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Beth Stern on Kitten Bowl II: “I pinch myself when I say I’m the host”

January 30, 2015 Jeff Pfeiffer

Even a cursory glance at Beth Stern’s background will show you how much of an animal lover she is, so she was a natural fit to host Hallmark Channel’s inaugural “Kitten Bowl” last year. The experience was so enjoyable for her that she is back again this year when “Kitten Bowl II” airs on Super Bowl Sunday. “I got such wonderful feedback,” Stern says of the fan response via social media last year. “As it was happening, I was getting immediate response and people were just melting over the cuteness. [Those fans] proved to be the majority, because [Hallmark Channel] […]

Sunday’s Hallmark Hall of Fame Movie Takes Viewers “Away & Back”

January 22, 2015 Kellie Freeze

In the lead up to Valentine’s Day, the Hallmark Channel has released its second Hallmark Hall of Fame movie since the franchise moved to the channel in December. The network’s latest offering is about love, loss and … swans. When a family of swans make their home on the Peterson family’s farm, it’s love at first sight for 10-year-old daughter Frankie. But when one of the swans perishes, leaving behind a nest filled with eggs, possessive and protective ornithologist Ginny rushes in to save them. “She may be great working with birds, but she’s terribly insensitive when it comes to […]

Hallmark’s “Home & Family” Celebrates 500th Episode

December 26, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Hallmark’s daytime Emmy-nominated series, Home & Family is always entertaining viewers with its mix of cooking segments, celebrity interviews, DIY projects, musical performances and more. The series is the only lifestyle series on cable to produce a new show every weekday. Now the talk show can add another accomplishment to it’s list: celebrating its 500th episode. I asked Cristina Ferrare and Mark Steines about memorable moments from their first five hundred episodes and about their dynamic chemistry. How does it feel to be about to shoot your 500th episode? Cristina: It’s been 500 episodes of just pure fun! I was […]

7 Questions With … Candace Cameron Bure

November 26, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Candace Cameron Bure is America’s sweetheart. We watched her grow up on Full House (oh how I wanted that Pillow Pet) marveled at her on Season 18 of Dancing With the Stars and fall in love with her every time we see her in a holiday romantic comedy. By Candace’s own account, she’s stared in five Christmas movies, and her latest, Christmas Under Wraps airs Saturday, Nov. 29 on Hallmark Channel. “I am a huge Christmas fan and Christmas movie fan,” she admits. “I just love them because Christmas is such a heartwarming time of year. And there’s magic in […]

Candace Cameron Bure Stars in Christmas Under Wraps

November 25, 2014 Kellie Freeze

This weekend, Candace Cameron Bure returns to her favorite genre of film. “I am a huge Christmas fan and Christmas movie fan,” she admits. “This is my fifth Christmas movie and I just love them because Christmas is such a heartwarming time of year. And there’s magic in it.” Cameron Bure stars in Hallmark Channel’s Christmas Under Wraps, the charming tale of Dr. Lauren Brunell, an uptight big city doctor who learns to slow down and find holiday joy in a quaint — and possibly magical — town in Alaska. “There’s something that’s really peculiar about this place and she can’t […]

Hallmark “Home & Family” Holiday Special Airs Tonight

November 24, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Tonight, Hallmark Channel presents the second annual primetime holiday special of the network’s daily lifestyle series, Home & Family. Tonight’s 2-hour special will help you get ready for a bounty of cheerful holiday festivities (and feastivities). Co-hosted by Mark Steines & Cristina Ferrare, Home & Family will share a very merry evening of special guests, music, dance performances and holiday DIYs. Some of tonight’s special guests include Hallmark favorites Lacey Chabert, Candace Cameron-Bure, Marilu Henner and Genie Frances. Home & Family‘s good friends Shirley Bovshow, Kym Douglas, Paige Hemmis, Matt Iseman, JJ Levenstein, Debbie Matenopoulos, Tanya Memme, Laura Nativo, Jeanette Pavini, […]

Visit Hallmark’s “Northpole”

November 13, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Hallmark gifts a glowing star of holiday cheer to movie fans with Northpole, one of the network’s 12 New Movies of Christmas, part of its larger, annual Countdown To Christmas. The film boasts visual effects which are the best Hallmark has ever produced and is cuddle-worthy family viewing. The wondrous village of Northpole, where Santa and his elves live and work, is running low on the holiday cheer that is used to fuel the city and make toys. Santa and Mrs. Claus (played by real-life spouses Richard Wagner and Jill St. John) are understandably concerned; this drop in spirit, represented […]

Hallmark Channel’s Cute Kittens Love The MLB Too!

October 23, 2014 Kellie Freeze

If you need your daily dose of Awwww…. Baseball fans aren’t always human! Two up-and-coming kittens cheer on the Kansas City Royals and the San Francisco Giants in World Series 2014 in an effort to learn just how to compete in the PAW STAR games July 2015 only on Hallmark Channel. Here’s to a purrrrfect home run! These feline fans can’t wait to get their paws on a baseball, but Hallmark Channel’s cute kittens are already mid-season in it’s inaugural season of the Feline Football league (FFL). These might be some of the most adorable athletes in the universe! Boomer […]

Hallmark Channel announces development deal with author Karen Kingsbury

September 16, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

She’s the “queen” of Christian fiction, according to Time magazine, and now novelist Karen Kingsbury (pictured) has a deal with Hallmark Channel to have two of her popular books developed into original movies, the network announced today. The Bridge, based on Kingsbury’s 2012 novel, is scheduled for a Holiday 2015 premiere on Hallmark Channel. According to a release,”the captivating romance follows Molly Allen, a woman who left her heart in Franklin, Tennessee with the man she walked away from in college. When Molly finds out The Bridge, a beloved bookstore back in Franklin, is in jeopardy along with the bookstore’s […]

Hallmark Channel’s Celeb-Packed “Home & Family” Returns!

September 14, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Hallmark Channel’s Emmy–nominated daytime talk show Home & Family returns for a third season of celebs, cooking and crafts. Hosted by Mark Steines and Cristina Ferrare, the show is a two-hour break in your busy weekday to check in with today’s biggest celebrities, learn a tasty new recipe and find a new way to make your home look beautiful, festive and inviting. The first week is jam-packed with fun, food and fashion so tune in from 10am-noon ET/PT on Hallmark Channel to check it out. MONDAY, Sept. 15– Mark Steines and Cristina Ferrare talk with the judges of the new […]