2025 TV Premiere Date Schedule: Fallout Season 2, Rowan Atkinson And Taylor Swift Dominate December (As Well As Stranger Things' Final Ep)

Walton Goggins as The Ghoul looking seriously at Lucy.
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Only one month remains before 2025 TV officially sizzles up and ceases to exist, coinciding with the final season of Stranger Things and a slew of New Year's Eve specials. Thankfully, it'll lead right into the 2026 TV schedule, but there are still a slew of premieres, winter finales, stand-up specials and more to enjoy before truly calling it quits. (To say nothing of all the NCAA and NFL football.)

Be sure to bookmark all those upcoming 2025 Christmas movies airing soon, as well as Hallmark's holiday movie schedule, but save lots of room for all the non-Christmas fare coming as well. Also, get ready to bid temporary farewells to the bulk of everything airing on network TV, with midseason finales popping up all over the place. We've noted the full-on season finales lower down.

[Note that all times listed in the schedule below are for the ET/EST time zone, and that all brand-new series premieres will be listed in ALL CAPS.]


December 2025 TV Premiere Dates

Fiona in cowboy hat in The Abandons

(Image credit: Netflix)

One end-of-year holiday deserves some more, and December always delivers tons of family-friendly parades and specials to both celebrate Christmas and beyond, while also setting up to welcome in the new year, often with Ryan Seacrest involved in some way. (Not to mention the plethora of new made-for-TV Christmas movies debuting on Hallmark, GAF and more.) For all the yuletide cheer, December features some brutal debuts from TV creators like Kurt Sutter, Steven S. DeKnight, and...Rowan Atkinson, as well as the latest streaming retrospective for Taylor Swift fans.

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Monday, December 1

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

My Next Guest With David Letterman: Adam Sandler [Special]

3:01 a.m.

Netflix

PLAYING GRACIE DARLING

3:01 a.m.

Netflix

Batwheels Season 3

7 a.m.

Cartoon Network

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Tuesday, December 2

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

5-STAR

3:01 a.m.

Paramount+

SEAN COMBS: THE RECKONING

3:01 a.m.

Netflix

Vanderpump Rules Season 12

9 p.m.

Bravo

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Wednesday, December 3

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

With Love, Megahan: Holiday Celebration [Special]

3:01 a.m.

Netflix

NEXT LEVEL BAKER

9:00 p.m.

Fox

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Thursday, December 4

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

THE ABANDONS

3:01 a.m.

Netflix

DUNKMAN

7 p.m.

TNT, truTV, HBO Max

The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills Season 15

8 p.m.

Bravo

The Great Christmas Light Fight Season 13

9 p.m.

ABC

NEXT LEVEL BAKER

9:00 p.m.

Fox

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Friday, December 5

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

Header Cell - Column 3

THE FIRST SNOW OF FRAGGLE ROCK [Special]

12:01 a.m.

Apple TV

Row 0 - Cell 3

Transformers: Earthspark Season 4

3:01 a.m.

Paramount+

Row 1 - Cell 3

TWELVE DATES 'TIL CHRISTMAS

8:00 p.m.

Hallmark

Row 2 - Cell 3

SPARTACUS: HOUSE OF ASHUR

9:00 p.m.

Starz

Row 3 - Cell 3
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Sunday, December 7

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS UNWRAPPED WITH KIMBERLY SCHLAPMAN [Special]

3:01 a.m.

Wonder Project

90 Day Fiancé: Before The 90 Days Season 8

8:00 p.m.

TLC

90 Day Pillow Talk: Before The 90 Days Season 8

11 p.m.

TLC

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Monday, December 8

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

Dance Moms: A New Era Season 2

12:01 a.m.

Hulu

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Season 3

3:01 a.m.

TLC

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Tuesday, December 9

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

FIXER UPPER: COLORADO MOUNTAIN HOUSE

9 p.m.

HGTV, Magnolia, HBO Max

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Wednesday, December 10

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

Percy Jackson And The Olympians Season 2

3:01 a.m.

Disney+

SIMON COWELL: THE NEXT ACT

3:01 a.m.

Netflix

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Thursday, December 11

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft Season 2

3:01 a.m.

Netflix

MAN VS. BABY (Follow-up To Man Vs. Bee)

3:01 a.m.

Netflix

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Friday, December 12

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

Tales Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 2

3:01 a.m.

Paramount+

TAYLOR SWIFT: THE FINAL SHOW AND THE END OF AN ERA [Special]

3:01 a.m.

