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There are more cases in Alberg's future. Murder in a Small Town has been renewed for a second season on Fox. The first season of eight episodes finished airing in late November.

A Canadian mystery drama series, the Murder in a Small Town TV show is based on the Karl Alberg novels by L.R. Wright. The series stars Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk. Guests include Mya Lowe, Aaron Douglas, Fritzy-Klevans Destine, Savonna Spracklin, Fiona Vroom, R.H. Thomson, Cassandra Sawtell, Jonathan Whitesell, Jay Brazeau, Paloma Kwiatkowsk, Kate Robbins, Marc-Anthony Massiah, Daniel Ian Joeck, Marilyn Norry, Stana Katic, and James Cromwell. In the story, Detective Karl Alberg (Sutherland) moves to the quiet coastal town of Gibsons, British Columbia, to find peace after being worn down by big city police work. He quickly discovers that this gentle paradise has more than...

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Hallmark favorite actress Jessica Lowndes has been missing from the network for a couple of years while in an exclusive contract with Great American Family. However, the good news is that Jessica is back on the feel-good network with the new, original movie, Happy Howlidays.

To keep things interesting, however, the male lead in the movie is currently a mystery. This is because the unknown hunk was the winner of the Finding Mr. Christmas reality show, hosted by Jonathan Bennett. Read on to find out what we do know so far about this upcoming Christmas movie.

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Fur-face lovers will certainly enjoy this last movie in Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas 2024. However, besides the cute dogs, this movie sees the return of...

Spoiler Alert: This post contains spoilers for The Chicken Sisters finale.

Adapted from Kj Dell’Antonia’s book, The Chicken Sisters, which was a Reese’s Book Club pick in December 2020, Hallmark’s eight-part series of the same name aired its finale on Hallmark+, becoming one of the first complete shows that helped launch the streaming app for the network.

Set in the fictional town of Merinac, the series follows two dueling dynasties behind warring fried chicken restaurants — Mimi’s and Frannie’s — which dived the town in terms of loyalty. Complications within the Mimi’s family line add to tension between the businesses, especially when daughter of Mimi’s owner Amanda Moore Hiliard (Schuyler Fisk), who is married to a Frannie’s boy, reaches out to Kitchen Clash, a reality food competition show, to consider the feud for their new special. This brings Mae Moore (Genevieve Angelson), the other daughter...

Kj Dell’Antonia’s best-selling book The Chicken Sisters, which was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick in December 2020, has become an eight-part series that premiered with the launch of Hallmark’s streamer Hallmark+.

Annie Mebane serves as executive producer on the series, which is set in Kansas just like in Dell’Antonia’s novel. Generous with y’alls and Southern hospitality, the show fits in perfectly to Hallmark’s slate.

Find more details on the release rollout for The Chicken Sisters below:

When did The Chicken Sisters premiere?

The Chicken Sisters premiered Thursday, Sept. 12 with one episode, coinciding with the launch of Hallmark+ on Sept. 10.

How many episodes are in this first season of The Chicken Sisters?

The series has eight episodes.

Are new episodes streaming weekly or all at once? When do they arrive on Hallmark+?

New episodes arrive weekly on Hallmark+, one per week through Oct.

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The sisterly sleepover found Amanda and Mae rekindling their bond in the next episode of The Chicken Sisters on Hallmark+ Meanwhile, Nancy and Gus exchange words and water. Titled “Not the Hydrangeas Y’all,” sees mothers face off.

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According to the press release, the next episode of The Chicken Sisters will stream on Thursday, October 3 on Hallmark+, the network’s reimagined streaming channel. As Amanda (Schuyler Fisk) grapples with what she learned about Frank Jr. (James Kot) during ”The Drop,” she flies the coop to get some personal space.

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However, when there is no room, Mae (Genevieve Angelson) invites Amanda to bunk with her. While...

Fox has just two drama series returning this season, so it's clear the network needs to find some new ones to help fill the schedule. Murder in a Small Town is produced in Canada and is a co-production with an international studio. That means the show's fate depends on more than just Fox's ratings. Will Murder in a Small Town be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned.

A Canadian mystery drama series, the Murder in a Small Town TV show is based on the Karl Alberg novels by L.R. Wright. The series stars Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk. Guests include Mya Lowe, Aaron Douglas, Fritzy-Klevans Destine, Savonna Spracklin, Fiona Vroom, R.H. Thomson, Cassandra Sawtell, Jonathan Whitesell, Jay Brazeau, Paloma Kwiatkowsk, Kate Robbins, Marc-Anthony Massiah, Daniel Ian Joeck, Marilyn Norry, Stana Katic, and James Cromwell. In the...

