This Weekend in TV Movies: 💐 Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue... 💐

The Hallmark Channel continues this weekend with *something new*... their second June Weddings movie premiere!

If you'd like to watch *something old*... there are many older classics- including Christmas movies, rom-coms, and mysteries, airing Friday through Sunday.

The *something borrowed*... would be the characters from the original "Aurora Teagarden" series.

And *something blue*... would be the beautiful water seen in "Love's Greek to Me."

See all of the movie details below...


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Saturday, June 10, 2023:

On Saturday the Hallmark Channel has a full day of destination rom-com's leading up to the premiere of...

Love's Greek to Me

Storyline: When Ilana travels to Santorini with her Greek boyfriend Mike for his sister Alex’s wedding, she’s thrilled to be asked to be her American Maid of Honor. Mike surprises Ilana by proposing, leaving Ilana caught in the whirlwind created by his well-meaning and overly enthusiastic mother, Athena.

Love's Greek to Me

Premieres Saturday, June 10, 2023

at 8pm/7c. on the Hallmark Channel

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Programming Notes...




Friday, June 9, 2023: 

Christmas Movie Classics:
(Schedule - Eastern Standard Time)

Call Me Mrs. Miracle - Great American Family - 8pm

Christmas in Tahoe - Hallmark Channel - 8pm





Friday, June 9, 2023:

 
Following a mini "Aurora Teagarden" marathon on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, starring Candace Cameron Bure, from 5-9pm EST., is the premiere of "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Something New," with Skyler Samuels as young Aurora Teagarden at 9pm EST.

"Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Something New" Storyline: Young Aurora Teagarden returns home to Lawrenceton after college to pursue her post-grad degree and finds herself embroiled in a mystery involving her friend Sally's fiancé.

Since they are doing this new "Aurora Teagarden" movie without Candace Cameron Bure and recasting other key characters, as well, including younger versions of Sally and Arthur, this movie is a pass personally for me. Please share if you plan to watch the new "Aurora Teagarden" in comments below.






Saturday, June 10, 2023:

For those of you who have expressed interest in the "Blue Ridge" TV series that is coming to the Cowboy Way Channel in either late 2023 or early 2024, I wanted you to know INSP will have an encore showing of the original "Blue Ridge" film this weekend - Saturday morning at 12am EST. - midnight!

Plus, the Cowboy Way Channel is airing "Blue Ridge" three times this weekend, Friday at 8pm and Saturday at 4am and 12pm EST.

"Blue Ridge" Storyline: Ex-Green Beret, Justin Wise, leaves his dangerous life to be nearer his ex-wife and young daughter to become the sheriff of a sleepy, small town cut out of the Blue Ridge Mountains. But his quiet life is soon disrupted when he finds himself fighting to keep this mountain community from exploding into violence. (Please note: This film is rated TV-PG-13.)




Saturday, June 10, 2023 and Sunday, June 11, 2023:

An "Aurora Teagarden" Marathon, starring Candace Cameron Bure, continues Saturday and Sunday on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries! 

See the marathon Saturday, 11am - 11pm and Sunday, 11am - 7pm, followed by an encore airing of "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Something New" at 7pm and "The Dancing Detective: A Deadly Tango" at 9pm EST.





Friday, June 9, 2023 - Sunday, June 11, 2023:

Recommended Classic Rom-Com's:

The Winter Palace - Great American Family - Friday at 6pm

Hearts Down Under - Hallmark Channel - Saturday at 10am

Pearl in Paradise - Hallmark Channel - Saturday at 2pm

How to Fall in Love - Hallmark Drama - Saturday at 5pm

Love, Romance & Chocolate - Hallmark Channel - Saturday at 6pm

Elevator Girl - UPtv - Sunday at 1pm

The Wedding Veil Journey - Hallmark Channel - Sunday at 8pm

Just Jake - UPtv - Sunday at 9pm

Weekend thoughts...

I hope you all have a pleasant weekend ahead. For those of you who have been affected by the smoke coming down from the wildfires in Canada, I sure hope it lifts, and blue skies will return soon for you. Our skies have been somewhat hazy here in the Midwest, but nothing like the orange sky images I've seen on TV and social media from New York and other surrounding states. That is so eerie looking.

