Common Sense Media Review
By Joly Herman
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Silly rom-com set in mall has lame jokes, lots of products.
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The Holiday Shift
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What's the Story?
In THE HOLIDAY SHIFT, it's approaching the busy Christmas holidays, and a group of employees who work in various shops in a mall try to help a friend who's in love with a young woman who's come home from being away at school. Some of them believe love is a joke, others are starstruck and ready to fall head first. Will love win?
Is It Any Good?
This unfunny show about mall employees who want to fall in love stoops low to get a laugh. Are viewers really interested in cliches about gay men being indiscriminate lovers? Or jokes about boobs as bait?
The Holiday Shift attempts witty banter among retailers, but there's not enough chemistry or sophistication to charm. Families can ultimately skip this retail-centric show: it doesn't possess the depth to keep its promise of being a love story.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about teamwork in The Holiday Shift. If you work with someone, are you automatically part of a team? What kind of work does it take to get a team to gel?
People ask questions about each other in this show in order to become friends. When is being curious a good thing? When is it being intrusive?
A show in a mall is the ideal setting for brands to be seen in a series. How can you learn to recognize product placement in shows like this one?
TV Details
- Premiere date : November 17, 2023
- Cast : Varun Saranga , Devyn Nekoda , Jean-Luc Bilodeau
- Network : Roku Channel
- Genre : Comedy
- TV rating :
- Last updated : December 10, 2025
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