‘Zoey’ puts a perfect Christmas on her list
“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” has wrapped its two-season NBC run, but there’s another chapter for the musical dramady starring Jane Levy. In “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas,” the title character is determined that her family get the memorable Christmas that her now-ill father always provided. The movie, which picks up where the series left off, debuts Wednesday on the Roku Channel and co-stars Mary Steenburgen, Skylar Austin, Bernadette Peters and Peter Gallagher, who plays dad Mitch, suffering from a neurological disease. The holiday movie is available free on the channel, as are the series’ 25 episodes.
— Lynn Elber, AP Television Writer
• “Candified: Home for the Holidays”: Candy Queen Jackie Sorkin and her team of candy artists design, glue, melt and shape hundreds of thousands of sweet pieces to build a fantasy come to life … just in time for the holidays in this series streaming on Hulu.
• “Harlem”: This 10-episode comedy stars Megan Good, Grace Byers, Shoniqua Shandai, Jerrie Johnson, and Tyler Lepley as friends who follow their dreams after graduating from college together in a Harlem take on “Sex and the City,” created by Tracy Oliver. Premieres Dec. 3 on Prime Video.
• “Mariah’s Christmas: The Magic Continues”: Variety special debuts Dec. 3 on Apple TV+ with guest appearances by Khalid and Grammywinner Kirk Franklin. Carey sings a new rendition of “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” and shares an appearance by her 10-year-old twins, son Moroccan and daughter Monroe. — Nicole M. Robertson