Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Robin Miller Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Selected programming for April 20-21, 2024 Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 21:21:23 -0400 Lines: 59 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 8clnOxbF+nt0TdflbxVvkAtOgIieadw5vSMa6+++BvJbLGjf2h Cancel-Lock: sha1:A0wW6AEykp3ceDhmYGrsSSOFF2c= sha256:s4QmccIcVorRFAM/MFOKce99tXbI4RqeADBZaU3wpQk= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.18.2 In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2974 Ian J. Ball wrote: > On 4/20/24 4:59 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote: >> On 4/20/24 4:44 PM, Robin Miller wrote: >> >>> Ian J. Ball wrote: >>> >>> Have UPtv and Hallmark Mystery given up on Sunday nights? >> >> UP is like Ion in that its (new) movie releases seem *very* seasonal - >> IOW, they do ("new") movies around Christmas time, and almost no other >> time throughout the year. (UP may do a few movies at other times, but >> it's rare.) >> >>> For that matter, has Hallmark Mystery had any premieres since the >>> name change? >> >> A few. But very few. >> >> When Hallmark lost most of their headliners to GAFfe channel, it >> obliterated their mystery movie series, and Hallmark Mystery mostly >> got out of doing them as a result. >> >> They tried to launch a "Aurora Teagarden" mystery "reboot" with Skyler >> Samuels, and one or two other new "mystery" series, but I'm not sure >> any of them got beyond *one* initial movie (which isn't much of a >> "series"!!) >> >>> Their website says they have a premiere on Friday night: >>> >>> https://www.hallmarkmystery.com/curious-caterer-foiled-plans >> >> OK, so that answers that - the new Nikki DeLoach mystery series got >> past one movie. >> >> But I don't think any other "new" mystery movie series have... >> >>> And they are Hallmark Mystery, not Hallmark Mystery Channel as I was >>> thinking. >>> >>> --Robin > > Interesting. According to this: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hallmark_Channel_Original_Movies#2024 > > > Hallmark Mystery is planning to do more "(Young) Aurora Teagarden" > flicks with Skyler Samuels. In addition, they seem to be starting up > another mystery series starring Jodie Sweetin (blech!). And are actually > bringing back "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" for more movies!?!! > > I like Skyler Samuels, so that's a positive. I didn't realize Hallmark had lost so many stars to GAF. --Robin