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If you watch a lot of Hallmark holiday movies, you'll notice faces that reappear over and over again. Hallmark is nothing if not reliant on safe, predictable storytelling, and this tendency extends to the people they hire to act in their made-for-tv films -- once you've proven that you can provide a stable, likable presence in a lead role, they'll keep on booking you. 

But while Hallmark male stars need to personify whatever romantic fantasy Hallmark is selling -- whether that's sensitive, or caring, or supporting, or rugged, or good at fighting fires -- their actresses have an altogether different responsibility. Since a large portion of the Hallmark viewership is made up of women, these actresses need to be aspirational and, above all else, relatable. We need to be able to see ourselves in them, which isn't as easy a task as it sounds. So when they find a performer who can do it well,...

The Christmas Season is about to arrive and that means Great American Family’s non-stop Christmas Movie are about to begin. Of course, every October, Gaf, as well as Lifetime, and Hallmark, begin to play Christmas movies that lead up to the holiday and beyond. What is Great American Family Family’s schedule this year?

Great American Family Spoilers: Christmas Movies Kick Off On October 17

Great American Family has announced that their Christmas programming will begin on Thursday, October 17 and will continue throughout the holidays. Fans will not only see some new movies, but some classics as well.

This Christmas movie marathon will not disappoint fans by any means. Here is what fans have to look forward to and will not want to miss.

All movies will begin at 8pm Eastern time on Great American Family. Great American Family wants to thank fans for letting us be a huge part...

Great American Family has announced the dates of their Great American Christmas movies for 2024. The network is kicking off its non-stop holiday programming on Thursday, October 17. This will continue until the holidays are over. There are a lot of new movies, as well as a couple of classics that holiday movie fans will not want to miss.

Here are the 2024 Great American Christmas movies. All movies air at 8 p.m., Eastern, on Great American Family.

Candace Cameron Bure, Cameron Mathison, Gaf – Instagram Christmas In Scotland Kicks Off Great American Family’s Christmas Schedule

Christmas In Scotland premieres on Saturday, October 19, and stars Jill Winternitz and Dominic Watters.

According to The Futon Critic, when a New York installation designer goes to Scotland, she works with a wealthy heir and confessed Christmas hater to create a light display for his small Scottish town.

Still Photography on the set of ‘A Royal Proposal’ Rhiannon Fish,...

Great American Media, known for its faith and family productions, has announced premiere dates for its 4th annual Great American Christmas franchise. Great American Christmas 2024 will bring the true spirit of the holiday into homes across the country beginning October 17 on Pure Flix and October 19 on Great American Family.

“Christmas is a time to reflect on what matters most,” said Bill Abbott, President & CEO of Great American Media. “As a brand, Great American differentiates its Christmas offering by remembering the nostalgia of the Christmas classics and why we love them.

“The timelessness of stories that affirm our faith, the love and joy of being present with family and all those we love, and the hope that the season transcends us all into our best selves. These values are the heart of Great American Christmas, Christmas as it’s meant to be.”

Photo courtesy of Sight & Sound Films and...

Summer might not officially be over yet, but Great American Family is already looking ahead to the holiday season. The faith and family-focused network has revealed its 2024 Christmas movie schedule. The lineup includes more than a dozen new movies featuring stars such as Candace Cameron Bure, Jill Wagner, and Mario Lopez. The celebration begins this October on Great American Family.

Great American Christmas kicks off on October 19 ‘A Shelter and Season’s Greetings’ | Courtesy of Great American Media 2024

The fourth annual Great American Christmas kicks off on Thursday, October 17 on Pure Flix (Great American Media’s streaming service) and on Saturday, October 19 on the Great American Family channel.

Movies will air on Saturday and Sunday nights through December 22, with additional premieres scheduled for Thanksgiving week. Thanksgiving Day will feature the commercial-free, linear TV premiere of I Heard the Bells, which tells the true story behind the beloved Christmas carol and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,...

Fans of feel-good holiday movies can look forward to a treat as the titles and a brief synopsis of each Great American Christmas 2024 is released. Starting on Thursday, October 17, the holiday movies will premiere through the rest of October, November and December 2024. Read on to find out what we know so far about the movies and their stars.

Great American Family reveals Great American Christmas 2024 lineup

According to the Futon Critic, the following movies will air during the Great American Christmas programming event and premiere dates will be announced later.

A Christmas Castle Proposal

Starring: Rhiannon Fish and Mitchell Bourke

Plot: In this second movie with the couple, commoner Olivia heads to Prince Alexander’s home in Torovia. Meanwhile, the two families will be spending the holidays together. However, “the couple’s plans for an enchanted Christmas are threatened by comedic mishaps caused by cultural differences between the families

Christmas...

