It sure feels like Christmas was way more than 3 months ago, doesn’t it? (Just last week feels like it was a year ago, but we digress).
With millions of Americans staying home to help combat the spread of COVID-19, TV networks are stepping up with free previews and other special programming. Hallmark Channel is already in free preview for all Sling subscribers, but the fuzzy teddy bears who we assume run the network have gone above and beyond to give the people what they want: A Countdown to Christmas movie marathon in March.
Beginning at noon Eastern on Friday, March 20, Hallmark Channel will use the weekend to rebroadcast their most popular Christmas movies, along with the previously announced premiere of their newest original movie, In the Key of Love. Consider it an early Christmas gift in a time of heightened stress and anxiety (as well as a good opportunity to fill up your 10 hours of Free Sling Cloud DVR).
Check out Hallmark’s complete ‘We Need A Little Christmas’ schedule below and be sure to check back regularly for more information on the special programming coming to Sling.
Friday, March 20
12:00pm ET: “A Christmas Detour”
Stars: Candace Cameron Bure (“Fuller House”) and Paul Greene (“Bitten”)
2:00pm ET: “Holiday Date”
Stars: Brittany Bristow (“Rising Suns”), Matt Cohen (“General Hospital”), Teryl Rothery (“Cedar Cove”) and Bruce Boxleitner (“Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove”)
4:00pm ET: “A Christmas Love Story”
Stars: Kristin Chenoweth (“Glee”) and Scott Wolf (“The Night Shift”)
6:00pm ET: “Mingle all the Way”
Stars: Jen Lilley (“Days of Our Lives,”), Brant Daugherty (“Pretty Little Liars”) and Lindsay Wagner (“The Bionic Woman”)
8:00pm ET: “Christmas Under Wraps”
Stars: Candace Cameron Bure (“Let it Snow”), David O’Donnell (“12 Wishes of Christmas”), Brian Doyle-Murray (“The Middle”) and Robert Pine (“Frozen”)
10:00pm ET: “Crown for Christmas”
Stars: Danica McKellar (“The Wonder Years”) and Rupert Penry-Jones (“Black Sails”)
Saturday, March 21
12:00am ET: “The Christmas Cottage”
Stars: Merritt Patterson (“Forever in My Heart”) and Steve Lund (“Reign”)
2:00am ET: “A Royal Christmas”
Stars: Lacey Chabert (“Mean Girls”), Stephan Hagan (“Against the Dark”) and Jane Seymour (“Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman”)
3:30am ET: “Marry Me at Christmas”
Stars: Rachel Skarsten (“Reign”) and Trevor Donovan (“90210”)
5:00am ET: “A Very Merry Mix-Up”
Stars: Alicia Witt (“Orange is the New Black”) and Mark Wiebe (“Sweet Karma”)
7:00am ET: “Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays”
Stars: Adrian Grenier (“Entourage”), Kaitlin Doubleday (“Nashville”), Priscilla Presley and Chase Bryant
9:00am ET: “Snow Bride”
Stars: Katrina Law (“Spartacus: War of the Damned”), Jordan Belfi (“Surrogates”) and Patricia Richardson (“Home Improvement”)
11:00am ET: “Switched for Christmas”
Stars: Candace Cameron Bure (“Fuller House”), Eion Bailey (“Once Upon a Time”), Mark Deklin (“Grace and Frankie”) and Natasha Bure (“Make It or Break It”)
1:00pm ET: “Christmas at Dollywood”
Stars: Danica McKellar (“The Wonder Years”), Niall Matter (“Eureka”), and Dolly Parton (“Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors,” 9 to 5)
3:00pm ET: “The Nine Lives of Christmas”
Stars: Brandon Routh (“Superman Returns”) and Kimberley Sustad (“A Bride for Christmas”)
5:00pm ET: “Christmas at the Plaza”
Stars: Ryan Paevey (“General Hospital”) and Elizabeth Henstridge (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”)
7:00pm ET: “Christmas Town”
Stars: Candace Cameron Bure (“Fuller House”), Tim Rozon (“Schitt’s Creek”) and Beth Broderick (“Sharp Objects”)
Sunday, March 22
12:00am ET: “Picture a Perfect Christmas”
Stars: Merritt Patterson (“The Royals”) and Jon Cor (“Shadowhunters”)
2:00am ET: “The Sweetest Christmas”
Stars: Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls) and Lea Coco (“Queen Sugar”)
4:00am ET: “Coming Home for Christmas”
Stars: Danica McKellar (“The Wonder Years”), Neal Bledsoe (“The Mysteries of Laura”) and Andrew Francis (“Chesapeake Shores”)
6:00am ET: “Christmas Wishes & Mistletoe Kisses”
Stars: Jill Wagner (“Teen Wolf”), Matthew Davis (“Legacies”) and Donna Mills (“Knots Landing”)
8:00am ET: “Pride, Prejudice & Mistletoe”
Stars: Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls) and Brendan Penny (“Chesapeake Shores”)
10:00am ET: “Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy”
Stars: Paul Greene (“Bitten”), Maggie Lawson (“Psych”), Barbara Niven (“Chesapeake Shores”), Holly Robinson Peete (“21 Jump Street”), Rukiya Bernard (“Van Helsing”), Colin Lawrence (“The Good Doctor”), Ashley Williams (“How I Met Your Mother”) and Jill Wagner (“Teen Wolf”)
12:00pm ET: “A Shoe Addict’s Christmas”
Stars: Candace Cameron Bure (“Fuller House”), Luke Macfarlane (“Brothers & Siters”) and Jean Smart (“Designing Women”)
2:00pm ET: “Christmas Under the Stars”
Stars: Jesse Metcalfe (“Desperate Housewives”), Autumn Reeser (“The Arrangement”) and Clarke Peters (“The Wire”)
4:00pm ET: “Write Before Christmas”
Stars: Torrey DeVitto (“Chicago Med”), Chad Michael Murray (“Riverdale”), Grant Show (“Dynasty”), Lolita Davidovich (“How to Get Away with Murder”) and Drew Seeley (“Glory Daze”)
6:00pm ET: “Christmas in Rome”
Stars: Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls) and Sam Page (“The Bold Type”)
