Hallmark Countdown To Christmas 2025 Schedule: ‘Mistletoe Murders,’ ‘Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story’ and More Release Dates

Move over, pumpkin spice season. Hallmark Channel is already pouring out the hot cocoa!

The network announced the lineup for its 16th annual Countdown to Christmas slate, which officially comes down the chimney on Friday, Oct. 17 with Mistletoe Murders Season 1’s Hallmark Channel debut. The first of Hallmark’s festive new films, A Royal Montana Christmas starring Fiona Gubelmann and Warren Christie, premieres on Saturday, Oct. 18.

Exciting new film additions include Hallmark and the NFL’s second collaboration on Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story, My Secret Valentine stars Lacey Chabert and Andrew Walker reuniting in She’s Making a List, and Wes Brown and Ginna Claire Mason starring alongside each other in A Newport Christmas. Brown told DECIDER this summer that he and Mason had “a great time” filming “such a beautiful movie.”

“Our director and producers did a great job putting it together. It’s got some really unique characteristics to it,” he shared at the time. “Obviously, Christmas is in there, but the way it goes from the late 1800s to the time travel element, which is super fun to make that one.”

Not to mention there are new holiday series in store, as well as the return of the reality competition series Finding Mr. Christmas.

Wondering when you can cozy up with these new Hallmark holiday films and TV shows? Check out the Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas 2025 schedule below. Premiere times are at 8 p.m. ET/PT unless specified otherwise.

Original Movie Premieres

Saturday, October 18: A Royal Montana Christmas

Stars: Fiona Gubelmann (The Good Doctor), Warren Christie (Happy Town)

Sunday, October 19: A Christmas Angel Match

Stars: Meghan Ory (Chesapeake Shores), Benjamin Ayres (Saving Hope)

Saturday, October 25: Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper!

Stars: Robert Buckley (Chesapeake Shores), Kimberley Sustad (The Santa Class)

Saturday, November 1: Christmas On Duty

Stars: Janel Parrish (Pretty Little Liars), Parker Young (Enlisted)

Sunday, November 2: A Newport Christmas

Stars: Ginna Claire Mason (A Holiday Spectacular), Wes Brown (Haul out the Holly: Lit Up)

Saturday, November 8: Christmas Above the Clouds

Stars: Erin Krakow (When Calls the Heart), Tyler Hynes (The Groomsmen trilogy)

Sunday, November 9: A Keller Christmas Vacation

Stars: Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls), Brandon Routh (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow), Eden Sher (The Middle)

Saturday, November 15: Three Wisest Men

Stars: Paul Campbell (The Cases of Mystery Lane), Tyler Hynes (The Groomsmen trilogy), Andrew Walker (Curious Caterer Mysteries), Margaret Colin (Veep)

Sunday, November 16: Tidings For the Season

Stars: Tamera Mowry-Housley (Scouting for Christmas), B.J. Britt (The Groomsmen), Elijah-
Justus Lewis (Adults)

Saturday, November 22: Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story

Stars: Holland Roden (Teen Wolf), Matthew Daddario (Shadowhunters), Joe Pantoliano (The
Sopranos), Tracy Pollan (Law & Order: SVU), Caroline Aron (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Steve
Schirripa (The Sopranos), Patti Murin (Mystic Christmas)
Cameos: Coach Sean McDermott, Ray Davis, Damar Hamlin, Dion Dawkins, Dawson Knox, Reid Ferguson, DeWayne Carter, Joshua Palmer; Jim Kelly, Steve Tasker, Thurman Thomas, Scott Norwood, Andre Reed; Chris Brown; Luke Russert

Sunday, November 23: Melt My Heart This Christmas

Stars: Laura Vandervoort (Smallville), Stephen Huszar (The Jane Mysteries)

Thursday, November 27: We Met in December

Stars: Autumn Reeser (Junebug), Niall Matter (This Time Each Year)

