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What to Watch Sunday: A Dolly Parton Christmas special and NC-filmed Hallmark movie

Trevor Donovan in the Hallmark movie “USS Christmas.”
Trevor Donovan in the Hallmark movie “USS Christmas.” Crown Media

USS Christmas (8 p.m., Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) - This is a new 2020 movie that premiered in late November and was filmed in and around Wilmington. In the story, a newspaper reporter meets a handsome naval officer and stumbles upon a mystery in the ship’s archive room.

Christmas Ever After (8 p.m., Lifetime) - In this new movie, sparks fly during Christmastime when a romance novelist meets a handsome man who looks like the leading character in her books.

Christmas She Wrote (8 p.m., Hallmark) - When a writer has her column canceled right before Christmas, she heads home to reconnect with her family, only to receive an unexpected visit from the man who canceled her column.

A Holly Dolly Christmas (8:30 p.m., CBS) - Singer-songwriter Dolly Parton presents personal Christmas stories and performs hymns and light-hearted holiday classics.

“A Holly Dolly Christmas”--Global icon and country music superstar Dolly Parton shares the spirit of the holidays in her new one-hour entertainment special A HOLLY DOLLY CHRISTMAS, to be broadcast Sunday, Dec. 6 (8:30-9:30 PM, ET/8:00-9:00 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network and available to stream live and on demand on CBS All Access. Photo: Screen Grab/CBS ©2020 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved
“A Holly Dolly Christmas”--Global icon and country music superstar Dolly Parton shares the spirit of the holidays in her new one-hour entertainment special A HOLLY DOLLY CHRISTMAS, to be broadcast Sunday, Dec. 6 (8:30-9:30 PM, ET/8:00-9:00 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network and available to stream live and on demand on CBS All Access. Photo: Screen Grab/CBS ©2020 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved CBS

A Little Christmas Charm (10 p.m., Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) - In this new movie, a jewelry designer teams up with an investigative reporter to find the owner of a charm bracelet before Christmas Eve.

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Brooke Cain
The News & Observer
Brooke Cain is a North Carolina native who has worked at The News & Observer and McClatchy for more than 30 years as a researcher, reporter and media writer. She is the National Service Journalism Editor for McClatchy. 
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