Get ready for a Winter Escape! New romantic comedies are coming to the Hallmark Channel in the New Year!
See what's airing this January, 2026...
HALLMARK CHANNEL:
Lost in Paradise
Premieres Saturday January 3 8/7c
Starring Lacey Chabert and Ian Harding
When the founder of a high-end fashion company gets marooned on an "deserted" island with a chef, romance blossoms as they work together to survive.
A Melbourne Match
Premieres Saturday January 10 8/7c
Starring Mallory Jansen and Ryan Corr
Georgie, a travel writer, travels to Melbourne for an assignment where she meets Zach, an Australian ex-footballer who agrees to be her tour guide and shows her that there's more to life than work.
Love on the Amazon
Premieres Saturday January 17 8/7c
Starring Jaicy Elliott and Rafael de la Fuente
Gabby travels to the Amazon to reach her sister, a researcher, and meets a rugged riverboat Captain named Ryder.
Caught by Love
Premieres Saturday January 24 8/7c
Starring Rachael Leigh Cook and Luke Macfarlane
While on a journey of self-discovery, a resort guest gets swept into an undercover investigation for stolen jewels that turns into an unexpected and adventurous romance.
Missing the Boat
Premieres Saturday January 31 8/7c
Starring Emilie Ullerup and Kristoffer Polaha
Strangers Kelly and Parker both end up on the same Italian cruise, but after missing the boat during a stop, they're forced to team up and race across southern Italy to catch up.
Please share your thoughts on the new movies in comments below! Stay tuned for the posters and images for each movie listed above.
Happy movie-watching, Net
*images via: Hallmark Media
I like Emelie Ullerup and will watch cause of her, but I am not ever a fan of the traveling movies. Sorry. I love the US and there is a lot of it to enjoy. Don't need the amazon or island resorts. Good to see her and Polaha reuniting.
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Interesting bunch of movies from Hallmark for January.
ReplyDeleteThe perceived opinion is that they will cut back considerably on the number of new movies they air in 2026.
I was expecting 3 so this is a bonus.
You can't escape the fact that cable is dying - in 2020 88% of households had cable and this is now down to less than 25% - the numbers are beginning to look frighteningly irrelevant.
Back in 2020 Hallmark's Christmas movies averaged 2.9m viewers, this had dropped to 1.51 in 2024 and to date this season are only 1.2m close to the significant 1m mark.
On paper these look good.
Ian Harding although he doesn't appear often may very well be my favorite male actor at the moment so I'm looking forward to seeing how he teams up with Lacey.
Mallory Jensen is far and away my fav actress currently although I've never heard of Ryan Corr - apparently he's Australian.
Don't know what to expect from Jaicy Elliott and Rafael de la Fuente but the synopsis looks good.
And fascinating to see the returns of Rachel Leigh Cook and Emille Ullerup both of whom have been missing from HM for some considerable time.
I'm hopeful for these movies in the uncertain times ahead for Cable - Florence
Emilie Ullerup was just in Catch Of The Day with Michael Rady in August. She hasn't been missing but yes before that her last Hallmark movie was Retreat To You in 2023 and Rachael Leigh Cook was just in Sisterhood Inc in February 2025 but before that her last one was also in 2023 Rescuing Christmas
DeleteHow exciting! I love destination movies! This gives me something to look forward to after Christmas is over.
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Was hoping for more winter type movies. Snow themed. These sound better for summertime
ReplyDeleteI love the travel movies! I get travel places that I haven't been and at least see a bit even though it isn't the focus of the storyline.
ReplyDeleteMichelle
Exciting news!
ReplyDeleteAgreed, although if these seemed like remotely wintery retreats I wouldn’t mind, but alas apparently hallmark thought the lovely winterfest weren’t good enough
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on this, Sabrina! I don't enjoy most of the "traveling movies" because they seem like travelogues that spend so much time showing the sites instead of furthering the storyline or developing the characters more. If I want to see the sites of a country, I'll watch Rick Steve's programs.
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Hi Net - I love your wonderful site & all of the terrific information you give us! Will "Love On The Amazon" premiere on January 17, instead of January 10, as listed above?
ReplyDeleteYes, You're right! That should be January 17. I corrected it above. Thank you for noticing & taking the time to let me know. :)
DeleteI agree with Sabrina and Mark, I’m not too excited abut the traveling ones as they can seem like a huge ad. I wish these had more of a winter theme, like Winter in Vail, Hearts of Winter, One Winter Weekend…
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Agreed I love the wintery snow themed movies or Winterfest, it was the perfect transition from Christmas, cozy January. Luckily there have been so many good ones made, I’ll be watching old hallmark winterfest classics & some other Winter favs: Groundhog Day, uncle buck, cool runnings, the mighty ducks, the cutting edge, chalet girl. Anything snowy, wintery, ice sports themed.
DeleteWe love Uncle Buck! 😊
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Paula, We love UB too. Just watched it the other night with my nephew. He is 20 and we always talked about it and I tried getting him to watch when he was younger. But he asked to watch it the other night. I love that movie. Over the summer, they played Summer Rental a lot. That movie makes me laugh so hard, the scene when he is trying to find his family on the packed beach. So classic Candy.
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Why can't Hallmark return the Hallmark Hall of Fame movies that were once the pinnacle of seasonal hope, miracles and excitement? The ones in the 1960's were the edgiest most wonderful "look forward-to" movies ever! They did not have to contain a romantic undertone, in order for them to be successful and watchable and intriguing! One of the reasons I believe Hallmark has lost its following is because most of the movies are sappy, you don't need destination ones to make them exciting, you don't need romantic interludes to make them exciting, you don't even need to have a romantic couple in the movie to make it wonderful. I think Hallmark needs to regroup and realize there isn't a lot of real true creativity happening anymore in regards to the movies that are made in the whole spectrum of Hollywood, they're either completely fantasy or they're too sappy.
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