I'm also hoping and praying we will receive some much-needed rain this weekend. We've been in a drought for some time now, and the crops here on our family farm certainly need moisture; everything is so dry and dusty. Are any of you experiencing this, as well? Some family members are experiencing dry, scratchy eyes, and we're not sure if that's due to the lack of rain or haze. Our sweet white kitty was playing in the yard, and due to the dry, dusty conditions, he came back mostly gray! Poor thing. I tried to clean him up, but as you know, water and kitty cats don't mix!

Not sure I'll get the chance to watch the new June Weddings movie over the weekend due to plans, but my DVR is already set. Do you plan to watch it or something else?

Please Note: I haven't screened the new movies. If you'd like to share a review after they air, please do so in comments below...

Have a blessed weekend, everyone!

Net

☀️ SHINING HIS LIGHT ☀️

"Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life."

~Psalm 143:8

🎄 Great American Family Announces "Destined At Christmas 2"! 🎄

More wonderful Christmas movie news today from Great American Family!!!

"Destined At Christmas 2," starring Shae Robbins and Casey Elliott, is coming to the network this Christmas!!!

In the first movie (if you haven't seen it), Kim (Shae Robbins) and Theo (Casey Elliott) meet by chance on Black Friday while shopping for gifts amongst a busy crowd of shoppers. The two are unexpectedly separated and cannot find each other. Unfortunately, neither asked for a full name nor shared a phone number - so they have no way of reaching out. It would end there, except both Kim and Theo felt an undeniable connection, and they try to search for each other throughout the Christmas season!

Great American Family promo for "Destined At Christmas 2":
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📣 MORE Exciting News! YOU asked for it, so #GreatAmericanFamily is bringing back @CaseyCElliott & #ShaeRobins in #DestinedAtChristmas2 premiering later this year as part of #GreatAmericanChristmas! #Calendar #WelcomeHome pic.twitter.com/oFMygxkMdT

— Great American Family (@GAfamilyTV) June 8, 2023

My Quick Take:

How exciting to hear Great American Family is bringing Shae Robbins and Casey Elliott back to reprise their roles for this sequel. The original film was such a hit among many viewers last year; I have a feeling the original and the sequel are destined to win many hearts over again this Christmas!

I personally loved the whole mystery aspect of both Kim and Theo following the clues while attempting to find one another again. My head is already spinning with potential storyline ideas for this sequel. Will Kim and Theo still be together? Will they be thinking of getting married?

I can't help but hope somehow they sneak into the script some way for Casey Elliott to sing. He has such an amazing voice in real-life and is part of the musical group GENTRI. (In fact, Shae's husband, Brad, is also one of the members of the group.)

What are your thoughts on this sequel? Please share in comments below...

May your day be Merry & Bright,

Net

🎄 Behind the Scenes of "Paris Christmas Waltz" with Jen Lilley...

Bonjour, dear friends!

Yesterday, Great American Family made the official announcement that "Paris Christmas Waltz" is coming to their channel this Christmas season! I know many of us are extra excited about this!

Jen Lilley, along with her co-star, Matthew Morrison, have been practicing their dancing steps for weeks in Bucharest, Romania - leading up to the start of filming this week in Paris!

While I don't usually show a lot of behind-the-scenes shots of Christmas movies while they are filming due to the incredible amount of them out there on social media, I just had to make an exception with this one. Plus, Jen Lilley was so sweet to share my post/link in her IG stories, I simply couldn't resist sharing some delightful on-the-set images.

First, I had to share this screen-grab of Jen Lilley and Matthew Morrison... hamming it up together between filming while discussing the proper way to say the instrument, the ukulele.

Hmmm??? Wonder if someone plays the ukulele in the film?

Jen also couldn't resist showing some of the Christmas set designs, including the adorable Santa Claus statue pictured above. With tears forming in her eyes, she shares how magical all of the Christmas decorations look and how the set designers aren't even done adding to the holiday decor!

