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Unwrapping Christmas movie series on Hallmark+ Photo: Natalie Hall, Ashley Newbrough, Kathryn Davis, Cindy Busby Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Courtesy Johnson Production Group

Readers can look forward to four new Christmas movies with a host of stars, airing on Thursdays in November on Hallmark+.

As we edge closer to the holidays, Hallmark+ is spoiling us with four new, original Christmas movies in the Unwrapping Christmas Collection. Moreover, the four-movie holiday series stars Natalie Hall, Kathryn Davis. Ashley Newbrough and Cindy Busby as four friends who work at the store, All Wrapped Up.

Meanwhile, between gift wrapping for Christmas, the friends meet some very handsome men, played by Alec Santos, Nathan Witte, Torrance Coombs, and Jake Epstein. Read on to find out more about the series of four Christmas movies coming in November 2024, on Hallmark+

Unwrapping Christmas: Tina’s Miracle Photo: Alec Santos, Natalie Hall, Presley Allard Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer:...

Hallmark+ is premiering four new Christmas movies for the four Thursdays of November. This is the Unwrapping Christmas Collection that stars Natalie Hall, Kathryn Davis, Ashley Newbrough, and Cindy Busby. This is a four-movie holiday series about the four friends who work at the shop All Wrapped Up. In between gift wrapping for the holidays they meet some very attractive men portrayed by Alec Santos, Nathan Witte, Torrance Coombs, and Jake Epstein.

Here are all the details including what these movies are about, and the drop dates.

Photo: Natalie Hall, Kathryn Davis, Ashley Newbrough Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Courtesy Johnson Production Group What Is Unwrapping Christmas: Tina’s Miracle Stars About?

Kicking off the Hallmark+ Unwrapping Christmas Collection is Unwrapping Christmas: Tina’s Miracle. This stars All My Children alum Natalie Hall and Alec Santos. This will drop on Thursday, November 7.

According to TV Insider, this is what the first of the series is about.

High school reunions bring back petty grievances and rivalries as much as they rekindle lost romances and friendships.

Featuring Gibson’s 50th reunion during Murder in a Small Town Season 1 Episode 2 explored many storylines, including the case-of-the-week.

However, it also expanded on Karl and Cassandra’s romance and developed the camaraderie between the newbies on the police force.

(Kailey Schwerman/ Fox) A Love Triangle Imploded At the Wrong Time

When someone snapped photos of Kayla (Malaika Hennie-Hamadi) and Bobby (Greyston Holt) kissing, that was a red flag.

Sneaking around never works, and her husband Ivan (Nathan Witte) confronted her at Molly’s with the photo, so she couldn’t even lie out of it.

The confrontation between the men seemed more heated than usual. Granted, most men are angry if they learn their wives cheat, but the words and punches seemed personal.

It got violent quickly, with Molly’s customers...

Grab your spiked hot cocoa and settle in for more murder and mayhem because we have some Murder in a Small Town Season 1 Episode 2 spoilers.

The series premiere set the tone by combining a case-of-the-week mystery with the intriguing Karl and Cassandra romance.

The new photos and promo excited us for the rest of the season since everyone knows each other’s business in small towns, making these cases messy and Karl and Cassandra’s romance more entertaining.

(Kailey Schwerman/ Fox) A High School Reunion Reveals Secrets Including Murder

School reunions can bring nostalgia or buried secrets when classmates and rivals return to town for Gibson’s 50th reunion.

This week’s guest stars, Greyston Holt ( The Night Agent), Malaika Hennie-Hamadi, and Nathan Witte (Must Love Christmas), play characters in a love triangle imploding at the wrong time.

Law & Order Season 24 Episode 1 Spoilers Offer A Sneak Peek At Maura...

Hallmark+ is the rebranded streaming channel that will have a whole lot of Christmas this year. Firstly, they will air three new movie sequels to Christmas On Cherry Lane. Next, they will air the network’s first mystery series, Mistletoe Murders. Lastly, they will premiere two new holiday-themed reality shows.

This is all in addition to the Hallmark Channel’s Countdown To Christmas and Hallmark Mystery’s Miracles Of Christmas.

Here are all the details on the streaming channel.

Photo: Catherine Bell, Eva Tavares, Simon Farrell, James Denton

Credit: ©2023 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Allister Foster Hallmark+ Premiering Four Unwrapping Christmas Movies

According to TV Insider, Hallmark+ is premiering four movies in the Unwrapping Christmas series four Thursdays in a row. This is on November 7, 14, 21, and 28. They are about four friends who work at the shop All Wrapped Up. This stars Natalie Hall, Alec Santos, Kathryn Davis, Nathan Witte, Ashley Newbrough, Torrance Coombs,...

