Who will be crowned the first-ever winner of MasterChef Asia? And has intrepid American zoologist Jackson Oz finally found the antidote to end animal attacks on a global scale? Find out the answers to these and more this December on Lifetime.
After team challenges, mystery box challenges, pressure tests, and the constant scrutiny of judges Susur Lee, Bruno Menard, and Audra Morrice, reality cooking show MasterChef Asia reaches its season finale 9 p.m. on Dec. 10.
Likewise coming to a close on Dec. 24 at 10 pm is Zoo, the thriller based on James Patterson’s book about animals gone wild—and the people who can stop this pandemic. Led by renegade zoologist Jackson Oz (James Wolk of Mad Men and The Crazy Ones), the mission to end deadly animal behavior takes Oz through a series of twists and turns—including emergency surgery and heart-raising obstacles.
Also on Lifetime, count down the days to Christmas via feel-good made-for-TV movies leading up to that most wonderful time of the year.
In A Royal Christmas (Dec. 19, 8 p.m.), a young working girl goes from blue-collared to blue-blooded when her fiancé reveals he’s prince of a sovereign country in Europe. Can she convince her future (and skeptical) mother-in-law that she’s in it for love and not money? Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls) and Jane Seymour star.
Employees of an ornament factory in Carbon Hill are shocked when corporate actuary Amelia returns to her hometown to announce layoffs. Could her rekindled romance with factory owner (and ex-high school boyfriend) Jesse Donner result in a change of heart? Find out in Santa’s Gift (Dec. 20, 8 p.m.).
Personal shopper Gwen has a new mission: to make sure her client, workaholic single dad Charlie, enjoys the Christmas holidays and spends more time with his seven-year-old son Owen. See if she succeeds in Gift Wrapped (Dec. 21, 8 p.m.).
There’s a new reindeer in town when an injured Prancer forces Santa’s stable master to find a suitable substitute in On Dasher, On Prancer, On Frankie? (Dec. 22, 8 p.m.).
When your girlfriend’s parents live “up North,” could they be who you think they might be? That’s what Jack’s about to find out when he visits Jesse’s folks for the very first time in The Fiancé Claus (Dec. 23, 8 p.m.).
In The Flight Before Christmas (Thursday, Dec. 24, 8 p.m.), a red-eye flight a day before Christmas Eve sets the stage for a potential romance between Stephanie and Michael.
Finally, in the season of giving, it only seems appropriate for Megan to track down and thank the person who sent her an unforgettable present 10 years earlier. Will she find him? Watch The Christmas Gift (Dec. 25, 8 p.m.).
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