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Premiering Monday on Hallmark, season two of the reality competition Finding Mr. Christmas follows ten aspiring male actors competing to become the next Hallmark leading man. Each week they face a mix of Christmas-themed tasks as well as acting challenges featuring popular Hallmark stars. The series is hosted by Jonathan Bennett, who has starred in many of his own Hallmark Christmas films. Actress and comedian Melissa Peterman is the judge, who is joined weekly by other guest judges. Each week, one contestant will be sent home, and the winner will land a leading role in one of this year’s Countdown to Christmas movies on Hallmark.

Recently, Jamie Ruby spoke with Peterman and contestants Drake Kuyper and Marcus Brodie for TV Meg about what they learned from the experience, the friends they’ve made along the way, and more.

The new season premieres October 27th on the Hallmark Channel and is available to stream the next day on Hallmark+.

Crosspost: Originally published at TVMeg.com

Hallmark’s reality competition Finding Mr. Christmas premieres its second season on Monday, spotlighting ten aspiring male actors battling through festive challenges for the chance to become the next face of Hallmark holiday romance. The contestants each take part in both Christmas-inspired tasks and acting challenges, getting to perform alongside well-known Hallmark Christmas movie stars. Hosting the show is Jonathan Bennett, a Hallmark movie star in his own right, while actress and comedian Melissa Peterman serves as the main judge, joined weekly by guest judges. Each week one contestant is eliminated until the final winner earns a leading role in one of Hallmark’s upcoming Countdown to Christmas films.

Recently, Jamie Ruby spoke with Bennett and contestants Robbie Simpson and Angel Garet for TV Meg about how the competition has evolved, the challenges the contestants faced, and more.

The new season premieres October 27th on the Hallmark Channel and is available to stream the next day on Hallmark+.

In the horror film In Our Blood, filmmaker Emily Wyland (Brittany O’Grady) teams up with her boyfriend, cinematographer Danny (E.J. Bonilla), to shoot a documentary about the reunion between her and her estranged mother who she hasn’t seen in a decade. When her mother suddenly goes missing, Emily fears she’s succumbed to her addictions, but the truth may be far more sinister. Emily and Danny must work together to follow the clues to the truth, before it’s too late.

Recently, stars O’Grady and Bonilla, along with Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Pedro Kos, spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the film.

The second season of The Couple Next Door follows Charlotte (Annabel Scholey) and Jacob Roberts (Sam Palladio), a married couple and medical professionals living on the same street as the characters viewers met in season one. Charlotte works as a heart surgeon and Jacob is an anesthetist. They appear happy, but their seemingly stable relationship begins to unravel with the arrival of their new colleague, Mia (Aggy K. Adams), a nurse with a troubled past who moves in next store. Mia gradually becomes involved with both Charlotte and Jacob, disrupting their marriage. Charlotte’s ex-partner, Leo (Sendhil Ramamurthy), also returns and stirs past emotions, complicating matters further and causing Jacob to become increasingly desperate to save his marriage. In the season finale, which airs today on Starz, the truth behind Mia’s real identity is revealed, and Jacob’s hidden crimes come to light as he is pushed even closer to the edge.

Earlier in the season, Scholey and Adam’s spoke with SciFi Vision about their characters, what they learned from them, and more.

The second season of The Couple Next Door centers on Charlotte (Annabel Scholey) and Jacob Roberts (Sam Palladio), who live on the same street as the characters viewers met in season one. Charlotte is a heart surgeon and Jacob is an anesthetist. They appear to be a happy couple, but cracks soon appear in their relationship after the arrival of their enigmatic and troubled neighbor, Mia (Aggy K. Adams), a surgical nurse with a dark past who disrupts their lives and challenges their marriage. They also face complications with the return of Charlotte’s ex-partner, Leo (Sendhil Ramamurthy), which adds another layer of tension as old feelings resurface, causing Jacob to become increasingly desperate to save his marriage. The final episode, which airs today on Starz, unravels the truth behind Mia’s identity and Jacob’s hidden crimes as Jacob is pushed to the very edge.

Earlier in the season, Palladio and Ramamurthy spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the series, the tense relationship between their two characters, and more.

The third season of Apple TV+’s sci-fi hit Invasion has been a journey and sometimes a slog - literally. Trevante (Shamier Anderson, John Wick 4), Jamila (India Brown, Honey Bunch), Aneesha (Golshifteh Farahani, Paterson) and Mitsuki (Shioli Kitsuna, Deadpool & Wolverine) traveled across the world looking for answers, only to find themselves stranded in the dead zone. Hiking through the forest, low on oxygen and options, they’re running out of time to destroy the alien hive mind.

In advance of the season’s tenth and final episode, SciFi Vision spoke with Stephen Tracey, the actor who plays Sergeant Reese. As part of Trevante’s WDC unit, Reese has survived a helicopter crash, fought alien hunter-killers, and traded bullets with Infinitas guerillas. Can he survive the mission?

Reese won’t spoil his characters fate, but he did share some insight about Reese’s attitude toward Trevante, along with plenty of details on shooting those actions sequences and working with aliens. He also spoke briefly about his experience on another fantastic science fiction show, The Expanse. Our discussion is spoiler-free, so watch the video (or read the transcript) before you catch the season finale!

The season finale of Invasion (episode 310, “The End of The Line”) is now streaming on Apple TV+.

The comedic film Re-Election follows Jimmy Bauer (Adam Saunders), a man who never recovered from losing his senior high school class presidential election to Manish Singh (Rizwan Manji), now the governor of Texas, and the standard by which he measures his own failures. Seeking a chance to reclaim his lost glory, Jimmy returns to his old high school in his forties to run for class president all over again. To navigate this unfamiliar world, he teams up with student Noa Polly (Bex Taylor-Klaus), to help him bridge the generational gap and connect with the other students.

Recently, Manji and Taylor-Klaus, as well as Kim Whitley, who plays the school secretary, Loretta, spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the film, including what advice they would give their high school selves, and much more.

In Hal & Harper, the closeness that two siblings share is both their comfort and their curse. When their father (Mark Ruffalo) announces he and his girlfriend (Betty Gilpin) are having a baby, Hal (Cooper Raiff) and Harper (Lili Reinhart) start to reexamine their past and who they have become as adults. The eight-episode series explores their closeness and codependence and how their bond has shaped who they have become, for better or worse.

Recently, star Raiff, who also wrote and directed the series, spoke with SciFi Vision about creating Hal & Harper, including where the idea came from, juggling writing, directing, and acting on the same project, why it’s important to appeal to a wide audience, and much more.

In the film Re-Election, Jimmy Bauer (Adam Saunders) never got over losing the race for class president during his senior year in high school in 1995, which resulted in him dropping out of school. Now in his forties, Jimmy blames all his shortcomings on the loss and decides to go back to high school to make it right. Jimmy is determined to win the class election, but along the way learns that it’s not how we start a journey that matters, but how we finish it.

Star Saunders, who wrote and directed the film, as well as Tony Danza, who plays Saunder’s father, recently spoke with SciFi Vision about creating the unique film, how the idea came about, what they learned from the experience, the advice they would give their teenage selves, and much more.

Love, Danielle centers on a woman (Devin Sidell) who is confronted with a life-altering decision after learning she carries the BRCA1 gene mutation, which dramatically raises her risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. As Danielle navigates the emotional challenges of preventative surgery, she and her husband (Michael Roark) struggle with the implications for their future and their dreams of starting a family. Her life is further complicated by her strained relationship with her recovering alcoholic and often emotionally distant mother, Candie, played by Lesley Ann Warren.

Recently, Warren spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the film.