Predictably Unexpected

We're back! After a long winter's nap since the last Countdown to Christmas wrapped, Season 2 is finally here, and we're easing back in with a preseason special before the real competition begins.This week, there's no Predictability Scorecard on the line and no official predictions to defend. Instead, we're taking a first look at Hallmark's 2026 "Fall Into Love" lineup, sizing up the titles, and getting our punny muscles warmed back up after months off the mic.Think of it as our offseason training montage: low stakes, high snark, and just enough foreshadowing to get you excited for what's coming when the Christmas countdown officially kicks off.Rate, review, and subscribe, unless you'd rather wander into fall alone, with nothing but a pumpkin spice latte to guide you.Download on your favorite podcast platform or find us here:https://predictablyunexpected.buzzsprout.comSend us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/predictablyunexpectedpodcast/

After a full season of predictions, scorecards, and extremely scientific math, the moment has finally arrived. This week, we break down the final Predictability Scorecard results for Hallmark’s A Make or Break Holiday and The Christmas Baby, reviewing how our predictions actually stacked up once the movies aired.With those last scores locked in, we tally the season-long results and officially crown the Predictability Champion. Bragging rights are claimed, egos are bruised, and the host-vs-host rivalry reaches its inevitable conclusion. One crown. One winner. Let the coronation begin.By not rating, reviewing, and subscribing, you agree to spend the holidays trapped in a make-or-break scenario featuring a conveniently timed Christmas baby and zero plot surprises. Terms and conditions apply…Download on your favorite podcast platform or find us here:https://predictablyunexpected.buzzsprout.comSend us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/predictablyunexpectedpodcast/

This week, we’re holding ourselves accountable — briefly — before confidently predicting the future all over again. We kick things off by reviewing last week’s Hallmark offerings, A Suite Holiday Romance and Oy to the World!, and putting our Predictability Scorecard to the test. Which tropes showed up right on cue? Which emotional beats hit exactly when we said they would? And did Hallmark surprise us even a little… or absolutely not at all?After checking the receipts, we turn our attention to the upcoming Hallmark movies: A Make or Break Holiday and The Christmas Baby! Armed with nothing but the titles, years of Hallmark-viewing experience, and a deeply trusted formula, we predict plots, character arcs, conflicts, and Christmas miracles before a single ornament is hung on screen.Will careers be on the line? Will family secrets surface at the worst possible festive moment? Will a baby fundamentally change everything just in time for Christmas? Using our Predictability Scorecard, we place our bets, embrace the tropes, and prepare to be proven right (again).Whether you’re a devoted Hallmark fan, a loving skeptic, or just here for the cozy chaos, this episode is your guide to Christmas movie déjà vu — with spreadsheets. Rate, review, and subscribe — or risk being handed a Christmas baby that teaches you the true meaning of the holidays whether you’re emotionally prepared or not.Send us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/predictablyunexpectedpodcast/

In this week’s episode, we savor the festive flavors of Hallmark’s latest entries in the holiday movie canon. We start with a results recap from last week—She’s Making a List and Single on the 25th—where we compare what we predicted based solely on the titles to what actually unfolded on screen. Were we holiday-prophets? Were we misled by the promise of yuletide puns? Or did the movies deliver classic Hallmark charm exactly where we expected it?After crunching the numbers and awarding this week’s bragging rights, we look ahead to two brand-new titles: A Suite Holiday Romance and Oy to the World!. With no trailers, synopses, or clues—just the names—we construct our best guesses about the plots, the character journeys, the romantic beats, and the inevitable holiday life lessons. Whether it’s a meet-cute in a hotel lobby or a multicultural holiday mash-up filled with comedy and heart, we break it down, build it up, and score the predictability at every turn. Expect spirited conversation, a dash of skepticism, generous helpings of cozy holiday cheer, and plenty of laughter as we continue our mission to predict Hallmark movies with absurd confidence. If you love Hallmark, love to lovingly tease Hallmark, or just enjoy listening to people confidently guess things they can’t possibly know, this episode is a gift wrapped in twinkle lights.Rate, review, and subscribe — or you might end up caught between a Suite Holiday Romance meet-cute and an Oy to the World! meltdown, forced to resolve emotional baggage in a festively decorated lobby while a precocious child insists you believe in miracles.Download on your favorite podcast platform or find us here:https://predictablyunexpected.buzzsprout.comSend us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/predictablyunexpectedpodcast/

