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Topic: Hallmark

(L-R) Actors Alison Sweeney, Holly Robinson Peete, Lacey Chabert and Rachel Boston attend the Hallmark Channel's Countdown To Christmas Celebration and VIP screening of "Christmas At Holly Lodge" at The Grove on December 4, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic/Getty)

Hallmark exec called stars "too old"

Nardos Haile
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz | Menards hardware store (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Tim Walz, the Hallmark candidate

Melanie McFarland
Finding Mr. Christmas (Hallmark Media/Kim Nunneley)

Hallmark wants reality TV to play nice

Melanie McFarland
Hallmark Fan Experience (Photo by Melanie McFarland)

I infiltrated Hallmark's Christmas town

Melanie McFarland
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Lori Loughlin attends the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony for Holly Robinson Peete on June 21, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

Lori Loughlin could return to Hallmark

Nardos Haile
Puppy Bowl (Elias Weiss Friedman / Animal Planet)

A Puppy Bowl rival for furry supremacy

Melanie McFarland
Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jay and Rose McIver as Samantha on "Ghosts" (Bertrand Calmeau/CBS)

McIver on poking fun at Christmas movies

Melanie McFarland
Candace Cameron Bure and Marc Blucas (Great American Media)

Candace Cameron's awful X-Mas "Present"

Melanie McFarland
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Candace Cameron Bure in Hallmark's "Countdown to Christmas" special 2020 (Crown Media / Kim Nunneley/Alexx Henry Studios, LLC)

The great Hallmark Christmas star exodus

Joy Saha, Hanh Nguyen
Daniel Kaluuya in "Get Out" (Universal Pictures)

No sundown towns for me this holiday

Melanie McFarland
Martin Henderson and Alexandra Breckenridge in "Virgin River" (Netflix)

Unsexy allure of Netflix's Virgin River

Kaitlin Thomas
Blake Lee and Ben Lewis in "The Christmas Setup" (Lifetime)

Grading 2020's queer Christmas movies

Ashlie D. Stevens, Hanh Nguyen
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and American actress Tiffani Thiessen (Gali Tibbon/Pool/AP/Lars Niki/Getty Images/Gourmet Garden)

Hallmark video hoax fools Bibi: report

Matthew Rozsa
Various couples from Hallmark Christmas movies (Hallmark Channel)

The fascism of Hallmark holiday movies

Amanda Marcotte
Still images from a Zola advertisement originally aired on Hallmark (Hallmark/Zola)

GLAAD says AFA is a "fringe" group

Matthew Rozsa
(Hallmark Channel)

Hallmark's Holiday Whiteout

Melanie McFarland
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"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" (CBS)

The Christmas TV hellscape

Sonia Saraiya
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Are we ready for death cards?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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