One of the stars of the Hallmark series Signed, Sealed, Delivered, will soon be taking a turn behind the camera. Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe will direct the Hallmark movie Dream Moms, becoming the first woman to take part in the network’s new Make Her Mark Women’s Directing Program.
“The cat is officially out of the bag,” Lowe wrote in an Instagram post. “I’ve been learning SO much these last few weeks. So grateful to be in the @hallmarkchannel family. And for guidance from @jessicanoelleharmon and to @ashleywilliamsandcompany for being such a champion of women and creating the program.”
Making her mark
The Make her Mark program is the initiative of actress and filmmaker Ashley Williams. The actress, who has starred in the Hallmark movies Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater, Christmas in Evergreen, and Two Tickets to Paradise recently directed the Paramount Network movie A Nashville Country Christmas.
“As a female filmmaker, I know all too well the feeling of being told, ‘no,’ and I am absolutely thrilled to partner with Hallmark on Make Her Mark, a program that says, ‘yes,’ by empowering, training, and supporting women directors and giving them much-deserved opportunities to bring their creative vision to the screen,” Williams said in a statement. “Crystal blows me away with her intelligence, experience, and willingness to roll up her sleeves and jump right into the business of learning and making movies. I look forward to that moment when she is a mentor herself and joins me in paying it forward and opening the door for the many women who will come after her.”
New movie
Crystal Lowe will shadow Jessica Harmon — who directed the Hallmark movies A Paris Proposal and Rip in Time — on her new film Dream Moms. Lowe will then have a chance to direct her own project.
“Crystal has worked with us for years in front of the camera,” said Lisa Hamilton Daly, Hallmark Media’s executive vice president of programming, in a statement. “Her professionalism, creative instincts, and enthusiastic interest in the filmmaking process made it clear that she was the ideal candidate to help us inaugurate the program.”
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Lowe plays Rita Haywith in the hit Hallmark movie series Signed, Sealed, Delivered. The films, written by Touched By An Angel creator Martha Williamson, follow the four postal workers who track down the recipients of letters that have been marked “undeliverable.”
The series started as a TV show but after the first season, Hallmark changed the format to movies. To date, 12 movies have been made: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Delivered For Christmas (2014), Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From Paris With Love (2015), Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told (2015), Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream (2015), Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From the Heart (2016), Signed, Sealed, Delivered: One in a Million (2016), Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Lost Without You (2016), Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Higher Ground (2017), Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again (2017), Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Road Less Travelled (2018), Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Delivered: To the Altar (2018), and Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made (2021).
Romance rules! Hallmark star leading new fundraising effort
A new fundraising effort by Hallmark star Benjamin Ayres has taken off, raising thousands of dollars for charities that help women and children.
The actor has designed hoodies, T-shirts, necklaces, teddy bears, and other merchandise featuring a distinctive Romance University logo. (If it looks vaguely familiar, it’s because it’s based on Harvard University’s logo.)
Now Hallmark stars from Ali Sweeney and Nikki DeLoach to Tyler Hynes and Andrew Walker have been seen sporting the merchandise.
Inspiration from fans
Last year, Ayres had a few buttons made for his fellow Hallmark co-stars featuring a “Hallmark University” logo. He took some along when he attended Christmas Con 2022 in New Jersey. At the event, he handed some out to fans.
“This was the first time that I had done one of these conventions, and it was great,” he said in an interview with Digital Journal. “Ultimately, I just could not have imagined how beautiful, strong, and heartfelt the community is for the movies that we make. It was an incredible feeling.”
Ayres created more merchandise and changed the logo from “Hallmark University” to “Romance University.” He began selling the apparel online with the goal of donating the proceeds to charity. The collection sold out in less than two weeks and raised more than $4,000, which Ayres donated to charities benefiting women and children.
On January 19, Ayres and his wife visited two of the organizations in Toronto that benefited from the fundraising efforts: Street Haven, a 50-bed emergency shelter, and Anduhyaun, the oldest Indigenous Women’s Shelter in Canada.
Three Wise Men and a Baby
In early February, Ayres made a mockup of a logo featuring Andrew Walker, Tyler Hynes, and Paul Campbell in their roles in the Hallmark hit Three Wise Men and a Baby. He sent it to Walker, who responded with enthusiasm. The new line made its debut in time for Valentine’s Day. Proceeds from the line are going to Alexandria House, an LA transitional home for women and children handpicked by Walker and his wife, Cassandra Troy.
