Episodes

3d ago

On this edition of The Hallmark Cafe we book "A Suite Holiday Romance," a classic Christmas love story starring Jessy Schram and Dominic Sherwood. Then we check out the limited series "Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas" starring Mae Whitman, Julian Morris, Jane Seymour and Mary McDonnell. Join us, your table is ready!

4d ago

The busy season continues with "Single on the 25th" and "Oy to the World." Both movies easily made the menu this week. We also wrap up our thoughts on "Finding Mr. Christmas" and "Baked With Love." Another fantastic week in the cafe. Join us!

Dec 12

We're joined in The Cafe by real life couple Veronica Brown and Joey DePaolo to learn how this clever movie went from the page to the screen. Veronica and Joey share the meaning behind the story and talk about everything from casting to production in Vancouver. Join us at the table for an insightful and fun conversation with four people who love movies!

Dec 5

We dig deep into country music on this expanded edition with, "A Grand Ole Opry Christmas" featuring special guest, director Clare Niederpruem. Then we climb 12,000 feet for, "An Alpine Holiday" to top the whole thing off. Join us at the table, the coffee's hot on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe.

Dec 1

Director Jeff Beesley joins us to discuss his latest movie, "The Snow Must Go On." We love getting into the weeds with Jeff as he his so generous with sharing his secrets for making great movies. We also get a glimpse into his next movie, "A Suite Holiday Romance" starring Jesse Schram. Join us at the table as we share our love for movies with Jeff Beesley!

Nov 27

Season two of Mistletoe Murders comes to an exciting conclusion on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe with a huge cliffhanger. We shuffle off to Buffalo for "A Bills Love Story' and bundle up for a very wintery "Melt My Heart This Christmas." But we start off with our takes on the unscripted series, "Baked with Love" and "Finding Mr. Christmas." Your table is waiting here at The Hallmark Cafe!

Nov 20

The Cafe is buzzing with activity this week with a tasty order including a new Mistletoe Murders Mystery, "The Ides of December." We also report on "Tidings For the Season" and share our thoughts on this weeks unscripted episodes of "Baked with Love" and "Finding Mr. Christmas." Join us at the table for this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

Nov 13

Another busy week in The Cafe as we hop on a plane for, "Christmas Above the Clouds" starring Erin Krakow and Tyler Hynes. We then catch a boat ride on the Danube for, "A Keller Christmas Vacation." "Mistletoe Murders" is back for a second season and Alison Sweeney rides into "Finding Mr. Christmas" hoping to find a cowboy scene partner who can ride a horse. Join us at the table for this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

Nov 7

We finish up our take on season one of Mistletoe Murders with "Death of a Humbug" and sail right into "A Newport Christmas" without taking a breath. We also share our views on Hallmark's continuing experiment with unscripted content. Join us at the table as Countdown to Christmas 2025 continues!

Oct 29

"Merry Christmas Ted Cooper" is our main course this week but we give you our take on the rest of weekend two of the 2025 Countdown to Christmas. The table is set for variety on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

Oct 24

Countdown to Christmas 2025 is off and running with "A Royal Montana Christmas" and "A Christmas Angel Match." Hear which one squeaked by and which one captured our hearts. But first, we start things off with a reminder of why we love "Mistletoe Mysteries" so much. Your table is ready!

Oct 16

All the 2025 Hallmark Countdown to Christmas offerings served up in one spoken batch just in time for the season. Enjoy!

Oct 15

The last of our fall movie offerings feature Andrew Walker and Rachel Boston falling in love naturally in, "Adventures of Love and Birding." Meanwhile, Lacey Chabert and Wes Brown return for the third time, this time in the hilarious, "Haul Out The Halloween." They've hauled out Christmas in two previous outings but this time there's a big surprise for us, it made the menu! Pull up a chair and join us in The Hallmark Cafe!

