Catherine Bell's "Good Witch" Gets TV Series Order

[kemcha]

The Hallmark Channel has decided to upgrade Catherine Bell's "Good Witch" series to full TV series status.

According to TVline.com, the 10-episode freshman run will debut in early 2015, in the wake of the films’ seventh installment, The Good Witch’s Wonder, bowing at Halloweentime.

http://tvline.com/2014/02/25/catheri...-witch-series/

While not really spectacular, the various films have been somewhat enjoyable.

[detective392]

Haven't seen the movies but have been wanting to. Love Cedar Cove and When Calls the Heart isn't bad, so I'll give this one a shot.

[stvn1974]

My mother likes this show and will be pleased. She keeps asking me if and when the TV movies will be released on DVD besides just the first one.

[kemcha]

I've caught the movies from time to time because there was nothing on that was good to watch and I actually found myself enjoying these films. It's nice to see that this movie series is finally getting a TV series order. While the initial freshman series is only getting 10 episodes, Hallmark could expand that to 13 episodes.

But, if Hallmark were smart, they would release the seven movies via a boxed set or something in advance of the TV series. But, I hope they don't expand the seasons past a 13 episode order. The movie series is interesting but I've found that shows like this, unless they hit it off with fans like 7th Heaven and Gilmore girls, it could become stale after awhile.

Hopefully, the series will be just as successful as the films and they hire writers for the show who are familiar with the previous films. The problem with bringing in writers who don't watch the previous content is that they don't often get a feel for the characters and they end up writing from a void.

Definitely planning on checking out the TV series when it debuts.

[detective392]

Originally Posted by kemcha

I've caught the movies from time to time because there was nothing on that was good to watch and I actually found myself enjoying these films. It's nice to see that this movie series is finally getting a TV series order. While the initial freshman series is only getting 10 episodes, Hallmark could expand that to 13 episodes.

But, if Hallmark were smart, they would release the seven movies via a boxed set or something in advance of the TV series. But, I hope they don't expand the seasons past a 13 episode order. The movie series is interesting but I've found that shows like this, unless they hit it off with fans like 7th Heaven and Gilmore girls, it could become stale after awhile.

Hopefully, the series will be just as successful as the films and they hire writers for the show who are familiar with the previous films. The problem with bringing in writers who don't watch the previous content is that they don't often get a feel for the characters and they end up writing from a void.

Definitely planning on checking out the TV series when it debuts.

That's my only concern. It's hard to watch the movies in order when ever they are on. If they released a boxset I'd get that and be even more excited for the TV series.

[Riddler The Slag]

She came on board my aircraft carrier once and shot an episode of Jag. Super sweet and very easy on the eyes.

[djariya]

I like Catherine Bell a lot. Surprised she committed to another series shortly after working on Army Wives for 7 seasons, which I did watch.

I never really got into The Good Witch movies. I'm surprised that none of the movies are available to stream via Netflix or Amazon Prime. If they were I might actually sit through them before checking out the show.

[ChiefSequatchie]

I keep hoping that her and David James Elliott would reprise there JAG roles on an episode of one of the NCIS franchises!

[kemcha]

That will never happen. They both have healthy movie AND TV series careers. But, it would be nice to see David James Elliott show up on The Good Witch as an evil warlock who has a past history with Catherine Bell's character on The Good Witch.