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This week, I've encountered strange behavior on two different Roku TVs in two different states. In both cases, while watching a show the app would suddenly stop and go back to the home screen. When resuming the show, it often would start playing a minute or two earlier in the episode than where it stopped. Also, the issue happens repeatedly, even after restarting the device. I've tested it on different internet sources, and that didn't make a difference.

Before I go the route of reinstalling apps or factory resetting, is anyone else experiencing something similar? This started about a week ago. It seems unlikely reseting will fix this gs as this is happening on more than one device in different locations.

I'm having the exact same issue but only on 1, my newest TV, a Roku TCL, 58 inch. Starts the episode on Netflix and with no warning stops and goes to the home page. i've tried everything from uninstalling to reinstalling the apps. Annoying to say the least.

There are a few possible reasons why your Prime and Netflix apps are crashing on your Roku TVs. Here are some troubleshooting steps you can try before resorting to reinstalling apps or factory resetting:

Help, this problem just started for me in the last 24 hours on every TCL Roku Series 4, 5, 6 I own. Only Netflix and Prime crash, all other apps are fine. Tried restart, reinstall, no luck. Cannot figure out how to clear app cash, none of the TVs have Settings > System > Advanced system settings > App > Netflix/Prime Video > Clear cash option. Thanks.

Did you restart your Roku device before re-installing the channel? That step is crucial when performing the troubleshooting. If you haven't tried the suggested order (remove > restart > re-install), we would recommend giving it a shot once again. We also suggest doing the restart from the Settings menu by navigating to Settings > System > Power (If you do not see a Power submenu, skip to the next step.) > System restart.
For detailed instructions, refer to this Support link: How do I resolve channel playback issues?"

Does the issue occur on the Netflix channel only or all channels on your Roku devices? What are the steps to reproduce the issue you are seeing? What troubleshooting steps have you already taken to try to resolve the issue?

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I am looking to create a business like Netflix and the only way i think I could manage to do it at present is with Wordpress, does anyone have any suggestions on which plugins may be required and or themes?

If you have to build the theme yourself I would ask if you could already do it with HTML/CSS/JS? If not you will have to get to the point where you can design and build the front-end so that it looks and works perfectly with static content. Once you do that, importing it into a dynamic WordPress powered site would be pretty simple.

Right so here is the deal, I am a front end developer and the front end for me is the easy part, in addition I have wordpress experience, the only problem for me is that I am worried I have never worked on something like this before, although I know I need a lot of research before embarking in this project.

Indeed I don't need something of the scale of Netflix, as I am well aware they have their own dedicated dev ops team, however I am looking to have something that works well, in future there will be potential for scaling the product of course, when enough revenue will be generated,

Are you using different versions of the videos for different encoding? If not, all you would do is just have a custom field that let you put in the direct URL to the video on the CDN. That would be the simplest approach. If you do have to deal with different video types then we're outside of my area of expertise for this since I've only worked with hosted video solutions that take care of the video players for you.

If it is something super similar to Netflix, I would say Wordpress may fall pretty short. Wordpress was originally created as a blogging platform, but evolved into a full CMS/Ecommerce solution that powers a lot of sites today. That being said, wordpress is not a great platform to build a custom web application off of. If you are looking to create a video streaming web application, it would probably be better to start off on the right path, maybe looking at something like Ruby on Rails.

Making a huge scale project, like a Netflix clone, will not be easy though. Keep in mind that they have had a full team of very talented engineers across all spectrums of computer engineering to create a video streaming service like that. Maybe spend some time on the business plan first, and focus on what the bare minimums would require for the service to work. Then work on those minimum specs to see if you can get something working and go from there.

WordPress could do this and could do it very well. A lot of changes have been made in the last 4 months or so to how WordPress gets data and handles data from the database. As I understand it from what I've read regarding WooCommerce and WordPress itself.

As for building it, that wouldn't be very difficult at all looking at it broadly speaking. You need to prevent users from accessing content without logging in and users can't login without a membership so yes, WooCommerce membership/subscription extension would cover that.

As for the video player itself, WordPress comes with HTML5 video player as of WordPress version 3.6 I think it was back in September 2013. You can work to style it as you please and it handles fullscreen well. There'll be a tonne of work involved to make it responsive.

