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  • Holland Roden and Chris McNally headline new Hallmark mystery

    Holland Roden and Chris McNally headline new Hallmark mystery

    Holland Roden and Chris McNally work together to track down a killer in the new Hallmark mystery Tipline Mysteries: Dial 1 for Murder.
     
    “Can’t wait for you to see this one, Sleuthers!” wrote Holland Roden in an Instagram post to promote the movie.
     
    Chris McNally also posted a photo from the movie, telling fans to tune in for its cable premiere this weekend. In the comments section, his partner, Julie Gonzalo, chimed in with, “I can attest it’s pretty damn great x.”

    Hallmark mystery

     
    Tipline Mysteries: Dial 1 for Murder is currently streaming on Hallmark’s app Hallmark Movies Now. But Friday will be the first time it airs on cable.
     
    In the movie, Roden stars as Maddie Moore, a concierge at a Detroit hotel who moonlights as a tip line operator for the Detroit Free Press. Though she usually spends her time responding to calls about alien sightings and lost cats, she becomes intrigued when a caller reports an upcoming jewelry heist. 
     
    When Maddie brings this to the police, she finds that her usual contact has retired. He has been replaced by the handsome Det. Beeks (played by Chris McNally). Beeks dismisses Maddie’s concerns but she won’t let the issue drop. After listening in on a police scanner, she hears about a jewelry heist and homicide. She rushes to the scene of the crime only to have Det. Beeks turn her away,
     
    Maddie continues to investigate on her own and soon Det. Beeks has to admit that she is on to something. Together they track the criminal only to find themselves in harm’s way.
    A photo from the Instagram account of actress Julie Gonzalo, who welcomed a baby girl with Chris McNally in June. (Image: Instagram/@julie_gonzalo)

    Holland Roden movies and TV shows

     
    Holland Roden starred as Lydia Martin in the hit MTV series Teen Wolf. She has also appeared in the shows Lost, Mayans M.C., MacGyver Follow Me, and Channel Zero.
     
    Roden has starred in the Hallmark movies Time For Him to Come Home for Christmas (2022) and Making Waves (2023).
     

    Chris McNally movies and TV shows

     
    Chris McNally plays Lucas Bouchard on the hit Hallmark series When Calls the Heart. He has also appeared on the shows Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Riverdale, Firefly Lane, Supernatural, Altered Carbon, and Falling Skies.
     
    McNally, who shares a daughter with fellow Hallmark star Julie Gonzalo, has also starred in the Hallmark movies Hearts of Christmas (2016), Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink, and Be Buried (2017), Rocky Mountain Christmas (2017), The Sweetest Heart (2018), A Winter Princess (2019), Sailing Into Love (2019), Snowkissed (2019), A Tail of Love (2022), Christmas Class Reunion (2022), and 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Ghost (2023).
     
    Tipline Mysteries: Dial 1 for Murder will premiere on Hallmark Mystery (the network formerly known as Hallmark Movies and Mysteries) on Friday, June 7 at 9/8c.
          

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  • Grey’s Anatomy star Sarah Drew to headline Christmas-themed Hallmark mystery series

    Grey’s Anatomy star Sarah Drew to headline Christmas-themed Hallmark mystery series

    Sarah Drew has signed on to star in a new Christmas-themed Hallmark mystery series. The actress, who plays Dr. April Kepner on Grey’s Anatomy, will take on the lead role in Mistletoe Murders, a new mystery series based on the podcast of the same name.
     
    “SO excited!!!” Sarah Drew wrote in an Instagram post promoting the series.
     
    Her Hallmark co-stars chimed in with their congratulations.
     
    “As you should BE! Congratulations Sarah!” wrote Benjamin Ayres.
     
    Ashley Williams added, “Woohooooo GET IT.”
     
    “Does @hallmarkchannel know about your laughing fits on set???” wrote Ryan McPartlin. “I think it’s time to repost my favorite BTS clip”
     

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    In Mistletoe Murders, Drew plays Emily Lane, the “smart, tough, and observant” owner of a Christmas-themed shop called Under the Mistletoe. When a local man is murdered, Emily is asked by a handsome detective to help solve the crime.
     
    Emily is scared she might reveal the truth about her hidden past, a past that could destroy the new life she has worked so hard to create.
     

    Sarah Drew

     
    In addition to playing Dr. April Kepner on Grey’s Anatomy, Sarah Drew has also appeared on the TV shows Law and Order: SVU, Supernatural, Castle, and Mad Men.
     
    Drew co-starred with Niall Matter in the Lifetime movie Christmas Pen Pals and has appeared in the Hallmark movies Christmas in Vienna (2020), Guiding Emily (2023), and Branching Out (2024).
     
    Drew also wrote and starred in the Lifetime movie Reindeer Games and wrote and produced A Cowboy Christmas Romance, also for Lifetime.
     
