Archive - MARCH 2011 Family TV Schedule

MARCH


March 3, 2011 - Thursday:

The Secret Garden (1993)... Gospel Music Channel ... 11 AM


March 4, 2011 - Friday:

Timepiece ... Gospel Music Channel ... 11 AM


March 5, 2011 - Saturday:

Ice Dreams ... Hallmark Channel ... 10 AM
Ice Castles (2010) ... Hallmark Channel ... 12 PM (*NEW Rated-PG)
The Parent Trap (1961)... Hallmark Channel ... 2 PM
Ice Dreams ... Hallmark Channel ... 4 PM
Ice Castles (2010)... Hallmark Channel ... 6 PM (*NEW Rated-PG)
Ice Castles (1978)... Hallmark Channel ... 8 PM (*Caution: Language)
The Parent Trap (1961)... Hallmark Channel ... 10 PM


March 8, 2011 - Tuesday:

What If ... Gospel Music Channel ... 11 AM
The Way Home ... Gospel Music Channel ... 9 PM


March 9, 2011 - Wednesday:

Beyond the Prairie: True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder ... Gospel Music Channel ... 11 AM


March 11, 2011 - Friday:

Father Is a Bachelor (1950) ... TCM ... 4:15 PM
An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong ... Gospel Music Channel ... 8 PM
An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong ... Gospel Music Channel ... 10 PM


March 12, 2011 - Saturday:

I LOVE LUCY Marathon ... Hallmark Channel ... 6 AM - 4 AM (Monday Morning!)
Nanny McPhee ... ABC Family ... 1:30 PM
Toy Story ... Disney XD ... 3:30 PM
Toy Story 2 ... Disney XD ... 5:30 PM
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ... ABC Family ... 6 PM


March 13, 2011 - Sunday:

I LOVE LUCY Marathon ... Hallmark Channel ... Continues All Day til - 4 AM (Monday Morning!)
Nanny McPhee ... ABC Family ... 8:30 AM
Toy Story ... Disney XD ... 11 AM
Toy Story 2 ... Disney XD ... 1 PM
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ... ABC Family ... 3 PM
My Fair Lady (1964) ... TCM ... 5 PM
Beverly Hills Chihuahua ... ABC Family ... 7 PM
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 ... ABC Family ... 9 PM *NEW


March 14, 2011 - Monday:

16 Wishes ... Disney (east) ... 8 PM
16 Wishes ... Disney (west) ... 11 PM


March 16, 2011 - Wednesday:

Beverly Hills Chihuahua ... ABC Family ... 7 PM
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 ... ABC Family ... 9 PM *NEW


March 19, 2011 - Saturday:

For the Love of Grace ... Hallmark Channel ... 11 AM
Growing the Big One ... Hallmark Channel ... 1:05 PM
Flower Girl ... Hallmark Channel ... 3:10 PM
Always & Forever ... Hallmark Channel ... 5:15 PM
Uncorked ... Hallmark Channel ... 7:20 PM
Time after Time ... Hallmark Channel ... 9 PM *NEW
Time after Time ... Hallmark Channel ... 11 PM *NEW


March 20, 2011 - Sunday:

Uncorked ... Hallmark Channel ... 11 AM
Time after Time ... Hallmark Channel ... 12:40 PM *NEW
A Kiss at Midnight ... Hallmark Channel ... 2:45 PM
The Wishing Well ... Hallmark Channel ... 4:50 PM
Smooch ... Hallmark Channel ... 6:55 PM
Time after Time ... Hallmark Channel ... 9 PM *NEW



March 23, 2011 - Wednesday

Little Miss Marker (1934 Shirley Temple) ... TCM ... 10:45 PM


March 25, 2011 - Friday

The Suite Life Movie ... Disney (east) ... 8 PM *NEW
Time after Time ... Hallmark Channel ... 9 PM *NEW
The Suite Life Movie ... Disney (west) ... 11 PM *NEW


March 26, 2011 - Saturday

Little House on the Prairie Marathon ... Hallmark Channel ... 6 AM - 5 AM
The Parent Trap ... ... ABC Family ... 8 AM
Beverly Hills Chihuahua ... ABC Family ... 11 AM
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 ... ABC Family ... 1 PM *NEW
Miles From Nowhere ... TBN ... 12 AM