While admiring all of the Christmas around her, Jen also shared how close she feels to her character, Emma, who apparently loves Christmas as much as she does!

Also joining Jen Lilley on the "Paris Christmas Waltz" movie set, is the former Home & Family host, Debbie Matenopoulos, who has a role in the movie as Camille. The two shared a fun moment when they filmed their scene together, plus Debbie posted some production shots behind the camera.

In celebration of the movie announcement, fans, friends, and fellow actors, flocked to social media to give their congratulations to Jen Lilley and Matthew Morrison. One fan asked if the two would also be singing a duet, to which Jen replied, "maybe," while adding the smiling face and clapping hands emoji.

My favorite message came from Will Kemp, who performed in the original "Christmas Waltz," which was also written and directed by Michael and Janeen Damian.

Will exclaimed, "Very exciting! Huge congratulations. Send my love to everyone." Then he included some fun emojis... clapping hands, fire, and dancing.

Jen responded with, "@iamwillkemp will do! We love you Will and @thereallacey ❤️"

Of course, Jen Lilley is referring to Lacey Chabert, since Will and Lacey starred together in the original "Christmas Waltz," which was a major ratings hit and fan-favorite. I'm sure both Jen and Matthew know they have big dancing shoes to fill. But, hopefully, they also feel the incredible love and support from their fans who are encouraging them along - as they are filming this new "Paris Christmas Waltz" movie for Great American Family!

I also couldn't resist sharing these extra screen-grabs of Jen and Matthew laughing together behind the scenes! Looks like this is going to be a fun movie!


Happy filming to Jen Lilley, Matthew Morrison, Debbie Matenopoulos, producers Michael and Janeen Damian, and all of the cast and crew involved with the production of "Paris Christmas Waltz"!

Have a wonderful time in Paris!

Au Revoir, Net

🌟🎄 Great American Family Announces PARIS CHRISTMAS WALTZ Starring Jen Lilley and Matthew Morrison 🎄🌟

It's official! The newest "Christmas Waltz" will premiere on Great American Family THIS Christmas and will star Jen Lilley (Royally Wrapped for Christmas, USS Christmas) and Matthew Morrison (Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical Live!)

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See all of the details via 

Great American Media's press release:

THE LEGACY OF 

MICHAEL AND JANEEN DAMIAN’S

 CHRISTMAS WALTZ

COMES TO 

GREAT AMERICAN CHRISTMAS

FROM THE WORLD’S 

MOST ROMANTIC CITY,

PARIS CHRISTMAS WALTZ, 

STARRING JEN LILLEY 

AND MATTHEW MORRISON

NEW YORK, NY – June 6, 2023 – Great American Family today announced the legacy of Michael and Janeen Damian’s beloved Christmas Waltz franchise is coming to Great American Christmas with the all-new Paris Christmas Waltz, starring Jen Lilley (B&B Merry, “Days of Our Lives”) and Emmy® and Golden Globe Award® nominee, Matthew Morrison (“Glee”). Shot on location in the world’s most romantic city, Paris Christmas Waltz, sweeps viewers into the magic of the city’s most iconic destinations and is already creating buzz as the year’s most anticipated holiday original movie. Great American Christmas returns October 21 with new holiday movie premieres every Saturday and Sunday and 24/7 Christmas movies through the end of the year.

Michael Damian and Janeen Damian have collaborated on 17 original movies, including the highest-rated holiday film of 2020, The Christmas Waltz. The prolific team has written all 17 films together with Michael Damian having directed all except two of the films, Falling for Christmas and Irish Wish, which Janeen Damian directed. The pair is also the auspices behind the Great American Christmas hit of 2021, A Hot Cocoa Christmas.

In Paris Christmas Waltz, Emma relinquishes her job so a colleague with a family will keep his. Contemplating life’s next steps, Emma meets a professional dancer, Leo whose love for competitive dancing is waning, until a once in a lifetime opportunity arises for the novice to join the pro and sweep all of Paris off its feet.

