Hallmark Channel April 2012 Premieres and Highlights April 3, 2012 Hallmark Channel, News Here are the April 2012 premieres and highlights for Hallmark Channel: UNDERCOVER BRIDESMAID Hallmark Channel Original Movie World Premiere Sunday, April 15 (8p.m. ET/PT, 7C) Starring: Brooke Burns, Gregory Harrison, Nicole Paggi, Justin Baldoni and Jay Kenneth Johnson Tanya (Brooke Burns), a highly-trained bodyguard who was once jilted at the altar, is hired by a Texas mogul (Gregory Harrison) to act as a bodyguard for his daughter. The assignment is to serve and protect the bride as a bridesmaid for Daisy (Nicole Paggi), a woman who has been receiving death threats leading up to her big day. But the agent soon finds herself embroiled with the groom’s questionable, yet charming best friend (Justin Baldoni) and is struggling to separate her bitter feelings from her past to survive this assignment. Between the aunt who is depleting the family scholarship fund, the playboy cousin with an inheritance at stake, a very angry business partner, and the groom (Jay Kenneth Johnson) with a wandering eye – almost every wedding attendee is a legitimate suspect. THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW Hallmark Channel Series Premiere Sunday, April 1 (10am ET/PT, 9C) Hallmark Channel She can turn the world on with her smile! “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” the ground breaking sitcom and winner of 29 Emmys® comes to Hallmark Channel, Sunday April 1st with a 10 hour marathon beginning at 10am/9c! Newly single, Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) moves to Minneapolis determined to make it on her own. Ambitious and looking for a new life, Mary lands a job as the associate producer of the local news show on WJM-TV run by Lou Grant (Ed Asner), Mary’s cantankerous boss. Throw in Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) WJM’s egotistical, inept anchorman, Murray Slaughter (Gavin MacLeod), the sarcastic head news writer, Sue Ann Nivens (Betty White) as the man-hungry “Happy Homemaker,” Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper), Mary’s next door neighbor and best friend and the pretentious, busybody landlord Phyllis Lindstrom (Cloris Leachman), and you have one of the best supporting casts ever assembled for a sitcom. MARY AND RHODA Hallmark Channel Premiere Sunday, April 1 (8p.m. ET/PT, 7C) Hallmark Channel Mary Tyler Moore and Valerie Harper, two of television’s most beloved stars, reunite as their popular alter egos, Mary Richards and Rhoda Morgenstern. Mary (Moore) finds herself single after the death of her husband and Rhoda (Harper) is in the same boat after her divorce. Now both single with college-age daughters, they’re taking on New York City and the daunting challenges of motherhood and finding new careers at a difficult time to be on their own. However, they are still our favorite “Mare” and Rhoda, learning to trust their instincts about life and each other – once again – with that distinctive sense of class and humor. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)
