🎄 Frndly TV's first ever Black Friday Sale!💲SEE DETAILS:

Happy Black Friday, Friends!

I wanted to be certain you knew...

Frndly TV is having their first ever Black Friday Sale!

If you've been looking for a less expensive way to watch all of the Christmas movies you love, then look no further! Frndly TV offers a great price to stream all of the channels you love during the Holiday Season and beyond, including Great American Family, the Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Hallmark Drama, the Hallmark Holiday Yule Log, Lifetime, ION, INSP, PixL, The Cowboy Way Channel, BYUtv, UPtv, Dove & Mistletoe, Dove Kids and More!

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I just renewed my yearly Frndly TV plan with this wonderful deal, and I wanted to be sure you all were aware - so you could also enjoy this special discount!

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Happy Christmas Movie Watching!
Blessings,

Net

📺 🌟 How the Streaming Service Frndly TV has Changed My TV Viewing Experience... for the Better! 📺 🌟 See Here:

Last Fall, several loyal followers here at It's a Wonderful Movie shared with us how much they enjoyed their streaming service, Frndly TV, which I must admit, made me even more curious and interested in this streaming service I had been hearing so many good things about. With the incredible amount of Christmas movies coming our way then, and with their encouragement, I decided to give Frndly TV a try, with a free trial in November, and now I must share with you all my fantastic experience with this streaming service over the Christmas Season.

I easily set up an account through Frndly TV's user-friendly website, and instantly, I had this excellent streaming service, which I must say, is much lower in price compared to others currently on the market. I access Frndly TV through my Roku device which is hooked up to my television. It was easy as a wink to navigate through Fndly TV's television guide and even easier to select a program and click record with my remote. I love that their service is very basic looking and easy to use - right from the first remote click.

Throughout Christmastime, I recorded many, MANY Christmas movies, old and new, through Frndly TV, which has an unlimited DVR! This was just what I needed since my recorder with my DirecTV was nearly full. Now that it is January, I've been missing the classic Christmas movies I love on TV; however, it's been easy and convenient to go into my Frndly TV recordings and select one of the Christmas movies I recorded back in November or December. And if I watch only a portion of the movie, I can effortlessly pick up right where I left off at a later time.

One of the best features of Frndly TV is that you can do a 72-hour lookback in their TV guide and capture something you may have missed. It's also easy to schedule recordings in advance. Viewers can even record multiple shows and movies at the same time. I love that! Plus, if I miss, say, something in the morning, then I can go back and catch it that night. Or, the next night. Or, even the next - next night! Or, I can simply record it and watch it months later! Frndly TV lets you keep recordings for 3-9 months (depending on your plan).

Frndly TV is also available to watch beyond your TV. You can easily access your Frndly TV account on your smartphone, tablet, laptop, etc... wherever you are! All you have to do is log-in to your account, and you can watch live TV, and past TV (up to 72 hours), and all of your recordings will be right there, too - to watch at your convenience. Wherever you go, as long as you have your smartphone (or another device) with you, you'll have your Frndly TV, too!

For those of you who have been having trouble getting your current cable provider to pick up Great American Family, if you obtain Frndly TV, you'll have both Great American Family and Great American Living, plus the Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Hallmark Drama, INSP, Lifetime, UP-TV, PixL, and many more channels - see here! Frndly TV has 40+ channels in all!

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Happy movie-watching, everyone!

Blessings to you all, Net

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Catch the Movie *Hometown Hero* about a Vet and Dog 🐕 - Thursday, September 10th on the Hallmark Channel! 🐕 SEE HERE:

Once in awhile, the Hallmark Channel premieres a movie from the PixL library of films. For those of us who have never seen these movies, they are obviously completely new to us.

"Hometown Hero" stars Brooke Nevin, Jake Sandvig, Antonio Sabato Jr., and Megan Price. This movie first premiered on the PixL Channel in 2017, and it will be airing for the first time on the Hallmark Channel.

image via: PixL

Storyline via PixL: A cynical divorce mediator (Brooke Nevin) is forced to care for a client’s dog. The mischievous hound warms her heart, and after spending time with the local vet (Jake Sandvig), she begins to find that maybe the true love she dared not believe in is actually closer than she thinks.