“The RU Alumni raised $5000 in less than two weeks for @alexandriahousela !!” read a post on Romance University’s Instagram page. “Andrew and Cassandra visited the women and dropped off a donation on Valentine’s Day. Could we even wish for anything better than that?!Congratulations everyone! @awalkk35 @casstroywalker @tyler_hynes @paulcampbellofficial.”
Ayres plans on introducing new designs on a regular basis and he is getting lots of support from his fellow Hallmark stars.
“It all started with these warm wonderful humans one evening in Vancouver. I can’t thank them enough for their support and kindness,” he wrote in a social media post.
About Ayres
Ayres had starring roles in the CTV series Saving Hope and the HBO Canada series Less Than Kind. (He was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for the latter.) He also appeared on the shows The Good Doctor, Suits, Burden of Truth, and JPod.
In 2020, he co-starred with Nikki Deloach in the Countdown to Christmas movie Cranberry Christmas. In 2021, he co-starred with Danica McKellar in You, Me & the Christmas Trees. In 2022, he appeared in Long Lost Christmas and starred in Color My World With Love, a romantic drama featuring two actors with Down Syndrome.
Good news, Hearties! Your favorite show just got renewed
Hearties, the news you have been waiting for is here! When Calls the Heart has been renewed for another season.
“Season 11! I’m over the moon!” wrote Erin Krakow in an Instagram post. “Thank you so much @hallmarkchannel and thank you to our #Hearties – the best fans in the universe!”
“‘When Calls the Heart’ has continued to be a standout amongst our Hallmark catalogue and we’re thrilled that we’re able to bring more stories of faith and community to the homes of millions of viewers,” said Lisa Hamilton Daly, executive vice president of programming at Hallmark Media.
Production on Season 11 of the hit series will begin in July, which is also when Season 10 will premiere.
“The uplifting nature of the show paired with the love and positivity in the storytelling makes for a very heartwarming television experience and it’s only going to get bigger and better in season 11,” Hamilton-Daly said.
Good news for Hearties
Brian Bird, the show’s co-creator, weighed in on the announcement on Twitter.
#Hearties 10 seasons of any series is huge news… 11 seasons is even bigger news!” he wrote in a post.
Fans of the hot series became anxious when Hallmark Channel pushed back the premiere of Season 10 from its expected premiere date in March to July.
“I’ve shared with other #Hearties that my fear is S10 is the last season,” wrote one fan on Twitter. “#WCTH was the network’s flagship scripted episodic show. Now, it has been relegated to a mid-summer premiere. I’m not buying any other reason for the delay.”
“Hallmark cancels Chesapeake Shores which in my view was the best show on the network,” wrote another fan. “I hope your show does not get cancelled, but when you get put into the summer season, that tells me that is the end.”
When Calls the Heart
When Calls the Heart premiered on Hallmark Channel in 2014. Based on a series of books by Canadian author Janette Okes, the show followed a privileged young woman (placed by Erin Krakow) who moved to a small western mining town to teach school. The series also stars Jack Wagner, Pascale Hutton, Kavan Smith, Chris McNally, Kevin McGarry, and Kayla Wallace.
According to Hallmark Season 11 will feature 12 new episodes. Season 10, which also features 12 episodes, will premiere on July 30.
Brendan Penny shares his favorite scenes from Chesapeake Shores
Hallmark star Brendan Penny recently revealed his favorite scenes from the hit series Chesapeake Shores. In an interview with a British news site, Penny talked about how important the first season was in developing his character Kevin O’Brien.
“Some of my favorite moments were in the first season when I’m kind of blown up and I’m in the hospital bed in my house and I’m all messed up,” Penny said
Brendan Penny
Penny has talked before about his first season on the series, which premiered in 2016 on Hallmark Channel.
In the show, he played Kevin O’Brien, a war veteran who returns to his small hometown in Maryland following a tour of duty. He stays with his father (played by Treat Williams) and his grandmother (played by Dianne Ladd), while he attempts to overcome the physical and emotional toll military service has taken on him.
“A lot of people were saying how it helped them communicate a little bit better with some of their loved ones,” he said. “It was really nice.”
Chesapeake Shores
Based on a series of books by author Sherryl Woods, Chesapeake Shores starred Meghan Ory as a single mother who returns home to her large Irish family following a divorce. She is immediately thrown back into the drama of her large family and she reconnects with ex-boyfriend Trace Riley, who was played by Jesse Metcalfe.