Great American Family has announced the premiere date of Great American Christmas. According to The Futon Critic, it will kick off on Thursday, October 17. Holiday movies will air through the rest of October, November, and December.

Here are some of the new and original Great American Christmas 2024 movies. The premiere dates and times will be announced at a later time.

Still Photography on the set of ‘A Royal Proposal’ Rhiannon Fish, Mitchell Bourke – Used with Great American Media’s permission Great American Christmas Presents A Christmas Castle Proposal Starring Rhiannon Fish

Great American Family holiday movie A Christmas Castle Proposal stars Rhiannon Fish and Mitchell Bourke. In this second movie with this couple, commoner Olivia heads to Prince Alexander’s home in Torovia. The two families will be spending the holidays together. However, “the couple’s plans for an enchanted Christmas are threatened by comedic mishaps caused by cultural differences between the families.

Great American Family Channel news reveals your ultimate guide to Great American Christmas movies. Here’s what to watch this 2024 holiday season

Great American Family Channel News – Two Candace Cameron Bure Holiday Movies And More

Great American Family is preparing for the exciting Great American Christmas 2024! This marks the fourth year of this festive celebration, featuring not just one, but two holiday films starring Candace Cameron Bure.

Additionally, the PenaVegas are making their debut with a holiday movie for Gaf and Mario Lopez has joined the network, adding to the star-studded lineup that includes Cameron Mathison. Plus, a unique holiday adaptation of Little Women from the co-creator of When Calls The Heart.

And Candace’s daughter, Natasha Bure, will also be appearing in at least one of the holiday films; fans of this network have some exciting movies to anticipate! Keep in mind that the holiday programming kicks off in mid-October,...

Great American Family is gearing up for Great American Christmas 2024. This is the fourth-annual holiday celebration that includes not one, but two Candace Cameron Bure holiday movies.

Also, the PenaVegas have their first holiday movie with Gaf. Mario Lopez is now with the network. This is in addition to Cameron Mathison, as well as When Calls The Heart co-creator’s Little Women holiday take. Even Ccb’s daughter Natasha Bure will be in at least one holiday movie.

Here are the movies that fans of this network should look forward to seeing. It should be noted that the holiday programming will start in mid-October. However, Gaf has not announced premiere dates.

Candace Cameron Bure and daughter Natasha Bure Photo: Credit: ©2019 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Henri Raynaud/Movieguide The PenaVegas Are Starring In Love At The Kettle

Alexa and Carlos PenaVega are starring in their first Great American Christmas...

Hallmark Channel spoilers and updates reveal some behind-the-scenes drama has unfolded, as a Hallmark boss confronted Great American Family channel for poaching Hallmark actors! Fans will have noticed that several former Hallmark Movies stars have started making Great American Family channel movies, including Cameron Mathison.

Hallmark Channel Spoilers – The Question Isn’t Being Ignored

Hallmark actors potentially joining the Great American Family network has been a hot topic of discussion.

At the 2024 Television Critic Association Summer Press Tour, Hallmark CEO Mike Perry and Lisa Hamilton Daly, Executive VP of Programming for Hallmark Media, shared their thoughts on the matter. Perry emphasized, “We focus on our viewers and their preferences, rather than fixating on the competition.

He further explained that when selecting talent, they prioritize individuals who connect with their audience, stating, “It’s all about our viewers. It’s all about our brand image.”

Hamilton Daly also mentioned having an...

The temperature outside may indicate that winter is still very far away, but that isn’t stopping Great American Family from rolling out its Christmas in July lineup! The schedule is packed with titles released during Great American Christmas 2023, making for an incredible lineup of encores that promise to warm the heart and create the spirit of the Christmas season, even during summer. Viewers can stream the schedule on-demand on Great American Pure Flix, or watch live on Great American Family with a 7-Day Free Trial of Philo.

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Fans will see beloved network stars like Candace Cameron Bure, Danica McKellar, Jill Wagner, Chad Michael Murray, Jen Lilley, Lori Loughlin,...

Merritt Patterson stars in A Vintage Christmas on Great American Christmas [Image courtesy Great American Family]

It may be warm and sunny outside, but that doesn’t stop Great American Family from announcing a new, original Christmas movie, A Vintage Christmas.

Airing in the network’s Great American Christmas programming event, the movie stars Merritt Patterson and Christopher Russell. Read on to find out more about the new movie and its cast members.

A Vintage Christmas on Great American Family Christopher Russell in A Vintage Christmas on Great American Christmas [Image courtesy Great American Family]

Fan favorites, Merritt Patterson and Christopher Russell star in a new, original holiday movie, A Vintage Christmas. According to the press release, Tessa Findlay (Patterson) is a dedicated historian and preservationist in her home town of Oak Creek. She is also an old-fashioned, passionate protector of the nostalgic.

