Deck The Hallmark

It's time for another Lifetime Christmas throwback! ABOUT EVERY OTHER HOLIDAY Recently-separated parents Tracie and Rick spend every other holiday with their young daughters Harper and Ava. This Christmas, the girls have only one thing on their wish lists: to spend Christmas with both Mom and Dad at Tracie's family farmhouse. The temporary reunion will be no walk in the park for Tracie and Rick, but perhaps this Christmas gathering can help rekindle their love. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR EVERY OTHER HOLIDAY November 23, 2018 | TV Movie CAST & CREW OF EVERY OTHER HOLIDAY Director: Blair Hayes Writer: Andrea Gyertson Nasfell Cast: Schuyler Fisk as Tracie David Clayton Rogers as Rick Dee Wallace as Mimi Glenn Morshower as Ed Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

IT'S PROM NIGHT....kinda!  About this episode: The Hallmark Christmas cruise docks in Cozumel, Mexico, where challenges, surprises, and life-changing moments await the passengers. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review! ABOUT SNOWBOUND FOR THE HOLIDAYS A ski lodge owner faces financial ruin and possible loss of his family's mountain retreat. As he grapples with mounting debt, a savvy hotel executive arrives to assess the property, setting the stage for an unexpected holiday adventure. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR SNOWBOUND FOR THE HOLIDAYS July 18, 2026 | Hallmark Channel CAST & CREW OF SNOWBOUND FOR THE HOLIDAYS Director: Christopher Giroux Writers: Courtney McAllister, Tim Stubinski Cast: Vanessa Lengies as Cassidy Evergreen Marcus Rosner as Trey Sanderson BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS Trey Sanderson runs a ski lodge but still finds time to get out there on the slopes. Trey is a unique fella who still prefers to listen to his tunes with a Walkman and crappy headphones. We then meet Cassidy Evergreen who helps run hotels with her bossy mom. She wants to be VP of Operations. Her mom is like nah. You don't have what it takes. You're not tough enough. Plus, she spends money on custom ornaments. That's not what executives do. Cassidy says well how about I go assess a property and show you I have what it takes to make big decisions. Of course, that property happens to be a certain ski lodge. Trey's father-in-law, Sam, who Trey runs the lodge with, tells him that he's ready to retire and he thinks they should consider selling to a dude named Asherton. Trey isn't having it. He's not ready to give up on this place. Cassidy shows up and checks in and is immediately charmed by Trey's daughter, Lilly. Speaking of Trey, the lights flicker and he ends up bumping into Cassidy, spilling her hot chocolate all over the floor. Talk about a meet cute! It doesn't take Cassidy long to realize that this place is struggling. The snowmobiles aren't working. And to make matters worse, the power goes out. And we're only a few days from Christmas Fest! Trey realizes who Cassidy is and is quickly annoyed by how much she pipes in with her thoughts and opinions. She overhears him talking to Sam about how he doesn't want to sell. She says I want to help you save your lodge by making Christmas Fest bigger and better than ever and maybe get it into some new technology in the process. She starts opening up to him about how she feels like her mom doesn't really believe in her. And he opens up to her about the loss of his wife. She tells him that if he does need to sell, he could also work into the deal that he needs to stay on and keep the staff. They go out tubing together and when they get back to the lodge, she's shocked to see that her mom showed up. Clearly she doesn't trust her to do this on her own! Her mom hears about what she's doing and tells her if you're banking on Christmas Fest saving the day, you're setting yourself up for disappointment. Turns out, her mom actually went to the lodge as a kid, every year for 10 years. That explains why she and Sam were flirty flirty the night before. After dancing to some music on his tape player the night before she's supposed to leave, they end up ALMOSTTTT kissing, but are interrupted by his daughter. They go to a Christmas lantern event and almost kiss again. They say their goodbyes and it's very sweet but she ends up missing her flight! So she gets to stay a little longer which gives her this idea - Evergreen should buy the lodge. She knows that this Asherton guy is a bad guy. Before she can talk to them, Asherton shows up and is like the mountain is mine baby! Cassidy runs in and is like no it's not, cuz we just bought it! Trey does not take any of this well. She goes after him and is like I know it looks like I went behind your back but I promise we just wanted to save the lodge. But Trey isn't having it and storms off, saying she obviously only cares about trying to get a promotion. She needs to find him to talk to him but he's on the slopes. So she has to conquer her fear of skiing and find him. She crashes into him and they laugh. She pitches what their plan really is which honestly sounds like a really bad business plan for the Evergreen family. The deal is a go! And Cassidy is going to stay!!! And they end up kisssingggggg! Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Marvel Monday and we're entering the Ten Rings! ABOUT SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS Shang-Chi, the master of weaponry-based Kung Fu, is forced to confront his past after being drawn into the Ten Rings organization. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS September 3, 2021 | Theatrical Release CAST & CREW OF SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS Director: Destin Daniel Cretton Writers: Dave Callaham, Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham Cast: Simu Liu as Shaun/Shang-Chi Awkwafina as Katy Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Xu Wenwu Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery Meng'er Zhang as Xialing Fala Chen as Li Michelle Yeoh as Ying Nan BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS A thousand years ago, a dude named Xu Wenwu discovers the mystical ten rings which grant godly powers including immortality. He gains crazy power and wealth for the next 1000 years. In 1996, Wenwu searches for Ta Lo, a village said to harbor mythical beasts. He travels through a magical forest to the village entrance but is stopped by a guardian, Ying Li. They flirt via fighting and fall in love. They end up having two kids, Shang-Chi & Xialing. In the present day, Shang-Chi works as a parking valet in the States with his best friend Katy. One day, they are attacked on a bus by men who steal a pendant that Li gave to Shang-Chi. We find out that the Ta Lo villagers rejected Wenwu so Li chose to leave with him. Wenwu abandoned his organization and locked away the ten rings. But clearly something's happened! Shang-Chi & Katy go to find Xialing, because they assume it was the Ten Rings that took his pendant and will go after the matching one Xialing has. They find Xialing at a secret fight club which she founded after escaping from Wenwu at 16. The Ten Rings attack the fight club and capture Shang-Chi, Katy, & Xialing. At the Ten Rings' compound, Wenwu uses the pendants to reveal a mystical map leading to Ta Lo. Wenwu explains that he has heard Li calling and believes she has been held captive in Ta Lo behind a sealed gate. He plans to destroy the village unless they release her. But that's not possible because she's dead. When Shang-Chi is seven years old, Li is murdered by Wenwu's enemies, the Iron Gang. Knowing his dad is crazy, they are like nah. We aren't helping you. They escape with the aid of disgraced actor Trevor Slattery and his mystical friend Morris, who guides them through the enchanted forest to Ta Lo. The group meets Li's sister Ying Nan who makes sure they are trained up. Wenwu and the Ten Rings arrive and attack. Wenwu overpowers Shang-Chi, and attacks the Gate he thinks his wife is being held behind. Turns out it's not his wife, it's the Dweller-in-Darkness. Wenwu saves Shang-Chi but is killed by the Dweller-in-Darkness. He gives the rings over to Shang-Chi before he dies. Shang-Chi and company are able to slay the Dweller-in-Darkness. Afterward, Shang-Chi and Katy return to San Francisco where no one believes their story. The sorcerer Wong shows up to get them. In a mid-credits scene, Wong introduces Shang-Chi and Katy to Bruce Banner and Carol Danvers and the group discusses the origins of the rings. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This is the best we had. Sorry. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's another throwback to a heartwarming 90s Christmas classic thanks to Ry-Guy! ABOUT SANTA AND PETE It's the first Christmas without Grandma and a difficult time for the family, until Grandpa (James Earl Jones) decides to share a story with his ten-year-old grandson Terence. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR SANTA AND PETE December 5, 1999 | CBS CAST & CREW OF SANTA AND PETE Director: Duwayne Dunham Writers: Greg Taylor, Christopher Moore, Pamela Johnson Cast: James Earl Jones as Grandpa Nicholas Hume Cronyn as Saint Nick Flex Alexander as Pete BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS The movie kicks off with Santa doing Santa stuff. Checking that list twice. Looking at a globe to see if anything's changed. You know the stuff. We meet Grandpa Nicolas decorating his house for the first Christmas since his wife passed away. His daughter Cassie shows up with her husband James and son Terence and they all start to decorate the tree. Little Terence pulls out a Santa ornament. Grandpa insists there's one more ornament in there that goes with Santa. Sure enough, there is one more ornament of some random dude. Terence is like who is this? Grandpa Nicolas is like well have I got a story for you. Before Santa was Santa, he was Saint Nicolas, a Christian Bishop and Patron Saint of Children who would travel around, giving presents to children. One day he is arrested by the Spanish government who suspect he is actually a spy and their concerns only grow when they discover that he carries around a book called The Book of Life that has a ton of names in it and stuff about each of those people. Gotta be honest...sounds like a spy. While in jail, he meets a guy named Peter who is shocked when this old dude knows his name and knows that he wants to travel the world. When Pete finds out that he's St. Nicolas, they spend the night talking, and Pete decides to bust St. Nick out. They become partners and years later they decide to head to the New World. Before they leave they are approached by a dude who wants them to find someone named Elizabeth Van Olden to give her an engagement ring and a promise to join her as soon as he can. Santa and Pete are shocked to find out that the New World is not the perfect paradise they had heard about. People are too busy to celebrate Christmas and there's hostility between the settlers and the Native Americans. There's no open lodging for the famous Santa and Pete, so they're forced to sleep in a barn for the night where they find a little girl named Marlene. She tells them that she lost her parents while they were building a cabin in the woods. Santa promises that they'll find her parents and Pete is like whoa that's a big promise. Santa and Pete meet with the governor to ask for help finding Marlene's parents. He tells them that the Native Americans took them and he's planning an attack. So that's not great. On Christmas Eve, they travel by carriage and reindeer to go visit the Dangola family, including Janet who Pete thinks is FINEEEEE. On the way back, they are stopped by the Native Americans. They say they've been waiting for the man with the white beard to fulfill the prophecy. Santa requests they return Marlene's parents and they give Santa a bright red coat. Santa and Pete begin delivering presents and find that the village boot boy has made Nick some black leather boots. Arriving at the governor's house they realize there are no traditional wooden clogs to put gifts in and end up going down the chimney and leaving gifts in stockings instead. They also meet the governor's maid, who turns out to be Elizabeth Van Olden, and after giving her the engagement ring she gives Nick a bright red hat. Returning to the Dangola house, the Native Americans appear with Marlene's parents. The snow starts to come down super heavy and they're now unable to navigate the snow in their carriage. Maria's husband, Big Manuel, replaces the wheels with runners, transforming it into a sleigh, now with 6 reindeer. As Santa and Pete leave, the sleigh suddenly lifts into the sky and they fly away into the night. Back in the present, Terence wakes up in the middle of the night and finds that the Book of Life is in the living room. He finds his name inside and finds out that he is related to Pete. But when he tries to tell Grandpa Nicolas, the book disappears and he cannot remember anything he read. Classic Santa. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Festive Friday returns with a holiday baking challenge! ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS MIXER When a laid-off TV host and her cameraman launch a live stream holiday baking challenge, they whip up viral success, community spirit, and an unexpected romance. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR THE CHRISTMAS MIXER December 1, 2025 | LUV TV CAST & CREW OF THE CHRISTMAS MIXER Director: Marco Deufemia Writer: Paula Tiberius Cast: Jonathan Stoddard as Sam Bailey Leah White as Daria Wallace BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS Daria works at a local news channel with her cameraman Sam, until they don't. The station has to do some cuts and Daria and Sam get the ax. They're real sad but what can ya do. She takes a bunch of interviews with anything she can think of - podcasting, influencer liaison, things she's not passionate about. It's not going great. Sam calls her and he's experiencing the same thing. She invites him over to her parents' house for dinner and to just hang. He tries some cookies and is blown away. Apparently they have a family recipe box that gets passed down from generation to generation with all of the family recipes. He has an idea - an online channel where Daria makes her way through all of the holiday recipes in the box. So they go live for the first day and make cookies and IT'S A HIT! For day 2, Sam comes out from behind the camera and the crowd goes wild. They love the chemistry between Daria and Sam. As they go on, all anyone really cares about is shipping Sam and Daria. But then Sam gets an offer to be head camera operator. He tells Daria and she's like you have to do this. Sam is like but there's still 7 recipes left. Daria says she wants him to go and then shakes his hand. Everyone is mad that he's gone and the BBQ guy is like WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL HIM TO STAY?!?! HE LOVES YOUUUUU. For the final live stream bake, she gets all up in her feels thinking about Sam. To cheer herself up, she takes the show on the road to do the final bake at her mom's house. Sam shows up and shoots his shot LIVE ON AIR and they kiss and the crowd is pumped. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's a Lifetime Uncorked throwback to a 90s classic with a magical twist! ABOUT IF YOU BELIEVE A jaded book editor has nearly given up on happiness, until she bumps her head and gets a visit from her spunky younger self (Hayden Panettiere). Now, the cheerful, carefree seven-year old helps adult Susan rediscover her inner child. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR IF YOU BELIEVE December 6, 1999 | Lifetime Channel CAST & CREW OF IF YOU BELIEVE Director: Alan Metzger Writers: Anthea Sylbert, Richard Romanus Cast: Ally Walker as Susan Stone Tom Amandes as Tom Weller Hayden Panettiere as Suzie Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

BATS!  About this episode: The passengers aboard the Hallmark Cruise are ecstatic when they come face to face with all of their favorite Hallmark stars, who offer advice and support on their journeys. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Another new Hallmark Christmas in July movie?! Why not! ABOUT O LITTLE CHRISTMAS MARKET A gifted miniature artist and a talented yet unfulfilled architect clash on opposite sides of a deal threatening a beloved community holiday market tradition. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR O LITTLE CHRISTMAS MARKET July 11, 2026 | Hallmark CAST & CREW OF O LITTLE CHRISTMAS MARKET Director: Mars Horodyski Writers: Nastasha Baron, Ryan Peckinpaugh Cast: Katherine Barrell as Olivia Stephen Huszar as Grayson BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS Olivia loves herself some miniatures. She makes these really neat custom mini Christmas villages. But it's just a hobby. She also helps run the family inn. She just made a miniature to honor her dad's famous Christmas market in town. We then meet Greyson. An architect who is not allowed to show his flair and is feeling a bit frustrated at work. Olivia and Greyson both find themselves at the train station where every train is delayed. They bump into each other and start talking and naturally end up decorating a tree in the train station. They take quite the liking to each other but she ends up having to run to catch her train while he's on a phone call. So she leaves her scarf on his briefcase but he doesn't see it and it falls to the ground. The next day, she finds out that the owner of the land that the market is on is planning to sell. When she goes to talk to the owner about this, guess who shows up - it's Greyson to talk about his plans for the land. When she hears this, she really turns on him. He insists that he's not trying to ruin anything, he's just doing his job. She shows him what all would be lost if they can't do the market anymore and they insist he buys something from all the booths to help out. It doesn't take long for him to realize just how special the village is. So they work together to come up with a design that'll work for everyone and save the market. When his dad finds out about this, he's not pleased. Just do your daggum job! They rework the plan to make the building a co-working space with the market outside which will save them money due to tax breaks and stuff like that. He ends up resigning from the business and she pitches the plan and his dad goes for it. Everyone also encourages her to open a miniatures art space and follow her passions. He tells her that Greyson has a layover at the train station in Philly where they met. So she rushes to catch him and they end up kisssingggggg. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Marvel Monday and we're diving deep into Black Widow's past! ABOUT BLACK WIDOW Natasha Romanoff confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR BLACK WIDOW July 9, 2021 | Theatrical Release / Disney+ CAST & CREW OF BLACK WIDOW Director: Cate Shortland Writers: Eric Pearson, Jac Schaeffer, Ned Benson Cast: Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova David Harbour as Alexei Rachel Weisz as Melina Ray Winstone as Dreykov BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS The movies in 1995 with a normal family living in Ohio, including two young girls. One day, the dad comes home and is like it's time to go on a big adventure. They pack quickly get in the car and speed off just as the cops are starting to show up. Turns out, this isn't a normal family. It's Russian super soldier Alexei and his Black Widow operative wife. Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova pose as their daughters while they're working undercover. With valuable S.H.I.E.L.D. intelligence in hand, they flee to Cuba and Via montage, we see Natasha and Yelana being trained up by the Red Room become Black Widows.  21 years later, Natasha is on the run after violating the Sokovia Accords. She goes to a safehouse when at the same time, Yelena kills a rogue former Widow but is exposed to a synthetic antidote that frees her from the Red Room's chemical mind control. Hoping Natasha and the Avengers can help free the remaining Widows, Yelena sends several antidote vials to Natasha before going into hiding. While unknowingly transporting the vials, Natasha is ambushed by the mysterious masked person named The Taskmaster. After escaping, she reunites with Yelena and learns about what's still going on. Determined to destroy the Red Room, Natasha and Yelena free their ol papa Alexei from prison, hoping he knows where the Red Room leader is at. He directs them to their ol mama Melina, who lives on a farm.  Although Melina secretly alerts Dreykov, Natasha convinces her to switch sides, and the two use advanced face-mask technology to exchange identities before being taken to the Red Room in the sky.  Dreykov quickly realizes Natasha's disguise. Natasha discovers that every Widow is biologically unable to harm Dreykov because of a pheromone lock, so she deliberately breaks her own nose to sever her sense of smell and overcome the conditioning. Dreykov attempts to escape while the remaining Widows attack Natasha, but Yelena releases the antidote gas, freeing them from Dreykov's control. Natasha copies the locations of Widows stationed around the world from Dreykov's computer as the damaged facility begins to collapse. She rescues the remaining antidote vials and frees Taskmaster. Natasha gives the viral and the locations of the remaining widows to Yelena so she can rescue the others.  Natasha goes to free the imprisoned Avengers. Cut to after Natasha's death, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine visits Yelena at Natasha's grave. Claiming that Clint Barton is responsible for Natasha's death, Yelena now has her next target. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

