Cynthia Littleton Business EditorDiscovery Plus and Food Network are staking their claim to the holiday movie business.Food Network has completed production on its first-ever scripted movie, “Candy Coated Christmas,” which won’t air on the linear cable channel but rather on Discovery Plus.
The feel-good holiday movie features Ree Drummond, host of the cabler’s long-running “The Pioneer Woman.”“Candy Coated Christmas” will mark the first original scripted movie to air on Discovery Plus.
Discovery and Food Network aim to grab a slice of the holiday movie audience that has proven to be so lucrative for Hallmark Channel, Freeform, Discovery’s OWN and other cablers.
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