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      Tonight, Hallmark Channel aired the Season Eleven finale of its hit original series, "When Calls The Heart". The episode saw the town of Hope Valley get ready for the wedding of Mike Hickam (Ben Rosenbaum) and Mei Sou (Amanda Wong) after the two got engaged in the previous episode. We also saw Elizabeth Thornton (Erin Krakow) and Nathan Grant (Kevin McGarry) start their new relationship after finally confessing their love for each other in the previous episode as well. Fiona (Kayla Wallace) returns for Mike and Mei's wedding after having spent the entire season in Nashville. Lucas (Chris McNally) is dealing with the fallout after his previous relationship with Jeannette (Cecilia Deacon) is revealed to the public.  Faith (Andrea Brooks) is offered a chance to work at a hospital in Nashville by Fiona. Midway through the episode, Mike disappears the night before the wedding, leading Mei to fear that he's gotten cold feet. Fortunately, that turns out to not be t

 Yesterday, Hallmark Channel released the schedule for its 2024 "Christmas In July" programming block. The schedule is listed below with each movie's premiere date, lead actors and plot summary. All premieres are at 8PM EDT. Falling Like Snowflakes Premiere Date: June 29, 2024 Stars: Rebecca Dalton and Marcus Rosner Plot Summary: "A photographer, determined to complete her exhibit by capturing a rare photo of a 12-sided snowflake, enlists the help of a childhood friend and they go on a mission they'll never forget." Three Wise Men And A Baby: Extended Cut Premiere Date: July 6, 2024 Stars: Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker and Margaret Collin Plot Summary: "Three brothers get the surprise of their lives when they are forced to work together to care for a baby over the holidays." Rescuing Christmas Premiere Date: July 13, 2024 Stars: Rachael Leigh Cook and Sam Page Plot Summary: Erin is granted three wishes-with her final wish being that

 This Saturday June 22 at 8 PM EDT, Hallmark Channel will premiere the final movie in their "Passport To Love" programming, "Two Scoops Of Italy". To celebrate the occasion, this article will rank all of the Hallmark movies I've seen that feature the movie's lead actress, Hunter King. Movies are ranked based on their rating in the Internet Movie Database, or IMDB. 1.  The Santa Summit Premiere Date: November 5, 2023 IMDB Rating; 6.9 IMDB Summary: "At a Santa themed holiday event, three teachers get their groove back, strengthen their friendship, and unexpectedly find love along the way." 2. Hidden Gems Premiere Date: June 4, 2022 IMDB Rating: 6.6 IMDB Summary: "While prepping for her sister's wedding, Addie loses her grandmother's ring in the waters of Hawaii. She hires sailor Jack to scuba dive with her to find it and rediscovers her love of the sea." 3. Nikki & Nora; Sister Sleuths Premiere Date: October 2, 2022 IMDB Rat

 This Saturday June 1, Hallmark Channel will kickoff its 2024 "Passport To Love" programming block with "For Love & Honey". Hallmark Channel will air four new movies during the month of June. The premiere dates for each movie, along with each movie's lead actors and the official plot summary for each movie, are below. All movies will premiere at 8 pm EDT. For Love & Honey Premiere Date: June 1 Stars: Andrew Walker and Margaret Clunie Plot Summary: "An archaeologist and a beekeeper find love when they uncover a fresco in Malta." Savoring Paris Premiere Date: June 8 Stars: Bethany Joy Lenz and Stanley Weber Plot Summary: "A woman goes to Paris to feel alive again and meets two handsome men." A Greek Recipe for Romance Premiere Date: June 15 Stars: Danielle C. Ryan and Rafael Kariotakis Plot Summary: "Abby goes to Greece to visit her mom and unexpectedly meets handsome Theo." Two Scoops of Italy Premiere Date: June 22 Stars

       Today, Hallmark Channel announced that it has renewed its hit original series, "When Calls The Heart", for a twelfth season. The series, which premiered in 2014, stars Erin Krakow as Elizabeth Thornton (formerly Thatcher), who comes to the town of Coal Valley (renamed Hope Valley in Season Two) to teach the kids there in the wake of a tragic mine explosion. The current season has Elizabeth finding herself in a potential new romance with the town's mountie Nathan Grant (Kevin McGarry) after the previous season ended with her breaking off her engagement to saloon owner turned governor Lucas Bouchard (Chris McNally). Other storylines for this season involve Bill Avery (Jack Wagner) and Rosemary Coulter (Pascale Hutton) teaming up to investigate Lucas' attempted murder at the end of last season; the women of Hope Valley opening a day care center; a budding romance between Mike Hickam (Ben Rosenbaum) and Mei Sou (Amanda Wong); and town doctor Faith Carter (Andre

