The Poll Results are in - "It's a Wonderful Movie" Awards #2

This is the second year for the the "It's a Wonderful Movie" - Family Movie Awards! Thank you to everyone who participated by voting in the polls for your favorites!

All Nominees and Winners (listed below!) will be from Movies that aired or premiered on TV only in 2011. (We will honor the 2012 movies of this year - next year.) The winners below are highlighted in yellow!





Favorite Family "

Hallmark's "Kiss at Pine Lake" & GMC's "Smitty" Premiere this Weekend!

On SATURDAY Night, MAY 19, 2012:

Kiss at Pine Lake, a Camp "Romantic Comedy" Movie, premieres on the Hallmark Channel at 8 PM and repeats at 10 PM. Movie stars Barry Watson, well known as Matt Camden on 7th Heaven.



*See Promo Video:





On SUNDAY Night, MAY 20, 2012:

Smitty, a Family "Dog" Movie, premieres on GMC at 7 PM and repeats at 9 PM and 11 PM! This movie stars Academy Award

GMC Family Movie - Smitty

MOVIE REVIEW


Smitty

Network: GMC

Original Air Date: May 20, 2012



CAST:

Brandon Tyler Russell ... Ben
Freddy James ... Smitty
Mira Sorvino ... Amanda
Peter Fonda ... Jack
Louis Gossett, Jr. ... Mr. Smith
Jason London ... Russell
Lolita Davidovich ... Judge Greenstein
Booboo Stewart ... Peebo
Gabrielle Bui ... Tia
Tory Weisz ... Carl
Makeba Pace ... Yvonne

Movies & More ~ First Weekend in May!

On Friday, May 4, 2012...

Duke will re-air twice on the Hallmark Movie Channel at 8 PM and 10 PM. See more times on the Family TV Schedule.





On Saturday, May 5, 2012...

It's "Kentucky Derby" Day! Pick your Favorite Horses and watch them race at 4 PM on NBC. Oh, there's nothing like that moment of hearing them sing, "My Old Kentucky Home!"

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Be sure to catch one of my favorite

And the Nominees are...

We are honoring the Family Movies that aired on TV last year - 2011, by Nominating various Movies, Actors, and Actresses. Please see the complete list of Nominees below, with their pictures, to choose which ones were your favorites. Then, be sure to Vote for your favorites by taking the 6 Polls listed in the right column of this blog.Nominees for the It's a Wonderful Movie Awards 2011 -POLL #1:

Coming in Two Days ~ to be Continued...

The "It's a Wonderful Movie" Awards!

You'll have an opportunity to vote in 6 Polls for your favorite Family Made-for-TV Movies, Actors, Actresses, Young Actors, Young Actresses, and a whole New Category will be revealed this year, too!


You already voted in a Poll for the Favorite New Christmas Movie on TV, for 2011. Those results have been recorded and will be revealed at the end of this

Four "Made for TV Movies" Premiere this Weekend ~ January 27th-29th!

IT'S a WONDERFUL "NEW" MOVIE WEEKEND...

The First Film is from Family Movie Night on Friday Night. It actually premiered last August on NBC, but if you missed it then, here's a good chance to catch it again! Video Promo below...



Who is Simon Miller?
Lifetime Movie Network

January 27, 2012 Friday

Who is Simon Miller? ... LMN ... 8 PM
Who is Simon Miller? ... LMN ... 12 AM


Hallmark Movie

Family Movies on TV this Weekend... January 21-22

The Hallmark Channel will be airing their Love Comes Softly Films marathon all weekend long! (I do enjoy most of them, in spite of the fact that I wish they had remained closer to the actual books, written by Janette Oke.)

Love Comes Softly Series - Available on DVD




LMN will be re-playing one of the Family Movie Night favorite's - Truth be Told, starring Candace Cameron Bure and David James

Family Movie Night Movies will Re-Air on TV!

Three of the Popular Movies from the Family Movie Night Series (sponsored by Walmart) will RE-Air on LMN (Lifetime Movie Network) this month, January 2012!

---First up, there will be Field of Vision airing January 14th, 2012 - Saturday Night at 8 PM est. Movie stars Faith Ford and is a wonderful family movie!

See the Field of Vision Page for more details and my complete Movie Review!




The

Game of Your Life - Walmart's Family Movie Night

MOVIE REVIEW

Game of Your Life

Network: NBC

Original Air Date: December 2, 2011





CAST:

Dr. Abbie Lambert ... Lea Thompson
Dean Cameron ... Ric Reitz
Marcus Bentton ... Tom Nowicki
Zach Taylor ... Titus Makin Jr.
Sara Ramirez ... Dana De La Garza
Phillip Reese ... Nathan Kress
Donald Wallace ...Adam Cagley



PLOT:

When industrious high school gamer Zach Taylor lands a prized scholarship

September 2011 "Family TV Schedule" - Archived

This is an archive of the September 2011 Family TV Schedule for you reference...