Welcome back to another tinsel-covered episode of our Hallmark holiday deep dive, where we take festive movie titles far too seriously and use our Predictability Scorecard like it’s a scientifically validated diagnostic tool. (Maybe one day.)We kick things off by revisiting last week’s trifecta of holiday cheer: We Met in December, The Snow Must Go On, and An Alpine Holiday. Did our predictions melt under the pressure, or did we snowball a perfect score? We break down the meet-cutes, the misunderstandings, the mountains, and the mandatory small-town charm to see just how accurate our festive forecasting really was. Spoiler: someone’s prediction ego might grow three sizes this episode.Then we shift our gaze to the upcoming week’s Hallmark gems: She’s Making a List and Single on the 25th. One sounds like a woman with a spreadsheet and a dream; the other sounds like the world’s most specific relationship status update. Naturally, we dissect both titles with extreme confidence and absolutely no inside information. What kind of list is she making? Who’s single on the 25th? And more importantly, will any of this stop us from wildly guessing the plot? Absolutely not.So grab your cocoa, your candy canes, and your willingness to suspend disbelief. It's time to analyze, predict, revisit, and mildly roast Hallmark’s latest seasonal offerings—because if we don’t, who will?Rate, review, and subscribe—or you might wake up on the 25th single, with a list of life lessons longer than your Christmas shopping list.Download on your favorite podcast platform or find us here:https://predictablyunexpected.buzzsprout.comSend us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/predictablyunexpectedpodcast/

Hallmark has unleashed a blizzard of movies, and frankly, even we have limits — so in this episode, we’re changing things up to survive the holiday onslaught. And yes, we know this episode is dropping later than planned — consider it fashionably late, Hallmark-style. First, we review our Predictability Scorecard results for last week’s premieres: Hallmark’s Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story and Melt My Heart This Christmas. Did we accurately forecast the football-themed romance and heartwarming seasonal defrosting, or did Hallmark actually surprise us for once?Then, with too many new movies and not nearly enough hours in the week, we take a streamlined dive into predicting this festive trio amid the holiday movie deluge: Hallmark’s We Met in December, The Snow Must Go On, and An Alpine Holiday. Expect bold guesses, trope-based logic, and our eternal confidence that we absolutely know what’s going to happen… even when we absolutely don’t. Holiday overload has never sounded so cozy.Rate, review, and subscribe — or risk getting stuck in a small-town production where the snow must go on… and you’re the only one who can save both the show and the handsome lead’s Christmas spirit.Download on your favorite podcast platform or find us here:https://predictablyunexpected.buzzsprout.comSend us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/predictablyunexpectedpodcast/

Fluff up your favorite holiday blanket—it’s time for another cheerful romp through the Predictability Scorecard! We start by revisiting last week’s festive double feature, Hallmark’s: Three Wisest Men and Tidings for the Season. Did our predictions hold up like sturdy Christmas stockings, or did they sag a little under the weight of unexpected plot twists? We unwrap the tropes, celebrate the hits, and lovingly laugh at the misses, all in the spirit of good holiday fun.Then we suit up for this week’s newcomers: Hallmark’s Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story and Melt My Heart This Christmas. With only the titles as our playbook, we call the boldest holiday audibles—expect wild theories, rom-com Hail Marys, and at least one pun that will make someone in Buffalo groan audibly. Will romance score on the first down? Will hearts melt faster than a snowman in a sauna? And just how many plot points will fall from the sky like perfectly timed, emotionally supportive snowflakes?Join us for another episode of festive folly, where the stories may be predictable, but our confidence is downright unfrosted. It’s cozy, it’s chaotic, and it’s exactly the kind of holiday cheer Hallmark keeps throwing our way—whether we asked for it or not.Rate, review, and subscribe — or risk being out-wised by three men with perfect hair and swept into tidings you didn’t ask for but will absolutely cry over by minute eighty-seven.Download on your favorite podcast platform or find us here:https://predictablyunexpected.buzzsprout.comSend us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/predictablyunexpectedpodcast/