Her siblings were played by Penny, Emilie Ullerup, Laci Mailey, and Andrew Francis. The series ran for six seasons on Hallmark before being canceled last year.
Working with Hallmark
Brendan Penny rose to fame playing Detective Brian Lucas in Motive, a Canadian crime drama that also starred Kristin Lehman, Louis Ferreira, and Lauren Holly. He had roles in Smallville, Supernatural, Whistler, and Blade: The Series.
He made his Hallmark debut in the 2014 movie Along Came a Nanny. Since then he has starred in A Dash of Love, Magical Christmas Ornaments, Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe, Easter Under Wraps, The Secret Ingredient, Beverly Hills Wedding, and ’Tis The Season for Love.
“I’ll do Hallmark movies for the rest of my life if they let me,” he said in a 2017 interview with TV Goodness. “It’s always some of the nicest people you could ever meet. Everybody is there to have a good time and do a good job and to make something that makes people feel good. I laughed so completely on every single one of those movies.”
New Hallmark movie celebrates the most romantic holiday of the year
The new Hallmark movie Welcome to Valentine celebrates the most romantic time of the year in style. Starring Kathryn Davis and Markian Tarasiuk, the romantic comedy will premiere as part of Hallmark Channel’s Loveuary lineup.
“Welcome to Valentine ~ premiering on Feb 18th at 8/7c on @hallmarkchannel,” Davis wrote in an Instagram post to promote the movie. “Very excited to share it with you. Starring yours truly @the_kathryn_davis and @marktaras – directed by the incredible @stefanbrogren.”
New Hallmark movie
In Welcome to Valentine, Kathryn Davis stars as Olivia, a woman who loses her job and her boyfriend just a week before Valentine’s Day. Her sister Vanessa (played by Kara Duncan) suggests she return home to their small Nebraska town to regroup. Olivia reluctantly agrees and even manages to get a lift from her roommate’s friend George (played by Tarasiuk), who is driving from New York City to Los Angeles.
They set out on their trip but get delayed when George’s car breaks down just outside Olivia’s hometown of Valentine, Nebraska.
Forced to spend several days together, both George and Olivia start to realize that they may have their priorities mixed up. As the attraction between them grows, they wonder if maybe the road trip is the start of a beautiful relationship.
About the cast
Kathryn Davis was born in Bath, England and raised in British Columbia. She earned a bachelor’s degree in performance acting from Toronto Metropolitan University.
She has appeared in live theater productions and has had roles in the TV shows Jupiter’s Legacy, Departure, and The Wedding Planners. She starred in the romantic comedies Christmas With a Prince (2018), A Christmas Exchange (2020), Cooking Up Love (2021), Christmas on 5th Avenue (2021), Six Degrees of Santa (2022), Planes, Trains, and Christmas Trees, Santa’s Got Style (2022), and the Hallmark Countdown to Christmas original movie The Christmas Carousel.
Markian Tarasiuk is a Ukrainian-Canadian actor who grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A graduate of Studio 58, he made his film debut in Disney’s Bunks (2013). Tarasiuk has appeared on the TV shows Virgin River, Supernatural, Surface, and Family Law.
Hallmark fans will recognize him from the movies A Homecoming for the Holidays (2019), Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (2021), Our Italian Christmas Memories (2022), and Christmas at the Golden Dragon (2022).
Welcome to Valentine will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Saturday, February 18 at 8/7c.
The end of When Calls the Heart? Fans fear Season 10 will be the show’s last
Fans disappointed that the Season 10 premiere of When Calls the Heart has been pushed back to July now have another issue with Hallmark Channel. Some Hearties fear that the series is coming to an end.
“I have shared with other #Hearties that my fear is S10 is the last season,” wrote one fan on Twitter. “#WCTH was the network’s flagship scripted episodic show. Now, it has been relegated to a mid-summer premiere. I’m not buying any other reason for the delay.”
“Hallmark cancels Chesapeake Shores which in my view was the best show on the network,” wrote another fan. “I hope your show does not get cancelled, but when you get put into the summer season, that tells me that is the end.”
Season 10 of When Calls the Heart
In past years, Hallmark’s hit series has premiered in either February or March. But earlier this month, Hallmark announced that Season 10 won’t premiere until July.
