HMD Hallmark Christmas movie drafting MVPsBrian Herald, Mary Walters Carver, and Vanessa Deyhlie are back for the 4th year in a row! So many hot takes and vetoes!

Join host Lynn Austin, co-host Erinbeth Cermak and guest co-host Debbie Faith as this trio of savvy guest panelistsbattle it out to create the definitive top 10 list of the 2025 Hallmark Christmas movies.

Be sure to check out Mary’s podcast Hooked with Mary Carver!

Still to come in January: Hallmark Movie Drafts 2025 Tournament of Champions: Round 1 Eliminations!

Hallmark Movie Drafts podcast is available everywhere you listen and is not associated with Hallmark Media.

Be sure to follow the show AND leave us a review – it helps Hallmark movie fans find the show!

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Bonus drop - Dec show #3 ! Host Lynn Austin faces off against Stephanie Preschel for the first-ever two panelist top 10 draft, with a slight twist in the usual 3 panel drafting format!

This year’s 13 “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” Christmas movie premiers feature several Hallmark Channel actors and actresses! See the list of eligible movies on Letterboxd @Hallmarkdrafts and follow the show and join the convo@Hallmarkmoviesdrafts on Instagram.

Psst! Time is running out to use PROMO CODE HMD on Bissingers.com website to get 15% off luscioushandcrafted artisan chocolate and confection purchases through Dec 31, 2025. Use it as many times are your heart desires and be sure to check out their delicious Hallmark Channel partnership confections! Sweet!

Coming up in January: The Top 10 2025 Hallmark Channel Christmas Movies Edition and the 2025 Hallmark Movie Drafts Tournament of Champions (#HMDTOC) kicks off!

Hallmark Movie Drafts podcast is available everywhere you listen and is not associated with Hallmark Media.

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It’s the first-ever HMD MEGA MAXI draft! 5 panelists (not 3!) drafting a Top 15 (not 10!) list! Yes, we’ve done mega top 15 list drafts before, but this month’s Hallmark Hunks in Glasses draft is the first-ever 5 panelist draft, adding that maxi flair to the mega chaos! It’s a listener requested draft topic!

This month’s five guest panelists have drafted the ultimatelist of the best 15 Hallmark movies in which a lead actor is wearing glasses. Host Lynn Austin and co-host Erinbeth Cermak are joined by Hillary Kovacs, MeredithLewanowicz, Cece Ponce, Erin Rempe, and Alicia Lomas-Gross. So many opinions! So many vetoes…but only one winner! See the list of eligible movies at Hallmarkdrafts on Letterboxd. Join the conversation and share your favoritemovies at @Hallmarkmoviedrafts on Instagram .

Also...Time is running out to use PROMO CODE HMD on Bissingers.com website to get 15% off luscioushandcrafted artisan chocolate and confection purchases through Dec 31, 2025. Use it as many times are your heart desires and be sure to check out their delicious Hallmark Channel partnership confections! Sweet!

Hallmark Movie Drafts podcast is available everywhere you listen and is not associated with Hallmark Media.

Be sure to leave us a review – it helps Hallmark movie fans find the show!

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LISTENERS: Use PROMO CODE HMD on the Bissinger’s website to get 15% off your purchases through Dec 31, 2025!

Special Guest Dan Able, Jr., Chief Chocolate Officer at Bissinger’s Handcrafted Chocolatier returns to flex his savvy drafting muscles and share delicious behind the scenes stories and insights on all things chocolate, chocolate making, chocolate truffle tasting, and what it takes to lead a 350 year old legacy artisan chocolate company! Host Lynn Austin and co-host Dr. Stephanie Preschel battle it out with Dan to draft the ultimate top 10 list of 16 Bissinger holiday truffle confections, with a surprise twist at the end for Dan!

It's a fascinating conversation with Dan for the first 14 minutes before the gloves come off and the three of us throw down to draft this delicious list!