There'll be a lot of optimisation involved, certainly not a simple or small project but by no means unachievable. You'll want to get yourself 6 - 12 months solid experience under your belt unless you're looking to hire someone.

Finally what I wanted to hear, thanks Matthew. You said you did something similar to Gucci and Netflix, could I see some link? Also if you would like to speak further, maybe we can collaborate on a project?

I'd be happy to have a conversation with you on Skype but unfortunately, I don't have the time to take on any projects that aren't paid anymore I'm sorry to say. However, I am more than happy to offer advice and ideas.

It could probably be done in Wordpress, I know WooCommerce has a subscription service plugin, but I still would not recommend wordpress for a site like this. Hypothetically if it took off, the site performance might have difficulty scaling. It might be ok as a light-weight proof of concept with the idea of re-writing it later into a custom web application through.

Hey, I know this is an old post, but comes up #1 on Google for "Create a website like Netflix" :). I have recently developed a plugin for WordPress specifically for creating a video membership website. It uses Stripe Payments and Syncs with Vimeo. (Optional YouTube or custom embed / iframe code)

I need to do it with wordpress, because I cannot afford a full stack developer, what i need is a functional product at an affordable price, I really need suggestions from a wordpress expert, as I am aware there are plugins for paid subscriptions and video players, I guess I will need to do my own research...

Anyone who wishes to get in touch with me to talk about building Netflix orientated sites, please email me at mat...@globotek.net. We can talk about the project and then get on Skype for a conversation to discuss in more detail. Thanks.

Scale? Yes. Scale well? Not from what I've read. From what I can gather, Java is still the gold standard in scalability. My understanding is Ruby is much better than it used to be but is still not that close to Java.