SEPTEMBER -


September 1, 2011 Thursday:

What Happened?: The Story of September 11, 2001 ... NICK ... 9 PM *SPECIAL


September 2, 2011 Friday:


*The Waltons "Back to School Marathon" ... GMC ... 12 PM - 9 PM
Facing the Giants ... GMC ... 9 PM
Facing the Giants ... GMC ... 11:30 PM


September 3, 2011 Saturday:

Hallmark Channel and GMC give us New Family Movies in September!

Happy September Season, Everyone! What a difference a week makes. It was so hot here in the midwest last week - it felt like July! But now... there is a coolness in the air which makes me feel that we are slipping into fall harvest season very soon!


In September there will be Two Original Family Movies on TV:
Love Begins Premieres on the Hallmark ChannelSeptember 17, 2011

Click Here for more

Family Movie Night : Game Time - Tackling the Post

MOVIE REVIEW

Game Time - Tackling the Post

Family Movie Night Film
sponsored by Walmart

Network: NBC

Original Air Date: September 3, 2011

(Pre-Empted / Delayed in some locations due to Live Football Game)






CAST:

Ryan McPartlin ... Jake Walker
Josh Braaten ... Dean Walker
Beau Bridges ... Frank Walker
Catherine Hicks ... Anna Walker
Katie Carr ... Sarah Tate
Maxwell Perry Cotton ..

Trinity Goodheart Premieres this weekend on the Gospel Music Channel!

Premieres - August 20, 2011
This is the first of Original Movies coming monthly to the Gospel Music Channel!

See the Family TV Schedule for times airing!

New Christmas Movies on DVD - 2011

I just love Christmas-time! So, of course, I'm excited to share the All New "2011 Christmas Season" DVD Releases:


In Search Of Santa - August 23, 2011




How The Toys Saved Christmas - August 23, 2011




On Strike for Christmas - September 6, 2011





Family Thanksgiving - September 13, 2011




A Song for The Season - September 13, 2011




A Christmas Romance - September 13, 2011




Sons

Family Movie Night - Who is Simon Miller?

MOVIE REVIEW

Who is Simon Miller?

Network: NBC

Original Air Date: August 6, 2011


CAST:

Robyn Lively ... Meredith Miller
Loren Dean ... Simon Miller
Skyler Day ... Sarah Miller
Drew Koles ... Kevin Miller
Christine Baranski ... Amanda
Anthony Lemke ... Jeffrey
Olunike Adeliyi ... Jasmine
Mark Antony Krupa ... Luka
Victor Andres Turgeon-Trelles ... Andres
Alexander Gorchkov ...

Two Made-for-TV Movies Premiere this Weekend : for the Hallmark Channel & NBC

Let's start first with the newest film, in the Family Movie Night series of Movies.

The newest film is Field of Vision, starring Faith Ford (A Kiss at Midnight, Hope & Faith, etc...).



This time the Family Movie Night movie will air on NBC and the subject is about bullying. All the Family Movie Night Movies are geared for family viewing; however, I feel parents should always be the judge of

Family Movie Night Movie : Field of Vision

MOVIE REVIEW

Field of Vision

Network: NBC

Original Air Date: June 11, 2011

CAST:

Tony Oller ... Tyler McFarland
Faith Ford ... Jody
Michael L. Covington ... Coach Green
Alyssa Shafer ... Lucy
Joe Adler ... Corey
Christopher Tavarez ... Alex
Erin Smith ... Crissy
Zack Mines ... Dugan
Steve Coulter ... Cornelius
Michael H. Cole ... Peter Curtis
Tommy Cresswell ... Joe Nabb
Dane

"It's a Wonderful Movie" FAMILY MOVIE AWARDS !

This is the very first "It's a Wonderful Movie Blog" Family Movie Awards! We will be honoring our favorites by Nominees & Winners! Be sure to check it out and click on Comments below to share your favorites.

All Nominees and Winners will be from Movies that aired or premiered on TV only in 2010. (We will honor the 2011 movies of this year - next year.) The winners below are highlighted in

Archive - April 2011 Family TV Movie Schedule

for your reference:

APRIL Archive -

April 2, 2011 - Saturday:

Class ... Hallmark Channel ... 11 AM
The Parent Trap (1998) ... ABC Family ... 1:30 PM
The Suite Life Movie ... Disney (east) ... 7:30 PM *NEW
16 Wishes ... Disney (east) ... 9 PM
The Suite Life Movie ... Disney (west) ... 10:30 PM *NEW
16 Wishes ... Disney (west) ... 12 AM
Generation Gap ... TBN ... 12 AM


April 3, 2011 - Sunday: