TVLine Items: Finding Mr. Christmas Renewed, The Bay Honors Zeman and More

Vlada Gelman

23 December 2024 at 7:00 pm·1-min read

Hallmark isn’t stopping at one new holiday hunk.

Finding Mr. Christmas has been renewed for Season 2 at streamer Hallmark+, co-creator Jonathan Bennett announced on Instagram.

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Hosted by Bennett (who also served as a judge alongside Melissa Peterman), Hallmark Media’s first unscripted competition series featured 10 aspiring actors from different walks of life vying in weekly festive and star quality challenges to be the leading man in a Hallmark holiday movie. Season 1 winner Ezra Moreland’s flick, Happy Howlidays, co-starring Jessica Lowndes, recently premiered on Hallmark Channel.

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Ready for some more recent newsy nuggets? Well…

* The Bay will honor soap legend Jacklyn Zeman — who played Sofia Madison on the streaming series for eight seasons before she died in May 2023 — with a special episode dropping Friday, Dec. 27 on PopStar! TV, our sister site Deadline reports. The installment will feature guest stars Dee Wallace (E.T.) as Sofia’s sister and Zeman’s former General Hospital co-stars Tamara Braun and Leigh McCloskey.

* NBC will air the 136th Rose Parade live on Wednesday, Jan. 1 from 8-10 am PT (11 am-1 pm ET). The event will also be simulcast on Peacock.

* HBO has released a trailer for Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?, premiering Friday, Jan. 10 at 10/9c:

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