What to Watch in December: 17 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – November 29, 2022

Need something to watch at home during the final weeks of the year? The month ahead will bring a Knives Out sequel (among a handful of intriguing Netflix movies), spinoffs from The Witcher and Yellowstone, a series adaptation of Octavia Butler's sci-fi classic Kindred, this year's Sundance winner, the return of Slow Horses, and more. In the gallery on this page, our editors have selected the most interesting TV and movie titles debuting at home in December, listed in order by premiere date.

Additional content by Keith Kimbell.

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tbd Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration

Musical special airs December 15 on ABC

It's a tale as old as, well, three decades. ABC's primetime celebration of one of Disney's best-ever animated movies will intersperse clips from the original 1991 film—yes, it was technically released 31 years ago—with new staged live-action performances of the film's musical numbers, performed live in front of an audience by a cast including H.E.R. (singing Belle's parts), Josh Groban (Beast), David Alan Grier, Martin Short, Shania Twain, and Rita Moreno.

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