The Chicken Sisters, Hallmark+'s first original scripted series, has made its debut and, while Hallmark's core audience may give the show a chance, it's not an immediate winner.

The drama, based on the novel by Kj Dell’Antonia, follows two feuding chicken restaurants. There's Frannie's, a polished establishment that has the makings for a franchise if they just had the capital. And Mimi's, comparatively a hole in the wall that's referred to as a "shack." Some mighty good chicken is served there but the restaurant hasn't modernized.

The crux of the story centers on what happens after Amanda Moore Hillier (Schuyler Fisk) decides to apply for Ultimate Kitchen Clash, a cooking competition that pits two rival eateries against each other in a fight for $100,000. Amanda does so on a whim after yet another night being dismissed by her husband Frank Hillier Jr. (James Kot). To her surprise, Frannie's and...

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Adapted from New York Times Bestseller and Reese’s Book Club Selection, The Chicken Sisters by Kj Dell’Antonia, the new series of the same name is coming soon to Hallmark+.

Meanwhile, Emmy award winner Margo Martindale lends her voice talent as the narrator in the series. Read on to learn more about the new, upcoming series, set to premiere on September 10 on Hallmark+.

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According to the official synopsis, a generations-old feud that has divided a small town may finally be settled once and for all when Schuyler Fisk, Genevieve Angelson, Lea Thompson and Wendie Malick star in Hallmark’s all-new original series The Chicken Sisters.

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Meanwhile,...

Prime Video dropped a teaser for Season 5 of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” which will premiere April 14.

Season 5 finds Midge Maisel as close to the success she’s been working towards while still a long way off. Previously, she had burnt bridges and been cut from tour, with the season ending on the star in front of Carnegie Hall, reinvigorated to chase her dreams.

The fifth season’s cast includes Rachel Brosnahan, Tony Shalhoub, Alex Borstein, Marin Hinkle, Michael Zegen, Kevin Pollak, Caroline Aaron, Reid Scott, Alfie Fuller and Jason Ralph. The show was created by Amy Sherman-Palladino with executive producer Daniel Palladino. The two wrote and directed the series as well.

The fifth season will start with a three-episode premiere and then air new episodes weekly. Check out the teaser below.

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Production for Season 2 of the medical drama series “Skymed” is underway, according to an announcement from Paramount+,...

UnREAL star Constance Zimmer is returning to Lifetime.

The cabler announced Thursday that the Emmy nominee Constance Zimmer will executive produce and direct her firfeature-lengthgth TV movie, Boy in the Walls.

Zimmepreviouslyly made her directorial debut on Peabody winning and Emmy-nominated Lifetime series UnReal.

Boy In The Walls will star Ryan Michelle Bathe, Luke Camilleri (Hemlock Grove), Cassandra Sawtell (Disappearance in Yellowstone), and Jonathan Whitesell (The X-Files).

The movie is inspired by actual 'Phrogging' events, of people who discover there is someone secretly living inside their home. Boy in the Walls will debut later this summer on Lifetime.

"We absolutely loved working with Constance when she starred in UnReal and even prouder when she made her directorial debut with us through our Broader Focus initiative and has since continued to direct episodic series for others," said Tanya Lopez, EVP, Scripted Content, Lifetime and Lmn.

"But we always love a good...

Exclusive: Emmy nominee Constance Zimmer (UnReal) is returning to Lifetime to executive produce and direct her first feature length TV movie, Boy in the Walls.

Starring Ryan Michelle Bathe, Boy in the Walls is inspired by actual “phrogging” events, of people who discover there is someone secretly living inside their home. The movie will debut later this summer on Lifetime. Luke Camilleri (Hemlock Grove) Cassandra Sawtell (Disappearance in Yellowstone) and Jonathan Whitesell (The X-Files) also star.

Luke Camilleri, Jonathan Whitesell and Cassandra Sawtell

In Boy in the Walls, recently married Alisa Jensen (Bathe) has given up her vibrant Manhattan lifestyle for a quiet existence in rural Connecticut but struggling to adjust to her new role as a stepmother to Maya (Sawtell) and Theo (Mikkal Karim-Fidler). Hoping this move can be a fresh start, Alisa finds herself cracking under the pressure with her husband Chris (Camilleri) constantly away at work,...

BFFs Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus each earn equally one spot at the Young Artist Awards this year under the television category. The first two are included for their roles in TV movie "Princess Protection Program" while Miley is in for her leading role on "Hannah Montana".

In terms of the number, it is Miranda Cosgrove and her show "iCarly" that earn the most. Beside the actress herself who is nominated for Best Performance in a TV Series by a Leading Actress, the whole cast are nominated for Outstanding Young Performers in a TV Series. Additionally, Nathan Kress and Joey Luthman land a nod each in supporting actor and recurring categories respectively.

However, Nate Hartley adds one for "Hannah Montana" in the guest starring category. As for Gomez's "Wizards of Waverly Place", it is Jake T. Austin who gets a nod, while as for Lovato's "Sonny with a Chance...

Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato are placed in competition against each other at the upcoming 31st Annual Young Artist Awards. As the Young Artist Foundation unveiled this year's nominees, it is revealed that the two Disney stars and best friends are vying for Leading or Supporting Young Actress title in a category for TV movie, mini-series or special.

Both Selena and Demi received the nomination for their performance as Carter Mason and Rosalinda respectively in "Princess Protection Program". Beside each other, they are also up against two other hopefuls, Tori Barban of "The Christmas Hope" and Patricia Raven of "Dear Harvard".

The two teen stars are not the only Disney's leading lady to get nominated for 2010 Young Artist Awards. Miley Cyrus has earned a nod for Leading Young Actress in TV series for her role on "Hannah Montana". She is listed among four other contenders that include the star of Nickelodeon's "iCarly", Miranda Cosgrove.

Viewing the CBS slasher series Harper’S Island one episode after another on the recently released four-dvd set, as opposed to waiting week by week to catch the next installment, has an unusual effect. It makes the 13-episode show’s earlier, weaker parts more tolerable, while somewhat diminishing the effectiveness of its later, stronger episodes.

Mixing elements of nighttime soap opera into its murder mystery, Harper’S Island gathers together a large crew of friends and family members to attend the wedding of Henry Dunn (Christopher Gorham) and Trish Wellington (Katie Cassidy) at the titular locale. Henry is working-class and Trish comes from money, so the ensemble necessarily includes Trish’s equally well-to-do bridesmaids and Henry’s party-hearty buddies, though the central character is Abby Mills (Elaine Cassidy), Henry’s best friend from their childhood growing up on Harper’s Island. Abby has long been absent from the place, ever...

Check out clips from Paramount Home Entertainment's "Harper's Island" - The DVD Edition. The TV series is created by Ari Schlossberg and stars Elaine Cassidy, Christopher Gorham, Matt Barr, Gina Holden, Katie Cassidy, Cassandra Sawtell, Brandon Jay McLaren, Jim Beaver and Cameron Richardson. "Harper's Island" is about a group of family and friends who travel to a secluded island off the coast of Seattle for a destination wedding. This island is famous for a streak of unsolved murders from seven years ago. Although they've come to laugh and to love, what they don't know is they've also come... to die. As the wedding festivities begin, friendships are tested and secrets exposed as a murderer claims victims, one by one, transforming the wedding week of fun and celebration into a terrifying struggle for survival.

The people who survived from the brutal attack of John Wakefield on "Harper's Island" are featured in a new promo for the season finale. Elaine Cassidy (Abby), Christopher Gorham (Henry), C.J. Thomason (Jimmy), Matt Barr (Sully), Katie Cassidy (Trish) and Gina Holden (Shea) talk about how they prefer to die in the show.

Gorham says he would like to die "in pieces" while Thomason wants a simpler one, dead while fishing on his boat. Barr describes how "drowning" is the most frightening death he can imagine. Holden makes a reference to Chloe and Cal's deaths in the series, saying she prefers to die like them "in a poetic and peaceful" way.

Not featured on the footage but still alive on screen are Cassandra Sawtell aka Madison and Brandon Jay McLaren aka Danny. Rumor has it Wakefield has an apprentice and he will kill at least two more in the two-hour...

CBS passed along a few very cool sneak peek photos from the upcoming series “Harper’s Island” starring Cassandra Sawtell, David Lewis, Gina Holden, Amber Borycki and Ali Liebert. Beginning Thursday, April 9th, and airing each Thursday at 10:00pm Et/Pt through July, 2nd. Series Synopsis: Harper’S Island is a 13-episode murder mystery about a group of family and friends who travel to a secluded island for a destination wedding. They’ve come to laugh… to love… and, though they don’t know it… to die. As the wedding festivities begin, friendships are tested and secrets exposed as a murderer claims victims, one by one, transforming the wedding week of fun and celebration into a [...]...