Rueben's Ramblings

Here is a list of programming option to expect on TV this coming week:

The Hallmark Channel movie Every Christmas Has a Story will debut on November 12 at 9 PM. A TV personality (Lori Loughlin from When Calls the Heart) has an on-air snafu and admits she hates Christmas. Following the debacle, she is invited to the Most Christmas-y town in America to try and repair her image. Forced to work with her ex-boyfriend Jack (Colin Ferguson from Eureka and Cedar Cove), the show’s producer, the magic of Christmas and this special town will change the way she views Christmas and her life. Willie Aames (Charles in Charge and Eight Is Enough) also stars.

On November 13, Merry Christmas, Baby! is the new UP Channel movie that will debut at 7 PM. The Chandler family is back and bigger than ever in the fourth installment of the Marry Me for Christmas franchise. Determined to make her baby’s first Christmas a memorable one, Marci (Malinda Williams from Soul Food) throws herself into both planning the perfect Christmas and building her new event planning business. But when the business gets off to a rocky start and members of her family face their own hardships, Marci will discover that when your plans for a perfect Christmas start to fall apart, it just might be the miracle you need. The cast includes GregAlan Williams (Greenleaf) and Victoria Rowell (The Young and The Restless).

Christmas Cookies is the latest Hallmark Channel movie that will also debut on November 13 at 9 PM. Aunt Sally’s Christmas Cookie Company is sold to a large conglomerate and executive Hannah (Jill Wagner from Teen Wolf) must seal the deal and shut down the factory, which is the small town of Cookie Jar’s lifeblood. What was supposed to be a simple assignment for Hannah becomes complicated when she meets Jake (Wes Brown from True Blood), the factory owner who’s determined to keep the factory in town. Despite not being a fan of the holiday, the Christmas spirit in this small town is infectious and she gets swept up in the joy of the season while also falling in love.

Also on November 13, Finding Father Christmas is the new Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie that will debut at 9 PM. Christmas for Miranda is a painful reminder of the family she never had. Her mother died when she was young, never revealing the identity of her father. But, three days before Christmas, she unexpectedly receives a clue as to the whereabouts that takes her to a beautiful New England town where she meets Ian, a young man who helps with her search. As the clues lead to her father’s identity and Miranda discovers the possibility of love in Ian, and she learns that her father lived in the small town and now she knows his family (her brother and her biological father’s wife). She faces a terrible decision: should she share the truth and risk losing the family she has just found, or leave and keep the secret forever? The cast includes Erin Krakow (When Calls the Heart), Niall Matter (Eureka) and Wendy Mallick (Hot in Cleveland).

Mark your calendars!