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December 2018 TV Premiere Dates (New Series, Seasons, Movies, and Specials)

The following is a list of all December 2018 TV premiere dates (new series and seasons, original movies and documentaries, specials, and more). This post will be updated throughout the month as more premiere dates are announced. If you notice I am missing a TV premiere on this list, feel free to let me know in the comments section and I will make sure to add it. For day-to-day TV listings (lists of every new episode airing each day), check out our Daily TV Schedules.

Note: For a list of all 2018 Christmas TV specials and movies and their premiere dates, click here.

Saturday, December 1, 2018:

  • 3/2 AM: Memories of the Alhambra (Netflix, Series Premiere)
  • 1 PM/Noon: Hanazuki: Full of Treasures (DFC, One-Hour Series Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Disney Parks Presents A 25 Days of Christmas Holiday Party (Disney Channel, Special)
  • 8/7 PM: Mingle All the Way (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: A Twist of Christmas (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Christmas Wonderland (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Love for Christmas (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)

Sunday, December 2, 2018:

  • 4/3 PM: Discovery Live: Into the Blue Hole (Discovery Channel, Two-Hour Special)
  • 7/6 PM: Christmas Catch (UP, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 7/6 PM: Cover Story: Scandal: The MIT Blackjack Ring (GSN, One-Hour Special)
  • 7/6 PM: Merry Wishmas (TV One, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: The Christmas Pact (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Garth: Live at Notre Dame! (CBS, Two-Hour Special)
  • 8/7 PM: A Majestic Christmas (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Berlin Station (Epix, Season 3 Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Life-Size 2 (Freeform, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Once Upon a Christmas Miracle (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Shoelaces for Christmas (BYUtv, Two-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: A Wedding for Christmas (ION, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: 2018 National Christmas Tree Lighting (Ovation/Reelz, 90-Minute Special)
  • 10/9 PM: Nightflyers (Syfy, Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: A Star for Christmas (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Holiday Special (ABC, One-Hour Special)

Monday, December 3, 2018:

  • 9/8 PM: Always at the Carlyle (Starz, Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Vanderpump Rules (Bravo, Season 7 Premiere)
  • 9:30/8:30 PM: Pop Up Santa Holiday Special (Freeform, 90-Minute Special)
  • 10/9 PM: Deal or No Deal: Happy Howie Days (NBC, One-Hour Special)
  • 10/9 PM: Maine Cabin Masters (DIY, Season 3 Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland (HBO, Original Documentary Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Unanchored (Bravo, Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Who Do You Think You Are? (TLC, Season 9.5 Premiere)
  • 11:30/10:30 PM: Big Questions, Huge Answers with Jon Dore (Comedy Central, One-Hour Special)

Tuesday, December 4, 2018:

  • 5/4 AM: The Last 24 Hours (Ovation, Series Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Legends of the Lost with Megan Fox (Travel Channel, Series Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: The Profit: An Inside Look – Stein Meats (CNBC, One-Hour Special)
  • 10/9 PM: The Profit (CNBC, Season 6 Premiere)

Wednesday, December 5, 2018:

  • 3/2 AM: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon, Season 2 Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: America’s Mississippi (Smithsonian Channel, Series Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Deal or No Deal (CNBC, Season 5 Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Border Live (Discovery Channel, Series Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Fantomworks (Motor Trend, Season 9 Premiere)

Thursday, December 6, 2018:

  • 9/8 PM: Cold Valley: Part 2 (ID, Special)
  • 9/8 PM: The Great American Baking Show: Holiday Edition (ABC, Season 4 Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Botched (E!, Season 5 Premiere)

Friday, December 7, 2018:

  • 3/2 AM: Dogs of Berlin (Netflix, Series Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Dumplin’ (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Nailed It!: Holiday (Netflix, Christmas Special)
  • 3/2 AM: Natale a 5 Stelle (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas (Netflix, Christmas Special)
  • 3/2 AM: Plan Coeur (Netflix, Series Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Christmas Lost and Found (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Icebox (HBO, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: RuPaul’s Drag Race: Holi-Slay Spectacular (VH1, One-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Love After Lockup (WE, Season 2 Premiere)