Meanwhile, sparks fly when a business developer, Noah Harrington (Russell) arrives in town with plans to tear...

Carlos PenaVega and Alexa PenaVega will lead Great American Family’s “Love at the Kettle,” set to debut as part of the network’s Christmas lineup at the end of 2024. “Love at the Kettle” (working title), written by Horace Priester, is executive produced by Mario Lopez, Mark Roberts and the PenaVegas; it is directed by Brian Herzlinger.

The pair will play high school friends who reunite at the holidays as she returns home and enlists him to help her write a song to win back her ex.

Per the press release, “As the two reunite for the first time in a decade, they embark on a Christmas journey down memory lane, and soon realize true love may be closer than they thought. The heart of the movie centers on Jack’s role with The Salvation Army, and Bella soon finds herself inspired by his devotion and passion to a life of doing the most good.

A fan-favorite When Calls the Heart actor is starring in a new Christmas movie for Great American Family. Daniel Lissing, who played Jack Thornton for five seasons on the Hallmark Channel series, will appear in Christmas Keepsake this November.

Daniel Lissing stars in ‘Christmas Keepsake’

In Christmas Keepsake, Lissing plays a father who bonds with his daughter – and stumbles upon an unexpected romance – while tracking down the original owner of a Christmas time capsule. Jillian Murphy co-stars in the movie, which premieres Saturday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. Et on Great American Family. It’s one of 20 new movies airing on the channel as part of its annual “Great American Christmas” programming event.

Christmas Keepsake isn’t Lissing’s first movie for squeaky-clean Hallmark rival Great American Family. In 2022, he starred alongside Merritt Patterson in Catering Christmas, and in 2021, he played the lead in A Christmas Star. (The latter movie is...

Guess what kicks off this week? Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas!!

That’s right, folks. We’re still celebrating spooky season, but Christmas is already upon us. Who’s ready??

In addition to Christmas, we’ve got the Billions finale, Fellow Travelers, and 30 Coins, among other things. Find out what we recommend you watch this week.

Saturday, October 21

8/7c Where Are You, Christmas? (Hallmark)

What would happen if Christmas ceased to exist?

Well, in addition to the pretty enormous faith-based ramifications, the world would be a lot less colorful with a lot less joy.

Where Are You, Christmas paints the picture using the colorless world that we wouldn’t want to experience. This will be a Hallmark movie to remember!

8/7c Twas the Text Before Christmas (Gaf)

Texting doesn’t exactly elicit the warm fuzzies, but this Great American Family original aims to prove otherwise.

An unexpected text message sent...

Originally slated to launch on Oct. 20, Gaf moved up its launch and will now premiere its holiday programming one week before the Hallmark Channel.

You better hurry and haul out the holly, because Great American Family has decided that it cannot wait to get the holiday celebrations underway. So, the fast-growing cable channel announced on Thursday that its annual Great American Christmas programming block was moving up its premiere date by one week and will now kick off on Friday, Oct. 13. Holiday films will start airing on the network at 6 a.m. Et on Friday, and the first world premiere original film, “Destined 2: Christmas Once More,” will air on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. Et.

Great American Family’s annual holiday movie event will kick off on Friday, Oct. 13 at 6 a.m. Et. This year’s Great American Christmas will feature 20 original films. Gaf’s holiday celebration will air...

As the cold nights draw nearer, one thing draws clearer:

It's almost Christmas, which means we're getting exciting Holiday-themed programming.

Great American Family on Monday unveiled the 20 original movies that will comprise its third annual Great American Christmas.

Thankfully, plenty of familiar faces help bring these movies to life.

Check out the entire slate below.

12 Games of Christmas, starring Johnny Ramey and Felisha Cooper.

In 12 Games of Christmas, a group of old friends and neighbors are transported into a Christmas-themed board game during a Christmas party.

A Christmas Blessing, starring Lori Loughlin, James Tupper, and Jesse Hutch.

A TV chef (Loughlin) is divinely inspired to take over her late aunt's charity with help from a new friend (Hutch) and handsome business associate next door (Tupper).

A Christmas Commission (wt), starring Sarah Fisher and Simon Arblaster.

Two rival realtors (Fisher and Arblaster) are forced to work together to sell one special house before Christmas.

Exclusive: Great American Family is expanding its Christmas movie slate this year with 21 new original titles, up from 18 in 2022.

