Hallmark is making some changes with its streaming products: Hallmark Movies Now is now Hallmark+, which will provide original series as well as all of the romantic series and movies that have been the signature of Crown Media’s properties for at least two decades. The first series is a family dramedy wrapped in flour, salt, and spices — it’s about the rivalry between a town’s chicken joints.
Coming home to roost on Hallmark in September, the eight-episode series from Showrunner and Executive Producer Annie Mebane stars Schuyler Fisk (Sam & Kate, Orange County), Genevieve Angelson (Handmaids Tale, Good Girls Revolt), Lea Thompson (Switched at Birth, Back to the Future) and Wendie Malick (Young Sheldon, Shrinking, Just Shoot Me!).
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“The Chicken Sisters” is a family drama dipped in southern charm and served up with a saucy side of romance. The setting is the fictional town of Merinac, where a generations-old rift between dueling fried chicken restaurants – Mimi’s and Frannie’s – has left the founders’ families fractured and the locals taking sides. When popular cooking competition show Kitchen Clash comes to town, this could be the recipe for ending this feud once and for all. But things are fixing to heat up both inside and outside of the kitchen as the reality show spotlight causes sparks to fly as secrets are spilled and feathers get ruffled.
Attention All Hallmark Series lovers, do not miss this new show, you will be hooked and fall in love with these characters and back stories, plus everything family and cooking. I had the opportunity to watch the first two episodes and of course NOW I have to wait to see the rest in September on Hallmark and streaming on the new Hallmark+ (formerly Hallmark Movies Now platform).
“The Chicken Sisters” premieres this September on Hallmark+, the company’s reimagined ad-free subscription service and membership program. Adapted from the New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club selection of the same name by author KJ Dell’Antonia, the eight-episode series is created and executive produced by showrunner Annie Mebane (“Shrinking,” “Atypical,” “The Goldbergs”).
Hallmark recently announced that their new streaming service and membership program Hallmark+ will launch September 10, 2024. Hallmark+ will be the hub for movies you love, new unscripted shows, and several new series and films airing exclusively on the streamer. They aren’t wasting any time either. The Chicken Sisters will premiere on Hallmark + on the very day the service debuts.
“Talk about a dream cast!” said Lisa Hamilton Daly, Executive Vice President, Programming, Hallmark Media. “Schuyler, Genevieve, Lea, and Wendie are the perfect actors to lead this witty and heartfelt story. We are confident that each episode is going to leave our viewers craving more and more.”
Emmy Award-winning actress Margo Martindale (“American Crime Story,” “Cocaine Bear,” “Justified”) brings her voice talent to The Chicken Sisters as the nearly omniscient Narrator. At the start of each episode the Narrator sets up the story as she serves up history and offers country fried context for the characters in the way only the best town gossip can.
James Kot (“Christmas on Cherry Lane,” “Virgin River”), Rukiya Bernard (“Yellowjackets,” “One Winter Wedding”), Ektor Rivera (“Groundswell,” “Sugar Plum Twist”) and Jake Foy (“Allegiance,” “Ride”) round out the cast.
