The Roku Channel is breaking out their wreaths. The streaming platform announced two new holiday projects to their lineup.
“How to Fall in Love by the Holidays,” led by Teri Hatcher, follows a writer-turned-CEO who must write a column about love in time for the holidays. Things become more complicated, thanks to the handsome photographer working alongside her.
The Reel One Entertainment film is executive produced by Tom Berry, Suzanne Chapman, Breanne Hartley, Louisa Cadywould, Sebastian Battro and Laurence Braun, written by Ansley Gordon and directed by Michael Kennedy. The movie streams on Friday, November 3.
Roku will also debut a five-episode holiday series titled “The Holiday Shift,” from CBS Studios and Fulwell73. The show follows intersecting love stories of employees at a mall working during the holiday rush. Varun Saranga, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Devyn Nekoda, Nadine Bhabha, Brielle Robillard, Michael Delleva, Sarah Levy and Jon Dore star.
Tommy Johnagin, who created the series, executive produces with Paul Fox, Joe Hardesty, Ben Winston, Leo Pearlman, Jeff Grosvenor, Amit Pandya, Jackie Filgo and Jeff Filgo. Fox directed the series, which streams on Friday, Nov. 17.
“This holiday season, The Roku Channel is bringing streamers an array of Roku Originals to get into the festive spirit,” says Brian Tannenbaum, head of originals, Roku Media. “We’re delighted to introduce ‘The Holiday Shift’ and ‘How to Fall in Love by the Holidays’ as part of our original holiday programming lineup and can’t wait for audiences to stream these fun and heart-warming stories.”
As previously announced, the Roku Channel also has original titles “The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday” (Nov. 10); “Martha Holidays,” (Dec. 4) starring Martha Stewart; and “A Very Demi Holiday Special” (Dec. 8) starring Demi Lovato. The Roku Channel will also bring classic holiday titles, including “Miracle on 34th Street” and festive music linear channels from Vevo. They will have movie marathons on Hallmark Movies & More, Holiday Movie Favorites by Lifetime, Christmas Plus and Dove linear channels available through the Live TV Guide.