    Hallmark has not yet given a release date for Mistletoe Murders. We will update this story as more information becomes available.
     
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  • Alison Sweeney will star in new Hannah Swensen

    Alison Sweeney will star in new Hannah Swensen

    Alison Sweeney will return as everyone’s favorite baker-turned-detective in a new Hannah Swensen movie. But Cameron Mathison won’t play the romantic lead in this one. Instead, Victor Webster will step in.

    “I’ve always loved working with Victor — from our years in daytime [TV] to our work together on ‘The Wedding Veil,’” Sweeney said in a statement through Hallmark. “When writing the script and developing this movie, I knew he’d be a great addition to the Hannah Swensen family and am thrilled that he said yes.”

    New Hannah Swensen

    The new movie is titled One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. In the movie, Sweeney returns as Hannah Swensen, who has been asked to teach a baking class at the local college.

    But when someone tampers with her equipment causing an explosion and one of her colleagues is murdered, Hannah begins to investigate. While trying to solve the murder, she comes face-to-face with Lake Eden’s handsome lead prosecutor Chad Norton (Victor Webster).

    “The great chemistry Alison and Victor had in ‘The Wedding Veil’ trilogies made the decision to bring him into this world an easy one,” said Laura Gaines, director of development at Hallmark Media. “It will be fun for viewers to see a different side of the legal process as Hannah learns the recipe for a strong case.”

    Cameron Mathison

    Fans were upset when Hannah and Mike (played by Cameron Mathison) broke off their engagement in Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. Though Mathison appeared in the next movie, A Zest for Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery, he did not rekindle his romance with Hannah.

    Off-screen, Mathison has signed on with Great American Media, a new company started by former Hallmark CEO Bill Abbott. The actor has already made several movies for the company’s network Great American Family.

    Alison Sweeney and Cameron Mathison in the new Hannah Swensen mystery Carrot Cake Murder. (Image: Hallmark Media)
    The end of an era. (Image: Hallmark Media)

    Hannah Swensen

    One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery will be the ninth movie in the Hannah Swensen series, which is also known as “Murder, She Baked.” Based on the cozy mystery books by Joanne Fluke, the movies include:

    Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery (2015)

    Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery (2015)

    Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery (2016)

    Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe (2017)

    Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts (2016)

    Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (2021)

    Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (2023)

    A Zest for Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (2023)

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  • The groom is dead and the bride is missing in new Curious Caterer mystery

    The groom is dead and the bride is missing in new Curious Caterer mystery

    In the new Curious Caterer mystery, Nikki DeLoach and Andrew Walker return as the crime-solving duo Goldy Berry and Tom Schultz. In this mystery, they must figure out who murdered the groom and find the missing bride for a wedding Goldy is catering.

    To make matters even more complicated, the bride is Schultz’s ex-wife.

    New Curious Caterer

    Curious Caterer: Fatal Vows is the third installment of the Curious Caterer series, which is based on a series of books by Diane Mott Davidson.

    The first of the movies, Curious Caterer: Dying For Chocolate, premiered on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries in 2022. The second, Curious Caterer: Grilling Season, followed in 2023.

    Fans are eager to know if the flirtation that began in the first movie escalates any further in the third.

    “Can’t wait to see this one,” wrote a fan on the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Facebook page. “Love these two together.”

    Fatal Vows

    In Curious Caterer: Fatal Vows, Goldy is hired to cater a wedding for demanding bride Jessamyn Cole (played by Amanda Khan). The situation is awkward as Jessamyn used to be married to Goldy’s love interest, Tom Schultz (played by Walker).

    The town is shocked when the groom, Sterling Clearwater (played by Kareem Malcolm) is found dead and Jessamyn goes missing. To complicate matters, a new detective (played by Brock Morgan) with a vendetta against Tom is hired to oversee the case.

    Forced to take matters into her own hands, Goldy must find Jessamyn before the bride meets Sterling’s fate.

    About the cast

    Nikki 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.

    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.

    Dream duo

    In a Facebook Live event to promote Curious Caterer: Grilling Season, 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 asked fans to continue their support for the new mystery series so he could work exclusively with DeLoach.

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  • New Hannah Swensen mystery features awkward reunion between exes

    New Hannah Swensen mystery features awkward reunion between exes

    The new Hannah Swensen mystery A Zest for Death features an awkward reunion between Hannah and Mike. The couple, who broke off their engagement in the last Hannah Swensen movie, come face-to-face when they are — surprise! — investigating the same murder.

    “Hannah’s connection with Mike may be on a rough road, but a new mystery is just around the corner,” reads a promo on the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries fan page.

    New Hannah Swensen

    In A Zest for Death, Hannah’s mother (played by Barbara Niven) is house hunting with Hannah’s sister when they discover a dead body. The victim was a regular customer at Hannah’s business, The Cookie Jar, so naturally Hannah gets involved in solving the murder.

