TVLine Items: Zoey’s Xmas Airing on VH1, Dr. Death Season 2 Trailer and More

Vlada Gelman
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In the mood for some musical holiday cheer?

Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas, the 2021 Roku Channel TV-movie that served as a conclusion to NBC’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, will air on VH1 Friday, Dec. 8 at 11 pm ET. (An encore presentation will air Saturday, Dec. 9 at 10:30 am ET.)

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Picking up after the events of the Season 2 finale cliffhanger, the feature-length continuation followed Zoey on her first holiday without her beloved father as she attempted to create a magical Christmas for her family just like the ones Mitch used to do. Jane Levy (Zoey), Mary Steenburgen (Maggie), Skylar Astin (Max), John Clarence Stewart (Simon), Alex Newell (Mo), Andrew Leeds (David), Alice Lee (Emily), Michael Thomas Grant (Leif), Kapil Talwalkar (Tobin), David St. Louis (Perry), Peter Gallagher (Mitch) and Bernadette Peters (Deb) all reprised their roles.

And if you’ve already watched Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas, you can check out all of TVLine’s post mortem coverage here.

Ready for some more recent newsy nuggets? Well…

* David Rysdahl (Fargo) has joined Noah Hawley’s Alien series at FX, which will star Sydney Chandler and Timothy Olyphant, our sister site Deadline reports. Character details are not currently available.

* Former Daily Show guest hosts Charlamagne Tha God and Kal Penn will each get a second shot at the desk, with Charlamagne returning the week of Dec. 4 and Penn following the week of Dec. 11. Comedy Central will announce a new, full-time host at a later date.

* Guy Fieri has signed a new, three-year exclusive deal with Food Network, so get ready for more episodes of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Guy’s Grocery Games and Tournament of Champions.

* The Korean drama series Moving will make its English-language debut Wednesday, Dec. 13 on Hulu — which currently streams all 20 subtitled episodes. Watch trailer:

* Peacock has released a new trailer for Dr. Death Season 2, starring Edgar Ramirez and Mandy Moore, and premiering with all eight episodes on Thursday, Dec. 21:

* Apple TV+ has released a trailer for the three-part, Kiefer Sutherland-narrated docuseries John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial, which begins streaming Wednesday, Dec. 6:

Which of today’s TVLine Items pique your interest?

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