Dubbed “Great American Christmas,” the network’s holiday fare will kick off in October with its largest lineup since first launching in 2021. Among the actors set to appear this year are Trevor Donovan and Merritt Patterson, who will reunite in the new Christmas By Chance.

In Christmas By Chance, Addie (Patterson), a New York City chiropractor mistakenly receives a text from “Nana.” The accidental text turns into a loving friendship between the matronly Nana and Addie who now communicate regularly. Nana invites Addie to spend the holiday in Vermont. It is picture-postcard perfect and exactly as Nana described except for one surprise. Nana’s single son, James (Donovan), a traveling doctor is also home for the holidays. Over three consecutive years, James...

“Everyone Is Doing Great” will continue. A second season of the dark comedy, created by James Lafferty and Stephen Colletti, is currently in production in California and North Carolina. Season 1, which was first distributed by Hulu (U.S.) in January 2021 and later Paramount+ (international), was independently produced. Fifth Season (previously as Endeavor Content) represented the sale. The eight-episode second season was also independently produced and is seeking distribution.

The series follows former co-stars Jeremy (Lafferty), Andrea (Alexandra Park), Seth (Stephen Colletti) and Izzy (Cariba Heine), whose lives continue to intertwine years after the end of a successful TV show, as they grapple with the fallout of love, loss and fame.

Their journey will continue in the second season with the return of Sean Carrigan, Karissa Lee Staples, Aparna Brielle and Tom Fugedi, among others. Guest stars in Season 2 include Jamie Chung, Phoenix Washington, Bryan Greenberg, Jessica McNamee, Rhys Wakefield, Merritt Patterson and Aaron Staton.

Are you ready for Great American Family's holiday slate?

Great American Family today unveiled the 18 all-new original movies premiering as part of the network’s holiday programming franchise, Great American Christmas.

The annual programming event returns on Friday, October 21, with original Christmas movie premieres every weekend, and Christmas movies 24/7, all-day and all-night, through the end of the year.

The expanded slate of 18 new titles represents a 50 increase in the network’s holiday movie offering in year two and further establishes the brand as a destination for original Christmas movies.

Scroll down for the full list of Holiday movies.

Destined at Christmas, Saturday, October 22 (8 p.m. Et), Starring Shae Robins and Casey Elliott

Kim and Theo meet amid Black Friday shopping madness but there’s a definite spark between them.

When a power outage causes some panic at a store, the couple gets separated.

With Christmas coming, there should be plenty of distractions,...

Another Hallmark Channel movie queen is giving up her throne for an opportunity to reign over its newest competitor.

Candace Cameron Bure, who has headlined more than two dozen movies for Hallmark since 2008, is the latest actress to ink a deal with Gac Family (fka Great American Country), following Danica McKellar.

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As announced by Gac on Tuesday morning, Bure will develop, produce and star...

It may be closer to the summer than the holidays, but networks are already planning for the end of the year, and Gac Family is no exception. Gac Family has announced that Merritt Patterson and Daniel Lissing will star in Catering Christmas (working title), the first announced film in a new slate of 2022 holiday movies set for its annual Great American Christmas celebration. Production will begin on Sunday, April 3. In the film, Patterson plays Molly Frost, who is struggling to make a go of her new catering business when she unexpectedly lands New Hampshire’s biggest event of the year, the Harrison Foundation Christmas Gala. That’s where Lissing’s Carson Jacob Harrison comes in. He’s the nephew and reluctant heir to the family’s foundation and is managing the gala this holiday. Carson is a renowned photographer who has spent years jet-setting around the world to avoid taking...

The 2022 holiday season is underway at Gac Family. Merritt Patterson and Daniel Lissing will star in “Catering Christmas” (working title), set to begin production on April 3. The movie is the first announced movie in Gac Family’s annual Great American Christmas slate.

“Catering Christmas” follows Molly Frost (Patterson) as she struggles to launch her new catering business and unexpectedly lands New Hampshire’s biggest event of the year. Meanwhile, Carson Jacob Harrison (Lissing), manager of the event, is the very reluctant heir to his family’s foundation who needs a reminder of all the good is his family does.

Brad Krevoy, Eric Jarboe, Amanda Phillips, Amy Krell, Vince Balzano, Jimmy Townsend, Susie Belzberg Krevoy and Tw Peacocke executive produce. David Anselmo serves as producer while James Mou, Allan Fung, W. Michael Beard and Michael Shepard serve as supervising producers and Kaitlyn Greenough as associate producer. Peacocke directs the project, written by Cara J. Russell.

Hallmark Channel’s catstravaganza is no more.

The network has cancelled the annual Kitten Bowl, revealing on social media that it has no plans to revive the paw-some Super Bowl alternative in the near future.