AUNT BETTY: Hey, y'all. This is Sam's Aunt Betty. This week, the business behind holiday movies. All right, let's start the show.SAM SANDERS, HOST: Hey, y'all. You're listening to IT'S BEEN A MINUTE from NPR. I'm Sam Sanders. It's a holiday weekend. So we're going to give you an episode right now all about holiday movies and not just the great ones but the cheesy ones, too - you know, the TV movies on Hallmark and Netflix with actors who are famous enough and plotlines that are equal parts ridiculous and predictable.(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "A RICH CHRISTMAS")TYLER ABRON: (As Valerie Rich) Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, we can all focus on my favorite time of the year.STEPHEN SORRENTINO: (As Henley) I can only guess.ABRON: (As Valerie Rich) Christmas.(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "WRAPPED UP IN CHRISTMAS")TATYANA ALI: (As Heather Nash) It's not easy meeting someone great. Maybe I will take a break from dating during the holidays, maybe through spring.(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "A CHRISTMAS CRUSH")CINDY SAMPSON: (As Addie) Christmas is the busiest time of year at my office. So I thought I'd brighten everyone's Monday. It's hard to be grumpy with a Mary Berry muffin in your mouth.(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "JINGLE JANGLE: A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY")PHYLICIA RASHAD: (As Grandmother Journey) Once upon a time lived the greatest inventor that ever there was, Jeronicus Jangle.UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) Merry Christmas.UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As character) Merry Christmas, indeed.UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #3: (As character) Jangle...SANDERS: I brought two self-professed holiday movie superfans on the show to help me with this discussion, Pop Culture Happy Hour co-host Linda Holmes and author and former NPR Code Switch reporter Kat Chow. We'll share our holiday movie favorites and least favorites in this episode. And we'll tell you just how the holiday movie industrial complex became big, big business. All right. Enjoy.Why does it seem like this year, last year, last two or three years, there are more and more holiday movies every year - like, dozens? Are we in the midst of, like, peak holiday movie?LINDA HOLMES, BYLINE: Well, they do well. That's why people keep doing them.SANDERS: OK.HOLMES: They are, I believe, cheap to make...SANDERS: Yeah.HOLMES: ...Fairly easy to replicate. Hallmark gets very good ratings during this time of year. They get a big audience for these relative to what cable television now pulls. If they're on broadcast of some sort, you can show them over and over. And if they're on streaming, you can leave them available as long as you want. I think it's return on investment, Sam. I got to tell you.KAT CHOW: Yeah.HOLMES: I don't think it's...CHOW: Yeah.HOLMES: ...The magic of Christmas.SANDERS: OK.CHOW: But I also wonder if right now, you know, these days the past few years, people are just really searching for that type of balm. And then also with production schedules, it's easier to get sort of the big-ticket stars like Brooke Shields for Netflix or Jimmy O. Yang - the relatively big stars to star in these movies that are quite formulaic. But, you know, you're - they're fun. And you know what to expect.HOLMES: Yeah.SANDERS: Yeah. So, you know, there are increasingly a large number of Netflix holiday movies. But Hallmark still takes the cake in this. They have, like, dozens of holiday movies...HOLMES: Yes.SANDERS: ...Every year, it seems. And by some metrics, over the course of a holiday season, some 80 million-plus people will consume some kind of Hallmark holiday film content.HOLMES: That's just...SANDERS: What the heck?HOLMES: ...The ones that admit it, you know?CHOW: Yes.HOLMES: So the real...SANDERS: Wow.HOLMES: ...Number is probably larger, I would guess.SANDERS: When did Hallmark Channel become such a holiday movie machine?HOLMES: I'm going to say roughly 15 years ago, it really...SANDERS: OK.HOLMES: ...Started to ramp up. I can remember - and I don't know if it was Hallmark. But I remember waiting for some medical tests to come back right around Christmas. Everything was fine.SANDERS: Yeah.HOLMES: And I spent, like, a couple of days at my parents' house watching "Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus," I think it's called...(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "SINGLE SANTA SEEKS MRS. CLAUS")UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #4: (As character) Who is it?CRYSTAL BERNARD: (As Beth) His name's Nick. And he's cute in this smiling, loving kind of way.SANDERS: (Laughter).HOLMES: ...With Crystal Bernard from "Wings" and Steve Guttenberg.