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Jen Lilley and Trevor Donovan are leading the highly-anticipated movie, “USS Christmas”, for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries this November, and they reunited to usher in all of the original holiday movies premiering by hosting the 2020 Miracles of Christmas Preview Special!

The special, which airs on Sunday, October 18th at 11pm/10c, will give viewers a sneak peek of the all-new, original movie premieres offering inspiring stories of family, love and second chances that celebrate the heart and hope of the season.

Watch the promo ad below and tune in this Sunday night on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries!

Stay merry!

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We’re getting closer to the kick off of Christmas programming on the Hallmark Channel because we’ll finally get to see Candace Cameron Bure host the 2020 Countdown to Christmas Preview Special!

This one-hour special will offer viewers a sneak peek at original holiday movies that are part of the network’s Countdown to Christmas slate this year!  The promo for the special included little clips of the upcoming movies “One Royal Holiday”, “A Christmas Tree Grows in Colorado”, “The Christmas House”, and “Jingle Bell Bride”, so maybe those are a few of the movies we’ll get a closer look at!

Watch the promo advertisement below and tune in this Saturday, October 17th at 11pm/10c on Hallmark Channel to get into the holiday spirit with Candace!

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Christmas is coming!! It’s one thing to get the lineup of original holiday movies slated for the season, but once the daily schedules start releasing…you know we’re even closer to the most wonderful time of the year! Today we got the announcement of Freeform’s 2020 Kickoff to Christmas programming slate, which officially kicks off on November 1st.

This event features a nice collection of family fun movies and network originals mixed in with some very festive ones like the “Home Alone” and “The Santa Clause” franchises as well as “Christmas with the Kranks”, “Miracle on 34th Street” (1994), “Deck the Halls”, “Black Nativity”, “It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie”, “The Preacher’s Wife”, “Love Actually” and more!

It’s the perfect way to ease into Freeform’s 25 Days of Christmas, which starts in December.

Check out the day-by-night 2020 Kickoff to Christmas schedule below!

Sunday, Nov. 1
7:30 a.m. – “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”
10:05 a.m. – “Jingle All the Way 2”
12:05 p.m. – “Deck the Halls” (2006)
2:10 p.m. – “The Game Plan”
4:50 p.m. – “Matilda”
6:55 p.m. – “Frozen” (Disney Animated)
9:25 p.m. – “Coco” (Disney-Pixar)
11:55 p.m. – “Christmas with the Kranks”

Monday, Nov. 2
12:00 p.m. – “Christmas with the Kranks”
2:05 p.m. – “Matilda”
4:10 p.m. – “The Hunger Games”
7:25 p.m. – “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”

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‘Tis the season to ‘Netflix and Cheer’, because the holiday 2020 lineup for the streaming service is here! First up for the Here for the Holidays event, which kicks off this month, is “Holidate” starring Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey, followed by “Operation Christmas Drop” with Kat Graham and Alexander Ludwig; the musical events with all-star casts “Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square” and “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey”, and the highly anticipated sequels: “The Christmas Chronicles 2” (Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn return as Mr. and Mrs. Claus!) and “The Princess Switch: Switched Again” starring Vanessa Hudgens.

Not only is Netflix delivering original Christmas movies this year, but you can also look forward to series, episodes, specials and documentaries in the festive mix. The second season of “Sugar Rush Christmas” arrives in November and season three of “The Great British Baking Show: Holidays” will debut in December. There will also be a lot of fun for the youngsters in your family, such as: “Alien Xmas”, “A Go! Go! Cory Carson Christmas”, and “Angela’s Christmas Wish”.

From Executive Producer, Shonda Rimes, the “Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker” documentary will debut in November, and coming in December, Netflix will take an in-depth look at two iconic Christmas movies with the special “The Holiday Movies That Made Us”.

The streaming giant will also add a few acquired films to its yuletide arrivals, including: “A New York Christmas Wedding”, “Christmas Break-In”, “Midnight at the Magnolia”, “A Christmas Catch”, “Hometown Holiday” and “A Very Country Christmas”.

Check out the full lineup below!

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We’re just weeks away from the kickoff of Hallmark’s highly-anticipated holiday programming, which is set to premiere 40 all-new original Christmas movies for Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas events. So far, sneak peek previews have been airing on the networks during fall movie premieres, production stills are emerging, and the gorgeous digital keyart posters are beginning to release online.

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With the holidays approaching, UPtv has announced their merry offering this year, which features five world television movie premieres that will join the networks collection of 500 hours of Christmas programming that includes over 60 movies to celebrate family, love, and the spirit of the season!

UPtv’s Merry Movie Christmas kicks off on Sunday, November 1st with the premiere of A Very Country Christmas Homecoming starring Bea Santos and Greyston Holt, the third title in the A Very Country franchise! Additionally viewers will be able to add alerts for showtimes with the new My UPtv Movies app that launches in mid-October.

Read on to learn more about the Christmas movies premiering on UPtv!

Top-Bottom, L-R: Ryan Paevey, Candace Cameron Bure, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Jonathan Bennett, Bethany Joy Lenz and Ben Savage.
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The wait is over, Hallmark has released their highly-anticipated 2020 Christmas movie lineup!

There was a time this year where I wasn’t sure if we would get any Christmas movies, but I’m thrilled to announce that Crown Media has unveiled their list of 40 new festive films that will premiere during Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas all-day-and-all-night continuous holiday programming, which runs from October 23rd through January 2020. Are you as excited as I am?!

