W Network Decks the Halls with 36 All-New Movie
Premieres Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Stream All Hallmark Channel Movies Live and On
Demand with STACKTV
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TORONTO, Oct. 6, 2022
/CNW/ - Corus Entertainment's top 10 specialty station*, W
Network, brings good tidings to Canadians with the annual
return of Canada's favourite
holiday programming event Hallmark Channel's Countdown to
Christmas beginning Friday, October 21 with
two new premieres kicking off the stunt on Friday, October 21 and Saturday, October 22. This year, W Network, the
exclusive home for Hallmark Channel in Canada, will make spirits bright with 36 new
holiday movie premieres every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday starting
October 28 until December 18 and back-to-back festive flicks every
day until New Year's Eve.
"We are delighted that Canadians continue to ring in the
holidays each year with W Network as the go-to destination for
holiday entertainment," said Daniel
Eves, Senior Vice President, Networks, Corus Entertainment.
"Spanning over three consecutive months and packed full of
signature Hallmark Channel programming, star-studded premieres, and
heartwarming holiday classics, Hallmark Channel's Countdown to
Christmas is the ultimate holiday TV event of the season."
Last year, nearly 13 million Canadians tuned into Hallmark
Channel's Countdown to Christmas** and since it launched in
Canada in 2018, W Network has
remained the #1 specialty network overall with women during the
programming event***.
Everyone's favourite stars return in this season's line-up of
all-new holiday movies including, Canadians Andrew Walker, Benjamin
Ayres, Brennan Elliott,
Luke Macfarlane, Paul Campbell, and Tyler
Hynes. Lacey Chabert, who
stars in a record-breaking twelfth Christmas movie for Hallmark
this year, is also joined by fan-favourites Alison Sweeney, Ashley
Williams, Erin Cahill,
Jonathan Bennett, Kristoffer Polaha, Marilu Henner, Nikki
DeLoach, Ryan Paevey,
Tamera Mowry-Housley, Taylor Cole, Will
Kemp and more.
Also lighting up the screen this year are legendary new talent
such as award-winning actress Marlo
Thomas, Ann-Margret, Ellen
Travolta, Greta Scacchi,
Kara Wang, Grammy Award-winning
R&B artist Ledisi, Emmy Award-winner Lynn Whitfield, Margaret
Colin, Moira Kelly, Mykelti
Williamson, Reginald VelJohnson, Reshma
Shetty, Stephen Tobolowsky,
Tamala Jones, and Yael Grobglas,
among many others.
Featuring titles from Hallmark Channel, Lifetime and UPtv, W
Network's merry movie schedule boasts 25 Canadian productions
including A Magical Christmas Village (Lighthouse), The
Royal Nanny (Leif Films), A Fabled Holiday (Studio BRB
(AFH Productions Inc.)) and more. Viewers can also stream all 2022
premieres live and on demand on STACKTV. See the W Network's 2022
movie premiere schedule:
- Noel Next Door – Friday, October 21 at 8
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Natalie
Hall (Charmed), Corey
Sevier (Immortals)
- We Wish You a Married Christmas – Saturday, October 22 at 8
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Marisol
Nichols (Riverdale),
Kristoffer Polaha (Jurassic World
Dominion)
- We Need a Little Christmas – Friday, October 28 at 8
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Erica Durance (Supergirl),
Patrick Sabongui (The Flash),
Lynn Whitfield
(Greenleaf)
- Jolly Good Christmas – Saturday, October 29 at 8
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Reshma
Shetty (Blindspot), Will
Kemp (Christmas Waltz)
- A Kismet Christmas – Sunday, October 30 at 6
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Sarah
Ramos (Parenthood), Carlo
Marks (Chesapeake
Shores), Marilu Henner
(Taxi)
- A Magical Christmas Village – Friday, November 4 at 8
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Alison
Sweeney (Days of our Lives), Luke
Macfarlane (Bros), Marlo
Thomas (That Girl)
- Christmas Bedtime Stories – Saturday, November 5 at 6
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Erin
Cahill (Every Time a Bell
Rings), Steve Lund
(Schitts Creek), Charlie
Weber (How to Get Away with Murder)
- Lights, Camera, Christmas! – Saturday, November 5 at 8
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Kimberley
Sustad (Travelers), John
Brotherton (Fuller House)
- Ghosts of Christmas Always – Sunday, November 6 at 6
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Kim
Matula (LA to Vegas), Ian
Harding (Pretty Little Liars), Beth Leavel (This Is Where I Leave You),
Lori Tan Chinn (Awkwafina Is Nora
from Queens), Reginald VelJohnson (Die Hard, Family
Matters)
- In Merry Measure – Friday, November 11 at 8
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Patti
Murin (Frozen, Chicago Med), Brendan Penny (Chesapeake Shores), Jennifer Robertson (Schitt's Creek)
- The Royal Nanny – Saturday, November 12 at 8
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Rachel
Skarsten (Batwoman), Dan
Jeannotte (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds),
Greta Scacchi (The
Terror)
- All Saints Christmas – Sunday, November 13 at 6
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Ledisi (Selma),
Roger Cross (Murdoch
Mysteries)
- Inventing the Christmas Prince – Friday, November 18 at 8 p.m.
