DECEMBER 8 – HBO Max’s DOOM PATROL *Season 4 Premiere*
- The HBO Max Original series DOOM PATROL reimagines one of DC’s most beloved groups of superheroes: “Robotman” aka Cliff Steele (Brendan Fraser), “Negative Man” aka Larry Trainor (Matt Bomer), “Elasti-Woman” aka Rita Farr (April Bowlby), “Crazy Jane” (Diane Guerrero), “Cyborg” aka Victor Stone (Joivan Wade), joined by former super villain “Madame Rouge” aka Laura de Mille (Michelle Gomez). Each member of the Doom Patrol suffered a horrible accident that gave them superhuman abilities, but also left them scarred and disfigured. Part support group, part Super Hero team, the Doom Patrol is a band of superpowered freaks who fight for a world that wants nothing to do with them. Season 4 of DOOM PATROL premieres with the first two episodes on Thursday, Dec. 8 at 9 p.m. ET, and opens with the team unexpectedly traveling to the future to find an unwelcome surprise. Faced with their imminent demise, the Doom Patrol must decide once and for all which is more important: their own happiness or the fate of the world? The series follows a weekly release schedule, with new episodes dropping weekly on Thursdays, leading up to the mid-season finale on Jan. 5. An additional six new episodes from Season 4 are set to be released in 2023.
DECEMBER 9 – MARRY ME *Movie Premiere*
- Music superstar Kat Valdez (Jennifer Lopez) is half of the sexiest celebrity power couple on earth with hot new music supernova Bastian (Maluma, making his feature-film debut). As Kat and Bastian’s inescapable hit single, “Marry Me,” climbs the charts, they are about to be wed before an audience of their fans in a ceremony that’s set to be streamed across multiple platforms. Divorced high-school math teacher Charlie Gilbert (Owen Wilson) has been dragged to the concert by his daughter Lou (Chloe Coleman) and his best friend (Sarah Silverman). When Kat learns, seconds before the ceremony, that Bastian has been unfaithful, her life turns left as she has a meltdown on stage. As her world falls away, she locks eyes with a stranger, a face in the crowd, in a moment of inspired insanity, Kat decides to marry Charlie.
DECEMBER 10 – HBO’s RANDOM ACTS OF FLYNESS *Season Premiere*
- Artist, musician and filmmaker Terence Nance returns with a long-awaited second season of the acclaimed series RANDOM ACTS OF FLYNESS, which explores the metaphysics of Black life through avant-garde storytelling. Season 2 follows Terence and Najja (Alicia Pilgrim), a couple working towards healing generational wounds and reintroducing themselves to the ways of their ancestors. Each of the season’s six episodes explores a different dimension, while presenting a rich tapestry of audio-visuals to illustrate the spiritual practice of Black liberation. RANDOM ACTS OF FLYNESS Season 2 premieres Saturday, Dec. 10 with two back-to-back episodes, and streaming on-demand the following morning. The series follows a weekly release schedule, with two new episodes streaming weekly on Saturdays.
DECEMBER 11 – HBO’s THE WHITE LOTUS *Season Finale*
- The highly anticipated Season 2 finale of HBO’s Emmy-winning series THE WHITE LOTUS streams Sunday, Dec. 11 at 9 p.m. ET. Described by Variety as “one of TV’s most purely visceral, evocative shows,” Season 2 of the sharp, social satire follows the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week at an exclusive Sicilian resort. On Crave, viewership for this season of THE WHITE LOTUS is up more than 170% on streaming (first seven day streams season average)*. As was recently announced, HBO has renewed the hit anthology series for a third season.
DECEMBER 11 – THE RISING *Series Premiere*
- Supernatural crime series, THE RISING, is an adaptation of the Belgian thriller “Hotel Beau Séjour.” Starring Cara Ruggard as Neve Kelly, the story follows a recently deceased young woman who exists in a kind of purgatory, who finds out her cause of death was murder and must find out who killed her. The first three episodes of the eight-part mystery series drop on Sunday, Dec. 11 on STARZ, with subsequent new episodes dropping weekly on Sundays.
***Media Note: Assets for Crave programming are available at the Bell Media press site, The Lede, here
Complete listings for the week of Dec. 8-14
*All Programming Subject to Change
HBO and HBO Max Programming
HBO Max Series
DOOM PATROL, Season 4A, Episode 1-2 *Season Premiere* (December 8 at 9 p.m. ET)
HBO Max Series
GOSSIP GIRL (2021), Season 2, Episode 3 (December 8)
HBO Max Series
THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS, Season 2, Episode 7-8 (December 8)
HBO Series
BRANSON, Episode 2 (December 8 at 10 p.m. ET)
HBO Series
RANDOM ACTS OF FLYNESS, Season 2, Episode 1-2 *Season Premiere* (December 10)
HBO Series
WE’RE HERE, Season 3, Episode 3 (December 10)
HBO Series
THE WHITE LOTUS, Season 2, Episode 7 *Season Finale* (December 11 at 9 p.m. ET)
HBO Series
HIS DARK MATERIALS, Season 3, Episode 3-4 (December 12 at 9 p.m. ET)
HBO Documentary
PELOSI IN THE HOUSE, *Documentary Premiere* (December 13 at 9 p.m. ET)
HBO Series
SHAQ, Episode 4 *Finale* (December 14 at 9 p.m. ET)
Movies
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS (December 9)
BENEDICTION (December 9)
MARRY ME (December 9)
RICHIE RICH (December 9)
TROLLS (December 9)
STEPPIN’ INTO THE HOLIDAYS (December 11)
SHOWTIME Programming
THE L WORD: GENERATION Q, Season 3, Episode 4 (December 9)
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, Season 1, Episode 10 *Season Finale* (December 9)
ZIWE, Season 2B, Episode 10 (December 9)
STARZ Programming
22 CHASER *Canadian Title* (December 9)
BANG BANG BABY *Canadian Title* (December 9)
THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINS (December 9)
PARADISE HIGHWAY (December 9)
RICHIE RICH (December 9)
TROLLS (December 9)
DANGEROUS LIAISONS, Season 1, Episode 6 (December 11)
THE RISING, Season 1, Episode 1-3 *Season Premiere* (December 11)
STEP UP, Season 3, Episode 9 (December 11)
THE BMF DOCUMENTARY: BLOWING MONEY FAST, Season 1, Episode 8 *Season Finale* (December 11)
More Riveting TV to Watch
STAR TREK: PRODIGY, Season 1B, Episode 7 (December 8)
GEORGE & TAMMY, Episode 2 (December 9)
MARY MAKES IT EASY, Season 2A *Canadian Title* (December 9)
Crave Original Series
CANADA’S DRAG RACE: CANADA VS. THE WORLD, Season 1, Episode 4 *Canadian Title* (December 9 at 9 p.m. ET)
THE CHRISTMAS RACOONS *Special Premiere* *Canadian Title* (December 10)
THE VOICE, Season 22, Episode 24 (December 13)
MARY MAKES IT EASY: HOLIDAY HANG *Special Premiere* *Canadian Title* (December 14)
THE VOICE, Season 22, Episode 25 *Season Finale* (December 14)
*source: Adobe Analytics, White Lotus Season 2 (Episodes 1-5) vs. Season 1