Sep 6

We encore a portion of last years interview we did with director Ron Oliver as he was wrapping up production on his three movie event, "The Groomsmen." He shares some behind the scenes stories and talks about how the series came about. We also dish up our take on the Long Island love story, "Catch of the Day" starring Emile Ullerup and Michael Rady. Pull up a beach chair and join us in the cafe!. . .

Aug 22

We're back with our impressions of the "Providence Falls" three-part series and our surprising reaction to the latest Mystery Island movie. Join us at the table if you dare!

Jul 31

We're back from a bit of a break to talk about our new Hallmark Plus favorite, "Private Eyes." This Canadian series spans five seasons and mixes suspense with romance and comedy. Plus, it has a cool theme song and a sexy sports car to boot. We also share our thoughts on the recent unscripted series, "Christmas at Sea." Is this type of series the future of Hallmark? Will reality beat out fiction? Join us at the table to hear our take.

Jun 29

We enjoy some Hallmark vacation time with a trip to Italy for "Villa Amore" featuring Eloise Mumford and Kevin McGarry and continue our travels with "To Barcelona, With Love" and "To Barcelona, Forever" starring Alison Sweeney and Ashley Williams. We've got a place for you at the table on this duty-free edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

Jun 16

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!

Jun 4

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!

May 21

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!

May 2

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!

Apr 25

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!

Apr 10

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!

Mar 25

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!

Mar 12

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!

Mar 10

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!

Mar 3

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!

Feb 27

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!

Feb 24

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!

Feb 19

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!

Feb 11

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!

Feb 4

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!

Jan 28

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!

Jan 21

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!

Jan 13

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!

Jan 7

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!

Dec 30, 2024

Join us in The Cafe as we pare 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!

Dec 24, 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!

Dec 21, 2024

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.

Dec 15, 2024

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!

Dec 13, 2024

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!

Dec 9, 2024

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!

Dec 3, 2024

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!

Dec 2, 2024

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!

Nov 27, 2024

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!

Nov 21, 2024

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.

Nov 18, 2024

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!

Nov 14, 2024

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!

Nov 7, 2024

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!

Nov 5, 2024

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! .

Nov 1, 2024

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.

Oct 30, 2024

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!

Oct 29, 2024

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!

Oct 16, 2024

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! ,

Oct 9, 2024

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!

Oct 6, 2024

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! .

Sep 27, 2024

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.

Sep 13, 2024

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!

Aug 30, 2024

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.

Aug 27, 2024

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!

Aug 20, 2024

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.

Aug 17, 2024

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!

Aug 9, 2024

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!

Aug 6, 2024

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!

Jul 29, 2024

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.

Jul 12, 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!

Jun 24, 2024

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!

Jun 12, 2024

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!

Jun 3, 2024

Apples and honey are on the menu today as we dish up 2022's "The Secrets of Bella Vista" with Rachelle Lefevre and Niall Matter followed by the delicious new "For Love and Honey" starring Andrew Walker and Margaret Clunie. As a side dish, we toss in some history about the origins of apples and bees in North America. It's all courtesy of The Hallmark Cafe, join us at the table! .

May 20, 2024

We are so excited about the new Tipline Mysteries movie starring Holland Roden and Chris McNally (which we watched on Hallmark Movies Now, streaming) that we gave it its own show. (don't worry, we tossed in a great tip for dessert) Join us at the (no spoilers as usual!) table for this exceptional movie!

May 16, 2024

Today in the Cafe we discuss Hallmark's latest mystery starring Amanda Schull and Brendan Penny. It's a doctor and detective meetup. And a first for us, we discuss two recent episodes of the long running Hallmark hit, When Calls the Heart. Join us at the table!

May 7, 2024

In this episode, we join the guests at a medieval castle who've come for dinner but wind up suspects in a bizarre murder. But Goldy and Tom are on the case so the twists and turns in this installment of Curious Caterer are filled with surprises. For dessert, we make our own short movie with Dianne in the director's chair making her dramatic directorial debut with her original script, Morning Shadows. Your table is ready!

