus interviews with those who knew him well.

Greg Heffley is trying to get his act together before his father sends him to wilderness camp. Can he get on the right track with his dad in this new animated movie, based on the beloved book series?

In this dramedy film, George Clooney plays an aging, successful actor named Jay Kelly who goes on a road trip with his manager (Adam Sandler) after having an emotional crisis. Noah Baumbach directs, and Clooney and Sandler’s co-stars include Laura Dern, Riley Keough, Billy Crudup, Greta Gerwig, Patrick Wilson, Isla Fisher, Stacy Keach, Eve Hewson and Jim Broadbent.

In a collab between Crunchlabs and Sesame Workshop, Mark Rober (a NASA-trained engineer and Youtube star) teams up with Elmo to build gifts for his friends. It’s a cute holiday special, it has educational STEM content and it has Muppets — what more could we ask for?

A dog is down in the dumps when his owners (Zooey Deschanel and Charlie Cox) break up. Merv-the-dog parent-traps them into reuniting during a holiday getaway in this sweet rom-com.

Percy, son of Poseidon, heads out on another adventure in the second season of this YA series. This time, he heads into the Sea of Monsters in search of the Golden Fleece, along with his best friends, Annabeth, Clarisse and Tyson, his cyclops half-brother.

Detective Benoit Blanc is back for a third "Knives Out" film, this time helping a young priest investigate a crime at a small church. The incredible cast includes Andrew Scott, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Thomas Haden Church, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin and Josh O’Connor.

The other series based on a post-apocalyptic video game; this one stars Walton Goggins and Ella Purnell as citizens navigating a weird world outside their fallout shelters.

In Season 5, Emily is enjoying Rome so much that the rest of the gang joins her there. How will Paris go on without them?

1975 was a banner year for film, largely due to the societal changes happening that influenced the films. In this documentary by Morgan Neville, the movies and the times that made them are discussed by the likes of Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, Albert Brooks, Seth Rogen and Patton Oswalt. Jodie Foster provides the film’s narration.

Kate Winslet makes her directorial debut with this family-drama film about a group of siblings coming to terms with their mother’s (Helen Mirren) impending death. The film was written by Winslet’s son, Joe Anders.

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has been breaking stories of government cover-ups since the Vietnam war. This documentary turns the focus to him, his career and the power of journalism.

Simu Liu stars in this espionage thriller series as Alexander Hale, an intelligence analyst whose brain has been hacked. He must flush out the perpetrators, without giving his next moves away. Brian D'Arcy, and Melissa Barrera also star.