More moments that are probably not the best of anything, but we tried. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's a throwback to a one of Ry-Guy's favorite Christmas movies.! ABOUT TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE GO When twins Sarah and Julie feel like their mom is tired of them, they take off on an exciting adventure to their great-grandmother's house and encounter a pair of villains along the way. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE GO December 6, 1992 | ABC CAST & CREW OF TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE GO Director: Jeff Franklin Writers: Jeff Franklin, Boyd Hale Cast: Ashley Olsen as Julie Thompson Mary-Kate Olsen as Sarah Thompson BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS We meet five-year-old twins Sarah and Julie. They are little stinkers and give their single mother Rhonda plenty of trouble. She is also actively annoyed by this delivery driver named Eddie who is very into her. The next day, they're out trying to make a snowman with the little snow that's on the ground but Eddie comes by and steps on it when he gets out of his truck. He delivers a present from their grandparents. On the outside of it, there's a note about them coming for Christmas for a carnival. Julia says they can't go there for Christmas. Eddie is not thrilled to find out that Rhonda is a mom. After overhearing their mom admit that she desperately needs a break from them, the girls decide to run away and spend Christmas with their grandparents. Their plan quickly goes off the rails when they realize they can't cross the street. So they decide to hop on the bus but it only travels downtown. So they start wandering around the city and end up finding Eddie. They secretly climb into the back of his truck cuz surely he's going to grandmother's house. But they need to use the restroom and that's when Eddie discovers them. Eddie enjoys hanging with the girls and ends up buying a lottery ticket using the girls' birthdates as his numbers. Back home, the girls' babysitter realizes they've disappeared and calls Rhonda. Eddie calls Rhonda and says he's gonna bring them home. But just as he's about to do that, his delivery truck is stolen—with Sarah and Julie still inside. The thieves, Harvey and Shirley, are shocked to discover two little girls in the back of the truck. Seeing an opportunity to make real money, they decide they're gonna try to get a ransom for the girls. They convince the girls they're taking them to grandmother's house. Shirley calls Rhonda and demands $10,000 in cash, arranging the exchange at the ice rink in Edgemont and instructing Rhonda to wear a red hat. Rhonda and Eddie pawn the contents of the delivery packages Eddie was supposed to deliver to get the $10,000. A detective hears about all these pawns and assumes that Eddie and Rhonda must be the criminals they've been looking for that have been stealing stuff. Turns out, they're really looking for Harvey and Shirley. Harvey accidentally reveals that they aren't actually taking the twins to their grandmother's house, so they run away just as Rhonda shows up to pick up the girls. The girls race off in a carriage, so Eddie hops on a horse like a cowboy to rescue them right outside of grandma's house. The detective shows up to arrest Eddie and Rhonda, still convinced they're the kidnappers, but Harvey confesses to everything to free them. They make it to the lottery drawing and they win big bucks and Eddie and Rhonda kiss. They use the money to return every pawned package to its rightful owner and spend Christmas together. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Another Friday, another Festive! ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS WRITER A lesbian romance novelist returns to her hometown after her mother's death, struggling with writer's block. Meeting a single mom who owns a bookstore forces her to make a life-changing choice. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR THE CHRISTMAS WRITER November 18,  2025 | Streaming CAST & CREW OF THE CHRISTMAS WRITER Director: Christin Baker Writers: Christin Baker, Katie I. Williams Cast: Shelby Allison Brown as Noel Callie Bussell as Callie BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS We meet Noel who is an author, specifically of Christmas books, doing readings and what not. She's finally home for her last signing before Christmas but she's feeling a bit sad because of the death of her mom. She just wants to go home to her girlfriend Amy, but when she gets there, she finds Amy with another woman. 10 months later, Noel is heading into her holiday season funk. She tells her publisher she wants to write a spring book. She's not having it. Christmas writing is who she is. Noel says she's hitting Christmas writer's block. So when the opportunity to go home and judge a Christmas book pitching contest at the book store comes up, she reluctantly agrees. When she gets there, she meets Callie who is running the book store now. She is a big fan of Noel and actually met her at the book signing last year. They begin to hit it off and then Noel finds out that Callie has a 7 year old daughter and Noel is like....I don't hate the idea of being a mom? They begin hanging out more outside of the book store and the sparks are flying. They even end up kissing! What could go wrong?! Well, first, Callie pulls away because she has a kid and doesn't want her to get attached when Noel isn't going to stick around. But then it gets worse. Noel's agent comes to town to see how she's doing and her assistant snoops around her room and finds something called Carol of the Bells. They love it. They send it to the publisher and it's gonna be her next big book. The problem? Noel didn't write this book, Callie did. She was reading it over for her. When Callie finds this out, she tells her that she's a book thief and she never wants to see her again. Of course, Noel makes it right and shows back up to make things right and tell her she's moving home. They kiss. 10 months later, Carol of the Bells is released by Callie and it's a big hit and they're one big happy family. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Deck the Lifetime Uncorked with a Christmas in July classic! ABOUT A CHRISTMAS WINTER SONG Clio befriends Fred, a former jazz singer down on his luck. They form a special bond over music, and Clio, having just lost her own father, helps Fred reconnect with his own daughter, just in time for Christmas. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR A CHRISTMAS WINTER SONG December 19, 2019 | Lifetime CAST & CREW OF A CHRISTMAS WINTER SONG Director: Camille Brown Writer: Melissa Bustamante Cast: Ashanti as Clio Stan Shaw as Fred Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's time to go cruising again!  About this episode: The Hallmark Christmas Cruise kicks off with festive fun, as passengers meet new friends and their favorite stars, beginning their journey to a magical Christmas at sea. Adventure and surprises await on this unforgettable voyage. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Christmas in July is here!  ABOUT RENOVATION ROMANCE When Chelsea is forced to go to New Hampshire, she finds herself in a precarious situation with her career and relationship. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR RENOVATION ROMANCE November 1, 2024 | Hulu // July 4, 2026 | Hallmark CAST & CREW OF RENOVATION ROMANCE Director: Robin Dunne Writers: Julia Benson, Peter Benson, Robin Dunne Cast: Jessica Lowndes as Chelsea Stevens Daniel Lissing as Cooper James BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS We are dropped right into an episode of Renovating Romance. Chelsea hosts this show that renovates a house & helps a couple at the same time. She hosts the show with her boyfriend Jake. The season just ended and they go to this wrap party and then they're off on a little vacation. But uh oh - there's an opportunity in New Hampshire for a special - hosted by her. Chelsea really wants the time off but Jake is like this would be big for us! She is gonna say no but the executive Dan is like I'll make a big donation to your charity and she's in.  Off to New Hampshire they go to meet the unhappy couple Cooper and Janice. They can not agree on what to do with their house. He's a country mouse. She's a big city girl. And they just have different ideas. So they're talking about that country mouse all the way to the house. Turns out that country mouse was their driver! Whoopsies. They get to the first day of shooting and Janice is immediately uncomfortable with talking about her and Cooper's relationship on national tv. He's like that's the whole point of the show. She decides to go to New York for a couple days to clear her head. Jake says he could go with her and film some stuff there and say it's for the show and Chelsea will stay there and film with Cooper.  And the chemistry between Cooper and Chelsea is off the charts. Everyone is talking about it. They just keep flirting and having fun time.  To make matters worse, the tabloids are about to run a story about Chelsea and Jake having relationship problems.  Janice makes it back and her and cooper talk and decide to really give their relationship a shot. They tell that to Chelsea and Jake and Chelsea is kinda sad.  It's almost time for the live Christmas Eve special and Chelsea decides now is the right time to dump Jake. Jake takes it ok but then we see that he was going to propose.  On the show, Cooper and Janice are talking about how they saved their relationship but then they asked Janice if she's ready to leave the big city for good and she cries and says no and breaks up with cooper. Tough break bud.  Jake still proposes to Chelsea on TV but tells her it's just for the show. Chelsea looks at Cooper and then says no. She gives a long speech about how America doesn't need to see everything tied up in a perfect bow.  Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Marvel Monday and Spider-Man is going on vacation! ABOUT SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME Peter Parker decides to join his best friends Ned, MJ, and the rest of the gang on a European vacation. However, Peter's plan to leave super heroics behind for a few weeks are quickly scrapped when he begrudgingly agrees to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of several elemental creature attacks, creating havoc across the continent. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME 2019 | Theatrical Release CAST & CREW OF SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME Director: Jon Watts Writers: Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Stan Lee Cast: Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury Jake Gyllenhaal as Quentin Beck/Mysterio Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan Zendaya as MJ Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS We're in Mexico and Nick Fury and Maria Hill are investigating reports of a mysterious storm caused by the Earth Elemental. They are rescued by a super-powered fella named Quentin Beck, who destroys the creature. Nick Fury is impressed.  Back in New York,  the school year at Peter's school has restarted after those erased by Thanos returned five years later. So things are a bit wacky there. Still grieving the death of his mentor, Tony Stark, Peter Parker joins his classmates on a two-week trip across Europe, hoping to tell MJ how he feels about her. Happy tells Peter that  Nick Fury is trying to reach him, but Peter ignores the call. He needs a vacay.  The trip's first stop in Venice, Italy, and it doesn't go great. A water monster begins to attack the city. Peter secretly helps protect his classmates while our new friend Howard Beck, aka Mysterio, arrives and defeats the monster.  Afterward, Fury shows up to meet Peter and gives him something that Tony wanted to give him - advanced E.D.I.T.H. glasses. Let's jsut say they're very powerful.   Peter declines Fury's request to join the mission and returns to his classmates, but Fury quietly reroutes the school trip to Prague where, uh oh, the Fire monster attacks. Peter fights alongside Mysterio. Afterwords, Peter and Beck are hanging out and Peter gives Beck E.D.I.T.H. glasses, convinced the world needs a hero like Mysterio more then him. Once Peter leaves, Beck reveals the truth. The monsters were never real but elaborate holographic illusions created with advanced projection technology by a team of hurt former Stark Industries employees. Fired years earlier for his unstable behavior, Beck orchestrated the attacks to portray himself as the world's newest superhero. With control of E.D.I.T.H. and its drone arsenal, he plans to create even larger illusions and cement his status as an Avenger-level protector. After MJ reveals that she knows Peter is Spider-Man, she shows him a damaged projector she recovered from the Prague battle, leading them to realize that Beck is a bad guy. Peter rushes to Berlin to warn Fury, but Beck traps him in a series of illusions.  Peter survives the attack and wakes up in the Netherlands, where he contacts Happy Hogan. Happy flies him to London, where Beck is staging his big illusion. Beck also plans to eliminate Peter's classmates, fearing they could expose his fraud. Peter battles through Beck and is able to use his his Spider-Sense to defeat him. He get the E.D.I.T.H. Back and  defeats Beck.  , Peter and MJ meet back up and kissss! They get to New York and starts dating which means flying through the streets together. BUT, uh HOH,  TheDailyBugle has some breaking news -  Beck has sent a video thet frames Spider-Man for Beck's death and the London drone attack before revealing Peter Parker's secret identity to the entire world. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's time for another Festive Friday!  ABOUT ALL IS MERRY & BRIGHT A teen's dreams are shattered by a car crash. Years later, she's a determined supermom with a cane, orchestrating elaborate Christmas shows. Personal issues force her to confront change and rediscover the true spirit of the season. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR ALL IS MERRY & BRIGHT November 7, 2025 | Theaters CAST & CREW OF ALL IS MERRY & BRIGHT Director: Cory Edwards Writers: Darbi Scaglione, Vicki Edwards Cast: Emily Rose as Jessica Tannen Eric Close as Paul Tannen John O'Hurley as Don 'Pop' Phillips Sally Struthers as Viola 'Gran' Phillips Doug Jones as Doug the Deliveryman BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS The movie kicks off with Jess. She's a teenager with A DREAM! A dream of dance! She gets a phone call that she has made it into this exclusive program. Her sister is pumped for her. But the excitement doesn't last long when they get into a bad car accident. Jess will never dance again. 25 years later, Jess is married and has a family and still has to use a cane. It's Thanksgiving and Jess makes quite the spread and breaks down the plan for the holiday season, INCLUDING the 10th annual family talent show. The kids are less than excited. She gets a call from her sister and we find out that Jess has the early signs of rheumatoid arthritis which is not great. But she asks her not to tell her husband and kids when they all get together for Christmas. She just wants to have a perfect Christmas. She gets good news - the governor wants her to make cookies for their Christmas ball. But she gets bad news - her husband lost a big client and that's not great news. In the midst of the busyness of the season, Jess is excited to just get a day to herself. But that doesn't happen because her parents show up earlier than she thought. And then her sister says she's coming early to help. WHAT A MESS! Her sister does not help. In fact, their dog eats all of the cookies that she made for the governor's ball. It all comes to a head - she gets into a big argument with her sister when she finds out that her sister told her husband about the rheumatoid arthritis. It's a mess. Nothing a little Christmas church can't fix except turns out she was supposed to deliver the cookies before 5. So she leaves and rushes to drop the cookies off but then she realizes she didn't bring her cookies - she brought the super salty cookies her kids made. She rushes in to stop them from eating them and slips on the ice. She's in the hospital feeling bad for herself and then has a dream where she realizes just how good she has it because of family. She wakes up on Christmas morning and her family is there and they're inviting everyone to the talent show. They all have a wonderful Christmas together as a family. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's time for a very hot & festive preview show!  Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We're back with some more Gilmore Girls! Join us in this journey on social media - @gilmorethemerrierpod. ABOUT: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 10) While Rory struggles to keep the budding rivalry between Dean and Jess under control, Lorelai invites most of the citizens of Stars Hollow to an elaborate feast. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 10) December 11, 2001 | The WB CAST & CREW OF: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 10) Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore BRAN'S GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 10) SYNOPSIS We got snow, folk! We got snow! Lorelei and Rory are working on a snowman for the snowman making contest. But they don't stand a chance. There's like a professional snowman maker there doing his thing.  Roon is back, folks! He's still working at the inn apparently. We also see Jackson! What an episode. Sooki is busy getting ready for this big dinner for this 17th century festival thing. Jackson is assigned to play the squire. Lorelei gets a call from Christopher. He wants Rory to come stay with him and sherry for a couple days during winter break.  They get bad news - the dinner is off. The group that was coming is snowed in. Since everything is already planned, they decide to just invite everyone in town!  Meanwhile, Dean the Saint breaks up a fight that Jess is having. Jess says I don't need your help.  This party has everyone from Paris to Richard & Emily. They're all very confused by Richard is suddenly in a great mood. Everywhere Rory turns, Jess is there just stating staring at her.  Apparently Lorelei hired a million horse and carriage rides for everyone. She ends up taking a ride with a Luke. He tells her that he's figured out the secret of parenting - lying. Lorelei breaks the news that kids know when you're lying.  While those two love birds take a ride, Jess hops on a sleigh with Rory. They have flirty fun time and then he's like I don't feel like Dean your is your type of guy. Rory is like what do you know?!  It's dinner time and Richard is the life of the party. And that's when it comes out - he's retired. This is news to literally everyone including Emily.  Before bed, Rory asks if she's heard from her dad. Lorelei is like ummmm maybe? She tells her about the offer and Rory is like why didn't you tell me? Lorelei is like  I get dibs on this time of year with you! And I don't like thinking about you not being here with me! Rory is like I get it. Let me think about it. Emily shows up to their room, all flustered about Richard's big news. She ends up leaving to go for a walk and finds Richard in the lobby. They talk and make up.  The next morning, everyone is going to leave. Dean catches Rory & Jess making eyes at each other.  Rory and Lorelei take a sleigh ride home and see that someone destroyed the fancy snowman. Me-thinks it might've been Jess.  Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review! ABOUT A CASTLE OF OUR OWN When an overworked architect takes an unexpected summer trip, a sandcastle contest and a contractor help her reconnect with her daughter, rediscover joy, and find love she never saw coming. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR A CASTLE OF OUR OWN June 27, 2026 | Hallmark CAST & CREW OF A CASTLE OF OUR OWN Director: Kay Shioma Metchie Writer: Nina Weinman Cast: Erica Cerra as Marley Brennan Elliott as Adam BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS A dude named Gordo is the GOAT of sand castles. He has been cleaning house at the Vero Beach contest every year, but it's time for him to go home to Cannon Cove and return to his roots. It might be a smaller competition, but it'll just be nice to go home. Marley is an overworked mom. Her daughter Lily is over it. But it's not just her mom that's a workaholic. Her ex-husband is supposed to take Lily to Cannon Cove for a week, but he has a big work thing come up, so he asks Marley to take a couple of days off until he can get up there. She reluctantly agrees. If I have to spend time with my daughter, I have to spend time with my daughter. They get to the rental, and the water isn't working, so they have to call a plumber. She can tell that her daughter is distracted by something, but she won't say what. The plumber shows up, and he's so much hotter than her ex-husband, it's insane. His name is Adam Sullivan, and it turns out he's not a plumber. He's just the neighbor next door who happened to have a toolbox in the bed of his pickup truck. Lily meets Adam's niece, and they bond over their love of art, and she invites her to hang out with some friends. Marley decides to sign her and her daughter up for the sandcastle competition. She goes out to practice, and it's harder than she thought it would be. When she sees how good Adam is at building his castle, she asks if he'll help them get ready for the competition. He gives them a lesson, and they come up with a name - Last One Sanding - and also ask Paige to join their team too. For round one, they decide to go bold with the Eiffel Tower because Lily says since my parents keep promising to take me and never do, this might be the only way I see it. It's not going well, so Adam decides to take them to fly a kite. It's competition time, and they don't quite move on. But they find contraband in one of the other castles, which disqualifies that castle. So they move on!!!! Adam and Marley keep hanging out more, he keeps convincing her not to pick up her phone, and they end up kissing big times. She decides she's going to quit her job and go back into residential architecture all thanks to Adam as her inspiration. It's scary though. There's a lot of financial risk there. Luckily for her, her ex-husband offers to buy a chunk of her ownership in their joint business. They're building their championship build - the pyramids. Our guy Gordo isn't concerned. BUT HE SHOULD BE! Cuz he loses. But Last One Sanding doesn't win either. But they do get honorable mention! Adam and Marley talk and decide it's best if they break things off now since it's clearly not going to work with them not living close. But with the help of HER EX-HUSBAND, he decides to shoot his shot and move to Seattle to be close to her. They kiss some more! Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Another year, another best of.  Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Let's hop in the DTH Time Machine for today's DTH Classic. We're about to celebrate another anniversary of Deck the Hallmark! What better way to celebrate than by going all the way back to our first year and revisiting some of our favorite memories. This episode originally aired on June 18 2020. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We're back with some more Gilmore Girls! Join us in this journey on social media - @gilmorethemerrierpod. ABOUT: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 9) Dean gets jealous when Rory and Tristan are cast as Romeo and Juliet in a school play. Luke teases Lorelai for dating a younger man. