Hallmark ALWAYS had their cheesy wholesome Christmas movies that you either liked or didn’t (I do), and Netflix had a lot of offbeat or cute Christmas movies but now everyone is making these wholesome, warm frau Christmas movies. I was on HBO Max and I saw they had a movie called “A Hollywood Christmas”. I decided to watch it and it’s literally like a Hallmark movie but made by WB for HBO Max (they even name drop WB studios and Euphoria to show they’re different!). Don’t get me wrong, I liked it, but dammit. I recognized the lead male (he’s quite handsome) and looked it up and guess where he’s from… HALLMARK. I guess he moved on up to a WB production.
CBS has been making Christmas TV movies that they’re airing every Sunday night. CW has had a lot of specials or Waltons, Hulu has them now too!
Have the fraus taken over everything???
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 27 | December 24, 2022 1:33 AM |
They get decent ratings, that's why they're being copied
If no one watched them, the other networks wouldn't care
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 19, 2022 1:02 AM |
This one is airing on CBS as I type this. I’m watching. Can’t lie. But again, a CBS Hallmark movie.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 2 | December 19, 2022 1:02 AM |
CBS aired this one two weeks ago.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 19, 2022 1:03 AM |
Probably as a result of the pandemic, when everyone was home and watching a shit ton of content. All of these would have been made last year.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 19, 2022 1:06 AM |
Fit for Christmas sounds awful
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 19, 2022 1:06 AM |
They're okay when they have hot gay guys like Luke Mcfarlane and Julian Morris in them
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 19, 2022 1:07 AM |
They can probably also rerun them every holiday season and license them in syndication to any country that celebrates Xmas.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 19, 2022 1:08 AM |
Christmas is all over the world. It’s just a matter of who celebrates. But it’s a universal holiday. It’s not like thanksgiving or Halloween.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 19, 2022 1:10 AM |
R5 it was cute if you like Hallmark frau movies.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 19, 2022 1:11 AM |
When Christmas Was Young sounds like something from the Jennifer Aniston movies thread
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | December 19, 2022 1:14 AM |
A Hollywood Christmas was actually pretty good.
But I’m also a gay frau type who likes Hallmark movies lol.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 19, 2022 1:29 AM |
Dear God. I was scrolling Crackle and they have their own now too!!!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 13 | December 24, 2022 12:30 AM |
They're visual McDonald's.
Fast, cheap, you have a certain flavor you want, and that's exactly what you get.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | December 24, 2022 12:34 AM |
Hallmark has dominated their market and demographic for many many years because no one has given them competition. Now others are trying to give some competition.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | December 24, 2022 12:38 AM |
They dont exactly get amazing ratings. Its just that production has gotten so cheap that they can be profitable because Hallmark and Lifetime are paying 20% of what a network would pay 20 years ago for a sunday made for tv movie (actual numbers). So for about $400-500k, lifetime can air original movies from these shitty production factories in canada and anywhere else there are film credits. then after a few years, producers get all the rights back and can make money forever reselling it.
Also ad rates are way up in the weeks before christmas so they get more money even if theres the same amount of viewers
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | December 24, 2022 12:40 AM |
They’re popular with females. And maybe some gay men.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | December 24, 2022 12:40 AM |
R16 they have a loyal demographic, which are mostly suburban straight white woman. That is who they cater to because that is who is mostly watching. And they don’t get any less ratings than most channels these days. Their movies average around 3 million viewers each. That’s good
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 24, 2022 12:43 AM |
R18 thinks gay men are the ones watching this? Sweetie…
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | December 24, 2022 12:43 AM |
They are pleasant and predictable candy for the Holidays. I watch them if nothing better is on and usually rather enjoy them. I will take them over watching It’s A Wonderful Life or even A Christmas Story for the umpteenth time.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | December 24, 2022 1:02 AM |
R21 you’re a minority, and not only on DL.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | December 24, 2022 1:18 AM |
I enjoy them, too r21 both for them being predictable and to see how they vary the predictable.
But man, some of them are really, really bad in not always in a so-bad-it's-good way
"A New Diva's Christmas Carol" is, well, indescribable. I've seen better acting in a lumber yard.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | December 24, 2022 1:25 AM |
I'm with you OP. These movies are everywhere, they seem to take over televiision every Christmas.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | December 24, 2022 1:27 AM |
R24 and streaming! It’s nuts.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | December 24, 2022 1:30 AM |
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special is a take-off on Hallmark style Christmas movies.
It's all very wink-wink see what we're doing here?
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | December 24, 2022 1:32 AM |
R26 it’s nothing like a Hallmark movie…
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | December 24, 2022 1:33 AM |
