Disney+ Drops Halloween, Adds Percy Jackson and Christmas Films
The November lineup includes a two-episode premiere for 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' along with returning series and holiday movies.
By Anthony Brooks ·
Disney+ is swapping its Halloween titles for holiday movies as November programming begins, with Christmas films joining the streaming catalog alongside new series episodes and live sports coverage.
Christmas additions arriving Nov. 1 include 'A Bad Moms Christmas,' 'A Christmas Story,' 'The Polar Express,' 'Four Christmases' and 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.' Bundle subscribers can stream those titles through Hulu.
'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' returns for a third season with a two-episode premiere. The new run follows Percy and his friends working to stop the fall of Olympus. Returning series with November episodes include 'Dancing with the Stars,' 'Abbott Elementary,' 'The Kardashians' and 'Grey's Anatomy.'
Live sports fill out the month's schedule. Nov. 1 carries women's college volleyball matchups including Georgia Tech at Louisville at noon ET and Texas A&M at Texas at 1 p.m. ET, followed by NWSL Decision Day at 5 p.m. ET. Nov. 2 features NFL Monday Night Football with the Bears facing the Seahawks at 8 p.m. ET. WWE Crown Jewel streams Nov. 7 at 1 p.m. ET, and the NFL Bengals Falcons game in Madrid kicks off Nov. 8 at 9:30 a.m. ET.
The NWSL playoff run continues with quarterfinals on Nov. 8 at 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. ET, followed by a semifinal Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. ET. Men's college basketball includes the Champions Classic in Chicago on Nov. 10, with Duke against Michigan State at 7 p.m. ET and Kansas against Kentucky at 9:30 p.m. ET.
Several series launch new episodes or premieres throughout the month. 'All's Fair' begins with a three-episode premiere Nov. 4, and FX's 'The Lowdown' airs new episodes at 9 p.m. PT on Nov. 4 and Nov. 11. 'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County' premieres with all episodes Nov. 12.
Other titles arriving in November include 'The Banshees of Inisherin,' 'Meg 2: The Trench,' 'Black Bag,' 'High Country,' 'Heart Eyes,' 'Love Hurts' and 'Paddington in Peru,' along with anime series and podcast episodes scheduled across the month.
