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Dec. 5: “The New Yorker at 100” is a documentary celebrating the iconic magazine’s century of legendary journalism, literary fiction, covers and cartoons, and the talents that produced them. Netflix
Dec. 5: “The First Snow of Fraggle Rock” is a holiday musical special from the Jim Henson Company about the Fraggles eagerly waiting for the season’s first snowfall, but it’s reduced to one snowflake. Lele Pons is featured. Apple TV+
Dec. 5: Having survived the events of 2010’s “Spartacus,” Ashur (Nick Tarabay) ascends to power, owning the same gladiator training ground where 1he came from. In this 10-episode spinoff, Ashur sparks a different spectacle that offends the Roman elite. Lucy Lawless co-stars. Starz
Dec. 6: College football — The Big Ten and the Atlantic Coast Conference have championship games: The ACC on ABC and the Big Ten on Fox.
Dec. 10: “Percy Jackson & The Olympiads” is an adaptation of Rick Riordan’s “Sea of Monsters,” as Percy (Walker Scobel) sets out on a quest to find his best friend (Aryan Simdhadri) and the mythical Golden Fleece. Glynn Turman and Jason Mantzouka are featured. Disney+
Dec. 12: “Ella McCay” is James L. Brooks’ first feature in 15 years, with Emma Mackey a lawyer and politician coping with family drama. Jamie Lee Curtis and Woody Harrelson co-star. Theaters
Dec. 12: Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) and his mush-mouth drawl tackle another case in “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,” co-starring Josh Brolin, Glenn Close, Jeremy Renner and Kerry Washington. Netflix
Dec. 19: James Cameron is back with “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” once more featuring Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña enduring family grief and tribal dangers. Kate Winslet and Edie Falco are featured. Theaters
Dec. 19: “Cover-Up” is a documentary about investigative journalist Seymour M. Hersh — winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1970 for his reporting on the My Lai massacre — and his awesome career including work at the New Yorker and The New York Times. Theaters
Dec. 25: Timothée Chalamet is a table tennis champion when Ping Pong was gaining respectability in “Marty Supreme.” Gwyneth Paltrow co-stars. Theaters
Dec. 25: After biopics about Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, a Neil Diamond film may not seem out of the question, but “Song Sung Blue” isn’t it. Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson star as Diamond tribute band members who face family dynamics, an accident and romance. Fisher Stevens and Michael Imperioli co-star. Theaters
Dec. 25: Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried star in “The Housemaid,” an adaptation of Freida McFadden’s best-selling thriller about an ex-criminal hired as a maid by a wealthy family with skeletons in closets. Theaters
Dec. 31: NBC and Peacock cancelled the scheduled “Snoop Dogg’s New Year’s Eve,” but there are plenty of alternatives, from “New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash” on CBS and NBC’s “A Toast to 2024!” with Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager, to “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” on ABC and the always lively “New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen” on CNN.