Get ready to see all-new heartwarming stories starring Candace Cameron Bure, Ryan Paevey, Lacey Chabert, Andrew Walker, Jonathan Bennett, Bethany Joy Lenz, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Laura Osnes, Brennan Elliott, Niall Matter, Holly Robinson Peete, Danica McKellar, Jill Wagner, Sam Page and many more fan-favorites.

Aaron Tveit, Krystal Joy Brown, Robert Buckley, Sarah Drew, Wynonna Judd, Sara Evans, Rochelle Aytes, Jeremy Jordan, Janel Parrish, Marisol Nichols and Lucia Micarelli are among the actors making their Hallmark Christmas movie debuts!  Twilight star Ashley Greene, who starred in her first film for the network last December, will return in a new feature. Hallmark premiered two Hanukkah-themed movies last year for an extra helping of cheer, and they’re doing it again with Love, Lights, Hanukkah! starring Mia Kirshner, Ben Savage and Marilu Henner.

Check out the full lineup for both networks below, and keep checking back for additional movie news, photos and more as we get closer to the kick off!

L-R: Brandon Quinn, Jana Kramer, Kelly Rowland, Thomas Cadrot, Vanessa Lachey and Ryan McPartlin. | Photos Courtesy of Lifetime

With less than 100 days to go until Christmas Day, Lifetime unveiled its full lineup for the It’s A Wonderful Lifetime holiday slate! It’s going to be a season full of cheer on the network, and it all kicks off on October 23 through December 25 with over 1200 hours of programming.

Lifetime has made a commitment to offering not only lots of festive stories, but diverse and inclusive storytelling; among their holiday offering is “The Christmas Setup”, the network’s first holiday movie with a LGBTQ romance as the lead story; “A Sugar & Spice Holiday”, its first holiday movie centered on a Chinese-American family. The creatives behind the movie also include a trio of Asian women – director Jennifer Liao, writer Eirene Donohue and casting director Judy JK Lee – in creating the authentic vision of the movie.; “Christmas Ever After”, its first movie starring a lead actor with a disability; and “A Welcome Home Christmas”, Lifetime’s first movie centered on a military vet, airing prior to Veterans Day.

Beverley Mitchell, Jana Kramer, Ryan McPartlin, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Vanessa Lachey, Marie Osmond, Fran Drescher and Brandon Quinn are among the stars leading films this year!

Melissa Joan Hart will lead “Dear Christmas” this year alongside Jason Priestley, which will also feature some familiar faces in cameos: Former One Tree Hill stars Hilarie Burton and Antwon Tanner and Jamie and Doug Hehner (Married at First Sight: Couples Cam). Hart will also direct Mario Lopez and AnnaLynne McCord in “Feliz NaviDAD”.

Tiffany Haddish steps in as executive producer of “Christmas Unwrapped”, starring Amber Stevens West, Marco Grazzini and Cheryl Ladd, while Kelly Rowland and Thomas Cadrot return in Lifetime’s first-ever holiday sequel, “Merry Liddle Christmas Wedding.“

Check out the full lineup below — including movie details and air-dates!

Photo: Candace Cameron Bure (Crown Media)

Due to the unprecedented year we’ve been having, and the altered schedules, we didn’t have our usual Christmas: A First Look Preview Special on Hallmark back in July during Christmas Keepsake Week, so it’s certainly been a question of when we’d finally get that official first look. Hallmark movies have been in production for a few weeks now, so it was anticipated we’d get a preview special closer to the kickoff of the holiday programming on October 23rd, and if what I stumbled across on the Hallmark website is correct…we will be.

According to Hallmark’s website, Candace Cameron Bure will host the 2020 Countdown to Christmas Preview Special, a one-hour preview of Hallmark Channel’s upcoming Countdown to Christmas holiday movies on Saturday, October 17th at 11pm/10c.

2020 Miracles of Christmas Preview Special, a first look at the upcoming Miracles of Christmas original holiday movies on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, will air the following evening on Sunday, October 18th at 11pm/10c. The host is currently listed as TBA (To Be Announced).

(Update: 9/22/20) — The 2020 Miracles of Christmas Preview Special will be hosted by Jen Lilley and Trevor Donovan as they have an upcoming Christmas movie together!

It could end up being like last year where Candace hosted both specials — time will tell — but it’s nice to see a little bit of our festive routine back. I’ll keep you posted on further details.

Stay merry!

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Despite being September, it’s definitely beginning to look a lot like Christmas thanks to all of the holiday news that’s been dropping in recent weeks, and ION Television is one of the first networks to announce their plans for this Christmas season with their Your Home for the Holidays slate!

You can look forward to seeing four all-new movie premieres and more than thirty returning favorites, ION will kick off their programming event on Sunday, November 29th, with special holiday fare airing weekends in December through Christmas Day.

“At a time when families are spending more time at home together, ION’s holiday lineup will provide an enjoyable escape for viewers who have made watching our movies a tradition of their own,” said Brandon Burgess, ION Media Chairman and CEO. “The network’s continued yearly success proves ION’s status as a go-to destination for holiday movie viewers.”

Check out the list of new movie premieres below; and make sure you check IONtelevision.com this fall when they post the full holiday movie schedule!