Apr 21, 2024

Our main course finds Viv Leacock and Natasha Burnett joining forces to find the missing half of an antique locket with a colorful past. For dessert, we take a trip to beautiful Niagara Falls where recently jilted Jocelyn Hudon meets handsome tour guide Dan Jeannotte who may or may not be ready to fall so easily in love again. Grab your slicker and join us at the falls on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe.

Apr 16, 2024

We catch up on our reading with Blind Date Book Club starring Erin Krakow and Robert Buckley then we peel back the clues in One Bad Apple, the latest Hannah Swensen Mystery with Alison Sweeney and company. Your table is ready!

Apr 8, 2024

We wrap up season two of The Way Home with a lively discussion of the exciting and surprising finale. Season three will have a lot of explaining to do! Join us at the table!

Mar 27, 2024

On this episode we head to Paris and the world of fashion with Brooke D'Orsay to solve a stylish murder that has the Paris Police baffled in Crimes of Fashion: Killer Clutch. For dessert, we find out if Tyler Hynes and Katherine Barrell can restore their love and a couple of classic cars at the same time in Shifting Gears. Join us in the Cafe!

Mar 26, 2024

The penultimate season two episode of The Way Home is jam packed with events that point toward an exciting season finale. Will Jacob return with Kat to the present? Will Del sell the Landry farm? We talk about it all so join us at the table!

Mar 18, 2024

Lose Yourself in our discussion of episode eight of season two as we did deeper into our unfounded theories and observations of the continuing search for The Way Home for all the characters of Port Haven. Your table is ready!

Mar 17, 2024

We present, as our main course, a beautiful movie from 2021 that our recent guest Peter Benson directed and for which he won a Leo Award. Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone is a family drama with a timeless message beautifully lensed on Vancouver Island. For dessert, we get caught up with the last entry in the February Jane Austen themed Loveuary event with a new adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. The Hallmark Cafe is open and your table is ready!

Mar 13, 2024

Michael and Dianne dig deeper into the meaning of this series and find some interesting surprises. What do you think this series is all about? Join us at the table!

Mar 6, 2024

Episode six of The Way Home promotes a lively discussion in The Cafe as we try to decipher even more clues from the past. Join us at the table!

Mar 5, 2024

Multi-talented actor and director Peter Benson joins us in The Hallmark Cafe to talk about his career as an actor in and director of some of our favorite Hallmark movies. It's a master class and a seven course meal, so join us for an absolutely delightful time at the table! Come on in, your table is ready!

Feb 27, 2024

We're back in the Cafe making our way through season two of The Way Home with episode five, "Long Time Gone." It's Founders Day in Port Haven and the past is present as Kat and Alice each venture back in time still looking for answers deep within the pond. Your table is ready!

Feb 23, 2024

The Way Home returns to The Cafe for Episode 4 and we stayed up late to spin some theories (and have our usual fun!). Come on in, your table is ready!

Feb 19, 2024

We welcome Executive Producer Veronica Brown and Director Clare Niederpruem to the Cafe to talk about the making of their newest Hallmark movie, "An American in Austen". Grab a coffee, pull up a chair and learn how in the world they made such an incredible movie in just 15 days! Come on in, your table is ready!

Feb 17, 2024

Writer Reina Hardy shares her journey creating the original story and script for the Love-u-ary entry, "Paging Mr. Darcy." Reina is an accomplished playwright, teacher and author whose research into Jane Austen turned into a charming story starring Mallory Jansen and Will Kemp. Join us at the table to meet this fascinating woman!

Feb 13, 2024

For tonight's feast, we spend some time on the Hallmark Movies Now App immersing ourselves deeper into the world of Jane Austen with the very clever Hallmark original movie, "An American in Austen." For dessert, we recommend the BBC mini-series of "Pride and Prejudice" from 1995. Hallmark is making the six part series available as part of its Loveuary celebration of the beloved author. Your table is ready!