  Last night, Hallmark Channel premiered the final movie in its 2024 "Spring Into Love" lineup, "Branching Out". The movie revolves around a single mother, Amelia (Sarah Drew) who attempts to track down her daughter Ruby's (Cora Bella) biological father T.J. (Juan Pablo Di Pace) after she begins inquiring about him. Ruby was conceived via IVF, or in vitro fertilization, so her mother is the only family she has ever really known. While I thought that Hallmark Channel did a good job of addressing the topic of IVF, I do have some questions about the movie that I would like to address below. 1. Is Ruby old enough to understand what IVF is? The first time we actually see Ruby mention IVF is when she asks her teacher Miss Weaver (Nikki SooHoo) if she knows what it is. Now Ruby is shown to be exceptionally intelligent for someone her age (9), and her mother might have told her about it early on in her life, but I still wonder whether a nine year old child would ful

       Today, Hallmark Channel announced that a sequel to its hit 2022 Countdown To Christmas movie, "Three Wise Men And A Baby", will be airing sometime later this year as part of its 2024 "Countdown To Christmas" programming.  The movie, titled "Three Wiser Men And A Boy", will see Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker, and Paul Campbell reprise their roles as the Brenner brothers (Taylor, Luke, and Stephen) from the first movie. In addition, Margaret Collin will reprise her role as their mother Barbara from the first movie. The movie was co-written by Campbell, Kimberly Sustad (who had a cameo appearance in the first movie) and Russel Hainline.     The official summary for the movie, set five years after the first movie is as follows: "In a crazy turn of events, possibly brought on  accidentally by the brothers themselves, the director of Luke's son Thomas' (Miles Marthaller) school holiday musical steps down. Luke is desperate to to make his son&

       When we began season two of "The Way Home" back on January 21, we saw a little boy and an old woman standing next to the Landry farm pond. At the time, we assumed the boy was Jacob Landry, the younger brother of Kat Landry who disappeared in 1999. Well, the season two finale, titled "Bring Me To Life", revealed that this wasn't actually the case because the boy we saw in the season premiere wasn't actually Jacob bus his father Colton, with the woman being his grandmother. However, this wasn't even the biggest twist in the season finale involving Colton. If you watched the season premiere, you'll probably remember that during the Landry family's 1999 summer cookout and barbecue, Kat thinks she hears someone in the bushes. While the season finale reveals this to be the present day versions of Alice and Elliot, having gone back in time to give Elliot a chance to get the goodbye with Colton he never had, it's also revealed that someone

  Today, Hallmark Channel announced that its current hit series, "The Way Home", has been renewed for a third season, which is expected to premiere sometime in 2025. Season two will continue this Sunday March 24th with the episode "Here Without You", followed next Sunday by the season finale "Bring Me To Life". A link to the announcement is below. Sources https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/the-way-home/the-way-home-season-two-news

 Hallmark Channel has released a preview for Season 11 of its hit series "When Calls The Heart". The clip can be seen below. Season 11 of "When Calls The Heart" will premiere on April 7.

 Next Saturday March 23 marks the beginning of Hallmark Channel's 2024 "Spring Into Love" programming. The network will premiere six new movies over the next six Saturdays.   The movies will premiere in the following order. All movies will premiere at 8 PM ET. (Author's Note: Plot summaries come from the Hallmark Movie Checklist App.) March 23-"Shifting Gears" Stars-Tyler Hynes and Katherine Barrell Plot Summary-"A female mechanic competes against her ex-boyfriend on a car restoration show." March 30-"An Easter Bloom" Stars-Aimee Teegarden and Benjamin Hollingsworth Plot Summary-"A young Gardner finds renewal, hope and love after meeting a local pastor." April 6-"Blind Date Book Club" Stars-Erin Krakow and Robert Buckley Plot Summary-"A bookstore owner falls for an author who is enchanted by her unique book club." April 13-"Legend of the Lost Locket" Stars-Viv Leacock and Natasha Burnett Plot Su

 Tonight, "Crimes Of Fashion: Killer Clutch" premiered at 9 pm ET on Hallmark Mystery. To celebrate the occasion, I have decided to rank the top Hallmark movies I have seen that the movie's lead actress, Brooke D'Orsay, appears in. Movies will be ranked according to their rating on the Internet Movie Database, or IMDB. Brooke's movies are rated as follows. "A Dickens Of A Holiday" (7.2) "A Fabled Holiday" (6.6) "Miss Christmas" (6.6) "Wedding Of A Lifetime" (6.3) "Nostalgic Christmas" (6.3) "Christmas In Love" (6.3) "A Not So Royal Christmas" (6.1) "June In January" (5.8) "Beverly Hills Wedding" (5.6) Sources https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?explore=title_type&role=nm1175262&ref_=filmo_ref_you_iwl&sort=user_rating,desc&mode=detail&page=1&title_type=tvMovie&lists=watchlists

Hallmark Channel has released a preview and sneak peek for the next new episode of "The Way Home". Titled "Lose Yourself", the episode is set to premiere next Sunday, March 17 at 9/8 Central.

