LOVE IS IN THE AIR AS HALLMARK CHANNEL RINGS IN JUNE WEDDINGS

HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES HAS EXCITING, NEW CASES IN STORE FOR JUNE

Hallmark Channel viewers are cordially invited to the network's June Weddings programming event, celebrating love and matrimony with four all-new original movie premieres featuring international locations and cultures. Meanwhile, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries brings fans two exciting new mysteries with a prequel to the popular, long-running "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries" as well as a brand-new mystery, "The Dancing Detective," set against the beauty of Malta.

PREMIERING IN JUNE ON HALLMARK CHANNEL:

'WEDDING SEASON'
Saturday, June 3 (8 p.m. ET/PT)
Starring: Stephanie Bennett, Casey Deidrick
Trish (Bennett) is a journalist who is on back-to-back bridesmaid duty for her three best friends. When her date is unable to join, she pairs up with photographer Ryan (Deidrick), the brother of her best friend.

'LOVE'S GREEK TO ME'
Saturday, June 10 (8 p.m. ET/PT)
Starring: Torrey DeVitto, Giannis Tsmitselis, Marina Sirtis
When Ilana (DeVitto) travels to Santorini with her Greek boyfriend Mike (Tsimitselis) for his sister Alex's (Katerina Konstas) wedding, she's thrilled to be asked to be her American Maid of Honor. Mike surprises Ilana by proposing, leaving Ilana gets caught in the whirlwind created by his well-meaning and overly enthusiastic mother Athena (Sirtis).

'THE WEDDING CONTRACT'
Saturday, June 17 (8 p.m. ET/PT)
Starring: Becca Tobin, Jake Epstein
Rebecca (Tobin), a teacher, and Adam (Epstein), an ad executive are excited to plan their Jewish wedding, but their wedding and future are put into jeopardy when Adam lands a new ad campaign, and their mothers meet for the first time.

'MAKE ME A MATCH'
Saturday, June 24 (8 p.m. ET/PT)
Starring: Rushi Kota, Eva Bourne
Vivi (Bourne), an optimistic woman with a substandard romantic history, works at a data-driven matchmaking app. Once she discovers that the success rate for matches at her company is low, she hires Raina (Rekha Sharma, "Battlestar Galactica"), an Indian matchmaker, to provide advice on how to improve their numbers. As they embark on this matchmaking journey, Vivi meets Raina's spontaneous son, Bhumesh (Kota), and questions whether finding love is something one must take control of or let naturally come to them.

PREMIERING IN JUNE ON HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES

'THE DANCING DETECTIVE: A DEADLY TANGO'
Filmed entirely on location in Malta
Friday, June 2 (9 p.m. ET/PT)
Starring: Lacey Chabert, Will Kemp
Sparks fly when a no-nonsense detective (Chabert) must reluctantly team up with a charismatic British dance star (Kemp) in order to solve a murder, literally one step at a time, at a stunning luxury resort in Malta!

'AURORA TEAGARDEN MYSTERIES: SOMETHING NEW'
Friday, June 9 (9 p.m. ET/PT)
Starring: Skyler Samuels, Evan Roderick, Marilu Henner
Aurora Teagarden (Samuels) is back home in Lawrenceton post-college near her mother, Aida (Henner). Working as a teacher's assistant in a crime fiction class, Aurora is struggling to settle on a thesis for her post-graduate degree. To support her schooling and life, Aurora also waitresses at the local diner at night, where she shares her love of researching true crime with her friend Sally and police officer Arthur (Roderick). When Sally's fiancé doesn't show up at their wedding rehearsal, Maid of Honor Aurora gets Arthur to help her search for him. When they discover a body, everyone assumes it is Sally's tardy groom, but when it turns out to be someone else, Sally's fiancé becomes the main suspect.

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