My cable lineup does not include GAC and I'm extremely disappointed that Danica McKeller has signed an exclusive contract with them. I guess that ends her mystery series on HMM channel. I liked that one.
Yes, I saw that news last night. I don't get GAC either in my Spectrum Cable package. I was thinking about maybe just paying for the Frndly TV app during the Christmas season and then cancelling in January. But, Danica's first movie with GAC will be in January. If some of my favorite Hallmark stars all move exclusively over to GAC, that puts a real crimp getting the app for a couple months & cancelling.
However, Danica doing mystery movies might
not be part of her exclusivity contract.
To fill everyone else in on the GAC Family channel and Danica McKeller:
Last January, the long time CEO of the Hallmark channels stepped down as CEO. Months ago, he acquired two cable channels and re-branded them as part of GAC Media. One of his goals is to make more Christmas movies and family entertainment shows
just like err, similar to what he built up on Hallmark.
He was able to, at least, bring over some of his original ideas with him to GAC. The
Home & Family TV show hosted by Cameron Mathison and Debbie Matenopoulos, as well as the rest of the cast, are moving over to the GAC Living channel, after it was cancelled on Hallmark.
It may be called something else on GAC and some stuff may change. But, everyone knows it's the same TV show.
The spinoff series of
When Calls the Heart, called
When Hope Calls is moving to GAC Family. Lori Loughlin & Daniel Lissing will be on it.
The GAC Christmas movies were finally announced, listing all the cross-over stars: Cameron Mathison, Susie Abromeit, Nick Bateman, Rukiya Bernard, Cindy Busby, Sara Canning, Dillon Casey, Torrance Coombs, Trevor Donovan, Brendan Fehr, Jennie Garth, Maggie Lawson, Jen Lilley, Sarah Lind, Daniel Lissing, Jessica Lowndes, Matthew MacCaull, Chad Michael Murray, Sam Page, Merritt Patterson, Christopher Russell, Becca Tobin, Jill Wagner and Dewshane Williams.
Here's the GAC Christmas movie schedule:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/. . . GACFamilyMovies2021.jpg
Almost all of them also do, or have done
Lifetime movies too. So, it's no biggie for any of them to decide to do yet a third network's Christmas movie, too.
In fact, the more movies, the merrier for everyone.
Note, the 4 top Hallmark actresses are missing from that GAC list: Candace Cameron Bure, Lacey Chabert, Alicia Witt, and Danica McKeller.
A few days ago, after Danica's Christmas movie aired on Hallmark, it was finally announced that she signed a deal with GAC Media to star in and executive produce four new films, beginning with
The Winter Palace (premiering in January 2022.)
According to
Deadline.com: "Under the GAC Media deal, which extends through 2023,
she will do rom-coms and holiday films for GAC Media exclusively."
Deadline also mentioned, "McKellar recently guest starred on ABC comedy
Home Economics and is set as a judge on Fox’s upcoming unscripted competition series
Domino Masters, set for early 2022." GAC Media doesn't have any exclusivity for her to do those types of projects. As well, she can still decide to do an episode of the reboot of
The Wonder Years for ABC if they want her.
Yet, the fact that
mystery movies were
not specifically named too, only rom-coms, (as far as we know,) maybe she was able to work out as part of the deal to still be on her
Matchmaker Mysteries with HMM?
I hope so. I really liked that series.
But, HMM may have already decided to cancel her series on their own. Or Danica decided to leave before they decide to "go in another direction," leaving her without any deal even with GAC.
Both Eric Mabius and Jesse Metcalfe mentioned in separate interviews that their own futures with Hallmark are uncertain. Jesse said on
ETonline.com, "Obviously, I have Hallmark to thank for that opportunity but a lot of changes have happened over at Hallmark and everyone's in a bit of a holding pattern waiting to see which direction they go, which TV shows and movies they continue to support and which ones end up on the chopping block." Although, the amount of times they aired his movie,
A Country Wedding, in the last several months on
both channels, I think Hallmark is indicating to him they want to keep him.
Alicia Witt isn't doing a Christmas movie this year with either company. And it's likely we may not hear anything about Candace or Lacey until/IF they pen a deal and after their Hallmark movies air first.
As far as other GAC exclusivity contracts, only Cameron Mathison, since he's hosting the GAC version of
Home & Family, Susie Abromeit, who will star in four original films and host GAC Family Original Movie Nights, and Trevor Donovan, (no idea what he's doing,) have known exclusivity deals now with GAC Media.
(what may be) the last Signed, Sealed, Delivered movie. On the IMDb.com, the movie has been holding steady at a rating of 8.6, which is quite high for a Hallmark movie. Most of my favorites average at about 6.5 - 7. 
I had a feeling it may be like that. I had been debating on whether to watch or delete it.
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Click on the colored text to watch a preview of that movie. 
This is why I am waiting until Nov 1 to post the Hallmark, HMM, GAC Family, Lifetime & Netflix full schedules of their Christmas movie premieres. I found someone who actually made a master list of all the channels and will post the list. 
seems right.
As in, is it the same quality of most Hallmark movies, or same as the better ones. Or seems like a bad, low-budget Lifetime movie? 
)
More often, I read people giving their opinions and following up with their reasoning: "I thought the script was weak." "Same old story re-hashed, can't stand another A Christmas Carol ghost story." "It was slow, but I stuck with it, as I love the actors. I'll watch anything they are in. In the end, I was happy watching the movie." "It was way over the top in the beginning, but got better later on. . ." etcetera.
. We don't have to be sheeple, all having the same opinion. 
