"Can Netflix follow Hot Frosty? Of all the 2024 Christmas movies, nothing seemed to spark as much chatter as the Netflix film Hot Frosty, the story of a woman who fell in love with an ice-cold naked himbo who was constantly at risk of melting. Based on Netflix's offerings this year, they're not going for anything quite so high-concept, nor do they have a title as amusing."
"Fortunately, Russell Hainline, the mad genius who wrote Hot Frosty, is still on the job over at Hallmark, and he co-wrote my favorite 2025 Christmas movie so far. Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper! is about a weatherman, played by super-charming lead and co-writer Robert Buckley. Ted is famous for having very bad luck at Christmas time. He tries to reconnect with his old crush, a doctor played by Hallmark legend Kimberley Sustad,"
Christmas movie production has plateaued after a peak; numerous titles remain but output is no longer rapidly expanding. Hallmark, Lifetime, and Great American Family provide the largest lists, while Netflix, Prime, BET, OWN, and UPtv also release seasonal films. Netflix's Hot Frosty generated notable chatter with a high-concept premise about a woman falling for an ice-cold, naked himbo at risk of melting. Netflix's broader 2024 slate skews toward classic romantic-comedy formulas such as Champagne Problems and A Merry Little Ex-Mas. Hallmark continues creative investment, exemplified by Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper!, a 2025 rom-com starring Robert Buckley and Kimberley Sustad.
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