Disney+

THE END OF AN ERA

3:01 a.m.

Disney+

THE END OF AN ERA [Broadcast Debut]

8 p.m.

ABC

TAYLOR SWIFT: THE FINAL SHOW AND THE END OF AN ERA [Special, Broadcast Debut]

9 p.m.

ABC

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Sunday, December 14

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

ROBBY HOFFMAN: WAKE UP [Stand-Up]

3:01 a.m.

Netflix

FIGHTING SPIRIT: A COMBAT CHAPLAIN'S JOURNEY [Documentary]

3:01 a.m.

Wonder Project

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Wednesday, December 17

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

Fallout Season 2

3:01 a.m.

Prime Video

WHAT'S IN THE BOX?

3:01 a.m.

Netflix

OBSESSION: THE MURDER OF A BEAUTY QUEEN [Special]

8 p.m.

HBO

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Thursday, December 18

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

Emily In Paris Season 5

3:01 a.m.

Netflix

HUMAN SPECIMENS

3:01 a.m.

Prime Video

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Friday, December 19

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

KUMAIL NANJIANI: NIGHT THOUGHTS [Stand-Up Special]

12:01 a.m.

Hulu

JAKE PAUL VS. ANTHONY JOSHUA [Boxing]

8 p.m.

Netflix

ADULT SWIM'S THE ELEPHANT [Feature Special]

11 p.m.

Adult Swim

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Thursday, December 25

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2

8 p.m.

Netflix

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade [Special]

10:00 a.m.

ABC

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Saturday, December 27

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

THE COPENHAGEN TEST

3:01 a.m.

Peacock

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Sunday, December 28

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

ADVENTURE IN WONDER

3:01 a.m.

Wonder Project

Home Town Season 10

8 p.m.

HGTV

Celebrity IOU Season 11

9 p.m.

HGTV

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Monday, December 29

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

MEMBERS ONLY: PALM BEACH

3:01 a.m.

Netflix

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Tuesday, December 30

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

RICKY GERVAIS: MORTALITY [Stand-up Special]

3:01 a.m.

Netflix

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Wednesday, December 31

TITLE

TIME

CHANNEL

Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 3 {Series Finale]

8:00 p.m.

Netflix


December 2025 Biggest TV Finales

Hugh Dillon and Jeremy Rnner standing with their hands in their pockets in Season 4 of Mayor of Kingstown as firefighters walk behind them.

(Image credit: Dennis P. Mong Jr./Paramount+)

As much as we love to celebrate when new and returning shows arrive and start off their new seasons, attention should also go to the variety of shows that are ending (temporarily or otherwise) for winter hiatuses. So let's take a look some of the most noteworthy season and midseason finales that are hitting soon.

  • Murder in a Small Town Season 2 (Fox) - Dec. 2
  • Bel-Air Series Finale (Peacock) - Dec. 8
  • All's Fair Season 1 (Hulu) - Dec. 9
  • The Amazing Race Season 38 (CBS) - Dec. 10
  • South Park Season 28 (Comedy Central) - Dec. 10
  • The Kitchen Series Finale (Food Network) - Dec. 13
  • IT: Welcome To Derry Season 1 (HBO) - Dec. 14
  • The Voice Season 28 (NBC) - Dec. 16
  • The Floor Season 4 (Fox) - Dec. 17
  • Survivor Season 49 (CBS) - Dec. 17
  • The Road Season 1 (CBS) - Dec. 21
  • The Kardashians Season 7 (Hulu) - Dec. 25
  • Pluribus Season 1 (Apple TV) - Dec. 26
  • Mayor of Kingstown Season 4 (Paramount+) - Dec. 28
  • Stranger Things Series Finale (Netflix) - Dec. 31

When you're done setting up your own personal TV lineups, be sure to check out everything hitting the big screen in the near future as well with our 2025 movie release schedule.

Nick Venable
Assistant Managing Editor

Nick is a Cajun Country native and an Assistant Managing Editor with a focus on TV and features. His humble origin story with CinemaBlend began all the way back in the pre-streaming era, circa 2009, as a freelancing DVD reviewer and TV recapper.  Nick leapfrogged over to the small screen to cover more and more television news and interviews, eventually taking over the section for the current era and covering topics like Yellowstone, The Walking Dead and horror. Born in Louisiana and currently living in Texas — Who Dat Nation over America’s Team all day, all night — Nick spent several years in the hospitality industry, and also worked as a 911 operator. If you ever happened to hear his music or read his comics/short stories, you have his sympathy.



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