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Exclusive: Hallmark will launch its 2021 Fall Harvest programming event with Roadhouse Romance, a new romantic comedy starring Lauren Alaina (Road Less Traveled) and Tyler Hynes (It Was Always You).

Set to premiere Saturday, September 11 at 9 pm. Et/Pt, Roadhouse Romance follows Lieutenant Callie Jackson (Alaina) who returns home after a military tour, expecting everything to pick up right where she left it. To her dismay, her late Grandfather’s BBQ is struggling, and her high school sweetheart has moved on. She has a run-in with Luke (Hynes), a TV director passing through town, who teachers her that sometimes it’s best to look forward instead of looking back.

Paul Ziller (Ruby Herring Mysteries) directs and Sally Robinson (Steel Magnolias) penned the script.

Alaina, an Academy of Country Music and CMT Award-winning country music artist, will perform her songs “Run” and “What Do You Think Of,” in the movie. The songs...

Hallmark’s 2020 “Countdown to Christmas” has already begun, with a total of 40 new holiday movies set to air this season across the Hallmark Channel and sister network Hallmark Movies & Mysteries — some of which started rolling out well before Halloween.

While there are some fan-favorite Hallmark actors and actresses starring in the lineup, like Candace Cameron Bure, Lacey Chabert, Will Kemp, Holly Robinson Peete and Danica McKellar, there are several newcomers leading films, including Aaron Tveit, Krystal Joy Brown, Victoria Clark, Tom McGowan, Alvina August, Janel Parrish, Jeremy Jordan and Marisol Nichols, among many others.

This year’s slate also includes “The Christmas House,” which stars Jonathan Bennett and features a storyline about a gay couple looking to adopt their first child. Hallmark and its competitor Lifetime have been criticized over the years for not including LGBTQ lead characters and related plots in their Christmas movies. Hallmark said it would commit...

It’s that time of year again — the chestnuts are roasting, the marshmallows are toasting, and the Hallmark holiday movies are airing multiple times a week from now until the end of the year.

Of the 40 new original movies Hallmark is rolling out this holiday season, 24 are part of its 10th annual “Countdown to Christmas” event. The other 16 will air on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

Some of the original movies have aired since the end of October, which can be streamed on Hallmark Movies Now. The rest of this year’s holiday programming, like “Christmas at Dollywood,” starring Dolly Parton and “Merry & Bright,” starring Jodie Sweetin, will continue to roll out on both channels until Dec. 28.

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Here is a full list of all this year’s Hallmark holiday movies, separated by channel and as described by the network:

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(All premieres at 8 p.

In today’s roundup, Hallmark announces its “Countdown to Christmas” lineup, including a first look at “A Christmas Love Story,” and Nickelodeon announces a premiere date for “The Loud House” spin-off “The Casagrandes.”

First Looks

Kristin Chenoweth and Scott Wolf star in Hallmark Hall of Fame‘s upcoming holiday film, “A Christmas Love Story,” and Variety has exclusively obtained some first look images of them in their roles. The project, which premieres Dec. 7, also stars Keith Robinson and Kevin Quinn.

Dates

Hallmark announced its full “Countdown to Christmas” lineup, featuring 16 new original movies to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the special programming block. This year, it begins Oct. 26 with the new film “Christmas Wishes & Mistletoe Kisses,” starring Jill Wagner, Matthew Davis and Donna Mills. Other new projects on the schedule include “Merry & Bright,” starring Jodie Sweetin, Andrew Walker and Sharon Lawrence, premiering on Nov. 2; “A Christmas Scavenger Hunt,...

Den Of Geek Staff Dec 23, 2019

Our essential Christmas movies and TV specials schedule is your perfect viewing guide this holiday season!

It's that time of the year again—white snow, slow roasted turkey, and plenty of holiday-themed movies and TV specials being cycled non-stop on your television screen. In the spirit of the holiday season, we've compiled a nifty, long list of these movies and TV specials to make sure that you don't miss any of them!

Using various network schedules, we've strung together enough holiday movies and TV specials to have you sick of the season well before December 25th, so get into the holiday spirit and enjoy the best (and the cheesiest) this Christmas season has to offer! If you're more inclined to streaming, we also have a list of all the 2018 Christmas movies you can watch online.

We'll continue to update this list as the holiday season continues,...