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The Santa Clauses (2022)

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The Santa Clauses: Season 2

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The Santa Clauses (2022)

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Disney+ | Release Date: November 16, 2022

Summary: After more than 25 years as Santa, Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) decides it's time to retire and begins looking for a possible successor in this sequel series to The Santa Clause movies.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Fantasy

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S2:E6. Chapter Twelve: Wanga Banga Langa!
Air Date: December 6, 2023
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S2:E5. Chapter Eleven: B-E-T-T-Y
Air Date: November 29, 2023
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S2:E4. Chapter Ten: Miracle on Dead Creek Road
Air Date: November 22, 2023

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Sioux City Journal

Bruce Miller

Nov 15, 2022

Season 1 Review: Director Jason Winer gets the series off to a fun start, bringing Allen back to his old ways. But he also finds a way to make the former Scott Calvin look a little hip. (A Santa with abs? It’s possible.) He also fleshes out the workshop and finds enough ways to lampoon tradition without appearing ungrateful. ... The latest iteration may not be as snarky as earlier ones, but there's plenty of fun to ensure this isn't going to be a "lump of coal" year. Read full review

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Collider Arezou Amin

Nov 6, 2023

Season 2 Review: There are truly strong elements in this season — Stonestreet and Iglesias' dynamic, the Elves, even Cal and Sandra. In trying to do too much in too little time, the fun, intriguing parts don't quite gel, and The Santa Clauses Season 2 struggles to muster up enough Christmas spirit to make it a true holiday classic. Read full review

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CNN

Brian Lowry

Nov 15, 2022

Season 1 Review: The Santa Clauses doesn’t bother trying to reinvent the sleigh, but it does splash a new coat of paint on it, in mostly agreeable and mildly clever ways. Read full review

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Los Angeles Times

Robert Lloyd

Nov 15, 2022

Season 1 Review: Though it’s thin in characterization and obvious in the emotional beats — sort of the point in a work like this, anyway — it’s a respectable, fairly amusing holiday entertainment for anyone who would like to start their Christmas now. Read full review

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Variety

Caroline Framke

Nov 15, 2022

Season 1 Review: It works so desperately hard to fill out six episodes — a full three hours of Clause #content! — that it just ends up dragging its feet. Scenes that should be a snappy couple of minutes go on for several too long; plots that can barely stand on their own do their best to hold up entire episodes to no avail. Trying to watch more than one episode, let alone six, feels less like having a warm mug of cocoa than chugging it and crashing off the sugar high. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter

Angie Han

Nov 15, 2022

Season 1 Review: Gleams of genuine emotion or charm tend to get buried under shoddy workmanship. ... The undemanding plot and shiny visuals might be enough to quiet a room full of kids for a half-hour at a time, and possibly even elicit a twinge of nostalgia or two in their Millennial parents. But if The Santa Clause‘s central worry is that there’s just not enough holiday magic in the world anymore, this halfhearted series seems unlikely to be the gift that’s going to bring it back. Read full review

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Brett White

Nov 16, 2022

Season 1 Review: This is a SKIP IT to all but the diehard Santa Clause fans out there. If you rewatch the entire Santa Clause trilogy every year, of course you’re going to want to see what happens next. The rest of us are fine sticking to the first film — or just rewatching Elf. Read full review

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MaddyV

Jan 7, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Expecting the nostalgic feel of the original Santa Clause series and then watching this was like experiencing a less than exciting lead up to a disappointing result. I wouldn’t say it was all bad, but it certainly could be described as “ho-ho-humdrum”. Low expectations were met with boring results sprinkled with confusing plot lines, odd and out of place characters, and a flat climax. While the heartwarming feel lifted the mood, it wasn’t enough to put it on my yearly winter watch list with giants as successful as the original Santa Clause, The Grinch, or any other yearly memorable Christmas film or franchise. Good for the young kiddos, but not enough for the grown ups to join.… Expand

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slizer3

Dec 22, 2022

You’d be hard pressed to find a bigger Santa Clause series fan than me, but even I couldn’t finish this terrible show. It’s a real shame because visually the show looks great, the music and the tone are very similar to that of the films, but the writing is unbearable. Joke after joke thatYou’d be hard pressed to find a bigger Santa Clause series fan than me, but even I couldn’t finish this terrible show. It’s a real shame because visually the show looks great, the music and the tone are very similar to that of the films, but the writing is unbearable. Joke after joke that doesn’t land or make sense, nothing really happens in the episodes, there are no stakes to any events that are happening….. man what a shame. If the writing was better it would be a fun sequel to the films, but I’ll continue watching those every year and never watch this show again. Terrible.… Expand

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snorkiss

Dec 8, 2022

Must say I'm a little disappointed, a part of me was hoping Tim Allen could maybe provide a few chuckles and rekindle some of that old school 90s magic. But sadly no, it's Disney and that means all of that awful cult dirge they inject into all of their properties - 1 magical Christmas starMust say I'm a little disappointed, a part of me was hoping Tim Allen could maybe provide a few chuckles and rekindle some of that old school 90s magic. But sadly no, it's Disney and that means all of that awful cult dirge they inject into all of their properties - 1 magical Christmas star for this lump of coal… Expand

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Voidtoker

Dec 6, 2022

Oh no A WAR ON CHRISTMAS, in AMERICA!?!?!? Say it ain’t so.

A shame Tim Allen and Kevin Sorbo didn’t take flying lessons with John Denver.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: November 8, 2023
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  S2:E6. Chapter Twelve: Wanga Banga Langa!
  Air Date: December 6, 2023
- tbd
  S2:E5. Chapter Eleven: B-E-T-T-Y
  Air Date: November 29, 2023
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  S2:E4. Chapter Ten: Miracle on Dead Creek Road
  Air Date: November 22, 2023
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  S2:E3. Chapter Nine: No Magic at the Dinner Table
  Air Date: November 15, 2023
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  S2:E2. Chapter Eight: Floofy
  Air Date: November 8, 2023
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  S2:E1. Chapter Seven: The Kribble Krabble Clause
  Air Date: November 8, 2023
Season 1

55
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: November 16, 2022