Hallmark Christmas Movies 🎄 comfort & joy ❤️

[Worfiedoodles]

Since we know some of stars signed exclusive contracts with either Hallmark or GAF, I've been curious to find out if we will see holes in the Hallmark Christmas movie schedule.

Here is a quick list of all the STARS who will be in Hallmark movies this season. (Usually we just get a calendar schedule listing the title of the movie, but not listing the stars.) Other than Candace & Danica missing, it does look like Hallmark has been able to spread out the other favorite stars pretty well. I see only a handful of movies that have no one I recognize.


Hallmark Christmas 2022 schedule:

• October 21: The first movie is “Noel Next Door” starring Natalie Hall and Corey Sevier.
• October 22: Kristoffer Polaha and Marisol Nichols star in “We Wish You a Married Christmas.”
• October 23: “A Kismet Christmas” with Sarah Ramos, Carlo Marks, and Marilu Henner.
• October 28: “A Cozy Christmas Inn,” stars Jodi Sweetin and David O’Donnel.
• October 29: Will Kemp stars with Reshma Shetty in “Jolly Good Christmas.”
• October 30: A new retelling of “A Christmas Carol” called “Ghosts of Christmas Always,” stars Kim Matula, Ian Harding, Beth Leavel, Lori Tan Chinn, and Reginald VelJohnson.
• November 4: Luke Macfarlane & Alison Sweeney and Marlo Thomas star in “A Magical Christmas Village.”
• November 5: “Lights Camera Christmas” with Kimberley Sustad and John Brotherton.
• November 6: “All Saints Christmas” with Ledisi and Roger Cross.
• November 11: “In Merry Measure” with Brendan Penny, Jennifer Robertson, and Patti Murin. This one’s about a pop star coming back home.
• November 12: “The Royal Nanny” with Rachel Skarsten, Dan Jeannotte, and Greta Scacchi. This one is about an M15 agent working for a royal family. A prince-themed movie.
• November 13: “Christmas at the Golden Dragon” with Kara Wang, Osric Chau, Sara Canning, Antonio Cupo, and Barbara Niven.
• November 18: Tamera Mowry-Housley & Ronnie Rowe Jr. star in “Inventing the Christmas Prince.”
• November 19: “Three Wise Men and a Baby,” stars Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker, Paul Campbell, and Margaret Colin.
• November 20: Niall Matter & Shenae Grimes-Beech and Beth Broderick star in “When I Think of Christmas.”

The Hallmark Thanksgiving DOUBLE FEATURE weekend schedule:

• November 24: “My Southern Family Christmas” with Jaicy Elliot, Bruce Campbell.
• November 25: Brant Daugherty and Clare Bowen star in “#Xmas.”
• November 25: Hunter King and Jordan Renzo star in “A Royal Corgi Christmas.” This is a prince-themed movie.
• November 26: “A Tale of Two Christmases” with Kat Barrell, Chandler Massey, and Evan Roderick.
• November 26: Lacey Chabert & Wes Brown star in “Haul Out the Holly.”
• November 26: “Time for Him to Come Home for Christmas” with Tyler Hynes on Hallmark Mysteries.
• November 27: Victor Webster and Rachel Boston are starring in “A Christmas Cookie Catastrophe.”
• November 27: “A Holiday Spectacular” with Ginna Claire Mason and the Rockettes!

December:

• December 2: Jack Wagner & Shannon Chan-Kent star in “A Big Fat Family Christmas.”
• December 3: Ryan Paevey & Brooke D’Orsay star in “A Fabled Holiday.”
• December 4: “Undercover Holiday” with Noemi Gonzalez and Stephen Huszar. This is another movie about a pop star coming home for Christmas.
• December 9: “The Most Colorful Time of the Year” with Christopher Russell and Katrina Bowden. About a colorblind teacher and an optometrist whose the mother of one of his students.
• December 10: “Christmas Class Reunion” with Aimee Teegarden and Tanner Novlan.
• December 11: Jonathan Bennett with George Krissa and Chelsea Hobbs “The Holiday Sitter.”
• December 16: Holly Robinson Peete is in a Kwanzaa themed movie called “Holiday Heritage.
• December 17: “Twas the Night Before Christmas” with Torrey DeVitto and Zane Holtz. About a former actress trying to become a director.
• December 18: The very last movie of the Hallmark season is a Hanukkah movie. “Hanukkah on Rye” stars Jeremy Jordan, Yael Grobglas, and Lisa Loeb.

