...TO BRING VIEWERS HOPE AND JOY WITH A CHRISTMAS MOVIE MARATHON!!!
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Have you heard the HO, HO, HO... Holly Jolly News?
Get ready to feel all the Peace on Earth... Good Will Towards Men once again as the Hallmark Channel plays Christmas movies all weekend long!
Okay, there are a few exceptions... "In the Key of Love" (which was originally intended to be a "June Weddings" film) will still premiere on the Hallmark Channel Saturday night at 9pm/8c. with the 2020 Spring Fling Preview Special at 11pm/10c and the Mystery Movies Preview Special at 11:30pm/10:30c. On Sunday night, right after the Christmas movie marathon is over, the Hallmark Channel will have all new episodes of "When Calls the Heart" and "When Hope Calls!"
If you were planning to watch the premiere of the Pixl movie, Adventures in Love & Babysitting, unfortunately it will not be seen until Tuesday, April 21st at
Here are all the festive details direct from Hallmark's Press Release:
HALLMARK CHANNEL PRESENTS
‘WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS’
A SPECIAL MARATHON OF
‘COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS’ MOVIES
FRIDAY, MARCH 20 – SUNDAY, MARCH 22
STUDIO CITY, CA – March 19, 2020 – Hallmark Channel has a weekend of what viewers asked for, ‘We Need a Little Christmas,’ a special marathon featuring “Countdown to Christmas” movies Friday, March 20, through Sunday, March 22.
The Hallmark Channel premieres of “In the Key of Love,” “2020 Spring Fling Preview Special” and “2020 Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Preview Special” will air at their originally scheduled times on Saturday, March 21.
“Countdown to Christmas” movies starring fan favorites Candace Cameron Bure, Lacey Chabert, Holly Robinson Peete, Danica McKellar, Chad Michael Murray, Ryan Paevey and more will let viewers cozy-up at home and watch the movies they asked for. “A Christmas Detour” starring Cameron Bure and Paul Greene (“When Calls the Heart”) kicks off the special event on Friday, March 20 (12 p.m. ET/PT). The marathon continues throughout the weekend with movies including “Crown for Christmas,” “A Very Merry Mix-Up,” “Christmas at Dollywood,” “Write Before Christmas,” and concludes with “Christmas in Rome” (Sunday, March 22, 6 p.m. ET/PT).
The Full schedule appears below:
FRIDAY, MARCH 20th
12:00 p.m. ET/PT: “A Christmas Detour”
Stars: Candace Cameron Bure (“Fuller House”) and Paul Greene (“Bitten”)
2:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Holiday Date”
Stars: Brittany Bristow (“Rising Suns”), Matt Cohen (“General Hospital”), Teryl Rothery (“Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove”) and Bruce Boxleitner (“Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove”)
4:00 p.m. ET/PT: “A Christmas Love Story”
Stars: Kristin Chenoweth (“Glee”) and Scott Wolf (“The Night Shift”)
6:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Mingle all the Way”
Stars: Jen Lilley (“Days of Our Lives”), Brant Daugherty (“Pretty Little Liars”) and Lindsay Wagner (“The Bionic Woman”)
8:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Christmas Under Wraps”
Stars: Candace Cameron Bure (“Fuller House”), David O’Donnell (“12 Wishes of Christmas”),
Brian Doyle-Murray (“The Middle”) and Robert Pine (“Frozen”)
10:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Crown for Christmas”
Stars: Danica McKellar (“The Wonder Years”) and Rupert Penry-Jones (“Black Sails”)
SATURDAY, MARCH 21st
12:00 a.m. ET/PT: “The Christmas Cottage”
Stars: Merritt Patterson (“Forever in My Heart”) and Steve Lund (“Reign”)
2:00 a.m. ET/PT: “A Royal Christmas”
Stars: Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls), Stephan Hagan (“Against the Dark”) and Jane Seymour (“Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman”)
3:30 a.m. ET/PT: “Marry Me at Christmas”
