Hallmark Channel's Christmas Movies Get Big Viewership with Early October Start, Janel Parrish's New Film Leads Numbers

Hallmark Media Hallmark Channel gets an early start to the Christmas season each year by launching their "Countdown to Christmas" movies in mid-October and the 2026 film slate is off to a strong start! Forbes is reporting that 12 million unique viewers watched the new Countdown to Christmas programming in a 10-day period between its start date on October 16 and October 25. That 10-day span featured the premiere of six new movies, including the tentpole film Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story, which is the third film in partnership with the NFL. Janel Parrish and Daniel Lissing have the . . .