Roku to Stream Original Holiday Shows, Movie

<p><strong>SAN JOSE &&num;8212&semi; <&sol;strong>Roku plans to bring more original holiday content to audiences&comma; sharing plans to bring half-hour romantic comedy series &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Holiday Shift” from CBS Studios and Fulwell73 and romantic comedy film &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;How to Fall in Love by the Holidays” starring Teri Hatcher to The Roku Channel this November&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This holiday season&comma; The Roku Channel is bringing streamers an array of Roku Originals to get into the festive spirit&comma;” <strong>said Brian Tannenbaum&comma; Head of Originals&comma; Roku Media&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<&sol;strong>We’re delighted to introduce &OpenCurlyQuote;The Holiday Shift’ and &OpenCurlyQuote;How to Fall in Love by the Holidays’ as part of our original holiday programming lineup and can’t wait for audiences to stream these fun and heart-warming stories&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Holiday Shift” is a five-episode romantic comedy series following the intersecting love stories of young mall employees during the holiday season&period; The ensemble cast includes Varun Saranga&comma; Jean-Luc Bilodeau&comma; Devyn Nekoda&comma; Nadine Bhabha&comma; Brielle Robillard&comma; and Michael Delleva&comma; and features Sarah Levy and Jon Dore&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Holiday Shift” is produced by CBS Studios and Fulwell73&period; Tommy Johnagin&comma; Paul Fox&comma; Joe Hardesty&comma; Ben Winston&comma; Leo Pearlman&comma; Jeff Grosvenor&comma; Amit Pandya&comma; Jackie Filgo&comma; and Jeff Filgo serve as executive producers&period; The series is created by Tommy Johnagin&period; All episodes of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Holiday Shift” will stream free beginning Friday&comma; November 17&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;How to Fall in Love by the Holidays” follows a beloved writer-turned-CEO &lpar;Teri Hatcher&rpar;&comma; who must save her company by writing a column on her falling in love by the holidays – complicated by the handsome photographer who has been assigned to the piece&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;How to Fall in Love by the Holidays” is distributed by Reel One Entertainment&period; Tom Berry&comma; Suzanne Chapman&comma; Breanne Hartley&comma; Louisa Cadywould&comma; Sebastian Battro&comma; and Laurence Braun serve as executive producers&period; The film is written by Ansley Gordon and directed by Michael Kennedy&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;How to Fall in Love by the Holidays” streams for free beginning Friday&comma; November 3&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The Holiday Shift” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;How to Fall in Love by the Holidays” are overseen by Morgan Pichinson on behalf of Roku&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Streamers can enjoy a variety of holiday programming for free on The Roku Channel this holiday season&period; In addition to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Holiday Shift” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;How to Fall in Love by the Holidays&comma;” Roku is also bringing audiences Roku Original holiday titles &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Great American Baking Show&colon; Celebrity Holiday” &lpar;starting Friday&comma; November 10&rpar;&comma; which will feature a lineup of celebrity baker contestants&semi; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Martha Holidays” &lpar;starting Monday&comma; December 4&rpar; starring the iconic Martha Stewart&semi; and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;A Very Demi Holiday Special” &lpar;starting Friday&comma; December 8&rpar; starring global superstar Demi Lovato&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"ql-align-justify">The Roku Channel will also bring audiences classic holiday titles like &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Miracle on 34th Street”&semi; festive music linear channels from Vevo&semi; and holiday movie marathons on Hallmark Movies &amp&semi; More&comma; Holiday Movie Favorites by Lifetime&comma; Christmas Plus&comma; and Dove linear channels available through The Roku Channel’s Live TV Guide&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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