Hallmark Cafe

Producer Andrew Gernhard from Synthetic Pictures International joins us to to talk Hallmark, film incentives, AI, and recreating Connecticut in Buffalo, New York. We also chat about some of your favorite movies he has produced. Join us at the table for this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

In this encore episode, we revisit the final two movies from the Love on the Danube series as reviewed by us when they debuted on Hallmark Plus in 2024. There's room at the Captain's table for you on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

This time in The Cafe, we revisit the first of the three "Love on the Danube" movies originally shown on Hallmark Plus but now recently making their debut on The Hallmark Channel. The first movie stars Nazneen Contractor and Wes Brown in, "Love Song." We then switch gears and countries for yet another mystery series debuting on Hallmark Plus, this time set in England. "The Coroner" pairs a cop and a coroner who solve mysteries in the classic British style but with a modern twist. Your travel is booked and your table is ready on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

The Postables of the Signed, Sealed, Delivered dead letter office return in, "To The Moon and Back," this time to find the writer of a letter forced to go into hiding to protect her family. And we travel over to England to Stratford Upon Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare and a new detective series called "Shakespeare and Hathaway" that mystery viewers can now find on Hallmark Plus. Your table is dressed for mystery and adventure on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

Put on your best walking shoes and head over to Spain with us to walk the Camino de Santiago with Erin Cahill and Erik Valdez in, "Journey to You." For dessert, we finish up our look at the four movie series, Hearts Around the Table with "Kiki's Fourth Ingredient." It's a food truck full of adventure on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

On this edition of The Hallmark Cafe, versatile actor Steve Bacic joins us to talk about playing Detective Cook in the new Aurora Teagarden series. We then highlight both "Home is Where the Heart is" on Hallmark Plus and the continuing four part movie series "Hearts Around the Table" on the Hallmark Channel. As always, your table is ready!

On this edition of The Hallmark Cafe, we sample the first installment of the four part series, "Hearts Around The Table." Ashley Newbrough and Steve Lund star with solid support from Mindy Cohn in "Jenna's First Love." For dessert, we head to Georgia where Luke McFarlane steps out of the movies and into the homes of folks looking for some real life house renovations in "Home is Where the Heart is." There's always an extra table waiting for you in The HallmarkCafe!

We're back on dry land from our weeks in The Way Home pond to spend some royal time with two new movies that take the royal theme and have some fun with it. Join us at the table where we promise not to serve either frozen eel or beet root juice!

The season three finale of The Way Home provides many answers but poses future questions for fans to ponder while awaiting the recently announced season four. Aptly titled after the Gordon Lightfoot song, If You Could Read My Mind, we have fun seeing what we got right and what we got wrong about season three. Join us at the table see how you did!

After the heightened drama of episode eight, the characters regroup to sort out what's come to pass and what lies ahead. This breather won't last long as secrets that must be revealed are coming to the surface quickly with unavoidable consequences attached. Your table is ready, join us!

Janel Parrish and Scott Michael Foster "Return to Office" to find adjusting again to office life both creatively challenging and romantically rewarding. We're joined by director Peter Benson with some behind the scenes stories of this contemporary love story that you won't want to miss. Your table is ready on this special edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

The Way Home continues with episode eight of season three with no rest for our time travelers. Hear the complete duet with Colton and Alice of the beautiful original song, "Breath" and hear our latest theories of who's who in the past and present. We're serving up an extra helping of potatoes and rye on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

The summer is fading fast and the Landry pond is busy with activity. Who will stay and who will go? Join us at the table for for more questions and revelations!

A classic Bill Withers song provides the title to this eventful episode which takes place in five different years while on its way to an emotional cliffhanger. Join us in The Cafe, where we turn up the surround sound system and get ready for a wild ride!

Your everlasting summer you can see it fading fast... Are you Reeling in the Years? Welcome to episode five of season three where we go back to the pond for more theories about where this one of a kind series is going. Join us at the table for your chance to throw in your two cents!

