Hallmark Cafe

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!

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!