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“While we are not currently developing original animal-centric programming, Hallmark Channel is pleased to support partners like North Shore Animal League America as part of...

Trevor Donovan has been very busy this holiday season.

He's already starred in Nantucket Noel for Hallmark, and this Sunday, he's sharing the spotlight with Merritt Patterson for Jingle Bell Christmas on Gac Family.

Trevor took some time out of his day while driving north to share Thanksgiving with his family to chat about his latest projects and an exciting new fan experience that may soon be coming to a city near you.

You probably haven't heard of it yet, but RomaDrama gets a lot of your favorite talent from TV rom-coms and holiday movies together in one place and offers you a chance to meet and greet talent and hear from them on a variety of topics.

The first was in Nashville, and Trevor was thrilled to be a part of it. "I've never been to a convention like this, but it went really well. We had a bunch of live performances,...

One of Hallmark Channel‘s go-to actresses has set her sights on a new basic cable home.

Danica McKellar, who has headlined more than a half-dozen “Countdown to Christmas” movies for Hallmark since 2015, is departing the network for a new competitor: Gac Family (fka Great American Country). Per Deadline, the Wonder Years vet has signed an exclusive deal with the cabler to star in and executive-produce four new films, beginning with The Winter Palace (premiering in January 2022).

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Ho, ho, ho!

Do you hear the jingle bells ringing when it's not even Halloween?

Well, my friends, you are not alone! We're diving headfirst into the Christmas spirit this weekend.

On the eve of Hallmark Channel’s 12th Annual Countdown to Christmas – with 24/7 holiday programming kicking off tomorrow – Crown Media Family Networks is unwrapping the rest of its 2021 holiday movie slate of 41 all-new movie premieres.

Hallmark Channel serves up a double helping of holiday cheer during its first ever “Merry Thanksgiving Weekend,” with double-feature original movie premieres each night at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Et/Pt, Friday November 26 – Sunday, November 28.

Topping off the weekend’s movies are fan favorites Lacey Chabert and Candace Cameron Bure.

In her 11th Christmas movie for the network, Chabert whisks viewers away to Ireland in “Christmas at Castle Hart,” which premieres Saturday, November 27, and also stars Stuart Townsend.

On Sunday, November 28th Candace...

Pretty Little Liars will return to stalk a new group of teenagers with its upcoming reboot.

HBO Max has added Chandler Kinney and Maia Reficco to the cast of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.

Kinney will play Tabby, an aspiring director and horror movie buff.

Like the other Little Liars, Tabby’s hiding a secret.

Maia Reficco will play Noa, a striving, sardonic track star who's working hard to get her life back to normal after a summer spent in juvenile detention.

It's hard to believe Pretty Little Liars is being rebooted, but maybe the move to streaming will give the franchise a bigger scope.

"Twenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped the blue-collar town of Millwood apart. Now, in the present day, a group of disparate teen girls — a brand-new set of Little Liars — find themselves tormented by an unknown Assailant and made to pay...

Hallmark’s 2020 “Countdown to Christmas” has already begun, with a total of 40 new holiday movies set to air this season across the Hallmark Channel and sister network Hallmark Movies & Mysteries — some of which started rolling out well before Halloween.

While there are some fan-favorite Hallmark actors and actresses starring in the lineup, like Candace Cameron Bure, Lacey Chabert, Will Kemp, Holly Robinson Peete and Danica McKellar, there are several newcomers leading films, including Aaron Tveit, Krystal Joy Brown, Victoria Clark, Tom McGowan, Alvina August, Janel Parrish, Jeremy Jordan and Marisol Nichols, among many others.

This year’s slate also includes “The Christmas House,” which stars Jonathan Bennett and features a storyline about a gay couple looking to adopt their first child. Hallmark and its competitor Lifetime have been criticized over the years for not including LGBTQ lead characters and related plots in their Christmas movies. Hallmark said it would commit...

Tis the season!

We're not even to Halloween yet, but you can toss it and Thanksgiving right out the window because Christmas is here! Fa la la la la la and all that. We're not even going to pretend that we think it's too early for Christmas. In 2020, I can think of nothing better than escaping for the holidays.

Oh yeah, and The Undoing premieres, This Is Us returns, The Mandalorian takes another swing at the Star Wars universe and a whole lot more!

Saturday, October 24

8/7c Jingle Bell Bride (Hallmark)

Julia Gonzalo stars in Jingle Bell Bride as a wedding planner named Jessica Perez, who travels to a remote town in Alaska.

She's searching for a rare flower for a celebrity client and is charmed by the small town during Christmas.

In addition to being charmed by the small town, she's also delighted with the handsome local helping her (Ronnie Rowe Jr.

