A Canadian Guide for Hallmark Movies
W Network’s May for Moms lineup only featured two premieres but more new movies are on the way this month. So far, A Bet With the Matchmaker and Write Place, Write time are scheduled to air on the network. Both movies are from Studio TF1 (previously Reel One Entertainment) and have been available to stream from services like Xumo Play, Roku or Dove Channel but will make their TV debut in Canada in May. The title for the movie slated for the last Saturday of May has yet to be announced.
Get ready Sleuthers — A new Hannah Swensen Mystery is on the way! The latest installment of the mystery series Best Served Cold: A Hannah Swensen Mystery is now scheduled to air in Canada on CTV Life on Saturday, May 23 at 7/4pm ET/PT, one week after its US premiere. Tune in then to see what unfolds when Hannah and Chad team up again after a suspect in a forgery case is murdered and the prosecutor goes missing.
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In addition to new episodes of When Hope Calls: Brookfield, Super Channel Heart & Home’s May lineup features three new movies making their TV premiere in Canada: The Boxer and the Butterfly, Hearts Under the Olive Tree, and Bee My Love. Three more movies, A Vineyard Romance, Love, Bubbles & Crystal Cove, and Ainsley McGregor Mysteries: A Case for the Yarn Maker, as well as more installments of Morning Show Mysteries also are new this month on Heart & Home but all have already premiered in Canada.
All’s Fair in Love & Mahjong premieres next month as part of Hallmark Channel’s May for Moms lineup and is set to air in Canada on CTV Life on Saturday, May 9 at 7/4pm ET/PT, just slightly ahead of its US debut. An encore airing follows at 11/8pm ET/PT. The movie stars Fiona Gubelmann, Paul Campbell, Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe, Tamera Mowry-Housley and Melissa Peterman and follows a school nurse who finds unexpected hope, a sense of community and a chance at love through teaching the centuries‑old Chinese game.
In addition to Erin Cahill’s new docuseries Mom’s the Bride and Season 2 of Celebrations with Lacey Chabert, W Network will premiere two new movies in May: Hallmark Channel’s Kentucky Roses starring Andrew Walker and Odette Annable and A Playful Love, which aired on UPtv a few years ago as Star-Crossed Romance. W Network will not be airing Hallmark’s second May for Moms movie All’s Fair in Love & Mahjong — that one is set to premiere here in Canada on CTV Life on Saturday May 9.
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