Actor Jesse Metcalfe, who played Trace Riley on the Hallmark shows Chesapeake Shores, is returning to TV. The actor will star in the V. C. Andrews Dawn Cutler Series, a set of movies for Lifetime that will also feature Donna Mills, Fran Drescher, and Brec Bassinger.
Author Janette Oke shared a faith-filled, heartwarming message with fans of the hit series When Calls the Heart during a recent appearance at Hope Valley Days. Oke, who wrote the book series that inspired the Hallmark series, spoke to Hearties at an annual event that allows fans to tour the set and meet the stars, crew, and creators of the show.
In the new Hallmark movie Nikki & Nora: Sister Sleuths, estranged twin sisters must work together to track down a killer. Hunter King and Rhiannon Fish star in the film, which will premiere as part of the fall lineup on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries.
Three friends on a weeklong retreat rediscover their passions and purpose in the new Hallmark movie Girlfriendship. The movie, which will premiere as part of Hallmark’s Fall Into Love lineup, stars Tamera Mowry-Housley, Lyndie Greenwood, Krystal Joy Brown, and Brad James. It was directed by Keisha Knight Pulliam.
Danica McKellar, Jill Wagner, and Trevor Donovan are among the celebrities set to launch new shows on Great American Community, a new app from Great American Media.
Actress Alison Sweeney has signed a multi-picture deal to produce and star in content for the Hallmark Channel.
“Alison Sweeney has been an incredible creative partner for us over the years – both on screen as well as behind the camera as a producer,” said Lisa Hamilton Daly, executive vice president of programming at Hallmark Media. “She’s long been a fan favorite and we can’t wait to continue our work together as we bring new stories to life.”
Forty new Christmas movies will be released during Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas and Miracles of Christmas lineup this year. The event starts Friday, October 21st, and will feature non-stop holiday magic as the two channels air old favorites and new titles around the clock.
Actress Lori Loughlin is returning to TV in a movie for Great American Media. The When Calls the Heart star will headline Fall Into Winter for the new network, which was started by Hallmark’s former CEO.
A Lacey Chabert clothing line has launched with HSN. The Lacey Chabert Collection features everything from dressy Mommy and Me looks to chic loungewear.
Candace Cameron Bure announced that her first project for Great American Family, a network started by former Hallmark CEO Bill Abbott, is a Christmas movie that will be released in November.
Two Netflix Christmas movies — one starring Lindsay Lohan, another starring Freddie Prinze Jr. — are scheduled for release in November.
Both HGTV and the Food Network are getting into the Christmas movie game. The cable channels announced they have produced four original scripted specials with Christmas themes for the upcoming holiday season.
There are certain stars you expect to see in Hallmark movies. Lacey Chabert is one. Candace Cameron Bure is another. But the Hallmark Channel has been around for a while, and every now and again it will air a movie starring an actor we completely forgot ever worked for the network.
The stars of Crown Media helped Hallmark actress Holly Robinson Peete celebrate as she received her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
“Somebody pinch meeee!!!” Robinson Peete wrote on her Instagram page. “35 years after I met @magicjohnson …And 45 years after I met @levar.burton they presented me with my star on the Hollywood walk of fame this morning! I can’t even believe it! I love them both so much and they’ve met so much to me in my life.”
The new Hallmark show The Way Home is being written and produced by the mother-daughter team Heather Conkie and Alexandra Clarke. The pair, who wrote the script for the Disney Channel movie Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars, have also collaborated on the award-winning series Heartland.
Hallmark’s Cameron Mathison recently opened up about his childhood battle with a rare degenerative bone disease. The actor and TV host posted five photos to his Instagram account that show him as a child wearing a leg brace and using crutches to walk.
The former CEO of Crown Media said that a “quantity over quality” philosophy at some networks has resulted in the production of romantic comedies that “miss the mark.”
In an appearance on the Up Next with John Contratti podcast, Bill Abbott talked about his two new networks, GAC Family and GAC Living, and his attempt to expand the realm of family-friendly programming on television.
Audiences have seen Debbie Matenopoulos on everything from The View to Entertainment Tonight. But the TV star and entrepreneur says that her favorite job by far was hosting Hallmark Channel’s lifestyle series Home and Family.
On Hallmark Channel’s When Calls the Heart, Rosemary Coulter (played by Pascale Hutton) has worn many hats over the years.
“She’s been an actress, and she’s been a gossip columnist. She has worked in the restaurant, she has played the piano, she has worked in the dress shop, of course,” Hutton said during a recent appearance on the Sarah Scoop Show.
In Season 9, Rosemary will find a new purpose, according to Hutton. But not before she attempts to — once again — do several things at once, she said.
Crown Media won’t be producing any more movies in its Hailey Dean, Picture Perfect, and Matchmaker Mysteries series. The stars of the franchises made the announcement in social media posts to fans.
Hallmark’s Cindy Busby shares how she stopped searching and found ‘the one’
Cindy Busby knows a few things about romance. Over the years, the Canadian actress has appeared in more than 20 romantic comedy movies, many of them for Hallmark Channel.
Over the weekend, Full House actress Candace Cameron Bure posted a photo on Instagram in which she was chatting with her co-star Dave Coulier and wearing a sweatshirt that read “Love Like Jesus, Hug Like Bob Saget.”
It’s been six months since Hallmark Channel introduced its own line of wines and added a subscription wine service to its website.
Sixteen years ago, actor Nelson Wong landed a role in the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries film Third Man Out. He did so well that director Ron Oliver cast him in another Hallmark project. And then another.
When Daniel Lissing and Lori Loughlin reunited on the set of When Hope Calls, it was a bittersweet moment.
Rock musician Rob Thomas has a weakness for Hallmark movies and Christmas and he’s not afraid to admit it.
Take your next Zoom call from Hope Valley. Or Middleton. Or Chesapeake Shores.
The Hallmark Channel website now has a series of photos available to download that will allow you to make your favorite TV shows the backdrop of your next Zoom call.
This means you can show up to your next online meeting live from Hope Valley…
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They also have a selection of holiday backgrounds:
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Click here to access and download the images.
Eric Mabius made an appearance on Let’s Dive In with Allen Vaysberg, teasing the latest in the Signed, Sealed, Delivered series.