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The first word that comes to mind when most people think of Hallmark Channel is Christmas. The network has made its name (and a lot of its money) on its annual holiday fare that guarantees light-hearted, family-friendly fun, whether you are watching ironically or not. The patented formula of its Christmas movies is a comfort for the droves that watch every year, but Hallmark frequently gets overlooked when it puts down the tinsel and Santa cookie cutters.

This should be the year that changes, because Hallmark has one of the best shows on TV. The multi-generational time-travel drama “The Way Home” is the brainchild of Marly Reed and mother-daughter showrunners Heather Conkie and Alexandra Clarke. It’s one of Hallmark’s biggest hits —and with good reason.

Andie MacDowell and Chyler Leigh anchor the series about an estranged mother and daughter who reconnect decades after a family tragedy with the...

Who’s excited for The Way Home, Season 3? If you raised your hand out there in Internet land, then you’ll want to read on to see what the series showrunners are saying about the wrap-up to Season 2 and what’s coming in the future.

“The Way Home” Season 3: Executive Producer Talks What’s To Come

Speaking at the Atx Television Festival panel, via Variety, Alexandra Clarke, The Way Home’s showrunner revealed there will be a time leap forward following Season 2’s close. What’s the reason for this?

Clarke notes ties to “real-life” elements, stating, “We definitely can confirm that we do have to do a time jump, purely because of when we shoot … We left them, obviously, in November of 2024, and we’re going to be shooting in August. So yeah, we do have to, that’s just the nature of our show. We do have to jump.

Ever since Susanna saved Kat’s life on Hallmark Channel’s The Way Home, the two women have shared a strong connection — but is it strictly platonic?

The pair first met when Kat (played by Chyler Leigh) time-traveled to 1814 in search of her Mia younger brother Jacob and a “healer” — whom Kat later learned was Jacob’s fiancée — took care of her after she was shot. As the second season progressed, Kat and Susanna (Watson Rose) formed a friendship of their own, full of respect and admiration for each other. Kat even tried to bring Susanna to the present, but when that plan failed,...

For anyone who watches “The Way Home” knows that sometimes, it can get a little confusing with so many different time periods going on at once. That’s the case for the executive producers too. During an FYC panel for the hit Hallmark Channel series on May 8, the showrunners admitted that it takes a lot of work and research to keep everything straight.

“We start at the end and then kind of work backward. We had a wonderful plan right from the start when Marly Reed created the show and wrote a beautiful bible for it. Alex and I were just so lucky to be part of it and develop it,” said co-showrunner Heather Conkie, referring to her daughter and co-showrunner, Alexandra Clarke. “We really had a three, four, five-year plan? And we’re now working on the third year. We see what worked from the first two years and it’s a process.

The 2024 Atx TV Festival will close out its 13th season with a celebration of TV icon Norman Lear, Variety can exclusively announce.

“Norman Lear’s TV for the People: Script Reading and Conversation” will honor the legendary television producer and activist, who died in December 2023, with a night of comedy and conversation. There will be two live script readings — one of the groundbreaking abortion episode from “Maude” and the second of a classic episode from “Good Times.” Guest actors will read for each role, including Katey Sagal (in the role of “Maude”), Phil Rosenthal (in the role of “Walter Findlay”), Danny Pino (in the role of “Dr. Arthur Harmon”), Dulé Hill (in the role of “James Evans Sr.”).

The script readings will be followed by a conversation with Lear’s former collaborators and friends discussing his approach to TV and his ability to use the sitcom format to have important conversations.

When mother-daughter showrunners Heather Conkie and Alexandra Clarke began working on “The Way Home” with creator Marly Reed, they didn’t intentionally set their sites on the world of “Alice in Wonderland.” Instead, it came completely natural.

“As we started looking at this show and the concept, it became so much clearer to us how oddly echoing it all was to the book, and we sort of thought well, if it’s there, let’s use it. It’s a story about a girl that literally falls down the rabbit hole into a whole other world and is trying to make sense of what she’s seeing and of her adventures there,” Alexandra tells Variety. With seamless comparisons, they began bringing physical similarities and themes from the 1865 novel into Season 1.

