Last month saw streaming platforms settle into their annual cozy season with new fall TV shows and autumn film favorites. This December, Hulu and Disney+ are hunkering down with premieres for several animated TV series, a solid selection of holiday fare, and feel-good movies both old and new.
Disney+ will bring its classic characters together for “Mickey and the Very Many Christmases” as well as “Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade.” It will also premiere “The Simpsons Christmas Double Episode,” “Doctor Who: Joy to the World,” and “CMA Country Christmas” to honor the season. Top non-holiday picks include the return of “Marvel Animation’s What If…?” (kicking off December 22 with new episodes premiering daily for eight days), “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew,” and “Elton John: Never Too Late.”
Over at Hulu, the divisive new horror flick “Cuckoo” starring Hunter Schafer is set to stream alongside a robust catalogue of various other movies. The complete “Twilight” epic is available — fitting ahead of Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu”! — as are the first three “Step Up” films — two of which were helmed by “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu. Hulu will also stream Ridley Scott’s first “Gladiator” for those catching teh Paul Mescal-starring sequel in theaters around Thanksgiving. On the TV side, Ilana Glazer has a new stand-up special called “Human Magic” and much more.
Top Pick: “Dream Productions” (available on Disney+)
It’s hard to believe “Inside Out 2” only came out this summer because 2024 feels so much longer. (Get it? “Feels so much longer!” Sorry, yes, go get Disgust.) The psychology-inspired Pixar universe rounds out its jam-packed year with another expansion in the form a Disney+ miniseries this December. Taking inspiration from the unconscious Hollywood seen inside Riley’s head from the first film, “Dream Productions” reunites the Core Emotions for an adventure set between the events of the original movie and its sequel. Created by Mike Jones, the limited series follows famed daydream director Paula Persimmon (Paula Pell) as she struggles to work with a snide rookie named Xeni (Richard Ayoade). Amy Poehler and other voice talents also return.
Disney+
December 2
“Mickey and the Very Many Christmases”
December 3
“Jung Kook: I Am Still – The Original” (S1, 3 episodes)
“Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” Two-Episode Series Premiere
December 4
“Marvel’s Spidey and his Amazing Friends” (S3, 5 episodes)
“CMA Country Christmas”
December 7
“Destruction Decoded” (S2, 9 episodes)
“Inside the Enchanted Forests” (S1, 6 episodes)
December 9
New “Bluey Minisodes”
“The Simpsons Funday Football” (Live at 8 p.m. ET)
December 10
December 11
“Big City Greens” (S4, 1 episode)
“Mickey Mouse Funhouse” (S3, 4 episodes)
“Dream Productions”
December 13
“Elton John: Never Too Late”
“Invisible”
December 16
“Morphle and the Magic Pets” (S1, 6 episodes)
December 17
“Blink”
“The Simpsons Christmas Double Episode”
December 18
“SuperKitties” (S2, 5 episodes)
“ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series” (S1, 4 episodes)
December 20
“Lost Treasures of the Bible” (S1, 6 episodes)
December 22
“Marvel Animation’s What If…?” (Season 3) Premiere
December 23
“Me & Winnie the Pooh” (S2, 5 episodes)
“Playdate with Winnie the Pooh: Shorts” (S2, 3 episodes)
December 25
“Dunk The Halls Animated Game” (Live at 12 p.m. ET)
“Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade”
“Doctor Who: Joy to the World”
December 27
“John Williams in Tokyo”
Hulu
December 1
“Bunk’d” Complete Seasons 1-7
“Ace of Cakes” Complete Season 9
“Alaskan Bush People” Complete Seasons 8-11
“Bahamas Life” Complete Season 5
“Buddy vs. Duff” Complete Season 4
“Caribbean Life” Complete Seasons 5, 17
“Chopped” Complete Seasons 53-55
“Deadliest Catch” Complete Season 5
“Dirty Jobs” Complete Season 4
“Ghost Adventures” Complete Season 5 and 8
“Gold Rush” Complete Season 5
“House Hunters” Complete Season 170
“House Hunters (Home for the Holidays)” Complete Season 173
“House Hunters International” Complete Season 140
“Maine Cabin Masters” Complete Season 8
“Sherlock Hound” Complete Season 1 (DUBBED)