Hallmark Channel is getting us in the holiday spirit a little early this year. On Sept. 23, the network unveiled its full movie lineup for the upcoming season, and it's stacked. Just like last year, Hallmark will release 40 original films as part of Hallmark Channel's "Countdown to Christmas" and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries' "Miracles of Christmas." While Hallmark alums like Lacey Chabert and Tamera Mowry-Housley will star in a few films, a few stars will be making their Hallmark debut, including Aaron Tveit, Janel Parrish, Jeremy Jordan, and Marisol Nichols. Read ahead for the full schedule, as well as who is starring.

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Oct. 24, 8 p.m. Et - Jingle Bell Bride: starring Julie Gonzalo and Ronnie Rowe Jr.

Oct. 25, 8 p.m. Et - Chateau Christmas: starring Merritt Patterson and Luke Macfarlane

Oct. 31, 8 p.m. Et - Christmas...

The Hallmark Channel on Wednesday said it has renewed its flagship daily lifestyle series Home & Family for a ninth season along with reupping its original series Good Witch for Season 7 and Chesapeake Shores for Season 5 as Crown Media Family Networks unveiled is 2020-21 programming slate.

Crown Media also announced the first 18 of 40 Christmas movies planned for the company’s two flagship networks, Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. In the works are projects with the likes of current network regulars Ashley Williams and Kimberly Williams-Paisley on a two-part movie about real sisters, with each of them playing the lead in one of the films. The company is also developing projects with Holly Robinson Peete and Tamera Mowry-Housley.

Both Hallmark Channel’s “Countdown to Christmas” and Hm&m’s “Miracles of Christmas” movie blocks will kick off October 23, Crown Media said, the former with 23 new original films and the latter with 17 originals.

If you're already adrift without another Hallmark Original Series to watch, you're not alone.

But we have good news today as Crown Media announced new original programming and some renewals we've been waiting for.

Most importantly, there are two renewals to announce that join When Calls the Heart for (fingers crossed) a 2021 release.

Good Witch will return for a seventh season, and Chesapeake Shores will return for a fifth season!

Hurrah!

As you know, Good Witch Season 6 just ended on quite the cliffhanger.

It was the first season in which Bailee Madison didn't appear as Grace, and in Rhys Matthew Bond only made guest appearances as Nick.

Without the younger cast, the adults got a lot more storylines, and love flourished.

Cassie (Catherine Bell) and Sam (James Denton) celebrated their one-year anniversary and began to grow under each other's influence.

The proved that there is always something left to learn about your partner.

It’s that time of year again — the chestnuts are roasting, the marshmallows are toasting, and the Hallmark holiday movies are airing multiple times a week from now until the end of the year.

Of the 40 new original movies Hallmark is rolling out this holiday season, 24 are part of its 10th annual “Countdown to Christmas” event. The other 16 will air on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

Some of the original movies have aired since the end of October, which can be streamed on Hallmark Movies Now. The rest of this year’s holiday programming, like “Christmas at Dollywood,” starring Dolly Parton and “Merry & Bright,” starring Jodie Sweetin, will continue to roll out on both channels until Dec. 28.

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Here is a full list of all this year’s Hallmark holiday movies, separated by channel and as described by the network:

Hallmark Channel

(All premieres at 8 p.

Grab a warm cup of cocoa, and get ready to celebrate the holidays a little sooner than expected, because Hallmark's official Countdown to Christmas kicks off on Oct. 25! Entertainment Weekly revealed that the television network will break its annual Countdown to Christmas record by debuting 40 new Christmas TV movies in 2019, and we are so ready to binge them all.

Since Hallmark has more Christmas movies lined up this year than ever before, we're expecting to see a whole sleighful of familiar faces to count us down for the holidays. One of the the upcoming films, A Christmas Love Story, stars Kristin Chenoweth as a New York City youth choir director named Katherine who finds love and romance along her journey to put together the perfect title song for her Christmas Eve show.

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In today’s roundup, Hallmark announces its “Countdown to Christmas” lineup, including a first look at “A Christmas Love Story,” and Nickelodeon announces a premiere date for “The Loud House” spin-off “The Casagrandes.”

First Looks

Kristin Chenoweth and Scott Wolf star in Hallmark Hall of Fame‘s upcoming holiday film, “A Christmas Love Story,” and Variety has exclusively obtained some first look images of them in their roles. The project, which premieres Dec. 7, also stars Keith Robinson and Kevin Quinn.

