The Book Of Boba Fett and Station Eleven lead December’s TV premieres

After a lean start (WandaVision’s allure notwithstanding), the year in TV closes out strong this December with a combination of seasonal offerings and more evergreen fare. The beginning and middle of the month are packed with holiday specials, including new episodes of Young Rock, Kenan, and Mr. Mayor on December 15. But Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist and DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow look much more likely to follow in Ted Lasso’s footsteps as great new additions to the Christmas canon.

The end of the year also brings tidings of exciting new series like Abbott Elementary, starring A Black Lady Sketch Show’s Quinta Brunson, and the engaging New York-based comedy of Harlem. The post-apocalyptic scenario of Station Eleven stands in stark contrast with all the revelry, which will ramp back up at the end of the month with the arrival of The Book Of Boba Fett. And, for those who have waited patiently for more episodic stories of Sex And The City, HBO Max’s And Just Like That… waits to be unwrapped.

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Beebo Saves Christmas (The CW): Premieres December 1

has always thrived on its underdog status, since it’s baked into the premise that its central team of time travelers are all losers who would otherwise leave no impression whatsoever on history. The existence of the Beebo Saves Christmas special, though, is a direct rejection of the idea that Legends is anything but a beloved hit. How else would anyone justify a fully animated and surprisingly earnest Christmas cartoon that is really just an hour-long payoff to a running joke on Legends that exists entirely in-universe and (almost) never acknowledges the fact that it’s related to a superhero show in any way? Former Legends cast member Victor Garber narrates the special, but nobody else from the Arrowverse stops by—other than Beebo himself (a direct parody of Tickle Me Elmo who first debuted in what is the show’s ). [Sam Barsanti]