Paramount+ highlights for the month December include The Flatshare, The Lost City, Fantasy Football, George & Tammy, Liam Gallagher: Knebworth 22, Reno 911!: It’s a Wonderful Heist, Hip Hop Family Christmas Wedding, Blue’s Clues & You, The Game, Metallica Presents: The Helping Hands Concert, Snow Day, 1923, Bubble Guppies, Top Gun: Maverick, Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All, Sampled and Deer Squad.
THE FLATSHARE
THURSDAY, 1 DECEMBER
EXCLUSIVE NEW SERIES / EVERY EPISODE
Adapted from Beth O’Leary’s bestselling novel, six-part series The Flatshare stars Jessica Brown Findlay (Tiffany) and Anthony Welsh (Leon), as two cash-strapped twenty somethings who share a bed, but have never met.
The question is, can you fall in love with someone you’ve never set eyes on?
THE LOST CITY
THURSDAY, 1 DECEMBER
FEATURE FILM
Brilliant, but reclusive author Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) has spent her career writing about exotic places in her popular romance-adventure novels featuring handsome cover model Alan (Channing Tatum), who has dedicated his life to embodying the hero character, “Dash.”
While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta is kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire (Daniel Radcliffe) who hopes that she can lead him to the ancient lost city’s treasure from her latest story.
Wanting to prove that he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, Alan sets off to rescue her.
Thrust into an epic jungle adventure, the unlikely pair will need to work together to survive the elements and find the ancient treasure before it’s lost forever.
FANTASY FOOTBALL
TUESDAY, 3 DECEMBER
EXCLUSIVE FEATURE FILM
In this hilarious and heartwarming father-daughter sports fantasy, everything changes when Callie A. Coleman (Marsai Martin) discovers she can magically control her father, Bobby’s (Omari Hardwick) performance on the football field.
When Callie plays as her dad, a running back for the Atlanta Falcons, in EA SPORTS Madden NFL 23, Bobby is transformed from a fumblitis-plagued journeyman to a star running back bound for superstardom alongside his daughter and wife Keisha (Kelly Rowland).
With the NFL Playoffs looming and the pressures of Callie’s new commitment to her friends on the robotics team mounting, the two must forge ahead to keep the magic a secret as they juggle the highs and lows of their newfound success, all as they rediscover what it really means to be a family.
GEORGE & TAMMY
MONDAY, 5 DECEMBER
EXCLUSIVE NEW SERIES / NEW EPISODE EVERY SATURDAY
Starring Oscar winner Jessica Chastain and Oscar nominee Michael Shannon, George & Tammy chronicles the country music power couple, Tammy Wynette and George Jones, whose complicated-but-enduring relationship inspired some of the most iconic music of all time.
Remembered as the “First Lady of Country Music,” Wynette’s most successful song Stand by Your Man remains one of the most iconic and best-selling country singles by a female artist. Known for his once-in-a-lifetime voice, George Jones’ song He Stopped Loving Her Today, is still widely called the greatestcountry song of all time.
With over 30 number-one country songs between them, including duets We’re Gonna Hold On, Golden Ring and Near You, George and Tammy’s legacy, both musically andromantically, remains one of the greatest love stories ever told.
LIAM GALLAGHER: KNEBWORTH 22
WEDNESDAY, 7 DECEMBER
EXCLUSIVE MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
Knebworth 22 is a new feature-length documentary that tells the story behind Liam’s epic return to Knebworth as a solo artist, which saw 170,000 fans attend two sold-out shows.
With extensive concert and exclusive backstage footage, experience the story of Liam’s epic return to the same stage where Oasis performed the historic 1996 shows.
RENO 911!: IT’S A WONDERFUL HEIST
WEDNESDAY, 7 DECEMBER
EXCLUSIVE FEATURE FILM
It’s Holiday Season in Reno, and Lieutenant Dangle wishes he’d never been born. With the help of a roller skating “Angel,” he learns how much better the lives of the other deputies would be if he never existed.
Will he decide to live on anyway? There’s still Christmas criminals to catch!
HIP HOP FAMILY CHRISTMAS WEDDING
WEDNESDAY, 14 DECEMBER
EXCLUSIVE FEATURE FILM
Hip Hop’s most famous family is back, and this time, Christmas wedding bells are ringing!
Jessica (Keri Hilson) and Jayson (Ne-Yo) are getting ready to say their ‘I do’s,’ while their mothers Tina (MC Lyte) and Nancy (Valarie Pettiford) are fighting it out for wedding planning supremacy.
Meanwhile, Blare (Terrence J) is running his own music label, and when he meets his formidable, beautiful new boss, Jai (Cassie), she proves to be a force to be reckoned with.