(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "SINGLE SANTA SEEKS MRS. CLAUS")STEVE GUTTENBERG: (As Nick) I just can't play Santa.BERNARD: (As Beth) Yes, you can.GUTTENBERG: (As Nick) I'm just not right for the role.HOLMES: It's...SANDERS: Oh.HOLMES: I think of that as being that early part of this phenomenon. It's definitely been big business for at least 10 or 15 years.CHOW: Yeah. And I love that - how you put it as big business because so much of these movies, too, is tied to Hallmark's brand.HOLMES: Oh, boy.CHOW: Branded blankets, branded socks, anything of that nature, where you can buy these products that are Hallmark-related. And, you know, the movies kind of push that. And it becomes this very circular network of Christmas Hallmark things.SANDERS: Yeah.HOLMES: And there have been a few that have, like, very, very obvious - the one that - Mariah Carey directed one of these.SANDERS: Wait. Wait. What?HOLMES: Yeah. Mariah Carey directed a Hallmark movie. She appeared in it also. It was with Lacey Chabert.(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)LACEY CHABERT: (As Kristin Parson) I love you, Silver Falls.MARIAH CAREY: (As Melissa McKean-Atkinson) Merry Christmas.UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: "A Christmas Melody."CHOW: She is just so multitalented.SANDERS: I like it.HOLMES: And that was one of the ones that had a Folgers - like, clearly had some kind of Folgers product deal. And so they kept having, like, these close-ups of, like - someone would say, like, oh, I brought you a welcome basket as you arrive in our small, adorable town. And they would put the basket up. And it would be, like, a giant can of Folgers and then, like, a few different things around the edge.CHOW: Wow.SANDERS: Oh, my God.CHOW: It's honestly just so - it's amazing how creative, you know, these brands can get. And it really reminds me of how Food Network, for example, is getting in on this, too, at least through the Discovery Plus...HOLMES: Right.CHOW: ...Platform, where there's a movie that came out this year called "Candy Coated Christmas." And Ree Drummond, who is a Food Network star, actually appears on it.(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)REE DRUMMOND: (As Bee Tyler Essary) First time in Peppermint Hollow?MOLLY MCCOOK: (As Molly Gallant) No. It's just been a while.UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: With one thing in mind.CHOW: You know, as you can imagine, it's about a young woman who returns to her, I think, mother's hometown. And her plans to launch her business are, you know, put off by some extenuating circumstances. And romance ensues, as you could imagine.SANDERS: Wow.HOLMES: They use it...SANDERS: So...HOLMES: ...To expand the brands of stars that they already have. So...SANDERS: Wow. And, like, the scale of the number of movies - it's really remarkable. So The LA Times reported that last year, in 2020, the Hallmark Channel and its sister network, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries - they aired 40 new TV movies about Christmas.HOLMES: Yeah.SANDERS: In that same period last year, Lifetime had 34 new releases. I'm guessing those numbers are only up this year. And it is like a machine. So the folks at Hallmark - they will tell anyone who will listen what their formula is for holiday film success. The executives at Hallmark give really intense and deep notes. And I'm cribbing here from reporting from Vox and the LA Times. Some Hallmark execs will give notes on the types of plaid shirts that the male characters wear and how their hair is parted. They have to be a certain type of color throughout the entire film. And they love it if the scene has the faint glistening of Christmas lights kind of out of focus behind the actors in at least, like, half of the film. It's a machine.CHOW: It's a machine.HOLMES: Yes.SANDERS: It's a machine.HOLMES: It is. And they know exactly where to spend the money and where not to spend the money. I was watching one of these the other day and realizing that - I think Kat will recognize what I'm talking about. You can always tell that it's an inexpensively made Hallmark movie because people will be at, like, some Christmas party. And you'll hear, like, this completely random, generic...CHOW: Yes.HOLMES: ...Like, poppy - somebody will be like, (singing) jingle bells of my heart. And you're like, I've never heard this song before.CHOW: That's not a real song.SANDERS: (Laughter).HOLMES: And it's just some weird thing people made up where, in reality, they'd be playing a song that you have to pay for, like...CHOW: Right.HOLMES: ..."Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"...SANDERS: Exactly.HOLMES: ...Or something like that.SANDERS: So it kind of feels like the Christmas version of the "Selling Sunset" songs.CHOW: Yes.HOLMES: Yes.CHOW: Oh, my gosh. That's such a good...HOLMES: Absolutely.CHOW: ...Way of putting it.SANDERS: (Laughter).CHOW: Exactly that.SANDERS: Coming up, the holiday movies we hate.There are lots of genres of film where I will watch a lot of that type of movie. Like, I'll really never say no to any horror film. But I will never have a month of the year where I watch, like, a dozen horror films.HOLMES: Yeah.SANDERS: What is it about holiday movies that gets these diehard fans to watch so many of them at the same time each year?CHOW: That's a good question. I think it's such an easy-to-digest formula. It's always variations on a theme of usually a younger woman, who is a journalist or a...SANDERS: All these journalists.CHOW: ...Princess or a...SANDERS: It's like they love making us journalists in these movies.CHOW: They love journalists. They love architects. They love people who are going to their hometowns to renovate castles...SANDERS: (Laughter).CHOW: ...Or cottages (laughter). And then they