Dates

Hallmark announced its full “Countdown to Christmas” lineup, featuring 16 new original movies to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the special programming block. This year, it begins Oct. 26 with the new film “Christmas Wishes & Mistletoe Kisses,” starring Jill Wagner, Matthew Davis and Donna Mills. Other new projects on the schedule include “Merry & Bright,” starring Jodie Sweetin, Andrew Walker and Sharon Lawrence, premiering on Nov. 2; “A Christmas Scavenger Hunt,...

‘Tis the season!

Hallmark announced its 2019 holiday movie lineup on Wednesday — and it’s packed with romance, family reunions and all the wintery goodness imaginable.

The special 10th anniversary edition of the top-rated programming event, Countdown to Christmas, begins in October on the Hallmark Channel and encompasses 24 new, original holiday movies. Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas will also premiere 16 new films.

A total of 40 films will premiere on both networks in 2019, starring everyone from Kristin Chenoweth to Kathie Lee Gifford to Lacey Chabert.

“I’m so excited for fans to see my 8th Christmas movie for Hallmark Channel, Christmas in Rome,...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas on basic cable. While Hallmark Channel has been in the yuletide spirit since October (!), the family-friendly network will officially kick things into high gear on Thanksgiving Eve with the debut of a new original movie every night for the duration of the extended holiday weekend.

Not to be outdone, Lifetime will debut not one, but two movies per night — not that it’s a competition or anything!

For the next five evenings, both Hallmark and Lifetime will deck the halls with some of your favorite TV stars of past and present,...

DaniElle DeLaite sat down recently with Merritt Patterson & Samuel Hunt and Jon Foreman & Tim Foreman from Switchfoot to talk about their movie Unbroken – Path to Redemption. It is an unofficial sequel to Angelina Jolie’s 2014 film Unbroken, starring Jack O’Connell and Domhnall Gleeson.

Telling the true story of Olympian Louis Zamperini the film stars Samuel Hunt as Zamperini, Merritt Patterson, Vincenzo Amato, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Bobby Campo, Bob Gunton, Maddalena Ischiale, David Sakurai, and Gary Cole.

We also got the chance to ask the Switchfoot brothers about putting aside their hiatus and making music for the new film.

Unbroken: Path to Redemption is released in the Us on the 14th of September, 2018.

Synopsis:

When the war ended, his battle began. Based on Laura Hillenbrand’s bestselling book, Unbroken: Path To Redemption begins where Unbroken ends, sharing the next amazing chapter of Olympian and World War II hero Louis Zamperini...

As Paul Harvey used to say: And now, the rest of the story. “Unbroken: Path to Redemption” serves as a kinda-sorta sequel to “Unbroken,” Angelina Jolie’s harrowing 2014 drama about the War II experiences of Louis Zamperini, the Olympian distance runner and Army Air Forces bombardier who survived 47 days on a life raft after his plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean, then endured two years of merciless torture in a Japanese Pow camp. This follow-up — which, like its predecessor, is taken from Lauren Hillenbrand’s nonfiction best-seller “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption” — focuses on Zamperini’s postwar struggles with alcoholism, crushing disappointment (an injury prevents him from competing in another Olympics), and recurring nightmares and hallucinations triggered by Ptsd.

There is a happy ending to the story — but, unfortunately, it doesn’t arrive nearly soon enough.

It would be unfair, and not entirely accurate,...

Director Angelina Jolie’s 2014 feature Unbroken told the true story of Louis Zamperini (Jack O’Connell), an Olympian who survived World War II against all odds. Zamperini’s resolve is tested when he returns home, and his bouts with alcoholism and Ptsd are chronicled in Unbroken: Path To Redemption. The Royals’ vet Merritt Patterson co-stars as Louis’ [...]

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Network: E!

Episodes: 40 (hour)

Seasons: Four

TV show dates: March 15, 2015 — May 13, 2018

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Vincent Regan, Elizabeth Hurley, William Moseley, Alexandra Park, Merritt Patterson, Oliver Milburn, Jake Maskall, Tom Austen, Lydia Rose Bewley, Hatty Preston, Joan Collins, Noah Huntley, and Andrew Bicknell.

TV show description:

This nighttime soap opera drama series -- a loose adaptation Michelle Ray's novel, Falling for Hamlet -- features the lives of a fictional British royal family, behind closed doors and in the public eye.

At the series premiere, Simon Henstridge (Vincent Regan) is King. He is married to Helena (Elizabeth Hurley), Queen Consort. When eldest son Prince Robert dies a mysterious death, said to be a military accident, Prince Liam (William Moseley) becomes next in line for the throne.

Unbroken: Path To Redemption, the film that follows the second half of Louis “Louie” Zamperini’s life and covers the second half of the Laura Hillenbrand’s New York Times‘ best-selling book, has moved up its theatrical release date to Sept. 14 from Oct. 6. By making the move, it takes the picture off the same weekend as Sony’s Venom and Warner Bros.’ A Star is Born and moves it to a weekend occupied by Moses and then the wider releases of Lionsgate’s A Simple Favor and Fox’s The Predator.