“Once we had gone down that rabbit hole ourselves, we were in a discount book store and the first books...

The book will not be closing on the Landrys any time soon.

Hallmark has officially picked up another season of The Way Home, keeping the hit time travel drama alive for another year.

The critically acclaimed drama is airing its second season on the network, and we’ve been getting twists and turns weekly.

The mystery surrounding Jacob’s disappearance has intensified as three generations of the Landrys try to piece together a centuries-old mystery.

“Once again, our cast, writers and entire crew have used their impressive talents to create a story that is just as compelling and addictive as the first season,” began Lisa Hamilton Daly, Executive Vice President Programming, Hallmark Media.

“We’re grateful to the fans who are so passionate about the series and can’t wait for them to see what – and when – is ahead for season 3.”

The Way Home has been a big success for Hallmark

“Heather Conkie,...

Our first thought with this news about Hallmark Channel‘s hit series: Where will the pond take the Landrys to next? The network has renewed The Way Home, starring Andie MacDowell, Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams, and Sadie Laflamme-Snow, for a third season. The news comes just ahead of the penultimate episode (the ninth) of the second season. (The finale will air on March 31.) The drama will return in 2025. “Once again, our cast, writers and entire crew have used their impressive talents to create a story that is just as compelling and addictive as the first season,” said Lisa Hamilton Daly, Executive Vice President Programming, Hallmark Media. “We’re grateful to the fans who are so passionate about the series and can’t wait for them to see what – and when – is ahead for season 3.” Added Kelly Garrett, Vice President, Development, Hallmark Media, “Heather Conkie, Alexandra Clarke and Marly Reed continue...

Uncork the champagne!

Hallmark announced today that it has renewed its critically acclaimed hit series The Way Home for Season 3.

The news first broke on Hallmark Channel’s Instagram page with a video featuring series stars Andie MacDowell, Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams and Sadie Laflamme-Snow.

Set to return in 2025, the multigenerational family drama with a fascinating time travel twist has captivated the hearts and minds of viewers and critics alike.

All across social media, The Way Home fans have been urging fellow viewers to flood feeds with #TheWayHomeSeason3 to ensure renewal, but they needn't have worried.

Since The Way Home Season 2 Episode 1, The Way Home has been a ratings winner for Hallmark Channel and is tops in multiple demos on an L+3 basis.

The Way Home Season 2 is the #1 most-watched program overall on entertainment cable among Households, Total Viewers, and Women and Persons 18+.

For seven consecutive episodes, The Way Home...

Hallmark has renewed The Way Home for a third season.

Set to return in 2025, the multigenerational family drama with a time-travel twist stars Andie MacDowell, Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams and Sadie Laflamme-Snow. The second season wraps March 31.

“Once again, our cast, writers and entire crew have used their impressive talents to create a story that is just as compelling and addictive as the first season,” said Lisa Hamilton Daly, EVP Programming at Hallmark Media. “We’re grateful to the fans who are so passionate about the series and can’t wait for them to see what and when is ahead for Season 3.”

Added VP Development Kelly Garrett: “Heather Conkie, Alexandra Clarke and Marly Reed continue to blow us away with the cleverly crafted story they’ve created and careful thought they put into every single detail. While some questions will be answered by the end of this season, the...

Hallmark Channel has found The Way Home… to a third season of its popular time-traveling family drama, TVLine has learned. The pickup comes ahead of this Sunday’s penultimate episode, with the Season 2 finale slated for March 31 at 9/8c; Season 3 will premiere in 2025.

Starring Andie MacDowell and Chyler Leigh, The Way Home tells the story of three generations of strong and independent women — Kat Landry (Supergirl vet Leigh), her teen daughter Alice (Sadie Laflamme-Snow), and Kat’s mother Del (Cedar Cove‘s MacDowell). With the help of a magical pond that allows Kat and Alice to time travel, the series...

