TVLine Items: Mistletoe Murders Date, General Hospital Return and More
Hallmark+ isn’t waiting until Christmas to kick off Mistletoe Murders.
The six-episode holiday series, starring Sarah Drew (Grey’s Anatomy) and Peter Mooney (Burden of Truth, Rookie Blue), will premiere Thursday, Oct. 31 on the streaming service, our sister site Deadline reports.
Based on the Audible series of the same name (starring Cobie Smulders and Raymond Ablack), Mistletoe Murders follows follows Emily Lane (Drew), “the outwardly friendly, and optimistic shop owner of a charming year-round Christmas-themed store, Under the Mistletoe,” reads the official synopsis. “However, her inner voice reveals a sardonic sense of humor, cunning intellect, and keen eye for details most people would miss…because Emily has a big secret. Residing in the quaint tourist town of Fletcher’s Grove, Emily finds herself compelled to investigate not-so-quaint local murders. And when Emily begins her personal investigations, Detective Sam Wilner (Mooney), a smart local cop – with a crush on Emily that is not completely unrequited – begins to wonder if there’s more to Emily than meets the eye.”
The cast also includes newcomer Sierra Marilyn Riley as Sam’s teenaged daughter, Jean Yoon (Kim’s Convenience), Lara Amersey (Operation Nutcracker) and Kylee Evans (Good Witch). Additionally, David Hewlett (See) recurs, while Tom Cavanagh (The Flash), Jake Epstein (Suits) and Steven Lund (Schitt’s Creek) appear in guest-star roles.
Ready for some more recent newsy nuggets? Well…
* Michael E. Knight will return to General Hospital this week as Martin Grey, who was last seen in February, Soap Opera Digest reports.
* Paramount+’s JonBenét Ramsey limited series has tapped Jaime Ray Newman (Dopesick, The Punisher) and Josh Stamberg (The Affair) to recur as friends of John Ramsey, Deadline reports.
* Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will host Truths With Vivek Ramaswamy, a limited-series roundtable program premiering Sunday, Sept. 22 on Fox Nation and airing on Fox News Channel at 10 pm that same evening, our sister site Variety reports.
* Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 will premiere in January 2025, Netflix announced during Geeked Week 2024:
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So happy about Michael E. Knight, hope he sticks around a while!
Where ever Martin Grey has been, I hope it caused him to lose that accent, lol.
GH needs to better utilize Michael E. Knight! He can add so much fun & humor to the show which is needed. Hoping he sticks around for a while!
Will the Hallmark + shows/movies ever migrate to the cable channel? I want to see this, and that holiday movie they premiered in the summer, but I will never ever pay for the streaming service.
How exactly does a “year-round Christmas-themed store” stay in business? Most stores don’t start selling Christmas merchandise till late October or early November, and people still complain that’s too early. (Of course, Hallmark itself operates stores that incorporate all the holidays, and they still seem to be depending more and more on TV tie-ins to get customers.)
Year-round Christmas-themed stores actually do exist.
How? It’s fiction.
Not a PBS Documentary.
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No, its real life. Every midsize city in the USA South and Midwest have a year round Christmas store. Not smaller towns, and very few outside those regions. But they stock mostly Xmas decorations, some non holiday themed arts/crafts (usually from local artisans), and some non Xmas holiday decorations.
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Honestly, I suspect that most are part of money laundering operations as partial/silent owners attempt to “clean” sketchy cash operations they’d prefer not to tell the IRS about.
Year-round Christmas stores are popular in tourist destinations – most outlet malls have one, beach towns, etc. there’s at least two in the mouse portion of Orlando alone. Lots of families want to get ornaments or decor to reminisce on their trip for that time of year.