Christmas Is Coming Early at Great American Family

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Holiday programming to start Oct. 13 with first new movie debuting Oct. 14

A Royal Christmas Great American Family
'A Royal Christmas,' one of 20 holiday movies coming to Great American Family (Image credit: Great American Family)

Great American Family will unwrap its 24-7 Great American Christmas programming a week early this year, with holiday programming starting Friday and its first new original movie running October 14.

The cable network will run 20 world premiere holiday movies from October 14 through December 23, with reruns of Christmas programming filling its schedule during the season.

The first movie is Destined 2: Christmas Once More, starring Shae Robbins and Casey Elliott.

Great American Family describes its film programming as “the strongest family-friendly, faith-based seasonal offerings on linear television.”

The holidays continue past Christmas for Great American Family, which will air the 135th Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year’s Day.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.