Feb 9, 2024

For our main course, we serve up the first 2024 Hallmark Loveuary movie, "Paging Mr. Darcy." Mallory Jansen and Will Kemp light up the screen while trying to make sense of Jane Austen in the 21st Century. For dessert, Jocelyn Hudon and Olivier Renaud take to the silks where they rise above their fears to find love and a new purpose in, "Romance With a Twist." Your table is ready!

Feb 7, 2024

We're back in The Cafe to talk about episode three of The Way Home which digs deeper into the mystery of what happened to Jacob. Alice stays in the present and gets a job while Kat takes the pond back to 1814 where she comes closer to meeting Jacob face to face. Meanwhile, Del takes a ride on the mysterious black horse and encounters her new handsome neighbor. You're table is set in this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

Feb 6, 2024

Joel S. Rice and Michael Barbuto from Muse Entertainment join us in the cafe for more conversation about the movies they create for Hallmark. We go behind the scenes on Catch Me if You Claus and True Justice: Family Ties and learn more about how these movies were brought to life for Hallmark. We also go back to the beginning to hear the story of how Signed, Sealed and Delivered came to be. Pull up a chair and join us at the table!

Feb 4, 2024

Today in the Hallmark Cafe we welcome Muse Entertainment, USA President and Executive Producer Joel S. Rice along with Muse Producer Michael Barbuto. They serve up helpings of the movies we all love and just what it takes to get the great Hallmark recipes perfect, every time! Your table is ready!

Jan 30, 2024

We continue our look at season two of The Way Home with the second episode of the season, Hanging By A Moment. Grab a coffee and find a table, the pond is calling!

Jan 27, 2024

We take a break from our usual menu and devote this episode to the first episode of season two of The Way Home. If you are watching this series you are probably just as captivated with the continuing story as we are. Your table is always ready at The Hallmark Cafe!

Jan 26, 2024

Actor Mark Brandon has appeared in nearly thirty Hallmark movies and series episodes. But acting was not his first career choice. We invited him to a late lunch here at the Cafe, where we serve up some appropriately spiced firehouse chili and talk about his extensive career. Your table is ready!

Jan 17, 2024

We serve up another "Mystery Meet" movie for our main course with, "True Justice: Family Ties," a new ensemble mystery making an impressive debut. For dessert, we travel to Scotland to be part of "A Scottish Love Scheme." This bittersweet movie will leave you wanting to pack a bag and head for the Scottish Highlands this summer! Your table is ready!

Dec 31, 2023

Join Michael and Dianne as they each present their top 12 Christmas movie menus in this special Christmas movie wrap up edition of The Hallmark Cafe. Have you made your list yet? As always, your table is ready!

Dec 24, 2023

We wrap up the Christmas movie season with two fun movies on the menu. "Rescuing Christmas" finds Rachael Leigh Cook scrooging up Christmas and then trying to fix it with the help of Sam Page in this hilarious main course. For dessert, Katie Findlay and Evan Roderick turn a running list of romance into Christmas magic in "Sealed With a List." Welcome in, your Christmas table is ready!

Dec 20, 2023

In the Cafe today we feature two Christmas movies directed by noted Canadian director Anne Wheeler. Our main course features a movie inspired by the country song, Heaven Down Here by Mickey Guyton. The movie tells the story of strangers waiting out a snow storm together in a diner and the miracle that changes their lives. For dessert, Friends & Family Christmas finds two sets of match making parents conspiring to introduce their single daughters to each other in the hope that sparks will fly. Welcome to the Cafe, your table is ready! .

Dec 14, 2023

Hallmark has created two delectable holiday movies that we serve up in this episode of The Hallmark Cafe. Both feature excellent ensemble casts whose holiday celebrations will have you asking for seconds! We've saved an extra place at the table for you, welcome to the Cafe!