Songwriter Jim Croce gets a nod with the title of this episode that finds more and more revealed about the past with few answers. That doesn't stop us at the Hallmark Cafe; we've got more wild theories to share with you! Who knows? Maybe we're on to something. Your table is ready and the coffee is hot!

We dig deeper into the time traveling mystery of The Way Home in episode three with a deep dive into the pond to find out what this show is actually all about. We have more questions than answers but it sure is fun taking the journey. Join us, your table is ready!

For this episode, we travel back to 1974 where Alice meets the young Colton and Del and their friends and gets to hang out with them at the cove. Kat follows her back and meets a descendant of Thomas who reveals more about his fate. Meanwhile back in the present, Del and Jacob come to a new understanding. Grab a mug and join us at the table on this edition of The hallmark Cafe!

Welcome to 2025 in The Hallmark Cafe! We start off the year with a look at the return of The Way Home with episode one, "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet." It's a busy time at the pond as Jacob returns from the 1800's and Kat jumps back to the 1800's. The family adjusts to Jacob's return and things aren't quite what they seem. For dessert, we return to present day and head to Ireland for the mother/daughter adventure, "Love of the Irish." Your table is always ready here in The Cafe!

Join us in The Cafe as we pair down the 2024 Hallmark Christmas movies to a bakers dozen of favorites, along with some choice side dishes and a tasty dessert or two. Your table is ready for the final time in 2024!

The Hallmark Christmas movie season is coming to a close as we take a look at some last minute gift ideas with two Miracles of Christmas movies, "Trading Up Christmas" and " All I Need For Christmas." Were they on your list? As always, we've got an extra seat at the table for you right here in The Hallmark Cafe!

On this episode of The Cafe we take a closer look at the DaySpring offering, "Following Yonder Star." Brook D'Orsay and John Brotherton star in this unique Christmas story where faith and the stars guide two strangers to a new understanding of love and forgiveness. As an extra special gift, director Jeff Beesley guides us through how the movie was made with wonderful behind the scenes stories of this holiday love story.

We welcome Barbara Niven and Peter Benson to The Cafe to share their experiences making the wonderful, "Leah's Perfect Gift." Barbara talks about playing the controlling but vulnerable Barbara (never Barb!) and Peter gives us some insight into what it was like directing the talented cast. Join us all at the table for this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

Our main course this week straddles between homage and parody and does both equally well. "Sugarplummed" hits all the right buttons with Maggie Lawson and Janel Parrish winning the award for best buddy performances of the year. For dessert, we look in on The Camarena Family to see how their Christmas is shaping up in Episode six of "Holidazed."  We then reveal the winner of "Finding Mr. Christmas," while touching on  some of the highlights of the series. Your table is always ready at The Hallmark Cafe!

We have lots of presents under the tree in The Cafe for this episode. For our main course, we travel back to 1999 for some fun and a few tears in "A '90s Christmas." We introduce our new "side dish" segment and break the ice with a quick look at "The Christmas Quest," then followup with episode five of "Holidazed" and episode six of "Mistletoe Murders" for dessert. Hurry down the chimney and find your table on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

Join us in The Hallmark Cafe as we head for "The Finnish Line" via dog sled in this fast paced adventure starring Kim Matula and Beau Mirchoff. Shot on location in Finland and featuring an international cast, the race is on to see who wins the championship on a wild ride to the top of the world. For dessert, we meet the new Mrs. Miracle played by the amazing Rachel Boston in a role she seemingly was born to play. Can she help heal a family at odds with each other at Christmas time? Join us in The Cafe to find out!

It's a jam packed edition of The Hallmark Cafe as we discuss the comedies "Three Wiser Men and a Boy" and "To Have and to Holiday," both from The Hallmark Channel. We then switch over to Hallmark Plus for the streamer's latest offerings, which include the Christmas cul-de-sac fun on episode four of "Holidazed", and a new murder investigation on episode five of "Mistletoe Murders." We also peek in on the contestants on "Finding Mr. Christmas" to see who stays and who goes. Your table is waiting for you on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

We manage to squeeze in three movies on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe starting with "A Carol For Two," a Christmas celebration of Broadway that is filled with the best singing on Hallmark this season. We then spend some time with The Lin Family in the hilarious episode three of the "Holidazed" series on Hallmark Plus. We round things off with a holiday salute to first responders in, "Christmas on Call." Your table is always ready at The Hallmark Cafe!

