When Hallmark Channel stars often say they feel like a family, they’re not exaggerating. In addition to enthusiastically supporting each other’s projects, the network’s biggest stars love any excuse to get together.
That was the case on February 18, 2026, when more than a dozen stars gathered for a “casual happy hour” at Olive & Thyme in Burbank, California, not far from Hallmark Media’s new Los Angeles headquarters, a spokesperson confirmed to EntertainmentNow.
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Sarah Drew and Peter Mooney were among the stars in attendance and filmed a cute video to announce the season three renewal of their mystery series, “Mistletoe Murders.”
Hallmark Media organized the fun gathering because executives from the New York office were in town, per a spokesperson. Drew posted a carousel of photos from the event the next morning, including pics with her Hallmark bestie, Erin Cahill, calling it “such a fun night with my @hallmarkchannel community!!”
Other stars who dropped in to hang out included John Brotherton, Brooke D’Orsay, Ashley Williams, B.J. Britt, Brennan Elliott, Nikki DeLoach, Hunter King, Holland Roden, Sharon Lawrence, Ben Rosenbaum, Heather Hemmens, and Jack Wagner. Crystal Lowe was also there, connecting with friends on the eve of her double mastectomy as she bravely battles breast cancer.
Hallmark Channel Stars Have Spent Lots of Amazing Nights Out Together
HallmarkThis is just the latest hangout for your favorite Hallmark stars. Many of them are close friends in real life, and the network’s events throughout the year — from private gatherings for talent and execs to elaborate fan events like the Hallmark Christmas Cruise — give their core circle of stars great excuses to enjoy each other’s company.
After many stars kicked off the 2025 Countdown to Christmas in Nashville last October, a whole group made an impromptu stop at a downtown burger joint near their hotel. Rachel Boston told EntertainmentNow she was the first one there, so hungry after a long day that she went to grab a burger in her ball gown. She was quickly joined by a slew of other stars — all dressed to the nines, in line for a late-night snack.
EntertainmentNowDuring the 2025 Hallmark Christmas Experience, held four weekends in a row in Kansas City, stars also snuck off to eateries for hangouts after their appearances.
Andrew Walker told EntertainmentNow in December, “Every time we’re in a certain city that is famous for a certain type of food, like Kansas City is famous for their barbecue, we find somewhere (to go). So everyone went out for barbecue. We were trying to find the best barbecue place — Robert Buckley is a big foodie, so we were talking about which places to go. In Nashville, we were trying to find a good place to see some live music. You know, we’re always trying to experience the city that we’re in.”
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