Saturday, December 8, 2018:

  • 7:30/6:30 PM: MLS Cup 2018 (FOX, Special)
  • 8/7 PM: Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings: Holiday Magic (Freeform, One-Hour Special)
  • 8/7 PM: Homegrown Christmas (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Santa’s Boots (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Memories of Christmas (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Rent-an-Elf (ION, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 11/10 PM: Premier Boxing Champions Special: PBC Countdown to Jermall Charlo vs. Willie Monroe Jr. (FOX, Half-Hour Special)
  • 11:30/10:30 PM: Premier Boxing Champions Special: PBC Countdown to Jermell Charlo vs. Tony Harrison (FOX, Half-Hour Special)

Sunday, December 9, 2018:

  • 7/6 PM: Living By Design Holiday Special (TV One, Special)
  • 8/7 PM: A Christmas in Tennessee (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Christmas Under the Stars: Train (BYUtv, One-Hour Special)
  • 8/7 PM: Homicide for the Holidays (Oxygen, Season 2.5 Premiere/Special Time)
  • 8/7 PM: Welcome to Christmas (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Casey Anthony (Reelz, Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Counterpart (Starz, Season 2 Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: A Snow White Christmas (ION, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Original Movie Premiere)

Monday, December 10, 2018:

  • Midnight/11 PM: The Shivering Truth (Adult Swim, Series Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: CMA Country Christmas (ABC, Two-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: No Sleep ’til Christmas (Freeform, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: VICE Special Report: The Panic Artists (HBO, 90-Minute Special)

Tuesday, December 11, 2018:

  • 9/8 PM: 30 for 30: 42 to 1 (ESPN, Original Documentary Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas (NBC, One-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: The Profit: An Inside Look – Mr. Green Tea (CNBC, One-Hour Special)
  • 10/9 PM: Hollywood Game Night: Holiday Episode (NBC, One-Hour Special)
  • 10/9 PM: Momentum Generation (HBO, Special)

Wednesday, December 12, 2018:

  • 3/2 AM: Champaign Ill (YouTube Premium, Series Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Ken Jeong Cracks Christmas (YouTube Premium, Special)
  • 3/2 AM: Out of Many, One (Netflix, Original Documentary Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Ellen’s Game of Games: Holiday Episode (NBC, One-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Little Bit Shots: Holiday Episode (NBC, One-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Susan Powell: An ID Murder Mystery (ID, Two-Hour Special)

Thursday, December 13, 2018:

  • 9/8 PM: Dr. Pimple Popper: The 12 Pops of Christmas (TLC, One-Hour Special)
  • 10/9 PM: The Carbonaro Effect (truTV)

Friday, December 14, 2018:

  • 3/2 AM: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter’s Tale (Netflix, One-Hour Special)
  • 3/2 AM: The Fix (Netflix, Series Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Fuller House (Netflix, Season 4 Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: LOL: Last One Laughing (Amazon, Series Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Prince of Peoria: A Christmas Moose Miracle (Netflix, Special)
  • 3/2 AM: The Protector (Netflix, Series Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Roma (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Sunderland Till I Die (Netflix, Series Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Tidelands (Netflix, Series Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Travelers (Netflix, Season 3 Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Voltron: Legendary Defender (Netflix, Season 8 Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: The 87th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (The CW, Two-Hour Special)
  • 8/7 PM: Christmas Around the Corner (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (VH1, Season 4 Premiere)

Saturday, December 15, 2018:

  • 3/2 AM: Springsteen on Broadway (Netflix, Original Documentary Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Christmas Pen Pals (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Entertaining Christmas (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Country Christmas Album (ION, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Northern Lights of Christmas (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: The Price of Fame (Reelz, Season 2 Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Pete Holmes: Dirty Clean (HBO, One-Hour Special)
  • 10/9 PM: Versailles: The Final Act (Ovation, One-Hour Special)

