
A Christmas Prince got things off to a big holiday romance start in 2017, so much so that the movie has had two Christmas-set sequels. While I don't know that we'll ever see the streamer debut 40 new Christmas movies per year (Hi, Hallmark!) it is making serious strides in the holiday-specific film and TV show space. If the streamer can keep up the pace (and I have no doubt it can), it can overtake Hallmark in the feel-good show contest before long.ĭash & Lily is actually just one example of the ways in which Netflix has done a great job of beefing up its Christmas programming over the last several years. All are shows which are based on extremely popular romance novel series, and leave fans with some serious warm and fuzzy feels. In just a little over a year, Netflix has been able to bring fans two full seasons of Virgin River, and one season each of Dash & Lily, Bridgerton, and the late spring hit Sweet Magnolias. Speaking of Virgin River, Netflix's ability (and willingness) to release new seasons all in one go recently helped Season 2 top The Mandalorian when it came to minutes viewed via streaming for the last week of November, with the romantic drama likely getting a boost from the show releasing in full on Black Friday, as opposed to debuting weekly. So we can get all eight episodes of Dash & Lily on November 10, and then enjoy a return trip to Virgin River with 10 new installments on November 27. Audiences face no limits on the number of new shows which Netflix can populate their viewing streams with, regardless of the number of episodes each series has.



There are only so many hours in the day when those behind a cable network like Hallmark are looking to fill their schedule with programming, but, as anyone who's stayed up way past their bedtime for a bingeathon can attest, Netflix has no such restrictions.
