Nugget Is Dead? A Christmas Story

Matt Roush says...

The Yule Log: CBS airs a rare original TV-movie as a holiday attraction, with the offbeat comedy Nugget Is Dead? A Christmas Story (8/7c), from the creators of the hilarious Paramount+ sitcom Colin from Accounts. This romp likewise centers on a canine not in his prime, in this case Nugget, who falls perilously ill as Christmas approaches, causing Steph Stool (Vic Zerbst) to scrap the lavish plans she made with her boyfriend and return to her chaotic family on the Australian coast.

More traditionally, Hallmark Mystery presents A Novel Noël (8/7c), starring Julie Gonzalo as a big-city book editor who takes over a small-town bookstore for December, butting heads with the owners’ hunky son (Brendan Penny). Streaming on BET+, A Wesley South African Christmas sends the Wesley family to Durban, South Africa to keep Todd (Terayle Hill) company over the holidays when his international business venture takes longer than he expected to close. Food Network’s Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking (8/7c) welcomes Harry Potter alum Warwick Davis (Professor Filius Flitwick and the goblin Griphook) as guest judge. The Roku Channel’s The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday special is back for a third time, with Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith judging the efforts of celebrity bakers Anthony Anderson, Rob Riggle, Loni Love, Vanessa Bayer, and Curb Your Enthusiasm’s irrepressible Susie Essman.

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