Dec 12, 2023

It’s time for one last getaway before Christmas with, “My Norwegian Holiday.” Rhiannon Fish finds more than she signed up for as she takes an unexpected trip to Bergen, Norway for Christmas. Then we join Kimberley Sustad as she meets a new man in a way she'll never forget in "To All a Good Night". Christmas is almost here and your favorite holiday table awaits. Welcome to the Cafe!

Dec 11, 2023

A.K. Benninghofen, who plays super fan Margaret in the recent ratings giant "A Biltmore Christmas", stops by to talk about the character and about returning to acting from a near twenty year break. We'll find out what it was like to make a movie at the iconic Biltmore and working with the her amazing co-stars. Be prepared to be inspired in the Hallmark cafe today, your table is ready!

Dec 5, 2023

Award-winning composer Jerome Leroy joins us in the cafe to talk about his music scores for three recent Hallmark movies, "A Paris Proposal," "A Very Venice Romance" and "Joyeux Noel." He shares how he created these romantic and musically authentic scores by playing selections from each movie. To top it off, Jerome recounts how he got the job of conducting the studio orchestra on the new Beatles single, "Now and Then." It's all about movies and music in the cafe today and your table is ready!

Dec 2, 2023

On this episode, a van full of strangers find themselves on a Holiday Road in search of the true meaning of family, friendship and Christmas. The road has plenty of laughs and tears along the way but there's still room for you in the van. For dessert, we travel to London where love blooms for two strangers who find themselves caught up in a shared family event that takes them by surprise in, Christmas in Notting Hill. And we find a place at the table for one more movie that we still had room for. It's a holiday feast on The Hallmark Cafe and your table is ready!

Nov 29, 2023

Today in the Cafe we serve up two recent Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Christmas delights that truly capture the spirit of the holidays. A World Record Christmas will have you cheering on the young hero of this movie as he takes on a Guinness World Record and My Christmas Guide will remind us how love can overcome our toughest challenges. Welcome, your table ready!

Nov 28, 2023

In this episode, we escape to the Hollywood of old in a classic time travel romance with Kristoffer Polaha and Bethany Joy Lenz. A Biltmore Christmas unfolds at the beautiful Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. For dessert, we meet Santa's son as he bungles his first night on the job in Catch Me if You Claus. Luke Macfarlane and Italia Ricci deliver the laughs in this new Christmas holiday classic. Your table is ready!

Nov 23, 2023

Merry Thanksgiving from The Hallmark Cafe! In this episode, we travel to Scotland, where Michael visits his roots, for A Merry Scottish Christmas. Lacey Chabert is paired with one time co-star Scott Wolf in a story of royalty and romance in Scotland. The story takes pace in a Scottish castle where the pipes are gently calling (and we're not talking about the hundreds of years old plumbing) Throw in a scene stealing cameo from a fellow Hallmark star and it’s whimsy galore in the highlands. For dessert, we talk movies and turkey with our own call-in to the very funny, Holiday Hotline. Emily Tennant and Niall Matter cook up some steam in this homage to the classic films, The Shop Around The Corner and You've Got Mail by putting a modern spin on a timeless plot. Your place at the table is ready!

Nov 20, 2023

Director Jeff Beesley is one of our favorite Hallmark directors. On this edition of the Hallmark Cafe, we talk about his early inspiration to be a film director and how his work in Canadian television led to his teaming up with Hallmark. We explore audience favorites such as, Love Strikes Twice, A Kiss Before Christmas, Holiday Date, Made For Each Other, The Santa Summit and more. Along the way we also talk Matty Finochio, Reba and that pine tree costume in the Santa Summit. Jeff also shares much about how he gets the job done making the Hallmark movies we love. Your table is ready!

Nov 14, 2023

On this episode we travel to Germany for a A Heidelberg Holiday then make a stop on the way home in Nova Scotia for visit to Christmas Island. We are wracking up the frequent flyer miles on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe and we've got a seat at the table just for you.