The tinsel is twinkling, the snow is suspiciously foam-like, and our Predictability Scorecard is ready for another test. This week, we’re checking in on Hallmark's Christmas Above the Clouds and A Keller Christmas Vacation to see if our predictions soared or totally crash-landed in a snowbank. Then we turn our merry gaze toward Hallmark's Three Wisest Men (yes, they made a third one!) and Tidings for the Season, which sounds like it’ll deliver exactly what it promises: tidings, twinkle lights, and two people who definitely weren’t looking for love.So cozy up by the fire (or the metaphorical streaming queue) as we test our theory that Hallmark’s greatest gift isn’t love… it’s predictability.Rate, review, and subscribe — or risk being out-wised by three men with perfect hair and swept into tidings you didn’t ask for but will absolutely cry over by minute eighty-seven.Download on your favorite podcast platform or find us here:https://predictablyunexpected.buzzsprout.comSend us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/predictablyunexpectedpodcast/

The Hallmark machine keeps cranking out Christmas cheer — and we’re here to decode it one predictable plot at a time. This week, we revisit our predictions for Christmas on Duty to see if we nailed the tropes, misread the mistletoe, or underestimated Hallmark’s ability to recycle its own storylines.In true holiday fashion, we forgot something on our list — Hallmark’s A Newport Christmas! This Hallmark title won’t get the full Predictability Scorecard treatment, but we did watch it and we’ll review whether it was smooth sailing or if it had stormy seas….Then we take flight with Christmas Above the Clouds and buckle up for A Keller Christmas Vacation, two titles that sound full of holiday chaos and emotional baggage (literally). We’ll debate which movie will earn us the highest Predictability Score, which character will learn “the true meaning of Christmas,” and which one will definitely fall in love after a snowball fight.Hallmark’s holiday formula might be set in stone, but we’re here to see how closely it sticks to the blueprint — and maybe, just maybe, find a new favorite in the process.Rate, review, and subscribe — or you’ll end up spending your next Christmas vacation stuck in matching pajamas, mediating family drama, and realizing that love was snowed in next door all along.Download on your favorite podcast platform or find us here:https://predictablyunexpected.buzzsprout.comSend us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/predictablyunexpectedpodcast/

The countdown continues, and we’re back on the front lines of Hallmark's Countdown to Christmas movie predictions! This week, we’re reviewing our battlefield results from A Christmas Angel Match and Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper! —two festive missions full of angels, a weatherman, and more small-town charm than a snow globe factory. How accurate were our guesses? Let’s just say our Predictability Scorecard is seeing both victories and tactical errors.Then, it’s time to salute our next challenge: Christmas on Duty. With a military backdrop and a guaranteed dose of mistletoe, will this one bring a soldier home for the holidays, or maybe pair a disciplined officer with a free-spirited hometown hero? One thing’s for sure—love and duty are about to go head-to-head, and we’ll be here to predict every salute, snowflake, and soft-focus kiss along the way.So polish your ornaments, stand at ease, and join us as we predict Christmas on Duty—because when it comes to Hallmark movies, we never retreat from a good holiday romance.Rate, review, and subscribe — or you’ll find yourself accidentally engaged to a rugged soldier who just came home for Christmas and only knows two things: honor... and holiday proposals.Send us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/predictablyunexpectedpodcast/

Buckle your sleigh belts and grab your glitter glue — we’re back with another tinsel-covered episode of holiday hot takes! First, we saddle up and spill the eggnog on our Predictability Scorecard for Hallmark’s A Royal Montana Christmas, where tiaras meet tractors and we answer one of life’s most important questions: How many royal secrets can one ranch handle?Next we flap our metaphorical angel wings and float into the clouds of speculation as we preview Hallmark’s A Christmas Angel Match — a film that promises divine intervention, romantic tension, and possibly a harp solo. Will it be predictably precious or just heavenly nonsense? Either way, our scorecards are ready and our jingle bells are on high alert.Then we try to predict the plot of Hallmark’s: Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper! Who is Ted Cooper? A big-time actor with a secret love of woodworking or a warm-hearted weatherman returning to his hometown for the holidays? Join us for punny predictions, and enough Hallmark holiday magic to light up a Christmas tree farm. Because when it comes to Hallmark movies, we don’t just watch — we sleigh.Rate, review, and subscribe — or risk a surprise engagement in a snow covered gazebo.Send us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/predictablyunexpectedpodcast/