Photo: Danny Griffin, Ali Skovbye Credit: ©2023 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Allister Foster

Hallmark Mystery movies are hugely popular with self-proclaimed Sleuthers, but sometimes it isn’t clear if a mystery franchise will continue.

Meanwhile, a star of Gilded Newport Mysteries may be hinting at a new movie in the popular franchise. Danny Griffin, Ali Skovbye and Nathan Witte starred in the first movie Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers, which aired in February. Why is one of these stars hinting at a return of the franchise?

Danny Griffin and the possible return of the Hallmark Mystery franchise

Recently, Danny Griffin took to Instagram to share a series of photos that appear to be set in the same time period as Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers. Ali Skovbye can clearly be seen in one of the images, in which she was tagged. Moreover, despite not being tagged, Witte also...

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries is now Hallmark Mystery. Although the name is new, two old favorites are back for Sleuthers. Firstly, Alison Sweeney is back with One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. Joining the series formerly known as Murder She Baked is Victor Webster.

In addition, Nikki DeLoach and Andrew Walker are reunited in the new Curious Caterer: Foiled Plans. Both movies started filming early in the year and now they are both getting April premieres.

What are the new Hannah Swensen and Curious Caterer mysteries about, and when do they premiere? Here are all the details.

Photo: Lisa Durupt, Barbara Niven, Alison Sweeney, Tess Atkins Credit: ©2023 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Colin Bentley Hallmark Mystery’s One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

Premiering on Friday, April 5, at 9 p.m., Eastern, on Hallmark Mystery is One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. Alison Sweeney has reunited with Victor Webster, as Hannah...

This Sunday, The Equalizer star Liza Lapira stars in a CBS original holiday film, Must Love Christmas, with Neil Bledsoe and Nathan White.

Natalie is a Christmas romance novelist stuck in a rut since she hasn't been in love. She gets stuck in a storm when she reluctantly goes on a book tour. Her life soon becomes a romance novel as she's in a love triangle between her teenage crush Caleb (Nathan White), and the reporter who wants the inside scoop (Neal Bledsoe).

For Natalie to become a successful writer again, she must decide what she needs in love and life, but she's afraid to open her heart.

We chatted with Liza about the movie, her favorite holiday movies, and more.

So, I saw this was your first holiday film. What appealed to you about starring in Must Love Christmas?

This was my first time as a romantic lead in...

Maybe your favorite shows have gone off the air until January.

Well, there's still plenty to keep you busy!

Check out what we recommend to watch this week.

Saturday, December 10

8/7c Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas (Lifetime)

Award-winning Gospel artist Kirk Franklin is back with another star-studded and fabulous Christmas film and a fantastic playlist, too.

Naturi Naughton, of Power acclaim, stars as a single mother who gets caught in a blizzard with her estranged daughter at a church filled with parishioners bummed out about the cancelation of their holiday play.

What unfolds is a beautiful tale of love, family, forgiveness, community, and the beauty of the season.

10/9c The Gift of Peace (Hmm)

Traci lost her faith after tragedy but begins to find inspiration, hope, and peace with the help of a new community when she joins a grief support group at Christmas.

You’re going to...

Exclusive: The holiday season has arrived and Deadline has your exclusive first look at the trailer for Must Love Christmas, starring The Equalizer’s Liza Lapira. The CBS TV movie premieres on December 11.

From Mark Amato, Must Love Christmas follows a renowned romance novelist (Lapira) famous for her Christmas-themed books who finds herself snowbound in the charming town of Cranberry Falls. While there, she unexpectedly becomes involved in a love triangle between her childhood crush (Nathan Witte) and a reporter (Neal Bledsoe) determined to interview her to save his dying magazine.

Liza Lapira as Natalie and Nathan Witte as Caleb

“Working on this film has been a joy on so many levels,” Lapira tells Deadline. “I’m such a huge fan of the genre, and with Must Love Christmas, I not only get to be in it but I’m playing the lead. That already makes me happy and excited.