See "Hometown Hero"

Thursday, September 10, 2020

at 4pm/3c. on the Hallmark Channel

Please Note: I have not viewed this movie; however, the PixL movies are typically very family friendly.

Hope you enjoy this one! Remember to watch or set your DVR at 4pm/3c.!

Blessings, Net

🍪 Cookie Mobster - a PixL Original Movie -- also Premiering on UPtv! 🍪 SEE HERE:

MOVIE REVIEW

Movie: Cookie Mobster

Network: PixL

Original Air Date: December 27, 2014

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Network: UPtv

Air Date: September 20, 2020

CAST:

Rick Malambri ... Joey D'Amico
Pippa Black ... Amanda
Mackenzie Foy ... Sally
Cheyenne Nguyen ... Lucy
Danielle Parker ... Penelope 'Ping'
Jenna Ortega ... Nita
Michael Grant Terry ... Agent Wilcott
Gino Anthony Pesi ... Fish
Johnny Williams ... Cheeks
Daphne Duplaix ... Constance
Lainie Kazan ... Mama
Alana Gordillo ... Joslyn
Cindy Pickett ... Mrs. Bartlomei
William Allen Young ... Grundy
Cody Wood ... Stevie
Gina Alvarez ... Friendly Customer
Kevin Brief ... Father Mike
Giancarlo A. Damiani ... Dud
Terri Douglas ... (voice)
Yanna Fabian ... Wedding guest
Sean R. Lake ... Street Carnival Attendee
Kent Shocknek ... News Reporter
Alain Uy ... Lo Fan

PLOT:

Storyline via UPtv: After finding himself in the witness relocation program, a reformed mobster comes to the aid of a local girl scout troop and starts falling for one of the single mothers.


Movie Review:

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*images via: Pixl/UPtv/IMDB

"How Not to Propose" -- a PixL Original Movie -- also Premiering on UPtv!

MOVIE REVIEW

Movie: How Not to Propose

Network / Air Date: PixL - September 26, 2015

Network / Air Date: UPtv - June 7, 2020

CAST:

Kayla Ewell ... Lena
Ryan Merriman ... Travis
Adam Korson ... Cedric
Mitch Ryan ... Oren
Vernee Watson ... Patty
Beau Billingslea ... Al
Sabrina Perez ... Michelle
Nicole Paggi ... Hannah
Timothy Bottoms ... Rick
Kathleen Quinlan ... Susan
Jonathan Bray ... Ted
Tony Devon ... Ash
Keeshan Giles ... Dave
Chet Grissom ... Dr. Peters
David L. King ... Salesperson
Karly Rothenberg ... Server
Terri Douglas ... (voice)
Dedan Donovan ... Band Leader
Jennifer Christopher ... Little Girl's Mom
Kristel Elling ... Spa Attendant
Tate Birchmore ... Young Cedric

PLOT:

Storyline via UP: Travis plans the perfect romantic getaway to propose to longtime love Lena. As the carefully orchestrated weekend comically fails to go as planned, Travis may not get the answer he's looking for.

Travis (Ryan Merriman) and Lena (Kayla Ewell) have been happily dating for quite some time, and now Travis feels it’s time to take the next step in their relationship. But after purchasing a pricey ring, Travis loses his job and puts his grand plans to propose on hold. While Travis mopes about his unemployment, failed writing aspirations and ruined engagement plans, Cedric (Adam Korson), Travis’ brother, suggests taking Lena ‘glamping’ – or glamorous camping. Cedric claims it will set the perfect ambience for an unforgettable marriage proposal that Lena can’t say no to. But when Travis and Lena arrive at the camp site it’s anything but glamorous. After many failed attempts to make glamping romantic, Travis tries to propose over a campfire. His plan fails, however, when Lena takes the moment to inform him that she was accepted into a prestigious medical program in Munich. Not wanting to hold her back from her dreams, Travis tells her to go. During a sad drive home, Travis receives a call that’s he’s landed a three book deal. The good news gives Travis the confidence he needs to finally ask for Lena for her hand in marriage. Will Lena give him the answer he’s hoping for?