ET/PT
Starring Tamera
Mowry-Housley (The Santa Stakeout), Ronnie Rowe Jr. (The Porter)
- Three Wise Men and a Baby – Saturday, November 19 at 8
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Paul
Campbell (Turner & Hooch), Tyler Hynes (Letterkenny), Andrew Walker (Merry & Bright),
Margaret Colin (Chicago
Med)
- Christmas at the Golden Dragon – Sunday, November 20 at 6
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Kara
Wang (Good Trouble), Osric
Chau (The Flash), Sara
Canning (Nancy Drew),
Antonio Cupo (Blood &
Treasure), Barbara Niven
(Chesapeake Shores)
- A Royal Corgi Christmas – Friday, November 25 at 8
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Hunter
King (Life in Pieces), Jordan
Renzo (The Spanish Princess)
- A Tale of Two Christmases – Saturday, November 26 at 6
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Kat Barrell (Wynonna Earp), Chandler Massey (Days of our Lives),
Evan Roderick (Arrow)
- Haul Out the Holly – Saturday, November 26 at 8
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Lacey
Chabert (The Wedding Veil), Wes Brown (Sweet Pecan Summer),
Ellen Travolta (Charles in
Charge), Peter Jacobson
(WeCrashed, House), Melissa
Peterman (Reba), Stephen
Tobolowsky (One Day at a Time, Spaceballs)
- When I Think of Christmas – Sunday, November 27 at 6
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Shenae
Grimes-Beech (The Detail), Niall Matter (The Predator), Beth Broderick (Sabrina the Teenage
Witch)
- A Holiday Spectacular – Sunday, November 27 at 8
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Ginna
Claire Mason (Wicked), Derek
Klena (Moulin Rouge! The Musical), Eve Plumb (The Brady Bunch), Ann-Margret
(Bye Bye Birdie, The Kominsky Method)
- My Southern Family Christmas – Friday, December 2 at 8
p.m.ET/PT
Starring Jaicy Elliot (Grey's
Anatomy), Bruce Campbell (Ash
vs Evil Dead), Ryan Rottman
(Guidance), Moira Kelly
(The Cutting Edge, Panic), Brian McNamara (Magnum P.I.)
