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Lorelai and Rory have lunch with a Harvard alumnus. Taylor decides to open an old soda shop next to Luke's Diner. Lane seeks a new band member.
October 8, 2002 | The WB
Rory’s Harvard application arrives in the mail. It’s a BIG DAY! Lane is over - she wants to join a band and she’s gonna use the Gilmore residence as her office.
At Luke’s, Luke sees Taylor taking pictures of the building. What’s he up to?!
At school, Paris and Rory have put together a panel to help seniors with applying for colleges. All of their answers are making Rory overthink what she’s put in her application. She meets up with her mom at Emily’s and is in full freak out mode!
The next day, people start showing up at Luke’s asking for drinks he doesn’t make. It becomes clear that these people are being sent by Taylor. He confronts Taylor who wants to open a soda shop in the space next to Luke’s, which he owns. Luke says absolutely not for the rest of time!
Lorelai got a phone number from Headmaster Charleston from a Harvard graduate so that Rory could pick their brain and help ease her application anxiety. They go over and he’s excited to talk to them. It’s going well until the topic of their other daughter comes up. She’s following her own path. And the family is incredibly weird. Rory goes to use the restroom and meets their other daughter, Carol, who is working multiple jobs. She’s very anti-doing what her parents want. This just helps Rory be thankful for her mom who she knows will be proud of her no matter what.
The Gilmore girls make it back in time for town meeting and it’s a heated one thanks to the soda shop situation. But when Luke finds out that Lorelai and Rory like the idea of the soda shop, he softens to the idea.
Afterwards, a guy named Dave Rogowski shows up and wants to talk to Lane about his band.
Dean finds Rory and he starts asking questions about what happens when she goes off to college. It doesn’t go great.
Jackson asks Lorelai if he can rent Rory’s room when she leaves.
Things are starting to get serious.
The next day - the Harvard guy calls and tells Rory to pack her bags. He’s gonna give her a big recommendation to the Harvard brass. But Rory and Lorelai aren’t thrilled. They decide to cancel all their plans and just hang out that day.
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It’s Marvel Monday and Spider-Man gets a brand new day!
A forgotten Peter Parker lives alone as a full-time Spider-Man until mounting pressure triggers a dangerous change and a powerful new enemy emerges.
July 31, 2026 | Theatrical Release
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Writers: Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Stan Lee
Cast:
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Ryan’s back to give us a sneak peek at all the UPtv Christmas movies we’ll be covering this year!
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Another new Christmas movie review? Must be the holiday season!
Single dad Taylor is inspired more than ever to give his two children the best Christmas in their new town. He leads the city's holiday event department, as new colleague Sophie supervises him.
October 18, 2026 | Hallmark
Director: Peter Benson
Cast:
Taylor Lewis is a single dad who moves to a new town with his 2 kids for a new gig. He’s a holiday display expert and I guess this town of Pineway really needs one of those 2 weeks before Christmas. His son, Arlo, is pumped. His daughter, Jenna, is less than thrilled. Plus, she misses her mom who is living in England now.
He heads to city hall to unload some stuff and parks in Sophie Shaw’s spot since it’ll only be a minute. Naturally, she shows up and isn’t thrilled he’s in her spot. To make matters worse, he locked the keys in his truck so she has to park 4 blocks away and is late for her meeting.
When she finally shows up, she finds out that her friend Paul, who is in charge of community engagement, is going to be leaving after the festive market and Christmas parade, which he’s bringing back this year after a hiatus. That’s actually why they brought Taylor in. Sophie decides she wants to throw her hat in the ring for that position even though they’ll probably hire someone with community engagement experience. She’s just an accountant.
Taylor gets to decorating and it’s off to a rocky start when his employee, Justin, accidentally crushes Paul’s grandpa’s letters to Santa box. I’m sure it’ll be fine.
Back at home, he begins to notice that Jenna is really struggling with all the change. The magic just isn’t there.
So the next day, he decides to put together Operation Bring Back Christmas Magic. He’ll work on the name later.
At work, Paul brings in Sophie to oversee the Festive Market decorating process so that she can tell everyone she helped plan it and hopefully land her that job she wants!
She meets his kids and Sophie and Taylor start hanging out more and he opens up about how hard the adjustment has been and she gives some advice on what it’s like to raise a teenage daughter. She advises him to try to find the fun - what a teenage girl might like.
But he may have overcorrected. Everyone shows up and is like this market sucks. Instead of cocoa, we have bubble tea. Instead of carolers, we have a DJ. And the town hates it! And Jenna isn’t a fan either. It’s just a little off.
The next day, Sophie and Taylor put their heads together and figure out a way to course correct - keep some of the stuff for the teens but bring back the traditional stuff. And make it even bigger, extending the festival to the carnival grounds. All leading up to the Mr. and Mrs. Christmas parade. Paul agrees as long as Sophie is in charge, which Taylor thinks is a great idea.
They get to work on...not the gig but just hanging out together as 2 functioning adults. And she helps him learn that he doesn’t always have to fix things.
He does not learn the lesson. Because at the opening of the festival, he brings in a big artist named Clover and has Clover call Jenna out by name and put a spotlight on her. It does not go well. She runs off and he follows.
To make matters worse - Clover sent him way over budget. Sophie isn’t thrilled. They’re gonna have to cancel the parade.
But he pitches that he and Sophie be Mr. and Mrs. Claus and do the parade anyway to surprise everyone. And it works. Jenna loves it and gives him a big hug. And Sophie gets her promotion.
Taylor finds Sophie under the mistletoe and they kiss.
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This episode was recorded during the 2026 Marathon. We apologize for the less-than-stellar audio quality.
A Chicago firefighter seeks media coverage for his grandmother’s 500th Bears game attendance. When a reporter is assigned to the story, romance develops between them.