Movie Review:

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*images: PixL/UPtv - via: IMDB

🔎 CATCH a HALLMARK MYSTERY SNEAK PEEK + a TV MOVIE PREMIERE on TUESDAY, APRIL 21st! #Sleuthers #Hallmarkies @hallmarkmovie @hallmarkchannel 🔎 DETAILS HERE:

There are TWO fun things happening on TV this Tuesday - I thought many of you would want to either check them out live or set your DVR! See all the details below...


TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2020:

Sleuthers, get some early clues...

MatchMaker Mysteries

Premiere Preview - Sneak Peek!

Credit: ©2020 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: David Dolsen

Very early on Tuesday morning - sandwiched in between an episode of "Hart to Hart" and "Psych" are Two Minutes, YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT, there are TWO MINUTES previewing the upcoming special Saturday Night Premiere of "Matchmaker Mysteries: A Fatal Romance!" (Reminder: The MOVIE will premiere in simulcast on both Hallmark Movies & Mysteries AND the Hallmark Channel!)

The "MatchMaker Mysteries Premiere Preview," however, will only air Tuesday on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries at 4:58am/3:58c.! (With that early time, I'm definitely recording this one!)

Description for the "MatchMaker Mysteries" preview via Hallmark: Matchmaker Angie Dove investigates the murder of a romance novelist.

See the "MatchMaker Mysteries"

Premiere Preview - Sneak Peek!

TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2020

at 4:58am/3:58c on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

More... TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2020:

See the Hallmark Channel premiere of...

Adventures in Love & Babysitting

Storyline via Hallmark: Forced to baby-sit with her college nemesis, a young woman starts to see the man in a new light.

*NOTE: This movie first premiered on PixL in 2015; however, this will be it's first time to premiere on the Hallmark Channel.

Watch "Adventures in Love & Babysitting"

TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2020

at 2pm/1c. on the Hallmark Channel

I hope you'll enjoy both of these specials! I know the movie is not new for those of you who have the PixL channel, but for those of us (like myself) who don't, it does look like a cute movie to watch on Tuesday afternoon. If you've seen it, please share your review below...

Plus, I know all of us sleuthers are looking forward to getting some intriguing insights into the next all new "MatchMaker Mysteries!"

Blessings on your day, Net :)

Keep Shining! ☀

"Adventures in Love & Babysitting" starring Tammin Sursok and Travis Van Winkle

MOVIE REVIEW

Movie: Adventures in Love & Babysitting

Previously known as: Bound & Babysitting (2015)

Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: April 21, 2020

*This movie first premiered on PixL in 2015; however, this will be it's first time to premiere on the Hallmark Channel. "Adventures in Love & Babysitting" stars Tammin Sursok from the family film Flicka 2 and Travis Van Winkle from Hallmark Channel's Christmas Getaway.

CAST:

Tammin Sursok ... Maggie Milton
Travis Van Winkle ... Alex Fornaye
Tiffany Hines ... Elena
Stephen Boss ... Ethan
Corinne Massiah ... Brianna
Brian Mganga ... Josh
Caroline Aaron ... Violet
Megan Stevenson ... Amber Montgomery
David Castañeda ... Eddie
Peter Katona ... Brent
Lisa Rinna ... Jane
Curtis Armstrong ... Steve
Reatha Grey ... Grandma
BJ Tanner ... Danny

PLOT:

Storyline via Hallmark: Forced to baby-sit with her college nemesis, a young woman starts to see the man in a new light.