“Street Outlaws” Complete Season 5
“Welcome to Plathville” Complete Season 4-5
“Antwone Fisher” (2002)
“Cast Away” (2000)
“Cheaper By the Dozen” (2003)
“Cheaper By The Dozen 2” (2005)
“Diary Of A Wimpy Kid” (2010)
“Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days” (2012)
“Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules” (2011)
“Epic” (2013)
“Epic Movie” (2007)
“A Good Day to Die Hard” (2013)
“Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012)
“Miracle On 34th Street” (1994)
“Moulin Rouge” (2001)
“Mr. Holland’s Opus” (1996)
“The Muppets” (2011)
“Muppets Most Wanted” (2014)
“Muppet Treasure Island” (1996)
“Rio 2” (2014)
“Sommersby” (1993)
“Speed” (1994)
“Bad Moms” (2016)
“This Christmas” (2007)
“Gladiator” (2000)
“National Security” (2003)
“Paradise Highway” (2022)
“The Perfect Guy” (2015)
“The Perfect Holiday” (2007)
“The Quick and the Dead” (1995)
“Ricki and the Flash” (2015)
“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1” (2011)
“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2” (2012)
“Twilight” (2008)
“Twilight Saga: Eclipse” (2010)
“Twilight Saga: New Moon” (2009)
December 3
“Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern” Complete Season 1
“Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern” Complete Season 2
“Breaking Amish” Complete Season 1
“Breaking Amish” Brave New World: Complete Season 2
“Breaking Amish” LA: Complete Season 3
“A Crime to Remember” Complete Season 1
“Ghost Adventures” Artifacts: Complete Season 1
“Ghost Adventures” House Calls: Complete Seasons 1-2
“Homicide Hunter” Lt. Joe Kenda: Complete Season 8
“Murder Under the Friday Night Lights” Complete Seasons 1-2
“My 600-lb Life: Where Are They Now?” Complete Seasons 6-9
“My Feet Are Killing Me” Complete Seasons 1-2
“My Feet Are Killing Me: First Steps” Complete Season 1
“Property Brothers at Home” Complete Seasons 1-2
“Property Brothers at Home: Drew’s Honeymoon House” Complete Season 1
“Rock the Block” Complete Seasons 1-2
“Selena + Restaurant” Complete Season 1
“sMothered” Complete Seasons 1-3
“The Family Chantel” Complete Season 1-3
“The Flipping El Moussas” Complete Season 1
“The Great Food Truck Race” Complete Seasons 13-14
“Tiny House Hunters” Complete Season 2
“Tournament of Champions” Complete Seasons 2-3
“Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme” (2024)
December 4
“Light Shop” Complete Season 1 (SUBBED & DUBBED)
“Storm Crashers” (2024)
December 5
“Wild Crime” Complete Season 4
“The Alaska Triangle” Complete Season 1
“Ancient Aliens” Complete Seasons 20A
“Barnwood Builders” Complete Season 16
“Barnwood Builders” Complete Season 17
“Chopped” Complete Seasons 20-21
“Chopped Junior” Complete Seasons 6-7
“Chopped Next Gen” Complete Season 1
“The Curse of Oak Island” Complete Season 11
“Fixer Upper: Behind the Design” Complete Season 1
“Fixer Upper: The Castle” Complete Season 1
“Fixer Upper: The Hotel” Complete Season 1
“Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse” Complete Season 1
“Gold Rush: Dave Turin’s Lost Mine” Complete Seasons 1-2
“Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan” Complete Seasons 1-2
“Hot Ones” New Episodes
“The Murder Tapes” Complete Seasons 1-2
“My Big Fat Fabulous Life” Complete Seasons 6-9 and 10-11
“Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch” Complete Seasons 1-2
“MythBusters” Complete Season 19
“MythBusters Jr.” Complete Season 1
“90 Day Diaries” Complete Season 1
“7 Little Johnstons” Complete Seasons 1-6
“Supermarket Stakeout” Complete Season 1
“A Deadly Threat to My Family” (2024)
“Living” (2023)
December 6
“Buddy’s Holiday Recipe Rumble” Complete Season 1
“Paris Has Fallen” Complete Season 1
“Doctor Dolittle” (1998)
“Doctor Dolittle 2” (2001)
“Flycatcher” (2024)
“Marley & Me” (2008)
“Marley & Me: The Puppy Years” (2011)
“Summer Camp” (2024)
December 7
“Destruction Decoded” Complete Season 2
“Inside Enchanted Forests” Series Premiere
“Celebrity IOU” Complete Seasons 1-2
“Chopped Sweets” Complete Season 3
“Deadliest Catch” Complete Seasons 19-20
“Deadly Women” Complete Season 14
“Dr. Pimple Popper” Complete Seasons 1-2 and 9
“Dr. Pimple Popper: Before the Pop” Complete Season 1