“#Hearties! It’s here!” read an Instagram post shared by the show’s page. “An EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK just for you of SEASON TEN! Save the date because the new season is arriving late July to @hallmarkchannel. The Hearties get the very first peek before it’s released worldwide!”
But some fans were disappointed by the delay.
“Relieved to hear it’s coming back but why the wait?” one fan wrote on Facebook.
Others accused Hallmark of abandoning When Calls the Heart to promote its two new shows, The Way Home and Ride.
Season 1 of The Way Home premiered on January 15. Hallmark announced that the final episode of the season will air on March 26, the same night that Ride will premiere.
The end of When Calls the Heart?
While some Hearties despaired over the new premiere date, others were unconcerned about the timing.
“I think it was moved BECAUSE of the great fan base it has and shows the strength of the show,” one wrote on Twitter. “I think @hallmarkchannel
knows they can put #WCTH anywhere on their schedule and it will get great ratings. #Hearties.”
So many Hearties spoke out that Brian Bird, the show’s co-creator, replied on Twitter.
“There are good reasons for every decision, most of them the #Hearties will never know, but #WCTH has been underestimated and counted out several times before,” he wrote. “I will only defer to Mark Twain on all the speculation… ‘the news of my death has been greatly exaggerated.’”
What are your thoughts, Hearties? Is this the end of When Calls the Heart?
Evan Williams: The Way Home is exactly the kind of show we need right now
The star of Hallmark’s new series The Way Home says the show is exactly what audiences need right now. In an exclusive interview with TV Cheddar, Evan Williams said that when he first read the script for the series, he was struck by how timely it was.
“We’re coming out of a couple of years of real pressure and trauma,” Evans told TV Cheddar in an interview that can be viewed here. “There’s nothing that’s going to traumatize you in our show…but at the same time that doesn’t mean that we can’t have stakes and we can’t have compelling storytelling.”
The Way Home
Hallmark’s new series premiered on January 15 to an audience of 2.4 million viewers. Starring Andie MacDowell, Chyler Leigh, and newcomer Sadie Laflamme-Snow, the show follows three generations of women in one family who struggle to come to terms with painful events from their past.
The series was written by Heather Conkie and Alexandra Clarke, a mother-daughter team who have written for Disney and collaborated on the CBC series Heartland.
Elliot Augustine
In the show, Evan Williams plays Elliot Augustine, a friend of Kat Landry (Leigh), who returns to her small hometown following a split with her husband. Elliot is a teacher at the local high school, and it soon becomes clear he knows more about the Landry family than they know about each other.
When Kat’s teenage daughter, Alice, falls into a pond on the family’s farm, she is able to travel back in time to 1999. Not only does she get to meet her mother when she was a teenager, but she also gets to see what her grandmother was like before a tragedy changed her life forever.
Williams, who has starred in films and TV shows in Canada and the U.S., said he was intrigued by the character when he read the script.
“That was what really attracted me to this role,” he said, “was getting to be the outsider who is trying to make his way to the inside and he doesn’t have an agenda, he’s not a Machiavellian character, he’s a true-hearted person and he wants to love and he wants to actualize his life.”
About Evan Williams
Evan Williams is a native of Alberta, Canada. He earned his theater degree from Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University).
From 2015 to 2018 he starred in the TV series Versailles and in 2019 he appeared on Fuller House (the reboot of Full House). He has had roles in the movies Blonde, Midnight at the Magnolia, Escape Room, and Paradise Club.
For the full interview, click here.
Five new movies coming to Hallmark in March
Hallmark will premiere five new movies in March. Network veterans Tyler Hynes, Kimberly Sustad, and Paul Campbell will headline the movies, which include three rom-coms and two mysteries.
“Couldn’t be more excited for this,” wrote Paul Campbell in an Instagram post promoting his new movie for Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. “HUGE thank you to @hallmarkchannel and @hallmarkmovie for trusting me with this one. We’re cooking up something pretty extraordinary. Can’t wait for you to meet the Cases. @aimeegarcia4realz.”
Five new movies
First up is Game of Love. Kimberly Sustad and Brooks Darnell star as a board game designer and a marketing executive tasked with creating a new game to help people find love. Their different approaches make working together difficult, but they soon find they have a connection.
Next up is Winning Team, starring Nadia Hatta and Kristoffer Polaha. Hatta plays a former professional soccer player who teams up with a laid-back, small-town coach to lead her niece’s team to victory.
