As I have said before, I also have really enjoyed some of the older movies. I do wish Hallmark would do a much better job of airing a variety of movies. I think we all do!
I didn't have a chance to post this news that was announced a month ago:
Wonya Lucas, the CEO of Hallmark Media of will step down from her role by the end of the year.
Wonya Lucas took over for Bill Abbott, the previous CEO who left in 2020. He created the 2 Hallmark channels with the programing and various series we all loved.
While yes, Hallmark needed some improvements, once Lucas took over, she gutted the channels and cancelled almost every Hallmark series (except
When Calls the Heart,) told almost all the regular Hall-stars that they might not be staying on Hallmark, (to which many pretty much went off to do work elsewhere,) and then replaced some of the movie series with single movies or series that were basically carbon-copies of those she cancelled.
AND all those cancelled series are still being shown as weekend movie marathons. So it's not like they thought viewers weren't going to watch them.
While she did bring diversity and inclusion to Hallmark, (which I am for,) in my opinion, it was done with such clunkiness and flag-waving of, "Here is the inclusive moment," or the diverse casting.
It seemed more about fulfilling an obvious agenda than about trying to elegantly write in some elements that are as much a part of a person as their eye color is. (Exceptions being Jonathan Bennet's three movies,
The Holiday Sitter, and
The Christmas House and The Christmas House 2, in which he received GLAAD Media Award nominations.)
Lucas said she feels she’s “done all the things I set out to do” and fulfilled the mission given to her by her boss, Hallmark’s corporate CEO Mike Perry.
I feel good riddance! I am very happy she's leaving. It gives me hope that maybe the next Hallmark CEO will re-visit some stuff we loved about the Hallmark channels a few years ago and bring back some of the stuff we loved. For instance, give us an ending to the cliffhanger at the end of
Mystery 101. Or even better, continue the series and others like
Crossword Mysteries. And PLEASE give us more
Signed, Sealed, Delivered movies.
And while we did get more humor in some movies and some that were definitely different, like
The Royal Nanny and
Ghosts of Christmas Past, it would be nice to see some variety in the weekly
programming. I say again, yes, it would be wonderful to have a Hallmark Hall of Fame night once a week, as well as the Christmas movie night.
But at least this was a National Park without Cindy Busby! 
as I prefer to watch them on Sundays.)
Just as long as we get to see him take the jersey off at some point and be shirtless. 