run into some - I don't know - handsome prince-like character.SANDERS: Yeah.CHOW: And so you kind of just know what type of journey you're going to go on. And I think that's why it's so easy just to watch five of these or, you know, 10 of these in a week.HOLMES: Exactly. And when you have a lot of people around in a family and you're trying to find something that a lot of different people might be willing to sit around and watch...SANDERS: It's safe.HOLMES: You sort of...SANDERS: It's safe.CHOW: It's so safe.SANDERS: Yeah.HOLMES: If you can get people where they all kind of know it's silly, sometimes it's a pretty agreeable thing for a whole bunch of people to watch together.SANDERS: I agree. With that, before I have you give our listeners some holiday movie recommendations from this year or whenever, can you both tell me the holiday movie that you hated the most recently? I have a pick. But I'll let y'all go first.HOLMES: Oh, hated the most.SANDERS: Yeah.HOLMES: Usually, I turn them off if I don't like the people at the beginning.SANDERS: Not me. I buckle up for that ride, Linda. I will...HOLMES: I mean...SANDERS: ...Watch a bad movie...HOLMES: I will say...SANDERS: ...And curse the whole time.HOLMES: I will say, I did not enjoy "Candy Coated Christmas." I did not enjoy the Food Network one.SANDERS: So, listeners, if you don't want spoilers, cover your ears for, like, 15 seconds. Linda, what happens in this movie?HOLMES: I barely remember. But...SANDERS: (Laughter).HOLMES: There is a part at the beginning where, like, she drops her coffee. And he says, oh, I'll buy you a new one. And she says...(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "CANDY COATED CHRISTMAS")MCCOOK: (As Molly Gallant) Yeah. Obviously, the universe is telling me to cut back on caffeine.AARON O'CONNELL: (As Noah Winters) Or it's telling you to switch to decaf.HOLMES: Now, that makes no sense.(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "CANDY COATED CHRISTMAS")O'CONNELL: (As Noah Winters) Merry Christmas.HOLMES: She was clearly supposed to say, coffee. And he was supposed to say, switch to decaf.CHOW: (Laughter).SANDERS: Yeah.HOLMES: They just said the same thing. And it was one of those moments where you're like, I really think they...SANDERS: Yeah.HOLMES: ...Just didn't bother to redo this.CHOW: They just did not want to take that extra take.SANDERS: Yes.HOLMES: When a cheap Christmas movie gets to the point where it actually - you can see the seams in that way, then it takes me right out of it.SANDERS: I love that you feel so strongly about that one scene.HOLMES: I feel...SANDERS: I really do.HOLMES: ...Very strongly about it.SANDERS: (Laughter).HOLMES: Don't distract me.SANDERS: Yes. Yes. All right. You got one pick. Kat, do you have one that you hate?CHOW: Yes. Well, I don't know if I hate it. But I think this is a movie where, you know, it's just - it's confusing to me why it exists. And it would be the third movie in "The Princess Switch," which stars Vanessa Hudgens. And I cannot remember...SANDERS: Now, this is the one where she's, like, two or three characters.CHOW: Well, yeah. She's three characters now. She plays this...SANDERS: Lord.CHOW: ...Royalty who is engaged to be wed to a prince.(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE PRINCESS SWITCH 3")VANESSA HUDGENS: (As Margaret Delacourt) Stacy and I are handling the details ourselves. So we'll be there.CHOW: She plays a baker from Chicago.(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE PRINCESS SWITCH 3")HUDGENS: (As Stacy Wyndham) I'm so glad I have you to help me with all this crazy, last-minute stuff.CHOW: And then she plays also, in this latest movie, a kind of sexy, distant cousin named Fiona...(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE PRINCESS SWITCH 3")HUDGENS: (As Fiona Pembroke) Maggie-moo.CHOW: ...Who seems almost like she could be a villain.(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE PRINCESS SWITCH 3")HUDGENS: (As Fiona Pembroke) What brings you to my private little corner of purgatory?CHOW: But she redeems herself. And it's not that I hate this movie. I still watched it. I still watched movies one through three, enjoyed them.SANDERS: Wait. You've watched the whole series.CHOW: Yeah, Sam. Like you, I commit, you know? I have to go through and just watch every single thing. And I'll watch it till the very bitter end. And as much as I want to root for Vanessa Hudgens, it's a lot.HOLMES: Can I - and can I just say, they broke their formula because in the first one, there were two Vanessa Hudgenses. And then in the second one, there were three Vanessa Hudgenses. In the third one, there should have been four Vanessa Hudgenses.CHOW: Yes.HOLMES: But there are only still three Vanessa Hudgenses.CHOW: There has to be this infinite number. I mean, it's like she has to have...HOLMES: They have to keep multiplying.CHOW: Exactly.HOLMES: It has to go in a kind of an "Orphan Black," endless clones kind of direction.CHOW: That's exactly why it's frustrating to me.HOLMES: What is the point of watching three Vanessa Hudgenses again?CHOW: Exactly. If there is going to be a "Princess Switch 4," my suggestion for Netflix is that they make it, like, a racing movie or something like that, like "Fast And Furious."SANDERS: I can't wait for, like, "F9," nine Vanessa Hudgenses...HOLMES: (Laughter).SANDERS: ...Going into space for Christmas.HOLMES: Yeah.SANDERS: So my pick for, gosh, that was a horrible holiday movie has to be this year Netflix's "Single All The Way."HOLMES: Oh.SANDERS: What a trash heap of a film.HOLMES: You hated it.CHOW: Jennifer Coolidge, though.SANDERS: I felt like Jennifer Coolidge was, like, tamped down. She didn't go full Jennifer Coolidge at all throughout the entire movie. So that was a waste. And the two main characters had no actual chemistry.CHOW: That is true.