When Calls the Heart

Not to be confused with When the Heart Calls.
When Calls the Heart
Genre
Based onWhen Calls the Heart
by Janette Oke
Developed byMichael Landon Jr.
Starring
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons12
No. of episodes119 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Vicki Sotheran
  • Greg Malcolm
  • Lori Loughlin
Production locationsVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Running time39–84 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseJanuary 11, 2014 (2014-01-11) –
present (present)
Related
When Hope Calls
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When Calls the Heart is a Western drama television series inspired by Janette Oke's book of the same name from her Canadian West series and developed by Michael Landon Jr. The series began airing on the Hallmark Channel in the United States on January 11, 2014,[1] and on Super Channel in Canada on April 16, 2014.[2]

The series originated from a two-hour television movie pilot in October 2013, starring Poppy Drayton as young teacher Elizabeth Thatcher and Stephen Amell as North-West Mounted Police officer Wynn Delaney.[3] In the television series, Erin Krakow plays the lead role alongside an ensemble cast.

On March 21, 2018, Hallmark renewed the series for a sixth season. The season premiered with a two-hour Christmas special that was broadcast as part of Hallmark's Countdown to Christmas event, and was to continue for a 10-episode run starting in February 2019.[4] However, due to the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal involving Lori Loughlin and her subsequent removal from all Hallmark properties, the season was put on a "retooling" hiatus and resumed in May to conclude in June, with Loughlin's scenes edited out.[5][6]

On February 22, 2023, ahead of the tenth season premiere, the series was renewed for an eleventh season, which premiered on April 7, 2024.[7] On May 10, 2024, the series was renewed for season twelve, which began production in July 2024.[8]

  1. ^ Reiher, Andrea (January 11, 2014). "'When Calls the Heart' premiere: Will you return to the frontier?". Zap2It. From Inside the Box (blog). Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
  2. ^ "'When Calls the Heart' features Aussie Mountie". Canadian Press, April 10, 2014.
  3. ^ "Hallmark Channel – The Movie Cast". Hallmarkchannel.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
  4. ^ Petski, Denise (March 21, 2018). "Hallmark Channel Upfront Presentation Canceled Due To Storm, Net Makes Announcements, Including 'When Calls the Heart' Renewal, At Central Park Event". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 22, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  5. ^ DeSantis, Rachel (March 17, 2019). "When Calls the Heart Is 'Retooling' Without Lori Loughlin After Hallmark Cuts Ties with Actress". people.com. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  6. ^ "When Calls the Heart Return Date Set, Lori Loughlin Edited Out of Episodes". TVLine. April 10, 2019. Archived from the original on April 10, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  7. ^ Schwartz, Ryan (January 23, 2024). "When Calls the Heart Sets Season 11 Premiere Date, as Hallmark Teases a Whole 'New Style' — Get First Look". TVLine. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  8. ^ Longeretta, Emily (2024-05-10). "'When Calls the Heart' Renewed for Season 12 at Hallmark, Production to Begin in July". Variety. Retrieved 2024-05-31.