Hallmark Movie Drafts

The 2024 Hallmark Movie Drafts Tournament of Champions FINALS ARE HERE! One player is crowned the 2024 champion! Will it be finalist Kate Bacca, Cece Ponce, or Jenna Colosi? Host Lynn Austin, along with cohosts Erinbeth Cermak and Erin Rempe are joined by Hallmark Movie Drafts players from the 2024 and 2025 drafting seasons to form the HMD Jury that will decide the 2024 Champion! Follow and Subscr...

Buckle up, Lovebugs !February is "Loveuary" in the Hallmark movie world, and Hallmark Movie Drafts is feeling all the feels by drafting the definitive top 10 list of Hallmark Valentine and Valentine’s Day-themed movies out of the 19 movies eligible! Guest panelists and Valentine enthusiasts Alicia Lomas-Gross, Meredith Lewanowicz, and Ernie Delli Santi III may or may not play with love a...

The battle is on! It’s the semi final round of 2024 Hallmark Movie Drafts Tournament of Champions! Which three players will advance to the final championship round? Listen to the 8 semi finalists as they rack their brains to come up with the right answers to host Lynn Austin’s semi-finals quiz. Will all their Hallmark movie-related knowledge go right out the window under pressure? LOL. Listen in a...

What a rollercoaster, what a ROMP! So many shocking revelations! HMD Hallmark Christmas movie drafting MVPs Brian, Mary, and Vanessa are back for the third year in a row! So many hot takes and vetoes! Who knew??? Join host Lynn Austin and co-host Erinbeth Cermak as this trio of savvy guest panelists battle it out to create the definitive top 10 list of the 2024 Hallmark Christmas movies – a whoppi...

Whoohoo! The special, fanfare music intro is back and that can only mean one thing: The 2024 Hallmark Movie Drafts Tournament of Champions has begun! In this edition, host Lynn Austin and cohost Erinbeth Cermak review this year's tournament format overall, chat about the round 1 elimination format, name the 16 players who won their 2024 draft matches who competed in round 1,  and announce which 8...

An early Christmas holiday gift from HMD to you! This special bonus edition has Lynn Austin and Kate Bacca facing off to create a single, definitive ranked list of the 6 Netflix 2024 Christmas holiday movie premiers from 6th best to the #1 best. Opinions and hot takes fly! Several Hallmark movie "Hallstars" are featured in leading roles in these six Netflix films: Meet Me Next Christmas, Hot Frost...

Buckle up! This month's guest panelists Tracy, Stephanie, and Kate are all experienced drafters with a huge challenge in front of them: create the singular, definitive list of the 10 best non-holiday Hallmark movies that premiered Jan 1st right up until Hallmark's Count Down to Christmas movies launched. It's a massive list of 55 movies that premiered on Hallmark's analog channels and Hallmark+, t...

This month we're drafting the definitive list of the 10 best Hallmark movies starring Alison Sweeney. Host Lynn Austin is joined by a special co-host: Alicia Lomas-Gross! Alicia wrote the 2022 Hallmark movie Perfect Harmony. She shares inspiring insights into her Hallmark script-writing journey. This month's panel features a returning player (Jenna!), a first-time player (Happy!), and HMD's own Er...

It's October and we're drafting the 10 best "Food-Forward" Hallmark movies. What does food-forward mean? Well...it's complicated! Panelists Cece, Brian, and Jackie get spicy and maybe a little "hangry" tossing their vetoes around as they battle it out to create the definitive top 10 list! Buckle up for some serious game play and some surprising picks! S ubscribe to the Hallmark Movie Drafts podcas...

It’s September and we're kicking off Season 3 of Hallmark Movie Drafts by celebrating our 2nd anniversary as a podcast with a MEGA DRAFT of the 15 Best Hallmark movies featuring one of the 13 leading cast members of the One Tree Hill series that aired on the WB and CW channels from 2003 – 2012. Four fierce, experienced panelists battle it out to create the definitive top 15 list out of the 42...

HMD shines a light on the Hallmark filmography of Julie Sherman Wolfe. She's written so many beloved Hallmark movies that narrowing it down to only the best 10 is a huge challenge! Julie joins us for the whole show, commenting on the panel's picks (Mary Walters Carver, Daniel Thompson from Deck The Hallmark Podcast, and HMD host Lynn Austin), sharing behind the scene tidbits on her movies....

It is the heart of summer, and who better to focus our  hearts on than the steaming hot Wes Brown and his Hallmark movie filmography. July's guest panelists Erin Rempe, Stephanie Preschel, and first-time drafter Leigh Anne Bates bring major game play as they debate, rank and create/draft the definitive top 10 list of his best Hallmark movies out of the 15 eligible. Host Lynn Austin has a movie...

