Hallmark Channel has renewed its hit series When Calls the Heart for a 12th season.
“A dozenth season!!!” wrote Erin Krakow in an Instagram post.
Hearties also reacted with enthusiasm.
“Definitely doing the happy dance, so excited!!” wrote one fan on Facebook.
“So happy!! I look forward to Sunday night each week! This is my favorite TV show and has been since the beginning!” wrote another.
When Calls the Heart
When Calls the Heart premiered on Hallmark Channel in 2014. Based on a series of books by Canadian author Janette Oke, the show starred Erin Krakow as a privileged young woman who moves to a small mining community to teach school.
The show found an immediate and devoted fan base. Hearties, as they call themselves, even make pilgrimages to the set where the show is filmed for an annual event known as Hearties Family Reunion.
The 11th season premiered on Hallmark Channel in April 2024. Cast members have been sharing photos and videos they made on set while filming.
“Detention!” Krakow wrote in the caption of a video showing cast members Vienna Leacock and Jaeda Lee Miller catching a quick nap on set.
Longest-running original series
With a 12th season in the works, When Calls the Heart is Hallmark Channel’s longest-running original series. Brian Bird, who co-created the show with Michael Landon Jr., recently said that he hopes they can keep the show on the air indefinitely.
“Whether or not the Hallmark Channel wants to keep us around forever doesn’t matter,” he said in an appearance on the When Calls the Heart After Show. “There will be somebody else who wants it because it is so unique. And we will keep making the show as long as those Hearties want to show up and watch the show.”
Actress Erin Krakow, who has starred on the show since the first season and is also an executive producer, has talked about how unique the series is.
“I cannot say enough how grateful I am,” she said during an interview with Southern Living. “There’s an element of risk and chance that comes with taking the leap of being an actor and making that one’s career. And it doesn’t often come with, let’s call it job security. It has been really nice to have this really good job for the past decade. And in addition to getting to play a part that I really care about. I get to work with people on set and off who I really care about. It is such a positive workplace full of people who have become some of my best friends and that’s just on set. But working with our writers, executives at the network, they’re all incredible people who have become dear friends as well. It’s just a really good, positive team, and very collaborative.”
Bird said the fan base is a big reason why the show is still going strong.
“As I’ve said many times over the last decade, you Hearties are the reason for the show,” he said. “I think one of the big reasons that the show is still going strong is all of you.”
Filming will begin on Season 12 in July 2024.
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Hallmark Channel has renewed its hit series When Calls the Heart for a 12th season.
“A dozenth season!!!” wrote Erin Krakow in an Instagram post.
Hearties also reacted with enthusiasm.
“Definitely doing the happy dance, so excited!!” wrote one fan on Facebook.
“So happy!! I look forward to Sunday night each week! This is my favorite TV show and has been since the beginning!” wrote another.
When Calls the Heart
When Calls the Heart premiered on Hallmark Channel in 2014. Based on a series of books by Canadian author Janette Oke, the show starred Erin Krakow as a privileged young woman who moves to a small mining community to teach school.
The show found an immediate and devoted fan base. Hearties, as they call themselves, even make pilgrimages to the set where the show is filmed for an annual event known as Hearties Family Reunion.
The 11th season premiered on Hallmark Channel in April 2024. Cast members have been sharing photos and videos they made on set while filming.
“Detention!” Krakow wrote in the caption of a video showing cast members Vienna Leacock and Jaeda Lee Miller catching a quick nap on set.
Longest-running original series
With a 12th season in the works, When Calls the Heart is Hallmark Channel’s longest-running original series. Brian Bird, who co-created the show with Michael Landon Jr., recently said that he hopes they can keep the show on the air indefinitely.
“Whether or not the Hallmark Channel wants to keep us around forever doesn’t matter,” he said in an appearance on the When Calls the Heart After Show. “There will be somebody else who wants it because it is so unique. And we will keep making the show as long as those Hearties want to show up and watch the show.”
Actress Erin Krakow, who has starred on the show since the first season and is also an executive producer, has talked about how unique the series is.
“I cannot say enough how grateful I am,” she said during an interview with Southern Living. “There’s an element of risk and chance that comes with taking the leap of being an actor and making that one’s career. And it doesn’t often come with, let’s call it job security. It has been really nice to have this really good job for the past decade. And in addition to getting to play a part that I really care about. I get to work with people on set and off who I really care about. It is such a positive workplace full of people who have become some of my best friends and that’s just on set. But working with our writers, executives at the network, they’re all incredible people who have become dear friends as well. It’s just a really good, positive team, and very collaborative.”
Bird said the fan base is a big reason why the show is still going strong.
“As I’ve said many times over the last decade, you Hearties are the reason for the show,” he said. “I think one of the big reasons that the show is still going strong is all of you.”
Filming will begin on Season 12 in July 2024.
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