March 27, 2011 - Sunday

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 ... ABC Family ... 7 AM *NEW
The Secret Garden (1949) ... TCM ... 8 AM
State Fair (1945) ... TCM ... 12 PM
Smooch ... Hallmark Channel ... 12 PM
Accidentally in Love ... Hallmark Channel ... 2 PM
Time After Time ... Hallmark Channel ... 4 PM
Elevator Girl ... Hallmark Channel ... 6 PM


March 28, 2011 - Monday

The Suite Life Movie ... Disney (east) ... 8 PM *NEW
The Suite Life Movie ... Disney (west) ... 11 PM *NEW


March 30, 2011 - Wednesday

April Love ... Fox Movie Channel ... 2 PM
Star Struck ... Disney (east) ... 8 PM
Star Struck ... Disney (west) ... 11 PM


March 31, 2011 - Thursday

Enchanted ... ABC Family ... 6:30 PM
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ... ABC Family ... 9 PM

April TV Movies ~ The theme is "April Love!"

Wednesday, March 30, 2011-

April is right around the corner...

One of my favorite movies is a 1957 Musical, April Love, starring Pat Boone and Shirley Jones. It's a beautiful story about finding redemption, promise, and love... when a young man, (Pat Boone) gets in trouble with the law and is sent on probation to his Aunt and Uncle's Kentucky horse farm, where he meets a sweet local girl (Shirley Jones).

This is a great movie the entire family can watch together. Unfortunately, it is not available to be purchased on DVD, but can be seen on TV (see listings below!). Please, request here for DVD.

One of the best things about this movie is the music, which is available on a Soundtrack CD. Includes the beautiful theme song, April Love, and much more!

"April Love" on TV:

March 30, 2011 - Wednesday
April Love ... Fox Movie Channel ... 2 PM

April 4, 2011 - Monday:
April Love ... Fox Movie Channel ... 9 AM

April 17, 2011 - Sunday:
April Love ... Fox Movie Channel ... 8 AM

Besides, April Love, there will be plenty of other "Love Movies" coming in April...

PLEASE NOTE: I have not seen the Movies listed below as *New. Please check ratings before watching them- as they may or may not be suitable for family viewing!

A Walton Easter
The Note II : Taking a Chance on Love
My Future Boyfriend (*New on ABC Family)
Upstairs Downstairs (*New on PBS)
Love Comes Softly
Love's Enduring Promise 
Love's Long Journey
Love's Unending Legacy
Love's Unfolding Dream
Love Takes Wing
Love Finds a Home
Truth be Told (*New on FOX)
The Shunning (*New on Hallmark Channel)
William and Kate (*New on Lifetime)
Doris Day Movie Marathon
Easter Parade

Beyond the Blackboard (*New Hallmark Hall of Fame, airs on CBS)


*Visit the FAMILY TV SCHEDULE for more Movies, Specials, Air dates, and times.

Polka Dot Carrots

Hello Monday...you are here!

So happy to see you.

It's Spring Break!

My girls and I are bringing out the Easter Decor!

Carrots are everywhere this Spring.

Instead of the typical orange, we added a few polka dots and stripes!

The decorating possibilities are endless.

I have made my carrots with gathering the tops and tucking the top inside the carrot.

Follow a simple Tutorial by:

The Idea Room

Hang your carrots on a wreath

Place them in a basket for a Easter Table Top!

Place your carrots in a Glass Jar!

Fun, Fun Fun!

Enjoy your Spring day!

We are getting a lot of beautiful Sunshine!

I hope you are too!

Links:

Today's Creative Blog

Someday Crafts

Somewhat Simple

Hallmark Channel's New 2011 Christmas Movies!

The Newest Made-for-TV Christmas Movies Coming to the Hallmark Channel - for this Christmas Season, 2011:


Debbie Macomber's Trading Christmas

Christmas Returns to Canaan

A Princess for Christmas

Lucky Christmas

Annie Claus' Year Off

Christmas Pageant

Cancel Christmas


Jingle All the Way - a new Cartoon Animation


Click on the Titles above for more details!

Oh, how I look forward each year to see the new Hallmark Christmas Movies and I know how much you all love them, too!


Which ones sound the most interesting to you? I think I'm interested the most in A Princess for Christmas. Although, Debbie Macomber's Trading Christmas sounds intriguing, too!

