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TV Today: A Homebound Viewer's Guide to What's on TV This Weekend
With most everything canceled that wasn't already in the can before the coronavirus outbreak (from sports to SNL to Live...
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Friends reunion special delayed over coronavirus, but it could still help launch HBO Max in May
Filming on the untitled reunion special was scheduled for next Monday and Tuesday.
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Posted Saturday 3/14/20 at 3:13AM EDT
Hallmark Channel shuts down production on Home & Family and its original movies
The Los Angeles-based Home & Family will go dark starting Monday due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Hallmark Channel's longtime boss steps down one month after same-sex ad controversy
Bill Abbott, the architect behind Hallmark's wildly successful "Countdown to Christmas" holiday programming, is exiting his job a little over...
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Posted Thursday 1/09/20 at 12:12AM EST
Don't expect to see Meghan Markle and Prince Harry quitting the royal family depicted on The Crown
Some fans of The Crown were anxious to see how the Netflix series would depict the royal couple's announcement Wednesday...
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Posted Monday 12/23/19 at 10:41PM EST
Hallmark Channel's diversity problem: "It’s the TV demographic equivalent of trying to become the No. 1 coal mine of the 21st century"
Reflecting on Hallmark's lesbian Zola ad controversy earlier this month, Jeb Lund notes that "Hallmark is a family network anchored...
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Posted Tuesday 12/17/19 at 10:50PM EST
Hallmark Channel should greenlight an LGBTQ-themed holiday movie in response to the same-sex ad controversy
"Hallmark has perfected its tried-and-true formula — generic, cozy, formulaic — over years, it wouldn’t be hard to simply swap...
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Posted Tuesday 12/17/19 at 2:29AM EST
Hallmark should've known anti-LGBTQ bigotry was wrong from the get-go
The cable channel's decision to pull four Zola ads showing brides kissing after complaints by the conservative group One Million...
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Posted Tuesday 12/17/19 at 2:29AM EST
How Hallmark Channel developed its strategy of "leaning into Christmas"
"Countdown to Christmas" has become a holiday season juggernaut, thanks to Crown Media CEO Bill Abbott -- who was inspired...
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Posted Monday 12/16/19 at 3:44PM EST
Hilarie Burton alleges she was "let go" from a Hallmark project after requesting "diverse casting"
Burton, who is starring in the Lifetime Christmas movie A Christmas Wish, tweeted amid the backlash over Hallmark pulling lesbian...
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Posted Monday 12/16/19 at 10:05AM EST
Zola plans to be "in touch" with Hallmark after LGBTQ ad ban reversal
The wedding planning website, whose brides kissing ads were briefly banned from Hallmark Channel, said it "will be in touch...
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Hallmark CEO "truly sorry" about yanking same-sex wedding ads, vows to reinstate them after outcry
Hallmark Channel's decision last week to pull four Zola ads featuring two brides kissing, in response to the conservative group...
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Posted Saturday 12/14/19 at 3:12PM EST
Hallmark Channel pulls ads featuring two brides kissing
The Hallmark Channel pulled four TV ads featuring brides kissing each other for the wedding planning website Zola on Thursday...
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Posted Saturday 12/14/19 at 1:25AM EST
Hallmark Channel's first-ever Hanukkah movies are essentially Christmas films featuring Jewish characters
There are many problems with Hallmark's first-ever Hanukkah films Double Holiday and Holiday Date -- both of which omit the...
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Posted Wednesday 11/27/19 at 10:25PM EST
Netflix on Christmas movie competition with Hallmark and Lifetime: "We make films, they make made-for-TV movies"
A Netflix spokesperson says Lifetime and Hallmark shouldn't worry about its Christmas films encroaching on their territory.