Exclusive: Hallmark has set the second season return date for The Way Home, its hit primetime drama series starring Andie MacDowell, Chyler Leigh, Sadie Laflamme-Snow and Evan Williams. The multigenerational family drama will return at 9 p.m. on Jan. 21.

Season two starts where season one finale left off, with Kat Landry (Leigh) exclaiming to her mom Del (MacDowell) that she knows what happened to Jacob Landry (Remy Smith). As Kat continues her quest to find Jacob and bring him home, mother and daughter uncover unexpected revelations about their origins that bring answers to some questions while new ones are raised.

“The first season of The Way Home, exceeded all our expectations on every level,” said Lisa Hamilton Daly, Executive Vice President, Programming, Hallmark Media. “The hard work of our talented writers, cast and entire crew gave viewers a compelling family drama they instantly became invested in and created a passionate...

“Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light,” based on the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s trilogy, will begin filming in the United Kingdom soon, according to Masterpiece, PBS and the BBC. Oscar winner Mark Rylance is back as Thomas Cromwell, joined by Emmy winner Damian Lewis returning as King Henry VII and Oscar nominee Jonathan Pryce as Cardinal Wolsey.

Kate Phillips will also reprise her role as Henry VIII’s third wife, Jane Seymour, and Lilit Lesser is Princess Mary, the daughter of Henry and his first wife Catherine of Aragon.

Per the release, “Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light” will follow “the final four years of Cromwell’s life, completing his journey from self-made man to the most feared, influential figure of his time.”

“Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light” is directed by Peter Kominsky, adapted by Peter Straughan and produced by Lisa Osborne. The series...

At first glance, The Way Home was an off-brand original series for Hallmark, thanks to time travel being utilized to tell a multi-generational story.

However, the series is synonymous with the heartwarming programming at the heart of Hallmark's schedule.

With The Way Home Season 2 in the works, TV Fanatic has rounded up everything there is to know about the hit series' upcoming season.

The Way Home Season 2 Renewal Status

Hallmark officially picked up The Way Home Season 2 in March 2023, revealing that the show had been a winner in the TV ratings in its Sunday night timeslot.

Even more impressive is that it beat out the likes of The Real Housewives of Potomac, 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way, and Home Town in key demographics.

The Way Home Season 1 was also the No. 1 most-watched program on Sundays among households, P2+, W18+, and P18+ on a L+Sd basis.

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[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for The Way Home Season 1 finale “Not All Who Wander Are Lost.”] The first season of the time-traveling The Way Home answered some of our burning questions, namely, what happened to Jacob (Remy Smith) and Colton (Jefferson Brown). But in doing so, that left us with some other threads to unravel. For example, did Colton recognize his daughter as an adult when Kat (Chyler Leigh) was there when he died? What exactly does it mean for Jacob that he’s been time traveling? Executive producers Heather Conkie, Alexandra Clarke, and Marly Reed answer those burning questions (and more) about Season 1 and hint at what’s ahead. That moment of Colton seemingly recognizing Kat as he died — did he really, or was he just seeing his daughter, like someone thinks they see a loved one when they’re dying? Alexandra Clarke: We will never tell. Marly Reed: That one we’re taking...

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for The Way Home Season 1 finale “Not All Who Wander Are Lost.”] After that ending, let’s just say this: It’s a good thing The Way Home is coming back for a second season. The Season 1 finale saw Kat (Chyler Leigh) attend her dad’s funeral then, in the final moments in the present, realize her younger brother Jacob time-traveled via the pond! And just after her mom Del (Andie MacDowell) heard her say she knew what happened to him, the finale took us back to that 1814 scene that opened the series, and we learned it was Kat who’d been running through the woods in white. “I’ll be back, Jacob, I promise,” she said before jumping in the pond. Executive producers Heather Conkie, Alexandra Clarke, and Marly Reed break down the finale and tease what’s ahead. I’m assuming the plan was always to bookend the season with that 1814 scene.

