LIFETIME PRESS RELEASE:
LIFETIME ANNOUNCES SPECIAL
TREAT EVERYDAY LIKE CHRISTMAS
HOLIDAY MOVIE MARATHON ON JUNE 28
Los Angeles, CA (June 24, 2019) -- It may be June, but Lifetime is providing a sneak peek at the It's a Wonderful Lifetime holiday programming slate with a movie marathon to celebrate Christmas in the Summer. With back-to-back airings of six Lifetime Original Holiday movies from years' past, the special all-day marathon concludes with the beloved holiday film Elf. Full slate below.
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Elf
June 28th at 8pm AND 10pm EST/PST
As a baby, Buddy (Will Ferrell) was accidentally transported to the North Pole and raised among Santa's elves. When he discovers that he is actually human, Buddy travels to New York, to search for his real father - Walter Hobbs (James Caan), a cynical businessman. Walter reluctantly begins spending time with the childlike Buddy and hilarious holiday fun results. ELF is directed by Jon Favreau and produced by New Line Cinema.
A Gift Wrapped Christmas
June 28th at 8am EST/PST
Personal shopper Gwen's (Meredith Hagner) newest client, Charlie (Travis Milne), is a high-rolling, workaholic, single father. When Gwen meets his 8-year-old son, Owen, during a package drop, she is saddened to see just how little time Charlie spends with him. Determined to get Charlie to appreciate his family, Gwen makes it her Christmas mission to get him into festive spirit. As she gets closer to Charlie and Owen, she also discovers what she wants for the holidays. A Gift Wrapped Christmas is produced by Annuit Coeptis Entertainment II and Johnson Production Group.
The Christmas Contract
June 28th at 10am EST/PST
It’s Jolie’s (Hilarie Burton) first time going back home to Louisiana since her devastating break up with Foster (Hunter Burke). Seeing him is inevitable as their parents run the town’s annual Christmas Market together, but when she discovers Foster is bringing home a new girlfriend, Jolie cannot bear the thought of going home alone and seeing them together. Her best friend Naomi (Danneel Ackles) suggests that Jolie bring her flaky brother, Jack (Robert Buckley), home for Christmas as he has no plans this year. Jolie, a professional web designer, is hesitant; so, Naomi, a lawyer, creates a Christmas contract to give them both something they want—a buffer for those awkward moments around Jolie’s ex and a website to help sell Jack’s upcoming novel. Unbeknownst to them, the Christmas contract proves to be so much more than what they signed up for. The Christmas Contract is produced by Active Entertainment. Ken Badish and Daniel Lewis serve as executive producers. Monika Mitchell serves as director with a script by Cassie Doyle.
Poinsettias for Christmas
June 28th at 12pm EST/PST
It's just weeks before Christmas when Ellie (Bethany Joy Lenz) gets a call to return home to help her father (John Schneider) on the family’s poinsettia farm. The family business is on the line to deliver tens of thousands of plants for the town's annual parade. The problem is - the poinsettias have yet to turn red! As Ellie searches for the solution, she is reminded of where her heart truly lies as she falls in love with both her roots and a local botanist (Marcus Rosner). Poinsettias for Christmas is produced by Annuit Coeptis Entertainment, Inc. Christie Will Wolf directed from a script written by Barbara Kymlicka.
My Christmas Inn
June 28th at 2pm EST/PST
With the holiday season in full swing, Jen Taylor (Tia Mowry-Hardict) is about to score a big promotion at the San Francisco ad agency where she works. But her life is unexpectedly turned upside down when she inherits a cozy inn in Alaska from her aunt. When she goes to inspect the property and meets handsome town attorney Steve Anderson (Rob Mayes), she’s surprised to find that nothing is what she expected. The small town community is full of fun and festive Christmas traditions and soon, Jen starts wondering if the inn might just be the place she belongs, and if Steve could be the Mr. Right she has been waiting for. My Christmas Inn is produced by HYBRID, LLC.
The Flight Before Christmas
June 28th at 4pm EST/PST
When a snowstorm strands their flight in Montana on Christmas Eve, two strangers (Mayim Bialik and Ryan McPartlin) who do not see eye to eye, are forced to share the last available room at a bed-and-breakfast. Also starring Family Matters' veterans Reginald VelJohnson and Jo Marie Payton, The Flight Before Christmas is produced by Hybrid.
