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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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Eric and Andrea review A Knight to Remember, Hallmark's October rom-com where museum conservator Emily (Julie Gonzalo) kisses the statue of a 1400s English knight and accidentally brings Sir Griffin (James Trevena) to life in Chicago. Andrea gives it 2 stars and found it slow going. Eric lands at 2.5, calling it corny, light Hallmark fun with two leads who were better than the script. Neither of them is calling it memorable, but they don't agree on how forgettable it is.

What You'll Hear:

• Why both hosts think James Trevena has the comedic timing to keep landing Hallmark leads, even if a 1400s knight wasn't the role to show it off

• The Chris McNally cameo at the archery contest, opposite his real-life wife Julie Gonzalo, that Andrea completely missed

• The tone problem: an ex-boyfriend FBI subplot that stalled whatever whimsy the movie managed to build

• Andrea's case for more magic and more fish-out-of-water chaos than one quick joke about indoor plumbing

• Whether Emily and Griffin worked as a couple, or felt more like a woman taking on a 600-year-old project

• Similar watches: 2023's Made for Each Other, 1987's Mannequin and Making Mr. Right, and Life-Size with Tyra Banks and Lindsay Lohan

• Trivia on two Southern Hemisphere-born leads starring in a movie set in Chicago

• Instagram poll results for Garage Sale and Pumpkin Regatta

• News on Private Eyes West Coast coming to Hallmark+ and a first look at next week's The Spirit of Halloween with Meghan Ory

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro: A Knight to Remember

0:23 - Private Eyes West Coast Lands on Hallmark+

1:32 - Coming Up: Christmas Movie Preview with Jenny

2:56 - The Recap: A Kiss Brings a Statue to Life

3:08 - Andrea's 2 Stars and James Trevena as Griffin

5:06 - Eric's 2.5 Stars: Leads Better Than the Script

7:04 - The Chris McNally Cameo Andrea Missed

8:10 - What Didn't Work: Too Serious, Not Enough Magic

10:52 - Standout Characters

13:29 - The Romance: Did Emily and Griffin Work?

15:21 - If You Liked This: Made for Each Other

16:02 - 1987 Throwbacks and Life-Size

17:55 - Trivia: Two Southern Hemisphere Leads

19:24 - Instagram Polls: Garage Sale and Pumpkin Regatta

20:47 - Next Week: The Spirit of Halloween

Andrea wanted Griffin to be far more lost in the modern world. Which piece of 21st century life should a knight from the 1400s have struggled with on screen, and did this one land closer to 2 stars or 2.5 for you?

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Eric and Andrea kick off mystery month with Good Witch: Curse from a Rose, the 2019 Halloween movie that turned out to be the final Good Witch film. Andrea gives it a full five stars, and Eric makes the case that the whole franchise is still the bar for Hallmark series. The only real dispute is whether Middleton's official population would survive a census.

What You'll Hear:

• Andrea's five-star verdict, and why a town of 3,017 people should not look that big from the air

• The pumpkin regatta neither host remembered, and why Cassie feels a lot like Andrea

• Why Eric thinks Good Witch set the standard, from Cassie and Sam's chemistry to Hallmark paying for two American leads

• The franchise timeline from 2008 to 2021, and how Curse from a Rose became the last movie

• What didn't land: no Grace, a softer Nick, and a cast too big for everyone to get a turn

• Eric's complaint about the mummy marathon and bowling events that never made it on screen

• Cassie and Sam's first married Halloween, plus Martha's surprisingly wise line about love

• Trivia: the Middleton monster cameo, a truck that changes color mid-scene, and what Catherine Bell planned to do before acting

• What to watch next: Kentucky Roses and Acorn's Queens of Mystery

Chapters:

0:00 - Mystery Month Starts in Middleton

1:07 - The Recap: Cassie's College Roommate Comes to Town

1:46 - Andrea's Five-Star Verdict (and a Census Problem)

4:31 - Andrea's Inner Cassie and the Pumpkin Regatta

5:44 - Eric's Take: Why Good Witch Is the Bar

9:18 - The Last Good Witch Movie and a 13-Year Run

11:25 - What Didn't Work: No Grace and a Different Nick

13:50 - Where Was the Mummy Marathon?