Hallmark seems to love the introduction of time travel to its original series (as do the fans), with the news about The Way Home‘s future. The family drama, starring Andie MacDowell, Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams, and Sadie Laflamme-Snow, has been renewed for a second season. This news comes weeks ahead of the March 26 Season 1 finale. “The press and our audience have enthusiastically embraced The Way Home from the first episode making the decision to renew the series an easy one,” said Lisa Hamilton Daly, Executive Vice President, Programming, Hallmark Media. “We’re thrilled to be able to continue the journey of the Landry family and can’t wait for fans to see what’s next.” Added Laurie Ferneau, Senior Vice President, Development, Hallmark Media, “Heather Conkie, Alexandra Clarke and Marly Reed have created a rich, textured story filled with heart and mixed with intrigue that’s proven to ...

Hallmark's first new original series in recent memory is a resounding success.

According to Deadline, The Way Home has been picked up for Season 2 following a strong performance in the ratings throughout its freshman season.

The outlet reports that The Way Home Season 1 is beating out cable mainstays The Real Housewives of Potomac, 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way, and Home Town.

What's more, the Andie MacDowell and Chyler Leigh time travel drama ranks as the No. 1 most-watched program on Sundays among households, P2+, W18+, and P18+ on a L+Sd basis.

On an encouraging note, the numbers have risen significantly as the series has progressed.

"The press and our audience have enthusiastically embraced The Way Home from the first episode making the decision to renew the series an easy one," said Lisa Hamilton Daly, Executive Vice President, Programming, Hallmark Media.

"We're thrilled to be able to continue the...

Exclusive: Hallmark’s The Way Home — the network’s first new original series in almost seven years — has been renewed for a second season.

The drama that stars Andie MacDowell and Chyler Leigh has been a ratings winner since premiering Jan. 15, regularly topping Bravo’s Real Housewives of Potomac, TLC’s 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way, and HGTV’s Home Town on Sunday nights. It ranks as the No. 1 most-watched program on Sundays among households, P2+, W18+ and P18+ on a L+Sd basis.

The audience has also increased throughout the season among women and younger viewers. On a L+3 basis through Feb. 19, The Way Home is the No. 2 most-watched program overall with HHs, P2+, W18+ and P18+, second only to Hallmark’s own original movie.

“The press and our audience have enthusiastically embraced The Way Home...

Hallmark Channel's foray into new original series continues next month.

The cable network announced Tuesday that it will offer viewers a special event night with a double dose of primetime drama on Sunday, March 26.

The big night kicks off with the highly-anticipated season finale of its critically acclaimed, hit multigenerational family drama series The Way Home.

The freshman drama moves to an earlier time slot of 8 p.m. Et/Pt.

After The Way Home wraps its run, we'll be introduced to the new drama series, Ride, at 9 p.m. Et/Pt. 

Ride follows the intertwined lives of a rodeo family dynasty.

Andie MacDowell, Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams, and Sadie Laflamme-Snow (The Apprentice) star in The Way Home, which premiered Sunday, January 15, and has become a runaway hit for the cable network.

Over its first three episodes, The Way Home grew from its premiere to become cable's #1 program on Sundays.

Sunday’s debut of The Way Home starring Andie MacDowell and Chyler Leigh helped the Hallmark Channel to become the most-watched entertainment cable destination of the week and weekend in total day and primetime among key demos, according to Nielsen results.

The show, which marks the network’s first new original series in almost seven years, also ranked as the second most-watched entertainment cable program on Sunday and the third most-watched of the week, reaching 2.4 million unduplicated total viewers.

The series follows three generations of Landry women who embark on a journey to find their way back to each other while learning important lessons about their family’s past. The cast of the multigenerational family drama includes MacDowell (Maid), Leigh (Supergirl), Evan Williams (Blonde), and Sadie Laflamme-Snow (The Apprentice).

It airs on Sunday nights at 9/8c.