  Hello, fellow Watchers. Today marks one year since I started this blog. I started this blog in order to share my love for my favorite movies and tv shows with other people. I fully intend to keep this blog going as long as people continue to read it.  To celebrate my blog's one year anniversary, I will post a link to the most viewed story from each of my blog's first twelve months (February 2023-January 2024) below. February 2023- https://weswatches.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-way-home-jacobs-disappearance-and.html March 2023- https://weswatches.blogspot.com/2023/03/top-ten-jeopardy-contestants-of-all-time.html April 2023- https://weswatches.blogspot.com/2023/04/erin-krakows-hallmark-movies-ranked.html May 2023- https://weswatches.blogspot.com/2023/05/ranking-all-of-murder-she-bakedhannah.html June 2023- https://weswatches.blogspot.com/2023/06/review-little-town.html July 2023- https://weswatches.blogspot.com/2023/07/addressing-hallmark-channels-blind-spot.html August 2023-

 Hallmark Channel has released a sneak peek and preview for "Shifting Gears", a Hallmark Channel Original Movie set to premiere on March 23. The movie stars Tyler Hynes ("Three Wise Men And A Baby") and Katherine Barrell ("Good Witch") and is directed by Crystal Lowe ("Signed, Sealed, Delivered").   From Hallmark Channel's Official Website: " After female mechanic Jess reluctantly agrees to participate in a car restoration show, she is shocked to learn that her ex-boyfriend, Luke, is her main competitor? Will sparks fly? Stars Tyler Hynes, Katherine Barrell." Below is a sneak peek from the movie as well as a preview, both from Hallmark Channel's official YouTube page. Sources https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/shifting-gears

 Below is a sneak peek from the next episode of the hit Hallmark Channel Original Series, "The Way Home". Titled "Long Time Gone", it is scheduled to premiere at 9/8 pm central on Sunday February 25.

       During the most recent episode of "The Way Home" that premiered this past Sunday February 4, there was one scene in particular that stood out. While Kat Landry (Chyler Leigh) is looking through the archives at the Port Haven Herald, she is greeted by someone named Casey Goodwin (Vaughan Murrae). In a historical scene for Hallmark Channel, Kat identifies Casey as the granddaughter of Evelyn Goodwin, the woman who left the Herald to her, only to have Casey correct her and state that she is actually Evelyn's grandchild and uses "they/them". In doing so, Casey may have become the first openly non-binary character in a Hallmark Channel series or movie. This is just the latest in a series of LGBT-related firsts for Hallmark Channel. In 2020, we got our first same-sex wedding ("Wedding Every Weekend") and our first Christmas film with an openly gay couple ("The Christmas House"). In 2021,  we got our first same-sex kiss in a Hallmark Chan

 Season Two of "The Way Home" continued on Sunday January 28 with Episode Two-"Hanging By A Moment". Below is a highlight from that episode from the official Hallmark Channel YouTube Page. We also have a preview for the next episode, "When You Were Young", which is set to premiere on Sunday February 4.

  Today, January 3, is actress Danica McKellar's birthday. To celebrate the milestone, I have decided to rank the top ten movies I've seen featuring Danica McKellar that originally aired on either Hallmark Channel or Hallmark Movies And Mysteries.  The movies are ranked according to their rating on the Internet Movie Database, or IMDB. Love And Sunshine (7.2) Crown For Christmas (6.9) Coming Home For Christmas (6.6) Very, Very, Valentine (6.4) Christmas At Grand Valley (6.3) You, Me & The Christmas Trees (6.3) Wedding Bells (6.3) Campfire Kiss (6.3) My Christmas Dream (6.2) Christmas At Dollywood (6.1) Sources https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?explore=title_type&role=nm0005211&ref_=filmo_ref_you_iwl&sort=user_rating,desc&mode=detail&page=1&title_type=tvMovie&lists=watchlists

 To celebrate the new year, I have decided to list my Top Ten Most Viewed Posts Of 2023. https://weswatches.blogspot.com/2023/03/top-ten-jeopardy-contestants-of-all-time.html https://weswatches.blogspot.com/2023/07/addressing-hallmark-channels-blind-spot.html https://weswatches.blogspot.com/2023/03/ranking-jacklyn-colliers-top.html https://weswatches.blogspot.com/2023/03/top-pokemon-episode-of-each-year-from.html https://weswatches.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-way-home-jacobs-disappearance-and.html https://weswatches.blogspot.com/2023/05/ranking-all-of-murder-she-bakedhannah.html https://weswatches.blogspot.com/2023/06/review-little-town.html https://weswatches.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-way-home-renewed-for-second-season.html https://weswatches.blogspot.com/2023/07/how-much-would-it-cost-for-these.html https://weswatches.blogspot.com/2023/10/phineas-and-ferb-season-5-episode.html