Hallmark Channel & Lifetime Channel New Holiday Movies for 2013
I went over to the Hallmark channel‘s site to see if I could find a list of all of their new 2013 holiday movies. Sure enough, I did! They will be showing their original holiday movies during an allotted time they are calling their “Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas“, which will be at 7:00 (Central time zone) every Saturday and Sunday night.
I then went over to the Lifetime channel to see what they have in store for us. Lifetime is calling their holiday schedule “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” and it airs at 7:00 PM (Central) on Saturday nights.
(Yikes! Both Hallmark and Lifetime are airing their original holiday movies at 7:00 PM Central? OK, not to worry… We’re just going to have to do some choosing and then re-arranging to find out which holiday movie will air again the quickest.)
Just to make it a little easier for all of us, I’m going to list the premier dates of both Hallmark’s 2013 holiday movies and Lifetime’s 2013 holiday movies under the correct dates. (You’ll have to check to see when they will be re-airing the shows if you miss these showings. Or, if you’re lucky, let your DVR figure it out!)
Also, I’ll be adding my comments about some of the actors/actresses I recognize. This will definitely date me! (As Joe Friday might say: Just the dates, Ma’am.)
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SATURDAY – NOVEMBER 2, 2013
The Thanksgiving House (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Saturday, November 2 at 7:oo PM PM central
Both Bruce Boxleitner and (the bionic) Lindsay Wagner are in this.
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FRIDAY – NOVEMBER 8, 2013
Pete’s Christmas (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Friday, November 8 at 7:oo PM central
Where in the world did Bruce Dern go? Good to see him again.
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SATURDAY – NOVEMBER 9, 2013
Snow Bride (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Saturday, November 9 at 7:oo PM central
Oh, my goodness, Patricia Richardson!
A Country Christmas Story (Lifetime channel)
Premieres Saturday, November 9 at 7:oo PM central
I can’t wait to see Dolly Parton and Mary Kay Place in this!
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SUNDAY – NOVEMBER 10, 2013
A Very Merry Mix-Up (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Sunday, November 10 at 7:oo PM central
I remember Alicia Witt from when she was Cybil’s daughter, more than a few years ago.
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SATURDAY- NOVEMBER 16, 2013
The Christmas Ornament (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Saturday, November 16 at 7:oo PM central
It’s good to see Kellie Martin back on the Hallmark channel, and Jewel Staite safely back from Firefly.
Twelve Trees of Christmas (Lifetime channel)
Premieres Saturday, November 16 at 7:oo PM central
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SUNDAY – NOVEMBER 17, 2013
Catch a Christmas Star (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Sunday, November 17 at 7:oo PM central
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SATURDAY – NOVEMBER 23, 2013
Window Wonderland (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Saturday, November 23 at 7:oo PM central
It will be nice to see Naomi Judd again.
Kristin’s Christmas Past (Lifetime channel)
Premieres Saturday, November 23 at 7:oo PM central
Oh my gosh, Judd Nelson…
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SUNDAY – NOVEMBER 24, 2013
Fir Crazy (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Sunday, November 24 at 7:oo PM central
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SATURDAY – NOVEMBER 30, 2013
Let it Snow (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Saturday, November 30 at 7:oo PM central
A reunion for Alan Thicke and Candace Cameron-Bure…
Dear Secret Santa (Lifetime channel)
Premieres Saturday, November 30 at 7:oo PM central
It’s always a treat to see Della Reese.
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SUNDAY – DECEMBER 1, 2013
The Christmas Spirit (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Sunday, December 1 at 7:oo PM central
I wonder if Nicolette Sheridan or Olympia Dukakis is the “ruthless real estate developer”…
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SATURDAY – DECEMBER 7, 2013
Santa Switch (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Saturday, December 7 at 7:oo PM central
I’m happy to see Sean Astin is back from Mount Doom.
Christmas in the City (Lifetime channel)
Premieres Saturday, December 7 at 7:oo PM central
Saving Grace’s Ashley Williams and Mathnet’s Beverly Leech will be a delight to see.