Sunday, December 16, 2018:

  • 7/6 PM: 2018 Miss Universe (FOX, Three-Hour Special)
  • 7/6 PM: Coins for Christmas (TV One, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Christmas Under the Stars: The Band Perry (BYUtv, Special)
  • 8/7 PM: A Gingerbread Romance (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Hometown Christmas (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2018 (The CW, 90-Minute Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Christmas at Grand Valley (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: A Christmas in Royal Fashion (ION, Original Movie Premiere)

Monday, December 17, 2018:

  • 9/8 PM: Fail State (Starz, Special)
  • 10/9 PM: America’s Got Talent: Holiday Episode (NBC, One-Hour Special)
  • 10/9 PM: In Memoriam (ABC, One-Hour Special)

Tuesday, December 18, 2018:

  • 3/2 AM: Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special)
  • 8/7 PM: Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 2018 (The CW, One-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Greatest Holiday Video Countdown (The CW, One-Hour Special)

Wednesday, December 19, 2018:

  • 10/9 PM: Schitt’s Creek: Holiday Episode (POP, Special)

Thursday, December 20, 2018:

  • 8/7 PM: Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (BYUtv, Special)
  • 8/7 PM: Ex on the Beach (MTV, Season 2 Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Timeless (NBC, Original Movie Premiere/Series Finale)

Friday, December 21, 2018:

  • 3/2 AM: 3 Below (Netflix, Series Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Bird Box (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Diablero (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Life Itself (Amazon, Special)
  • 3/2 AM: Marvel’s Runaways (Hulu, Season 2 Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Vanity Fair (Amazon, Series Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: A Christmas Kiss (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: A Home for the Holidays: The 20th Anniversary (CBS, One-Hour Special)

Saturday, December 22, 2018:

  • 8/7 PM: Jingle Around the Clock (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Premier Boxing Champions Special: Jermall Charlo vs. Willie Monroe Jr. and Jermell Charlo vs. Tony Harrison (FOX, Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Small Town Christmas (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Original Movie Premiere)

Sunday, December 23, 2018:

  • 8/7 PM: 3 Holiday Tails (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Christmas Made to Order (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Christmas Bells Are Ringing (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Gingerbread Giants 2 (Food Network, One-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: The Year: 2018 (ABC, Two-Hour Special)

Monday, December 24, 2018:

  • 9/8 PM: Holiday Baking Championship: Homecoming (Food Network, One-Hour Special)

Tuesday, December 25, 2018:

  • 3/2 AM: Watership Down (Netflix, Series Premiere)
  • 3/2 PM: ABC NBA Christmas Triple-Header (ABC, Special)
  • 8/7 PM: When Calls the Heart: Christmas (Hallmark Channel, Two-Hour Special)

Wednesday, December 26, 2018:

  • 8/7 PM: The 41st Annual Kennedy Center Honors (CBS, Two-Hour Special)

Thursday, December 27, 2018:

  • No TV premieres or specials currently scheduled.

Friday, December 28, 2018:

  • 3/2 AM: Niko and the Sword of Light (Amazon, Season 2 Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Selection Day (Netflix, Series Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Popstar’s Best of 2018 (The CW, One-Hour Special)

Saturday, December 29, 2018:

  • 8/7 PM: A Midnight Kiss (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
  • 11/10 PM: 2019 WinterFest Preview Special (Hallmark Channel, Special)

Sunday, December 30, 2018:

  • 8/7 PM: The Orville (FOX, Season 2 Premiere/Special Night)

Monday, December 31, 2018:

  • 8/7 PM: Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2019 (ABC, Special)
  • 8/7 PM: A Toast to 2018! (NBC, Two-Hour Special)
  • 10/9 PM: NBC’s New Year’s Eve (NBC, Special)