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 9) November 27, 2001 | The WB CAST & CREW OF: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 9) Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore BRAN'S GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 9) SYNOPSIS A wedding present shows up for Lorelai and Max. Lorelai is like we gotta send this ice cream maker back to whoever sent it which makes Rory & Sookie sad. The next day at school, Rory gets stuck with Paris & co on a class project. After class, they see that Tristan is back from suspension. Lorelai has been attending a business class and a younger student named Paul takes a liking to her and asks her out to dinner. At school, the group reluctantly lets Tristan be their Romeo. After failing to find who sent Lorelai the ice cream maker, she tries desperately to get rid of it. Sookie is like maybe you should keep the ice cream maker and work on moving on. Lorelai is like well there is this younger guy that asked me out. Sookie is all about it. Bad news for Rory, the group is coming to Stars Hollow to rehearse at Miss Patty's. Rory is very nervous because Dean doesn't know about her kiss with Tristan and what if they bump into each other and it's weird. Lorelai is like you should tell Dean. So they role play her telling him and it only freaks Rory out more so Lorelai is like you should definitely not tell him. Tristan shows up to Stars Hollow early just to harass Dean. Rory shows up just in time to stop Dean from punching him. He's not thrilled that he's going to be Romeo but there's nothing she can do. Lorelai and Rory meet up later at Luke's. Lorelai tells Rory that the date was casual and fun. And Rory tells her about the Dean Tristan fiasco. But then Dean shows up and says he's off tomorrow and wants to come watch rehearsal. So the next day, she goes to give Tristan a heads up and asks him not to tell Dean about the kiss. He's like ok but he's gonna know when he sees us kiss on stage and see how comfortable we are. Before rehearsal, Rory and Lorelai are together at Luke's when Paul comes in with his parents. He looks like a child and Rory gives her a hard time. It's rehearsal time, and Tristan does not keep his word. He looks at Dean and is like this reminds me of our first kiss at a party. Dean assumes he's just messing with them and Rory encourages him to leave. Luke doesn't let the casual date thing go and it's clearly bothering him. Lorelai confronts him on it and he's like it's fine, just live your life. It's performance night and Tristan is nowhere to be found. He finally shows up but says his dad is pulling him out of school and sending him to military school. He says he'd kiss her goodbye but her boyfriend is watching. Paris has to put on a wig and play the part. Afterwards, Lorelai is complaining about Luke to Sookie and she's like he's clearly in love with you. At the diner, she goes to tell Luke that she doesn't have many people in her life that she can count on. She hopes that Luke is one of those people. He says he is. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Happy Festive Friday!  ABOUT MUSIC CITY MISTLETOE In Nashville, a spirited songwriter and a widowed consultant clash over the fate of a music publishing office. As Christmas nears, rivalry turns to romance in this conflict-filled holiday tale where saving dreams means risking hearts. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR MUSIC CITY MISTLETOE November 25, 2025 | Streaming CAST & CREW OF MUSIC CITY MISTLETOE Sarah Pribis as Chloe Barlow Brooks Ryan as Devin James BRAN'S MUSIC CITY MISTLETOE SYNOPSIS The movie kicks off with some country Christmas music playing on a Nashville radio station. The town is buzzing because James Robert Webb is getting ready to record a new album, and every songwriter in Nashville is chomping at the bit. Chloe Barlow is an up-and-coming songwriter, and she's pumped that James Robert Webb has picked her song to be his first single. This is her big break! Except... bad news. They've changed producers, and not only is her song no longer the first single, but it's not even going to be on the album anymore. She's devastated. To take her mind off things, she heads to a children's hospital to sing Christmas songs for some of the patients. There she meets a young girl named Amberlee, who immediately takes a liking to Chloe and her music. Her dad, Devin, on the other hand? He thinks songs are dumb. But when he sees how much Chloe's music means to Amberlee, he softens and tells her he hopes she'll come back and sing again sometime. Meanwhile, the music publishing company Chloe works for is struggling and turns to Devin's company for help. When Devin and his team look at the numbers, it seems like the obvious move is to shut the company down. But Devin takes a liking to Chloe and fights to find a way to turn things around instead. As they spend more time together, Chloe grows closer to Amberlee, helping her write a song, teaching her how to pray away stage fright, and encouraging her to perform at the Christmas talent show. Devin eventually invites Chloe to participate in a songwriting session with his team as a team-building exercise. To everyone's surprise, they love it. They're like, "Wait... this is awesome. Maybe this could actually be your thing." Then, at a Christmas party, the big singer himself drops a bombshell: "I recorded your song after all." Chloe is on cloud nine. And with all that excitement in the air, she and Devin finally share a kiss.   Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The amazing Ken Cuperus joins us to celebrate Halfway to Christmas and chat about all things Mistletoe Murders, which returns for its third season this holiday season. Ken also shares his journey from writing cartoons to helping develop a show that spent more than 10 years in development before finally making it to the screen. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ryan joins us this week to head back to the pond for FINAL episode of The Way Home. ABOUT: THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 10) Across generations, endings and new beginnings arrive for the Landry family and their loved ones, as the pond always brings surprises. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 10) June 21, 2026 | Hallmark Channel CAST & CREW OF: THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 10) Chyler Leigh as Kat Landry Evan Williams as Elliot Augustine Sadie Laflamme as Alice Dhawan Andie MacDowell as Del Landry BRAN'S THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 10) SYNOPSIS Kat is pulling Elliot to safety. She's like I gotta get you to the pond. Luckily, Alice & Jacob show up in the '20s to help. Jacob helps Elliot jump into the pond. Kat and Alice jump after but the pond takes everyone but Kat. She goes to the site of the explosion and sees Fern is there. She fears that Cliff is dead. Back in the present, Sam and Del see the gang show up with a bloody Elliot and call 911. Fern and Kat go back to her place and she tells Kat that she's pregnant with Cliff's baby. Apparently, they found his hat down there, so we all know what that means. Fern says she wants to jump. Luckily for her, they go back a day. She goes inside to talk to Cliff. She tells him that she's pregnant and tells him to try not to be a hero tonight. Maybe that'll be enough to keep him from going to the mines. Fern then opens up to Kat about her brother, how he time traveled and died. Fern isn't gonna time travel anymore. She's gonna raise her child. Grayson comes over and shows Fern that Lingermore belongs to the Landrys. Fern says burn this deed. The only place the Landrys belong is on this farm. Apparently, Elliot made it through surgery. Jacob says he's going to jump and hopefully show up in the '20s and tell Kat. Alice jumps and finds Tessa burying that suitcase and she tells Alice about why she's jumping - she saw that Griff could time travel and she sees it as her way out. Kat and Tessa agree to keep each other's secret safe and Kat is gonna help keep Elliot safe. Bad news everyone, Jacob jumps and ends up in the 1800's. He goes and catches up with his 1800's family. Papa Landry gives him some free therapy. Alice jumps again but doesn't go home. She ends up in 1984 and sees Griff. He said he came back to get medicine for Tessa but the pond shut him out. Tough go of it. Jacob jumps back and makes up with Abby. Fern and Kat say their goodbyes and Kat jumps. Alice goes to jump when old Fern shows up and says I've always known who you are and you're a hero and they hug. Kat shows back up to present day and she and Elliot, who is totally fine btw, kiss big ones. Apparently Nick is coming back to town to try to convince Del to sell the boat. Kat has that reel from Coyle's. They wonder how it ended up back here with that clip split. Alice wonders if Tessa is responsible for it. Jacob goes to talk to Mr. Goodwin and they call a truce. Kat has started to write the family history, and tries to figure out why Fern knew about Jacob but the lore never passed down to Colton. Alice goes outside to talk to Max and he's like YOU WROTE A SONG FOR ME I KNOW IT! She's like kindly shove off. Nick pops out of nowhere and is like hey maybe stop focusing on the past and focus on what's in front of you. She does not do that. Instead, she jumps again and ends up talking to an old Evelyn in a wheelchair watching old reels. Evelyn is not thrilled. She knows that everyone she knows is a time traveler and kept it from her. But she tells Alice that she lived a full life because of her. She traveled and lived a full life because she knew Alice. Back in the present, KC shows up out of nowhere and is like it's all my fault, I asked Sam to keep stuff from you. But I know how to fix this - they jump together and pop out at the evening of the summer kickoff, 1999. Time travel Colton is coming back to jump back into the pond and sees Del. They have a wonderful heart to heart and slow dance together. 5 more minutes. In the present day, Elliot proposes to Kat and she says yes. Alice snags her guitar and sings. Yay for them. Del comes back and sells the boat to Nick and she and Sam have a bit of a moment and she calls him a rascal. Alice and Max chat and apparently she broke up with her boyfriend. He says I'm proud of you. She says the song is about the type of love she wants and then they end up kissing and she says she thinks the road always leads to him. Nick was watching the whole time. He's like I'm excited to take Claire on this boat. She says will I ever meet Claire? He says maybe one day. Kat and Elliot are hanging out, looking at the clock. And Elliot rattles off a theory about how maybe his mom lives and that's how the clock ended up in the walls. Good enough for me. Jacob is talking to Alice about how he wished he had a good ring. Alice is like well I got this one. KC had it around their neck and they realize that KC must be Jacob & Abby's kid. They get married and everyone is there for it. And Kat and Alice celebrate by jumping in the pond again. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review! ABOUT THE LOVE HEIST Celebrity stylist Kayli must team up with hotel security chief Mills to track down an iconic piece of fashion history after it goes missing on her watch before the Chicago Costume Gala. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR THE LOVE HEIST June 20, 2026 | Hallmark CAST & CREW OF THE LOVE HEIST Director: Kevin Fair Writer: Holly Gent Cast: Lyndsy Fonseca as Kayli Peter Porte as Mills BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS We start off the movie WITH THE MEET CUTE! WILD STUFF. We meet Kayli who is pulling up to a hotel, grabs a luggage cart, and is stopped by a hotel worker named Mills. He's makes a joke, they have some cute banter and then she gets bumped into him by a paparazi. He catches her though, don't worry. Once inside, they bump into each other again when he hops on her cart to help him capture a drone out of the air. Kayli works for famed stylaist Celine and heads up to the room and theres a knock at the door. Wouldn't you know it, It's Mills. He has a delivery. It's the dress that they are going to dress famous actor, Rini-Jean. The dress is a big deal. It belonged to Elizabeth Taylor. Mills is like you need to sign this paper releasing the delivery into your hands because security is real tight right now. Apparently, there was already a robbery of something Gala related earlier this week, so the hotel is really locked down and following protocol. He helps her calm down - this is her first time doing this event without Celine there but she thinks Kayli is ready. Mills tells her that he'll be back soon to pick the dress back up and put it in the hotel safe.  We find out that Mills is about to get a big promotion as head of security for the entire hotel chain.  Rini-Jean comes in and tells Kayli she's not thrilled about the designs anymore. She asks Kayli if she can make some changes. So Kayli runs out and gets soem supplies and wips something togehter and Rini-Jean is pumped. She's like aside from the Elizabeth Taylor dress, I want you to change everything. Big stress!  