Hallmark Cafe

On this edition of The Hallmark Cafe we book "A Suite Holiday Romance," a classic Christmas love story starring Jessy Schram and Dominic Sherwood. Then we check out the limited series "Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas" starring Mae Whitman, Julian Morris, Jane Seymour and Mary McDonnell. Join us, your table is ready!

The busy season continues with "Single on the 25th" and "Oy to the World." Both movies easily made the menu this week. We also wrap up our thoughts on "Finding Mr. Christmas" and "Baked With Love." Another fantastic week in the cafe. Join us!

We're joined in The Cafe by real life couple Veronica Brown and Joey DePaolo to learn how this clever movie went from the page to the screen. Veronica and Joey share the meaning behind the story and talk about everything from casting to production in Vancouver. Join us at the table for an insightful and fun conversation with four people who love movies!

We dig deep into country music on this expanded edition with, "A Grand Ole Opry Christmas" featuring special guest, director Clare Niederpruem. Then we climb 12,000 feet for, "An Alpine Holiday" to top the whole thing off. Join us at the table, the coffee's hot on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe.

Director Jeff Beesley joins us to discuss his latest movie, "The Snow Must Go On." We love getting into the weeds with Jeff as he his so generous with sharing his secrets for making great movies. We also get a glimpse into his next movie, "A Suite Holiday Romance" starring Jesse Schram. Join us at the table as we share our love for movies with Jeff Beesley!

Season two of Mistletoe Murders comes to an exciting conclusion on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe with a huge cliffhanger. We shuffle off to Buffalo for "A Bills Love Story' and bundle up for a very wintery "Melt My Heart This Christmas." But we start off with our takes on the unscripted series, "Baked with Love" and "Finding Mr. Christmas." Your table is...

The Cafe is buzzing with activity this week with a tasty order including a new Mistletoe Murders Mystery, "The Ides of December." We also report on "Tidings For the Season" and share our thoughts on this weeks unscripted episodes of "Baked with Love" and "Finding Mr. Christmas." Join us at the table for this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

Another busy week in The Cafe as we hop on a plane for, "Christmas Above the Clouds" starring Erin Krakow and Tyler Hynes. We then catch a boat ride on the Danube for, "A Keller Christmas Vacation." "Mistletoe Murders" is back for a second season and Alison Sweeney rides into "Finding Mr. Christmas" hoping to find a cowboy scene partner who can ride a horse. Join us at the table for this edition o...

We finish up our take on season one of Mistletoe Murders with "Death of a Humbug" and sail right into "A Newport Christmas" without taking a breath. We also share our views on Hallmark's continuing experiment with unscripted content. Join us at the table as Countdown to Christmas 2025 continues!

"Merry Christmas Ted Cooper" is our main course this week but we give you our take on the rest of weekend two of the 2025 Countdown to Christmas. The table is set for variety on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

Countdown to Christmas 2025 is off and running with "A Royal Montana Christmas" and "A Christmas Angel Match." Hear which one squeaked by and which one captured our hearts. But first, we start things off with a reminder of why we love "Mistletoe Mysteries" so much. Your table is ready!

All the 2025 Hallmark Countdown to Christmas offerings served up in one spoken batch just in time for the season. Enjoy!

The last of our fall movie offerings feature Andrew Walker and Rachel Boston falling in love naturally in, "Adventures of Love and Birding." Meanwhile, Lacey Chabert and Wes Brown return for the third time, this time in the hilarious, "Haul Out The Halloween." They've hauled out Christmas in two previous outings but this time there's a big surprise for us, it made the m...

We encore a portion of last years interview we did with director Ron Oliver as he was wrapping up production on his three movie event, "The Groomsmen." He shares some behind the scenes stories and talks about how the series came about. We also dish up our take on the Long Island love story, "Catch of the Day" starring Emile Ullerup and Michael Rady. Pull up a beach chair and jo...

We're back with our impressions of the "Providence Falls" three-part series and our surprising reaction to the latest Mystery Island movie. Join us at the table if you dare!

We're back from a bit of a break to talk about our new Hallmark Plus favorite, "Private Eyes." This Canadian series spans five seasons and mixes suspense with romance and comedy. Plus, it has a cool theme song and a sexy sports car to boot. We also share our thoughts on the recent unscripted series, "Christmas at Sea." Is this type of series the future of Hallmark? Will rea...

We enjoy some Hallmark vacation time with a trip to Italy for "Villa Amore" featuring Eloise Mumford and Kevin McGarry and continue our travels with "To Barcelona, With Love" and "To Barcelona, Forever" starring Alison Sweeney and Ashley Williams. We've got a place for you at the table on this duty-free edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

Producer Andrew Gernhard from Synthetic Pictures International joins us to to talk Hallmark, film incentives, AI, and recreating Connecticut in Buffalo, New York. We also chat about some of your favorite movies he has produced. Join us at the table for this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

In this encore episode, we revisit the final two movies from the Love on the Danube series as reviewed by us when they debuted on Hallmark Plus in 2024. There's room at the Captain's table for you on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

This time in The Cafe, we revisit the first of the three "Love on the Danube" movies originally shown on Hallmark Plus but now recently making their debut on The Hallmark Channel. The first movie stars Nazneen Contractor and Wes Brown in, "Love Song." We then switch gears and countries for yet another mystery series debuting on Hallmark Plus, this time set in England. "The...

The Postables of the Signed, Sealed, Delivered dead letter office return in, "To The Moon and Back," this time to find the writer of a letter forced to go into hiding to protect her family. And we travel over to England to Stratford Upon Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare and a new detective series called "Shakespeare and Hathaway" that mystery viewers can now find on...

Put on your best walking shoes and head over to Spain with us to walk the Camino de Santiago with Erin Cahill and Erik Valdez in, "Journey to You." For dessert, we finish up our look at the four movie series, Hearts Around the Table with "Kiki's Fourth Ingredient." It's a food truck full of adventure on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

On this edition of The Hallmark Cafe, versatile actor Steve Bacic joins us to talk about playing Detective Cook in the new Aurora Teagarden series. We then highlight both "Home is Where the Heart is" on Hallmark Plus and the continuing four part movie series "Hearts Around the Table" on the Hallmark Channel. As always, your table is ready!

On this edition of The Hallmark Cafe, we sample the first installment of the four part series, "Hearts Around The Table." Ashley Newbrough and Steve Lund star with solid support from Mindy Cohn in "Jenna's First Love." For dessert, we head to Georgia where Luke McFarlane steps out of the movies and into the homes of folks looking for some real life house renovations in "Home is Where the Heart is....

We're back on dry land from our weeks in The Way Home pond to spend some royal time with two new movies that take the royal theme and have some fun with it. Join us at the table where we promise not to serve either frozen eel or beet root juice!