Hallmark Channel announced its first and second quarter 2012 programming schedule featuring a slate of programs that consists of several new Hallmark Channel Original Movies including Cupid starring actor-comedian Jamie Kennedy and Joely Richardson (“Nip Tuck”), which airs Saturday, February 11 at 8pm ET/PT. Cupid centers around An uptight TV talk show host looking for love just days before Valentine’s Day when she gets a visit from a mysterious stranger who claims to be a love expert. He tasks her with a mission from Cupid to help other couples find true love, and she will be surprised with her own. But soon after she starts playing matchmaker, she finds her own true love has been within reach all along.
Later this year, Kiss at Pine Lake starring comedian Bill Engvall along with Mia Kirschner and Barry Watson, premieres Sunday, August 11 at 8pm ET/PT. In Kiss at Pine Lake, an entrepreneur buys his old beloved summer camp to preserve his childhood memories, but is disheartened when he realizes the camp may get shut down for safety code violations. As he tries to fix it up before it is too late, his former camp girlfriend arrives with a plan to make him sell it to her corrupt development company. With the camp at stake, the two start to fall for each other again, and they must learn to reconcile their past with their future.