Mills comes back by to grab the dress and that's when they discover that while Kayli was out grabbing supplies, someone came in and stole it!  Naturally, this leads to Kayli and Mills hanging out a ton, getting to know each other, have having some serious flirty flirty fun times.  Naturally, they decide they're gonna go to all of the parties and keep an eye out for a thief. At the first party thye go to, the lights go out and naturally they almost kiss. But when they come back, they see that something is missing from one of the attendees.  Since they're gonna be going to all these parties together, Mills has go to learn how to dance. He knocks on her door one night, and she gives him a dancing lesson and they almost kiss but they're interupted. She's like I gotta go but he's like oh if you think that's gonna stop me and then they kiss big ones!  While at the big party, Reni-Jean gets proposed to but the ring isn't in the dudes pocket. Kayli looks around and sees this suspcious body guard making a run for it, so she follows him. He is about to drop the ring in a drain when Mills comes in and tackles him. The ring goes flying and Kayli leaps to get it. The dude admits to everything. They recover everything except the Elizabeth Taylor dress. Kayli says she's just ready for life to go back to normal. Looks like he's going to be getting that promotion afterwords. She asks him if he'll be in LA at all for work and she says every 7 months and they hug.  The next day, when she goes to talk to him, it turns out he quit. He felt like the security lapse was his fault and he didn't deserve the gig.  Rini-Jean asks Kayli to be her full time styalist. It's time for her to spread her wings and go out on her own!   She goes to find Mills to convince him not to quit and he's like oh i didn't quit, i got fired. Wait a second! HE knows who did it! His boss who was mad that he was getting promoted over him. They go and find the dress and dude gets arrested.  But he's not gonna take his job back. Instead, he's gonna be the head of securit for Rini-Jean and her fiance. They're gonna travel the world together and thye kiss big onesssss. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Marvel Monday and the Avengers face their ultimate challenge! ABOUT AVENGERS: ENDGAME After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos' actions and restore balance to the universe. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR AVENGERS: ENDGAME 2019 | Theatrical Release CAST & CREW OF AVENGERS: ENDGAME Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Writers: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Stan Lee Cast: Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/The Hulk Chris Hemsworth as Thor Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa/Black Panther Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man Karen Gillan as Nebula Zoe Saldaña as Gamora Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne/The Wasp Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS The movie kicks off by showing us what Hawkeye was doing during Infinity War: teaching his daughter to shoot bow and arrows. Suddenly, his wife and kids turn to dust and he has no idea why. 23 days later, Tony Stark & Nebula are stuck in space together. She's helping him heal. They're about to run out of oxygen when Captain Marvel shows up to save them. She brings them back to Earth where they're reunited with Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Rhodey & Rocket. The happy reunion doesn't last long. Tony does one of his famous freak outs, saying things he will most certainly regret. Captain Marvel gets the rundown & decides she's going to go kill Thanos herself. Everyone is like this witch shows up out of nowhere and now wants to be the hero, but Thor likes her and says we should go. So they track Thanos down. He's like oh hi. I destroyed the stones. My bad. So Thor cuts his head off. Fast forward 5 years and Scott randomly pops out of the quantum realm machine, very confused. So he goes to talk to the Avengers about his experience. He tells Cap & Natasha about how for him, the 5 years was only 5 minutes. Maybe there's some way to use the quantum realm to go back in time and stop Thanos. Only one guy is smart enough to help - Tony. But now Tony has a daughter & he's not interested in helping. But Tony can't forget about it. He pokes around and figures out how it could work. Scott, Cap, and Natasha turn to the next smartest guy they know - Bruce. He agrees to help and they do some experiments but nothing overly helpful. Tony shows up with a time traveling device and says it's time to get the band back together. They do some testing and find out they can go to the past and bring something back without changing anything. So they have a plan - team up and go get the stones and bring them to the present which would prevent Thanos from being able to do his thing. Banner, Lang, Rogers, and Stark travel back to New York during Loki's 2012 invasion. At the Sanctum Sanctorum, Banner persuades the Ancient One to hand over the Time Stone by promising that all of the Infinity Stones will eventually be returned to their rightful places in time. Plus, Doctor Strange gave it up willingly in his time which is good enough for the Ancient One. Meanwhile, at Stark Tower, Rogers successfully recovers the Mind Stone from Hydra agents posing as S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives. However, Stark and Lang's plan to steal the Space Stone goes wrong, allowing Loki to escape with it. To recover from the setback, Rogers and Stark travel further back to 1970, where Stark obtains an earlier version of the Space Stone and unexpectedly gets the chance to speak with his father. Rogers steals additional Pym Particles needed for their return trip and catches a glimpse of his lost love, Peggy Carter. Meanwhile, Thor and Rocket journey to Asgard in 2013. Rocket extracts the Reality Stone from Jane Foster, while Thor reunites with his mother, Frigga, who snaps him out of his funk and gets his swag and his hammer back. In 2014, Nebula and Rhodey travel to Morag and secure the Power Stone before Peter Quill can retrieve it. Hawkeye and Black Widow head to Vormir, where Red Skull explains that the Soul Stone can only be obtained through the sacrifice of someone you love. Romanoff gives her life so Barton can claim the Stone. As Rhodes and Nebula prepare to return to the present, Nebula's cybernetic implants connect with those of her past self. This allows the 2014 version of Thanos to learn about his future defeat and the Avengers' plan to reverse it. Thanos captures Nebula and sends her 2014 counterpart into the future to infiltrate the Avengers and pave the way for his arrival. So they all return back in the present with the stones, sans Natasha. They put the stones on an iron glove and Bruce agrees that he's probably the best dude for the job. He snaps and immediately collapses. Hawkeye immediately gets a phone call from his wife. It worked!!! But the happiness doesn't last long because 2014 Gamora used the Time Machine to get 2014 Thanos to show up and shoot the Avengers compound up big time. He's like thanks for getting all of the stones together for me. It's giant fight time, folks. And it's not looking great for the Avengers despite the fact that Thor's hammer saw Cap as worthy enough to use it. But just when it's looking bleak, Doctor Strange returns by opening portals for the rest of the Avengers to show up and join the battle. Avengers assemble and IT'S AWESOME! It's a tough battle and Scott is busy getting his van Time Machine up and running since Thanos destroyed the other one so that they can return the stones. Captain Marvel shows up last minute and it's looking like they might do it but Thanos makes the van explode. Thanos gets the gauntlet back but Captain Marvel stops him from snapping his fingers. He's able to free himself. It's looking like a lost cause but Tony looks over at Strange who holds up 1 finger, showing Tony that this is the 1 in 14 million chances they win. Tony is able to get the stones and snap his fingers and make Thanos and his baddies disappear. But unfortunately the blast was too much for Tony and he dies. At Tony's funeral, all the Avengers show up to show their respects. They create a new Time Machine and Captain America goes to return all of the stones to their proper time. But he doesn't return to present day. Well, he does but he's old. He decided to stay in 1970 and grow old with Peggy Carter. Steve gives Sam his shield. We have a new Captain America now. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We're back with some more Gilmore Girls! Join us in this journey on social media - @gilmorethemerrierpod. ABOUT: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 8) Longtime friends Lorelai and Sookie have their first fight when Lorelai decides that their shared dream of opening an inn is doomed to failure. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 8) November 20, 2001 | The WB CAST & CREW OF: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 8) Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore BRAN'S GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 8) SYNOPSIS It's Friday night dinner, and Rory agrees to pose for a painting. Apparently it's a family tradition, despite the fact that Lorelai's portrait was never finished. The next day, Lorelai is chatting with Luke about business. Apparently he's a big business boy. She and Sookie want to make the leap and open their own inn. They're still early in the process, trying to figure out how to buy that property she found with Luke's ex, Rachel. Taylor is shocked when he walks up to Luke's and sees police tape and a chalk outline on the ground. WTF is that about?! Lorelai and Sookie find out that the owner of the property is the sweet old lady who runs the bakery, Fran. They go talk to her, but she says she can't sell it. It's the last thing she has left, and she just can't let it go. Taylor calls the police, and they come down and are like, “We have no idea what this is.” Taylor says, “I've got a dead body outside my store!” The cop replies, “No, everyone is accounted for. It must just be a prank.” That's when Rory, who has just walked up to the growing crowd, sees Jess looking on with a smirk. That darn prankster. The owner of the Independence Inn is in town! Mia lovessss Lorelai and Rory, and they spend the day together. After hanging out with Mia, Lorelai begins to feel bad about potentially leaving both Mia and the inn. Taylor figures out that Jess was behind the prank, so they throw an emergency town meeting to discuss what to do about him. They conveniently forget to tell Luke, but he walks in anyway and gives the whole town a piece of his mind. After the meeting, Lorelai finally tells Mia about her plans, and Mia handles it great. So great, in fact, that Mia reveals she wants to sell the inn. This causes one of Lorelai's classic overthinking freakouts. She tells Sookie they should just press pause on the inn idea. It's never going to work out. Then she really lays into Sookie: you're too disorganized, you're not ready, this is a mess. Sookie storms off. Rory bumps into Jess and tells him that he's making Luke's life harder. The whole town is coming down on Luke because of him, and it's not fair. Jess is like, “Yeah, but did you think it was funny?” They start getting a little flirty when Dean suddenly appears. Jess is like, “Oh... boyfriend? You didn't mention that.” Awkwarddddd. Lorelai and Rory show up for Friday night dinner, and Emily proudly unveils the new painting. But Lorelai is still in a bad mood. She tells her mom what's going on—how Mia came back into town and completely threw her off. And, surprisingly, that throws Emily off too. Lorelai starts to feel really bad about her freakout. She realizes she was just overwhelmed by everything they were trying to do. After talking it over with Luke, she goes to apologize to Sookie. Emily shows up at the inn to meet Mia. She tells her she wishes she had encouraged Lorelai to come home. But also... “Do you happen to have any pictures?” The episode ends at Luke's. Rory watches as Luke realizes that Jess secretly fixed the toaster. The two of them share a smile. Uh oh. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We're thrilled to be joined by Lyndsy Fonseca to chat about everything from How I Met Your Mother to her newest Hallmark movie, The Love Heist! Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Festive Friday with a heartwarming dive bar tale! ABOUT DRINK AND BE MERRY In a New York dive bar before Christmas 2019, Chet, an immature bartender, struggles to care for his lonely regulars while trying to find his own holiday spirit. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR DRINK AND BE MERRY June 2, 2025 | Festivals CAST & CREW OF DRINK AND BE MERRY Director: Adam Volerich Writer: Leo Winters Cast: Jefferson White as Chet BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS Chet is busy working at his bar talking with a couple regulars who are complaining about kids these days. Chet is flipping the channels on the TV when an episode of a TV show that was filmed there comes on, talking about how cool it was. The regulars aren't impressed. A couple of women come walking in and are like oh it's a slow night. We'll take a mojito. He's like I don't do that. So they land on vodka sodas. Chet is pumped because he wants to turn this bar around. He wants to get some younger people in. But the regulars aren't making it easy. The ladies are named Maeve & Miranda and while Miranda is in the restroom, Chet shoots his shot, talks about Hallmark Christmas movies, and gets Maeve's number. They leave and Chet ends up having quite the night with some of the regulars. After shutting down for the night, Maeve ends up coming back. She tells him that she gave him a fake number but wants to keep talking. They go back to his place and the next morning, she starts looking around his room and is concerned. It reminds her of her high school boyfriend's room. She's like I don't care, but most women would leave when they see your room. He goes to sleep and has a weird dream, wakes up and she's gone. Turns out, she was engaged. Whoopsies. To make matters worse, the other guy tracks him down and they chat for a while. He ends up being pretty chill about it and just gets drunk. Chet goes home to spend Christmas with his mom. She gives him a book about acting and encourages him to go for it. He goes back to the bar to talk to the regulars and decides he's not going to live his life afraid anymore. The movie ends with him pouring another beer and walking away. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Patrick is back with another Lifetime movie!  Read his review of the movie at Lifetime Uncorked.  Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ryan joins us this week to head back to the pond for another episode of The Way Home. ABOUT: THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 9) New Year's Eve in 1925 brings into focus the Landry and Augustine families' destiny, and Elliot and Kat witness it; in another time, Alice does the same. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 9) June 14, 2026 | Hallmark Channel CAST & CREW OF: THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 9) Chyler Leigh as Kat Landry Evan Williams as Elliot Augustine Sadie Laflamme as Alice Dhawan Andie MacDowell as Del Landry BRAN'S THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 9) SYNOPSIS So Elliot and Kat jump but they don't end up in the '20s. They end up in the '80s and see the day that Colton and Del come home with baby Kat. Old Fern is like ohhhh my Kitty Kat. Meanwhile at home, Jacob finds the scary notes hidden in a drawer. So I guess those are coming back. Elliot and Kat come back and say hey we're jumping again, gotta stop Tessa from dying. Del is like or you could not jump? Guess what. They jump. They go and find Fern doing her screen test and we see the clip that they saw of Kat coming on screen and telling Fern something. Well that something is we gotta go, Tessa is going to die. That's when Grayson calls cut and says yes we know that. It's all fake. And that's when Grayson, Fern, and Tessa tell Kat and Elliot the plan - we're getting out of the hooch business by having Tessa fake her own death. Fern says 1926 is a year of new beginnings - a fresh start for all of us. We then see that Alice also jumped, hoping to help Elliot and Kat. Of course she pops out in the '80s and Griff is there and takes a picture of her. And he says I knew it, the pond is magic. Tessa then shows up and is like what's going on here. Griff takes a picture of the two of them together. Back in the '20s, Tessa and Elliot go to look at their house. She says she's going to buy it and bring it back to the family. Abby is planning on telling her dad about her and Jacob. Jacob is freaking out so he goes to talk to his ol' pal Danny. He tells Danny he wants to run Landry farms with him - equal partners. But then he sees that Danny has a typewriter and figures out that Danny is the one who was sending the notes and runs out. Back in the '20s, Cliff proposes to Fern even though he was planning on waiting until New Year's. She says yes. Back in the '80s, Tessa is babysitting Evelyn's kid but Tessa is really tired because baby. So she ends up falling asleep. When she wakes up, she can't find Evelyn's kid. So she runs out, leaving her baby behind and the baby starts crying. When she gets back, Alice is there to help the baby. Evelyn shows up and is pissed at Tessa. You lost my son and left your baby? What kind of mom is this! Danny shows up and tells Del and Jacob that he did send the notes because he was mad after overhearing Kat and Alice one day talking about how Jacob was still alive. When he showed back up, they never cleared Danny's name for being responsible for the disappearance so he was mad. They make up though. In the '20s at the party, Elliot realizes that while the fake explosion isn't supposed to happen tonight, his mom is actually doing one last real job to make enough money to get out. So he goes to stop her but Cliff shows up and arrests the big tuna, Elliot. But he tells Elliot that he knows he's Tessa's son and needs to stop her so they all go. Grayson gives Kat a gun and tells her to be careful. At Abby's wine event, Jacob shows up even though he's scared of the shaft and he asks her dad if he can marry her and he's like you've been trying to blackmail me and Abby is like you what and he's like oh yea sorry. Back in the '80s, Alice watches on as the friend group hangs out and Griff gets in a shouting match with Vic and it all comes out what happened with Tessa that day, and Colton tells Griff to scram. He's not welcome here! The episode ends with the countdown of 10 to New Year's, and Cliff showing up to arrest everyone, everyone draws their gun, Cliff shoots at Tessa but Elliot jumps in front. Kat pulls him out just before the gas reaches the gunpowder, causing a large explosion that even those at the party can feel. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review! ABOUT TEXAS TWO-STEP Olivia returns to Texas to help her aunt with her country music bar that's fallen on hard times and reconnects with Luke, her childhood sweetheart turned cowboy, and her passion for dancing. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR TEXAS TWO-STEP June 13, 2026 | Hallmark CAST & CREW OF TEXAS TWO-STEP Director: Eva Tavares Writer: Mel Cowan Cast: Heather Hemmens as Olivia Brendan Penny as Luke BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS Olivia works as a photographer's assistant, being very helpful. She's taking a week off but that week off takes a bit of a detour. She gets a call that her Aunt Ruby could use a visit from her. So off to Texas she goes with her best friend June. They get to the Sweetwater and Aunt Ruby shows up. Aunt Ruby immediately asks if she's seen Luke. June is like and who is this Luke? Olivia just moves on. Olivia can tell that there's something going on with Aunt Ruby. Just then, Luke walks in. He immediately comes over and starts giving Olivia a hard time about not being out on the dance floor. She's not having it. The next morning, it doesn't take Luke long to show up and start fixing fences and what not, showing off his ridiculous body. Olivia finds out that there's an offer to buy Sweetwater. Aunt Ruby ain't interested. We got a b-love story, folks! Olivia is actively trying to set June up with Mayor Mason. He tells June about how Sweetwater is really struggling. Luke shows up and just starts working on Olivia's car without asking. Olivia bumps into Bryan, who is the one making the offer to buy Sweetwater. He isn't hard to look at and he asks her out to lunch and she agrees. We finally find out that Olivia and Luke were young love. They were each other's first kiss, first dance partner, and first heartbreak. Bad news guys - Sweetwater is out of money. They come up with an idea - a danceathon. Luke decides to tell her that there are some things he needs to tell her - basically he loves her. And they're about to kiss but it's an almost kiss, folks! June bug comes out and tells them that Ruby's had a fall. After finding out that Ruby is gonna be ok, Olivia finds herself at Sweetwater, remembering her and Luke dancing together as kids. Suddenly, present day Luke shows up and shoots his shot and they kiss big ones, complete with A LIFT!!! She also says she's definitely not selling Sweetwater. The danceathon is a hit and Luke & Olivia dance dance and kiss big ones again. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Marvel Monday and meet Marvel's most powerful hero! ABOUT CAPTAIN MARVEL Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR CAPTAIN MARVEL March 8, 2019 | Theatrical Release CAST & CREW OF CAPTAIN MARVEL Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck Writers: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Geneva Robertson-Dworet Cast: Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS Carol Danvers is living her best amnesia life on the Kree homeworld of Hala under the name Vers. Got it? Good.  She's got superpowers, cool space suits, and a mentor named Yon-Rogg who constantly tells her to stop feeling. The Kree government, which is basically run by a giant AI lady, insists that the evil shape-shifting Skrulls ruined her life and since Carol remembers absolutely nothing, so she just rolls with it. While on a mission to rescue a Kree spy, things immediately go sideways. The Skrulls capture Carol and start digging around in her memories, discovering that she used to be an Air Force pilot on Earth. Their leader Talos becomes very interested in a scientist named Dr. Wendy Lawson and a mysterious light-speed engine. Carol escapes before they get all the answers and crash-lands straight into a Blockbuster Video in 1995 Los Angeles. Her arrival gets the attention of a young Nick Fury, who still has two working eyes and spends most of this movie being confused. After a series of chases, explosions, and Skrulls impersonating anyone they want, Carol starts uncovering pieces of her past. She learns that she wasn't born on Hala at all—she was an Air Force pilot presumed dead after a crash years earlier. As Carol & Nick follow the breadcrumbs, she reconnects with her old friend Maria and Maria's daughter Monica, who are understandably shocked to discover their dead friend is actually a space superhero. Meanwhile, Talos finally reveals that the Skrulls aren't conquering villains at all—they're refugees looking for a home. Turns out the Kree may not have been entirely honest. The biggest bombshell comes when Carol remembers what really happened. Dr. Lawson was actually Mar-Vell, a Kree scientist secretly helping the Skrulls. Shes killed while taking control of an experimental energy source. Carol destroyed the engine to keep it from the Kree, absorbed its energy in the explosion, gained incredible powers, and then had her memories erased so the Kree could turn her into a weapon. The gang tracks down Mar-Vell's hidden space laboratory, where a bunch of Skrull refugees have been hiding. Unfortunately, Starforce shows up, the Kree try to reassert control, and Carol gets dragged before the Supreme Intelligence. She destroys the device limiting her powers and finally goes full Captain Marvel. What follows is a one-sided beatdown thanks to Captain marvel.  