ATLANTA, Oct. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Five new
original holiday movies will premiere on ION and Bounce beginning
Sunday, Nov. 21. In total, the
Scripps Networks will combine to air over 200 hours of holiday
movies and programming. Last year, ION ranked No. 1 among all
networks airing original holiday programming. *
The new original Scripps Networks holiday movies for 2021:
- Bounce
-
- "Who is Christmas Eve?" - Premieres 8
p.m., Nov.
21
Eve Simons
(Paige Audrey-Marie Hurd, Power
Book II: Ghost, Hawaii Five-O) was abandoned as an infant on
the steps of a church 30 years ago on Christmas Eve. Now,
struggling to move forward with her life, she embarks on a search
to uncover the mystery of her birth with the help of her boyfriend
Chris (Romeo Miller, Romeo!,
Empire) and famed investigative genealogist Pamela Slaton (Juliana
Harkavy, Arrow). The movie is inspired by Slaton's
work, and she serves as an executive producer. Paige Audrey-Marie
Hurd serves as a co-executive producer.
- ION
-
- "Christmas Down Under" - Premieres
8 p.m., Nov.
21
After a fight with her husband (Paul O'Brien, Home & Away,
Neighbors), a tightly wound wife (Justine Kacir, Home & Away) follows
him to his hometown of Sydney,
Australia, in hopes of saving their marriage. Tracking him
down proves complicated, and she must rely on an Aboriginal tour
guide and a social media influencer ride-share driver to help - all
just days before Christmas.
- "A Christmas Witness" - Premieres
8 p.m., Nov.
28
A no-nonsense federal marshal (Arielle Kebbel, Ballers, The Vampire
Diaries) is tasked with protecting a low-level, charming
mobster (Colin Egglesfield,
Rizzoli & Isles, All My Children) until he testifies
against his mafia boss two days after Christmas.
- "The Christmas Thief" - Premieres 8 p.m., Dec.
12
Lana Lawton
(Michelle Borth, Hawaii
Five-O), a fledgling private eye home for the holidays,
realizes the only way to save her career is by solving a string of
local burglaries where the main suspect is Santa Claus. With little
evidence and having to contend with a local detective with an
investigative style that clashes with hers, the season may prove to
be anything but holly and jolly. Vivica A.
Fox co-stars as the head of a local detective agency.
- "A New Lease on Christmas" - Premieres
8 p.m., Dec.
11
A single real estate agent (Clair Coffee, Grimm, Lincoln Rhymes - Hunt for the Bone
Collector) falls for a handsome coffee shop owner (George Stults, 7th Heaven) - only to
discover that the job she just took requires her to evict him from
his shop.
In addition, Laff will air a week of primetime family-friendly
holiday movies beginning Dec. 6 and
Grit will present holiday-themed Westerns on Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day.
About Scripps
The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) is a diversified media
company focused on creating a better-informed world. As the
nation's fourth-largest local TV broadcaster, Scripps serves
communities with quality, objective local journalism and operates a
portfolio of 61 stations in 41 markets. The Scripps Networks reach
nearly every American through the national news outlets Court TV
and Newsy and popular entertainment brands ION, Bounce, Grit, Laff,
Court TV Mystery, Defy TV and TrueReal. Scripps is the nation's
largest holder of broadcast spectrum. Scripps runs an award-winning
investigative reporting newsroom in Washington, D.C., and is the longtime steward
of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Founded in 1878, Scripps has
held for decades to the motto, "Give light and the people will find
their own way."
*Source: Nielsen Media Research, A25-54 C3 Impressions, 2020
(11/26/20 - 1/1/21), competitive set
based on networks with original holiday movies, total day excluding
kids programming.
Contact:
Jim
Weiss
770-672-6504
jim.weiss@scripps.com
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