October 17, 2026 | Hallmark
Director: Dustin Rikert
Writers: Christine Garver, Stephanie Jackson, Marcy Holland
Cast:
It’s Dec 19, 1971 and a woman named Darlene walks up to a stadium with a note in her hand and is greeted by a fella named Bernie. These two lovebirds are on a blind date to a Bears game! They’re having a great time, they hold hands. DA BEARS!
Fast forward to the present and we see our favorite Touchdown Santa ringing a bell. Avery gives him some money and heads into a bar to see her mom. She’s visiting her in Chicago from New York. She proceeds to sit at the bar and read a book while the Bears game is going on. A fella named Matt walks up and can’t believe she’s reading and can’t believe she doesn’t like football! They flirt, it’s fun.
She goes in for a meeting at the Chicago Herald. She’s a freelance reporter and they want her to do a story while she’s here. The bad news - it’s a sports story. They point her in the direction of a guy named Matt who works at a fire station. His grandma is the subject of a story - 500 Bears games! She marches down to the station and Matt is the dude from the bar. He’s like I don’t think you’re the right person for this gig cuz you don’t like sports. She’s like I’m all you got. So off they go to meet Grandma and the Grandma Bears. She reluctantly agrees to an interview but only if he helps out with the Bears Care charity. Obviously he says yes. And, call me crazy, but I think that may be the excuse that Darlene & Matt need in order to hang out!
It doesn’t take long for these 2 lovebirds to realize what Gran is up to.
Gran shares her story. She is the woman at the beginning of the story. The date was amazing and it started her love of going to Bears games. There’s more to the story but we’ll get to it.
Avery and Matt end up going for a boat ride and end up ALMOST kissing but are interrupted when they hear Gran is singing karaoke.
They end up going to a party and she gives him a kiss on the cheek under the mistletoe thanks to Gran pushing for a kiss!
As if things weren’t complicated enough, there’s a potential full time gig available at the Herald. Does she want to move to Chicago or does she want to keep doing freelance?
Maybe a cornhole tournament will help her decide! Avery & her stepdad win!
Matt is blown away when he finds out that Avery is getting her Gran the fan of the year award.
She goes to interview Darlene more and finds out that Bernie stood by her when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and encouraged her to keep fighting and they make it to 500 games. And now she wants to make it to game #500 for him.
The story is released and it’s a hit. And Matt is quickly reminded that Avery is leaving.
It’s time for game #500 and Gran is nowhere to be found. Turns out….she’s fine. She’s just gonna watch the game with a neighbor.
We gotta get her to the game though cuz FAN OF THE YEAR. IT’S FIRETRUCK TIME!
They surprise her and she meets various Bears legends. Caleb Wilson even shouts her out!
After the game, she is officially offered the job. She goes to find Matt who is setting up a grand gesture to shoot his shot. She says she’s staying and they kiss big ones!
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Hallmark Christmas movie season is officially here! Up first is 'Tis the Season for Setups. This episode was recorded during the 2026 Marathon. We apologize for the less-than-stellar audio quality.
Party planner Lexi clashes with ski instructor Ridge at a holiday resort. Spotting a spark between their parents, they scheme to set them up—but their matchmaking keeps becoming double dates, pulling them closer instead.
October 16, 2026 | Hallmark
Director: Jeff Beesley
Writer: Elena Zaretsky
Cast:
Single mom Lexi is hanging out with her mom, June. They get home and Lexi gets straight to work. She’s an event planner and things are serious. Nothing a little dance party with her mom and daughter, Piper, can’t fix. All Piper really wants for Christmas is to hit the slopes, but it’s too expensive. Naturally, June puts in a call to her old pal, Dan. They hatch a deal - they can all come to the ski resort if Lexi plans the resort Christmas party. She doesn’t want to say yes but Piper overhears and you can’t say no to Piper.
When they get there, she meets the ski instructor, Ridge. Ridge immediately clocks her as someone who doesn’t ski and for some reason, she finds that very offensive. But they gotta get over it quick cuz there’s a party to plan but they don’t quite agree on a vision yet. Lexi and Ridge see Dan and June talking and immediately decide they’re going to set them up.
It doesn’t take long for Ridge and Lexi to start opening up to each other and really enjoying each other’s company.
Ridge keeps coming up with excuses for his dad to hang out with June, but naturally that ends up leaving him to hang out with Lexi.
They end up all going to a Christmas escape room together and they win!!!
There’s cross-country skiing, there’s Christmas karaoke, there’s absolutely no Christmas party planning.
One night, they’re up late, hanging out, and THEY END UP KISSINGGGGG!!!! But the night gets crazy when they find out that Dan and June have been dating for a year now!!! So now is it weird that they’ve kissed? I DON’T KNOW!!!
So she takes a step back from being into Ridge and gets back into the reason she’s actually there - party planning.
The party happens and they overhear Dan and June in a huge fight. So they pull their parents aside and have nice heart to hearts.
The next day, Dan proposes and she says yes!!! Will that stop Ridge and Lexi from getting together? No. No it won’t.
She meets him on the slopes and they kiss big ones!
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Let's hop in the DTH Time Machine for today's DTH Classic.
New Hallmark Christmas movies are here! To celebrate, it's time journey back to 2018 to revisit our the first Christmas movie from our first season, Christmas at Pamberley Manor! This episode originally aired on October 29, 2018.
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Season 9 of Deck the Hallmark is HERE!
Today, we’re kicking things off by chatting about the three movies we’re most excited for — and the three we’re not as excited for.
Join us TONIGHT at 6 PM for our Season 8 Marathon!
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We're back and it's time to breakdown the FINAL batch of Hallmark Christmas movies!
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