Stars: Rachel Skarsten (“Reign”) and Trevor Donovan (“90210”)
5:00 a.m. ET/PT: “A Very Merry Mix-Up”
Stars: Alicia Witt (“Orange is the New Black”) and Mark Wiebe (“Sweet Karma”)
7:00 a.m. ET/PT: “Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays”
Stars: Adrian Grenier (“Entourage”), Kaitlin Doubleday (“Nashville”), Priscilla Presley and Chase Bryant
9:00 a.m. ET/PT: “Snow Bride”
Stars: Katrina Law (“Spartacus: War of the Damned”), Jordan Belfi (“Surrogates”) and Patricia Richardson (“Home Improvement”)
11:00 a.m. ET/PT: “Switched for Christmas”
Stars: Candace Cameron Bure (“Fuller House”), Eion Bailey (“Once Upon a Time”), Mark Deklin (“Grace and Frankie”) and Natasha Bure (“Make It or Break It”)
1:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Christmas at Dollywood”
Stars: Danica McKellar (“The Wonder Years”), Niall Matter (“Eureka”), and Dolly Parton (“Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors,” 9 to 5)
3:00 p.m. ET/PT: “The Nine Lives of Christmas”
Stars: Brandon Routh (“Superman Returns”) and Kimberley Sustad (“A Bride for Christmas”)
5:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Christmas at the Plaza”
Stars: Ryan Paevey (“General Hospital”) and Elizabeth Henstridge (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”)
7:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Christmas Town”
Stars: Candace Cameron Bure (“Fuller House”), Tim Rozon (“Schitt’s Creek”) and Beth Broderick (“Sharp Objects”)
SUNDAY, MARCH 22nd
12:00 a.m. ET/PT: “Picture a Perfect Christmas”
Stars: Merritt Patterson (“The Royals”) and Jon Cor (“Shadowhunters”)
2:00 a.m. ET/PT: “The Sweetest Christmas”
Stars: Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls) and Lea Coco (“Queen Sugar”)
4:00 a.m. ET/PT: “Coming Home for Christmas”
Stars: Danica McKellar (“The Wonder Years”), Neal Bledsoe (“The Mysteries of Laura”) and Andrew Francis (“Chesapeake Shores”)
6:00 a.m. ET/PT: “Christmas Wishes & Mistletoe Kisses”
Stars: Jill Wagner (“Teen Wolf”), Matthew Davis (“Legacies”) and Donna Mills (“Knots Landing”)
8:00 a.m. ET/PT: “Pride, Prejudice & Mistletoe”
Stars: Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls) and Brendan Penny (“Chesapeake Shores”)
10:00 a.m. ET/PT: “Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy”
Stars: Paul Greene (“When Calls the Heart”), Maggie Lawson (“Psych”), Barbara Niven (“Chesapeake Shores”), Holly Robinson Peete (“21 Jump Street”), Rukiya Bernard (“Van Helsing”), Colin Lawrence (“The Good Doctor”), Ashley Williams (“How I Met Your Mother”) and Jill Wagner (“Teen Wolf”)
12:00 p.m. ET/PT: “A Shoe Addict’s Christmas”
Stars: Candace Cameron Bure (“Fuller House”), Luke Macfarlane (“Brothers & Sisters”) and Jean Smart (“Designing Women”)
2:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Christmas Under the Stars”
Stars: Jesse Metcalfe (“Desperate Housewives”), Autumn Reeser (“The Arrangement”) and Clarke Peters (“The Wire”)
4:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Write Before Christmas”
Stars: Torrey DeVitto (“Chicago Med”), Chad Michael Murray (“Riverdale”), Grant Show (“Dynasty”), Lolita Davidovich (“How to Get Away with Murder”) and Drew Seeley (“Glory Daze”)
6:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Christmas in Rome”
Stars: Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls) and Sam Page (“The Bold Type”)
-- HALLMARK CHANNEL --
I hope you all enjoy this marathon this weekend, as we are all encouraged to stay at home and social distance ourselves from the public during this coronavirus pandemic.
This Christmas movie marathon on the Hallmark Channel will give us all the warmth and community of the Holiday Season, which I know many of us need right now. May the True Light of Christmas outshine all the darkness!
Joyous Blessings, everyone and please take care!
Sending all of my dear friends here - a Social Distanced Hug! Net