    This time she gets help from her mother and her two sisters (played by Tess Atkins and Lisa Durupt). There is an awkward reunion with Mike with Hannah becomes convinced his prime suspect is innocent.

    “There’s nothing like a murder to bring two people back together,” says the narrator in a preview.

    The cast of the Picture Perfect Mysteries series.
    (Image: Hallmark Media)

    Hannah and Mike

    Fans were left reeling after Hannah and Mike broke up in Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery.

    In a May interview, Sweeney talked about some of the challenges the couple faced.

    “Mike is attracted to Hannah and her crime solving ways, her mind, the fact that she is so interested, the fact that she’s good at it,” she told TV Insider. “She does get people to talk to her in a way that sometimes Mike or other detectives aren’t able to get them to open up. She does have really good instincts and a unique way of getting people to open up to her. I think the cookies help. Mike respects that, and he loves that about her, but it causes him a lot of trouble at work, and for good reasons and maybe also not so good reasons, the sheriff isn’t too keen to have Hannah getting involved in the crime solving business. So that’s been a tricky thing for [Mike] to navigate. And unfortunately, I think Mike is a little old school, so he struggles with how much of that to share with Hannah.”

    Fans have made it clear they would like to see Hannah and Mike get back together, but so far Hallmark hasn’t offered any clues as to whether they will reunite.

    A Zest for Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery will premiere on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries on Friday, October 6 at 9/8c.

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  • Good news! A new Curious Caterer movie is in the works

    Good news! A new Curious Caterer movie is in the works

    A new Curious Caterer movie is in production at Hallmark. The mystery series, which stars Nikki DeLoach and Andrew Walker in the leading roles, premiered last year on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries to rave reviews.

    Though DeLoach and Walker have kept quiet about the production, a listing on an industry website showed that a television movie titled Curious Caterer: Last Suppers was recently shot in Vancouver, British Columbia.

    New Curious Caterer movie

    Curious Caterer: Dying For Chocolate debuted on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries in 2022. The movie starred Nikki DeLoach as Goldy Berry, a single mother and small-town Colorado caterer. When her friend dies under mysterious circumstances, Goldy joins forces with Detective Tom Schultz (played by Andrew Walker). According to a synopsis from Hallmark, the two end up “discovering a hidden recipe for murder.”

    Jodie Sweetin in the new Hallmark movie The Jane Mysteries: Inheritance Lost. (Image: Hallmark Media)

    A second film in the series, Curious Caterer: Grilling Season, premiered in February 2023. In that movie, Goldy caters a barbecue for a friend who ends up dead when 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.

    The movies are based loosely on a series of mystery books by Dianne Mott Davidson.

    Nikki DeLoach and Andrew Walker

    In a Facebook Live event to promote the second movie, DeLoach and Walker talked about how much they love making movies together. Walker even referred to himself as DeLoach’s “work husband.”

    He even asked fans to continue their support for the series so he could continue working 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 to 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.

    Hallmark has not yet given a release date for Curious Caterer: Last Suppers. We will update this story as more information becomes available.

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  • Aurora Teagarden: Til Death Do Us Part

    Aurora Teagarden: Til Death Do Us Part

     

    Candace Camerone Bure says Til Death Do Us Part was only the second time she has played a bride

    When Candace Cameron Bure walks down the aisle as Aurora Teagarden on Sunday, it will be only the second time she has played a bride onscreen.

    “Here’s the surprise,” she said. “Everyone thinks I’ve been married a bunch of times on television. And they ask, ‘How many dresses have you worn?’ But this is actually only my second time in 27 Hallmark movies and well over 35 or 40 TV movies in general, it’s only my second time getting married on TV. And the first time is on Fuller House.”

    Til Death Do Us Part is the sixteenth installment in the Aurora Teagarden film series, which debuted in 2015 with Aurora Teagarden Mystery: A Bone to Pick. The movies chronicle the adventures of a small-town librarian and amateur detective. They are based on the mystery series by Charlaine Harris.

    In this episode, Aurora “Roe” Teagarden (played by Candace Cameron Bure), marries long-time boyfriend Nick Miller (played by Niall Matter). But before they can make it to the altar, they must solve the murder of a man found in a local warehouse. When the police begin investigating the crime, Roe and Nick realize they were with the victim the night that he died, and that people who knew the man are hiding something.

    Things become even more complicated when Roe’s father, Charles (played by Andrew Airlie), comes to town to meet the groom.

    Second time a bride

    Despite being in the business since she was six years old, Bure has only played a bride once before. That was during the 2017 episode of Fuller House, “Wedding Or Not, Here We Come,” in which Bure’s character married her high school sweetheart in a triple ceremony that included her sister Stephanie and her best friend.

    Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Channel will air back-to-back showings of the Aurora Teagarden series on Sunday, June 13, in preparation for the premiere of Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part at 8/7c.