Hallmark Launches New Primetime Series The Way Home With Time Travel Twist

Hallmark fans hoping for a new show to watch on Hallmark Channel, just got their wish. The channel just greenlit a new primetime series, The Way Home, with a time travel twist that follows three generations of women in the Landry family. Moreover, this is the first to be ordered under Executive VP of Programming, Lisa Hamilton Daly of Crown Media Family Networks.

Hallmark’s Channel News – New Primetime Series The Way Home

Hallmark’s new primetime series is a family drama, following the lives of three generations of women in the Landry family. Meanwhile, the series also has a time travel twist, making it very intriguing and production will start this summer in Ontario, Canada.

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Deadline quotes the official synopsis for the new primetime show, The Way Home. In the series, Kat Landry, her 15-year-old daughter Alice and Kat’s estranged mother, Del, are all strong, wilful and independent. 20 years prior to the show’s timeline, life-changing events created a chasm within their family that has yet to be repaired.

In fact, Kat and Del are still not on speaking terms. Meanwhile, Alice has never met her grandmother and is unaware of the reasons for their fractured family. Meanwhile, all three generations come together under one roof for the first time in more than 20 years. This leads to a surprising discovery that unexpectedly sets the three women on a path toward healing and helps them find their way back to each other.

Hallmark’s Channel News – Cast Still To Be Announced

Crown Media announced that The Way Home will premiere in 2023 with casting news coming in the following weeks.

However, behind the scenes, The Way Home is executive-produced by mother-daughter team Heather Conkie (Heartland, Port Hope) and Alexandra Clarke (Heartland, Hudson). Other executive products include Larry Grimaldi, Fernando Szew and Hannah Pillemer for MarVista Entertainment. Meanwhile, Arnie Zipursky and Marly Reed will be executive producing for Neshama Entertainment.

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Speaking of the new primetime series, Daly said that one of her passions is developing series. She said it is “beyond thrilling to spearhead the development of The Way Home and others for Crown Media.”

Laurie Ferneau, senior VP of Development at Crown Media Family Networks, said she cannot wait to share the emotional story of the Landry women, so beautifully imagined by Heather Conkie and Alexandra Clarke. She added that the series is sure to become appointment TV for their viewers

Meanwhile, Pillemer, exec VP of Creative Affairs for MarVista, said how drawn they were to this extraordinary, unique story of three generations of women. He said they are “haunted by tragedy and past secrets” and find a way to travel through time to potentially change their future.

Pillemer said that Lisa and her team at Crown Media have been incredible champions for the new series. He added that The Way Home “is sure to charm and enrapture” viewers and that they are thrilled to partner with them to bring it to the screen in 2023.