I just finished James Garner’s book about his life (it’s not quite as formal as an autobiography, more like a stringing together of grouped stories about his life).
When he gets to a section on his career as a Producer he says something like: Hallmark Hall of Fame is known for quality; it was a no brainer to make a deal to produce TV movies for them.” I was shocked to: 1) see Hallmark and quality in same sentence and 2) see Garner and Hallmark in same sentence. Then he reminds the reader that he made TV films like “Promise” and “My Name is Bill”, both, if somewhat sentimental, we’re very highly regarded and honored projects, which I enjoyed at the time (even more shocking, both with a very able James Woods, back when he was a functioning actor and human person). This reminded me that there was a time when the Hallmark brand in television signified more than just schmaltz. On Tue, 1 Nov 2022 at 2:53 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > In a sane world, this would mean the release of the vast number of > Hallmark Hall of Fame episodes of the 50s through the 70s that featured > really notable actors in really good plays. (The only one I own is an > "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Boris Karloff, Tony Randall, and Tom Bosley.) > > Seeing that we're in the Worst Timeline, though, we'll be getting more > crappy mysteries and sappy romances. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Monday, October 31, 2022 at 3:07:50 PM UTC-7 Mark Jeffries wrote: > >> Starting Wednesday, all three of Hallmark's channels will stream 24/7 on >> NBCU's streamer, along with current and library programming available for >> on-demand streaming (including those formula Christmas movies), the first >> major cable channel to put the mainline channel on a streamer that isn't a >> faux cable system (Sling, YouTube Live)--and speaking of cable systems, >> considering that Hallmark is beloved by the audience that hasn't cut the >> cord yet (along with TCM and news channels), the cable systems have to not >> be happy about this: >> >> >> https://www.thewrap.com/hallmark-movies-shows-streaming-peacock-christmas/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking_news_7164538 >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c4266728-1434-4469-9865-b992463e5d7cn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c4266728-1434-4469-9865-b992463e5d7cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKW4jYMC-LViLJiXm1sjB%2BhRmLwDq9QfyMuzfi9dBE0gw%40mail.gmail.com.
