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Katie Leclerc stars in Beverly Lewis “The Confession”

May 9, 2013 | By Barb Oates
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Katie Leclerc stars in Beverly Lewis The Confession: The Amish return to the spotlight in the Hallmark Channel original film The Confession (premiering Saturday, May 11 at 9pm ET). The film is an adaptation of best-selling author Beverly Lewis’ second novel in her Heritage of Lancaster County book series. Katie Leclerc (Switched at Birth) stars as Katie Lapp, a naive, young Amish woman shunned by her township, who goes looking for her birth mother, who is dying of cancer. Sherry Stringfield (ER), who starred in the first film of the book series — The Shunning — reprises her role as [...]

Mr. Hockey movie: Hallmark’s “Gordie Howe Story”

May 3, 2013 | By Ryan Berenz
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Mr. Hockey movie: “The Gordie Howe Story” on Hallmark Channel is the incredible legacy of hockey legend Gordie Howe, the only player to have competed in the NHL in five different decades (1940s through 1980s). Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story (Saturday, May 4, at 9pm ET) on Hallmark Channel is the incredible legacy of Gordie Howe, who, at age 45, returned to the ice after his NHL retirement for the opportunity to play professional hockey and win a championship with his sons. Michael Shanks (Stargate SG-1) stars as Howe, and Kathleen Robertson (Beverly Hills, 90210) stars as Mrs. Hockey, [...]

Katie Leclerc interview on “Switched At Birth,” “The Confession”

March 28, 2013 | By Barb Oates
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In our Katie Leclerc interview the Switched at Birth star talks new episodes, her new Hallmark Channel original film The Confession and more. The second half of Season 2 of Switched at Birth is coming fast for star Katie Leclerc, as the series returns to ABC Family June 10. “We start filming on April 9 and I’m so excited,” Leclerc says, although pretty much in the dark on upcoming story lines. “You know what? The only thing, literally, the only thing I know is that the first line of the script I’m in a bikini. So I’m like, ‘Thank you [...]

“Ladies and Gentlemen … Marie Osmond” intros Hallmark’s new host

September 21, 2012 | By Karl Paloucek
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Marie Osmond is on the cusp of a new adventure. Finally hosting her own series, Marie, on Hallmark Channel as of Oct. 1, she’s ready to take on the latest challenge going into her fifth decade in show business. But before she does, she hits Hallmark Channel tonight at 9pm ET/PT with the premiere of an introductory special, Ladies and Gentlemen … Marie Osmond, describing what it’s like, exactly, to live her life. As she opens her life to the public and invites America into her onscreen living room, Osmond is excited and understandably a little nervous. “I believe you [...]

Bill Engvall stars in Hallmark Channel’s “Kiss at Pine Lake”

May 14, 2012 | By Karl Paloucek
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Hallmark Channel pulls off a bit of a “first” this month with one of its original films. Comedian Bill Engvall, who’s been doing standup routines about parenting for decades, steps into his first dramatic role in Kiss at Pine Lake. The film is about Luke (Barry Watson), a young philanthropist trying to save the summer camp of his youth, and Zoe (Mia Kirshner), the girl who haunts his camp memories, representing the development firm that’s trying to wheedle it away from him. Engvall’s role is of Zoe’s father, though they’re largely estranged since her parents’ divorce. It’s a small part [...]

Genie Francis is back for Hallmark’s “Notes From the Heart Healer”

May 10, 2012 | By Karl Paloucek
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One of Hallmark Channel’s more successful original movie franchises gets a third installment this month in Notes From the Heart Healer. Genie Francis returns as advice columnist Peyton MacGruder, who, while on a visit to a harbor town as part of a tour for her just-published book, has a baby left on her doorstep by a teen, Violet (Laci Mailey), who can no longer afford to take care of him. Obviously concerned for this abandoned young life, Peyton is forced to confront her own emotions, having been pressured to give up her own child under similar circumstances. Thrilled on one [...]

Hallmark Channel unveiling “Undercover Bridesmaid”

April 12, 2012 | By Karl Paloucek
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I often pick on the people at Hallmark Channel and their hopelessly happy movies that always get wrapped up in a tidy little bow. They’re good sports about it, and they can take it — it’s a formula that’s done very well for them. A lot of people out there love Hallmark Channel’s original films and can’t wait until the next one arrives. At this point, they only have a few more days to wait, as Undercover Bridesmaid is set to hit Hallmark Channel this Sunday, April 15 at 8pm ET/PT. Undercover Bridesmaid stars Brooke Burns (The CW’s Melrose Place) [...]

“Mad Hungry” host Lucinda Scala Quinn is ready for the big game

January 20, 2012 | By Karl Paloucek
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Lucinda Scala Quinn is probably the leading authority on cooking for guys. It’s a discipline she learned the hard way. “I live with four men,” she says, referring to her husband and sons. “And I have all brothers. It’s just surrounded me my whole life.” Now, with the big game just around the corner, she’s preparing the ultimate guy’s day of food for her family and quite possibly for yours. She’ll be working on her menu the week of the big event on Hallmark Channel’s Mad Hungry With Lucinda Scala Quinn. Below, you’ll see that it’s tasty, not terribly complicated [...]

Melissa Gilbert is back in Hallmark Channel’s “The Christmas Pageant”

December 20, 2011 | By Karl Paloucek
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It’s been a few years since Melissa Gilbert has appeared in a project for TV, but she returned to TV this month in the Hallmark Channel original movie The Christmas Pageant, which airs tomorrow, Dec. 21, at 10pm, as well as numerous times throughout the week, and on Christmas Day. The film tells the story of a difficult, driven Broadway theater director whose temperament costs her job after job until her only offer is a small upstate town’s Christmas pageant — for which her former fiancé recommended her. For Gilbert, it was a comforting welcome home of sorts, as by [...]

Download Billy Ray Cyrus video “Home” FREE from Hallmark Channel

December 13, 2011 | By Karl Paloucek
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In conjunction with its new original film, Christmas Comes Home to Canaan, starring Billy Ray Cyrus — the sequel to 2009′s popular Christmas in Canaan — Hallmark Channel will offer viewers a FREE download of the video for Billy Ray Cyrus’ new song created especially for the film. Christmas Comes Home to Canaan will premiere Dec. 17 at 8pm ET/PT, and the music video will premiere directly afterward. According to Hallmark Channel, a QR code will appear onscreen on Hallmark Channel Friday, Dec. 16, from 9:30-10pm ET/PT, and again on Saturday, Dec. 17, at approximately 10pm ET/PT. Three alerts will be issued [...]