On Hallmark Movies & Mysteries:

• October 22: “We Need a Little Christmas” with Erica Durance, Patrick Sabongui, and Lynn Whitfield. This one is about a single mom whose husband just recently died.
• October 29: “Christmas Bedtime Stories” with Erin Cahill, Steve Lund, and Charlie Weber. It’s about a woman whose husband went MIA while deployed.
• November 1: “Our Italian Christmas Memories” with Beau Bridges and Sarah Power.
• November 5: Andrew Walker & Peyton List are starring in “A Maple Valley Christmas.” It’s about a man who disrupts the plans of a rancher who’s always worked on her family farm.
• November 19: Taylor Cole and Benjamin Ayres star in “Long Lost Christmas.” It is about an interior designer trying to make the perfect Christmas gift for her mom.
• November 26: “Time for Him to Come Home for Christmas” stars Tyler Hynes & Holly Roden.
• December 3: Mahogany brand movie, “The Holiday Stocking,” stars Nadine Ellis, B.J. Britt, Karon Riley, Tamala Jones, and Mykelti Williamson.
• December 10: Nikki DeLoach and Brennan Elliott star in “The Gift of Peace.” It’s more of a faith-based movie about a widow who stopped believing in God after her husband died.
• December 17 - Hallmark’s last Christmas movie of the season: The “Five More Minutes” sequel starring Ashley Williams and Lucas Bryant. This is about a widow’s wish for her son.

The only other one I’ll miss is Trevor Donovan. I’m sure I’ll think of others, but this looks pretty good!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Wow! Thank you, Imzadi!

 

[Imzadi]

Last two non-Christmas movies of the year.

Saturday:

Autumn in the City is on at 8pm ET on the Hallmark Channel.
Re-airs: Sun 10/16 at 6pm ET
and Tues 10/18 at 4pm ET
and Thurs 10/20 at 8pm ET

Starring: Aimee Teegarden and Evan Roderick.

Description: Piper has decided to pursue her career passion and moves to New York for a fresh start.

There, she takes temp jobs that are invigorating, working all over the city, meeting different people. That includes Austin, an aspiring writer.

The magical autumn in the big city brings them closer together. As Piper realizes her true passion is illustration. So they decide to team up on a children’s book project.

As they work together, they soon learn that perhaps what they both were searching for was each other.

 

[Imzadi]

Sunday:

Perfect Harmony is on at 9pm ET on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
Re-airs: Tues 10/18 at 7pm ET
and Thurs 10/20 at 9pm ET

Starring: James Denton, Sherri Saum, along with real life husband & wife: Peter Benton & Julia Benton, and James' son Sheppard Denton! (The father & son previously starred in 2016’s For Love & Honor together.)

Description: Denton portrays Jack Chandeller while Saum plays Barrett Woodword. When their mutual friends, Naomi (Julia Benson) and Simon (Peter Benson), are ready to tie the knot, they ask the duo to be Best Man and Maid of Honor.

Barrett have been like oil and water since they met 10 years prior but, to support Naomi and Simon, they agree to set aside their differences. At the engagement party, Barrett is horrified to learn Jack’s plan for party music was nothing more than a playlist. She guilts him into performing but he insists she join him on stage, much to his son Teddy’s (Sheppard Denton) dismay as Barrett also happens to be his professor.

Jack and Barrett bring down the house with their duet and with that, the frost between them begins to thaw. As Jack and Barrett continue to spend time together leading up to the wedding, they surprisingly find themselves getting along. Slowly, they begin to change their perceptions of each other and find they may be more in tune than either of them would have imagined.

 

[Imzadi]

Also, this Sunday is the series finale of Chesapeake Shores at 8pm ET.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I've had Hallmark Drama on most of the day today. They've been showing a marathon of Waltons movies.

 

[Imzadi]

The Hallmark Christmas Movies 2022 season has started on both Hallmark channels.

They have also started on the Great American Family (GAF) channel.

New Christmas movies are premiering on Hallmark starting tonight, and every Friday, Saturday & Sunday night at 8pm ET.

And on Saturday nights at 10pm ET on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries featuring their theme: Miracles of Christmas.

GAF will have a new movie premiering on Saturday nights at 8pm ET. (Also on Sunday nights starting next weekend.)

NOTE: ALL Hallmark & GAF movies start on the even hours. So you can flip between channels after you've completed watching one whole movie instead of always coming in during the middle of a movie.


You can get the FrndlyTV app starting at $6.99 to watch some of the new GAF movie premieres.

