The most wonderful time of the year – the holiday movie season, of course – is just around the corner, and it looks like it’s going to be as crowded as ever.
PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that America’s Biggest Family will release 20 new original Christmas movies in the 2023 season, two more than last year. And they will be filled with all the merriment, twinkling lights, and star fans they came to enjoy.
Danica McKellar, Chad Michael Murray, Candace Cameron Bure, Trevor Donovan and Jen Lilley are among the favorites returning for the festivities, which include 24 hours of holiday-themed entertainment and will begin online on October 20, the first new film debuting on 21 . October.
America’s Greatest Family enters the fall with new movies starring Danica McKellar, Trevor Donovan and more
Check out the full lineup — along with network descriptions — below.
12 Christmas gamesstarring Johnny Ramey and Felisha Cooper: A group of old friends and neighbors are thrown into a Christmas-themed board game during a Christmas party.
Christmas blessingstarring Lori Loughlin, James Tupper and Jesse Hutch: A TV chef (Loughlin) is divinely inspired to take over her late aunt’s charity with the help of a new friend (Hutch) and a handsome business associate next door (Tupper).
Christmas committeestarring Sarah Fisher and Simon Arblaster: Two rival realtors (Fisher and Arblaster) are forced to work together to sell a special house before Christmas.
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Anna Ferguson, Kate Craven, Natasha Bure and Cheryl Ladd in Great American Families’ A Christmas for the Ages.
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Christmas for the agesstarring Natasha Bure and Cheryl Ladd: Encouraged by their youngest granddaughter (Bure), four generations celebrate family and what Christmas was like in the 40s, 60s, 90s and today.
Dash of Christmasstarring Broadway’s Laura Osnes and Christopher Russell: A marketing executive (Osnes) must learn a recipe to land her dream job and ends up going on a holiday bake-off with her dream baker (Russell).
Christmas model (working title), starring Ash Tsai and Joey Heyworth: While on a charity press tour, a model (Tsai) ends up stuck for time at the family home of the driver (Heyworth) she hired to help her for the week.
Matthew Morrison returns to TV alongside Jen Lilley for Great American Family’s ‘Paris Christmas Waltz’
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Matthew Morrison and Jen Lilley.
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Paris Christmas Waltz, starring Jen Lilley and Matthew Morrison: A novice dancer (Lilley) is paired with a pro (Morrison) to compete in a prestigious dance competition…in Paris! The next story in the universe of A Christmas Waltz, the top-rated Christmas novel of 2020 (starring Lacey Chabert and Will Kemp).
Royal Christmas holidays, starring Brittany Underwood and Jonathan Stoddard: In search of her big break, a journalist (Underwood) arranges a Christmas interview with a European prince (Stoddard) who is visiting the United States. Will the journalist’s big story become her love story?
Danica McKellar is ready to flex her ‘Dancing with the Stars’ muscles in a new Rom-Com
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Danica McKellar in Great American Family’s ‘Royal Christmas Romance’.
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A royal Christmas romance (working title), starring Danica McKellar and Damon Runyan: When a European duke (Runyon) arrives in the US, he realizes his bags have been lost in transit. He has no choice but to style and eventually inspire Bella (McKellar), the owner of a local boutique.
Christmas time capsule (working title), starring Jillian Murray and Daniel Lissing: A father (Lissing) bonds with his daughter and finds unexpected romance (Murray) while searching for the original owner of the Christmas time capsule.
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Jill Wagner and Paul Greene in Great American Family’s ‘Bringing Christmas Home’.
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Bringing Christmas home (working title), starring Jill Wagner and Paul Greene: A military history professor (Wagner) teams up with an antique store owner (Greene) to find the original owner of a historic World War II uniform and love letters left in her pockets.
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Chad Michael Murray and Christa Taylor Brown in ‘Christmas at the Windmill’.
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Christmas on the Windmill Roadstarring Christa Taylor Brown and Chad Michael Murray: To save her family’s heirloom windmill, a woman (Taylor Brown) must remind her ex-boyfriend (Michael Murray) of the best of their hometown.
Destined 2: Christmas Once Morestarring Shae Robbins and Casey Elliott: In this sequel, Theo (Elliott) still doesn’t have a relationship with his girlfriend Kim (Robbins) as he tries to propose to her on Christmas Day.
Mistletoe momentsstarring Susie Abromeit and Liam McIntyre: With her career on the line, a decorator (Abromeit) must work with an unlikely partner (McIntyre) to present the house for the upcoming Christmas gala.
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Candace Cameron Bure and Gabriel Hogan in Great American Family’s ‘My Christmas Hero’.
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My Christmas herostarring Candace Cameron Bure and Gabriel Hogan: A reserve medic (Bure) follows her family’s military history with the help of a new romance (Hogan).
Our Christmas weddingstarring Holly Deveaux and Drew Seeley: In the sequel, the roles are reversed as Nicole’s boss plans the wedding of newly engaged Nicole (Deveaux) and Michael (Seeley) in two weeks’ time on Christmas Day.
Peppermint and postcardsstarring Ella Cannon and Christopher Russell: When a Christmas letter about her love life goes viral, a mom discovers romance could be just around the corner.
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Santa, maybe (working title), starring Aubrey Reynolds: Can theater director Lila (Reynolds) rise to the challenge of putting on the perfect Christmas ballet while uncovering a secret Santa in her office?
A Christmas present (working title), starring Erin Agostino and Marshall Williams: The city manager (Williams) enlists a childhood friend (Agostino) to help organize a Christmas charity event in his town, while she and her close friend get to work arranging it.
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Merritt Patterson and Trevor Donovan in the Great American Family film ‘Twas the Text Before Christmas’.
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That was the text before Christmasstarring Merritt Patterson and Trevor Donovan: An unexpected text message sent to the wrong number (Patterson) sets off a Christmas tradition with a new family (Donovan) over three different years.
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Great American Christmas begins October 20 on Great American Family. Fans can keep track of the movies they want to see with the Christmas Movie Checklist App.
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