Hallmark Cafe

Hallmark Cafe episodes:

• 06.12.2024

  Savoring Paris with Eric from Hallmark Mysteries and More

  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...

  
• 06.03.2024

  The Secrets of Bella Vista and For Love and Honey

  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...

  
• 05.20.2024

  Mystery Meet: Tipline Mysteries: Dial 1 For Murder

  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...

  
• 05.16.2024

  Family Practice Mysteries and When Calls The Heart, Season 11, episodes 5 & 6

  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...

  
• 05.07.2024

  Curious Caterer: Foiled Plans and our own Morning Shadows

  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...

  
• 04.21.2024

  Legend of he Lost Locket and Falling in Love in Niagara

  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...

  
• 04.16.2024

  Blind Date Book Club and One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

  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...

  
• 04.08.2024

  The Way Home: Season 2, Episode 10, "Bring Me Back to Life"

  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!

  
• 03.27.2024

  Crimes of Fashion: Killer Clutch and Shifting Gears

  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...

  
• 03.26.2024

  The Way Home Season 2 Episode 9, "Here Without You"

  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...

  
• 03.18.2024

  The Way Home: Season 2 Episode 8, "Lose Yourself"

  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!

  
• 03.17.2024

  Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone and Sense and Sensibility

  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...

  
• 03.13.2024

  The Way Home: Season 2 Episode 7, "Somewhere Only We Know"

  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!

  
• 03.06.2024

  The Way Home Season 2 Episode 6, "How to Save a Life"

  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!

  
• 03.05.2024

  Actor and Director Peter Benson stops by The Cafe

  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...

  
• 02.27.2024

  The Way Home Season 2 Episode 5, "Long Time Gone"

  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...

  
• 02.23.2024

  The Way Home Season 2 Episode 4

  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!

  
• 02.19.2024

  An American in Austen Executive Producer Veronica Brown and Director Clare Niederpruem

  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...

  
• 02.17.2024

  Paging Mr. Darcy Writer Reina Hardy Stops By

  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...

  
• 02.13.2024

  An American in Austen and Pride And Prejudice (BBC Version)

  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...

  
• 02.09.2024

  Paging Mr. Darcy and Romance With a Twist

  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...

  
• 02.07.2024

  The Way Home Season 2 Episode 3

  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...

  
• 02.06.2024

  Joel S. Rice and Michael Barbuto From Muse Entertainment, Part 2

  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...

  
• 02.04.2024

  Joel S. Rice and Michael Barbuto from Muse Entertainment, Part 1

  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...

  
• 01.30.2024

  Mystery Meet: The Way Home Season 2 Episode 2

  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!

  
• 01.27.2024

  Mystery Meet: The Way Home Season 2 Episode 1

  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...

  
• 01.26.2024

  Actor Mark Brandon joins us in The Cafe

  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...

  
• 01.17.2024

  True Justice:Family Ties and A Scottish Love Scheme

  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...

  
• 12.31.2023

  Our 2023 Christmas Movie Menu Wrap Up

  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!

  
• 12.24.2023

  Rescuing Christmas and Sealed With A List

  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....

  
• 12.20.2023

  Heaven Down Here and Friends & Family Christmas

  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...

  
• 12.14.2023

  Round and Round and Christmas on Cherry Lane

  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...

  
• 12.12.2023

  My Norwegian Holiday and To All A Good Night

  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...

  
• 12.11.2023

  A.K. Benninghofen from "A Biltmore Christmas" sits down with us at the Cafe!

  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...

  
• 12.05.2023

  A Visit from Composer Jerome Leroy

  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...

  
• 12.02.2023

  Taking the Holiday Road to a Christmas in Notting Hill

  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...

  
• 11.29.2023

  A World Record Christmas and My Christmas Guide

  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...

  
• 11.28.2023

  A Biltmore Christmas and Catch Me if You Claus

  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...

  
• 11.23.2023

  A Merry Scottish Christmas Holiday Hotline

  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...

  
• 11.20.2023

  A visit with director Jeff Beesley (The Santa Summit, Never Been Chris'd)

  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...

  
• 11.14.2023

  A Heidelberg Holiday on Christmas Island

  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...

  
• 11.07.2023

  Never Been Chris'd and The Santa Summit

  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...

  
• 11.02.2023

  A Mystic Christmas and a Joyeux Noel

  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...

  
• 10.27.2023

  Interview with "Checkin' it Twice" writer Steve Beauregard

  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...

  
• 10.24.2023

  Checkin' it Twice Under The Christmas Sky

  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...

  
• 10.17.2023

  Field Day and Curious Caterer: Final Vows

  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...

  
• 10.12.2023

  A Zest For Death and 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Ghost

  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...

  
• 10.05.2023

  A Very Venice Romance and Love at First Dance

  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...

  
• 09.26.2023

  A Haunted Harmony Mystery and Retreat to You

  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...

  
• 09.23.2023

  2023 Christmas Movie Menu

  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!