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The season three finale of The Way Home provides many answers but poses future questions for fans to ponder while awaiting the recently announced season four. Aptly titled after the Gordon Lightfoot song, If You Could Read My Mind, we have fun seeing what we got right and what we got wrong about season three. Join us at the table see how you did!

After the heightened drama of episode eight, the characters regroup to sort out what's come to pass and what lies ahead. This breather won't last long as secrets that must be revealed are coming to the surface quickly with unavoidable consequences attached. Your table is ready, join us!

Janel Parrish and Scott Michael Foster "Return to Office" to find adjusting again to office life both creatively challenging and romantically rewarding. We're joined by director Peter Benson with some behind the scenes stories of this contemporary love story that you won't want to miss. Your table is ready on this special edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

The Way Home continues with episode eight of season three with no rest for our time travelers. Hear the complete duet with Colton and Alice of the beautiful original song, "Breath" and hear our latest theories of who's who in the past and present. We're serving up an extra helping of potatoes and rye on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

The summer is fading fast and the Landry pond is busy with activity. Who will stay and who will go? Join us at the table for for more questions and revelations!

A classic Bill Withers song provides the title to this eventful episode which takes place in five different years while on its way to an emotional cliffhanger. Join us in The Cafe, where we turn up the surround sound system and get ready for a wild ride!

Your everlasting summer you can see it fading fast... Are you Reeling in the Years? Welcome to episode five of season three where we go back to the pond for more theories about where this one of a kind series is going. Join us at the table for your chance to throw in your two cents!

Songwriter Jim Croce gets a nod with the title of this episode that finds more and more revealed about the past with few answers. That doesn't stop us at the Hallmark Cafe; we've got more wild theories to share with you! Who knows? Maybe we're on to something. Your table is ready and the coffee is hot!

We dig deeper into the time traveling mystery of The Way Home in episode three with a deep dive into the pond to find out what this show is actually all about. We have more questions than answers but it sure is fun taking the journey. Join us, your table is ready!

For this episode, we travel back to 1974 where Alice meets the young Colton and Del and their friends and gets to hang out with them at the cove. Kat follows her back and meets a descendant of Thomas who reveals more about his fate. Meanwhile back in the present, Del and Jacob come to a new understanding. Grab a mug and join us at the table on this edition of The hallmark Cafe!

Welcome to 2025 in The Hallmark Cafe! We start off the year with a look at the return of The Way Home with episode one, "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet." It's a busy time at the pond as Jacob returns from the 1800's and Kat jumps back to the 1800's. The family adjusts to Jacob's return and things aren't quite what they seem. For dessert, we return to present day and head to Ireland for the mother/daug...

Join us in The Cafe as we pare down the 2024 Hallmark Christmas movies to a bakers dozen of favorites, along with some choice side dishes and a tasty dessert or two. Your table is ready for the final time in 2024!

The Hallmark Christmas movie season is coming to a close as we take a look at some last minute gift ideas with two Miracles of Christmas movies, "Trading Up Christmas" and " All I Need For Christmas." Were they on your list? As always, we've got an extra seat at the table for you right here in The Hallmark Cafe!

On this episode of The Cafe we take a closer look at the DaySpring offering, "Following Yonder Star." Brook D'Orsay and John Brotherton star in this unique Christmas story where faith and the stars guide two strangers to a new understanding of love and forgiveness. As an extra special gift, director Jeff Beesley guides us through how the movie was made with wonderful behind the scenes stories of t...

We welcome Barbara Niven and Peter Benson to The Cafe to share their experiences making the wonderful, "Leah's Perfect Gift." Barbara talks about playing the controlling but vulnerable Barbara (never Barb!) and Peter gives us some insight into what it was like directing the talented cast. Join us all at the table for this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

Our main course this week straddles between homage and parody and does both equally well. "Sugarplummed" hits all the right buttons with Maggie Lawson and Janel Parrish winning the award for best buddy performances of the year. For dessert, we look in on The Camarena Family to see how their Christmas is shaping up in Episode six of "Holidazed."  We then reveal the winner of "Finding Mr. Christmas,...

We have lots of presents under the tree in The Cafe for this episode. For our main course, we travel back to 1999 for some fun and a few tears in "A '90s Christmas." We introduce our new "side dish" segment and break the ice with a quick look at "The Christmas Quest," then followup with episode five of "Holidazed" and episode six of "Mistletoe Murders" for dessert. Hurry down the chimney and find...

Join us in The Hallmark Cafe as we head for "The Finnish Line" via dog sled in this fast paced adventure starring Kim Matula and Beau Mirchoff. Shot on location in Finland and featuring an international cast, the race is on to see who wins the championship on a wild ride to the top of the world. For dessert, we meet the new Mrs. Miracle played by the amazing Rachel Boston in a role she seemingly w...

It's a jam packed edition of The Hallmark Cafe as we discuss the comedies "Three Wiser Men and a Boy" and "To Have and to Holiday," both from The Hallmark Channel. We then switch over to Hallmark Plus for the streamer's latest offerings, which include the Christmas cul-de-sac fun on episode four of "Holidazed", and a new murder investigation on episode five of "Mistletoe Murders." We also peek in...

We manage to squeeze in three movies on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe starting with "A Carol For Two," a Christmas celebration of Broadway that is filled with the best singing on Hallmark this season. We then spend some time with The Lin Family in the hilarious episode three of the "Holidazed" series on Hallmark Plus. We round things off with a holiday salute to first responders in, "Christmas...

On this edition of The Cafe we meet families navigating the bumps and turns of the holidays in today's world. "Christmas with the Singhs," finds a newly engaged couple from two different cultures encountering the fun and friction of blending their families together. In the first two episodes of the eight-part series, "Holidazed," we meet seven families of Oak Harbor, Oregon who will all discover a...

We take The Cafe on the road on this edition with the fast pace and fun of, "Jingle Bell Run." Ashley Williams and Andrew Walker do all the hard work as they compete on a reality show for big money and possibly big love. For dessert, we find "A Reason For the Season" for Taylor Cole and Kevin McGarry. This Hallmark Mysteries entry finds the two connecting over an old mystery that begins one snowy...

At The Hallmark Cafe we are passionate about the movies we love. On this episode, we open up about how we choose the movies for our menu and why some movies don't make the menu. Then we serve up our main course, "Tis the Season to Be Irish" which charmed us and touched our hearts as only a Hallmark movie can do. We finish up by perusing the dessert tray for a few comments on the Hallmark Plus cont...

This time in The Cafe we take a more serious look at the holidays with our main course, "This Time Each Year." Alison Sweeney and Niall Matter take us to a deeper level in this touching family drama aided by an outstanding supporting cast and expertly directed by Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe. We follow up our main course with the fun and games of, "'Twas the Date Before Christmas." Amy Groening and Robert...

We welcome you back to The Cafe for our first two Christmas movies of 2024 to make the menu. "The Christmas Charade" is a smart and funny modern send up of an old fashioned caper movie with Corey Sevier and Rachel Skarsten having a blast catching the crooks. For dessert, we switch things over to Hallmark Plus for "Mistletoe Murders." In this first of six episodes, we meet a shop owner with a myste...