“Evil Lives Here” Complete Seasons 1, 3-4, and 14-15
“Evil Lives Here: Shadows of Death” Complete Seasons 1-3
“Evil Lives Here: The Killer Speaks” Complete Season 1
“Extreme Couponing” Complete Seasons 1-2
“Farmhouse Fixer: Camp Revamp” Complete Season 1
“Fatal Vows” Complete Season 5
“Maine Cabin Masters”Complete Season 9
“Nightmare Next Door” Complete Seasons 1-2
“The Perfect Murder” Complete Season 3
“Street Outlaws” Complete Seasons 12-13
“Ugliest House In America” Complete Seasons 1 and 3-4
“Ugliest House in America: Ugly in Paradise” Complete Season 2
“Worst Cooks in America: Dirty Dishes” Complete Season 1
“The Convert” (2023)
December 9
“Step Up” (2006)
“Step Up 2 The Streets” (2008)
“Step Up 3D” (2010)
December 10
“Caught!” Complete Season 1
“Critical Incident” Complete Season 1
“Deadly Influence: The Social Media Murders” Complete Season
“Farmhouse Fixer” Complete Season 1
“Food Network Star” Complete Seasons 11-13
“Gold Rush” Complete Seasons 7-12
“Guy’s Big Bite” Complete Season 1
“Guy’s Big Game” Complete Season 1
“I Love a Mama’s Boy” Complete Season 1
“Mysteries at the Museum” Complete Season 1
“Rachael vs Guy: Kids Cook-Off” Complete Seasons 1-2
“The Real Full Monty” Special Premiere
“Save My Skin” Complete Season 4
“Unsellable Houses” Complete Season 1
“Sugarcane” Documentary Premiere
“Coup!” (2023)
December 11
“Down to the Studs” Complete Season 1
“Extravagant Spaces” Complete Season 1
“Home to Homestead” Complete Season 1
“The Reveal” Complete Season 3
“Tiny Bnb” Complete Seasons 2-3
“The Vision Maker with Anne-Marie Barton” Complete Season 1
December 12
“Accused: Guilty or Innocent?” Compete Season 6
“48 Hours to Buy” Complete Season 1
“Interrogation Raw” Complete Season 2B
“Knight Fight” Complete Season 1
“The Proof Is Out There: Military Mysteries” Complete Season 1
December 13
“Don’t Tell Comedy” (2024)
“Joe Mande: CHILL” (2024)
“No Way Up” (2024)
“Scarygirl” (2023)
“A Sudden Case of Christmas” (2024)
December 14
“Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives” Complete Seasons 45-49
“Disappeared” Complete Seasons 5 and 8-12
“Expedition Unknown” Complete Seasons 1-5
“Gold Rush: Parker’s Trail” Complete Seasons 1-2
“Gold Rush: South America” Complete Season 1
“Gold Rush: White Water” Complete Seasons 4-8
“Hoarding: Buried Alive” Complete Seasons 1-2
“How It’s Made” Complete Seasons 23-24
“I (Almost) Got Away With It” Complete Seasons 1-2
“Kids Baking Championship” Complete Seasons 1-4 and 11
“MILF Manor” Complete Seasons 1-2
December 16
“Law & Order” Complete Seasons 1-20
December 17
“Blink” Special Premiere
“Cuckoo” (2024)
December 18
“The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher” Complete Seasons 1-4
December 19
“America’s Top Dog” Complete Season 1
“Casey Anthony: How Did We Get Here?” Complete Season 1
“The Proof Is Out There” Complete Season 4
“Zombie House Flipping” Complete Season 6A
“A Model Murder” (2024)
December 20
“Lost Treasures of the Bible” Series Premiere
“Ilana Glazer: Human Magic” (2024)
“Darkness of Man” (2024)
“The Inheritance” (2024)
December 24
“Arctic Convoy” (2023)
December 26
“America’s 10 Most Hated” Complete Season 1
“Court Cam” Complete Season 7A
“Full Metal Jousting” Complete Season 1
“200% Wolf” (2024)
December 27
“The Year: 2024” Special Premiere
“Breaking” (2022)
“Don’t Tell Comedy” (2024)
December 28
“Alice, Darling” (2022)
“Amber Alert” (2024)
Expiring
“The Devil Conspiracy” (2022)
“White Elephant” (2022)
“Last Looks” (2021)
“Proximity” (2020)
“Aporia” (2021)
“Offseason” (2021)
“Rogue” (2020)
“Mistletoe & Menorahs” (2021)
“The Creator” (2023)
“The Hummingbird Project” (2018)
“The Equalizer 2” (2018)
“A Dog’s Way Home” (2019)
“A Little White Lie” (2023)
“Alien” (1979)
“Alien 3” (1992)
“Alien Resurrection” (1997)
“Barbarians” (2021)
“Crime Story” (2021)
“The Day The Earth Stood Still” (2008)
“Escape Room” (2019)
“Falling for Figaro” (2021)
“The Family Stone” (2005)
“Johnson Family Vacation” (2004)
“Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” (2017)
“Juno” (2007)
“Luis & the Aliens” (2018)
“The Marine” (2006)
“The Ritual Killer” (2023)
“The Sitter” (2011)
“Tombstone” (1993)
“28 Weeks Later” (2007)
“The Waterboy” (1998)
“When In Rome” (2010)
“You Again” (2010)