“The Way Home is a passion project and I am beyond happy to see...

Also world premiering is HBO Max series ‘Spy/Master’ and Indian drama ‘Roar’

Italian crime drama The Good Mothers is among the seven titles selected for Berlinale (February 16-26) Series strand.

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The Disney+ series is directed by the UK’s Julian Jarrold, whose credits include Kinky Boots, Becoming Jane and Brideshead Revisted, and Italian filmmaker Elisa Amoruso. The Good Mothers is a UK-Italy co-production and follows three women trying to bring down the Italian mafia.

The first two episodes of the six-part series is one of five series world premiering at Berlinale.

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Network: Hallmark Channel

Episodes: Ongoing (hour)

Seasons: Ongoing

TV show dates: January 15, 2023 -- present

Series status: Has not been cancelled

Performers include: Andie MacDowell, Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams, Sadie Laflamme-Snow, Alex Hook, Al Mukadam, Jefferson Brown, David Webster, and Siddarth Sharma.

TV show description:

A multi-generational family drama series, The Way Home TV show was created by Marly Reed, Heather Conkie, and Alexandra Clarke.

The story follows the lives of three generations of women in one family. They are Kat Landry (Leigh), her 15-year-old daughter Alice (Laflamme-Snow), and Kat's mother, Del (MacDowell). They’re all strong, willful, and independent.

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Hallmark Channel is preparing to unveil its newest drama series -- The Way Home. Starring Andie MacDowell, Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams, Sadie Laflamme-Snow, Alex Hook, Al Mukadam, Jefferson Brown, David Webster, and Siddarth Sharma, the scripted series follows a family's three generations of women.

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Hallmark Channel'S New, Original Primetime Series "The Way Home" Set To Premiere January 15, 2023

Andie MacDowell, Chyler Leigh and Sadie Laflamme-Snow Star

Created by Marly Reed, Heather Conkie and Alexandra Clarke

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Exclusive: The Way Home has a debut date. Hallmark Channel’s new, original primetime series that stars Andie MacDowell (Maid) and Chyler Leigh (Grey’s Anatomy) will premiere Sunday, January 15 at 9 p.m. Et.

Evan Williams (Blonde) and Sadie Laflamme-Snow (The Apprentice) also star in the multigenerational drama, along with Alex Hook (I Am Frankie), Al Mukadam (Pretty Hard Cases), Jefferson Brown (Masters of Romance), David Webster (Luckiest Girl Alive) and Siddarth Sharma (Homeschooled).

The Way Home follows the lives of three generations of women – Kat Landry (Leigh), her 15-year-old daughter Alice (Laflamme-Snow) and Kat’s mother Del (MacDowell), who are all strong, willful and independent. More than 20 years prior, lifechanging events prompted Kat to move away from her small, Canadian farm town of Port Haven and she remains estranged from Del to this day. Alice has never met her grandmother and is unaware of the reasons for their fractured family.

Exclusive: Evan Williams (Awkward) is joining the cast of the Hallmark original series The Way Home which stars Andie MacDowell and Chyler Leigh.

Evan plays Elliot Augustine, Kat Landry’s (Leigh) good friend from high school friend who now teaches science at their alma mater. The unexpressed feelings he had for Kat back then may still be lurking just under the surface, but the two pick up their easy friendship again when Kat returns to their small town of Port Haven, New Brunswick. Elliot is also her daughter Alice’s (Sadie Laflamme-Snow) science teacher and plays a surprising role in the journey Alice takes as she learns the truth about her family’s past.

The Way Home is a family drama following the lives of three generations of women who are all strong, willful and independent. The trio is brought together after more than 20 years apart and slowly work on...

Exclusive: Sadie Laflamme-Snow (The Apprentice) has been cast in The Way Home, the new, original primetime series set to premiere in 2023 on Hallmark Channel.

