Join us in The Hallmark Cafe as we head for "The Finnish Line" via dog sled in this fast paced adventure starring Kim Matula and Beau Mirchoff. Shot on location in Finland and featuring an international cast, the race is on to see who wins the championship on a wild ride to the top of the world. For dessert, we meet the new Mrs. Miracle played by the amazing Rachel Boston in a role she seemingly was born to play. Can she help heal a family at odds with each other at Christmas time? Join us in The Cafe to find out!
Joel S. Rice and Michael Barbuto from Muse Entertainment join us in the cafe for more conversation about the movies they create for Hallmark. We go behind the scenes on Catch Me if You Claus and True Justice: Family Ties and learn more about how these movies were brought to life for Hallmark. We also go back to the beginning to hear the story of how Signed, Sealed and Delivered came to be. Pull up a chair and join us at the table!
We welcome Barbara Niven and Peter Benson to The Cafe to share their experiences making the wonderful, "Leah's Perfect Gift." Barbara talks about playing the controlling but vulnerable Barbara (never Barb!) and Peter gives us some insight into what it was like directing the talented cast. Join us all at the table for this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!
Our main course this week straddles between homage and parody and does both equally well. "Sugarplummed" hits all the right buttons with Maggie Lawson and Janel Parrish winning the award for best buddy performances of the year. For dessert, we look in on The Camarena Family to see how their Christmas is shaping up in Episode six of "Holidazed." We then reveal the winner of "Finding Mr. Christmas," while touching on some of the highlights of the series. Your table is always ready at The Hallmark Cafe!
We have lots of presents under the tree in The Cafe for this episode. For our main course, we travel back to 1999 for some fun and a few tears in "A '90s Christmas." We introduce our new "side dish" segment and break the ice with a quick look at "The Christmas Quest," then followup with episode five of "Holidazed" and episode six of "Mistletoe Murders" for dessert. Hurry down the chimney and find your table on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!
It's a jam packed edition of The Hallmark Cafe as we discuss the comedies "Three Wiser Men and a Boy" and "To Have and to Holiday," both from The Hallmark Channel. We then switch over to Hallmark Plus for the streamer's latest offerings, which include the Christmas cul-de-sac fun on episode four of "Holidazed", and a new murder investigation on episode five of "Mistletoe Murders." We also peek in on the contestants on "Finding Mr. Christmas" to see who stays and who goes. Your table is waiting for you on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!
We manage to squeeze in three movies on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe starting with "A Carol For Two," a Christmas celebration of Broadway that is filled with the best singing on Hallmark this season. We then spend some time with The Lin Family in the hilarious episode three of the "Holidazed" series on Hallmark Plus. We round things off with a holiday salute to first responders in, "Christmas on Call." Your table is always ready at The Hallmark Cafe!
On this edition of The Cafe we meet families navigating the bumps and turns of the holidays in today's world. "Christmas with the Singhs," finds a newly engaged couple from two different cultures encountering the fun and friction of blending their families together. In the first two episodes of the eight-part series, "Holidazed," we meet seven families of Oak Harbor, Oregon who will all discover a new meaning of Christmas. We've got extra seating available in this edition of The Hallmark Cafe.
We take The Cafe on the road on this edition with the fast pace and fun of, "Jingle Bell Run." Ashley Williams and Andrew Walker do all the hard work as they compete on a reality show for big money and possibly big love. For dessert, we find "A Reason For the Season" for Taylor Cole and Kevin McGarry. This Hallmark Mysteries entry finds the two connecting over an old mystery that begins one snowy Christmas Eve in 1989. Join us for all the holiday magic on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!
At The Hallmark Cafe we are passionate about the movies we love. On this episode, we open up about how we choose the movies for our menu and why some movies don't make the menu. Then we serve up our main course, "Tis the Season to Be Irish" which charmed us and touched our hearts as only a Hallmark movie can do. We finish up by perusing the dessert tray for a few comments on the Hallmark Plus continuing series, "Mistletoe Murders" and the reality fun of "Finding Mr. Christmas." It's a lively discussion around the table on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!
This time in The Cafe we take a more serious look at the holidays with our main course, "This Time Each Year." Alison Sweeney and Niall Matter take us to a deeper level in this touching family drama aided by an outstanding supporting cast and expertly directed by Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe. We follow up our main course with the fun and games of, "'Twas the Date Before Christmas." Amy Groening and Robert Buckley provide the sparks in this high energy ensemble outing directed by Bradley Walsh. Grab a seat and put your hot chocolate order in!
We welcome you back to The Cafe for our first two Christmas movies of 2024 to make the menu. "The Christmas Charade" is a smart and funny modern send up of an old fashioned caper movie with Corey Sevier and Rachel Skarsten having a blast catching the crooks. For dessert, we switch things over to Hallmark Plus for "Mistletoe Murders." In this first of six episodes, we meet a shop owner with a mysterious past, played by Sarah Drew, who gets caught up in a mystery that puts her right in the middle of the investigation. Your yuletide table is ready here at The Hallmark Cafe! .
Hallmark Plus is featuring two more of the new Aurora Teagarden movies and you're invited to The Cafe to have a look. Both "A Lesson in Murder" and "Death at the Diner" feature an entirely new cast (well, almost entirely new) with guest stars including Kavan Smith and Kimberly Sustad. Join us at the table for a whole new take on a classic series.
We continue our conversation with director Jessica Harmon who shares some compelling behind the scenes stories on her movies "A Paris Proposal" and "Rip in Time." We also find out more about her work on the new Aurora Teagarden re-boot streaming on Hallmark Plus. There's room at the table for you, join us!
Director Jessica Harmon stops by the cafe to share how she transformed from an award winning actor to an award winning director. In the process, she shares some behind the scenes secrets and stories from some of her Hallmark movies including, "Tipline Mysteries: Dial 1 For Murder and the re-boot of the "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries" with an all new cast and stories. Your table is ready!
Today in The Hallmark Cafe you are invited to a "Haunted Wedding" complete with ghosts hunters, actual ghosts and a wee bit of time travel. From muskets to muskrats, you won't want to miss our take on one of the best Hallmark fall movies ever. For dessert, we fire up the air fryer and go backstage for a doomed reunion concert in "Curious Caterer: Forbidden Fruit." How will Goldy and Detective Tom Shultz solve this one? Join us at the table to find out! ,
Nicole Smith from the Swing My Heart Podcast joins us at the table to dish out her favorite Hallmark movies. We share ours too. What are yours? Pull up a seat and find out if we mention some of your favorites!
We take one more trip on The Danube with the last two movies in this three part series. "Kissing Stars" finds publicist Sarah Power trying to get reclusive actor Brendan Penny into the spirit of things on the "Kiss Con" cruise. "Royal Getaway" features Jessica Sipos on a hunt for fine art and finding the incognito Dan Jeannotte hiding from his royal identity instead. There's room at the captain's table for you on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe! .
Join us for this "Mystery Meet" episode where we serve up "The Cases of Mystery Lane: Death is Listening" as our main course and present a classic Hallmark who done it for dessert, 2013's, "After All These Years." Your table is always ready here at The Hallmark Cafe.
On this edition of The Hallmark Cafe we meet a pair of married attorneys who end up on opposites sides of a celebrity divorce that maybe isn't what it seems. Lacey Chabert and Brennan Elliott raise the bar on legal comedy in this fast paced main course outing with a twist. For dessert, we take a cruise on The Danube River in the new Hallmark Plus movie, Love on the Danube: Love Song. Nazneen Contractor and Wes Brown are on deck to take us on a boat cruise that just might lead to love. Your table is ready!