With the Skrulls safe for the moment, Carol decides to head off into space to help them find a permanent home. Before leaving, she gives Fury a special pager for emergencies. Fury later loses his eye in an incident involving Goose - a cat who is actually an alien who is also holding the Tesseract in its tummy. Looking at Carol's old Air Force call sign, he lands on the perfect name: The Avengers Initiative. In the mid-credits scene, the pager goes off and Carol returns to Earth Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We're back with some more Gilmore Girls! Join us in this journey on social media - @gilmorethemerrierpod. ABOUT: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 7) Lorelai is appalled to find herself modelling matching outfits with her mother after volunteering the inn as a venue for a charity fashion show, and Rory seeks to overturn her reputation as a loner. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 7) November 13, 2001 | The WB CAST & CREW OF: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 7) Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore BRAN'S GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 7) SYNOPSIS The car battery is dead. That leads to some classic Gilmore Girl banter. At school, Rory is called to the Guidance Counselor's office. Apparently, there's concern over her social behavior. She's unapproachable. She's a loner. So Lorelai shows up to give Headmaster Charleston a piece of her mind and he's like well....you're not a very active parent. You're a bit of a loner. You should think about being more involved. Rory takes the criticism to heart and sits down with some random girls at lunch. After lunch, Paris comes over and is like HOW'D YOU GET THE INVITE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE PUFFS? Rory has no idea what she's talking about. Apparently that friend group that she randomly sat with is the popular girls. Paris asks her to help her sit at their table. The popular table extends to the Boosters which Lorelai shows up for. They're planning the fall fundraiser. Lorelai offers to hold the event at the Inn. Rory successfully gets Paris an invite to sit at the Puffs table. At the inn, they're getting ready for the event and one of the Booster moms takes quite the liking to Luke. Apparently, the moms all do a fashion show and Lorelai & Emily are teamed up and Emily is LOVING life, dancing to Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. And Lorelai eventually joins in. Afterwards, Emily points out that it's interesting to see her fitting in so well into the world that she ran away from. The Puffs show up and kidnap Rory and the other new potential Puffs. They're being PUFF'd! They break into Headmaster Charleston's office and just as Rory is saying her pledge to the Puffs, the night is ruined by Headmaster Charleston. He's lecturing them when Rory speaks up - I'm only here because you all demanded that I begin to socialize. So I sat down at a random table and was kidnapped in the middle of the night all because I was trying to appease you! Headmaster Charleston tells her that she's right and that he will make sure this doesn't count against her. Lorelai tells Luke she doesn't want him to go out with that mom from the Boosters. They argue and then he says she only asked him for directions. The episode ends with Rory back at her own table at lunch and is joined by another girl who also only wants to read. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We're thrilled to be joined by Eva Tavares to discuss her journey from acting in Hallmark movies to directing for the network, as well as her upcoming film, Texas Two Step. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Festive Friday returns with a Tyler Perry holiday transformation! ABOUT TYLER PERRY'S FINDING JOY Stranded in Colorado after a devastating holiday revelation, a talented but overlooked NYC designer finds unexpected love, transforming her life and career path. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR TYLER PERRY'S FINDING JOY November 5, 2025 | Prime Video CAST & CREW OF TYLER PERRY'S FINDING JOY Director: Tyler Perry Writer: Tyler Perry Cast: Shannon Thornton as Joy Tosin Morohunfola as Ridge BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS Joy is a talented fashion designer in New York City but you wouldn't know it because her mean boss, Patrick, steals all her designs. Despite warnings from her friends Ashley and Leticia, Joy is really into a dude named Colton. They don't think he's just that into her. So, when Colton invites her to Colorado to meet his family and hints that he has an important question to ask, Joy is convinced a proposal is coming. But, when she arrives in Colorado, she finds out that Colton's big question is "will you be my best woman cuz I'm getting marrrieddddd". Humiliated and heartbroken, Joy jumps out the window into a worsening snowstorm, determined to return home. She gets to the airport but a bad snowstorm has grounded all the flights. So she rents the last car available and attempts to drive it but gets lost and drives onto a frozen lake which cracks! She falls in. She's about to die. But she wakes up in a cabin and meets Ridge Phillips, a rugged outdoorsman living in a remote mountain cabin. I think it's safe to say that Joy and Ridge clash over their vastly different lifestyles. After she fixes a quilt that she accidentally ripped that was made by his late mother, they begin to open up about their personal disappointments, family struggles, and broken hearts. Joy's friends launch a desperate search for her. They call Colton and he's like I don't know where she is! So the search is on! Back at the cabin, wouldn't you know it, I think they're starting to like each other. After a night of drinking and talking, they kiss biggg ones and who knows what else. The next morning, the storm clears and she's like well I oughta be heading out which makes him real sad given their night together. They get to the main road and the sheriff's office are pulling up with their friends in the car. Colton is also there and is like my bad. Ridge starts walking back to his cabin without even saying goodbye. Back in New York, Joy comes back to work and is promptly fired because her friends emailed Patrick's boss proof of him stealing her designs. Naturally they fire her instead of him. Ridge shows up unexpectedly, determined to tell her what he should have said before she left Colorado. He tells her that he loves her! They kiss BIG ONESSSS! She tells him that she wants to go to Colorado with him. Before they leave, she gets called back into the office. They offer her Patrick's job. She gets her own line. She says this isn't what I want for my life anymore. But after talking it over with Ridge, he helps her realize that she's just scared. So she goes and takes the job and then next thing you know, her and Ridge get married in Colorado! Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jacks is here to give us the rundown on all the gossip, news, and upcoming projects happening in the world of Hallmark. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ryan joins us this week to head back to the pond for another episode of The Way Home. ABOUT: THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 8) As Kat works to piece together what lies ahead, Elliot tries to learn more about Tessa as he does his best to reconnect with his mum. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 8) June 7, 2026 | Hallmark Channel CAST & CREW OF: THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 8) Chyler Leigh as Kat Landry Evan Williams as Elliot Augustine Sadie Laflamme as Alice Dhawan Andie MacDowell as Del Landry BRAN'S THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 8) SYNOPSIS The episode starts right back in 1925, Elliot clearly staying back on purpose. He goes to tell his mom that he's staying and she's unimpressed. She's leaving there soon and she's not letting him change her plan. Cliff comes by and Fern tells him that Elliot's name is Tom Buchanan. Cliff tells Fern it was nice seeing her on his porch again. Elliot decides he's going to join the family business. Back in the present day, Kat is having a really hard time with the fact that Elliot clearly saw this picture of himself in the paper and didn't tell her. Del is like well before you jump to conclusions, wait until you can talk to him. Back in the '20s, Elliot plays the piano so that Cliff and Fern can dance. He sings Time After Time. Tessa shows up and it's time to answer some questions. She jumped with Griff and showed up in 1882. She got sick. So Griff came back to get some medicine but never returned. Elliot brings up the letter she sent to Vic but she doesn't know what letter he's talking about. He's like why would someone think you're dead? Back in the present, Jacob and Abby kiss big ones. Things are getting serious between them. At a party, the reel starts playing but Kat and Alice notice that someone cut Kat out of the reel. They theorize that Evelyn must've cut the reel which would mean she knows that Alice is a time traveler. So she jumps in to talk to her. She sees that Del is pregnant! Speaking of jumping, Kat ended up jumping and goes to talk to Elliot and he's thrilled to see her. He apologizes to her for not telling her about the newspaper. He says it's his fate though, not hers. Kat gives Tessa a piece of her mind for leaving Elliot behind. She'd never leave Alice behind. And it's clear Tessa knows Alice right away. Abby comes over for dinner and it gets real awkward when she talks about how farm life isn't for her and that her life is still in Toronto. Alice is hanging out with Evelyn. Evelyn begins to question her. Why hasn't she gotten older? What's her story?! Bad news - turns out Cliff isn't leaving town for a big award. He's actually trying to capture the big fish! Fern and Kat go to warn Elliot and Tessa but it's too late. The feds are here! Cliff has them good as caught but when Fern shows up, he lets them go cuz he loves herrrrrr. The next day, Kat and Elliot listen in as Fern basically tells Cliff that she loves him and they....hug big ones? Kat and Elliot go to leave, expecting Tessa to come with. She's like nah. Elliot says I'll come back New Year's Eve. Come find me. Sam tells Del that he knows about the pond. The episode ends with Kat and Elliot back home. They figure out a code that Fern uses in the newspaper to help with the bootlegging. The code says that 5 people went into the tunnel, but only 4 people came out. Did Elliot invite his mom to her death?! Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.