Tyler Hynes and Rhiannon Fish will star in Picture of Her. Fish plays a woman who unwittingly becomes the subject of an award-winning magazine’s cover and goes on a quest to uncover the true identity of the mystery photographer who snapped her photo.
New mysteries
On Hallmark Movies and Mysteries, two new movies will premiere. In Unexpected Grace, Erica Durance plays a woman who is new to a small town and finds a note from a schoolgirl looking for a friend. Their friendship sets off a chain of events that changes both their lives. Unexpected Grace will also star Michael Rady and Erica Tremblay.
Finally, Paul Campbell and Aimee Garcia will star in The Cases of Mystery Lane. Garcia plays Birdie, a bright, successful attorney. Her husband, Alden (Campbell), is smart and charming, but his inability to settle on a career is causing difficulty in their marriage.
When Alden goes behind his wife’s back to take classes in hopes of becoming a private investigator, a homework assignment entangles him in a murder investigation. Birdie just may hold the keys to solving the mystery, but Alden will have to come clean to find out.
Game of Love will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Saturday, March 11 at 8/7c.
Unexpected Grace will premiere on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries on Sunday, March 12 at 7/6c.
Winning Team will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Saturday, March 18 at 8/7c.
The Cases of Mystery Lane will premiere on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries on Sunday, March 19 at 7/6c.
Picture of Her will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Saturday, March 25 at 8/7c.
Alexa PenaVega’s new Hallmark movie takes viewers to the most romantic city in the world
Alexa PenaVega’s new Hallmark movie will premiere as part of the Loveuary lineup. The movie, A Paris Proposal, takes viewers on a trip through the most romantic city in the world.
“I think it’s the perfect place to put these two characters,” PenaVega said in an interview to promote the movie.
“It’s an incredibly romantic city,” said her co-star Nicholas Bishop. “…People will enjoy these two characters pretend that they don’t like each other.”
New Hallmark movie
In A Paris Proposal, Alexa PenaVega stars as Anna, an account executive with a New York advertising agency. She gets the chance to land the biggest client of her career, Durand Diamonds, but finds out that to pitch her ideas she must travel to Paris with her colleague Sebastien.
Paris already holds painful memories for Anna. She and her ex-husband spent their honeymoon there before a painful split. The trip is further complicated by her co-worker, whose laid-back approach to work is in sharp contrast to her own no-nonsense style.
When Sebastien tells the client that he and Anna are married, she must keep the charade to keep Durand interested. But the more time she spends with her co-worker, the more she realizes that he might be the perfect fit.
Alexa PenaVega Hallmark deal
In 2022, Alexa and her husband, Carlos PenaVega, announced they had signed a deal with Hallmark Media to star in and produce a series of films. In a statement to Deadline, they said that they already considered Hallmark a second home for their family:
“Over the last four years they have given us opportunities to grow as actors and producers all while raising our children, even if it means having the family on set!”
Alexa got her start in show business in the 2001 movie Spy Kids. She went on to guest star on TV shows such as Unsupervised and Royal Pains and appeared in the movies Hairspray, Broken Hill, and The Devil’s Carnival.
She starred in the Hallmark movies Destination Wedding, Christmas Made to Order, and Taking a Shot at Love. She and her husband appeared in Hallmark’s Picture Perfect Mysteries, which the network recently canceled.
About Nicholas Bishop
Actor Nicholas Bishop was born in Swindon, England. He studied at Oxford University and has appeared in productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He starred on the TV shows Industry, Becoming Elizabeth, and Drifters. A Paris Proposal is his first Hallmark movie.
A Paris Proposal will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Saturday, February 11 at 8/7c.
Hallmark announces new series and fans have one question: Where is When Calls the Heart????
Hallmark announced the premiere of another new series and fans have one question: Where is When Calls the Heart?
Hearties have been told they will have to wait until July to see Season 10 of the hit Hallmark series. Season 9 finished filming in May and fans have been clamoring for new episodes ever since.
But Hallmark has been busy promoting two new shows, The Way Home, which premiered on January 15, and Ride, which will premiere on March 26.
Where is When Calls the Heart?
Season 9 of When Calls the Heart premiered on March 6, 2022. Fans accustomed to a February premiere date for their favorite show were upset and shared their feelings on social media. Little did they know they would be waiting even longer for Season 10.
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Venting
Fans expressed their opinions on Hallmark Channel’s Facebook page.