Laflamme-Snow will play 15-year-old Alice Landry, who is none-too-thrilled when her mother Kat (Chyler Leigh) moves them from Minneapolis back to Kat’s childhood home in the small, Canadian farm town of Port Haven, New Brunswick. Alice has never met her grandmother Del (Andie MacDowell), as she and Kat have been estranged for more than two decades following a series of lifechanging events. As Alice tries to come to grips with the end of her parents’ marriage and reluctantly acclimate to her new surroundings, she happens upon a surprising path that will lead her to answers about her family’s past she didn’t know she was looking for.

“We’re so pleased to have Sadie Laflamme-Snow as the youngest member or the Landry women in The Way Home,...

The Way Home is adding another big star to its cast.

Hallmark announced Tuesday that Chyler Leigh has joined the cast of its new original primetime series.

The project is slated to begin production later this month for a 2023 premiere on Hallmark Channel.

Leigh plays Kat Landry, who moved away from her small, Canadian farm town of Port Haven many years ago following a family tragedy, and remains estranged from her mother Del (Andie MacDowell) to this day.

With her marriage coming to an end and having just been laid off from her job, Kat decides to return home after receiving an unexpected letter from Del urging her to come back.

Although her 15-year-old daughter Alice is none-too-thrilled, Kat and her daughter arrive at her family’s farm, though the reunion isn’t what Kat had envisioned.

As the three generations of women slowly work on finding their footing as a family,...

Exclusive: Chyler Leigh (Grey’s Anatomy) is set to star in The Way Home, a new, original primetime series for Hallmark Channel that’s slated to begin production later this month. It stars Andie MacDowell and is set to premiere in 2023.

Leigh plays Kat Landry, who moved away from her small, Canadian farm town of Port Haven many years ago following a family tragedy, and remains estranged from her mother Del (MacDowell) to this day. With her marriage coming to an end and having just been laid off from her job, Kat decides to return home after receiving an unexpected letter from Del urging her to come back. Although her 15-year-old daughter Alice is none-too-thrilled, Kat and her daughter arrive at her family’s farm, though the reunion isn’t what Kat had envisioned. As the three generations of women slowly work on finding their footing as a family, they embark...

Andie MacDowell is set to headline The Way Home, Hallmark’s recently greenlit intergenerational family drama that packs a time travel twist.

Production will begin this summer in Ontario, Canada. Our sister site Deadline first reported the casting.

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Hailing from the mother-daughter team of Heather Conkie and Alexandra Clarke (Heartland) and on track for a 2023 premiere, The Way Home follows the lives of three generations of women within...

Andie MacDowell is the first one cast in Hallmark’s new drama, The Way Home. MacDowell is going to be starring as the Landry family’s matriarch, Del, who is a pillar of the Canadian farm town’s close-knit community. MacDowell will also executive produce the series with Marly Reed and Arnie Zipursky for Neshama Entertainment, Larry Grimaldi, Hannah Pillemer and Fernando Szew for MarVista Entertainment, Heather Conkie, and Alexandra Clarke. The series follows three generations of women in the family. Tragic events led to Del’s daughter, Kat, moving away, and the two have been estranged since. Years later, Kat comes home with a teenage daughter Del will be meeting for the first time, and “the three generations of women embark on an enlightening journey to find their way back to each other and learn important lessons about their family’s past,” according to Hallmark. It’s a series...

Andie MacDowell (Maid) is returning to the Hallmark Channel to star in The Way Home, the network’s new, original primetime series that was greenlit last month and announced exclusively on Deadline. It was the first series to get a pickup at Hallmark since 2016.

MacDowell will play Del, matriarch of the Landry family and a pillar of the close-knit community of her small, Canadian farm town. She and her daughter Kat have been estranged from each other following tragic events that left their family forever changed and prompted Kat to move away. When Kat unexpectedly returns many years later with her teenage daughter whom Del has never met, the three generations of women embark on an enlightening journey to find their way back to each other and learn important lessons about their family’s past.

“We’ve found our perfect Del Landry in Andie MacDowell,” said Lisa Hamilton Daly, Executive Vice President,...

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