CBS has announced the cast for its 3 upcoming original Christmas movies for the holiday season this December. It was previously reported that The Talk co-host Amanda Kloots would star in one film and also serve as an executive producer. It is now revealed Paul Greene and Rebecca Budig will join star and executive producer Kloots in Fit For Christmas. Writer Mark Amato’s Must Love Christmas will star Liza Lapira, Nathan Witte, and Neal Bledsoe. And finally, Sheryl Crow will executive produce and write the title song for When Christmas Was Young, which stars Meghan Heffern, Karen David, and Tyler Hilton, from a script by screenwriter and bestselling novelist Robert Tate Miller. Fit For Christmas tells “the tale of Audrey, an enthusiastic Christmas-obsessed fitness instructor at a beloved, financially beleaguered community center in quaint Mistletoe, Mont., who begins a holiday romance with a charming, mysterious businessman, complicating his plans to...

CBS’ original holiday films will star many familiar faces for Christmas enthusiasts. The broadcast network will debut three original festive flicks in December, some starring their own talent. “The Talk” co-host Amanda Kloots and “The Equalizer” star Liza Lapira each lead their own film.

The network brought back original holiday movies in 2021 with “Christmas Takes Flight” and “A Christmas Proposal” — the first time CBS re-entered the space in nine years.

Paul Greene as Griffin, Scott Patey as Carl and Amanda Kloots as Audrey

“Fit for Christmas”

Sunday, Dec. 4, 8:30 p.m. Et (8 p.m. Pt)

Amanda Kloots executive produced and stars in “Fit for Christmas” alongside Paul Greene, best known for his many Hallmark holiday movies. The movie tells the story of Audrey, “an enthusiastic Christmas-obsessed fitness instructor at a beloved, financially beleaguered community center in quaint Mistletoe, Mont., who begins a holiday romance with a charming, mysterious businessman, complicating...

Holy programming overload, Batman!

This week is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to content, not just in number but in quality.

There's too much to discuss up here. Just follow along and plan your week accordingly!

Saturday, April 23

8/7c A Tail of Love (Hallmark)

Brittany Bristow and Chris McNally star in this delightful romance.

Bristow plays a woman who runs a successful dog rescue, and McNally stars as an active duty military man who owns the property on which it sits. You can guess where this is going.

What you can’t imagine is how dirty-handed it gets with one of the most heinous characters ever to appear in a Hallmark original. You have to watch!

8/7c Greed: A Seven Deadly Sins Story (Lifetime)

Lifetime returns with another chapter of its seven deadly sins chronicles, and the cast alone is reason to tune into it.

Monique Coleman stars...

Interior decorator Zuri Maxwell (Monique Coleman) had it all… but was it enough? That’s the question for Lifetime’s new original movie Greed: A Seven Deadly Sins Story (premiering April 23), and TV Insider has an exclusive first look at the full trailer. Based on a book from the Seven Deadly Sins anthology by Victoria Christopher Murray, the film also stars LisaRaye McCoy, Eric Benét, and Nathan Witte. Zuri has a career she adores, loving family and friends, and a good man in her life, artist Stephon Gardner (Witte), but then she meets handsome benefactor and entrepreneur Godfrey Anderson (Benét) and his fabulously wealthy aunt Miss Viv (McCoy), who have everything she thinks she wants. He romances here, and she compromises her values and morals to be part of that world. “I don’t recognize you anymore,” Zuri’s friend says, but she argues, “it’s still me, in better clothes.

Exclusive: Lifetime has greenlit the next two movies from the T.D. Jakes‘ Seven Deadly Sins anthology with Wrath and Greed. The films will debut on back-to-back Saturdays starting April 16.

Based on the series of books by Victoria Christopher Murray, Wrath: A Seven Deadly Sins Story stars Michelle Williams (Destiny’s Child), Tina Knowles-Lawson (Profiled: The Black Man), Romeo Miller (Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection), and Antonio Cupo (Blood & Treasure).

Wrath follows single lawyer Chastity Jeffries (Michelle Williams) as she meets Xavier Collins (Antonio Cupo), a man who seems to be everything she is looking for in a partner—handsome, smart, and a lawyer as well. As his affection turns to obsession, Chastity realizes that she has been swept up by Xavier’s passion and abandoned her principles. When Xavier’s jealousy and wrath lead to suspicious actions and dangerous threats, Chastity confides in her mother Sarah (Tina...

In our Q&a series Popsugar Crush, we get to know some of our favorite celebs' more intimate details - from their first celebrity crush to the best love advice they've ever received. This month, we're crushing on Merry Liddle Christmas Baby star Thomas Cadrot.

The holiday season is our favorite time of year, and if you're a fan of Lifetime movies, you're going to love the network's latest Christmas film! Merry Liddle Christmas Baby - the third installment of Lifetime's first-ever holiday movie trilogy - arrives on Thanksgiving weekend, just in time for everyone's holiday binge fest.