Nov 7, 2023

On the menu this week we find out what the titles of both of these unique Hallmark movies mean. Tyler Hynes plays a pescatarian with a choice to make in, "Never Been Chris'd" and Hunter King finds out how many Santa suits it takes to find her soul mate in, "The Santa Summit." It's all in the cafe this week. Welcome, your table is ready! Be sure to find us on instagram and Facebook and write to us at hallmarkcafe@highhorsevideo.com

Nov 2, 2023

We continue serving up our thoughts on this years offering of Christmas movies from Hallmark. Our main course today features a visit to Connecticut to discover what a Mystic Christmas is all about. For dessert, we travel to France to unravel a Christmas mystery with all the trimmings in Joyeux Noel. Welcome in, your Christmas table is ready!

Oct 27, 2023

In the Cafe this time we have a delectable conversation with the writer of "Checkin' it Twice", Steve Beauregard. We uncover the secret recipe by a first time Hallmark writer and discover how he was able to turn his first submission into a success! We also have a lot of laughs along the way! Join us!

Oct 24, 2023

We welcome you back to the Hallmark Cafe for season two with two movies from the first weekend of the 2023 'Countdown to Christmas' on Hallmark. Will Kevin McGarry and Kim Matula get their debit cards back in Checkin' it Twice? And will the stars align for Jessica Parker Kennedy and Ryan Paevey in Under The Christmas Sky? As always, your table is ready!

Oct 17, 2023

In the cafe this week, we take a Field Day with Rachel Boston, Benjamin Ayres and cast as we close out the orginal fall movies on The Hallmark Channel. For dessert, we head over to Hallmark Movies and Mysteries for Curious Caterer: Final Vows, the third installment in the series. Your table is ready!

Oct 12, 2023

Join Michael and Dianne as they serve up another mystery meet in the cafe with the latest Hannah Swenson Mystery, A Zest For Death. For dessert, it's 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Ghost where a realtor and a ghost team up for a one of a kind open house of spooks and laughs, Hallmark style. Your table is ready, if you dare!

Oct 5, 2023

On this weeks podcast, we travel to Venice, Italy with A Very Venice Romance serving as our main course. This movie has all the ingredients in place for love to blossom. Then we travel to New York City to experience Love at First Dance for dessert. Join us, your table is ready!

Sep 26, 2023

It's a late night at the Cafe as we head to Ireland for the debut of a new series, Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Murder in G Major. Tamera Mowry-Housley plays a music teacher who teams up with a ghost, played by Risteard Cooper, to solve a double murder from the past. Then we head for a retreat in the mountains where Emilie Ullerup and Peter Mooney must get lost to find love in Retreat to You.

Sep 23, 2023

We take a look at the 2023 Hallmark Christmas movie list and make our predictions on which movies will make the menu. Your Christmas table is ready!

Sep 13, 2023

On the menu of this week's Hallmark Cafe, we present two outstanding movies from the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Channel. For the Main Course, "Guiding Emily" features an amazing performance from Sarah Drew as a woman who loses her sight and the canine companion who was born to guide her back to a meaningful life. Dessert brings us "Presence of Love" and stars Hallmark Cafe favorite Eloise Mumford as a woman who travels to England where she reconnects with her roots and finds love and healing. Get out the Royal Albert set, pour yourself a cup of tea, (and be sure to put the cream in first!) your table is ready!

Sep 7, 2023

Join us as we fall back to a couple of Hallmark autumn classics. We go back to college in Love, Of Course and lose our memory in Falling For Vermont. We talk corn mazes and amnesia and wonder why a cup of coffee is called a cup of Joe. Join us in the cafe, your table is ready!

Aug 29, 2023

Today on The Hallmark Cafe we celebrate another movie starring Alexa and Carlos PenaVega and head to Napa Valley to help save a winery with Denise Boutte and Colin Lawrence. Your table is ready!