- Time for Him to Come Home for Christmas –
Saturday, December 3 at
6 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Holland
Roden (Mayans M.C.), Tyler
Hynes (Letterkenny), Tenille
Townes (The Lemonade Stand)
- A Fabled Holiday – Saturday, December 3 at 8 p.m
ET/PT
Starring Brooke D'Orsay (Royal Pains),
Ryan Paevey (General
Hospital)
- Long Lost Christmas – Sunday, December 4 at 6
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Taylor
Cole (Making Spirits Bright), Benjamin Ayres (Burden of Truth)
- Undercover Holiday – Sunday, December 4 at 8
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Noemi
Gonzalez (Selena: The Series), Stephen Huszar (Tribal)
- The Most Colorful Time of the Year –
Friday, December 9 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Katrina Bowden (30 Rock), Christopher Russell (Day of the Dead)
- The Holiday Stocking – Saturday, December 10 at 6
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Nadine
Ellis (Our Kind of People), B.J. Britt (Being
Mary Jane, Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D.), Karon Riley
(The Black Hamptons), Tamala
Jones (Rebel, Castle), Mykelti Williamson
(Fences, Law & Order: Organized Crime)
- Christmas Class Reunion – Saturday, December 10 at 8
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Aimeé Teegarden (Friday Night
Lights), Tanner Novlan (The
Bold and the Beautiful)
- A Tiny Home Christmas
(UPtv) – Sunday, December
11 at 6 p.m.
ET/PT
Starring Rebecca
Dalton and Christopher
Seivright
- The Holiday Sitter – Sunday, December 11 at 8
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Jonathan
Bennett (The Christmas House, Mean Girls),
George Krissa (Road Trip
Romance), Chelsea Hobbs
(Poisoned in Paradise: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery)
- #Xmas – Friday,
December 16 at 8 p.m.
ET/PT
Starring Clare
Bowen (Nashville),
Brant Daugherty (Pretty Little
Liars)
- The Gift of Peace – Saturday, December 17 at 8
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Nikki
DeLoach (Five More Minutes), Brennan Elliott (UnREAL)
- Five More Minutes: Moments Like These –
Sunday, December 18 at
6 p.m. ET/PT
Starring
Ashley Williams (Sister Swap:
Christmas in the City), Lucas
Bryant (Haven)
- Hanukkah on Rye – Sunday, December 18 at 8
p.m. ET/PT
Starring Jeremy
Jordan (Supergirl), Yael Grobglas (Jane the
Virgin), Lisa Loeb (Gossip
Girl, Hot Tub Time Machine 2)
- Well Suited Christmas (Lifetime) – Broadcast
details to be announced at a later date
Starring Mercedes
de la Zerda, Franco Lo Presti,
Xavier Sotelo, Stephanie Herrera, Gabriel Hudson
- World Record Christmas (Lifetime)– Broadcast
details to be announced at a later date
Starring
Michelle Argyris, Andrew Bushell, Danny
Vo
For the most up-to-date schedule and for more information about
this year's movies, visit wnetwork.com.
W Network is available on National Free Preview from
November 1 to November 30. Please
check local listings for additional information.
W Network can be streamed via STACKTV, available on
Amazon Prime Video Channels, FuboTV, Rogers Ignite TV and Ignite
SmartStream. The network is also available through all major TV
distributors, including Bell, Cogeco, Eastlink, Rogers, SaskTel,
Shaw, Shaw Direct, Telus and Videotron.
Source:
*Numeris PPM Data. BY 21-22 (8/30/2021 to
8/28/2022) Confirmed data, Total Canada; AMA(000), A25-54,
M-Su 2a-2a, CDN SPEC. COM ENG
**Numeris PPM Data. CTC'21 (Oct 22/21 – Jan 1/22) Confirmed data,
Total Canada, M-Su 2a-2a, W Network, Ind. 2+, CumRch(000)
***Numeris PPM Data. CTC'21 (Oct 22/21 – Jan 1/22), CTC'20: (Nov
1/20 – Jan 1/21), CTC'19 (Nov 1/19 – Jan 1/20), CTC'18 (Nov 1/18 –
Jan 1/19), – confirmed data. Total Canada, AMA(000), F25-54, Mo-Su 2a-2a, CDN
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and delivers high quality brands and content across platforms for
audiences around the world. Engaging audiences since 1999, the
company's portfolio of multimedia
offerings encompass 33 specialty television
services, 39 radio stations, 15 conventional television stations, a
suite of digital and streaming assets, animation software,
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class animation studio expert in all formats and Corus
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entertainment company Kin Canada, leading 2D animation software
supplier Toon Boom and children's book publishing house, Kids
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