14:53 - Standout Character: Cassie vs. the Whole Ensemble

16:49 - The Romance: Cassie and Sam, Tom and Martha

19:32 - What to Watch Next

20:37 - Trivia: Bessie, a Color-Changing Truck and Catherine Bell

22:26 - IMDb Rating and Coming Up Next

Andrea wants Hallmark to bring Good Witch back every Halloween. If they did, who gets the next movie built around them: Cassie and Sam again, Martha, Abigail, or someone else from Middleton?

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Eric and Andrea review Pumpkin Regatta Romance, the Hallmark Channel fall movie starring Mishael Morgan and Corey Sevier, where two feuding dads, a pumpkin farm, and a boat shop all collide over a town race run in hollowed-out giant pumpkins. Yes, that is a real thing. Andrea gives it 4.5 stars, Eric lands a shade below, and both agree this is exactly the comfort food movie people mean when they say they miss old school Hallmark.

What You'll Hear:

• Andrea's farm-life reality check on chasing a tractor across a field (and a cow manure story nobody saw coming)

• Whether pumpkin regattas are real (they are, with races in Maine and Oregon)

• Why Ethan's mom Frankie and both dads make this a rare Hallmark movie with genuinely supportive parents

• The great Mr. and Mrs. debate: do you still call your friends' parents by their first names?

• The one gripe: how does Nadine not know Lola in a town this small?

• Rob Stewart (Sam Bishop on The Way Home) as a grumpy dad with range, and Eric finally placing Sharron Matthews from Frankie Drake Mysteries

• The Nadine and Ethan romance, including the dad interruption that stopped a kiss cold

• Two fall recommendations from the archives: Pumpkin Pie Wars (2016) and Harvest Moon (2015)

• Mishael Morgan trivia: her history-making Daytime Emmy win for The Young and the Restless

Chapters:

0:00 - Is This Hallmark's Wildest Premise Yet?

0:23 - Hallmark Preview Episode With Jenny Coming Soon

0:49 - Pumpkin Regatta Romance Recap and Andrea's Rating

2:32 - Tractors, Farm Life, and a Cow Manure Story

4:40 - Is the Pumpkin Regatta a Real Thing?

5:13 - Eric's Rating: Classic Hallmark Comfort Food

6:18 - Kate Pragnell, Jake Epstein, and Allie's Knowing Looks

7:54 - Frankie King and the Rare Supportive Hallmark Parents

9:10 - Mr. and Mrs. or First Names? Plus the "Real Date"

10:50 - The One Gripe: How Did Nadine Not Know Lola?

11:59 - Andrea's Standout: Rob Stewart from The Way Home

13:46 - Eric's Standout: Sharron Matthews from Frankie Drake

15:16 - The Romance: Mishael Morgan and Corey Sevier

17:28 - Corey Sevier's Résumé and a Jaz Ramsey Detour

17:58 - If You Liked This, Watch These

19:13 - Trivia: Mishael Morgan's Historic Daytime Emmy

20:27 - Up Next: A Night to Remember and Good Witch

Andrea says 4.5 stars and Eric says a shade below. Where do you land on Pumpkin Regatta Romance, and did you know pumpkin regattas were real before you watched it?

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Garage Sale Mysteries is back after six years, and Eric and Andrea review Garage Sale Mysteries: Murder Takes the Stage, with Lori Loughlin returning as Jennifer Shannon. Andrea has been waiting for this one for a long time. Eric has spent years saying only one Garage Sale movie was any good. So did the new one change his mind, or did Andrea finally have to admit the series has its limits?

What You'll Hear:

• Andrea's five out of five, which she more or less decided before the opening credits

• Eric's surprisingly generous verdict, plus his reenactment of Jen investigating the dark room alone

• The little details superfans will catch, like the missing corner and the new diner

• How the true crime book club's Lizzie Borden reenactment gave the mystery a full, workable murder board

• Why Eric thinks this one finally delivered real suspects and real red herrings

• Steve Bacic's behind-the-scenes take on how quickly the cast fell back into rhythm

• How the movie worked around Hannah's limited screen time

• Real Lizzie Borden trivia, including what the famous playground rhyme gets wrong

• Hallmark and Chill picks from Murder, She Wrote, Mystery 101, Picture Perfect Mysteries, and Aurora Teagarden

Chapters:

0:00 - Can Garage Sale Mysteries Finally Win Eric Over?

