DECEMBER 1 – HBO Max’s GOSSIP GIRL *Season 2 Premiere*
- In Season 2 of the HBO Max Original GOSSIP GIRL, it’s the second semester of Junior year, and Gossip Girl is leaving no stone unturned in her effort to control the scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite. She’s learned a thing or two from her first go-round, namely, what her audience wants, they shall get. It’s time for her to turn the heat up on what’s been simmering. Old enemies, new allies, constantly shifting sands…this semester, there can only be one queen, and by the end of the school year, everyone will know where the bodies are buried, and just who was holding the shovel. GOSSIP GIRL premieres on Thursday, Dec. 1 with two episodes, and follows a weekly release schedule, with new episodes dropping Thursdays.
DECEMBER 1 – HBO’s BRANSON *Docuseries Premiere*
- 16 days before Richard Branson is scheduled to make a potentially historic flight as the first passenger to reach space in his own spacecraft in July 2021, the billionaire entrepreneur sits down for a conversation with acclaimed filmmaker Chris Smith, in light of the risk that lies ahead. Smith ultimately takes audiences on an expansive and intimate 70-year journey, from Branson’s upbringing as the son of a spirited, tough-love mother in Britain, to his pursuits of extreme, personal daredevilry that serve both to grow his businesses’ brands, and feed his insatiable, lifelong thirst for high-stakes adventure. With added insight from family members, business associates, and journalists, and illustrated by decades of archival and home video footage, BRANSON reveals the ups and downs of a man driven by risk taking in both his business and personal life, reflecting on the costs and rewards of his lifelong, relentless optimism and boundary-pushing. The four-part docuseries debuts Thursday, Dec. 1 at 10 p.m. ET with subsequent episodes dropping Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET.
DECEMBER 2 – Crave Original COCAINE, PRISON & LIKES: ISABELLE’S TRUE STORY * Docuseries Premiere*
- This three-part Crave Original docuseries tells the astonishing story of Isabelle Lagacé and Mélina Roberge, who, while on a world cruise in 2016, were implicated in one of Australia’s largest-ever cocaine seizures. Now, back in Canada after spending several years behind bars in Australia, Isabelle Lagacé tells her story, detailing how she became a mule for an international drug trafficking network. All three episodes of the docuseries drop on Friday, Dec. 2 and are available to audiences in English and in French.
DECEMBER 2 – A HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS *Movie Premiere*
- Jessica is a young, up-and-coming filmmaker in Hollywood who has made a name for herself directing Christmas movies. But when handsome network executive Christopher shows up threatening to halt production on her latest movie, Jessica’s assistant, Reena, points out the irony: Jessica isn’t just trying to save her Christmas movie, she’s actually living in one! Jessica must now juggle all the classic tropes—actors falling in and out of love, a wayward elf dog, and her own stirring romantic feelings for her perceived nemesis—in order to get her movie and her life to their happy endings. Starring Jessika Van, Josh Swickard, Anissa Borrego, and Missi Pyle.
DECEMBER 2 – The Hunger Games Franchise
- Based on the book series of the same name by Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games franchise comes to STARZ. Starring Oscar®–winner Jennifer Lawrence, the blockbuster adaptation centres on a heroic young woman, Katiniss Everdeen, who leads her downtrodden people in a revolution against the status quo. All four films in the franchise – The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 – land on Crave on Friday, Dec. 2.
DECEMBER 4 – SHOWTIME’s GEORGE & TAMMY *Limited Series Premiere*
- Starring Oscar winner Jessica Chastain and Oscar nominee Michael Shannon, GEORGE & TAMMY chronicles the country music power couple, Tammy Wynette and George Jones, whose complicated, but enduring, relationship inspired some of the most iconic music of all time. Remembered as the “First Lady of Country Music,” Wynette’s most successful song “Stand by Your Man” remains one of the most iconic and best-selling country singles by a female artist. George Jones’ song “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” is still widely called the greatest country song of all time. With more than 30, number-one country songs between them, including duets “We’re Gonna Hold On,” “Golden Ring” and “Near You,” George and Tammy’s legacy, both musically and romantically, remains one of the greatest love stories ever told. Following its debut Sunday, Dec. 4 at 9 p.m. ET, this six-part series follows a weekly release schedule with new episodes streaming Fridays.
DECEMBER 5 – HBO’s HIS DARK MATERIALS *Season 3 Premiere*
- The HBO Original series HIS DARK MATERIALS follows young orphan Lyra (Dafne Keen) on an incredible adventure into a parallel world where a human’s soul exists outside one’s body, in the form of a talking animal. In the eight-episode, third and final season, Lyra, the prophesied child, and Will (Amir Wilson), the bearer of The Subtle Knife, must journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned. As her father’s great war against the Authority edges closer, they will learn that saving the worlds comes at a terrible price. Based on “The Amber Spyglass,” the final novel in Philip Pullman’s award-winning trilogy, Season 3 debuts Monday, Dec. 5 at 9 p.m. ET with two back-to-back episodes, and follows a weekly release schedule, with two, new episodes dropping weekly on Mondays at 9 p.m. ET, leading up to the season finale on 26.
