Lifetime has set its annual holiday programming schedule, announcing a slate of 12 new original movies for its It’s a Wonderful Lifetime event. The festive lineup begins on November 29, with new films premiering every Friday and Saturday. This year’s roster includes movies starring Brandy Norwood, Loretta Devine, and a project executive produced by country music stars Kane & Katelyn Brown.
The event kicks off with Christmas Everyday, which pairs music icon Brandy Norwood with her daughter, Sy’rai Smith, and veteran actress Debbi Morgan. The story centers on Fancy (Norwood), a woman attempting to maintain her late father’s holiday traditions while also planning her sister’s wedding. The cast also includes Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman. Following on premiere night is The Christmas Campaign, a film that reunites Lifetime regulars Vivica A. Fox and Jackée Harry in a story about rival advertising executives.
Another major project is Thank God: Christmas at Keller Ranch, from executive producers Kane and Katelyn Brown. The film stars Arielle Kebbel as a single mother and rancher who runs an equestrian-assisted therapy program. She is tasked with helping a professional hockey player, played by Tyler Hilton, recover from a major injury. The network has also slated Deck the Hallways, a movie led by Loretta Devine. Her character, Agnes, decides to cancel a long-held family holiday party, forcing her granddaughter to team up with a childhood crush to save the tradition.
The schedule also features a reunion of sorts for fans of the drama One Tree Hill. Tyler Hilton appears in the Keller Ranch movie, while his former co-star James Lafferty headlines A Pickleball Christmas. Lafferty is cast as a tennis pro who returns home for the holidays and must compete in a pickleball tournament alongside a coach, played by Zibby Allen, to save his family’s racquet club. Other announced films include A Runaway Bride for Christmas starring Nischelle Turner and a holiday thriller for its sister network LMN, titled Do You Fear What I Fear.
