Megan Elliott is a pop culture enthusiast who has covered news for Showbiz Cheat Sheet since 2018. Currently, she keeps up with all the drama on reality dating shows such as Love Is Blind, The Ultimatum, and Married at First Sight. Her other areas of expertise include Virgin River, Sweet Magnolias, and Hallmark Channel movies and shows, such as When Calls the Heart. She is a member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and has her M.A. in Media Studies from The New School.
Megan is also a trivia buff and tested her knowledge as a contestant on Jeopardy! Her book reviews have appeared in Bookreporter and Kirkus Reviews, including one that earned her second place in the Nondaily Reporting and Writing, Review/Criticism category from the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists.
Guy Fieri recently signed a three-year, $80 million deal with the Food Network. It’s a big step up from what he was making in his early days at the network, when he was paid less than $1,000 per episode of Guy’s Big Bite. Fieri has an estimated net worth of $40 million.
Hallmark Channel’s Summer Nights event kicks off in June with four all-new movies, including You Had Me at Aloha, The Baker’s Son, Her Pen Pal, and Sand Dollar Cove. Plus, a new Aurora Teagarden Mystery airs on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
sMothered Season 3 premieres May 31 on TLC. Three new mom and daughter pairs are joining the show this season. Plus, three sets of ultra-close mothers and daughters will return: Sunhe and Angelica, Kathy and Christina, and Dawn and Cher.
Cord-cutters have a few Hallmark Channel streaming options, including signing up for Frndly TV, Philo, or Sling TV. Hallmark’s streaming service, Hallmark Movies Now, doesn’t have live TV but does have many of the network’s movies and shows. Hallmark movies aren’t on Netflix.
Every month Hallmark Movies Now adds new titles to its library. Find out which new movies you can watch on Hallmark Channel’s subscription streaming service in June 2021, including Love on Iceland and When We Last Spoke.
Matthew Rhys plays Perry Mason in a reimagined version of the classic TV show for HBO. The new Perry Mason has been renewed for a second season, and Rhys recently spoke with Deadline about when production might begin on new episodes and what he’s looking forward to in season 2.
New movies and shows will be available to stream on Showtime in June 2021, including new episodes of The Chi, Black Monday, and Ziwe and the movies Wrong Turn and Sacrifice. Plus, Showtime is highlighting a collection of LGBTQ-themed movies for Pride Month.
On May 26, Katherine Heigl and Sara Chalke announced that Netflix had renewed Firefly Lane for season 2. They also answered a few fan questions, with Chalke offering a hint about what caused Tully and Kate’s huge, friendship-ending fight at the end of season 1.
A promo trailer for the May 30 episode of Hallmark Channel’s series Good Witch reveals that Joy has a theory about the meaning of the strange symbol. Plus, Cassie prepares for her daughter Grace’s visit home and Martha plans a baby shower for her pregnant daughter-in-law Claire.
Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag made millions during their time on MTV’s The Hills. Spencer has said that at the time, they were making more money than Kim Kardashian. But they blew through their multi-million fortune in a few years. Later they returned to MTV to star in The Hills reboot The Hills: New Beginnings.
Guy Fieri will host Guy’s Restaurant Reboot, a livestream event to support local restaurants, on June 12. The free event will feature roundtable discussions with celebrity chefs and appearances by Shaquille O’Neal and Rob Gronkowski. Fieri will also hand out $300,000 in grants to 11 winners during the livestream.
Bailee Madison played Grace for five seasons on Good Witch. Madison left the Hallmark Channel show at the end of season 5, but a teaser for the May 30 episode hints she’s returning to Middleton. Madison’s name is also included in the episode’s cast list. Plus, Kyana Teresa plays a new character named Zoey Taylor.
Kevin O’Leary of ABC’s hit series Shark Tank will appear in a new CNBC series titled Money Court. Along with Katie Phang and Ada Pozo, he’ll resolve real-life money disputes between friends, family, and business partners. It premieres August 11. Meanwhile. Shark Tank has been renewed for a 13th season.
Nathan Bates is engaged to his girlfriend Esther Keyes, his family announced on Instagram on May 24. Nathan, 27, appears with his parents and 19 siblings on the UPtv reality series Bringing Up Bates. He and Esther have been courting for a year and got engaged in Florida.
Heidi Montag rose to fame on the MTV series The Hills. She and husband Spencer Pratt are back for the reboot The Hills: New Beginnings, which is currently in season 2. In the past, Montag has said she was paid $100,000 for the last season of the original show, but she and Pratt blew through almost their entire fortune.
Hallmark’s daytime talk show Home & Family has been canceled after nine seasons. The last episode will air Wednesday, August 4. Hosts Debbie Matenopoulos and Cameron Mathison reacted to news the show was ending, with Mathison saying he hoped they could work together again.
Phoebe Dynevor recently appeared on Variety Awards Circuit podcast, where she discussed the moment during filming season 1 when she realized the show was special. She also talked about Rege-Jean Page’s exit and what she hopes happens to her character in season 2.
PBS shocked fans when it announced it had renewed Sanditon for a second and third season. While not much is known about the upcoming episodes, we do know Rose Williams will return as Charlotte but Theo James will not be back as Sidney Parker. Production will begin sometime later in 2021 in the U.K.
Virgin River Season 3 will feature some bombshells, according to cast member Ben Hollingsworth, who plays Dan Brady. While a premiere date for the next season of the Netflix show hasn’t been announced, several new actors will be joining the cast, including Kai Bradbury and Stacey Farber.
Will there be a Victoria Season 4? While the show has not been officially canceled or renewed, series star Jenna Coleman recently hinted that she might return to play the long-reigning monarch. Series creator Daisy Goodwin has also said she is at work on scripts for a fourth season of the PBS show.