“Wife is still waiting for WCTH,” wrote one fan. “…not interested in time-travel fillers, may watch the rodeo one but disappointed both are crowding out & delaying new season of WCTH, says it’s WAY too long between seasons as it is, with not enough episodes, or even Christmas special.”
“…you almost forget what happened in the LAST season by the time the new one comes along…or at least I do,” wrote another fan.
Hallmark’s new shows
The Way Home premiered on January 15. Starring Hallmark veteran Andie MacDowell, the multigenerational drama follows a single mom, Kat Landry, (played by Chyler Leigh) who returns to her hometown with her teenage daughter (played by Sadie Laflamme-Snow). As she struggles to find her feet, she clashes with both her mother (MacDowell) and her daughter as the three try to come to terms with painful events from the family’s past.
Reviews of the show have largely been positive, with some viewers saying they are “hooked.”
Fans also responded with interest to Rodeo, which Hallmark will premiere on March 26. Starring Nancy Travis, Tiera Skovbye, Beau Mirchoff, Sara Garcia, Jake Foy, and Tyler Jacob Moore, the series will focus on the members of a rodeo family struggling to save their ranch following a personal tragedy.
Season 10 of When Calls the Heart
The cast of When Calls the Heart kept fans entertained from the set of the show, posting hilarious behind-the-scenes photos and videos. However, the stars have kept quiet about when fans can expect Season 10.
What do you think, Hearties? Should Hallmark focus on getting out Season 10 of When Calls the Heart instead of focusing on new shows? Let us know!
Good news, Chessies: Jesse Metcalfe is returning to TV
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.
“So excited to be a part of this amazing cast, playing ‘ORMAND LONGCHAMP’ in the new @lifetime movie series by the iconic author V.C. Andrews!!!” Metcalfe wrote in an Instagram post.
The post, which was “liked” by more than 9,000 people — including Hallmark’s Randy Pope — featured an article from Deadline about the new series.
Jesse Metcalfe returning to TV
Metcalfe has made several appearances on television since he announced in 2021 that he was leaving the hit Hallmark series Chesapeake Shores.
He competed on Season 29 of Dancing With the Stars and made an appearance on the British show The Masked Dancer. He also starred in the romantic comedy Harmony From the Heart for Great American Family, a new network started by the former CEO of Hallmark, Bill Abbott.
Leaving Chesapeake Shores
The actor revealed in 2021 that he was leaving Chesapeake Shores shortly before production began on Season 5.
“I just felt that there wasn’t really anything else I could do with the character,” he said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight.
Metcalfe made his final appearance on the show during the second episode of Season 5, which aired on August 22, 2021 His character, Trace Riley, left town after a quick goodbye to Abby O’Brien (played by Meghan Ory). When she asked him where he was going, he said he wasn’t sure.
“I think there’s something missing inside of me,” Trace said. “I tried to find it in my music. I tried to find it with us. Now I’m going to try to find it in myself.”
Long career
Metcalfe got his start on television in 1999, when he began playing Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on the soap opera Passions. He went on to star in Desperate Housewives and the re-boot of the TV series Dallas.
In 2015, he starred in the Hallmark Christmas movie A Country Wedding. He followed that with Christmas Next Door during Hallmark’s 2017 Countdown to Christmas. Metcalfe has also played retired Boston PD Detective Jeff Jackson in the Martha’s Vineyard Mystery series.
The romance between Andrew Walker and Nikki DeLoach heats up in new Hallmark mystery
Andrew Walker and Nikki DeLoach are back in a new Hallmark mystery. The sequel to a movie released last year, Curious Caterer: Grilling Season sees the romance between the two leads heat up.
In a Facebook Live event to promote the movie, Andrew Walker and Nikki DeLoach talked about the growing tension between their characters, Detective Tom Schultz and caterer Goldy Berry.
“There’s a little bit more flirtation going on in this movie than there was in the first one,” Walker said.
New Hallmark mystery
Curious Caterer: Grilling Season is the follow-up to Curious Caterer: Dying For Chocolate, which Hallmark Movies and Mysteries released last year.
Based loosely on a series of mystery books by Dianne Mott Davidson, the movies follow a caterer named Goldy Berry, who helps a detective in her small town — Tom Schultz — solve murders. (The fact that she eventually becomes Goldy Schultz in the books should give viewers a sense of where their relationship is headed.)
In Grilling Season, Goldy caters a barbecue for a friend who ends up dead after her grill explodes after the party. Goldy is the number one suspect because she was the last one to use the grill. She works with Schultz to clear her name.
