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Eric and Andrea review Forgotten Holiday, the Hallmark Countdown to Christmas movie starring Janel Parrish and Daniel Lissing. Eric thinks it will be hard to beat as the best movie of the year. Andrea started at three stars and, by the end of the conversation, had talked herself down to two and a half.
What You'll Hear:
• Mystery news: Curious Caterer is coming back in 2027, and Hannah Swensen is headed to Malta with Victor Webster along for the trip
• A Winter Wonderlanes follow-up, where 69% of poll voters landed on one star, plus whether a zero-star rating is ever on the table
• Why Andrea loved the first twelve minutes and then couldn't get past a family asking Kathryn to re-date Rob after she ran from his proposal
• Why Eric calls it well written and authentic, from the meet cute and the cookie-making scene to the Ingrid Michaelson "Winter Song" moment
• The slow vs. slow burn argument, a charity invitation that looked made in Canva, and Andrea's real-life gala auction story
• Standout scenes: Gabrielle Rose as Rob's mom and the Christmas Eve pancake talk with Kathryn's dad
• Amnesia movie recommendations, including Falling for Vermont, Single on the 25th, and the 2013 Hallmark Hall of Fame drama Remember Sunday
• Trivia on Daniel Lissing's surfing, Janel Parrish's third-place Masked Singer run, and how rare localized amnesia actually is
• Audience poll results for Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story and Mr. & Mrs. Christmas, plus an early verdict on The Nights Before Christmas
Chapters:
0:00 - Remember It or Forget It?
0:29 - Mystery News: Curious Caterer Returns, Hannah Swensen Goes to Malta
3:27 - Winter Wonderlanes Follow-Up: The 69% One-Star Poll
5:53 - Forgotten Holiday: Janel Parrish & Daniel Lissing
6:20 - Andrea's Take: Great Start, Then a Premise Problem
9:41 - Eric's Take: A Contender for Best Movie of the Year
15:00 - What Didn't Work: Slow vs. Slow Burn and a Canva Invitation
18:36 - Andrea's Gala Story: Who Bids $25,000?
20:56 - Standout Scenes: Gabrielle Rose and the Christmas Eve Pancakes
23:35 - The Romance: Fire Before the Accident, Rebuilt After
26:48 - Amnesia Movies to Watch Next
31:24 - Trivia: Daniel Lissing, Janel Parrish, and Localized Amnesia
33:24 - Poll Results: A Bears Love Story vs. Mr. & Mrs. Christmas
34:45 - Coming Up: What If Christmas and The Nights Before Christmas
36:03 - Slow Starts and Last Year's Ratings
Eric thinks Forgotten Holiday is one of the best of the year, and Andrea is breaking up with it. Where did you land on Kathryn re-dating Rob: romantic, or a little too much like using him?
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Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story brought Hallmark's NFL franchise to Chicago, and Eric and Andrea are back on the football field to decide whether it scored. Lyndsy Fonseca and Robert Buckley won them both over, but the heavy Bears branding kept pulling them out of the story. Before kickoff, they also give a quick verdict on Mr. & Mrs. Christmas with Brendan Penny and Pascale Hutton, and it is not a generous one.
What You'll Hear:
• Why Mr. & Mrs. Christmas landed at two stars for Andrea, and why Pascale Hutton's storyline should have been the main one
• Andrea's three star rating (up from two and a half) and the wave of oddly identical Instagram comments that followed it
• The One Tree Hill connection with Robert Buckley and Barbara Alyn Woods, plus cameos from Marilu Henner and Tamera Mowry-Housley
• Why Eric calls this the best of the three Holiday Touchdown movies, starting with a meet-cute over a book at a bar
• Grandmother math that does not add up, and an entire city still reading print newspapers
• A split decision on the Santa and a Secret Santa who cannot keep a secret
• Football romance picks beyond Hallmark: Heaven Can Wait and Jerry Maguire
• Trivia on Barbara Alyn Woods' acting daughters, Marsha Mason's herbal medicine business, the real 1971 Bears vs. Vikings game in the scrapbook, and the Holiday Touchdown curse
• Instagram poll results for 'Tis the Season for Setups and a look at next weekend's Winter Wonderlanes, Forgotten Holiday, and What If Christmas
Chapters:
0:00 - Touchdown or Fumble? The Opening Verdict
0:35 - Mr. & Mrs. Christmas: Why It Missed
3:30 - Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story Recap and Cast
4:35 - Andrea's Rating and the One Tree Hill Connection
6:15 - Those Suspiciously Identical Instagram Comments
8:10 - Eric's Take: Best of the Three Holiday Touchdowns?