Friday, November 28: The Snow Must Go On – premieres at 6 pm ET/PT

Stars: Heather Hemmens (Christmas Under the Lights), Corey Cott (Season’s Greetings from
Cherry Lane)

Friday, November 28: The More the Merrier – premieres at 8 pm ET/PT

Stars: Rachel Boston (Adventures in Love & Birding), Brendan Penny (Chesapeake Shores)

Saturday, November 29: An Alpine Holiday – premieres at 6 pm ET/PT

Stars: Ashley Williams (To Barcelona, Forever), Laci Mailey (The Perfect Setting), Julien Samani (Holidate)

Saturday, November 29: A Grand Ole Opry Christmas – premieres at 8 pm ET/PT

Stars: Nikki Deloach (Curious Caterer Mysteries), Kristoffer Polaha (A Biltmore Christmas), Rob
Mayes (Lioness), Eliza Maher (Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up), Luke Benward (Miss Valentine),
Sharon Lawrence (Joe Pickett), James Denton (Desperate Housewives)
Cameos by: Bill Anderson, Brad Paisley, Dailey & Vincent, Drew Baldridge, Jamey Johnson, Maggie Baugh, Megan Moroney, Mickey Guyton, Pam Tillis, Rhett Akins, Riders in the Sky, Suzy Bogguss, Tigirlily Gold, T Graham Brown

Sunday, November 30: The Christmas Cup – premieres at 6 pm ET/PT

Stars: Rhiannon Fish (A Prince in Paradise), Ben Rosenbaum (When Calls the Heart)

Sunday, November 30: Christmas at the Catnip Café – premieres at 8 pm ET/PT

Stars: Erin Cahill (Holidazed), Paul Campbell (Three Wise Men and a Baby)

Saturday, December 6: She’s Making A List

Stars: Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls), Andrew Walker (Curious Caterer Mysteries)

Sunday, December 7: Single on the 25th

Stars: Lyndsy Fonseca (Nikita), Daniel Lissing (When Calls the Heart)

Sunday, December 14: Oy to the World!

Stars: Brooke D’Orsay (Deck the Halls on Cherry Lane), Jake Epstein (The Hardy Boys)

Saturday, December 20: A Make Or Break Holiday

Stars: Hunter King (Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story), Evan Roderick (Arrow)

Sunday, December 21: The Christmas Baby

Stars: Ali Liebert (Bomb Girls), Katherine Barrell (Good Witch), Barbara Niven (Hannah Swensen
Mysteries)

Original Series Premieres

Friday, October 17: Mistletoe Murders Season 1 – Hallmark Channel debut at 8pm ET/PT; Two episodes continue each week through Friday, October 31

Stars: Sarah Drew (Grey’s Anatomy), Peter Mooney (Rookie Blue)

Monday, October 27: Finding Mr. Christmas Season 2 – premieres at 8 pm ET/PT; New episodes continue each week through Monday, December 15

Hosted by: Jonathan Bennett

Lead Judge: Melissa Peterman (Reba)

Monday, October 27: Baked With Love: Holiday – SERIES PREMIERE –9 pm ET/PT; New episodes continue each week through Monday, December 15

Hosted By: Tamera Mowry-Housley
Guest Judges: Renowned Chef Anna Haugh (MasterChef: The Professionals) and New York
Times cooking producer Vaughn Vreeland (NYT Cooking)

Friday, November 7: Mistletoe Murders Season 2– premieres at 8 pm ET/PT; New episodes continue each week through Friday, November 21

Stars: Sarah Drew, Peter Mooney

Friday, December 5: Twelve Dates ‘Til Christmas – SERIES PREMIERE –8 pm ET/PT; New episodes continue each week through the series finale on Friday, December 19

Stars: Mae Whitman (Good Girls), Julian Morris (The Morning Show), Toby Sandeman (Running
Point), Nathaniel Parker (Midsomer Murders), Jane Seymour (Harry Wild), Lucy Eaton (Murder
Maps), Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica)