Save The Dates: 4 Faith-Based Lifetime Movies, Roku's Love Letter To Dingers And More

Lifetime on Wednesday announced casts and premiere dates for the first in a series of Saturday-night TV-movies "centered on women facing unfathomable circumstances, who use their faith to lead them through."

As reported by THR, Faith in the Flames: The Nichole Jolly Story premieres July 19 and stars Chrissy Metz (This Is Us) as the titular nurse who helped residents of Paradise, Calif. during a devastating 2018 fire.

Before Your Father Finds Us airs July 26 and stars Alexa PenaVega (Spy Kids) as a mom who "must draw on her faith to hide her and her teen daughter from her violent ex-husband."

Terri Blackstock's If I Run, out Aug. 2, stars exec producer Kat Graham (The Vampire Diaries) as a woman on the run after her best friend is murdered — and she is framed for it. Lastly, on Aug. 9, Finding Faith stars Paula Patton (Sacrifice) as a woman who, in the wake of an unexpected tragedy, "must rebuild her life through a journey of rediscovery, hope and purpose."

In other recent scheduling news...

* All four seasons of the original Yo Gabba Gabba! will begin streaming on Apple TV+ Friday, June 20, before Season 2 of Yo Gabba GabbaLand! arrives Friday, Jan. 30, 2026.

* Sausage Party: Foodtopia Season 2 will drop all eight episodes on Prime Video Wednesday, Aug 13.

* Going, Going, Gone: The Magic of the Home Run, a Roku Original produced by MLB Studios exploring the evolution and appeal of dingers, will stream free Sunday, July 6 on The Roku Channel. Daily Show vet and baseball enthusiast Roy Wood Jr. hosts. Watch a sneak peek:

*Season 2 of the Prime Video docuseries Shiny Happy People – dubbed Shiny Happy People: A Teenage Holy War – will premiere Wednesday, July 23, and focus on "the controversial organization Teen Mania."

* Hulu's The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball, a continuation of Cartoon Network's The Amazing World of Gumball, will premiere in its entirety Monday, July 28. Watch a teaser:

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