“The Way Home” comes back… home.
Last month, Variety announced that the hit series would move to Hallmark+, the company’s new streaming service, for its third season and debut in January. It was set to make its linear debut in the fall.
However, “after hearing from the many passionate, loyal fans,” the show will now premiere on Hallmark Channel on Friday, January 3 at 9 p.m., and stream on Hallmark+ the following day. Devoted audience members of “The Way Home” grumbled — especially in Facebook groups — about the idea of being forced to subscribe to another streaming service, with some even threatening to boycott the show. This rollout will continue throughout the season.
Hallmark+ launched in September with multiple original series, including “The Chicken Sisters” and “Celebrations With Lacey Chabert,” and many originals debuted in the following months, including Jonathan Bennett’s “The Groomsmen” and “Love on the Danube” trilogies ‘Finding Mr. Christmas” and “Mistletoe Murders.”
The news that “The Way Home” is returning to Hallmark’s linear channel was first announced by cast members Andie MacDowell and Chyler Leigh on Friday during the “Look Behind the Lens” panel at the Hallmark Christmas Experience in Kansas City.
As previously reported, Julia Tomasone and Jordan Doww are joining the cast for season 3 as the teenage versions of Del (MacDowell) and Colton (Jefferson Brown), respectively, as the show moves back in time to 1974, the year they first met met as teenagers. Additionally, Devin Cecchetto joins the cast as Evelyn Goodwin, a young girl who meets Alice (Sadie Laflamme-Snow) in the past and who complicates the present.
Season 3 debuts where Season 2 left off, with Kat (Leigh), finally reunited with her brother Jacob (Spencer Macpherson), walking into the Landry home.