Watching This Week #135

Joshua Gorner -

Hello, and merry Christmas to those who celebrate. Welcome to the December 25, 2023, edition of Watching This Week, the weekly newsletter from Where Can I Watch – covering the latest news on where TV shows and movies will be available in Canada.

As mentioned last week, this is an abbreviated holiday edition with updated listings for the coming week. Next week at this time, you should be getting our January listings roundup.

What's new this week – December 25–31

Compiled from our monthly listings and/or any subsequent updates we've come across. We strive for accuracy but schedules may change without notice. Some series/seasons may have weekly rollouts; we won't list new episodes every week (though we may note significant episodes such as series finales). *An asterisk denotes programming added in past weeks that we've learned about (or has been rescheduled) since our last newsletter.

  • Netflix
    • Series: Pokémon Concierge (stop-motion animated series – Thursday); Berlin (Money Heist spin-off – Friday)
    • Stand-up: Ricky Gervais: Armageddon (Monday)
  • Disney+
    • Series: Doctor Who (Christmas special: "The Church on Ruby Road" – Monday)
  • Crave:
    • Series: Letterkenny (final season – Monday); Somebody's Hiding Something (S1 part 2 – Friday); Tacoma FD (season 4 – Friday)
    • Films: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023 dramedy – Monday); Seriously Red (2022 comedy – Friday); Sisu (2022 thriller – Friday); Gran Turismo (2023 sports drama – Friday); New Year's Eve (2011 film – Sunday)
  • Prime Video:
    • Films: Sound of Freedom (2023 crime drama – Tuesday); After Everything (2023 romantic sequel – Friday)
  • CBC Gem
    • Series: Best in Miniature (season 3 – Tuesday [also on CBC TV Tue-Fri]); The Great British Baking Show (S13 New Year's special – Wednesday)
    • Films: Lion (2016 – Tuesday)
  • Paramount+ (also available as a channel on Prime Video and Apple TV)
    • Series: Where is Baby Gabriel? (true crime docuseries – Friday); Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy and Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico (CNN travelogues – Saturday)
    • Films / "exclusive events": South Park (Not Suitable for Children) (sixth feature-length special – Wednesday, Dec. 20*); Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023 animated sequel – Sunday, Dec. 24*); On Sacred Ground (2023 drama – Friday)
  • BritBox (also available as a channel on Prime Video and Apple TV)
    • Christmas / winter specials for ongoing series: Beyond Paradise (Monday); Here We Go (Tuesday); Death in Paradise (Wednesday); Gardener's World (Sunday)
    • Other specials: Lot No. 249 (ghost story adaptation – Monday); Royal Carols: Together at Christmas 2023 (concert – Monday); Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal (doc – Thursday)
    • Series: Jamaica Inn (2014 limited series – Saturday)
  • Starz (also available as an add-on/channel on Crave, Prime Video, and Apple TV)
    • Films: Confidential Informant (2023 action film – Friday)

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