On this edition of The Cafe we meet families navigating the bumps and turns of the holidays in today's world. "Christmas with the Singhs," finds a newly engaged couple from two different cultures encountering the fun and friction of blending their families together. In the first two episodes of the eight-part series, "Holidazed," we meet seven families of Oak Harbor, Oregon who will all discover a new meaning of Christmas. We've got extra seating available in this edition of The Hallmark Cafe.

We take The Cafe on the road on this edition with the fast pace and fun of, "Jingle Bell Run." Ashley Williams and Andrew Walker do all the hard work as they compete on a reality show for big money and possibly big love. For dessert, we find "A Reason For the Season" for Taylor Cole and Kevin McGarry. This Hallmark Mysteries entry finds the two connecting over an old mystery that begins one snowy Christmas Eve in 1989. Join us for all the holiday magic on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

At The Hallmark Cafe we are passionate about the movies we love. On this episode, we open up about how we choose the movies for our menu and why some movies don't make the menu. Then we serve up our main course, "Tis the Season to Be Irish" which charmed us and touched our hearts as only a Hallmark movie can do. We finish up by perusing the dessert tray for a few comments on the Hallmark Plus continuing series, "Mistletoe Murders" and the reality fun of "Finding Mr. Christmas." It's a lively discussion around the table on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

This time in The Cafe we take a more serious look at the holidays with our main course, "This Time Each Year." Alison Sweeney and Niall Matter take us to a deeper level in this touching family drama aided by an outstanding supporting cast and expertly directed by Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe. We follow up our main course with the fun and games of, "'Twas the Date Before Christmas." Amy Groening and Robert Buckley provide the sparks in this high energy ensemble outing directed by Bradley Walsh. Grab a seat and put your hot chocolate order in!

We welcome you back to The Cafe for our first two Christmas movies of 2024 to make the menu. "The Christmas Charade" is a smart and funny modern send up of an old fashioned caper movie with Corey Sevier and Rachel Skarsten having a blast catching the crooks. For dessert, we switch things over to Hallmark Plus for "Mistletoe Murders." In this first of six episodes, we meet a shop owner with a mysterious past, played by Sarah Drew, who gets caught up in a mystery that puts her right in the middle of the investigation. Your yuletide table is ready here at The Hallmark Cafe! .

Hallmark Plus is featuring two more of the new Aurora Teagarden movies and you're invited to The Cafe to have a look. Both "A Lesson in Murder" and "Death at the Diner" feature an entirely new cast (well, almost entirely new) with guest stars including Kavan Smith and Kimberly Sustad. Join us at the table for a whole new take on a classic series.

We continue our conversation with director Jessica Harmon who shares some compelling behind the scenes stories on her movies "A Paris Proposal" and "Rip in Time." We also find out more about her work on the new Aurora Teagarden re-boot streaming on Hallmark Plus. There's room at the table for you, join us!

Director Jessica Harmon stops by the cafe to share how she transformed from an award winning actor to an award winning director. In the process, she shares some behind the scenes secrets and stories from some of her Hallmark movies including, "Tipline Mysteries: Dial 1 For Murder and the re-boot of the "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries" with an all new cast and stories. Your table is ready!

Today in The Hallmark Cafe you are invited to a "Haunted Wedding" complete with ghosts hunters, actual ghosts and a wee bit of time travel. From muskets to muskrats, you won't want to miss our take on one of the best Hallmark fall movies ever. For dessert, we fire up the air fryer and go backstage for a doomed reunion concert in "Curious Caterer: Forbidden Fruit." How will Goldy and Detective Tom Shultz solve this one? Join us at the table to find out! ,

Nicole Smith from the Swing My Heart Podcast joins us at the table to dish out her favorite Hallmark movies. We share ours too. What are yours? Pull up a seat and find out if we mention some of your favorites!