Aug 22, 2023

Today in The Hallmark Cafe we visit Big Sky River, Montana in two movies featured on the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Channel starring Kavan Smith and Emmanuelle Vaugier. Your table is ready!

Aug 8, 2023

Join us for the first of three audio excursions to Chesapeake Shores. This Hallmark Channel family drama ran for six seasons and featured an all star cast, including Treat Williams and Dianne Ladd. We share the story arcs of seasons one and two, talk about the actors and the characters they play and share some of the music from this innovative series. Welcome to the cafe, your table is ready!

Jul 18, 2023

On this edition of The Hallmark Cafe, we take a look at a fantastic new Hallmark Christmas in July offering, Take Me Back to Christmas. For dessert, we look back at a road trip movie from 2020, Cross Country Christmas. Join us, your table is ready!

Jul 11, 2023

Michael and Dianne discuss the series that started it all for Hallmark Movies and Mysteries, Garage Sale Mysteries. Cast changes and cancellation are part of the story but this excellent series is worth seeking out for murder mystery fans looking for the ultimate cozy mystery.

Jun 26, 2023

Join Michael and Dianne as they choose their favorite wedding movies from June. Your table is ready!

Jun 12, 2023

Join Michael and Dianne as they serve up another Mystery Meet Edition featuring a new Aurora Teagarden prequel and a repairing of Lacey Chabert and Will Kemp as crime solving Dancing Detectives. Your table is ready are you?

Jun 1, 2023

Michael and Dianne finish up their visit to the MacMurray ranch with the finale of season one of the latest Hallmark Channel original series, Ride. For dessert, they go back in time for a look at the network's first original prime time series, Cedar Cove. As always, your table is ready! And don't forget to check out The Killens music on your favorite music service.

May 24, 2023

Join Michael and Dianne as they serve up a new Mystery Meet edition of The Hallmark Cafe featuring A Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery and catch up with the McMurray family on episode nine of Ride. Your table is ready!

May 17, 2023

Michael and Dianne discuss episode eight of Ride and boldly present their theory on Valeria's secret. And there's going to be a wedding! Well, maybe. For dessert, we take a look at the Fixer Upper Mysteries starring Jewel and Colin Ferguson. Your table is always ready at The Hallmark Cafe!

May 10, 2023

Michael and Dianne head for the gulf coast to make a Spring Breakthrough. Then it's back to Colorado to catch up with the McMurray family as they sort things out as only they can in Ride, episode seven. Your table is ready!

May 2, 2023

Baseball meets rodeo and the perfect pitch in this edition of The Hallmark Cafe. Michael and Dianne talk softball and Dylan Neal while Dianne continues her discourse on the history of hay. Your table is ready!

Apr 25, 2023

We serve up episode five of Ride as our main course and learn all about hay production from Dianne. We then have dessert in Portugal with a pinch of romance and beautiful scenery on the side. Join us, you're table is ready!

Apr 19, 2023

This week we discuss one of our favorite Hallmark movies, It Was Always You. Both Tyler Hynes and Erin Krakow have had recent separate premieres on Hallmark but this movie from 2021 has them both together in one of the best Hallmark movies of recent years. For dessert, we take a ride with episode four of Ride and see how things are shaping up on this continuing modern western family drama. Welcome in, you're table is ready!

Apr 12, 2023

Our two course meal of movies begins with an inspiring movie about forgiveness and gratitude, The Blessing Bracelet. We follow that up with the The Professional Bridesmaid, a humorous look at the latest wedding cottage industry. Welcome, you're table is ready! Be sure to check us out on Facebook and Instagram and feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts.

Apr 4, 2023

On this edition of the show, we're going from The Maldives to mutton busting! Our main course this week is Love in The Maldives, which looks like our kind of vacation. For dessert, we stop by the McMurray ranch once again for episode two of Ride. Come on in, your table is ready!