Extended storyline via PixL: Maggie (Tammin Sursok) and Alex (Travis Van Winkle) have been butting heads since college when they were introduced by their best friends, Ethan (Stephen Boss) and Elena (Tiffany Hines). Now, their mutual pals are married with children, desperate for a romantic getaway and a babysitter. Uneasy about leaving the kids with the childlike and seemingly irresponsible Alex, they know Maggie would be the mature choice. But, with big things on the horizon for Maggie’s company, Ethan and Elena fear she’s too busy. As a last minute solution, they decide to split the task, tricking Maggie and Alex into babysitting together and leaving town before they can object. Bound to their obligation, Alex and Maggie attempt to work through their differences, but cooperating quickly turns into stormy rivalry. However, opportunities to teach the children some life lessons bring the pair closer than ever, proving that they share some very similar ideals. Acting as a true family for the first time, both the babysitters and kids are sad to see their time together come to an end with the return of Ethan and Elena. But it’s the powerful bond between Maggie and Alex that makes them consider whether breaking up their new-found relationship is what they truly want.

Movie Review:

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Images Credit: ©2020 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Courtesy Larry Levinson Productions

🍁 New Beginnings this First October Weekend - 🍃 with Hallmark's Fall Harvest and MatchMaker Mysteries! 🔎 #Sleuthers #FallHarvest 👉👉

Saturday, October 5, 2019-

Fall Harvest arrives this weekend on the Hallmark Channel with Jessica Lowndes and Wes Brown in...

Over the Moon in Love

image: Hallmark Crown Media

Storyline via Hallmark: Matchmaker Brooklyn, owner of Over the Moon in Love, hasn’t seen Devin, a singer-songwriter, since high school. While their chemistry is instant, Brooklyn is focused on landing the cover of Life/Style by finding Stephanie, the magazine’s writer, a match. Putting her 100% success rate on the line, Brooklyn matches Stephanie with Devin but they have nothing in common. Determined, Brooklyn feeds lines to Stephanie guaranteed to capture Devin’s heart, and it works! Too bad Brooklyn has just realized she’s in love with Devin. Admitting the match is a sham, Brooklyn risks losing the magazine cover and, more importantly, Devin.

See the Premiere of Over the Moon in Love

Saturday, October 5, 2019

at 9pm/8c. on the Hallmark Channel

More... Saturday, October 5, 2019-

PixL Premieres an All New Movie with Makenzie Vega...

Tomboy

image: Tomboy / Larry Levinson Productions

Storyline via PixL: A former tomboy finds herself torn between a man who's fallen for her new femininity and a friend who has always loved her for who she is.

See the Premiere of Tomboy

Saturday, October 5, 2019

at 9pm/8c. on PixL

Sunday, October 6, 2019-

It's an All New Hallmark Mystery Movie Premiere with Danica McKellar and Victor Webster in...

Matchmaker Mysteries:
A Killer Engagement

Storyline via Hallmark: In life and on her popular reality show, professional matchmaker Angie Dove excels at pairing single people with their ideal mates. Shortly after proposing to his perfect match on Angie’s show, her friend Aaron is accused of murdering his fiancée. A disbelieving Angie launches her own investigation, cooking up clever gambits enabling her to gather clues and interview witnesses and suspects. Her efforts don’t endear her to Kyle Cooper, the by-the-book detective on the case. But he learns to appreciate the talents of the amateur sleuth, who is also the daughter of his onetime mentor, retired detective Nick Colomba.

See the Premiere of
Matchmaker Mysteries: A Killer Engagement

Sunday, October 6, 2019

at 9pm/8c. on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Hope you enjoy the new premieres this weekend. I know some of us saw all or some of the movie, "Over the Moon in Love," when it was played late (or early, depending on how you look at it!) last weekend at 4:30am in the morning. That was obviously an error, because the Hallmark Channel is still promoting this movie Saturday night as THE premiere date/time. For those who saw it early, I hope you enjoyed it! I only saw some of it, so I'm looking forward to the premiere tonight. Although, I've heard from many of you- that it lacks Fall décor and scenery, which is, I must admit, rather disappointing for a Fall Harvest branded movie.

Anyway, I'll still be watching ,and I would watch the movie, "Tomboy," too... if only I had PixL. (Come on DirecTV - please add this channel to the line-up!) Hope some of you can watch it and let us know how you liked it. 

