I recently covered a petition to renew Hallmark’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” for the Deseret News. Although the petition unexpectedly dropped during the network’s busy Christmas schedule, they cheerfully made time to provide comment for a tight deadline.
Portions of an interview with Michelle Vicary, Executive Vice President for Programming & Network Publicity, were included in the article. The full text of her comments are as follows:
SALT LAKE CITY — Find a popular, recently cancelled TV show and you can set your watch by how long it takes fans to make a pitch for its revival. Some efforts are more successful than others, but few are truly newsworthy. A petition by a group of fans for Hallmark’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” may be an exception.
As Hallmark Channel gets ready for the premiere of the “When Calls the Heart” 2018 Christmas movie, co-creator and executive producer Brian Bird will be doing an AMA with FromtheDesk on December 14.
This Q&A preview features the top five episodes thus far of the man affectionately known as “Papa Heartie.”
Michelle Cox is a bestselling author and creator of the Just 18 Summers® brand. She is a co-author of the When God Calls the Heart series published by Broadstreet Publishing and inspired by the Hallmark Channel TV show, When Calls the Heart.
Robert Millet is a professor of ancient scripture and emeritus Dean of Religious Education at Brigham Young University. He is the author of more than 60 books, some of which were co-authored by Bruce R. McConkie‘s son, Joseph Fielding McConkie. Bob Millet is a recognized leader in interfaith dialogue between Evangelicals and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
W. W. Phelps was one of the 10 most influential members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in its first 15 years, according to Bruce Van Orden. His contributions stand alongside those of Brigham Young, Parley P. Pratt, and Heber C. Kimball.
Ty Montague is a founder of co:collective and author of “True Story: How to combine story and action to transform your business” (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013).
“I remember (him) being super excited to be in a Disney movie,” Bancroft wrote in an email interview. “It had been a dream of his since he was young.”
Those stories about Elvis and the Book of Mormon aren’t exactly true. But the hype surrounding Donny Osmond and Mulan is real. In this interview, director Tony Bancroft looks back on creating the Disney feature film and recalls working with Donny Osmond and Lea Salonga.
Michael F. Bird is a biblical theologian and the author or editor of more than 30 books, including a collaboration with New Testament scholar N. T. Wright. He is Academic Dean and Lecturer in Theology at Ridley College.