Paris Christmas Waltz is executive produced by Brad Krevoy, Amy Krell, Jimmy Townsend, and Lorenzo Nardini. Janeen Damian produces. Michael Damian directs from an original screenplay by Janeen Damian and Michael Damian. Brad Krevoy’s MPCA Films is the leading producer of holiday movies.


ABOUT GREAT AMERICAN FAMILY

Great American Family is America’s premiere destination for quality family-friendly programming, including original holiday movies, rom-coms and fan-favorite series that celebrate faith, family and country. Great American Family is home to year-round seasonal celebrations including Great American Christmas, the network’s signature franchise featuring holiday-themed movies and specials. Founded in 2021, Great American Family is part of the Great American Media portfolio of brands. Follow Great American Family on Twitter: @GAfamilyTV Facebook: @GAfamilytv Instagram: @gactv

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Pam Slay
Network Program Publicity
818.415.3784
pamslay@gacmedia.com

Mead Rust
469.663.7717
meadrust@gacmedia.com

My Quick Take:

I'm so happy we finally have confirmation that Matthew Morrison is, indeed, Jen Lilley's opposite/love interest/dancing partner in Great American Family's "Paris Christmas Waltz!"

Matthew Morrison was my last guess, and I know many of you thought it was Matthew, too! Thank you to all who participated in trying to guess Jen Lilley's co-star. That was a lot of fun. Was Matthew your guess, too? Please share in comments below.

And now that they just began filming yesterday, I know we'll look forward to seeing this movie this Christmas season on Great American Family!

Have a Merry Day!

Net

🌟 Answers Revealed for the Patriotic Christmas Movie Challenge 🌟

Thank you to all who participated in the latest *It's a Wonderful Movie* Christmas Movie Challenge!

For our Christmas game on May 25th, which marked 7 months 'til Christmas, the challenge was to guess 10 Patriotic Christmas movies (since it was close to Memorial Day) - based on the images/screen grabs given for each movie.

(If you want to see the challenge without the answers, see the original game - here.)

* SPOILER ALERT *

Keep scrolling down to see the ANSWERS...



1.

The Christmas Card (2006)
Starring Ed Asner, John Newton, Alice Evans, and Lois Nettleton



2.

USS Christmas (2020)
Starring Jen Lilley, Trevor Donovan, Barbara Niven



3.

A Veteran's Christmas (2018)
Starring Eloise Mumford and Sean Faris



4.

The Christmas Note (2015)
Starring Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Leah Gibson, and Greg Vaughan



5.

Holiday for Heroes (2019)
Starring Marc Blucas and Melissa Claire Egan



6.

Christmas Homecoming (2017)
Starring Julie Benz and Michael Shanks



7.

Write Before Christmas (2019)
Starring Torrey DeVitto, Chad Michael Murray, Drew Seeley, Geoff Gustafson, Lolita Davidovich, Grant Show, Madison Smith, and Lanie McAuley



8.

A Homecoming for the Holidays (2019)
Starring Laura Osnes and Stephen Huszar



9.

Operation Christmas (2016)
Starring Tricia Helfer and Marc Blucas



10.

Journey Back to Christmas (2016)
Starring Candace Cameron Bure, Oliver Hudson and Tom Skerritt



Here are the scores of those who played the Patriotic Christmas Movie Challenge...

Abigail - 10

Namegirl - 4

Jersey Joe – 9

Allie B – 10

Paula – 9

CJ – 6

Chris – 6

Joyce in Carolina – 9

Anonymous – 10

Maria – 7

Debbie – 10

Dani – 10

dstoutholcomb – 9

Rob - 10

Alison Pearson - 10


(You can see their individual responses in the comment area under the original post with the game - here.)

Thank you, again, to all who participated!

Since this was a patriotic game that honored our military, I also want to share how grateful I am to those who serve our country every day and defend our freedom.

In addition, I want to express a special message of gratitude to Debbie, who played this game and shared with us that she is a veteran who currently works for the Army. Thank you, Debbie, for your bravery, sacrifice, commitment, and service to this country. May God bless you and protect all of our active military and veterans!

I hope you all had fun with this game. Look for the next Christmas challenge on June 25th!

May your day be

Merry & Bright!

Net 🎄