Hallmark is bringing Yuletide joy to reality TV. At the TCA Summer Press Tour on Thursday, July 11, Hallmark announced that Jonathan Bennett will host the network’s first-ever reality competition series, Finding Mr. Christmas.
Filmed on a ranch in Utah, the upcoming series is a reality competition that will bring 10 hopeful actors together to compete in a variety of challenges “testing their acting skills and festive spirit,” according to Entertainment Weekly. The winner will earn the title of “Mr. Christmas” and land a leading role in a 2024 Hallmark Channel holiday movie. Reba and Haul out the Holly star Melissa Peterman will serve as judge, with Mean Girls star Bennett – who has appeared in Hallmark Channel movies like The Christmas House, The Christmas House 2, Wedding of a Lifetime, and The Holiday Sitter – hosting.
“There are two types of people in the world. There are people that watch Hallmark movies and then there are liars,” …