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The fourth movie in the Cherry Lane series on Hallmark+ sees a return to 7 Cherry Lane in 1966, 1981 and 2000.

Starring Benjamin Hollingsworth and Chelsea Hobbs in 1955, Erin Cahill and John Brotherton in 1981and Brooke D’Orsay, and D’Orsay and Sam Page in 2000, this wonderful return to 7 Cherry Lane is set to premiere on the feel-good networks streaming channel, Hallmark+. Read on to find out what we know so far about this fourth in the series, Deck the Halls on Cherry Lane.

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Hallmark fans will get to return to 7 Cherry Lane in this new movie in the Cherry Lane series. According to TV Insider, 1966 sees a single guy David (Benjamin Hollingsworth) making plans for a simple Christmas. However, his plans are dashed when his neighbor,...

Exclusive: U.S. production outfit Torfoot Entertainment Group is launching with the horror movie Yeti, which Radiant Films will launch for next month’s American Film Market in Las Vegas.

Torfoot is an LA-based film and TV firm spearheaded by producer Johnathan Brownlee (The Standoff At Sparrow Creek) and Emmy-winning casting director-turned-producer Ross Meyerson (Damages).

The team is aiming to begin production on The Yeti this winter in New York. The synopsis reads: “Oil tycoon Merriell Sunday Sr. and renowned adventurer Hollis Bannister have disappeared without a trace. Their last known location is northern Alaska. Ellie Bannister and Merriell Sunday Jr., set out to search for their missing fathers and the truth behind what made them vanish. As the rescue team heads deeper into the heart of this frozen landscape, danger mounts. Something has taken notice of their trespassing expedition…and that prehistoric something is now stalking them…hunting them.

Now that Countdown To Christmas 2024 and Great American Christmas 2024 are about six weeks away, holiday movie fans are getting psyched for Christmas movies! Those same fans love to attend Christmas Con in New Jersey. There are autograph opportunities, panels, and opportunities for photos.

This year, the Hallmark Queen of Christmas, Lacey Chabert will be at the event. The Christmas Waltz star is the official headliner. Who else will be joining her?

Here are the latest three names, as well as the Christmas movie stars who will also be part of the 2024 event.

Party of Five alum Photo: Lacey Chabert Credit: ©2019 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Alexx Henry/Alexx Henry Studios, LLC Who Was Just Added To Christmas Con 2024?

Christmas Con 2024 is just a few months away. Therefore, fans who are attending, and those who have been hesitating to get tickets will want to learn the names of six more...

Hallmark+ will jump into the streaming battles Sept. 10 by launching the original series The Chicken Sisters and the new unscripted series Celebrations with Lacey Chabert.

Additional premieres will drop through the month, with three new installments of The Jane Mysteries starring Jodie Sweetin (Fuller House) and Stephen Huszar (Navigating Christmas), and a Love on the Danube movie trilogy featuring Nazneen Contractor (Charmed), Wes Brown (Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up), Jessica Sipos (Betty’s Bad Luck in Love), Dan Jeannotte (Sense and Sensibility), Sarah Power (Good Witch), Brendan Penny (Chesapeake Shores) and Catherine Disher (Good Witch).

Hallmark Media announced the launch of the service in July. The new platform will cost $80 a year and offer the “very best of Hallmark with new exclusive content and membership benefits program,” said President and CEO Mike Perry at the time. That price includes e-cards and “surprising gifts.”

Created for television and executive produced by Annie Mebane, The Chicken Sisters is an eight-episode family drama starring Schuyler Fisk (Sam & Kate), Genevieve Angelson (The Handmaid’s Tale), Lea Thompson (Back to the Future) and Wendie Malick (Just Shoot Me!) as the women at the heart of the restaurant rivalry. James Kot (Virgin River), Margo Martindale (Justified) narrates. It’s based on the NY Times Bestseller and Reese’s Book Club selection The Chicken Sisters.

Following the first episode, new episodes premiere every Thursday starting on September 12.

As previously reported, Celebrations with Lacey Chabert is a new aspirational series executive produced and hosted by Chabert. Known for her multitude of starring roles in Hallmark movies over the years, Chabert will bring her passion for celebrating everyday heroes to this 10-episode series. The show follows Chabert as she surprises deserving individuals who are making a positive impact in their communities with the celebration of a lifetime. Following the first episode, new episodes premiere every Thursday.

Other series planned for the service include holiday limited series Holidazed and Mistletoe Murders; the reality competition series Finding Mr. Christmas; a docu-style dating series hosted by Ashley Williams; a home renovation show hosted by Luke Macfarlane; and new movie trilogy called Groomsmen that’s inspired by the success of The Wedding Veil.

Hallmark has set a September launch date for its new streaming service Hallmark+.

Hallmark+, which doubles as both a streaming service for Hallmark programming as well as a membership rewards program, will debut Sept. 10. The launch date also marks the premiere of several new Hallmark series, including “The Chicken Sisters,” which is based on the novel of the same name that was selected as a Reese’s Book Club pick, and “Celebrations With Lacey Chabert,” which marks Hallmark’s entrance into unscripted programming.

After their Sept. 10 debut, both “The Chicken Sisters” and “Celebrations With Lacey Chabert” will premiere new episodes weekly on Thursdays, beginning Sept. 12.

“The Jane Mysteries,” which stars “Fuller House” star Jodie Sweetin and “Navigating Christmas” actor Stephen Huszar, will also debut its first episode on Sept. 10 alongside the “Love on the Danube” movie trilogy. Set against the picturesque backdrop of a European river cruise, each movie will...

