Previewing A Doctor to Die For: The Sarah Harris Story
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] I’ve said for years that it’s often a fine line between a Hallmark movie and a Lifetime movie. Make the meet-cute and the too-good-to-be-true suitor slightly or not-so-slightly more menacing and BAM. That’s absolutely on display Saturday night with Lifetime’s latest ripped-from-the-headlines fare, A Doctor to...
Luke Macfarlane Talks Caught by Love, Shifting Gears, and More
It’s been just under two years since we had a Luke Macfarlane Hallmark movie on our screens with 2024’s CrimeTime: Freefall, but he’s back this Saturday, starring opposite Rachael Leigh Cook in Caught by Love, a romcom/mystery set and filmed in Malta. In the film, Cook is Annie, a bank...
Luke Macfarlane Talks Platonic, Hallmark, SDCC, and Killjoys Turning 10
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Last week, Platonic began its second-season run on Apple TV+, and as I mentioned in my preview, Charlie’s a bigger presence this year, with his own full storyline. We’re here for that, of course, because Charlie is played by Luke Macfarlane. It’s a welcome return, as...
Previewing Platonic Season 2
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] After a two-year hiatus, Platonic returns to Apple TV+ on Wednesday for its sophomore season, which finds the BFFs and their crew in a series of voluntary and involuntary personal and professional resets. We begin with Sylvia (Rose Byrne) in full party planner mode for the...
Previewing Home Is Where the Heart Is
Hallmark+ is the Hallmarkies’ source for getting a deep dive into the real-life passion projects of its favorite stars. Following in the footsteps of Jonathan Bennett, Wes Brown, Lacey Chabert, and Ashley Williams, Luke Macfarlane is bringing his love of woodworking and home restoration to the streamer in the six-episode...
Hallmark+ Announces September Launch and Premieres
Last month at the Summer TCA Press Tour, Hallmark unveiled an ambitious lineup of original content–and an original destination for some of it as Hallmark Movies Now becomes Hallmark+, the new home for its robust library of movies and series and the destination for new exclusive non-fiction and scripted entries,...
The TV Goodness Guide to Our Christmas in July Archives
Anybody else out there having a hamster wheel summer so far? Ready for a little vicarious Christmas vacation? We’re halfway through Hallmark Channel’s Christmas in July, with two full weeks left of films rotating from the Countdown to Christmas and Miracles of Christmas vault. Here at TV Goodness, we’ve covered...
Kraig Wenman Talks CrimeTime: Freefall
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Since 2016, screenwriter Kraig Wenman has hopscotched around the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Mystery Wheel, first stepping in to finish a Murder She Baked script when the original writer had to step away, and staying on to write scripts for franchises that include Garage Sale Mysteries,...
Luke Macfarlane Previews CrimeTime: Freefall
[Warning: General spoiler ahead.] As Hallmark Movies & Mysteries continues to test the waters of potential new franchise series, we’re treated to delightful new premises and pairings, and it’s a chance for audiences to have a say in which ones come back by tuning in. Friday night, CrimeTime; Freefall, a...
Luke Macfarlane Talks Catch Me If You Claus
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Just over a month since we last saw him in Notes of Autumn, Luke Macfarlane is back on Hallmark Channel Thanksgiving night in the tentpole premiere of Catch Me If You Claus, his tenth holiday film (and ninth for Hallmark). I previewed the deeply silly in...
Let’s Talk About Will Trent
[Spoilers for “The Blank Expanse of Nothing”] It’s been a minute since I’ve had a good, old-fashioned rant about a TV series, so I’m overdue. If you’ve followed me on IG the last few years (hi!), you know that I yell often and loud about my love for Will Trent....
Tim Rozon Looks Back on SurrealEstate
[Warning: All the spoilers ahead.] To close out our SurrealEstate coverage (for now), I chatted with Tim Rozon about Season 3 and getting the band back together. For the third season, production moved from Newfoundland to Ottawa, and Rozon was ready to dive back in. “We were in a...