11:10 - Grandma's Age and a Town Full of Newspapers
13:15 - Too Much NFL, Boundaries, and the Santa Debate
16:05 - Standouts: Jody and Ron, Plus Marilu Henner
19:00 - The Romance: Lyndsy Fonseca and Robert Buckley
20:20 - If You Liked It: Heaven Can Wait and Jerry Maguire
21:45 - Trivia: Barbara Alyn Woods and Her Acting Daughters
23:40 - Marsha Mason, a 1971 Bears Game, and the Curse
26:10 - Poll Results: 'Tis the Season for Setups
27:15 - Next Week: Winter Wonderlanes, Forgotten Holiday, What If Christmas
Andrea landed on three stars, and Eric liked it more than the Chiefs and Bills movies while wishing the NFL would take a back seat. Did the Bears branding pull you out of the story, or was it part of the fun?
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Countdown to Christmas 2026 is officially here, and Eric and Andrea kick off eight weeks and 34 movies with 'Tis the Season for Setups, starring Victor Webster, Amanda Schull and Barbara Niven. Andrea gives it three and a half stars, Eric calls it a strong, solid opener, and both agree this is the best Victor has been in years. The one sticking point? Whether the back half moves fast enough.
What You'll Hear:
• Why Andrea thinks Hallmark is missing a huge opportunity by not slipping a real mystery into Countdown to Christmas
• The Hallmark+ math that has Andrea paying more for the Timberwolves than for every Hallmark movie of the year
• Victor Webster as a free-spirited snowboarder, and what director Jeff Beesley told Eric about his performance
• Amanda Schull's slow, believable thaw, plus Andrea's case that Hallmark is underusing her (see: One Tree Hill)
• An escape room, karaoke, a real snowdrift and Barbara Niven playing a pre-Dolores Dolores
• Eric's gripe about acts seven and eight, and his strong feelings about the name Ridge
• The early kiss that broke a Hallmark rule, and the snowshoe scene that made Andrea miss Minnesota winters
• Recommendations: Coyote Creek Christmas, Holiday Hearts and Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen
• Trivia on Amanda Schull's San Francisco Ballet past and Victor's sneaky Love Blossoms callback
Chapters:
0:00 - Countdown to Christmas 2026 Kicks Off
0:55 - Why Hallmark Needs a Christmas Mystery
2:10 - Hallmark+ vs. Paying $20 for the Timberwolves
5:06 - 'Tis the Season for Setups: Andrea's 3.5 Stars
8:54 - Eric's Take and the Jeff Beesley Text
10:33 - Escape Rooms, Karaoke and a Snowdrift
12:11 - What Didn't Work: Backup Plans and a Slow Act 7
16:04 - Standout Scenes: Snowshoes and an Early Kiss
18:29 - The Romance: Two Opposites-Attract Couples
20:16 - If You Liked This, Watch These
22:15 - Trivia: Ballet, One Tree Hill and Love Blossoms
24:08 - Next Week: What If Christmas & Forgotten Holiday
25:50 - Andrea's Ayurveda Hallmark Movie Quiz
Did 'Tis the Season for Setups ease you into Christmas the way Andrea says it should, or did acts seven and eight lose you too? And is Ridge really the worst Hallmark name ever?
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The Spirit of Halloween takes A Christmas Carol, trades December for October, and hands Meghan Ory three ghosts and a firm grudge against Halloween. Eric and Andrea both landed on 4.5 stars for this Hallmark movie, and Eric went a step further, calling it one of the top three Hallmark movies of the year. The only real split is over which moment made it: Andrea says the ghosts, Eric says the ending.
