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Top Ten "Only Murders In The Building" Episodes According To The Internet Movie Database

      Today, August 31, marks two years since the hit murder-mystery series "Only Murders In The Building" first premiered on Hulu. To celebrate the milestone, here are the top ten episodes so far as rated by fans on the Internet Movie Database, or IMDB. 1. I Know Who Did It Premiere Date: August 23, 2022 IMDB Rating: 8.9 IMDB Summary: "The question of who killed Bunny is finally answered, while a few others are raised." 2. Open And Shut Premiere Date: October 19, 2021 IMDB Rating: 8.8 IMDB Summary: "In the season finale, the trio races toward a resolution while their own lives are put in danger." 3. The Boy From 6B Premiere Date: September 28, 2021 IMDB Rating: 8.7 IMDB Summary: "With the investigation scratching at a web of old crimes originating inside the building, a mysterious young man turns the tables to spy on Charles, Oliver and Mabel." 4. Double Time Premiere Date: October 12, 2021 IMDB Rating: 8.3 IMDB Summary: "With the resid

Top Ten "When Hope Calls" Episodes According To The Internet Movie Database

 On August 29,  2019, "When Hope Calls", a spinoff of the popular Hallmark Channel series "When Calls The Heart", premiered on Hallmark Movies Now. To celebrate the milestone, here is a list of the series' top ten episodes as rated by fans on the Internet Movie Database, or IMDB. 1. A House United Premiere Date: September 20, 2019 IMDB Rating: 8.9 IMDB Summary: "A mysterious stranger shows up in town looking for work while a difficult customer at the hotel turns out to be an inspector from the Children's Bureau. The Inspector has some concerns about the orphanage and Grace's past." 2. The Search Premiere Date: September 27, 2019 IMDB Rating: 8.8 IMDB Summary: "Constable Nathan Grant arrives from Hope Valley to enlist Gabriel's help in catching a fugitive. Lillian is horrified to discover that the wanted poster looks a lot like Sam. Chuck offers to guard Lillian, Grace and the children." 3. Surprise Premiere Date: October 3, 2019

Flashback-My Online Chat With Danica McKellar

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      Three years ago today, I got to have an online chat with former child actress turned Hallmark Channel/GAC Star Danica McKellar. The online chat was set up by my dear friend, Jacklyn Collier, as part of That's4Entertainment's  Virtual Christmas Con after that year's Christmas Con, originally scheduled for that December, was postponed to the following December due to the Covid-19 pandemic.     To understand how this got set up, we have to go back to 2019. At the  time, Danica was the host of an online Twitter game called "Name That Palindrome". On  April 25, Danica announced that she would be stepping down from her role as "Name That Palindrome" game master after eight years and was looking for a new host. The next day, an actress from New York City named Jacklyn Collier, who at the time was one of the co-hosts, along with Shawlini Manjunath-Holbrook, of The Bubbly Sesh, Hallmark Channel's official podcast, responded, saying she was throwing

New "Only Murders In The Building" Episode Casts Suspicion On Charles' Girlfriend Joy

Author's Note: This article contains spoilers for "Only Murders In The Building" Season 3, Episode 4 "The White Room".  Please do not read any further if you have not seen the episode yet.             The latest episode in Hulu's hit murder-mystery series "Only Murders In The Building" premiered this morning. The episode, titled "The White Room", revolved around Charles Haden Savage (Steve Martin) struggling to remember the words to a song that Oliver Putnam (Martin Short) has written for his musical "Death Rattle Dazzle" while at the same time dealing with having his new girlfriend Joy (Andrea Martin) move in with him-apparently along with sixty-two fish that Joy owns. Meanwhile, Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez) is attempting to find a new place to live due to the impending end of her lease-and is contacted by a familiar face.      We begin the episode with narration by Cinda Canning (Tina Fey), the rival podcaster whose former as

Top Alexa PenaVega Hallmark Movies I've Seen

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 Tonight, Hallmark Channel will premiere Alexa PenaVega's newest movie "Never Too Late To Celebrate". To mark the occasion, I will rank the top Alexa PenaVega Hallmark movies that I've seen according to each movie's rating on the Internet Movie Database, or IMDB. Author's Note: Movies from the "Picture Perfect Mysteries" series were not included in the rankings. 1. Taking A Shot At Love Premiere Date: January 2 ,2021 IMDB Rating: 7.1 IMDB Summary: "A former professional dancer uses ballet to help an injured hockey star get back on the ice." 2. Love In The Limelight Premiere Date: August 6, 2022 IMDB Rating: 6.5 IMDB Summary: "Inspired by the real-life love story of Willie Aames and wife Winnie Hung" 3. A Paris Proposal Premiere Date: February 11, 2023 IMDB Rating: 6.3 IMDB Summary: "Follows Anna and Sebastian, work colleagues who are mistakenly believed to be a couple by a client and now they must keep up appearances to n

Review-"Only Murders In The Building" Season 3, Episodes 1 & 2

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  Author's Note: This article contains spoilers for the first two episodes of Season 3 of "Only Murders In The Building". Please do not read any further if you have not watched them yet.     At 12:00 midnight ET August 8, the first two episodes of the third season of the hit murder mystery series "Only Murders In The Building" premiered on Hulu. The first episode, titled "The Show Must...", begins in 1962 where we see a young girl watching a Broadway production on stage and expressing her own dreams about getting to be on Broadway someday. The episode then progresses to the present day, where we see that same woman is Loretta Durkin (Meryl Streep), an actress who has a role in "Death Rattle", the newest Broadway production by Oliver Putnam (Martin Short), one third of our favorite podcasting/sleuthing trio.     We then cut to the present day where, picking right up where Season Two left off, Ben Glenroy (Paul Rudd) is taken away by ambula

Getting Caught Up On The First Two Seasons Of "Only Murders In The Building"

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     Author's Note: The following article contains spoilers for the first two  seasons of "Only Murders In The Building". Please do not read any further if you have not seen the first two seasons and do not wish to have them spoiled for you. This Tuesday August 8, the third season of "Only Murders In The Building" is set to premiere on Hulu. The series, which stars Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez, revolved around a trio of residents at The Arconia, an apartment building in New York City, who decide to start a true crime podcast centered on murders that take place in said building-hence the name of their podcast (and the series), "Only Murders In The Building". The first season revolves around the murder of Tim Kono (Julian Cihi), a resident of the Arconia and, along with Mabel Mora (Gomez), Oscar Torres (Aaron Dominguez) and Zoe Cassidy (Olivia Reis), a member of the Hardy Boys, a group of teenagers who lived at the Arconia but fell apa

The Top Hallmark Movies, Series and Episodes I've Seen

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 Today, August 5, marks 22 years since Hallmark Channel debuted. In those 22 years, Hallmark Channel has given us many memorable series and movies. To celebrate the milestone, I will be providing a brief recap of the top Hallmark Channel and/or Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movies, series and episodes I've seen, based on the Internet Movie Database's (IMDB) rating system. Top Series: When Calls The Heart Series Run: January 11, 2014-Present on Hallmark Channel IMDB Rating: 8 IMDB Summary: "Elizabeth Thatcher, a young school teacher from a wealthy Eastern family, migrates from the big city to teach school in a small coal mining town in the west." Top Movie: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To The Altar Premiere Date: July 15, 2018 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries IMDB Rating: 8.2 IMDB Summary: "The long-awaited wedding of Norman and Rita leads the postal detectives to a letter with clues about a young woman's missing mother." Top Episode: Good Witch: Th