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Hallmark can’t go wrong when premiering a new movie about dogs in Everything Puppies. This new, original movie stars Pascal Lamothe-Kipnes, Stephen Huszar and Kathryn Davis, working in the competitive world of canine treats and doggie desserts.

Read on to learn about the plot of the movie and its cast members, along with beautiful images of puppies!

Everything Puppies on Hallmark Channel Photo: Pascal Lamothe-Kipnes Courtesy of Johnson Production Group/Hallmark Media

According to the official synopsis, a dedicated entrepreneur and inventor is hoping to make it big with her innovative dog toys and treats. Scarlett (Pascal Lamothe-Kipnes) has come up with her latest puppy treat recipe which is already a huge hit with the dogs on her block.

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Scarlett just needs a distributor to bring her product to the masses.

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Sleigh bells ring and it’s that time of year again, with Hallmark’s “Countdown to Christmas” officially underway. The annual holiday event features all-new Hallmark Christmas movies premiering on the Hallmark Channel on TV and — love ’em or hate ’em — the films have become a beloved holiday tradition for millions of viewers each year.

This year, viewers can also get into the festive films by streaming Hallmark holiday movies online.

Our New Year’s resolution is to be as consistent as the Hallmark channel when it comes to spitting out the same repackaged Christmas movies every year. For those of us who are old and bored, Navigating Christmas has the added bonus of starring Chelsea Hobbs of ABC’s Make It Or Break It. Of course, we were excited to see another broken white family trying to fix their problems through a Christmas vacation. Well, if you’re somewhat down in the mouth (welcome to the family), this is the perfect time to make things worse and watch these sappy films.

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What’s Going On With Melanie?

Recently divorced, Melanie is struggling to get through to her teenage boy, Jason, who blames her for the big breakup. To add insult to injury, Max, the ex-husband, plans on whisking the boy out to a ski-cation in Whistler with his new girlfriend,...

Who plays Melanie in the new Hallmark Channel original movie Navigating Christmas? That’s Chelsea Hobbs and it’s time to fill you in on her!

The 38-year-old actress is best known for her role as Emily Kmetko in the Freeform gymnastics drama Make It Or Break It and she also had a recurring role on Lifetime/Hulu’s UnREAL.

Chelsea has appeared in multiple Hallmark Channel movies and now she’s back for Christmas 2023.

So, is Chelsea single?

Keep reading to find out more…

Chelsea is actually married to husband James Neate!

The couple got married in 2020 and are parents to a son born in May 2020 and a daughter born in January 2022.

Chelsea also shares two children with her ex-husband Teren Oddo.

Check out some of Chelsea Hobbs and James Neate’s cute photos below…

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Stephen Huszar is playing the role of Peter in the new Hallmark Channel movie Navigating Christmas and you might be curious to know more about him!

The 39-year-old actor has been featured in nearly a dozen Hallmark movies and he actually met his current girlfriend on the set of a film earlier this year.

Keep reading to find out more…

Stephen is dating actress Katie Cassidy and they became a real-life couple after meeting on the set of A Royal Christmas Crush, which aired as part of Hallmark’s Christmas in July series.

“It just felt right,” Katie told Just Jared in our exclusive interview with them earlier this year. “I was in the barn and I was wearing a purple sweater and I was going over my drawing, my architect notebook, and Stephen basically walks in and he admires the work and he’s talking and I just remembered during the scene,...

Hallmark's latest holiday film, airing Friday, November 17 at 8/7 on the Hallmark Channel, reminds us of the importance of Christmas miracles. The lighthouse shines bright, locals care about each other, and the film features small-town charm.

Navigating Christmas features three people -- Melanie, Peter, and Jason, who have been disillusioned and hurt by those they love and find themselves healing by the spirit of the holidays.

Melanie Hobbs, Stephen Huszar, and Everett Andres star in this film, and none of them are strangers to the Hallmark franchise.

But this film was unique because Chelsea Hobbs and Everett Andres had previously portrayed mother and son on The Holiday Sitter in 2022. That helped to build a realistic connection between them.

Everett Andres sold this film. If you ask anyone, it's difficult being a divorced kid, but especially that first Christmas.

You only want your parents to get back together, but you hesitate...

It’s not just about those repeats of A Christmas Story on TNT anymore.

Multiple linear channels and streamers are getting into the holiday spirit this month and next by dropping original Christmas movies, as well as old favorites and one-off holiday specials. As usual, Hallmark has wall-to-wall flicks planned until the end of the month, but Great American Family, Lifetime and BET have their own original slates as well to help ring in the new year.

And if the classics are all that you are looking for, there are still airings of It’s a Wonderful Life, Elf, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Home Alone, The Santa Cause, The Wizard of Oz and Miracle on 34th Street scheduled for the boomers and Gen Xers.

And yes, on the big days, several channels have do have marathon programming events.

Check it all out below.

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Hallmark Channel’s “Countdown to Christmas” is back. The yearly celebration of romance and holiday cheer kicked off on Oct. 20 with the premiere of a new movie with When Calls the Heart star Kevin McGarry. And in November, it’s all Christmas, all the time at Hallmark, with 16 new movies starring some of the network’s biggest stars, including Lacey Chabert and Tyler Hynes. New movies premiere on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights throughout the month. Keep reading for our rundown of the must-watch premieres and the complete Hallmark movie schedule for November 2023.

Tyler Hynes stars in ‘Never Been Chris’d’

Love triangles aren’t always popular with Hallmark audiences (see When Calls the Heart). But they might make an exception for one involving fan-favorite actor Tyler Hynes. In Never Been Chris’d, Hynes plays Chris Silver, the shared high school crush of best friends and business partners Naomi (Janel Parrish) and...