Hallmark Channel Premieres Three Original Movies in May

Hallmark Channel will premiere three original movies this May celebrating the end of Spring and starring socially influential young talent Alexa PenaVega (“Spy Kids,” “Nashville”), Shenae Grimes-Beech (“Degrassi: The Next Generation,” “90210”), Bailee Madison (“Northpole,” “The Fosters”) and Fiona Gubelmann (“Wilfred,” “Blades of Glory”).


TULIPS IN SPRING – Saturday, May 14 (9 pm ET/PT, 8C)
Stars: Fiona Gubelmann, Lucas Bryant, Kelly Rowan

Rose Newell is a young interior designer who has been given an assignment to design a high-end client’s home. As she begins the project, Rose learns that her father, Frank, has suffered a broken leg and that her help is badly needed at Newell Farms, her parents’ tulip farm in rural Washington. Rose returns to her hometown and to her damaged relationship with Frank, who resents her having chosen a cosmopolitan career over the family business.


DATE WITH LOVE – Saturday, May 21 (9 pm ET/PT, 8C)
Stars: Shenae Grimes-Beech, Andrew Walker, Quinn Lord, Bailee Madison, Andrea Brooks

After A-list actress, Alex Allen, has an epic Hollywood meltdown and is dumped on the red carpet before her latest movie premiere, she is in desperate need of some positive publicity in order to save her reputation as “America’s sweetheart.” Salvation comes in the form of a small town boy’s video “Promposal” in which the student invites Alex to his high school prom. Sure enough, when the video goes viral, it scores the kid a date with his celebrity crush. It’s also a chance for Alex, who was never asked to her own prom, to go back to high school and make this the best prom she never had. Complications arise when the starlet falls for the student’s English teacher, Mr. Walsh. But when Alex’s Hollywood habits stir up a little too much drama in the small town high school, she’ll have to figure out what is more important to her, fixing her career or finding a love she always dreamed of.


MS. MATCHED – Saturday, May 28 (9 pm ET/PT, 8C)
Stars: Alex PenaVega, Shawn Roberts

A successful wedding planner is trying to make dreams come true for brides by organizing fairytale weddings. But when she is paired with a financial advisor at a wedding expo, she soon realizes that he is giving the exact opposite advice to their audience by telling them to save their money. When they are forced to spend more time together than they bargained for, they find out that they have more in common than they think.

INTERVIEW: Andrew Walker Previews 'Appetite For Love' on Hallmark

Andrew Walker stars in Appetite For Love premiering Saturday February 6 at 9 p.m ET/PT on Hallmark.photo credit: Copyright 2016 Crown Media United States, LLC/Photographer Sergei Bachlakov

Andrew Walker started his acting career in Montreal as a recurring lead on the series “Student Bodies” from 1996-1997, and then was cast as a series lead on “Back to Sherwood” and “Radio Active.” Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, he was cast as a series lead on The WB’s “Maybe It’s Me” and later on “Sabrina the Teenage Witch.” Walker then appeared in the Lifetime movies “Wicked Minds” and “Lies and Deception” and later the ABC show “Hot Properties.” In 2006 he starred alongside Academy Award nominee, David Strathairn in the film “Steel Toes.” This performance earned Walker the 2008 ACTRA Best-Actor Award, along with the Phillip Borsos Award at the Whistler Film Festival.

Andrew was a series lead on the Lifetime series “Against the Wall” and also guest starred on hit TV shows, including “ER,” “CSI: Miami,” “CSI: New York,” “Without a Trace,” “Big Bang Theory,” and the Hallmark Channel’s mini series “When Calls The Heart”.

Recent credits include the lead in the feature films “Loaded” and “Penthouse North” opposite Michelle Monaghan and Michael Keaton as well as a supporting role in the TV film “Wedding Planner Mystery.” He was recently seen as the lead in the Hallmark Channel's Christmas Movie “Dashing Through the Snow.”

Andrew Walker and Taylor Cole stair as Clay and Mina in Appetite For Love premiering Saturday February 6 at 9 p.m ET/PT on Hallmark. photo credit: Copyright 2016 Crown Media United States, LLC/Photographer Sergei Bachlakov

His latest project is the Hallmark film, Appetite For Love, which premieres Saturday, February 6 at 9pm ET/PT. Appetite For Love is a romantic comedy about a corporate executive, Mina (Taylor Cole), who is sent to a small town to re-brand a restaurant as part of a strategic acquisition. The only problem is that the iconic diner happens to be in her home town where she hasn't been in years and the owner, Clay (Walker), is her former high school sweetheart.

Serial Scoop recently spoke with Walker, who previewed tonight's Appetite For Love premiere. Read our exclusive interview below.

SERIAL SCOOP: What can you tell me about your character Clay?
ANDREW WALKER : He’s a little bit of a fish out of water. In taking over his Dad’s business, he’s really a guy that works on passion for food and wanting to give the best to the community. It’s really current in how the world is looking at our food issues now, and really growing what you eat. You don’t have to be buying lemons from Peru or Kale from Brazil. You can really buy it locally.