Debbie Macomber's Trading Christmas - Hallmark Channel Christmas Movie

MOVIE REVIEW

Debbie Macomber's Trading Christmas

Based on her popular book: When Christmas Comes

The Book will be reissued as Trading Christmas in advance of the TV movie this November.

Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: Christmas Season 2011

CAST:

Tom Cavanagh ... Charles
Faith Ford ... Emily
Gil Bellows ... Ray, Charles' brother
Gabrielle Miller ... Faith
Emma Lahana ... Heather

PLOT:

Christmas travel calamities that lead to cross-country romances when widowed Washington State teacher Emily Springer engineers a house-swap with Boston history professor Charles Brewster in order to visit her daughter at Harvard. Too bad Emily's daughter Heather is headed to Florida with her new boyfriend!

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Emily (Ford) misses her daughter Heather (Lahana) who is attending college in Boston. Since her father died, Heather is sensitive to her mom's dependence on long-standing holiday traditions. This Christmas, Heather has planned a trip to Phoenix with her boyfriend, but tells her mother she is staying on campus to study. After arranging a house-swap with Charles (Cavanagh), an English professor from Boston who wants Washington State's solitude in order to finish his novel, Emily hops on a flight to Boston to surprise Heather for Christmas. Unaware of the house swap, Emily's best friend, Faith (Miller) walks in on Charles at Emily's house and in Boston, Ray, Charles' brother (Bellows) responds to a 911 call only to find Emily at Charles' condo. Will Christmas travel calamities lead to cross-country romances? Or have there been one too many surprises already?

Movie Review:

I must say... I love Faith Ford & Tom Cavanagh - so I'm really looking forward to seeing this one, plus, I have really enjoyed all the other Debbie Macomber Movies - so I hope I'll like this one, too!

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Christmas Comes Home to Canaan - Hallmark Channel Christmas Movie

MOVIE REVIEW

Christmas Comes Home to Canaan
Previously Titled:Christmas Returns to Canaan

The sequel to 2009's "Christmas in Canaan,"

Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: Christmas Season 2011


CAST:

Billy Ray Cyrus ... Daniel Burton
Matt Ward ... Rodney Freeman
Gina Holden ... Briony Adair
? ... Sarah
? ... Bobber
? ... Shoup (Neighbor)



PLOT:


In the sequel to 2009's "Christmas in Canaan," Billy Ray Cyrus again stars as Daniel Burton, a single father raising his children in Canaan, Texas in the late 1960s. In this installment, Daniel takes his son Bob to San Francisco for exploratory treatment to help the boy learn to walk again after he was struck by an automobile. On the trip, Daniel meets someone special and must learn to let go of the memory of his late wife so that he can find the courage to fall in love again.

In "Christmas Returns to Canaan," Cyrus reprises his role as Daniel Burton in the 1960s-era saga of a family's experiences in racially charged Canaan, TX. In the story, Daniel's son Bobber needs extensive orthopedic surgery and months of intensive physical therapy to recover from being struck down by an automobile. Rodney Freeman (Matt Ward, narrates the story), the young black man who Daniel took into his home and raised as another son, has become a famous writer and offers to fly Daniel and Bobber to San Francisco and to pay for the surgery. Once in San Francisco, Daniel meets Briony Adair (Gina Holden), a physical rehabilitation specialist who will be working toward Bobber's recovery. When therapy progresses slowly, Bobber invites Briony to come home to Canaan to spend Christmas with the Burtons and continue his treatment. Briony is a natural at caring for a thriving family, but Sarah, Daniel's daughter, distances herself not wanting to dishonor her late mother's memory with the caring woman who has captivated Daniel's time and attention. A dust-up involving a Burton family Christmas tradition causes Briony to leave, and Sarah immediately feels sad that she behaved so jealously.
 
 
Daniel begins to feel just as lonely as he discovers Sarah has applied to college and will leave home soon. Concerned with the thought of losing both Sarah and Briony, Daniel busies himself helping his neighbor Shoup overcome the prejudice of the townspeople who refuse to do business with an African-American merchant. Before long, business is booming and Daniel is too busy to notice that Sarah has made a trip to the West Coast to smooth things over with Briony. When Daniel returns home from work, he questions an extra place setting at the table. Daniel soon learns a very special friend has returned to Canaan.

