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Andie MacDowell Talks “Cedar Cove,” Season 2

July 18, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove returns to Hallmark Channel on Saturday for its sophomore season with Sue Tenney (7th Heaven) taking over as showrunner, a move that excites the show’s star, Andie MacDowell. “I feel like Sue has a good handle on things,” she says. “She was able to get us out of all of the high drama that we were left in, and maneuver us into some other situations that I think are actually more interesting.” The high drama to which MacDowell is referring is Season 1’s sensational conclusion, where MacDowell’s Olivia reunited with her love, Jack, her daughter’s Justine’s […]

Valerie Harper: “I am not cancer free”

April 17, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

Hoping to clear up erroneous media reports that she claimed to be “absolutely cancer free,” Valerie Harper, while on a press junket in New York City for her guest-staring role on Hallmark Channel’s Signed, Sealed, Delivered, clarified her original statement to Closer Weekly that was the apparent source of the confusion. Valerie Harper offered this statement: “I am grateful for an opportunity to bring clarity to the story in this week’s Closer Weekly and, more importantly, to address the headline which states that I am cancer free. I am not cancer free. As I have stated on many occasions, I […]

Eric Mabius on “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” and guest star Valerie Harper

April 15, 2014 Barb Oates

Ugly Betty alum Eric Mabius stars in Hallmark Channel’s delightfully endearing new drama series Signed Sealed Delivered, which premieres Sunday, April 20 at 8pm ET/PT. The series follows a group of postal detectives who are dedicated to delivering undeliverable mail from the past, an act that often transforms the recipient and/or sender’s life. The series is written by Martha Williamson (creator of Touched by an Angel), who has a gift for writing appealing programming for a broad age range. “Anyone from 8 to 80 can sit around and watch because there are aspects from each of these characters that everyone […]

Carol Burnett To Guest Star On “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” Season Finale

April 14, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Carol Burnett will guest star on the Season One finale of Hallmark’s new original primetime series, Signed, Sealed, Delivered. The new series from Executive Producer Martha Williamson (Touched By An Angel) premieres on April 20 (8pmET/PT) and stars stars Eric Mabius (Ugly Betty), Kristin Booth (The Kennedys), Crystal Lowe (Smallville) and Geoff Gustafson (Primeval: New World) as a quartet of Postal Detectives who track down the rightful owners of undeliverable mail. These redirected letters and packages can save lives, solve crimes, reunite old loves and change futures by arriving late but somehow on time. Season One will include 10 one-hour […]

Ranking the 2014 Puppy Bowl, Kitten Bowl and Fish Bowl

February 3, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

Before, during and after Super Bowl XLVIII there were a number of other viewing options to occupy your time if you so chose (which may have come in handy for many, given how the Big Game almost immediately turned into a blowout). Animal lovers, in particular, had more options than usual this year to get their “bowl” fix on. There was, of course, the tried-and-true Puppy Bowl, which has adorably dominated the space for 10 installments now. But newcomers Kitten Bowl and Fish Bowl also appeared on the scene this past Super Bowl Sunday, staking claims for not only the […]

“The Watsons Go to Birmingham” a moving family film

September 20, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

This week marked the 50th anniversary remembrance of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. — a notorious, racially motivated crime that killed four little girls and helped gain support for the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964. That event marks a pivotal scene in the Hallmark Channel original movie The Watsons Go to Birmingham, premiering Sept. 20 at 8pm ET. The film, based on the Newbery Honor-winning book by Christopher Paul Curtis, also touches on other key civil rights moments from 1963 that we are commemorating this year, including the Birmingham marches and […]

Fall 2013 New Shows: Movies

August 15, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

Fall seasons don’t only include the premieres of new series. New original movies usually abound, and Fall 2013 is no exception. Here are some of the Fall 2013 New Shows: Movies to check out over the next few months, from dramas to family films and more. All times are ET; check back for updates and additions. Fall 2013 New Shows: Movies An Adventure in Space and Time BBC America Premieres: November Who’s In It? David Bradley, Jessica Raine, Brian Cox, Sacha Dhawan  What’s It All About? Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, this entertaining, and at times touching, […]

Katie Leclerc stars in Beverly Lewis “The Confession”

May 9, 2013 Barb Oates

Katie Leclerc stars in Beverly Lewis The Confession: The Amish return to the spotlight in the Hallmark Channel original film The Confession (premiering Saturday, May 11 at 9pm ET). The film is an adaptation of best-selling author Beverly Lewis’ second novel in her Heritage of Lancaster County book series. Katie Leclerc (Switched at Birth) stars as Katie Lapp, a naive, young Amish woman shunned by her township, who goes looking for her birth mother, who is dying of cancer. Sherry Stringfield (ER), who starred in the first film of the book series — The Shunning — reprises her role as […]

Mr. Hockey movie: Hallmark’s “Gordie Howe Story”

May 3, 2013 Ryan Berenz

Mr. Hockey movie: “The Gordie Howe Story” on Hallmark Channel is the incredible legacy of hockey legend Gordie Howe, the only player to have competed in the NHL in five different decades (1940s through 1980s). Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story (Saturday, May 4, at 9pm ET) on Hallmark Channel is the incredible legacy of Gordie Howe, who, at age 45, returned to the ice after his NHL retirement for the opportunity to play professional hockey and win a championship with his sons. Michael Shanks (Stargate SG-1) stars as Howe, and Kathleen Robertson (Beverly Hills, 90210) stars as Mrs. Hockey, […]

Katie Leclerc interview on “Switched At Birth,” “The Confession”

March 28, 2013 Barb Oates

In our Katie Leclerc interview the Switched at Birth star talks new episodes, her new Hallmark Channel original film The Confession and more. The second half of Season 2 of Switched at Birth is coming fast for star Katie Leclerc, as the series returns to ABC Family June 10. “We start filming on April 9 and I’m so excited,” Leclerc says, although pretty much in the dark on upcoming story lines. “You know what? The only thing, literally, the only thing I know is that the first line of the script I’m in a bikini. So I’m like, ‘Thank you […]