We take one more trip on The Danube with the last two movies in this three part series. "Kissing Stars" finds publicist Sarah Power trying to get reclusive actor Brendan Penny into the spirit of things on the "Kiss Con" cruise. "Royal Getaway" features Jessica Sipos on a hunt for fine art and finding the incognito Dan Jeannotte hiding from his royal identity instead. There's room at the captain's table for you on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe! .

Join us for this "Mystery Meet" episode where we serve up "The Cases of Mystery Lane: Death is Listening" as our main course and present a classic Hallmark who done it for dessert, 2013's, "After All These Years." Your table is always ready here at The Hallmark Cafe.

On this edition of The Hallmark Cafe we meet a pair of married attorneys who end up on opposites sides of a celebrity divorce that maybe isn't what it seems. Lacey Chabert and Brennan Elliott raise the bar on legal comedy in this fast paced main course outing with a twist. For dessert, we take a cruise on The Danube River in the new Hallmark Plus movie, Love on the Danube: Love Song. Nazneen Contractor and Wes Brown are on deck to take us on a boat cruise that just might lead to love. Your table is ready!

We welcome the immensely talented Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe to the Cafe. While many know her from her iconic role as Rita Haywith-Dorman in the much beloved, Signed, Sealed, Delivered series and movies, she recently made her mark as a director for Hallmark. With Katherine Barrell and Tyler Hynes in the lead roles, Shifting Gears was an impressive debut for Yan-Kay and an immediate hit with viewers. Join us at the table as we talk acting and directing with her and get a tease of her next movie where she has directed Hallmark favorite Alison Sweeney.

Join us in the cafe and find out why our main course, The Magic of Lemon Drops, has instantly become one of our favorite Hallmark movies ever. And stick around for dessert for our take on the new Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith mystery movie, Nelly Knows Mysteries: A Fatal Engagement. There's room at the table for your entire party, no waiting!

We welcome back Joel S Rice, President of Muse Entertainment, USA and Scott Clayton, Development Production Executive for Muse to give us a behind the scenes look at the making of the new Hallmark Mysteries movie, Nelly Knows Mysteries: A Fatal Engagement. We find out how the project came to Muse, it's development and how stars Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith were chosen for their roles.  Join us at the table for another inside look at how your favorite Hallmark movies make it to your screen.

In the Cafe this week we visit the mind-bending My Dreams of You and find out where dreams really come from, and we journey off to Costa Rica, where Christopher Russell and Rhiannon Fish Romance the beautiful country of Costa Rica. Outside seating still available!

Director Ron Oliver stops by The Cafe to talk about his latest project for the new Hallmark Plus, The Groomsmen trilogy of movies. We also get some behind the scenes stories on some of his most popular Hallmark movies including The Christmas Train, Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade and I Do, I Do, I Do. If you love like we love stories about how Hallmark movies are made, pull up a chair at the table and join us!

We're back in The Cafe where our main course is the clever new Autumn Reeser movie, Junebug. For dessert, we serve up Autumn's hilarious first Hallmark movie, Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Join us, your table is ready!

In this episode we serve up "I Do, I Do, I Do," a delicious Autumn Reeser movie from 2015 and dedicate it to all the summer weddings still to come. For dessert, we sample the Hallmark Channel movies now in production being readied for Christmas, 2024.

Hallmark Movies Now streamer bows out to be replaced by the new Hallmark Plus. With some intriguing new original movies and a selection of unscripted offerings, Hallmark viewers will have more choices than ever for content. And we highlight some of the recent Hallmark movies who were awarded Leo Awards in Vancouver, British Columbia earlier this month. Your table is ready!

On this edition of The Hallmark Cafe, we sample wedding cakes and choose a DJ for our own June wedding event. Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith made two movies in The Perfect Bride series that we think are a great marriage of entertainment and insight into love and matrimony. Join us at the head table as we toast the happy couple!

We welcome Eric from the Hallmark Mysteries and More podcast to the Cafe to sample the latest Hallmark Passport to Love movie, "Savoring Paris." Can a movie about love and cheese take place anywhere else but Paris? Bethany Joy Lenz has all summer to find out. Your cafe table awaits, join us!