Movie Review:

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The Christmas Pageant - Hallmark Channel Christmas Movie

MOVIE REVIEW

The Christmas Pageant


Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: Christmas Season 2011


CAST:

Melissa Gilbert ... Vera Parks
Robert Mailhouse ... Jack
Ed Herrmann ... ?
Lennon Wynn ... Jack's daughter

PLOT:

When Vera Parks (Gilbert), an overly intense and demanding Broadway director gets fired from yet another job, leaving her no choice but to take a gig directing a small town Christmas pageant in upstate New York. Stunned at how basic the production is, Vera attempts to back out, but is convinced by some of the locals to give their town a chance. To her surprise, the warmth and charm of the small town grows on Vera and she even enjoys the experience of directing the pageant.

 

When Vera discovers her former fiancé Jack (Mailhouse) recommended her for the job, she is outraged. But over time Vera appreciates the gesture, as she grows close to both Jack and his young daughter (Wynn). 

 

To her surprise, Vera learns a lot about herself and comes to enjoy the experience of directing the pageant. After rekindling an old flame and directing a fantastic production, Vera discovers life's unexpected turns can lead to wonderful new beginnings.

Will love stay in the wings this time around? Or is this Vera's eleven o'clock number after all?

Movie Review:

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Lucky Christmas - Hallmark Christmas Movie

MOVIE REVIEW

Lucky Christmas

Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: Christmas Season 2011


CAST:

Elizabeth Berkley ... Holly Ceroni
Jason Gray-Stanford ... Mike Ronowski


PLOT:

Lucky Christmas is the story of Holly Ceroni, a single mom trying to get back on her feet, but who is crushed to learn her winning lottery ticket is in the glove compartment of her recently stolen car. Mike Ronowski, the construction worker behind Holly's missing property, goes along with a master plan to befriend Holly and coerce her into giving him half of her winnings. Mike unexpectedly falls in love with Holly and learns there are more important things in life than quick money in time for the holidays.

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In "Lucky Christmas," Holly Ceroni (Berkley) is a single mother who has been destitute when it comes to luck and love. No one can afford a personal chef, forcing Holly to go back to waitressing. She buys a lottery ticket, kissing it for good luck before she tosses it in the glove compartment of her car, hoping this Christmas things will get better. That night Holly's car is stolen, adding to her streak of misfortune. The next morning Holly discovers her lotto numbers are in fact the million dollar winner, but the ticket is in her missing car. Mike Ronowski (Stanford) is one of the men behind Holly's missing vehicle; he and his friend had inadvertently taken Holly's car the night before. When Mike's greedy friend finds the winning lottery ticket he suggests that Mike romance Holly in order to get a cut of the money to help save his family business. As Mike gets to know Holly, he unexpectedly falls in love with her and realizes there are more important things in life than money. Will Holly's losing streak continue, or is fate finally on her side this Christmas?




Movie Review:

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Jingle all the Way - Animated Hallmark Channel Christmas Special

MOVIE REVIEW


Jingle all the Way

*This a 30 Minute Animation
 Hallmark Cartoon Christmas Special

*Features Hallmark Cards' Popular Character -
Jingle the Husky Pup.

*The animated special offers the first-ever opportunity for viewers to activate the Jingle Interactive Storybook and Story Buddy(TM) while watching original program content based on the book.
Network: Hallmark Channel
Original Air Date: November 25, 2011

CAST:

Unknown Voices


PLOT:


Jingle the Husky Pup is a very good dog who does everything he is told. Unfortunately, the only thing Jingles can't do is go home, because he doesn't have a home. But this holiday season, Jingle and all of his friends come home to Hallmark Channel, America's family network.

In "Jingle All the Way," a spirited Husky puppy looking for a home at a Christmas tree farm instantly bonds with a young boy visiting with his parents. As the boy rides away, unable to keep him, the pup escapes and embarks on a snowy journey to find his friend again. Guided by a wise cardinal and the sound of jingling bells, he eventually receives the help he needs from a big man in a red suit just in time for Christmas morning.

*The animated special offers the first-ever opportunity for viewers to activate the Jingle Interactive Storybook and Story Buddy(TM) while watching original program content based on the book.

Movie Review:

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