Question: I really miss the Hallmark Hall of Fame movies from the ’80s and ’90s. They were always well made, with great storylines. (Stones for Ibarra comes to mind with Glenn Close) Any chance they will be back? —James K.
Matt Roush: The first Glenn Close Hallmark Hall of Fame movie that comes to mind for me is Sarah, Plain and Tall (which came a few years after Stones), but I get your point. Last time I checked, there weren’t any “Hall of Fame” movies in the pipeline, and even if there were, they wouldn’t have the pedigree of when they were among the most prestigious movies being made by the broadcast networks. It has been years since a “Hall of Fame” movie lived up to the revered franchise’s reputation of adapting literary works like Anne Tyler novels and, amazingly, August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson. Another factor in all of this is that the networks have pretty much given up on making big-budget movies for TV, high or lowbrow, which when I was first covering TV dominated Sunday nights. But those days appear to be over.
Question: I loved the second season of Pennyworth on EPIX. Will there be a third ? —DW
Matt Roush: No word yet. But this doesn’t seem the sort of show that typically ends without warning, so stay hopeful.
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