Our Christmas Blog

For many people the mention of Christmas Movies on TV and the Countdown to Christmas, their thoughts automatically jump to Hallmark. Hallmark may currently be the biggest player in this arena, but other networks are making their mark.

Great American Family, a relative newcomer to this annual tradition, is quickly making up for lost time. As a longtime fan of the yearly flood of Christmas movies, I more than welcome the competition!

And we can't forget a few other networks that also take part in this tradition - most notably Lifetime and UP TV.

Both Hallmark and Great American Family have finally released the details on their plans for this Christmas.

Hallmark will again have a total of 41 new movies between their two main TV channels - 32 on the regular Hallmark channel, and 9 on Hallmark Mystery. And Hallmark will begin their Countdown to Christmas on Friday, October 18.

GAC Family has announced 16 new movies so far, with the 24/7 scheduling to begin on Thursday, October 17.

I have no information yet on the plans for either Lifetime or UP TV as they typically don't confirm their movies and schedules until we get a little closer to the beginning of the season.

Titles, cast info, and movie descriptions of many of the new movies have been released, and you can find that information on our New Christmas Movies page.

As the actual schedules and expected premiere dates are set, we will be posting that on our Christmas TV Schedule as usual.

And if you want to download or print a schedule of all the new movie premiere dates, you can do that on our new special Christmas Movies release dates page!

With the most wonderful time of the year just around the corner, it's time to stock up on popcorn and hot chocolate, and make sure you have your favorite snuggly movie watching blanket ready!