Megan Elliott is a pop culture enthusiast who has covered TV and celebrity news for Showbiz Cheat Sheet since 2018. Currently, she keeps up with all the drama on reality dating shows such as Love Is Blind, The Ultimatum, and Married at First Sight. Her other areas of expertise include Virgin River, Sweet Magnolias, and Hallmark Channel movies and shows, such as When Calls the Heart. She is a member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and has her M.A. in Media Studies from The New School.
Megan is also a trivia buff and tested her knowledge as a contestant on Jeopardy! Her book reviews have appeared in Bookreporter and Kirkus Reviews, including one that earned her second place in the Nondaily Reporting and Writing, Review/Criticism category from the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists.
During an episode of TLC’s ‘19 Kids and Counting,’ Jill Duggar warned a group of young women about reading romance novels, which she said could ‘stir up desires.’ The Duggar family takes a conservative approach to dating and couple save their first kiss for their wedding day.
Karen and Deon Derrico and their 14 kids star in TLC’s Doubling Down With the Derricos. But could the family soon get a bit larger? A teaser for the show’s second season hints that Karen might be pregnant again, news that doesn’t make everyone in the Derrico family happy.
Lifetime’s new movie Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos tells the story of missing Connecticut mother Jennifer Dulos. She disappeared in 2019 and police believe she was murdered by her husband, Fotis Dulos. He was arrested but died by suicide before trial. Annabeth Gish plays Jennifer in the movie, while Warren Christie plays Fotis.
Hallmark Channel’s newest movie, You Had Me at Aloha, was shot entirely on location on Oahu. It stars Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith from When Calls the Heart as the co-hosts of a travel show who first clash, then fall in love.
The first episode of Lifetime’s new docuseries Cellmate Secrets premieres Friday, June 4. In covers the Casey Anthony case and features interviews with the accused murderer’s cellmate and a jailhouse guard. Since being acquitted in 2011, Casey Anthony is now living in Florida.
In the June 6 episode of Good Witch on Hallmark Channel, titled ‘The Exchange,’ Sam suffers an injury, Joy has a recurring dream, and Abigail gets an unwelcome gift from Donovan.
One Tree Hill alum Chad Michael Murray and actor-singer Aly Michalka star in the upcoming Hallmark Channel movie Sand Dollar Cove, which airs June 26. Michalka plays a real estate developer and Murray plays the man who owns the beachfront property she’s trying to buy. The movie is part of Hallmark’s Summer Nights programming event.
Virgin River fans got a big surprise over Memorial Day weekend. On May 29, the cast of the hit Netflix series took to social media to announce a season 3 premiere date. The new episodes will arrive on July 9, sooner than many viewers expected.
Good Witch fans were thrilled to see Bailee Madison return as Grace in the May 30 episode of the Hallmark Channel show. Many were also excited to see the network embrace LGBTQ representation with the addition of Zoey as a potential love interest for Joy.
When Jinger Duggar was a teenager, her parents used to invite fans of the family’s reality show to visit them at their home. One guest stole Jinger’s diary and tried to sell it on eBay. In her new book, The Hope We Hold, Jinger recalls the mortifying experience.
New original shows and documentaries coming to discovery+ in June 2021 including fresh episodes of 90 Day Fiance spinoff shows and a documentary about the real-life case that inspired the latest movie in The Conjuring series.
Guy Fieri recently signed a three-year, $80 million deal with the Food Network. It’s a big step up from what he was making in his early days at the network, when he was paid less than $1,000 per episode of Guy’s Big Bite. Fieri has an estimated net worth of $40 million.
Hallmark Channel’s Summer Nights event kicks off in June with four all-new movies, including You Had Me at Aloha, The Baker’s Son, Her Pen Pal, and Sand Dollar Cove. Plus, a new Aurora Teagarden Mystery airs on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
sMothered Season 3 premieres May 31 on TLC. Three new mom and daughter pairs are joining the show this season. Plus, three sets of ultra-close mothers and daughters will return: Sunhe and Angelica, Kathy and Christina, and Dawn and Cher.
Cord-cutters have a few Hallmark Channel streaming options, including signing up for Frndly TV, Philo, or Sling TV. Hallmark’s streaming service, Hallmark Movies Now, doesn’t have live TV but does have many of the network’s movies and shows. Hallmark movies aren’t on Netflix.
Every month Hallmark Movies Now adds new titles to its library. Find out which new movies you can watch on Hallmark Channel’s subscription streaming service in June 2021, including Love on Iceland and When We Last Spoke.
Matthew Rhys plays Perry Mason in a reimagined version of the classic TV show for HBO. The new Perry Mason has been renewed for a second season, and Rhys recently spoke with Deadline about when production might begin on new episodes and what he’s looking forward to in season 2.
New movies and shows will be available to stream on Showtime in June 2021, including new episodes of The Chi, Black Monday, and Ziwe and the movies Wrong Turn and Sacrifice. Plus, Showtime is highlighting a collection of LGBTQ-themed movies for Pride Month.
On May 26, Katherine Heigl and Sara Chalke announced that Netflix had renewed Firefly Lane for season 2. They also answered a few fan questions, with Chalke offering a hint about what caused Tully and Kate’s huge, friendship-ending fight at the end of season 1.
A promo trailer for the May 30 episode of Hallmark Channel’s series Good Witch reveals that Joy has a theory about the meaning of the strange symbol. Plus, Cassie prepares for her daughter Grace’s visit home and Martha plans a baby shower for her pregnant daughter-in-law Claire.