In this special Halloween episode, we temporarily ghost our traditional Predictability Scorecard (don't worry, it'll haunt us again soon) to simply discuss Hallmark's spooky-season offering: Haul Out the Halloween.Join us as we unwrap this cinematic candy corn of a film — complete with autumn clichés, supernatural small-town charm, and romantic misunderstandings.We’re not here to judge. Okay, we are — but only in the most festive, flannel-wrapped way.Is it scary? No.Is it logical? Also no.Is there a baking competition judged by overzealous HOA members? You bet your cinnamon broomstick there is.No scorecards. No predictions. Just pumpkin-scented opinions.Download on your favorite podcast platform or find us here:https://predictablyunexpected.buzzsprout.comSend us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/predictablyunexpectedpodcast/

Mount up and curtsy, cowpokes — this week we’re blindly predicting A Royal Montana Christmas, the latest Hallmark holiday export straight from the wild blue yonder. We don’t know the plot, but we’re pretty sure it involves royalty, horses, a flannel-loving local, and at least three montages involving hay, cocoa, and unresolved emotional baggage.PLUS: We saddle back up to see how our wildly confident predictions panned out for Home Turf. Who took the lead after week one of our seasonal showdown? Did we throw the ultimate Hail Mary... or were we sacked behind the line?Grab your cocoa and your crown — it’s time to get predictably festive.Send us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/predictablyunexpectedpodcast/

Surprise! It’s a bonus episode—because our hearts (and DVRs) just couldn’t wait. The Hallmark Christmas Movie Season has arrived like a surprise snowstorm on Christmas Eve, and we’re here with your essential preview of Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas holiday movie calendar.In this festive frolic, we sleigh through Hallmark’s upcoming lineup of snow-glazed love stories, magical misunderstandings, and aggressively cozy small towns that only exist in Canada and our dreams. We’ll sprinkle a little preview prediction magic to speculate about plotlines based on nothing but the titles and our deep, shameful expertise.So grab your peppermint mocha, mute your expectations, and enjoy this cozy little bonus treat. It’s not just a podcast episode—it’s a peppermint-scented gift you didn’t ask for but will pretend to love anyway. Send us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/predictablyunexpectedpodcast/

In this week’s episode, we’re revealing the final results of our Predictability Scorecard for Adventures in Love and Birding — where romance meets the great outdoors. We’ll recap the film, share our honest review, and break down how we scored to reveal who owns the tiebreaker! (**potential spoilers**)What’s awaiting us this week? Fall leaves, football season, and maybe… a campus romance? We’re raking the leaves as well as the clues as we preview the upcoming Hallmark fall movie Home Turf! We don’t know much, but we’ve got theories — and we’re putting our Predictability Scorecard to work.Grab your cider and tune in.Send us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/predictablyunexpectedpodcast/

Grab your pumpkin spice latte and settle in for a cozy, leaf-crunching episode as we dive into our latest Hallmark fall movie obsession: Adventures in Love and Birding. Love and birds, what else do you need? Tune in as we break down our predictions that will serve as the tiebreaker that could determine who wins our Hallmark movie face-off at the end of the season. Does birdwatching lead to true love? Let’s find out!Send us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/predictablyunexpectedpodcast/

Welcome to Predictably Unexpected — the holiday romcom podcast you didn’t know you needed! In our very first episode, meet your hosts Holly and Scottie, a married couple who love the holiday season almost as much as they love each other. (Almost.)We’re kicking things off with a look at who we are, how this merry little podcast came to be, and why we’re obsessed with predictably heartwarming Christmas movies. Think big-city careers, small-town charm, last-minute snowstorms, and just maybe... a kiss under the mistletoe.We’ll also introduce our official Predictability Scorecard — a totally serious, highly scientific game where we rate each holiday film on classic Hallmark-style tropes. From city vs. small-town settings to surprise character backstories, we’ll predict the plot before we even hit play. If we guess the movie right, we earn points — and yes, there’s a prize (or at least bragging rights) on the line.What to Expect This Season:    •    Weekly episodes all through the holiday season (hopefully)    •    Predictions, recaps, and hilarious real-time reactions    •    A rotating lineup of festive films, friendly competition, and a lot of hot takes (and hot cocoa)So grab your coziest blanket, pour yourself something peppermint-flavored, and get ready to celebrate the most predictably unexpected time of year with us!Send us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/predictablyunexpectedpodcast/