NOTE: For this show, we tasted and drafted the top 10 list from the 16 holiday truffle flavors found in the Christmas At Bissinger's 16 pc Truffles and the Holiday Cheer 16 pc Truffles, collectively.

Follow HMD on Instagram @Hallmarkmoviedrafts, and subscribe to our Youtube Channel @Hallmarkmoviedrafts. It’s free!

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Guest panelists Tracy Parry, Laura Schinner, and Kate Bacca battle it out to create the definitive top 10 list of Hallmark Channel movies out of the 35 that premiered Jan 1, 2025– up to their Countdown to Christmas kick off Oct 17th (aka "non-Christmas / non-holiday movies) . Host Lynn Austin is joined by co-hosts Erinbeth Cermak and Dr. Stephanie Preschel.

The final list may surprise you!

Who won the match may surprise you! Will your favorite movie make the list? See the list of the 35 eligible 2025 Hallmark movies @Hallmarkdrafts on Letterboxd.

Follow HMD on Instagram @Hallmarkmoviedrafts, and subscribe to our Youtube Channel @Hallmarkmoviedrafts. It’s free!

Hallmark Movie Drafts podcast is available everywhere you listen and is not associated with Hallmark Media.

Be sure to leave us a review – it helps Hallmark movie fans find the show!

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Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hallmark-movie-drafts/id1657216541Spotify⁠:⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/6KUCtybabmVgJEZT4QkkaZ?si=d5a1db38213e4f5b&nd=1&dlsi=dfca5103501f4a4d⁠

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Surprise! This bonus episode is dropping November 8th in honor of this Jessica Lowndes' birthday! Jessica Lowndes superfans Cece Ponce & host Lynn Austin celebrate Jessica’sbirthday by facing off to draft the definitive top 5 list of her Hallmark movies out of the 9 eligible. It’s the draft no one asked for except us and we had a BLAST! Cece’s boyfriend Matt joins us to kick off this episode with some BTS chitchat before Cece and Lynn battle it out to get their 5 favorites onto the final list. Happy Birthday, Jessica!

See the list of Jessica Lowndes 9 eligible movies on the HMD Instagram. Post your ranked list there, too – we’d love to see it!

Follow HMD on Instagram @Hallmarkmoviedrafts, and subscribe to our Youtube Channel @Hallmarkmoviedrafts. It’s free!

Hallmark Movie Drafts podcast is available everywhere you listen and is not associated with Hallmark Media.

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Guest panelists Erinbeth Cermak, Meredith Lewanowicz, and Kate Bacca battle it out to create the definitive top 10 list of Hallmark movies starring fan favorite, actor Niall Matter! Everyone has an opinion!

Host Lynn Austin is joined by guest co-host Dr. Stephanie Preschel. The final top 10 list may surprise you!

Will your favorite movie make the list?

See the list of his 27 eligible movies @Hallmarkdrafts on Letterboxd.

Follow HMD on Instagram @Hallmarkmoviedrafts, and subscribe to our Youtube Channel @Hallmarkmoviedrafts.

It’s free! Hallmark Movie Drafts podcast is availableeverywhere you listen and is not associated with Hallmark Media.

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We’re celebrating our 4th season anniversary before we flip our HMD calendar to season 5 in January!

Guest panelists Dr. Stephanie Preschel, Jackie Finestone, and Yumi Peterson battle it out to create the definitive top 10 list of Hallmark movies featuring lead cast members from the Cedar Cove series. That’s 11 Hallmark actors and a whopping 73 eligible movies!

Host Lynn Austin is joined by cohost Erinbeth Cermak.

The eligible Hallmark movies star either Andie MacDowell, Dylan Neal, Brennan Elliott, Jesse Hutch, Cindy Busby, Colin Ferguson, Corey Sevier, Emily Tenant, Sarah Smyth, SebastianSpence, and Cameron Bancroft.

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Hallmark Movie Drafts podcast is available everywhere you listen and is not associated with Hallmark Media. Hallmark Movie Drafts podcast creates/drafts ranked top 10 lists of Hallmark movies.

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