Overview
- Hallmark leans on its well-worn formula with a heavy slate this year, planning 27 new Christmas telefilms and citing about 80 million U.S. viewers annually, while Lifetime fields a dozen titles.
- Netflix’s Una Navidad ex-cepcional, featuring Alicia Silverstone, quickly rose to third place in the platform’s global ranking after its release.
- Major services refresh December lineups with staples such as Home Alone, The Holiday, Elf, The Polar Express, The Grinch, Love Actually and Klaus across Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max and Prime Video.
- Free, legal options expand access, with Pluto TV’s 24/7 holiday channel, Tubi’s seasonal collection and full-length titles available on YouTube.
- Seasonal offerings continue to widen beyond romantic crowd-pleasers, with platforms highlighting holiday-themed horror and offbeat picks including Gremlins, Krampus and other recent genre entries.