DECEMBER 6 – HBO’s UNVEILED: SURVIVING LA LUZ DEL MUNDO *Docuseries Premiere*
- The HBO Original three-part documentary series UNVEILED: SURVIVING LA LUZ DEL MUNDO, explores the horrifying, yet relatively unknown story of the Christian church La Luz del Mundo (LLDM), and the sexual abuse that scores of members, many of them minors, say they have suffered at the hands of its successive leaders, known as the “Apostles.” Told from the point of view of the survivors who met on Reddit to share their stories of abuse, the series chronicles the history of one of the most powerful religious groups not only in Mexico where it was founded, but also in the United States, while giving voice to the men and women who were brave enough to stand up and call out the heinous crimes. All three episodes drop Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 9 p.m. ET.
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Complete listings for the week of Dec. 1-7
*All Programming Subject to Change
HBO and HBO Max Programming
HBO Max Series
GOSSIP GIRL (2021), Season 2, Episode 1-2 *Season Premiere* (December 1)
HBO Max Series
THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS, Season 2, Episode 5-6 (December 1)
HBO Series
BRANSON, Episode 1 *Premiere* (December 1 at 10 p.m. ET)
HBO Series
WE’RE HERE, Season 3, Episode 2 (December 2 at 10 p.m. ET)
HBO Series
THE WHITE LOTUS, Season 2, Episode 6 (December 4 at 9 p.m. ET)
HBO Series
HIS DARK MATERIALS, Season 3, Episode 1-2 *Season Premiere* (December 5 at 9 p.m. ET)
HBO Series
UNVEILED: SURVIVING LA LUZ MUNDO, Episode 1-3 *Series Premiere* (December 6 at 9 p.m. ET)
HBO Series
SHAQ, Episode 3 (December 7 at 9 p.m. ET)
Movies
A HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS (December 2)
THE POWERPUFF GIRLS MOVIE (December 2)
A LITTLE PRINCESS (December 2)
SUNDOWN (December 2)
TITANIC (December 2)
SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (December 2)
SPIDER-MAN (December 2)
SPIDER-MAN 2 (December 2)
SPIDER-MAN 3 (December 2)
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (December 2)
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (December 2)
Crave Original Docuseries
COCAINE, PRISON & LIKES: ISABELLE’S TRUE STORY, Episode 1-3 *Canadian Title* (December 2)
A BIG FAT FAMILY CHRISTMAS *Canadian Title* (December 3)
A CHRISTMAS… PRESENT (December 4)
I’M GLAD IT’S CHRISTMAS *Canadian Title* (December 5)
SHOWTIME Programming
DIO: DREAMERS NEVER DIE *Documentary Premiere* (December 1)
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, Season 1, Episode 9 (December 2)
THE L WORD: GENERATION Q, Season 3, Episode 3 (December 2)
ZIWE, Season 2B, Episode 9 (December 2)
MATT ROGERS: HAVE YOU HEARD OF CHRISTMAS? (December 2)
GEORGE & TAMMY, Episode 1 *Premiere* (December 4 at 9 p.m. ET)
STARZ Programming
1UP (December 2)
THE HUNGER GAMES (December 2)
THE HUNGER GAMES CATCHING FIRE (December 2)
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY- PART 1(December 2)
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKING JAY- PART 2 (December 2)
DEEP (December 2)
HEDGEHOGS (December 2)
THE POWERPUFF GIRLS MOVIE (December 2)
A LITTLE PRINCESS (December 2)
DANGEROUS LIAISONS, Season 1, Episode 5 (December 4)
STEP UP, Season 3, Episode 8 (December 4)
THE BMF DOCUMENTARY: BLOWING MONEY FAST, Season 1, Episode 7 (December 4)
More Riveting TV to Watch
STAR TREK: PRODIGY, Season 1B, Episode 6 (December 1)
W5, Season 57, Episode 9 *Canadian Title* (December 2)
JEFF DUNHAM: ME THE PEOPLE *Special Premiere* (December 2)
Crave Original Series
CANADA’S DRAG RACE: CANADA VS. THE WORLD, Season 1, Episode 3 *Canadian Title* (December 2 at 9 p.m. ET)
THE RACCOONS, Season 3-5 *Canadian Title* (December 3)
WOMEN WHO ROCK, Season 1 *Canadian Title* (December 5)
THE VOICE, Season 22, Episode 22 (December 6)
Crave Original Series
TALES FROM THE TERRITORIES, Season 1, Episode 10 *Canadian Title* *Season Finale* (December 6 at 10 p.m. ET)
THE VOICE, Season 22, Episode 23 (December 7)