Frndly TV is up to 40+ channels now, including GAF, the 3 Hallmark channels, Lifetime, UPtv & PixL.

Frndly TV works with Apple, Android, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Chromecast, and you can cancel your subscription anytime. Try the FREE 7-day trial.

https://try.frndlytv.com/home-3

 

[Imzadi]

Schedules at a glance:

Complete list of Christmas movies for 2022:
(Includes the Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, GAF, Lifetime, UPtv and Netflix.)

Just the Hallmark Channel 2022:

Click HERE to download the schedule as a PDF file.

Hallmark also has an app with a checklist, so you can mark off which movies you've seen. Click HERE for it.

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries: Miracles of Christmas 2022:

Great American Family (GAF) Christmas Movies 2022:

Lifetime Christmas Movies 2022:

UPtv Christmas Movies 2022:

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I LOVE the compiled, easy to read movie list, Imzadi, thank you so much! I do have two movies set to record this weekend. We Need a Little Christmas and Destined at Christmas. Have a wonderful weekend everyone and enjoy a new movie!

 

[elgerber]

Schedules at a glance:

Complete list of Christmas movies for 2022:
(Includes Hallmark Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, GAF, Lifetime, UPtv and Netflix.)

Just the Hallmark Channel 2022:

Click HERE to download the schedule as a PDF file.

Hallmark also has an app with a checklist, so you can mark off which movies you've seen. Click HERE for it.

Hallmark Movies Miracles of Christmas 2022:

Great American Family (GAF) Christmas Movies 2022:

Bring 'em on!!

 

[Imzadi]

Late reminder:

Tonight's movie is

Noel Next Door on at 8pm ET on the Hallmark Channel.
Re-airs: Sat 10/22 at 6pm ET
Sun 10/30 at 2pm ET
Wed 11/2 at 10pm ET

Starring: Natalie Hall and Corey Sevier.

Description: A single mother gets into a war of words with an irritable neighbor who’s ruining Christmas, only to find that this misunderstood Grinch is the man who’s stolen her heart.

 

[Imzadi]

For those of you shouting, "I want to see some Halloween romantic comedies!" Unfortunately, according to the networks, "Halloween doesn’t have a global appeal like Christmas does."

Hilarie Burton and Robert Buckley have a script ready for a Halloween rom-com.

No one has picked up the movie script yet, Hilarie revealed, including Lifetime. Hilarie shared the story on Twitter in response to a fan tweeting that Hilarie and Robert would be perfect for a Halloween-themed rom-com.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1579471312853925889

One fan, Michael Smith tweeted that he knew Hilarie had issues with Hallmark in the past. [A few years ago, while preparing for a Hallmark movie, Hilarie requested that the movie include some diverse casting, including an LGBTQ character and an interracial couple. Back then, they denied her requests and told her to take the job or leave it." She left and went to Lifetime where they included her requests.] Smith wrote, "Maybe Hallmark would be interested now that things are different at the network. Maybe pitch your Halloween movie to Hallmark. Everyone deserves another chance especially when things are changing in the right way at the network.”

Samantha S. tweeted, “So many of us who adore your Practical Magic vibes/aesthetic would eat this idea up! We need more of it! ”

Others suggested Netflix as a possible platform.

Robert Buckley joined in with:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1579517871310671873

 

[elgerber]

For those of you shouting, "I want to see some Halloween romantic comedies!" Unfortunately, according to the networks, "Halloween doesn’t have a global appeal like Christmas does."

Hilarie Burton and Robert Buckley have a script ready for a Halloween rom-com.

No one has picked up the movie script yet, Hilarie revealed, including Lifetime and Hallmark. Hilarie shared the story on Twitter in response to a fan tweeting that Hilarie and Robert would be perfect for a Halloween-themed rom-com.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1579471312853925889

Robert Buckley joined in with:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1579517871310671873

That’s funny. My dd, who has only ever watched one Hallmark movie with me (she is 26) just said to me last week, they need to make Halloween movies . I love Hilarie I would be up for that.

 

[Imzadi]

Reminder :

There are now 3 new Christmas movies on Saturdays. (When Lifetime and UPtv start, there will be 5 new Christmas movies on just Saturdays. )

Tonight:
We Wish You a Married Christmas is on at 8pm ET on the Hallmark Channel.
Re-airs: Sun 10/23 at 6pm ET
Thurs 11/27 at 8pm ET

Starring: Kristoffer Polaha and Marisol Nichols.

Description: Taking advice from a marriage coach, a couple visit a quiet town to reconnect during Christmastime.

Someone already created a drinking game for this movie!