The situation becomes even more complicated when Tom’s ex-wife shows up while they are trying to solve the murder.
‘Work husband’
In their Facebook Live event, Walker and DeLoach joked about how often they have been paired up in Hallmark movies. Walker even referred to himself as DeLoach’s ‘work husband.’
He even asked fans to continue their support for the new mystery series so he could work exclusively with DeLoach.
Walker has appeared on the TV shows Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Reba, The Big Bang Theory, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, ER, and When Calls the Heart. He has starred in the Hallmark movies A Bride For Christmas, Debbie Macomber’s Dashing Through the Snow, Merry & Bright, Sweet Autumn, Christmas Tree Lane, My Christmas Family Tree, A Maple Valley Christmas, and Three Wise Men and a Baby.
DeLoach played Brenda Long on Days of Our Lives from 2007-2009. She also had roles on Walker, Texas Ranger, CSI: NY, Cold Case, NCIS, Mad Men, Criminal Minds, and Grey’s Anatomy. She has starred in the Hallmark movies The Gift of Peace, Taking the Reins, Cranberry Christmas, and Love Takes Flight.
Curious Caterer: Grilling Season will premiere on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries on Sunday, February 5 at 7/6c.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Hallmark debuts a new movie about the magic of chocolate
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Hallmark debuts a new movie about the magic of chocolate. Sweeter Than Chocolate will premiere as part of Hallmark’s Loveuary lineup. The romantic-comedy stars Eloise Mumford, Dan Jeannotte, and Brenda Strong.
Hallmark debuts new movie
Dan Jeannotte, who is becoming a regular on Hallmark, posted a photo on Instagram with the caption, “SO will this lovely chocolatier & this smirky TV reporter finally stop bantering & eat the magic love chocolates & get together already OR WHAT?!”
Eloise Mumford responded in the comments with, “Now feed each other the chocolates.”
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Based on the book
Sweeter Than Chocolate is based on a book by contemporary romance author Lizzie Shane.
The story centers on Lucy Sweet (played by Mumford), who runs a chocolate shop that goes viral when couples claim they fell in love immediately after eating one of her Valentine’s Day confections. Skeptical TV reporter Dean Chase (played by Jeannotte), becomes determined to debunk the rumor and approaches Sweet telling her he wants to do a story on her shop.
She reluctantly agrees, and the two begin to interview couples that fell in love after eating her chocolate. It soon becomes clear that Sweet and Chase have different ideas about romance. Both have been burned in the past. However, Sweet still believes in true love while Chase has sworn it off entirely.
Chase’s editor becomes intrigued by the story and orders Chase to eat one of the chocolates during a live feed from the store on Valentine’s Day. Meanwhile, one of the first couples Sweet brought together with her chocolate has a nasty breakup. Right when Sweet starts to doubt her ability to bring couples together, Chase convinces her that putting more love into the world is a good thing, even if there might be some heartaches along the way.
About the cast
Eloise Mumford made her television debut in 2010 on the Fox series Lone Star. She also starred in the ABC series The River and Disney’s The Right Stuff.
The actress made her Hallmark debut in the 2012 Countdown to Christmas movie Christmas With Holly. She also appeared in Just In Time For Christmas, A Veteran’s Christmas, The Baker’s Son, One December Night, and The Presence of Love.
Dan Jeannotte has appeared on the TV shows Reign, Fargo, and Designated Survivor. From 2015 to 2019 he played Brandon Russell on the Hallmark series Good Witch.
The actor has appeared in the Hallmark movies Paris, Wine & Romance and The Royal Nanny.
Sweeter Than Chocolate will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Saturday, February 4 at 8/7c.
Meghan Ory was pregnant while filming the final season of Chesapeake Shores
Meghan Ory was pregnant while filming Season 6 of Chesapeake Shores. The actress announced the news on Instagram in a post celebrating the end of shooting Season 6 of Chesapeake Shores.
“I started this season with #hyperemesisgravidarum and ended it with #covid — it has been quite the run!,” she wrote, “thank you so much to our amazing cast and crew for having so much patience with me while I tried not to barf on anyone.”
Hyperemesis gravidarum
Hyperemesis gravidarum is a condition characterized by severe nausea, vomiting, and weight loss. Kate Middleton was hospitalized for hyperemesis gravidarum. Comedian Amy Schumer also shared her experience with the condition.