A Christmas in Tennessee
June 28th at 6pm EST/PST
Allison Bennet (Rachel Boston), along with her daughter Olivia and mother Martha (Patricia Richardson), run a bakery in the small mountain town of White Pines, Tennessee. When Matthew (Andrew Walker), a charming real estate developer, tries to buy the town for a corporate ski resort, Allison and the townspeople must work together to prevent that from happening. And just when the Bennet ladies seem out of luck, an unexpected visitor—with a well-known sweet tooth for cookies and milk—comes to the bakery and may in fact be the key to solving everything. A Christmas in Tennessee is produced by Smokey Mountain Films Inc. and Juliette Hagopian. Howard Braunstein serves as executive producer. Gary Yates directs with a script written by Cassie Doyle.
-- LIFETIME PRESS RELEASE --
So... here's the take: Lifetime is getting into the Christmas spirit for this one special day! Our friend, Sabrina, shared this news with us here at It's a Wonderful Movie just the other day when she caught it in the schedule! (You beat the press release, girl!)
This is also the same day - Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will begin Gold Crown Christmas with Christmas in July!
You can see the full schedule,
with Hallmark & Lifetime - *HERE*!
Joy to the World! Net
When will Lifetime announce there Christmas schedule for Christmas 2019? Thanks Dale
ReplyDeleteExcellent question! There is no set date on when this news will come, but I'll be sure to let you know whenever I receive word! :)
DeleteThe Hallmark Channel exceeds our expectations again. I am very happy to see this extra treat for us Christmas movie lovers. I am especially happy because the movie I had planned for tomorrow was "The Flight Before Christmas" because I really like Mayim Bialik and she is great in this movie. Now I can just wait a couple of days and not have to dig out the DVD. Great news all around. Merry June Christmas, everybody.
ReplyDeleteMark2 iWs (I am officially shortening my handle.)
Oh, I see your comment below...
DeleteBut, I do agree - Hallmark always exceeds our expectations every season!!! :)
I LOVE A Gift Wrapped Christmas! It's really cute & fun. I can't wait to see it this week.
ReplyDeleteThat's my favorite too, iKneed1!!! It is definitely so cute and fun! I just adore Gwen & Charlie Baker!!! I'm planning to watch/record A Gift Wrapped Christmas again, too! Enjoy!!! :)
DeleteNet, well I messed up. I misread this update. I missed the new marathon will be on Lifetime, but I still can't wait to see Mayim Bialik again. She is great in The Flight before Christmas. But then, she is good in whatever she is in.
ReplyDeleteMark2 iWs
I get it, Mark... there's a lot to keep track of - and when both networks have many of the same actors & actresses, it makes it even harder!
DeleteBtw... Cool new handle! :)
This is a good time to catch up on Hallmark Movies! Thanks for sharing Net!
ReplyDeleteOh, you're welcome,Pilar! Hope you enjoy Christmas in July very much! :)
DeleteI know... this was an unexpected SURPRISE!!! Lifetime obviously knows they are competitors with Hallmark when it comes to Christmas, so they just want to remind viewers what they have to offer by adding in this Christmas movie marathon on Hallmark's Christmas in July launch day.
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to Christmas on these channels, I love them both... so... I'll be going back and forth between both stations - watching my favorites! Enjoy watching, Jim... Christmas is coming!!! :)
I usually can only take Lifetime Christmas movies as their other movies can be pretty terrible, but I actually enjoyed the book to screen movies Tempting Fate and To Have and to Hold and was going to record Family Pictures when I saw the Friday Christmas movies. At first I thought I was seeing things, then the next day I checked again and it was true. But I wondered if maybe they were doing them on Fridays thru July, cause they sometimes due "themes" like killer mom Mondays (its probably not exactly that, but we record The Closer on Lifetime and see the commercials). But Net pointed out it is just a 1 day thing. I personally don't think the movies they are playing that 1 day will compete with HMM Gold Crown movies.
ReplyDeleteI love what you're doing with the Christmas sneak peek love the Christmas movies but is there anyway you could bring on a Christmas movie every Friday until Christmas we only could watch Lifetime here in the Bahamas and not able to get the Hallmark channel in our cable package anymore.
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