{"id":196689,"date":"2025-12-21T16:35:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T16:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/196689\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T16:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T16:35:07","slug":"what-to-watch-on-tv-this-week-december-21-27-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/196689\/","title":{"rendered":"What to watch on TV this week (December 21-27, 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to What\u2019s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows and films. Here is what\u2019s happening on TV from Sunday, December 21 to Saturday, December 27. All times are Eastern.<\/p>\n<p>New this week\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stranger Things (Netflix, Thursday, 8 p.m., season five, volume two premiere)<\/p>\n<p>Another three installments of Stranger Things\u2019 fifth and final season arrive on Christmas, as Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), a newly powered-up Will (Noah Schnapp), and the rest of the Hawkins crew continue their dogged, Demogorgon-slaying fight against Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower). Look for The A.V. Club\u2019s recap on Thursday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Copenhagen Test (Peacock, Saturday, 3 a.m., season one premiere)<\/p>\n<p>Simu Liu leads this Peacock spy thriller about a Chinese-American intelligence analyst whose brain has been hacked. Caught between his shadowy agency and the unknown perpetrators, he must maintain airs of normalcy at work to flush out who\u2019s responsible. The cast also includes Melissa Barrera, Brian d\u2019Arcy James, and Mark O\u2019Brien. The A.V. Club\u2019s review of the show publishes Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Goodbye June (Netflix, Wednesday, 3 a.m.)<\/p>\n<p>Kate Winslet makes her directorial debut with this weeper about four fractured siblings who come together to say farewell to their dying mother over the holidays. Mom is played by Helen Mirren, and Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn, Andrea Riseborough, Timothy Spall, and Winslet herself round out the ensemble.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sanctuary: A Witch\u2019s Tale (AMC+, Thursday, 12 a.m., season two premiere)<\/p>\n<p>A year after a violent witch hunt drove the Fenns out of Sanctuary in season one, this supernatural drama picks up with sorceress Sarah (Elaine Cassidy) and daughter Harper (Hazel Doupe) hiding it out in scenic Scotland. Soon enough, though, they\u2019re drawn back to the titular English town when yet another magical murder occurs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t miss recaps<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/i-love-la-recap-season-1-episode-7-divas-down\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I Love LA<\/a> (HBO, Sunday, 10:30 p.m., season one finale)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/fallout-season-2-premiere-recap\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fallout<\/a> (Prime Video, Wednesday, 3 a.m.) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/pluribus-recap-season-1-episode-8-charm-offensive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pluribus<\/a> (Apple TV, Friday, 12 a.m., season one finale)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also arriving <\/p>\n<p>The Wonderfully Weird World Of Gumball (Hulu, Monday, 12 a.m., season two premiere)<\/p>\n<p>The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS and Paramount+, Tuesday, 8 p.m., standalone special)<\/p>\n<p>Nightsleeper (BritBox, Friday, 12 a.m., miniseries premiere)<\/p>\n<p>Ending soon<\/p>\n<p>The Mighty Nein (Prime Video, Monday, 3 a.m., season one finale)<\/p>\n<p>The Kardashians (Hulu, Thursday, 3 a.m., season seven finale)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/heated-rivalry-queer-sex-tv-raises-bar-hbo-max\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heated Rivalry<\/a> (HBO Max, Friday, 12.am., season one finale)<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift: The End Of An Era (Disney+, Friday, 3 a.m., miniseries finale)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to What\u2019s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows and films. 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