Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Hallmark Channel Sinks Into the Pit

For a short time, my spouse will be watching ..........nothing.

...The Hallmark Channel has been very excited to promote new “projects featuring LGBTQ storylines, characters, and actors,” according to VP of programming George Zaralidis in an interview with NBC. Each year, the Hallmark Channel announces its lineup of Christmas movies, and LGBTQ activists have long protested the lack of LGBTQ plots and characters in these offerings. The 2020-2021 season saw the channel’s first LGBTQ lead in a Christmas movie and a promise to expand such programming down the road....

Making Santa's Workshop into a homosexual meet-up spot?  Nah.  Giving a whole new meaning to "Pumpkin Spice"?  Nah.

But there's hope!

 ...Knowing this, Bill Abbott, the CEO of Crown Media Family (which owns the Hallmark Channel), jumped ship. He wanted nothing to do with producing propaganda. This is also true of a number of the stars who helped make the Hallmark Channel what it is: Candace Cameron-Bure, Danica McKellar, and Jen Lilley.

Giant Freakin’ Robot says Abbott’s goal at his new network, Great American Media, “is to respond to the Hallmark Channel’s initiatives by providing the family entertainment his former employer became known for[.]”...

She will find Great American Media if it kills me.

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