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SATURDAY – DECEMBER 14, 2013
Hats off to Christmas (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Saturday, December 14 at 7:oo PM central
Christmas on the Bayou (Lifetime channel)
Premieres Saturday, December 14 at 7:oo PM central
Ed Asner, Markie Post, and Randy Travis…
A Snow Globe Christmas (Lifetime channel)
Premieres Saturday, December 14 at 9:oo PM central
Yes, the Lifetime channel is bringing us a double-feature tonight. It’s good to see Donald Faison, again. (Alicia Witt has been busy at both networks!)
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SUNDAY – DECEMBER 15, 2013
Finding Christmas (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Sunday, December 15 at 7:oo PM central
Tricia Helfer is finally back home from Battlestar Galactica.
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I have some other Christmas movies that you might want to know about on these entries:
Christmas: Favorite Classic Holiday Movies : Old, Black & White… and a Few In Color!
Christmas: Favorite Holiday Movies – More Recent, In Color
Also, if you’re in the mood for some non-Christmas television viewing, you might enjoy browsing through my other ideas for great television viewing:
Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for November 2013
I have found these mystery movies from TCM’s Now Playing for November 2013. (TCM stands for the Turner Classic Movie channel.) I have tried to limit the list to the mysteries I could find, but I just couldn’t keep myself from listing some of my favorite old comedies.
I’m listing the movies in Central time zone. If you know of any other mystery movies that are going to be aired on television during November 2013, please post a comment.
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Friday, November 1, 2013
(***While neither of today’s listed movies are mysteries, they are a lot of fun to watch.)
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) 7:00 PM
A newspaperman tracks a runaway heiress on a madcap cross-country tour.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly.
BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC
HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) 9:00 PM
An unscrupulous editor plots to keep his star reporter-and ex-wife-from re-marrying.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy.
BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday, November 2, 2013
THE MAD MISS MANTON (1938) 2:00 AM
A daffy socialite gets her friends mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir: Leigh Jason Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene.
BW-80 mins, TV-G, CC
TAMING OF THE SHREW, THE (1967) 7:00 AM
A fortune hunter agrees to wed a temperamental woman so his friend can court her sister. (***It is a delight to watch Taylor and Burton in this Shakespearean movie.)
Dir: Franco Zeffirelli Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack.
C-122 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
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Monday, November 4, 2013
OLD ACQUAINTANCE (1943) 7:15 AM
Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives. (***Not a mystery, but Davis and Hopkins are great in this.)
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, Gig Young.
BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC
THE WOMAN IN WHITE (1948) 11:30 AM
Classic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW-109 mins, TV-G, CC
HUNT THE MAN DOWN (1950) 1:30 PM
Lawyer uncovers secret behind a decade-old murder case.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Gig Young, Lynne Roberts, Mary Anderson.
BW-68 mins, TV-PG
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
THE KILLERS (1946) 7:00 PM
An insurance investigator uncovers a string of crimes when he tries to find a murdered boxer’s beneficiary.
Dir: Robert Siodmak Cast: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien.
BW-102 mins, TV-14, CC
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Monday, November 11, 2013
CROSSFIRE (1947) 8:00 AM
A crusading district attorney investigates the murder of a Jewish man.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan.
BW-86 mins, TV-PG, CC
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013
FAST AND FURIOUS (1939) 4:30 PM
Married book-dealers Joel and Garda Sloane get mixed up with murder during a beauty pageant.
Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: Franchot Tone, Ann Sothern, Ruth Hussey.
BW-73 mins, TV-G
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942) 7:00 AM
Opposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter. (***Not a mystery but Tracy and Hepburn are quite a duo.)
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter.
BW-114 mins, TV-PG, CC
NOTORIOUS (1946) 9:00 AM
A U.S. agent recruits a German expatriate to infiltrate a Nazi spy ring in Brazil.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains.
BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS (1945) 7:00 PM
A young girl finds herself entrenched in a murder cover-up when she goes to work for a wealthy widow.
Dir: Joseph H. Lewis Cast: Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, George Macready.
BW-65 mins, TV-PG, CC
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Friday, November 15, 2013
THE TALL TARGET (1951) 12:00 AM
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President Lincoln during a train ride.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou.
