What’s Coming To Disney+ This Week | The Hip Hop Nutcracker (Australia/New Zealand)
It’s the start of a brand new week and time to take a look at what’s coming to Disney+ in Australia and New Zealand today, which includes a brand new Marvel holiday special plus much more.
Here’s the rundown:
Note: This list is subject to change
Monday 21st November 2022
Elton John Live – Farewell From The Dodger Stadium
ELTON JOHN LIVE: FAREWELL FROM DODGER STADIUM is a concert event featuring legendary, global superstar Elton John, live from Dodger Stadium in his final North American show. As part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour, this concert experience features special guests and performances of unparalleled global hits spanning decades, in one of the greatest send-offs in music history. This is a must-see concert event for audiences of all ages, around the world. Leading up to the concert is the “Countdown to Elton Live” red carpet event featuring celebrity guests and a countdown to the historic live concert.
Avatar
Jake Sully and Ney’tiri have formed a family and are doing everything to stay together. However, they must leave their home and explore the regions of Pandora. When an ancient threat resurfaces, Jake must fight a difficult war against the humans.
Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War S1 (New Episode)
No details have been provided on this title
Welcome To Chippendales – 2 Episode Premiere
A sprawling true-crime saga, “Welcome to Chippendales” tells the outrageous story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee, an Indian immigrant who became the unlikely founder of the world’s greatest male-stripping empire—and let nothing stand in his way in the process.
Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Star Wars: Andor – Episode 12
The “Andor” series will explore a new perspective from the Star Wars galaxy, focusing on Cassian Andor’s journey to discover the difference he can make. The series brings forward the tale of the burgeoning rebellion against the Empire and how people and planets became involved. It’s an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue where Cassian will embark on the path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.
Bob’s Burgers – Season 13 – New Episode
At a comet watch party, Bob tries to keep Teddy from going off the deep end, looking for signs from the universe. Meanwhile, the kids try to make their comet wishes come true.
The Santa Clauses – Episode 3
Scott interviews potential Santa candidates while the family gets ready to leave. Simon Choksi, one of the candidates, brings his daughter, Grace, with him to the North Pole. During Simon’s interview, Sandra and Grace go missing. In finding their daughters together, Scott realizes Simon is the best choice to take the coat.
The Mysterious Benedict Society – Season 2 – Episode 6
After learning the location of Dr. Curtain’s compound, the Society prepares to strike but is beset by Greys and must split up to escape. Meanwhile, Mr. Benedict tries to bond with his twin in an effort to gain intel, but is sidelined as Dr. Curtain sows discord between Mr. Benedict and Number Two. While on a detour, Constance finds herself surprisingly intrigued by Curtain’s TV special. After discovering the scope of catatonia among his acolytes, Curtain is horrified but denies responsibility.
Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t! – Episode 6
Summer’s here, and the Kyoritsu University sumo club is participating in a training camp. Ryota, Shun, and Ren treat it as a fun vacation, but once they arrive, they learn that they will be training with Hokuto Gakuin, the champions of the sumo league. Ryota and the others are exhausted by the rigorous training, and they leave the training grounds in search of some fun. They find a bar where they eat and fall asleep, but find themselves unable to pay the bill in the morning.
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers – Season 2 – Episode 9
The Ducks and their rival Dominate get ready to face each other in the Finals – with the champion moving on to the Summer Showcase. Tensions are high – captains Evan and Jace are at each other, Alex and Cole’s summer romance has been called off, and both teams are mad at the adults for their misguided trade talk. But a new plan and an inspired day might just open up hearts and change the course of the entire summer for everyone.
Women In Taipei – New Episode
I-Shan, a girl from Tainan, longs to go to Taipei. With a stroke of luck, she manages to find room to stay at her aunt’s apartment in Taipei, and begins to work hard. Frustrations arise as she finds no luck with her interviews and is then framed by her colleague. When a quarrel forces her out of her aunt’s apartment, I-Shan realizes that she is still an outsider in Taipei.
The Simpsons S34 (New Episode)
Homer and Duffman go on a road trip with Lisa that threatens to expose Homer’s bad parenting after he becomes Duffman’s girl-dad hero.
Grey’s Anatomy – Series 19 (New Episode)
On the heels of life-changing news, a thunderstorm hits Grey Sloan. The attending surgeons and interns work together to save an injured reporter and family affected by the storm. Meanwhile, a beloved author undergoes a risky surgery, and complications from the storm arise.
Station 19 – Season 6 (New Episode)
When a lightning storm crashes a helicopter, the team is drawn away from hosting a fire boot camp for young women, and Natasha calls on Jack to help Vic run the camp instead. As the storm brews outside, things get even more heated inside between Carina and Maya on the fall finale of Station 19.
Abbott Elementary – Season 2 (New Episode)
It’s Halloween at Abbott Elementary! When a student steals a bag of candy meant to be given out to the kids at the end of the day and starts distributing it during school hours, the teachers band together to find the culprit. Meanwhile, Janine is invited to a Halloween party by an old friend and starts to reconsider her personal life.
Big Sky: Deadly Trails (New Episode)
After discovering Mark’s body in the woods, Cassie enlists Jenny’s help to solidify her suspicions that he was, in fact, murdered. Meanwhile, Tonya and Donno set up camp hoping to find Luke and Paige, and Sunny is feeling the pressure of all those watchful eyes looking for her missing campers.
