30 Days of Horrible Christmas Movies... Day Three - Broadcasting Christmas
Broadcasting Christmas (2016) - Hallmark Channel.
Back in the day, Clark Kent and Sabrina the Teenage Witch were hard working reporters and passionate lovers at some podunk news station in Connecticut, when a sweet opportunity to host a local news show in New York City came up. They both auditioned for it, Clark Kent got it, Sabrina was sad and ended the relationship and went back to her crap TV job in Connecticut, even though Clark wanted her to join up with him. Kind of a dick move from Sabrina, but there it is.
Fast forward some years to the present where this realities version of the Today Show has an opening, and with Clark working upstairs as the local anchor, he's on the short list as a replacement. Sabrina, also hearing about the opening, makes a viral video and now she too is on the short list.
Former lovers are now enemies again, until those old feelings come creeping back... then go away... then come back one time again thanks to a 100-year old fruit cake. It's complicated.
What does any of this have to do with Christmas? NOT A GATDAMN THING!!!
When one signs on to watch crap Christmas movies, one wants to watch crap Christmas movies, not romance movies about love lost using Christmas as just the time of year where this awfulness happens. That's what we got with Broadcasting Christmas and as such we have to approach this one a little differently.
For instance, it doesn't have the same old tired Christmas Hallmark / Lifetime Christmas story such as the various iterations of fixing Scrooge, or traveling back in time to make things right, or 12 days of some nonsense or another. No, just a tired story of some admittedly charming middle-aged 90's TV stars trying to rekindle the flame amidst the backdrop of Network TV with all of this happening around Christmas.
Did that stop the intrusion of canned Christmas music serving as some sort of musical score in virtually every scene? No it did not.
No cute kids, no cute pets, but we did have our fair share of old wise people in the form of a Jackee Harry sighting, an old lady who imparted wisdom via the vehicle of a 100 year old fruit cake, and freaking Larry from Three's Company. Who is old as fuuuuuu.... Can't say that as this is a family blog for the holidays. But he got old. Which means Joyce DeWitt is old too wherever she is.
The bottom line is this one is simple. If you happen to be a big fan of Dean Cain or Melissa Joan Hart, then Broadcasting Christmas is something you need to own the minute they press the Blu-Ray, because those two dominate this movie. If you're a fan of Melissa AND Dean... then I personally apologize for possibly offending you by not loving this movie.
So since I'm not a fan, combined with the fact that wasn't even a Christmas movie, this earns Broadcasting Christmas a 4 solid vomits.
The next movie? Hell if I know, but there's a good chance Dean Cain will be in it since he's made like fifty of these.
Fast forward some years to the present where this realities version of the Today Show has an opening, and with Clark working upstairs as the local anchor, he's on the short list as a replacement. Sabrina, also hearing about the opening, makes a viral video and now she too is on the short list.
Former lovers are now enemies again, until those old feelings come creeping back... then go away... then come back one time again thanks to a 100-year old fruit cake. It's complicated.
What does any of this have to do with Christmas? NOT A GATDAMN THING!!!
When one signs on to watch crap Christmas movies, one wants to watch crap Christmas movies, not romance movies about love lost using Christmas as just the time of year where this awfulness happens. That's what we got with Broadcasting Christmas and as such we have to approach this one a little differently.
For instance, it doesn't have the same old tired Christmas Hallmark / Lifetime Christmas story such as the various iterations of fixing Scrooge, or traveling back in time to make things right, or 12 days of some nonsense or another. No, just a tired story of some admittedly charming middle-aged 90's TV stars trying to rekindle the flame amidst the backdrop of Network TV with all of this happening around Christmas.
Did that stop the intrusion of canned Christmas music serving as some sort of musical score in virtually every scene? No it did not.
No cute kids, no cute pets, but we did have our fair share of old wise people in the form of a Jackee Harry sighting, an old lady who imparted wisdom via the vehicle of a 100 year old fruit cake, and freaking Larry from Three's Company. Who is old as fuuuuuu.... Can't say that as this is a family blog for the holidays. But he got old. Which means Joyce DeWitt is old too wherever she is.
The bottom line is this one is simple. If you happen to be a big fan of Dean Cain or Melissa Joan Hart, then Broadcasting Christmas is something you need to own the minute they press the Blu-Ray, because those two dominate this movie. If you're a fan of Melissa AND Dean... then I personally apologize for possibly offending you by not loving this movie.
So since I'm not a fan, combined with the fact that wasn't even a Christmas movie, this earns Broadcasting Christmas a 4 solid vomits.
The next movie? Hell if I know, but there's a good chance Dean Cain will be in it since he's made like fifty of these.
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