This festive season, Hallmark is delivering a wealth of new holiday-themed movies as part of its annual programming block, Countdown to Christmas 2026. Amongst the list of new movies is Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story – a romantic drama starring Lyndsy Fonseca, Robert Buckley, Marsha Mason, Barbara Alyn Woods, and Khary Payton.
Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story centres its tale around a reporter who returns home to Chicago to spend Christmas with her family. Along the way she seeks out a news story, which in turn sees her expanding her football knowledge courtesy of a Chicago Bears fan, while at the same time opening up her mind to romantic possibilities.
Describing the new movie, Hallmark, said: “When ambitious freelance reporter Avery Clark (Fonseca) returns to Chicago to spend Christmas with her mom (Woods) and new stepdad (Payton), she’s hoping for a little holiday downtime before her next assignment. Instead, she lands a feel-good story profiling Darlene Donnelly (Mason), a beloved Chicago Bears superfan about to celebrate an incredible milestone – attending her 500th game.
“There’s just one catch: Avery knows next to nothing about football or Chicago. Enter Darlene’s handsome grandson Matt (Buckley), a Chicago firefighter and die-hard Bears fan who, with a little gentle nudging from Darlene, agrees to show Avery what being part of Bears Nation is all about.
“As Avery follows Darlene’s remarkable story through cherished game-day traditions, festive Chicago adventures and memories of a love story that began at a stadium, she starts to understand that football is about much more than what happens on the field. And as sparks fly between Avery and Matt, this Christmas may just convince a woman who’s always on the move that sometimes the greatest adventure is finding a place, and someone, that feels like home.”
In addition to the main cast, Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story also promises a whole host of cameo appearances from Ben Johnson, Caleb Williams, Colston Loveland, Cole Kmet, Mike Singletary, Charles ‘Peanut’ Tillman, Dan Hampton, Connie Payton, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Marilu Henner, Jake Connelly, Dyon ‘Mojo’ Brooks, and Staley Da Bear!
Should you wish to take a look at Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story, the new movie makes its debut on Hallmark Channel on Saturday October 17th. The film will air at 8/7c.
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