Inspired by Kelly Rowland's own Christmas catastrophe, the movie series began back in 2019 with Merry Liddle Christmas, which sparked a heartwarming romance between Rowland's character, Jacquie Liddle, and her now TV movie husband, Thomas Cadrot's Tyler Brooks. The sequel film, Merry Liddle Christmas Wedding, was released the following year, leading us to the third movie's arrival.

Turn on the twinkling holiday lights and cuddle up with a soft blanket because Lifetime's 2020 Christmas movie schedule is here - and the first movie premieres Oct. 23! Hopeless romantics, Christmas enthusiasts, and happy-ending seekers will love the amazing holiday-themed movies playing on Lifetime this season. Expect to see some familiar faces, like Tiffany Haddish, Beverley Mitchell, Mario Lopez, Melissa Joan Hart, Kelly Rowland, Vanessa Lachey, Kyla Pratt, and many others. Read the full schedule and list of stars below and get ready to mark your calendar for some serious holiday viewing!

It's a Wonderful Lifetime 2020 Schedule

Oct. 23, 8 p.m. Et – Christmas on Ice: starring Abigail Klein, Ryan Cooper, Caroline Portu, Will Lyman, and Meara Mahoney Gross

Oct. 24, 8 p.m. Et – Christmas Unwrapped: starring Amber Stevens West, Marco Grazzini, Cheryl Ladd, and executive producer Tiffany Haddish

Oct. 25, 8 p.m. Et – Forever Christmas: starring Chelsea Hobbs, Christopher Russell,...

Autumn is the best.

The crisp scent of changing leaves that crunch under your feet make way for candy, pumpkin pie, and All Kinds Of Scary Programming!

Horror is right at the top of my favorites list year around, so this month with movies and series premiereing left and right to scare us silly is right up my alley. Check out what we recommend this week.

Saturday, October 10

9/8c My Best Friend's Bouquet (Hallmark)

Josie Hughes (Chaley Rose) is a hopeless romantic who believes in the kind of romance in black-and-white movies where the leading lady finds her one true love and gets swept off her feet.

She also believes the wedding bouquet always finds its way to the right person when tossed by the bride, as proven time and again at weddings dating back to her childhood.

But single Josie ends up with the bouquet at her friend Emma...

Tonight on Hallmark Channel, Chaley Rose (Nashville) and Nathan Witte (Charmed) star in My Best Friend's Bouquet.

Rose plays Josie Hughes, a hopeless romantic who believes in the kind of love you find in black-and-white movies, where the leading lady finds her one true love and gets swept off of her feet.

Witte plays Alex, her best friend who has secretly carried a torch for Josie since they were in college. Getting swept up in the wedding mania of one of their best friends finds Josie falling hard for the wrong man after catching the wedding bouquet.

That means Alex needs to get out of his own way to show Josie why she's already had the one right at her fingertips.

I had a chance to catch up with both stars to chat about the movie and have some fun by getting their thoughts on love and weddings and all...

Spring and summer were, pretty much, a bust.

But we have a lot of hope for fall despite the 2020 issues that are still struggling to hang on to our attention.

Fall is beautiful, and even though trees are dying, their loss offers some of the most fragrant scents of the year.

On that happy note, we're pleased to report that Hallmark Channel is rolling out a new slate of Fall Harvest movies, and we couldn't be happier. Let's take a look at what's coming.

Love at Daisy Hills

September 19 at 9/8c

When Jo (Cindy Busby) realizes that her family’s general store in Daisy Hills (built by her late mother) is losing money, her father Duke (Paul Essiembre “The Christmas Club”) calls in a favor to help out the store.

Unfortunately, Duke’s help is Jo’s ex-boyfriend, Blake (Marshall Williams), a former Daisy Hills native-turned-New York business consultant. They...

Eve (Julia Maxwell) touches a man from the bar and when she goes in, one notices the blood on her dress. She kisses him giving him a gift and infects everyone. A rabid fight breaks out as they all attack each other and she watches. Dean (Jensen Ackles) prepares bullets containing ash: enough for 5 shells. Bobby (Jim Beaver) comments the lore states ash should work and it doesn't do anything to Dean... trust him to try it, well he's human so it wouldn't affect him. Dean tells Cas (Misha Collins) to "get out of my ass." Cas: "I was never in your..." Eve is hidden from angels. Sam (Jared Padalecki) believes a vampire could help. Cas brings Lenore (Amber Benson) to them. Last seen in season 2, she was just brought in to be finished off like a loose end. Sam tells her he lopped off Gordon's head when he became a vampire himself.