What You'll Hear:
• Why a story everyone already knows still plays fresh as a Halloween movie, and how it skips the usual mid-movie lull
• Meghan Ory carrying the whole film, and why Eric says this is the first time he has seen her go from good to great
• Three ghosts with three completely different energies, including the "small old man from Up" line that made Andrea laugh out loud
• Andrea's late realization about who played the Ghost of Halloween Future (Lachlan Quarmby)
• A cheating scene Hallmark almost never puts on screen, and why Andrea thinks it worked
• The gripes: a storyline that hit a little close to home for a solo parent, an end-credits song even Siri could not identify, and one snarky party line
• Why Eric thinks the dance party finale is one of the best endings Hallmark has done in a while
• What to watch next: A Nashville Christmas Carol, Mickey's Christmas Carol and The Ghost of Christmas Always
• Trivia on Meghan Ory and Lachlan Quarmby, writer Nicole Baxter's track record, and how viewers voted on A Night to Remember
Chapters:
0:00 - Trick or Treat? Halloween Back When Parents Checked Nothing
1:02 - Welcome, and the Halloween Movie Hallmark Missed Last Week
2:23 - The Spirit of Halloween: Plot, Cast and Andrea's Rating
3:43 - Meghan Ory Carries It (Plus a Murder in a Small Town Detour)
5:17 - The Small Old Man From Up and the Ghosts Arrive
6:11 - Eric's Verdict: A Top 3 Hallmark Movie of the Year
7:24 - Three Ghosts, Three Energies, and the Lachlan Quarmby Reveal
9:55 - The Cheating Scene Hallmark Never Shows
10:45 - The Gripes: Solo Parenting, a Mystery Song and One Snarky Line
13:36 - Standout Moments: The Ghosts vs. the Dance Party Finale
15:41 - The Romance: Meghan Ory and Kevin McGarry
17:23 - What to Watch Next: Three Christmas Carol Picks
18:46 - Trivia: Meghan Ory's Black Belt and Lachlan Quarmby's D&D
19:36 - Writer Nicole Baxter's Hit List
20:38 - Viewer Poll Results: A Night to Remember
21:02 - Next Week: 'Tis the Season for Setups and Holiday Touchdown
Eric and Andrea agreed on the rating but not the highlight. Was it the three ghosts or the dance party finale that sold you on The Spirit of Halloween?
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Hallmark's 2026 Countdown to Christmas has 34 new movies, and Jenny Forwark, Hallmark's former Chief Fan Officer, is back for her annual visit to help Eric and Andrea pick the five they are most looking forward to. Three lists, fifteen slots, and only two movies managed to land on more than one of them. Along the way, everyone also names the movies they are dreading, the pairings they can't wait to see, and one sleeper hit apiece.
What You'll Hear:
• Why Eric's age-gap rule knocked Eight Nights for Love out of his top five, and why Andrea isn't buying it
• Jenny's case for Christmas Delivered with Autumn Reeser and Wes Brown, despite its Thanksgiving Day slot
• Rachael Leigh Cook playing twins in Double Booked for the Holidays, the one movie two of the three couldn't resist
• Eric's behind-the-scenes word from the sets of Noelle Nomads and Save the Date for Christmas
• Amy Acker and Luke Macfarlane in My Christmas Cowboy: Eric calls it fire, Andrea is nervous about another Western
• Three different number ones: The Nights Before Christmas, The Christmas Eve Feast, and A Season of Promises
• The least anticipated list, from Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story to Winter Wonderlanes and The Snowflake Effect
• Sleeper picks What If Christmas, An Angel in My Stocking, and Barking All the Way (and its scene-stealing dog, Twizzler)
• The end-of-season banger streak, the loss of Finding Mr. Christmas, and high hopes for Mistletoe Murders season 3
Chapters:
0:00 - Jenny Forwark Returns for the Annual Preview
2:22 - First Impressions of the 34-Movie Lineup
6:57 - Eric's Age-Gap Rule (and Andrea's Eye Roll)
9:10 - #5: Christmas Delivered
11:13 - #5: A Danish Christmas and a Hygge Lesson
14:27 - #5: Noelle Nomads
16:45 - #4: Double Booked for the Holidays
18:43 - #4: Return to Santa
20:13 - #4: A Danish Christmas, Round Two
21:34 - #3: Holiday Unplugged
26:04 - #3: Who's Coming for Christmas?
28:02 - #3: Our Holiday Playbook
31:07 - #2: Double Booked Gets a Second Vote
32:28 - #2: My Christmas Cowboy
35:09 - Detour: Amy Acker in Crashing Through the Snow
37:46 - #2: Save the Date for Christmas
40:03 - #1: The Nights Before Christmas
42:02 - #1: The Christmas Eve Feast
44:43 - #1: A Season of Promises
46:08 - Jenny's Jake Foy vs. Jake Epstein Mix-Up
47:00 - All Three Top 5 Lists Recapped
48:40 - Least Anticipated: Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story
50:14 - Least Anticipated: Our Holiday Playbook
51:30 - Least Anticipated: Who's Coming for Christmas?
52:17 - Least Anticipated: Winter Wonderlanes
54:44 - Least Anticipated: The Snowflake Effect
56:29 - The Pairings Everyone Is Most Excited For
1:01:18 - Sleeper Pick: What If Christmas
1:03:50 - Sleeper Pick: An Angel in My Stocking
1:05:25 - Sleeper Pick: Barking All the Way
1:07:19 - The Final-Movie Streak and No More Unscripted Specials
1:10:57 - Mistletoe Murders Season 3
1:12:36 - Early Verdict on 'Tis the Season for Setups
Which of these three lists is closest to yours? And is Our Holiday Playbook a top three pick, like Eric says, or a bottom two dud, like Jenny says?
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