Welcome to Girls Gone Hallmark, the podcast where Megan and Wendy review the feel-good movies from the Hallmark Channel. Today, we'll be discussing the newest original movie, “Field Day” starring Rachel Boston and Benjamin Ayres. As PTO moms, we had a lot to say about this one.

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Hallmark News - October 2023

HALLMARK IS IN ITS TAYLOR SWIFT ERA! Hallmark Media likely put out some big dollars for use of Taylor Swift’s “Christmas Tree Farm” song in their 2023 CTC promos. 

Sleepy Kitty Paw on Twitter shared that Field Day pulled in 1.52M live viewers and .12 in the key demo. The movie was the top, non-sports, program of the night.

Per Hallmark, 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Ghost was a ratings knock out with 3.9 million unduplicated total viewers. It is the network’s most-watched 2023 premiere.

How many total number holiday movies across all platforms/channels do you think there are this year? Roughly 155. Last year is was 243.

About "Field Day"

Rachel Boston stars as Jen. Rachel was last in “The More Love Grows” for Hallmark, before that she was in “A Christmas Cookie Catastrophe.” Sadly, Rachel is not in any of this year’s CTC movies.

Mr. Romance University plays Coach Dan Aldridge. Benjamin Ayres has a whopping 93 acting credits including last year’s “Long Lost Christmas.” Most recently he was in a Canadian show called “Family Law.” He will co-star with Laura Vandervoot in “Miracle in Bethleham, PA” on December 21st on HMM.

Shannon Chan-Kent plays Kelly. Talk about whopping, Kelly has 286 acting credits. She does a ton of voice work on animated shows like “Strawberry Shortcake,” “Sonic Prime” and “Polly Pocket.” Her last Hallmark credits looks like 2019’s “Holiday Date” and “Flip That Romance.” She was also in “The Irresistible Blueberry Farm.”

Carmel Amit plays scary lawyer lady Marissa. She has 65 acting credits including last year’s “A Fabled Holiday.” 

The script was written Julie Sherman Wolfe. Up next for Julie is "Holiday Hotline." She took over the script after the original writer Duane Poole after he passed away.

David Winning directed. He previous titles include "Time for Him to Come Home for Christmas," "The Nine Kittens of Christmas," "The 27-Hour Day" and about 80 others.

The movie was filmed last fall in Vancouver, Canada.

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