Pink Lie S1 (New Episode)
No episode details have been provided
Daddies On Request
California, a thirteen-year-old girl, and her three adoptive parents set out on a journey from Mexico City to Zacatecas in order for her to be reunited with her mother, whom she has not heard from in nine years. What they don’t know is that they are being followed by two funny thugs with suspicious intentions.
Big Bet S1
This new Korean series is set to tell the tale of a man who struggles to achieve his goal of becoming a casino mogul, however is majorly set back after a chain of unfortunate events. The man begins to risk everything he has, including his own life, to get himself back on track
Limbo (S1 Premiere)
“Limbo”, follows Sofia, who is a millionaire young heiress who seems to have it all: a glamorous lifestyle and a family that lets her go. She must return to Buenos Aires, the city where she was born, when she learns of her father’s death. Upon her return, she is forced to grapple with a complicated legacy that will reveal a dark part of her past. Driven by her desire to show that she is more than a pretty and dear decoration, Sofia sets out on a path paved with obstacles and revelations.
Ally McBeal
Ally is horrified to find she will be working alongside her ex-boyfriend, Billy, whom she has never gotten over and his wife Georgia.
Future Man (Seasons 1 – 2) – Australia Only
Josh Futterman, a janitor and an avid gamer, completes the game ‘Biotic Wars’. However, the game’s main characters, Tiger and Wolf, appear and task him with preventing the extinction of human beings.
The Come Up: Season 1
Six young and creative “disruptors” emerge from downtown New York to follow their dreams and pursue love and art on their own terms.
The D’Amelio Show: Season 2
From relative obscurity to overnight successes, the D’Amelios face new challenges and opportunities they could not have imagined as they are thrust into the Hollywood limelight.
Shadow Detective S1 (New Episode)
No episode details have been provided
Revenge of Others S1 (New Episode)
No episode details have been provided
Thursday 24th November 2022
Fleishman Is In Trouble – New Episode
Recently divorced 41-year-old Toby Fleishman dives into the brave new world of app-based dating with the kind of success he never had dating in his youth, before he got married at the tail end of medical school. But just at the start of his first summer of sexual freedom, his ex-wife Rachel disappears leaving him with 11-year-old Hannah and 9-year-old Solly and no hint of where she is or whether she plans to return. As he balances parenting, the return of old friends Libby and Seth, a potential promotion at the hospital that is a long time coming, and all the eligible women that Manhattan has to offer, he realizes that he’ll never be able to figure out what happened to Rachel until he can finally face what happened to their marriage in the first place.
The Kardashians – Season 2 – Episode 10
In the season finale, Kim strikes a balance between family and work at Paris Fashion Week. Kylie takes a trip of her own while the family meets Khloé’s new baby.
Friday 25th November 2022
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
In this Special Presentation, the Guardians, who are on a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, head to Earth in search of the perfect present. The Marvel Studios’ Special Presentation stars Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, featuring Vin Diesel as Groot and Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Sean Gunn and The Old 97’s with Michael Rooker and Kevin Bacon.
The Hip Hop Nutcracker
RUN DMC’s Rev Run brings us along for a hip-hop reimagining of The Nutcracker ballet set in New York City. It’s the night of the annual New Year’s Eve block party and Maria-Clara’s (Caché Melvin) mom and pop (Allison Holker Boss and Stephen “tWitch’ Boss) aren’t getting along … and it’s bringing her down. Maria-Clara embarks on a holiday adventure to bring her parents back together, finding help along the way from the magical toymaker, Drosselmeyer (Comfort Fedoke), and the Nutcracker (Du-Shant “Fik-shun” Stegall) whom she brings to life.
Maria-Clara’s journey takes her from the streets of New York to fantasy worlds where she battles with mice and toy soldiers (Viktor White, BDash, Kevin “Konkrete” Davis”), and back in time to the Land of Sweets in order to find the key to unlock her holiday wish. Will it be enough to rekindle her parents’ lost love before the clock strikes midnight? The special features best-in-class dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov, Tiler Peck, KidaTheGreat AKA Kida Burns, the Jabbawockeez as magical snowflakes, and more.
Wild Crime: Season 2
National Park Service Special Agent Beth Shott investigates Harold Henthorn after his second wife, Toni Henthorn, mysteriously falls to her death in the Rocky Mountain National Park.
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Minute by Minute: Season 1
Covering the 1941 Japanese military strike on a Hawaiian naval base in never before seen detail, taking a look at the preparations, the attack itself, and the aftermath.
Rescue Me (Seasons 1 – 6)
New York firefighter Tommy Gavin is a hot mess. He talks to his cousin, Jimmy, who died at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, and he’s seeing ghosts of other victims, too. Spotlighting Denis Leary as Gavin, a temperamental alcoholic whose self-destructive behavior has cost him his family, the series revolves around the daily drama associated with being a firefighter in post-9/11 New York, and how the men of 62 Truck use dark humor to color their true feelings.
Bleach: Seasons 1 – 16
Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts — he was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollow — a malevolent lost soul — Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits themselves find peace.
What are you looking forward to watching on Disney+ this week?
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