2:00 - That Lizzie Borden Netflix Series (Andrea Lasted 14 Minutes)

4:10 - Practical Magic 2 and a Hunter King Lookalike

5:45 - Plot Enjoyment: Andrea's Five Out of Five

10:15 - Eric's Verdict: Begrudgingly Fantastic

14:05 - The Mystery: Red Herrings That Actually Work

16:55 - Romance Roundup: Jen and Jason

18:30 - Character Corner: Dani vs. Jason

19:45 - Trivia: The Real Lizzie Borden Case

21:55 - Hallmark and Chill Recommendations

23:30 - Next Week: Pumpkin Regatta Romance

Andrea gave it a five, Eric landed somewhere between a four and a four and a half. Where do you land, and did you guess the killer before Jen did?

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Eric and Andrea sit down with Dating the Delaneys, the 2022 Hallmark movie that reunites Rachel Boston and Paul Campbell ahead of their new pairing in Return to Santa this November. Three generations of Delaney women are dating at once, and Eric and Andrea do not agree on how well any of it holds up.

What You'll Hear:

• The 2026 Countdown to Christmas casting news, including why Eric is bracing himself for Rachel Boston and Paul Campbell's next movie together

• Andrea's rewatch verdict (a steep drop from the four stars she gave it back in 2022) versus Eric's defense of the movie, scene by scene

• Why the fake dating trope between Maggie and Michael works, and how their shared grief ties the romance together

• Emma's teenage dating storyline, the world's biggest slice of cake, and the software engineer date that had Eric howling

• Devon's wingwoman energy, the Make It Bake It Cake It subplot, and that pecan pie fall moment

• The grandma storyline and why three generations of romance actually landed for Eric

• What to watch next if you liked this one, including The Way Home and the upcoming Return to Santa

• A bowling scorecard continuity error, Rachel Boston's real-life chef husband, and other trivia

0:00 - Intro and the Rachel Boston/Paul Campbell Reunion

1:45 - 2026 Countdown to Christmas Casting Talk

5:15 - Behind the Scenes: Recording Three Movies and an AC Saga

7:30 - Dating the Delaneys: Synopsis and Star Ratings

9:15 - What Andrea Liked

12:30 - What Eric Liked

16:00 - What Andrea Didn't Like

18:30 - What Eric Didn't Like: The Cringe Software Engineer

20:00 - The Romance: Three Generations of Delaney Women

23:00 - Similar Watches: The Way Home and Return to Santa

24:15 - IMDb Score and Trivia

25:45 - Next Week's Review and the Sister, Sister Debate

Andrea gave this one four stars back in 2022. On the rewatch she landed closer to 1.5. Eric didn't budge an inch. Where do you land on Dating the Delaneys, and is the fake dating trope still working for you in 2026?

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Andrea and Eric are back with the first true fall movie of the season, Falling Into Place, starring Nathan Witte and Alvina August. Andrea gives it four stars, Eric lands at three and a half, and both agree the movie leans on just about every fall Hallmark trope there is. So does the chemistry and comfort food coziness win out over a plot with zero surprises? They break down the ratings, the standout supporting cast, and why Nathan Witte needs a real leading role of his own.

What You'll Hear:

• Andrea and Eric rate Falling Into Place separately (four stars vs. three and a half) and explain the gap

• The full rundown on Kaia and James's fall bucket list and why their chemistry carries a familiar plot

• The case for giving Nathan Witte a real leading role after years of second tier parts

• Why Mr. Winters (B.J. Harrison) steals every scene he's in

• A trivia detour into Nathan Witte's music project, Steel Afro

• The real life news about Stephanie Bennett's husband trading Hallmark sets for the fire department

• Three fall Hallmark movies Andrea and Eric recommend if Falling Into Place worked for you

• Instagram poll results on how their audience rated the movie

• What's coming next: Dating the Delaneys and the return of Garage Sale Mysteries

Chapters:

0:00 - Fall Vibes and a Scarecrow Joke

1:40 - Fan Mail, the Playlist, and What's Coming Next

3:45 - Falling Into Place: The Setup

5:15 - Andrea's Review: Four Out of Five Stars

9:30 - Eric's Review: Three and a Half Stars

12:00 - The Case for Nathan Witte as a Leading Man

14:15 - Kaia and James: Old Friends, Real Chemistry

16:30 - Standout Senior Character: Mr. Winters

18:15 - What Didn't Work (Feels, Not Reals)

20:15 - Fall Movie Recommendations

22:00 - Trivia: Steel Afro and a Real-Life Firefighter

23:45 - Instagram Poll Results and What's Next

Where do you land, Andrea's four stars or Eric's three and a half, and should Nathan Witte finally get a leading role of his own? Let us know in the comments.

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