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Lifetime will tear through three “Ripped From the Headlines” films this September.

The network has set consecutive debuts for Saturdays in September for (working title) A Husband to Die For: The Lisa Aguilar Story starring Keana Lyn Bastidas, Jon McLaren and veteran star Marilu Henner on Sept. 13; The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson starring Sam Trammell, Ashley Jones, Brielle Robillard and Steve Byers on Sept. 20; and I Was a Child Bride: the Courtney Stodden Story starring Holly J. Barrett as Stodden, Doug Savant as her actor husband Doug Hutchinson, and Maggie Lawson as Stodden’s mother, Krista, on Sept. 27.

Lifetime confirmed the below details on the three projects, all of which were inspired by true life tales.

A Husband To Die For: The Lisa Aguilar Story

A Husband to Die For: The Lisa Aguilar Story casts Bastidas as the title character, a newly-married “bright and loving woman” who is...

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Airing as part of the popular Countdown to Christmas programming event, Hallmark Channel honors first responders in the new, original movie, Christmas on Call. The movie famously stars Sara Canning, Ser’Derius Blain and Donna Kelce, her second Christmas movie this year.

Christmas on Call on Hallmark Channel Photo: Monique Marcker, Sara Canning, Ser’Darius Blain

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As noted in the official synopsis, Hannah Michaels (Sara Canning) is an emergency room doctor, who is seeing Emt Wes Sullivan (Blain). Meanwhile, it’s Christmas time and Wes to determined to show Hannah all the sights, sounds and tastes of Philadelphia. Among those tastes is the famous Philly Cheesesteak.

Photo: Ser’Darius Blain, Donna Kelce, Sara Canning

Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Steve Ackerman

The more time they spend together, the more their feelings grow for each other.

There is nowhere more stressful and chaotic during the holidays than the mall. Now imagine having that rather than dashing in to get a last-minute gift, you have to not only work there, but that you also happen to fall in love there as well. That’s the story behind the new holiday romantic comedy series “The Holiday Shift” arriving on The Roku Channel on Friday, Nov. 17. In the five-episode series, we follow the intersecting love stories of young mall employees during the holiday season amidst all of the difficult shoppers, overzealous bosses, and long-lost loves. You can watch with a free sign-up to Roku Channel.

How to Watch 'The Holiday Shift' When: Friday, November 17, 2023 Where: Roku Channel Stream: Watch with a free sign-up to Roku Channel. Watch NowTBA roku.com About 'The Holiday Shift'

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It’s not just about those repeats of A Christmas Story on TNT anymore.

Multiple linear channels and streamers are getting into the holiday spirit this month and next by dropping original Christmas movies, as well as old favorites and one-off holiday specials. As usual, Hallmark has wall-to-wall flicks planned until the end of the month, but Great American Family, Lifetime and BET have their own original slates as well to help ring in the new year.

And if the classics are all that you are looking for, there are still airings of It’s a Wonderful Life, Elf, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Home Alone, The Santa Cause, The Wizard of Oz and Miracle on 34th Street scheduled for the boomers and Gen Xers.

And yes, on the big days, several channels have do have marathon programming events.

Check it all out below.

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