New TV shows and movies for December 2024: What’s coming next

Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in "Squid Game" season 2.
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December 2024 brings a wave of new TV shows and movies to broadcast, cable and streaming services like Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO and Max, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV Plus and others.

Top new TV shows this month include returning favorites like "Squid Game" season 2 and "Virgin River" season 6, as well as new series "Star Wars: Skeleton Crew," "Creature Commandos" and "Black Doves." Plus, more streaming movies arrive, including "Carry-On" and "Maria." Check out the full schedule of new TV shows in December 2024.

New TV show premieres, finales and movies to watch in December 2024

All times Eastern Time. Our top picks in bold

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1

“Earth Abides” - season 1 premiere (9 p.m., MGM Plus)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 2

“Superman and Lois” - series finale (8 p.m., The CW)

“Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” - season 1 premiere (9 p.m., Disney Plus)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3

“Jack in Time for Christmas” - special (3 a.m., Prime Video)

“Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story” - docuseries premiere (3 a.m., Peacock)

“Jung Kook: I Am Still” - limited series premiere (3 a.m., Disney Plus)

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4

“Pop Culture Jeopardy!” - series premiere (12 a.m., Prime Video)

“Churchill at War” - docuseries complete (3 a.m., Netflix)

“The Only Girl in the Orchestra” - documentary (3 a.m., Netflix)

“That Christmas” - movie (3 a.m., Netflix)

“The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On” - season 3 premiere (3 a.m., Netflix)

“92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center” - special (8 p.m., NBC)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5

“Black Doves” - season 1 complete (3 a.m., Netflix)

“Creature Commandos” - season 1 premiere (3 a.m., Max)

“Southern Charm” - season 10 premiere (9 p.m., Bravo)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6

“Fly Me to the Moon” - movie streaming premiere (12 a.m., Apple TV Plus)


“The Sticky” - limited series premiere (12 a.m., Prime Video)

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” - movie streaming premiere (3 a.m., Max)

“Biggest Heist Ever” - docuseries complete (3 a.m., Netflix)

“Mary” - original movie premiere (3 a.m., Netflix)

“A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter” - special (9 p.m., Netflix)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7

“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” - documentary (8 p.m., HBO)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8

“Like Water for Chocolate” - season 1 finale (3 a.m., Max)

“Special Ops: Lioness” - season 2 finale (3 a.m., Paramount Plus)

“Somebody Somewhere” - series finale (10:30 p.m., HBO)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 9

“The Great British Baking Show: Holidays” - season 7 premiere (3 a.m., Netflix)

“Pulisic” - series premiere (3 a.m., Paramount Plus)

“The Real Full Monty” - special (8 p.m., Fox)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10

“Secret Level” - season 1 premiere (12 a.m., Prime Video)

“Jamie Foxx: What Happened Was …” - special (3 a.m., Netflix)

“Polo” - season 1 complete (3 a.m., Netflix)

“The Voice” - season 26 finale (8 p.m., NBC)

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11

“Dream Productions” - limited series premiere (3 a.m., Disney Plus)

“Maria” - original movie premiere (3 a.m., Netflix)

“One Hundred Years of Solitude” - season 1 complete (3 a.m., Netflix)

“Queer Eye” - season 9 complete (3 a.m., Netflix)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12

“The Day of the Jackal” - limited series finale (3 a.m., Peacock)

“No Good Deed” - season 1 complete (3 a.m., Netflix)

“Paris and Nicole: The Encore” - season 1 premiere (3 a.m., Peacock)

“Billboard Music Awards” - special (8 p.m., Fox)

“Bookie” - season 2 premiere (9 p.m., Max)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13

“Wonder Pets: In the City” - season 1 premiere (12 a.m., Apple TV Plus)

“Carry-On” - original movie premiere (3 a.m., Netflix)

“Dexter: Original Sin” - season 1 premiere (3 a.m., Paramount Plus With Showtime)

“Die Hart” - season 3 premiere (3 a.m., Roku Channel)

“Elton John: Never Too Late” - special (3 a.m., Disney Plus)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15

Yellowstone” - season 5 finale (8 p.m., Paramount Network)

“An Evening With Dua Lipa” - special (8:30 p.m., CBS)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 16

“What We Do in the Shadows” - series finale (9 p.m., FX)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17

“Aaron Rodgers: Enigma” - limited series complete (3 a.m., Netflix)

“Ronny Chieng: Love To Hate It” - special (3 a.m., Netflix)

“The Simpsons: O C’mon All Ye Faithful” - special (3 a.m., Disney Plus)

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18

“The Secret Lives of Animals” - docuseries premiere (12 a.m., Apple TV Plus)

“iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2024” - special (8 p.m., ABC)

“The Masked Singer” - season 12 finale (8 p.m., Fox)

“Survivor” - season 47 finale (8 p.m., CBS)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19

“Beast Games” - series premiere (12 a.m., Prime Video)

“Laid” - season 1 premiere (3 a.m., Peacock)

“Rose Matafeo: On and On and On” - special (3 a.m., Max)

“Star Trek: Lower Decks” series finale (3 a.m., Paramount Plus)

“Virgin River” - season 6 complete (3 a.m., Netflix)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20

“Ilana Glazer: Human Magic” - special (12 a.m., Hulu)

“Lost Treasures of the Bible” - season 1 premiere (3 a.m., Disney Plus)

“Juror #2” - movie streaming premiere (3 a.m., Max)

“The Six Triple Eight” - original movie premiere (3 a.m., Netflix)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22

“What If …?” - season 3 premiere (3 a.m., Disney Plus)

“The 47th Annual Kennedy Center Honors” - special (8:30 p.m., CBS)

“Dune: Prophecy” - season 1 finale (9 p.m., HBO)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24

“Your Friend, Nate Bargatze” - special (3 a.m., Netflix)

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25

“Bad Sisters” - season 2 finale (12 a.m., Apple TV Plus)

“Shrinking” - season 2 finale (12 a.m., Apple TV Plus)

“Doctor Who: Joy to the World” - special (7 p.m., Disney Plus)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26

Squid Game” - season 2 complete (3 a.m., Netflix)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31

“Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall” - special (3 a.m., Netflix)

Kelly Woo
Streaming Editor

Kelly is the streaming channel editor for Tom’s Guide, so basically, she watches TV for a living. Previously, she was a freelance entertainment writer for Yahoo, Vulture, TV Guide and other outlets. When she’s not watching TV and movies for work, she’s watching them for fun, seeing live music, writing songs, knitting and gardening.