This is the Bonus Episode to the Victor Webster Edition draft from earlier this month. If you haven’t listened to that show yet, listen to it first, then come back this bonus drop! We sometimes get messages from listeners saying whether they agree with a final list or if they’re upset because they’re favorite movie didn’t make the final top 10 list. This month, we received an audio message with a...

We’re celebrating Victor Webster’s Hallmark filmography this month with guest panelists Elizabeth Cullen, Erin Rempe, and Jenna Colosi. Phones get flipped and birds sing as they debate, rank, and draft/create the definitive top 10 list of his best Hallmark movies out of the 17 eligible. Host Lynn Austin is joined this month by the fabulous Tracy Parry, who fills in as co-host for the vacationing E...

Special Delivery for Postables lovers! Grab a Yoo-hoo and kick back! Guest panelists Rina and Kristin create the definitive list of the 7 best Signed, Sealed, Delivered two-hour Hallmark movies out of the 12 that have been made. Which movies will make their list? Guest co-host and romance author Elizabeth Cullen joins host Lynn Austin and co-host Erinbeth Cermak to share her thoughts on these SSD...

Buckle up! Try to hang on as we hang out with Brandon Gray, Daniel Thompson, and Brian Herald from the Deck The Hallmark Podcast! They battle it out to create the definitive top 10 list of Hallmark Time Travel/Time Loop/Sliding Door movies out of the 30 eligible titles. Time flies as vetoes get thrown, ranking shenanigans ensue, and the laughs are out of this world! Kate joins the fun as Lynn'...

Let's Spring into Love with three Brendan Penny super-fans -- Thaddeaus, Christine, and Emily! They battle it out, bit by bit, to create the definitive top 10 list of Brendan's Hallmark Movies. Hang on, just how many games are being played here??? 3 fantastic panelists, 1 definitive list, and 39...well, you'll find out at the end! Buckle up! Be sure to leave a 5-star review where you g...

Finally! It's the championship final round where either Mary, Dan, or Meredith will be crowned the 2023 Hallmark Movie Drafts champion and take home the coveted HMD championship trophy! An HMD Jury of their drafting peers joins the show as we move through a special, fast-paced & twisty drafting format just for this championship. Jury members cast their votes LIVE at the end of the show for...

February is "Loveuary" in the Hallmark movie world, and Hallmark Movie Drafts is celebrating it with our first-ever Hallstar Mash-up Edition featuring the collective movies of fan favorites Brant Daughtery, Travis Van Winkle, and Marc Blucas, none of whom currently have enough movies for their own draft. Guest panelists Lisa, Jen, and Meredith create the definitive top 10 list of Hallmar...

The special championship music intro continues! In this episode, you'll find out who the three players are who are going to compete in Round 3/the championship round! You'll hear seven Round 2 semi-finalists play their lightning rounds! Hillary, Dan, Meredith, Amy, Brian, Mary, and Jen are under pressure to get as many correct answers as they can in one minute! Three questions, three one m...

This month's panelists Tracy, Kate, and Langley thrash through the 60 non-Christmas/Holiday movies that Hallmark premiered throughout 2023 and create the definitive list of the 10 best! Stephanie joins the fun as guest co-host as she and Erinbeth debut HMD's new process for the trivia round. Host Lynn shows off her pronunciation skills for a certain movie as vetoes are thrown, bold stateme...

Wow! Check out the special music intro being used for the championship tournament shows only! This episode gives an overview of the 2023 Tournament of Champions which will take place throughout January 2024 as 14 panelists who won their 2023 matches compete to see who will eventually be named the 2023 Hallmark Movie Drafts champion! Lynn is joined by Erinbeth and Kate, and the three of them review...

Shots fired right out of the gate - AGAIN! Brian, Mary, and Vanessa battle it out to create the ultimate top 10 list of the best Hallmark Christmas/Holiday movies that premiered in 2023! Guest co-host Susie gives her hot takes, joining host Lynn, and co-host Erinbeth. Some Double Deckers who drafted or guest co-hosted in 2023 join in at the end to share their takes on the final top 10 list, and th...

Host Lynn pops in briefly to announce the 2023 HMD Championship Tournament that will take place throughout January 2024 featuring all of the 2023 panelists who won their draft. One player will ultimately be crowned 2023 champ!. Lynn also shares the 2024 show topics for each month. It's gonna be a super-fun year! Buckle up! Follow HMD on Instagram @Hallmarkmoviedrafts: https://www.instagram.com...

Join producer/host Lynn, co-host Erinbeth and guest co-host Jackie as enthusiastic panelists Jen, Sarah, and Erin rate, rank, debate and THROW DOWN as they battle it out to create the definitive list of the 10 best Hallmark movies starring fan favorite, Autumn Reeser. EVERYONE has thoughts, y'all! Buckle up! Coming up in December: The 10 Best Hallmark Christmas movies of 2023! Follow HMD on In...