The original Unbroken was released via Universal Pictures in 2014 around the Christmas holiday. The continuation of the story was directed by Harold Kronk (God’s Not Dead and its sequel) from a script by Richard Friedenberg and Ken Hixon and was produced by Matthew Baer and Mike Elliott. The film is from Universal 1440 Entertainment, The Wta Group, and Pure Flix.

The faith-based filmmaking world is wasting zero time. Hot on the heels of the breakout success of Christian indie “I Can Only Imagine” this past weekend, faith-based production company Pure Flix has released a first look at their next big feature: a sequel to Angelina Jolie’s 2013 true-life drama “Unbroken,” albeit one with a very different bent than the one put on screen by the filmmaker nearly four years ago.

Later this year, Pure Flix — also known for releasing the “God’s Not Dead” films, soon to be a trilogy — will release their sequel, “Unbroken: Path to Redemption,” a Christian-leaning follow-up to Jolie’s Louis Zamperini biopic “Unbroken.” None of the Jolie film’s original cast or crew is involved with the film, which follows the war hero upon his return to the States after being held as a prisoner of war during World War II and his eventual turn to born-again Christianity.

Mark Schwahn has been accused of sexual harassment by 25 female crew members who work on his E! soap “The Royals.” The women all signed an open letter in which they describe “repeated unwanted sexual harassment” at the hands of Schwahn. The creator was accused of similar allegations earlier this week by the female cast and crew of “One Tree Hill.”

“Upon reading a statement from the ladies of ‘One Tree Hill,’ a statement from their Royal sisters could not possibly go unwritten,” the letter begins. The women say they were aware of the rumors surrounding Schwahn’s behavior on the set of “One Tree Hill” but went into the filming of “The Royals” hoping they were “just rumors.” “By the time we wrapped this had irrevocably proven not to be the case,” they write.

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Just three days after female cast and crew members from One Tree Hill released a joint statement accusing former showrunner Mark Schwahn of sexual harassment, the women of The Royals, Schwahn’s current TV project, are following suit.

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Twenty-five actresses and female staffers from the E! drama contributed to the statement, which was released Thursday, claiming that Schwahn engaged in “repeated unwanted sexual harassment of multiple female members of cast and crew.”

Hours earlier, Royals star Alexandra Park released her own statement on social media, in...

A number of actresses and female crew members from E!’s The Royals are speaking out in the wake of series creator/showrunner Mark Schwahn’s suspension from the popular E! series following a slew of sexual harassment allegations against him made by the female cast and crew of his previous series, One Tree Hill. In a joint statement to Deadline signed by 25 crew members and actresses — series regular Merritt Patterson and guest-starring/recurring players — they accuse…...

All hail the new queen, says Dennis Quaid in this new trailer for season two of Crackle’s The Art of More, introducing new cast member Merritt Patterson as the seemingly ferocious – and very blonde – daughter of Quaid’s New York real estate mogul. Any resemblance to a certain real-life mogul’s devoted daughter might be coincidental, but hey, buzz is buzz. The new season of Crackle’s first scripted drama begins Wednesday, November 16, on Sony’s free streaming service…...

Everything's better with more Dennis Quaid. Happily, the second season of The Art of More TV show premieres on Crackle, Wednesday, November 16th. The auction house drama was created by Chuck Rose, who writes and executive produces with Gardner Stern. Quaid, Laurence Mark, and Tamara Chestna also executive produce.Quaid, Kate Bosworth, Cary Elwes, and Christian Cooke are all returning in season two. Merritt Patterson and Sandrine Holt have also boarded the sophomore season. Get the details from this Crackle press release.Read More…...

[caption id="attachment_51198" align="aligncenter" width="394"] Merritt Patterson cast in the second season of The Art of More TV series on Crackle. Photo: Helga Esteb/Shutterstock.com./caption]

Merritt Patterson has been cast as Olivia Brukner in the second season of The Art of More TV show on Crackle. Patterson played Olivia Matheson on the Ravenswood TV series which was cancelled after 10 episodes on ABC Family (now Freeform). Patterson plays Ophelia Pryce on The Royals TV show on E!.

Patterson is set as Olivia Brukner, the "sassy, smart, no-nonsense daughter" of Samuel Brukner (Dennis Quaid). Crackle teases that Olivia arrives in New York to "reconnect with her father while she navigates an uncertain future." The Art of More TV series cast also includes Kate Bosworth, Cary Elwes and Christian Cooke.

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