BW-78 mins, TV-G, CC
DEAD RECKONING (1947) 9:45 AM
A tough veteran sets out to solve his war buddy’s murder.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky.
BW-100 mins, TV-PG, CC
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Saturday, November 16, 2013
IT’S A WONDERFUL WORLD (1939) 12:15 AM
A runaway poetess helps a fugitive prove himself innocent of murder charges.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Guy Kibbee.
BW-86 mins, TV-G, CC
DECEPTION (1946) 7:15 AM
A woman tries to protect her refugee husband from her rich and powerful ex-lover.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains.
BW-112 mins, TV-PG, CC
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Sunday, November 17, 2013
THE BIG HEAT (1953) 9:15 AM
A police detective whose wife was killed by the mob teams with a scarred gangster’s moll to bring down a powerful gangster.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando.
BW-90 mins, TV-14, CC
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Monday, November 18, 2013
COMET OVER BROADWAY (1938) 1:15 PM
A stage star’s rampant ambition leads to murder.
Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, John Litel.
BW-70 mins, TV-G, CC
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
MAN IN THE ATTIC (1953) 3:30 PM
A landlady suspects her mysterious new tenant is Jack the Ripper.
Dir: Hugo Fregonese Cast: Jack Palance, Constance Smith, Byron Palmer.
BW-82 mins, TV-PG
THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) 7:00 PM
Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George.
BW-100 mins, TV-PG, CC
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013
THE SELLOUT (1951) 10:15 AM
A small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff.
Dir: Gerald Mayer Cast: Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Audrey Totter.
BW-83 mins, TV-PG, CC
MISTER 880 (1950) 7:00 PM
A beloved old man is secretly Mister 880, an amateurish counterfeiter.
Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dorothy McGuire, Edmund Gwenn.
BW-90 mins, CC
JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961) 8:45 PM
An aging American judge presides over the trial of Nazi war criminals. (*** This is not a mystery movie. Watch for a young William Shatner before his Star Trek days.)
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark.
BW-179 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
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Friday, November 22, 2013
STAR OF MIDNIGHT (1935) 1:30 PM
A New York lawyer tries to track down a kidnapped actress.
Dir: Stephen Roberts Cast: William Powell, Ginger Rogers, Paul Kelly.
BW-90 mins, TV-PG, CC,
BALL OF FIRE (1942) 11:00 PM
A group of professors takes in a nightclub singer hiding from the law to protect her gangster boyfriend. (*** I should probably warn you all that I am a Barbara Stanwyck fan. Even so, this comedy is really quite good.)
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka.
BW-112 mins, TV-G, CC
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Saturday, November 23, 2013
MURDER, MY SWEET (1944) 5:00 PM
Detective Philip Marlowe’s search for a two-timing woman leads him to blackmail and murder.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley.
BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
BULLITT (1968) 8:00 PM
When mobsters kill the witness he was assigned to protect, a dedicated policeman investigates the case on his own.
Dir: Peter Yates Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset.
C-114 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
NAKED CITY (1948) 11:00 PM
A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Barry Fitzgerald , Howard Duff , Dorothy Hart .
BW-96 mins, TV-14, CC
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
WHITE HEAT (1949) 1:00 AM
A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O’Brien.
BW-113 mins, TV-PG, CC
THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1968) 4:45 AM
A bored tycoon turns to bank robbery and courts the insurance investigator assigned to bring him in.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke.
C-102 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
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Thursday, November 28, 2013
THE YOUNG SAVAGES (1961) 6:15 AM
An assistant DA suspects one of the delinquents he’s prosecuting for murder is his son.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Shelley Winters.
BW-103 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
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Friday, November 29, 2013
THE LADY EVE (1941) 7:00 PM
A lady cardsharp tries to con an eccentric scientist only to fall for him. (*** One of the best Barbara Stanwyck comedies.)
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn.
BW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC
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Saturday, November 30, 2013
THE WRONG MAN (1956) 9:15 PM
A musician is mistaken for a vicious thief, with devastating results.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle.
BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
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If you know of any other mystery movies that are going to be airing this month, feel free to post a comment.
(All of the above descriptions were copied from the TCM site. I hope they don’t change their line-up!)
If you would like to see more Television and Movies ideas, click on this link.
Cozy Mysteries Recommendations – October 2013
Since it is the end of October, it is time for me to ask you all to tell us about a few mysteries you read this past month (October) that you think the rest of us have got to know about. Please tell us why you enjoyed each of your recommended books. I think a lot of us read your comments, and they are what sway us to try your recommended book(s).
[As usual, I ask that you don’t tell us about the books you read that you didn’t like.]
[Also, if you click on the author’s name (blue) link, it will take you to their page on the Cozy Mystery site. Their page has all of the author’s books listed chronologically.]
What Cozy Mystery book (or author) have you read during October 2013, and why did you enjoy it (or him/her)?
Here are the current recommended authors who some of you have read this past month:
Victoria Abbott (Mary Jane Maffini & Victoria Maffini): Book Collector’s Mystery Series
Ellery Adams (aka J.B. Stanley, Jennifer Stanley, & 1/2 of Lucy Arlington): Books by the Bay Mystery Series
Jeffrey Allen: Stay at Home Dad Mystery Series
Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series
Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series
Donald Bain & “Jessica Fletcher”: Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series
Lorna Barrett (aka Lorraine Bartlett & L.L. Bartlett): Booktown Mystery Series
Lorraine Bartlett (aka Lorna Barrett & L.L. Bartlett): Victoria Square Mystery Series
Laurien Berenson: Melanie Travis Mystery Series
Gail Bowen: Joanne Kilbourn Mystery Series
Meg Cabot: Heather Wells Mystery Series
JoAnna Carl (aka Eve K. Sandstrom): Chocoholic Mystery Series
Ally Carter: Gallagher Girls Mystery Series (Young Adult Series)
Erika Chase: Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series
Jill Churchill: Jane Jeffry Mystery Series
Mary Jane Clark: Piper Donovan Wedding Cake Mystery Series
Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Orchard Mystery Series
Philip R. Craig: Martha’s Vineyard Mystery Series (not quite Cozy)
Jessie Crockett: Drizzled with Death (Sugar Grove Mystery Series, book #1)
Dawn Eastman: Pall in the Family (Family Fortune Mystery Series, book #1)
Christy Fifield (Christy Evans): Haunted Souvenir Shop Mystery Series
Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Appleseed Creek Mystery Series
Shelley Freydont: Celebration Bay Mystery Series
Elizabeth George: Inspector Lynley Mystery Series
Sue Grafton: Kinsey Millhone Mystery Series
Ellie Grant (aka Joyce and Jim Lavene & J.J. Cook): Pie in the Sky Mystery Series
Kerry Greenwood: Phryne Fisher Mystery Series
Victoria Hamilton: Merry Muffin Mystery Series
Veronica Heley: Ellie Quicke Mystery Series
Sofie Kelly (aka Sofie Ryan): Magical Cats Mystery Series
Laurie R. King: Bones of Paris (not Cozy)
Jill Marie Landis: Two to Tango (Tiki Goddess Mystery Series, book #2)
Amanda Lee (aka Gayle Trent): Embroidery Mystery Series
Anna Loan-Wilsey: Hattie Davish “Have Typewriter Will Travel” Mystery Series
M. Louisa Locke: Victorian San Francisco Mystery Series
Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): Chili Cook-Off Mystery Series
Debbie Macomber: Cedar Cove Series (not mysteries)
G.M. Malliet: Max Tudor Mystery Series
Carol Ann Martin: Weaving Mystery Series
Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Hat Shop Mystery Series
Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Library Lover’s Mystery Series
Diana Orgain: Maternal Instincts Mystery Series
Louise Penny: Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series
Sara Rosett: Ellie Avery Mom Zone Mystery Series
Barbara Ross: Clammed Up (Maine Clambake Mystery Series, book #1)
Hank Phillippi Ryan: Jane Ryland Mystery Series
Christine Wenger: Do or Diner (Comfort Food Mystery Series, book #1)
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