As for Sunday night, I'll have to record this one due to plans with family, but I can't wait to see the first, of hopefully many, "MatchMaker Mysteries!" This movie already looks quite suspenseful and enticing - from the promo videos alone! Looking forward to meeting these new characters and (maybe) solving this new Hallmark mystery!

Whatever your plans are for this weekend,
I hope you make it a good one!

Blessings to you all! Net 🍁

☀☀☀

Shining His Light!

With the premiere of "Over the Moon in Love" this weekend, I was thinking of how incredible the moon is and this profound scripture from Psalms came to mind...

"When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,

what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?

You have made them a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honor.

You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their feet:

all flocks and herds,
and the animals of the wild,

the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.

Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!"

~Psalm 8:3-9 (NIV)

Tomboy - a PixL Movie Premiere starring Makenzie Vega! 👉

MOVIE REVIEW

Movie: Tomboy

Network: PixL

Original Air Date: October 5, 2019

Rated: TV-PG

*Please note: This movie was filmed in 2017, but it will premiere for the first time on PixL this October. The star of the movie is Makenzie Vega, sister of Alexa PenaVega (Picture Perfect Mysteries, Love at Sea). Makenzie also starred in the Hallmark movie Love, Of Course and the Hallmark Hall of Fame film, The Beach House.

CAST:

Makenzie Vega ... Tori
Sal Stowers ... Krista
Tom Maden ... Adam
Greg Perrow ... Brian
Jeff Pierre ... Sam
Rylan Lee ... Rocky
Kevin P. Farley ... Randy
Greg Grunberg ... James
Aiden Lewandowski ... Gregory
Denise Richards ... Shelley
Luke White ... Sean
Jani Wang ... Marcy
Shvona Lavette Chung ... Blake
Anthony L. Fernandez ... William
Tyrone Emanuel ... Office Employee
Amanda Fields ... Celebrity
Apollo Garza ... Photographer
Trevor Gordon ... Baseball Coach
Ginger Horne ... Little League Parent
Karina Junker ... High Society Lady
Punnavith Koy ... Sports Agent
Nathan Dean Snyder ... Hawks Little League Coach


PLOT:

Storyline via PixL: A former tomboy finds herself torn between a man who's fallen for her new femininity and a friend who has always loved her for who she is.


Movie Review:

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*images via: PixL

"A Man for Every Month" also known as "My Favorite Bachelor" -- a PixL Original Movie -- Now Airing on the Hallmark Channel!

MOVIE REVIEW

Movie: A Man for Every Month / My Favorite Bachelor

Network / Air Date: PixL / February 2, 2019

Network / Air Date: Hallmark Channel / May 21, 2020

image: PixL

CAST:

Carlson Young ... Megan Collins
Jolene Blalock ... Brenda
Aaron Jakubenko ... Scott Stewart
Justene Alpert ... Vanessa Berg
Justin Deeley ... Jack
Najee De-Tiege ... Justin
Bradley Dodds ... February
Cole Gerdes ... March
Steven Good ... James Riley
Ashli Haynes ... Callie
Michael King ... Tyler Pallermo
Christian Ochoa ... Shawn
Jonathan Root ... May

PLOT:

Storyline via PixL: MEGAN (Carlson Young) is a quirky blogger at a large online news and entertainment company called Newsmaze. Content to sit behind her computer and post cat videos online, she doesn’t do a lot of dating. That all changes when her boss, BRENDA (Jolene Blalock), gives her a new assignment- she must go on a date with each of the 12 Bachelors they interviewed for their Man for Every Month column on eligible men. Megan freaks- she’s terrible at dating- and enlists the help of her beautiful roommate, Vanessa (Justene Alpert) to give her advice. Making everything worse is the fact that Megan must recap her dates in front of the camera for a live vlog directed by a cute new employee, Scott (Aaron Jakubenko). The dates are mostly disasters until Megan finally hits it off with Jack (Justin Deeley), an actor who seems just as quirky as she is.


Movie Review:

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*images via: PixL