George R. Olson Unpacks SurrealEstate Season 3
[Warning: ALL the spoilers ahead.] In case you missed the news last week, SurrealEstate has concluded with its third season, which aired last summer. On Friday, I spoke with series creator George R. Olson and series star Tim Rozon about saying goodbye to the show. You can read that piece...
George R. Olson and Tim Rozon Share Their Gratitude for SurrealEstate’s Run
Since SurrealEstate wrapped its third season six months ago, I’ve checked about once a week to see whether there was any news on cancelled or renewed. As long as there was no decision, there was still hope for a fourth season. This week, series creator George R. Olson let the...
Hulu’s Paradise S1 Weaves Past and Present to Unravel a Murder
One of the nice things about the symbiosis of the entertainment conglomerates is that sometimes streaming shows make their way over to linear outlets. Case in point: ABC has given Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building a primetime slot (after of course tweaking the language for FCC regs) during its...
Scott McCord Talks About Victor’s Expanding World in From Season 3
Closing out our From Season 3 coverage (which you can find here), in the second part of my conversation with Scott McCord, we talk about Victor’s new friendship with Sara, reconnecting with Tabitha, and what might be next for Victor when Season 4 returns in 2026. As we’ve talked about...
Dennis Heaton Talks Murder in a Small Town
Murder in a Small Town wraps its first season Tuesday night on FOX in the US and Wednesday night on Global TV in Canada. For US viewers, it’s been a neat addition to the usual FOX fare to have a slower-paced, small-town murder mystery with a parade of CdnTV peeps...
Harold Perrineau Talks From Season 3
[Warning: Includes spoilers for the Season 3 finale.] How are you doing, FROMily? That finale was A LOT. Thankfully we know we’re going to get more of this story, and you have a year and change to work on your Venn diagram deciphering the OMG WTFery of it all. Last...
Scott McCord Talks From Season 3
From the jump (pun intended), I’ve been a staunch advocate of Victor (and Scott McCord, who plays him), and this season, he’s been put through it. On the heels of sending Tabitha off into the unknown and having her return with his father, he unearths the long-suppressed memory that as...
Corteon Moore Talks From Season 3
From has always been really good about delighting us with mix-and-match character pairings, and this season, we’ve seen Jade and Tabitha, Sara and Victor, Henry and Victor, and Kenny and Acosta team up. As Ellis, Corteon Moore has spent a chunk of time this season paired up with Pegah Ghafoori...
What They Said: Three Revealing Conversations from Survivor’s Remorse “Closure”
WARNING: Spoilers for Survivor’s Remorse “Closure” The latest episode of Starz’s Survivor’s Remorse featured conversations that showed characters really digging deep into their thoughts, emotions and motivations.
Two Takes: The Catch “The Knock-Off”
Who can you trust? If this episode of The Catch was any indication, the answer is just about nobody. Betrayal was running rampant as Felicity (Shivani Ghai) arose from the dead to seduce-con Margot, Gretchen (Maria Thayer, Gotham, The Mindy Project) played gold-hearted Alice 2.0 before swindling Ethan, Tessa jumped...
What They Said: Favorite Quotes from Supergirl “Worlds Finest”
Oh, Supergirl. That ending was cold. But I can’t hate on you because the latest episode has quickly become one of my favorites.
What Lucifer Said: Favorite quotes from Supernatural “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”
Supernatural episodes are almost always funny but thanks to the dialogue and a certain man speaking said dialogue, I laughed a lot during “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” You know, when I wasn’t busy fearing for Sam’s life or wondering what in the world was going on with Dean and...
What They Said: Favorite Quotes from Supernatural “Angel Heart”
Okay, that was my favorite of all the Claire episodes. In the beginning I think this arc was a bit shaky, to be honest. But I think it ended strong and that’s thanks to the chemistry between the actors as well as the strength of the writing, courtesy of Robbie...
What They Said: Favorite Quotes from The Vampire Diaries “I’ll Remember”
Season 5 Episode 1: “I’ll Remember” Writer: Caroline Dries This is odd. It’s an episode of The Vampire Diaries and there’s only one favorite quote from Damon. Of course, he was only in one scene. There are a few Hallucination!Damon quotes included though. What were some of your favorite quotes...
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