Sugarplummed

Matt Roush says...

The Yule Log: A Hallmark movie comes magically, and possibly disastrously, to life in Hallmark Channel’s meta comedy Sugarplummed (Saturday, 8/7c), in which wife and lawyer Emily (Psych’s winsome Maggie Lawson) conjures Sugarplum (Janel Parrish), a relentlessly peppy character from a “Harmony Home Network” Christmas movie series, into the real world to help her plan the perfect Christmas. Sugarplum’s antics don’t always sync with reality, but a happy ending is nonetheless guaranteed. Also on Hallmark Channel: Leah’s Perfect Gift (Sunday, 8/7c) stars Emily Arlook as Leah, a Jewish woman who experiences her first traditional Christmas when her boyfriend (Evan Roderick) invites her to spend the holiday with his Connecticut family, where cultures inevitably clash.

On Great American Family: Jill Wagner (Lioness) returns to family-friendly TV in Christmas Under the Northern Lights (Saturday, 8/7c) as a historian who gains new appreciation for her hometown, renowned for the Northern Lights, with the help of a local tour guide (Jesse Hutch). In Coupled Up for Christmas (Sunday, 8/7c), Sara Canning and Marcus Rosner are strangers who pretend to be a couple to get the attention of their supposed soulmates.

On Lifetime: A Very Merry Beauty Salon (Saturday, 8/7c) stars Tia Mowry as a salon owner who falls for a winery CEO (RonReaco Lee) while planning Atlanta’s annual Tinsel Ball. Teri Hatcher stars in How to Fall in Love by Christmas (Sunday, 8/7c) as a lifestyle brand CEO whose desperate ploy to save her company involves writing a column on finding love through the Take to Heart dating app, with a handsome photographer (Dan Payne) following her every move.

UPtv offers A Christmas Thief (Saturday, 7/6c), with Michelle Borth as a private eye looking into burglaries where Santa Claus is the prime suspect, and 12 Dares of Christmas (Sunday, 7/6c), starring Brittany Underwood as a teacher who accepts her sister’s “12 Dares” challenge while a French teacher (Sean Yves Lessard) helps her arrange a Christmas exchange program.

OWN’s holiday movie, A Season to Remember (Saturday, 9/8c), stars Michele Weaver as an ambitious sports reporter who lands a big story before Christmas with the help of a sports photographer (Nathan Owens).

What's Worth Watching (Dec 7)