(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "SINGLE ALL THE WAY")PHILEMON CHAMBERS: (As Nick) Hey. How long are you going home for?MICHAEL URIE: (As Peter) Ten days.CHAMBERS: (As Nick) So maybe you don't need that tower of sweaters.SANDERS: It was as if they had cast two men to play this movie, to be the leads in this gay rom-com holiday film. But then one of the two must have got sick. And they just found somebody else really quickly.CHOW: (Laughter).SANDERS: Also, this is a spoiler alert. The movie takes place in Vermont, like, small-town, quaint Vermont. And one of the romantic partners is Black. And he's there with the other one's family, all these white folks. And the entire movie, there is no acknowledging what it feels like to be a Black person going to your...HOLMES: Yeah.SANDERS: ...White maybe-partner's house in Vermont for Christmas. I've been to Vermont. Let me tell you something about Vermont. It is a place in which one notices how Black they are.(LAUGHTER)SANDERS: A lot.HOLMES: Yeah. Yeah.CHOW: And one thing that this movie did was it tried to have that sort of rom-com trope where two characters pose and pretend they're in a relationship, which is what Peter and Nick, the protagonist, did.(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "SINGLE ALL THE WAY")CHAMBERS: (As Nick) Oh, you're funny.URIE: (As Peter) It would solve everything. I can temporarily bury the pain of my pathetic love life while also showing my family that I'm not a mental case who has no ability to be in a relationship.CHOW: And they immediately dropped the facade. And there was...SANDERS: Yes. Yes.CHOW: ...Really just no...SANDERS: Yes.CHOW: ...Continuation of that. And I was very confused. And I do agree. They really should have had Jennifer Coolidge do more because she could have saved that movie.SANDERS: Oh, yeah.When we come back, the holiday movies we love.All right. We've talked about holiday films that we hate. I'm going to give y'all this chance now to recommend a holiday movie that you love to our listeners. They can be of the Hallmark, Netflix variety. They can be from this year. They can be from wherever - but one holiday film that you want to recommend to our listeners.HOLMES: Well, I would say my favorite Hallmark movie ever got a sequel this year. So now there are two. The first one was called "The Nine Lives Of Christmas."SANDERS: I remember this one.HOLMES: Whew.SANDERS: Explain that plot. It's so bonkers.HOLMES: Yeah. It's about a firefighter who finds a lost cat.(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE NINE LIVES OF CHRISTMAS")BRANDON ROUTH: (As Zachary Stone) I'll feed you. But that's it. I had a long day.HOLMES: And then he meets this woman. She also has a cat.(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE NINE LIVES OF CHRISTMAS")KIMBERLEY SUSTAD: (As Marilee White) Hi, Queenie. Oh, how are you?HOLMES: He doesn't want to settle down. But then they fall in love. And that's...SANDERS: Because their cats fall in love.HOLMES: Because their cats fall in love. And that's "The Nine Lives Of Christmas." And this year they made a sequel called "The Nine Kittens Of Christmas."SANDERS: Gee, how do you have a sequel?HOLMES: So good.SANDERS: They already got together.HOLMES: Well, in which you find out that they did not stay together, which, to me, is breaking the rules of these movies. I...CHOW: That is just a groundbreaking convention.HOLMES: You find out that they have not stayed together. But they miss each other. And they are brought back together - something, something. She's been a veterinarian in Miami. And then she comes back to the town where they live. And his boss, the fire chief, played by Gregory Harrison, is getting ready to retire. And then they find a whole box of kittens that need homes.(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE NINE KITTENS OF CHRISTMAS")UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #5: (As character) Ten-week-old kittens.ROUTH: (As Zachary) Somebody left them at the fire station this morning.UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #6: (As character) Look at this face.HOLMES: So the movie actually has nine kittens getting homes. It does give them a more resolved ending. I do not think they will be able to...CHOW: OK.HOLMES: ...Make a third one where you find out they once again broke up.CHOW: Or there's another Vanessa Hudgens in a - somewhere.SANDERS: No. Don't be so sure.HOLMES: I don't think that would work too well.SANDERS: (Laughter) Kat, what you got?CHOW: OK. So it's the one that, actually, Brooke Shields is starring in. And it's "A Castle For Christmas." And as much as I really wanted to dislike the way its plot is shaped - it's about this author named Sophie Brown, who is Brooke Shields.(SOUNDBITE OF FILM