Ahead of its highly anticipated season 5B return to TV this month, the ‘Grown-ish’ kids of Cal U received news the show passed yet another ratings test and will be coming back for a season 6 on Freeform.

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As R.Kelly serves a 30-year sentence for sex crimes (and awaits sentencing for being convicted of similar crimes in other states), the embattled music legend continues to lose in the court of public opinion as more shocking allegations about his past surface thanks to the third and final installment of the groundbreaking ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ documentary.

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VH1’s ‘A New Diva’s Christmas Carol’ assembles an all-star cast of real-life divas who are no strangers to raking in major ratings for holiday films.

GRAMMY-winning singer Ashanti (who previously starred in Lifetime’s ‘Christmas Winter Song’), Vivica A. Fox (who’s starred in ‘Holiday Hideaway‘ and more), Eva Marcille (who led the cast of OWN’s ‘Christmas Fumble‘), and Robin Givens (who directed BET+’s ‘Christmas Clapback‘) topline the Christmas comedy alongside Spice Girls leader Mel B and Mckenzie Small.

Executive produced by Idris Elba, the festive flick tells the story of a mean-spirited singer who becomes a judge on a reality show and is visited by three ghosts who take her on a journey through Christmas past, present, and future to try give her a new attitude.

Ahead of its December 14 premiere on VH1, look inside to see the trailer to the Rusty Cundieff-directed, contemporary twist on the Charles Dickens‘ 1843 classic, ‘A Christmas Carol.’

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OWN is looking to score a ratings touchdown with their newest holiday film, ‘A Christmas Fumble.’

Starring Devale Ellis and model-actress Eva Marcille, the festive romantic comedy tells the tale of when the “Queen of Crisis Management” (portrayed by Marcille) took on her toughest client yet – a former pro football star-turned-TV commentator whose problematic past is coming back to haunt him.

Though she tries to keep things professional, the task is daunting given that she and the sportsman previously dated – a conflict of interest that sends the two down an unexpected road of hilarious twists and turns during the holidays.

Ahead of the flick’s premiere Saturday (December 10) at 9p EST, look inside to see its official trailer.

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2021 saw Gospel legend Kirk Franklin and GRAMMY-nominated singer-actor Luke James join the rush of holiday movies for the first time in their respective careers.

While Franklin served as executive producer of Lifetime’s critically acclaimed ‘A Gospel Christmas’ (starring Demetria McKinney), James rocked TV ratings alongside Destiny’s Child alum Michelle Williams for Hallmark’s ‘Christmas in Harmony.’

This year, Kirk and Luke are joining forces with fellow multi-hyphenate Naturi Naughton for Lifetime’s ‘The Night Before Christmas.’ 

Ahead of its December 10 premiere, look inside for the Tailiah Breon-directed flick’s official trailer and official plot.

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After cooking up hot ratings for OWN as lead of their December 3 holiday film, ‘The Great Holiday Bake War,’ actress-singer Letoya Luckett is looking to whip up more of the same for BET+ as lead of its romantic comedy, ‘A Miracle Before Christmas.’

Also starring Romeo Miller, Keith David, Demetrius Shipp Jr., and more, the movie tells the story of a popular relationship therapist who’s paid a visit by a Christmas angel when she needs help saving her own relationship.

Ahead of its December 8 premiere on the streamer, look inside to see its riveting trailer.

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Be it for the good, bad, ugly, or downright shocking, 2022 was full of memorable moments!

Now, as the year draws to a close, That Grape Juice is reflecting on the occasions that rocked – and to some degree maybe even reshaped – the Urban and Pop cultural landscape as we know it.

Next, we’ll revisit the Hip-Hop heavy Super Bowl’s boundary breaking showing.

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Letoya Luckett is looking to cook up another TV ratings winner with her forthcoming festive film, ‘The Great Holiday Bake War.’

The movie sees the singer-actress bring to life “Brianna” – a talented chef who bumps into an old pastry school rival, “Julian” (portrayed by actor-comic Finesse MItchell), on a reality cooking competition.  And though sparks don’t exactly fly at first, the two are forced to turn up the heat in more ways than one when they’re made to work together for the show’s grand prize.

Also starring Sarah Cleveland, Julia Dyan, Arlene Duncan, and a host of other familiar faces, hop inside to see the flick’s hilarious trailer ahead of its December 3 premiere on OWN.

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Godmother of Soul Patti LaBelle is no stranger to being listed atop music charts over her six-decade career thanks to a treasure chest of classic hits, but now the R&B icon is looking to do the same on TV ratings via her latest acting gig – Lifetime’s ‘New Orleans Noel.’

Starring alongside Brad James, ‘The Cosby Show’ alum Keshia Knight Pulliam, ‘Sister Sister’ alum Tim Reid, and other familiar faces, the festive flick sees LaBelle Portray “Loretta Brown” – a New Orleans praline icon who has contracted architects (played by James and Pulliam’s characters) to redesign her NOLA home.  The two butt heads at first, but could the magic of the holidays turn their relationship in an unexpected direction?

Ahead of the film’s December 3 premiere on Lifetime, look inside to get a sneak peek at the action set to unfold.

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After turning heads in 2021 with one of last year’s most talked about festive flicks, ‘Hip Hop Family Christmas,’ VH1 is looking to do the same this holiday season with ‘Hip Hop Family Christmas‘ – the sequel to the Ne-Yo and Keri Hilson-led film.

In addition to reassembling all of the major characters from the original’s star-studded cast like Serayah, Terrence J, MC Lyte, and Redman, ‘Christmas Wedding’ adds Urban superstars Cassie, Bow Wow, and many others to the list.

Ahead of its November 30 premiere, see the movie’s action-packed trailer inside.

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Empress of Soul Gladys Knight is no stranger to reigning over music charts with classic hits like ‘Love Overboard, ‘Save the Overtime for Me,’ and ‘Midnight Train to Georgia,’ but now the diva has hopped aboard a new holiday film with hopes of reigning over TV ratings as well.

Filling out a cast led by Jessica Lowndes and Paul Greene, the R&B legend stars as “Cora” – a guiding force who helps a local salesclerk (portrayed by Lowndes) realize her dream of becoming a performer on Broadway by convincing her to participate in a small-scale Christmas production.  Together, they team with “Jason” (Greene), a jingle writer and single father, to give the town a holiday concert the likes of which they’ve never seen.

Ahead of its November 26 premiere on the Great American Family channel, see a preview inside.

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Fans of Ne-Yo and Serayah have seen a lot of the actor-singers together over the last year.

Before tapping the former ‘Empire’ star to play in his music video for the stirring single, ‘Don’t Love Me’ (as we reported here), the two were leading cast members of VH1’s 2021 holiday film, ‘A Hip-Hop Christmas.’

In the spirit of the latter the dynamic duo reunite once more, this time for the BET+ yuletide flick ‘The Sound of Christmas’ which tells the story of “a down-on-her-luck music teacher who leads a wealthy widower away from his gold-digging girlfriend and back to love and music during the Christmas holidays.”

Directed by Booker T. Mattison, ‘Sound’ also stars actress-reality TV personality Draya Michele. Peep its official trailer inside.

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