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Documentary

“Ladies and Gentlemen … Marie Osmond” intros Hallmark’s new host

September 21, 2012 StayTuned Staff

Marie Osmond is on the cusp of a new adventure. Finally hosting her own series, Marie, on Hallmark Channel as of Oct. 1, she’s ready to take on the latest challenge going into her fifth decade in show business. But before she does, she hits Hallmark Channel tonight at 9pm ET/PT with the premiere of an introductory special, Ladies and Gentlemen … Marie Osmond, describing what it’s like, exactly, to live her life. As she opens her life to the public and invites America into her onscreen living room, Osmond is excited and understandably a little nervous. “I believe you […]

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Comedy

Bill Engvall stars in Hallmark Channel’s “Kiss at Pine Lake”

May 14, 2012 StayTuned Staff

Hallmark Channel pulls off a bit of a “first” this month with one of its original films. Comedian Bill Engvall, who’s been doing standup routines about parenting for decades, steps into his first dramatic role in Kiss at Pine Lake. The film is about Luke (Barry Watson), a young philanthropist trying to save the summer camp of his youth, and Zoe (Mia Kirshner), the girl who haunts his camp memories, representing the development firm that’s trying to wheedle it away from him. Engvall’s role is of Zoe’s father, though they’re largely estranged since her parents’ divorce. It’s a small part […]

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Drama

Genie Francis is back for Hallmark’s “Notes From the Heart Healer”

May 10, 2012 StayTuned Staff

One of Hallmark Channel’s more successful original movie franchises gets a third installment this month in Notes From the Heart Healer. Genie Francis returns as advice columnist Peyton MacGruder, who, while on a visit to a harbor town as part of a tour for her just-published book, has a baby left on her doorstep by a teen, Violet (Laci Mailey), who can no longer afford to take care of him. Obviously concerned for this abandoned young life, Peyton is forced to confront her own emotions, having been pressured to give up her own child under similar circumstances. Thrilled on one […]

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Comedy

Hallmark Channel unveiling “Undercover Bridesmaid”

April 12, 2012 StayTuned Staff

I often pick on the people at Hallmark Channel and their hopelessly happy movies that always get wrapped up in a tidy little bow. They’re good sports about it, and they can take it — it’s a formula that’s done very well for them. A lot of people out there love Hallmark Channel’s original films and can’t wait until the next one arrives. At this point, they only have a few more days to wait, as Undercover Bridesmaid is set to hit Hallmark Channel this Sunday, April 15 at 8pm ET/PT. Undercover Bridesmaid stars Brooke Burns (The CW’s Melrose Place) […]

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Family

“Mad Hungry” host Lucinda Scala Quinn is ready for the big game

January 20, 2012 StayTuned Staff

Lucinda Scala Quinn is probably the leading authority on cooking for guys. It’s a discipline she learned the hard way. “I live with four men,” she says, referring to her husband and sons. “And I have all brothers. It’s just surrounded me my whole life.” Now, with the big game just around the corner, she’s preparing the ultimate guy’s day of food for her family and quite possibly for yours. She’ll be working on her menu the week of the big event on Hallmark Channel’s Mad Hungry With Lucinda Scala Quinn. Below, you’ll see that it’s tasty, not terribly complicated […]

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Family

Melissa Gilbert is back in Hallmark Channel’s “The Christmas Pageant”

December 20, 2011 StayTuned Staff

It’s been a few years since Melissa Gilbert has appeared in a project for TV, but she returned to TV this month in the Hallmark Channel original movie The Christmas Pageant, which airs tomorrow, Dec. 21, at 10pm, as well as numerous times throughout the week, and on Christmas Day. The film tells the story of a difficult, driven Broadway theater director whose temperament costs her job after job until her only offer is a small upstate town’s Christmas pageant — for which her former fiancé recommended her. For Gilbert, it was a comforting welcome home of sorts, as by […]

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Family

Download Billy Ray Cyrus video “Home” FREE from Hallmark Channel

December 13, 2011 StayTuned Staff

In conjunction with its new original film, Christmas Comes Home to Canaan, starring Billy Ray Cyrus — the sequel to 2009’s popular Christmas in Canaan — Hallmark Channel will offer viewers a FREE download of the video for Billy Ray Cyrus’ new song created especially for the film. Christmas Comes Home to Canaan will premiere Dec. 17 at 8pm ET/PT, and the music video will premiere directly afterward. According to Hallmark Channel, a QR code will appear onscreen on Hallmark Channel Friday, Dec. 16, from 9:30-10pm ET/PT, and again on Saturday, Dec. 17, at approximately 10pm ET/PT. Three alerts will be issued […]

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Awards Shows

Power to the pooches: Hero Dog Awards air Friday on Hallmark Channel

November 10, 2011 Ryan Berenz

By Jacqueline Cutler Follow @TMSJackCut When an earthquake leaves shards of buildings in its path, or a wildfire tears through a neighborhood and only hulks of dryers and chimneys still stand, or when a blind or deaf person needs to be steered toward safety, dogs come to the rescue. Please, cat fanciers, don’t start the usual protest. Dogs are heroes. Not all dogs, just like not all humans, qualify as heroic. But the dogs celebrated on Hallmark Channel’s American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards (Friday, Nov. 11, at 8pm ET) at are magnificent examples. The 90-minute special, hosted by Carson […]

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Comedy

Hallmark Channel’s “Countdown to Christmas” is almost here

November 8, 2011 StayTuned Staff

When it comes to making TV a part of your holidays, there are a lot of options out there, but you have to give this at least to the folks at Hallmark Channel: commitment. As of Nov. 12, the network’s Countdown to Christmas begins, bringing more than 1,300 hours of holiday-themed programming to viewers over seven weeks. Each Saturday and Sunday, Hallmark Channel will premiere at least one new original movie, collectively featuring an impressive array of talent both familiar and unexpected for Hallmark viewers, including Billy Ray Cyrus, Vivica A. Fox, Melissa Gilbert and Sir Roger Moore. Daytime will […]