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Archive for December, 2018

2018 has been a very difficult year for all of us in more ways than one. There have been devastating acts of Mother Nature, horrible incidents administered by corrupt government officials and scandal upon scandal all over the world. Despite all of the bad things that have transpired in 2018, I want to focus on all the good and fun things that have taken place – as much as possible, of course.

I have been compiling these year-end round-ups on all things entertainment industry related for about 12 years now; and while it’s impossible to focus on EVERY single thing that has taken place during the year, I do my best to focus on as many good highlights from the year as possible.

To change things up a bit this year, I am foregoing my usual run-down of what I did this year – which was minimal to say the least mainly because of financial constraints – and just get into the highlights for 2018.

Starting tomorrow my first year-end round-up of this year will focus on the hits and misses of television and for each day throughout the rest of the year I will spotlight the year that was: 2018.

NOTE: I apologize in advance for any omissions, spelling errors or oversights I may have made, but I don’t apologize for any of the choices I made.

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When Calls the Heart: The Greatest Christmas Blessing movie will debut on December 25 at 9 PM on the Hallmark Channel.

When a group of orphans become stranded in Hope Valley for Christmas, their caretakers — sisters who have a mysterious backstory — lead Bill (Jack Wagner) to investigate the circumstances of their arrival. He discovers the sisters and their orphanage are in jeopardy, so Abigail (Lori Loughlin) and the other residents rally to make it a Christmas to remember for the orphans.

Elizabeth (Erin Krakow), who is preparing for the birth of her child, organizes her students to engage in selfless gift-giving. That, along with a Christmas miracle, help bring wonder, hope, joy, and love to all this Christmas season.

Other regular cast members who will appear in the special include Pascale Hutton, Kavan Smith and Paul Greene [among others].

Here is a trailer for When Calls the Heart: The Greatest Christmas Blessing.

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On December 25, the Call the Midway Holiday Special will air on PBS at 9 PM.

Sister Mildred (Miriam Margoyles) arrives unexpectedly at Nonnatus House with her hands full with four Chinese orphans. Having fled China, the child refugees were found abandoned in Hong Kong and are being adopted in the U.K. as part of the World Refugee Project. With Christmas preparations in full flow and the midwives busy caring for the expectant mothers of Poplar, these unexpected visitors cause joy and chaos in equal measure.

The special also sees Trixie return to Poplar in time to cover for the Sisters as they leave for the Mother House. The Order’s Mother Superior has taken ill, and a new spiritual leader needs to be elected. It soon becomes clear, much to Sister Julienne’s horror, that she is the favored candidate.

You can see the trailer for the Call the Midway Holiday Special here.

NOTE: Please scroll down the page at the above link to see the trailer.

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It’s been a slow TV week so far, but finally viewers got something new last night on the major networks with the much anticipated, but over too quickly two-hour series finale event of Timeless on NBC.

Here is how those two airings fared in the overall ratings:

8 PM Show:
Timeless (NBC) [NEW – Two-Hour Series Finale Event – Hour 1] – 3.5 million viewers

9 PM Show:
Timeless (NBC) [NEW – Two-Hour Series Finale Event – Hour 2] – 3 million viewers

What did you watch on TV last night. Please share.

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Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

NOTE: The new season of Runaways will premiere on Hulu. And, the final episode of Titans will air on DC Universe.

5:35 PM:
Wonder Woman movie on HBO

6 PM:
A Majestic Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Once Upon a Christmas movie on Lifetime (Reair)
The Polar Express (animated) movie on AMC
The Bourne Ultimatum movie on Showtime 2
San Andreas movie on USA Network

7 PM:
Maggie’s Christmas Miracle movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)

7:30 PM:
Footloose (original) movie on CMT

8 PM:
Midnight, Texas on NBC (NEW)
Entertaining Christmas on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
A Christmas Kiss movie on ION (Reair)
Justice League movie on HBO
Driving Miss Daisy movie on POP
Love Actually movie on TBS

9 PM:
Northern Lights of Christmas movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
Outlander on Starz (Encore)
Men in Black movie on Paramount Network

10 PM:
The Christmas Cottage movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Footloose (original) movie on CMT

10:03 PM:
A Very Nutty Christmas movie on Lifetime (Encore)

Enjoy!

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On December 20, the Timeless two-hour series finale event will premiere on NBC at 8 PM.

The finale special will spread across three centuries and two continents, testing Lucy, Wyatt and the entire Time Team like never before as they try to Save Rufus, preserve history and put a stop to Rittenhouse once and for all.

Here is a trailer for the Timeless two-hour series finale event:

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Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

5:35 PM:
Murder of the Orient Express movie on HBO
Ready Player One movie on HBO2

6 PM:
Road to Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
12 Years a Slave movie on BET

6:40 PM:
The Incredibles (animated) movie on Freeform

7 PM:
Christmas in Angel Falls movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
NCIS on USA Network

8 PM:
Timeless on NBC (NEW – Special Two-Hour Series Finale Event)
Pride, Prejudice & Mistletoe movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
My Christmas Inn movie on Lifetime (Encore)
Monsters University (animated) movie on Encore
The Hurt Locker movie on TMC
NCIS on USA Network

9 PM:
A Bramble House Christmas movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)

10 PM:
S.W.A.T. on CBS (Reair)
A Gingerbread Romance movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)

10:03 PM:
Santa’s Boots movie on Lifetime (Encore)

Enjoy!

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On December 23, the UP TV holiday movie Hometown Holiday will debut at 7 PM.

Based on the best-selling Harlequin book The Maverick’s Holiday Masquerade, the movie is about a high-powered music executive Ryan (Bradley Hamilton) is so desperate to sign the latest internet sensation to his label that he agrees to accompany his sister to a country wedding just to get the chance to meet him, but he also meets a beautiful small-town girl (Sarah Troyer) and falls head-over-heels for her.

Now, through a year of mistaken identities, misunderstandings and masquerades, the two will need to hope that a lot of love and some Christmas magic can bring them together.

The cast includes Kevin McGarry and Stephen Huszar.

Here is a trailer for Hometown Holiday.

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The next holiday movie to debut on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries is Christmas Bells Are Ringing airing on December 23 at 10 PM.

Photographer Samantha (Emilie Ullerup) returns to Cape Cod to celebrate Christmas and her father’s wedding. Anxious to revisit past memories, she finds new meaning in her photography, and falls in love.

The film co-stars Josh Kelly.

Here is a trailer for Christmas Bells Are Ringing.

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On December 23, Christmas Made to Order is the next holiday movie set to debut on the Hallmark Channel at 8 PM.

Steven (Jonathan Bennett) recruits holiday coordinator Gretchen (Alexa PenaVega) to bring Christmas joy to his family. Neither expected the Christmas spirit it to bring them closer to each other.

Here is a trailer for Christmas Made to Order.

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