BLUE’S CLUES & YOU (season 3)
WEDNESDAY, 14 DECEMBER
ALL NEW EPISODES
In Blue’s Clues & You, beloved puppy Blue invites viewers to join her and Josh on a clue-led adventure to solve a puzzle.
With each paw print, the viewer is inspired to interact with Josh and Blue to figure out Blue’s Clues!
THE GAME (season 2)
FRIDAY, 16 DECEMBER
EXCLUSIVE NEW SEASON / NEW EPISODES EVERY FRIDAY
The Game offers a modern-day examination of Black culture through the prism of pro football.
The team tackles racism, sexism, classism and more as they fight for fame, fortune, respect and love — all while trying to maintain their souls as they each play the game.
In the 10-episode second season, the beloved characters and their relationships fight to survive the storms of change they face.
METALLICA PRESENTS: THE HELPING HANDS CONCERT
SUNDAY, 18 DECEMBER
SPECIAL MUSIC EVENT
Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and taking place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, the third edition of the Helping Hands Concert & Auction will open with a special set from guest Greta Van Fleet followed by a unique performance from Metallica.
Established in 2017, Metallica’s All Within My Hands foundation works with partners around the world to combat food insecurity, provide funds in areas of natural disasters and support education with the ground-breaking Metallica Scholars Initiative, now in its fourth year.
The previous two Helping Hands Concerts in 2018 and 2020 helped to raise more than $3 million dollars collectively.
SNOW DAY
SUNDAY, 18 DECEMBER
FEATURE FILM
Snow Day is back — and this time, there’s music!
The new movie follows siblings Hal (Ky Baldwin) and Natalie Brandston (Michaela Russell), who discover that anything is possible on a snow day when a surprise winter whiteout offers them the chance to break routines and take giant risks.
Inspired to pursue his crush, Claire (Shelby Simmons), Hal enlists the help of his best friend, Lane (Fabi Aguirre) to help him express his feelings, and Natalie decides she must challenge the town’s cranky snowplow man if she wants to pull off the task of creating a second snow day.
MONDAY, 19 DECEMBER
ORIGINAL NEW SERIES / NEW EPISODES EVERY MONDAY
From Academy Award® nominee Taylor Sheridan, 1923, the next instalment of the Dutton family origin story, will introduce a new generation of Duttons led by patriarch Jacob (Harrison Ford) and matriarch Cara (Helen Mirren). The series will explore the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.
In addition to Ford and Mirren, 1923 also stars Darren Mann (Animal Kingdom), Michelle Randolph (A Snow White Christmas), James Badge Dale (Hightown), Marley Shelton (Scream), Brian Geraghty (Big Sky), Aminah Nieves (Blueberry) and Jerome Flynn (Game of Thrones).
BUBBLE GUPPIES
WEDNESDAY, 21 DECEMBER
ALL NEW EPISODES
Jump into this underwater classroom with Molly, Gil and their fishtailed friends.
Preschoolers can learn school-readiness skills like science, math, literacy and more through songs, dances, and laughs!
TOP GUN: MAVERICK\
THURSDAY, 22 DECEMBER
FEATURE FILM
After more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialised mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.”
Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.
MARIAH CAREY: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
THURSDAY, 22 DECEMBER
FESTIVE MUSIC EVENT
The Queen of Christmas is back with a two-hour festive concert special.
Filmed in New York City at Madison Square Garden, the concert special will feature the singer-songwriter performing a repertoire of her festive holiday hits, including the perennial favourite, All I Want for Christmas Is You.
SAMPLED
TUESDAY, 27 DECEMBER
ALL NEW SERIES
Featuring artists Arlo Parks, Bas, GoldLink, Marc Rebillet, NGHTMRE and Tinashe, travel documentary Sampled presents a visceral exploration of international cities from the viewpoint of traveling musicians on world tours, exploring Berlin, Monterrey, Amsterdam, London, Medellin and Tokyo.
Exclusive, raw and unfiltered sides to these cities will be seen through the eyes of the musicians, as they are guided by local artisans, creatives and experts.
DEER SQUAD (season 2)
WEDNESDAY, 28 DECEMBER
ALL NEW EPISODES
The brand-new animated adventure rescue series follows four lovable, enthusiastic and heroic young deer friends Kai, Lola, Rammy and Bobbi, who protect the animals of Central Forest and the humans who inhabit Platinum City, a futuristic metropolis surrounding their woodland home.
When there’s trouble, the Deer summon their Planet Powers and transform into a team that is capable of solving problems using their Planet Powers of Water (Kai), Wood (Lola), Earth (Bobbi) and Sun (Rammy).
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