Mar 28, 2023

Michael and Dianne serve up the exciting season closer of The Way Home and then ride out the episode the cowboy way introducing the new western family ranching saga, Ride. Please visit our Facebook and Instagram pages and be sure to check out our music at www.thekillens.com and our video production company at www.highhorsevideo.com.

Mar 22, 2023

Michael and Dianne order up episode 9 of The Way Home for their main course and have fun with The Cases of Mystery Lane for dessert. Visit our Facebook and Instagram pages to leave your thoughts on this episode's movies.

Mar 16, 2023

On the menu today, Michael and Dianne jump into The Way Home Episode 8 and unpack Game of Love in this weeks episode. Please give us a review on Apple Podcasts and visit our Facebook and Instagram pages to let us know what you think. Thanks for listening!

Mar 8, 2023

Michael and Dianne Discuss episode seven of The Way Home and share their thoughts on the Mahogony music mystery, A Nashville Legacy. They offer their unique insights on living in Nashville and some behind the scenes history of the music business.

Mar 1, 2023

Michael and Dianne recount the exciting sixth episode of The Way Home while saving room for dessert with the quirky comedy/fantasy Made For each Other. Be sure to tell your friends about our podcast and we'd appreciate your reviews on Apple Podcasts and comments on Facebook and Instagram. Just look for The Hallmark Cafe.

Feb 24, 2023

Michael and Dianne discuss episode five of The Way Home for their main course, but they save room for dessert as the hit the road with Holly Robinson Peete in the Movies and Mysteries comedy/drama, The Journey Ahead. We'd be pleased if you'd visit our Instagram Page or join us on Facebook. Just look for The Hallmark Cafe. And we'd love a rating or a review on Apple Podcasts. Enjoy!

Feb 20, 2023

It's mystery meet day at the Hallmark cafe! Michael and Dianne take a break from The Hallmark Channel to revisit two classic Hallmark Movies and Mysteries murder mystery series, Murder She Baked and The Gourmet Detective. Your table is ready, if you dare!

Feb 14, 2023

We present two love stories from Paris in our Valentine's Day episode. Michael and Dianne recall their own adventures in France and present A Paris Proposal as their main course. For dessert, they revisit the 2017 Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation, Love Locks. Grab some chocolate and turn off your Alexa as we visit the city of love and light!

Feb 7, 2023

Michael and Dianne talk lobsters and double dating in the past for their main course. Dessert is all about chocolate and Fort Langley, BC as they unwrap the Loveuary treat, Sweeter Than Chocolate.

Jan 31, 2023

Michael and Dianne explore episode three of The Way Home and top it off with more time travel for dessert with the clever Love Strikes Twice.

Jan 24, 2023

Michael and Dianne try to explain episode two of The Way Home but save some room for dessert to discuss their favorite of the wedding veil movies. Visit The Hallmark Cafe on Facebook and Instagram and rate and review us. We can take it!

Jan 20, 2023

Michael and Dianne dive into the time travel pond of drama within the new Hallmark series The Way Home. To keep the time travel theme going they revisit last years revolutionary modern love story, Rip in Time. Come on in, your table is ready!

Jan 18, 2023

Michael and Dianne discuss their final favorites from the 2022 Hallmark Channel Christmas season.

Jan 13, 2023

Michael and Dianne talk babies and behind the scenes movie making as they discuss Three Wise Men and a Baby and Lights, Camera, Christmas.

Jan 11, 2023

From The Rockettes to rocket scientists and ghosts. This episodes movies are filled with Christmas magic. Join Michael and Dianne in the Hallmark Cafe. Please visit our Instagram and Facebook Group.

Dec 24, 2022

This episode's main course is We Wish You a Married Christmas starring Kristoffer Polaha and Marisol Nichols. For dessert we offer up a serving of My Southern Family Christmas with a side of Long Lost Christmas. Join us!

Dec 22, 2022

Join Michael and Dianne Killen as they welcome you to The Hallmark Cafe where they have conversations about Hallmark movies from their unique perspective.