Take a drink when…

• People are dressed in historical clothing
  
• You see an alpaca
  
• You spot an ugly Christmas sweater
• Someone drinks cocoa, cider, or eggnog
  
• Becca and Robby participate in a new holiday tradition
• You notice something that shows it wasn’t winter when this was filmed
  
• You spot a gingerbread man
  
• You spot a top hat
  
• Their car repair gets delayed
  
• You spot Becca and Robby’s dog

Finish your drink if…

• Becca and Robby decide to move to Gracious
• Becca and Robby fall in love again

Credit goes to: Kim at Hallmark Movie Happy Hour

 

[Imzadi]

Tonight also at 8pm ET:

Destined at Christmas is on the Great American Family (GAF) channel.
Re-airs: Sun 10/23 at 10am ET
Sun 10/23 at 6pm ET
Mon 10/24 at 8pm ET
Wed 10/26 at 2pam ET
Sat 10/29 at 6pm ET

Kim and Theo meet in the midst of Black Friday shopping madness but there’s a definite spark between them. When a power outage causes some panic at a store, the couple gets separated. With Christmas coming, there should be plenty of distractions but neither Kim nor Theo can forget the other. Both yearn to find each other but how with so little information to go on? It’ll take a little Christmas magic and destiny to bring them back together.

Tonight at 10pm ET:

We Need a Little Christmas is on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
Re-airs: Sun 10/23 at 6pm ET
Tues 10/25 at 8pm ET
Sat 10/29 at 4pm ET
Fri 11/04 at 12pm ET

Starring: Erica Durance, Patrick Sabongui and Lynn Whitfield.

Description: Facing her first Christmas as a single mother, Julie (Durance) and her son develop an unexpected friendship with an older neighbor, Irene (Whitfield,) an elderly woman with a zest for life but is very much alone. The new neighbors bring a lot of life to the neighborhood. The two women begin to bond over their similar situations. To thank Irene, Julie plans a Christmas surprise for her new neighbor. She wants to repay her kindness and friendship.

 

[wabbott]

Reminder:


It's a twofer weekend again. (Plus Chesapeake Shores.)

Saturday:
Marry Me in Yosemite is on at 8pm ET on the Hallmark Channel.
Re-airs: Sun 9/4 at 12pm ET
and Thus 9/9 at 8pm ET
and Sat 9/10 at 2pm ET

Starring: Cindy Busby, Tyler Harlow, Tim Halpin, Lexsy McKowen.

Description: Zoe (Busby) is a top photojournalist who has published successful coffee table books featuring her images of iconic places. Her publisher wants her next subject to be Yosemite, so she heads west despite not being sure can do justice to the majesty of the landscape. (Yosemite landscapes were made famous by photographer Ansel Adams.) While there, she meets Jack (Harlow), an intriguing tour guide who opens her eyes to new possibilities as they take a journey together.”

Not normally a Hallmark movie viewer, but I made an exception here. Yosemite's scenery is truly world class, and the movie does justice to the park. A little history is mixed in, too. Think Ansel Adams.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I Have We Need a Little Christmas set to DVR tonight. Still need to watch previously recorded Falling for Vermont though first. Wishing all of you a good evening with an enjoyable movie, too!

 

[Imzadi]

Reminder for tonight:

Sunday:

A Kismet Christmas is on at 8pm ET on the Hallmark Channel.
Re-airs: Fri 10/28 at 6pm ET
Tues 11/1 at 8pm ET
Sat 11/5 at 4pm ET

Starring: Sarah Ramos, Carlo Marks, and Marilu Henner.

Description: A children’s author reconnects with her hometown, family, and teenage crush while confronting a family legend that may actually be true.

 

[Imzadi]

The newest star to sign an exclusive, multi-picture contract with Hallmark is Erin Cahill.

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/erin-cahill-hallmark-media-overall-deal-1235413153/

And some disappointing news I read, although I haven't had a chance to look over Great American Family (GAF's) Christmas schedule to verify this, that Trevor Donovan has no Christmas movie in the lineup.

Trevor was one of the first stars who signed an exclusive contract with GAC Media. The only thing he is appearing in this season is Dancing With the Stars. And he may only be on that another week or two.

I have to wonder if his contract with GAC Media didn't work out the way he wanted. Or if they are saving him for non-Christmas movies, which there weren't that many of this year. Either way, it may have left him scrambling to find other work.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

I like Erin Cahill! She has that infectious enthusiasm but it’s dialed down a notch from Ashley Wiiiams