THE CHRISTMAS CHEER CONTINUES WITH HALLMARK CHANNEL'S "COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS" WITH ITS BIGGEST ORIGINAL HOLIDAY SLATE IN NETWORK HISTORY

Featuring an All-New Thanksgiving Week Event With Nine Consecutive Nights of Original, Quality Holiday Movies Across Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

STUDIO CITY, CA - November 13, 2018 - Viewers are getting into the Christmas spirit with the network's highly anticipated, annual programming event "Countdown to Christmas." Hallmark Channel is upping the ante with an all-new Thanksgiving week event. Viewers will be able to feast on new, original Christmas movie premieres featuring 12 movies in nine nights across both Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

Still to come during "Countdown to Christmas" are original movie premieres featuring fan-favorite stars and newcomers alike including Candace Cameron Bure, Alexa PenaVega, Lacey Chabert, Lori Loughlin, Tia Mowry-Hardrict, Eric Mabius, Jerrika Hinton and Tatyana Ali, among others, and are sure to put audiences in the holiday spirit.

Upcoming Original Movie Premieres on "Countdown to Christmas":

All premieres are at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Saturday, November 17: "Christmas at Graceland"

Stars: Kellie Pickler ("Pickler & Ben"), Wes Brown ("Deception," "Christmas Cookies")

Sunday, November 18: "Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa"

Stars: Jill Wagner ("Pearl in Paradise"), Mark Deklin ("Grace and Frankie," "Designated Survivor"), Holly Robinson-Peete ("Hanging with Mr. Cooper," "21 Jump Street"), Barbara Niven ("Chesapeake Shores"), Andrew Francis ("Chesapeake Shores"), Ashley Williams ("The Jim Gaffigan Show," "How I Met Your Mother")

Wednesday, November 21: "Reunited at Christmas"

Stars: Nikki DeLoach ("Awkward," "The Perfect Catch"), Mike Faiola ("Awkward," "Yellowstone")

Thursday, November 22: "Christmas at the Palace"

Stars: Merritt Patterson ("The Royals"), Brittany Bristow ("Love on Safari")

Friday, November 23: "Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe"

Stars: Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls), Brendan Penny ("Chesapeake Shores")

Saturday, November 24: "Christmas Everlasting" - HALLMARK HALL OF FAME

Stars: Tatyana Ali ("Fly," "The Young and the Restless"), Dondre T. Whitfield ("Queen Sugar," "All My Children"), Dennis Haysbert ("Reverie," Far from Heaven), Patti LaBelle ("Patti LaBelle's Place," License to Kill soundtrack)

Sunday, November 25: "A Shoe Addict's Christmas"

Stars: Candace Cameron Bure ("Fuller House"), Luke Macfarlane ("The Night Shift")

Saturday, December 1: "Mingle All the Way"

Stars: Jen Lilley ("Days of Our Lives"), Brant Daugherty (Fifty Shades Freed, "Pretty Little Liars"), Lindsay Wagner ("The Bionic Woman")

Sunday, December 2: "A Majestic Christmas"

Stars: Jerrika Hinton ("Here and Now," "Grey's Anatomy"), Christian Vincent ("Continuum")

Saturday, December 8: "Homegrown Christmas"

Stars: Lori Loughlin ("When Calls the Heart," "Fuller House"), Victor Webster ("Chesapeake Shores," "Continuum")

Sunday, December 9: "Welcome to Christmas"

Stars: Eric Mabius ("Ugly Betty," "Signed, Sealed, Delivered"), Jennifer Finnigan ("Salvation," "Walking the Dog")

Saturday, December 15: "Entertaining Christmas"

Stars: Jodie Sweetin ("Fuller House"), Brendan Fehr ("Days of Our Lives," "Bones")

Sunday, December 16: "A Gingerbread Romance"

Stars: Tia Mowry-Hardrict ("Me, Myself and I," "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn"), Duane Henry ("NCIS")

Saturday, December 22: "Jingle Around the Clock"

Stars: Brooke Nevin ("Chicago Fire," "The Christmas Cure"), Michael Cassidy ("The OC")

Sunday, December 23: "Christmas Made to Order"

Stars: Alexa PenaVega (Spy Kids, "Love at Sea")

Tuesday, December 25: "When Calls the Heart: The Greatest Christmas Blessing"

Stars: Erin Krakow ("Army Wives"), Lori Loughlin ("Fuller House," "90210"), Jack Wagner ("The Bold and The Beautiful," "Wedding March"), Pascale Hutton ("The Perfect Bride: Wedding Bells," "Sanctuary"), Kavan Smith ("The Perfect Bride: Wedding Bells," "Sanctuary"), Paul Greene ("Bitten," "Christmas in Angel Falls"), Chris McNally ("Rocky Mountain Christmas"), Kevin McGarry ("Heartland")

Saturday, December 29: "A Midnight Kiss"

Stars: Carlos PenaVega ("Big Time Rush," "The Loud House")